Opinion | In Europe, the Far Right’s Time Has Come
September 26, 2023
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Opinion | In Europe, the Far Right’s Time Has Come

Europe’s extreme-right tide has been a long time coming. Early breakthroughs punctuated the 1980s and ’90s, with a period of steady advances in the 2000s, not least in…

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16-year-old girl body-slammed by San Bernardino sheriff’s deputy
September 26, 2023
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16-year-old girl body-slammed by San Bernardino sheriff’s deputy

A 16-year-old girl is recovering from her injuries after being body-slammed by a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy Friday night during a fight at a high school football…

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Trump Lawyers Assail Gag Order Request in Election Case
September 26, 2023
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Trump Lawyers Assail Gag Order Request in Election Case

Lawyers representing former President Donald J. Trump against federal charges accusing him of seeking to overturn the 2020 election offered an outraged response on Monday to the government’s…

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Newsom signs child trafficking bill that divided Democrats
September 26, 2023
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Newsom signs child trafficking bill that divided Democrats

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday that will increase penalties for those convicted of child sex trafficking, a seemingly straightforward measure that instead divided Democrats over…

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Woman and Teenage Girl Killed in Stabbing at Brooklyn Apartment, Police Say
September 26, 2023
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Woman and Teenage Girl Killed in Stabbing at Brooklyn Apartment, Police Say

A woman and a 14-year-old girl were found dead inside a Brooklyn apartment on Monday, the authorities said, prompting an investigation into the killings that are the latest…

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Newsom signs LGBTQ textbook law cracking down on school boards
September 26, 2023
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Newsom signs LGBTQ textbook law cracking down on school boards

SACRAMENTO —  School districts that seek to ban textbooks that portray LGBTQ+ people and other historically marginalized groups could face hefty fines under a new California law signed by…

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Opinion | Ibram X. Kendi and the Problem of Celebrity Fund-Raising
September 25, 2023
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Opinion | Ibram X. Kendi and the Problem of Celebrity Fund-Raising

“It was a frustration of mine, at the Democracy Alliance, that I couldn’t get people to invest as heavily in these civic engagement institutions on the Black and…

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Man holding dog in golf cart leads police in pursuit
September 25, 2023
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Man holding dog in golf cart leads police in pursuit

High-speed police pursuits are common in Los Angeles but the police chase in the San Fernando Valley on Sunday night was extraordinary: The suspect was fleeing police in…

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Lindsey Graham Threatens ‘Riots in the Street’ if Trump Is Prosecuted
September 25, 2023
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Lindsey Graham Threatens ‘Riots in the Street’ if Trump Is Prosecuted

Courtesy of Chad Davis (Flickr CC0) Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told Fox News’s “Sunday Night in America” host Trey Gowdy that there would be riots in the streets…

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The People of Alaska Regained Common Sense and Ousted Palin
September 25, 2023
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The People of Alaska Regained Common Sense and Ousted Palin

Courtesy of Dennis Sylvester Hurd (Flickr CC0) In 2008, Barack Hussein Obama became the first Black man to wear the title of President of the United States of…

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