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A Cease-Fire Holds After a 3-Day Gaza Conflict: Key Takeaways
JERUSALEM — A cease-fire ending three days of fierce cross-border fighting between Israel and a Palestinian militant group in Gaza…
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In Wisconsin, G.O.P. Voters Demand the Impossible: Decertifying 2020
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — When she started her campaign for governor of Wisconsin, former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, a Republican, acknowledged…
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Biden Appeared to Overstate the Role of Al Qaeda’s Leader
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — In announcing last week that the leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri, had been killed in…
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Bolsonaro Is Afraid of Going to Jail, and He’s Right to Be
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — “I’m letting the scoundrels know,” President Jair Bolsonaro told supporters last year, “I’ll never be imprisoned!”…
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We Will All End Up Paying for Someone Else’s Beach House
A video of a North Carolina beach house being dismembered by a voracious ocean was a viral hit this spring.…
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Exercise Was the Perfect Coping Mechanism, Until It Wasn’t
When I was a junior in college, I joined the rowing team. The unthinkably expensive boats gliding down the Charles…
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Your Pandemic Puppy Was Not a Mistake
NASHVILLE — It was a Saturday night, close to midnight, when the weird little cough erupting from our dog Rascal’s…
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I Love My Students, but I Won’t Use a Gun to Protect Them
OXFORD, Miss. — Before classes start Aug. 22 at the university where I teach English, I’ll locate my new classroom,…
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China’s Military Drills and Other Tensions With Taiwan, Explained
China said on Monday it would hold new drills near Taiwan, a sign that Beijing may keep up a drumbeat…
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Freed From Prison in China, Taiwan Activist Urges Resistance to Beijing’s Threats
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Li Ching-yu was desperate to send her husband a message. It was September 2017. Her husband, Li…