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Pete McCloskey, Republican Who Tried to Unseat Nixon, Is Dead at 96
A liberal, antiwar California congressman, he had defeated Shirley Temple Black in a special election before launching a long-shot bid…
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The Tawdry Decade of Trump Could Desensitize Any Juror
Not long after Donald Trump was criminally charged in four state and federal cases last year, many people who want…
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Dick Rutan, Who Flew Around the World Without Refueling, Dies at 85
His nine-day voyage, in a plane designed by his brother that resembled a child’s glider but had wings longer than…
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When There’s Nowhere for Your Children to Be Safe
These mothers keep their phones on silent because their nerves are fried. Every time they hear a ring, they know…
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Milton Diamond, Sexologist and Advocate for Intersex Babies, Dies at 90
He pushed back against doctors who recommended surgery on infants born with ambiguous genitalia, arguing for acceptance of diversity.
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Why One Man Runs a Tree Service That Won’t Cut Down Dead Trees
Basil Camu is on a mission to save trees, even the dying ones. His unconventional approach: Let it be.
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$900,000 Homes in Illinois, North Carolina and Arizona
A Frank Lloyd Wright house in Wilmette, an 1897 Italianate home in Wilmington and a renovated midcentury house in Scottsdale.
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Watery, Peaceful, Wild: The Call of the Mangroves
It was a sunny afternoon in February at the height of the high season on the Caribbean island of Curaçao,…
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Ian Gelder, ‘Game of Thrones’ Actor, Dies at 74
He played Kevan Lannister, the brother of feared patriarch Tywin, and was diagnosed with bile duct cancer five months ago.
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Three Reasons the Campus Protests Are Part of the Problem
Readers have been asking me, and I have been asking myself of late, how I feel about the campus demonstrations…
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