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Newyork
Black History Is a Casualty in Ron DeSantis’s Christian Nationalist Quest
Last week, Florida approved an overhaul of its African American history standards, including guidance that middle schoolers should be instructed that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit ...
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World
What We Know About How a U.S. Soldier Ended Up in North Korea
The soldier, Pvt. Travis T. King, was supposed to be on a plane to the United States, but instead he joined a group tour of the DMZ. Then he bolted for the border.
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News
At Auction, American Cars Are Often Not Valued as Highly as their European Counterparts
Call it a lack of panache or sportiness, but U.S.-built autos don’t bring in the biggest money.
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News
U.S. and E.U. Finalize Long-Awaited Deal on Sharing Data
A deal to ensure that data from Meta, Google and scores of other tech companies can continue flowing between the United States and European Union was finalized on Monday, after the digital transfer of personal information between the two ...
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Sports
With War as a Backdrop, a Russian Fencing Drama Plays Out in the U.S.
Fencing is usually among the least visible Olympic events, but a year out from the Paris Games it is providing political, sporting and familial drama related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Three Russian fencers who renounced the 2022 invasion in ...
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World
Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida
A failed plot to assassinate a C.I.A. spy in 2020 in part led to expulsions of the agency’s chief in Moscow and his Russian counterpart in Washington.
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Newyork
Why Secrets Lost Their Sizzle
In April, secret documents allegedly photographed by a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard began making their way into the mainstream media. Many were briefings prepared by military intelligence services, and much of it dealt with the ...
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Newyork
I’m in High School. I Hope Affirmative Action Is Rejected and Replaced With Something Stronger.
The Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. Its ruling will be of particular interest to my class — high school juniors who would be the first affected by a change in admissions policies. Like ...
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World
Chinese Malware Hits Systems on Guam. Is Taiwan the Real Target?
The code, which Microsoft said was installed by a Chinese government hacking group, set off alarms because Guam would be a centerpiece of any U.S. military response to a move against Taiwan.
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Newyork
Witnessing a Missile Attack in Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine — This week, I was jolted awake by an air raid siren for the first time since my service in Iraq just over a decade ago. It was roughly 3 a.m. on Monday night, and I was sleeping soundly here in Ukraine’s capital. I’m visiting with a ...