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Books
Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow to Star in ‘The Roommate’ on Broadway
The production is to begin performances Aug. 29 at the Booth Theater.
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Newyork
Menendez Lawyers Cite ‘Traumatic’ History to Explain His Cash Stockpile
Senator Robert Menendez’s attorneys want a psychiatrist to testify at his corruption trial about the impact of his father’s death by suicide. Prosecutors are objecting.
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Books
His Book Was Repeatedly Banned. Fighting For It Shaped His Life.
“The Chocolate War,” published 50 years ago, became one of the country’s most challenged books. Its author, Robert Cormier, spent years fighting attempts to ban it — like many authors today.
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US
At Indiana University, Protests Only Add to a Year Full of Conflicts
The tumult in Bloomington, Ind., where large protests have led to dozens of arrests and calls for university leaders to resign, shows the reach of the protest movement.
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World
U.S. Accuses Russia of Using Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
The State Department said Russia had used chloropicrin, a poison gas widely used during World War I against Ukrainian forces, an act that would violate a global ban signed by Moscow.
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Books
2 Players Sue Philharmonic, Saying They Were Wrongfully Suspended
Matthew Muckey and Liang Wang said they were sidelined without cause by the New York Philharmonic after a recent magazine article detailed allegations of misconduct against them.
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Science
Republicans Step Up Attacks on Scientist at Heart of Lab Leak Theory
A heated hearing produced no new evidence that Peter Daszak or his nonprofit, EcoHealth Alliance, were implicated in the Covid outbreak.
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US
United Methodist Church Reverses Ban on Practicing Gay Clergy
In a meeting on Wednesday, church leaders also voted to allow L.G.B.T.Q. weddings.
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Newyork
Prosecutors Say They Plan to Retry Harvey Weinstein as Soon as the Fall
Mr. Weinstein, the disgraced former Hollywood producer, was in a Manhattan court Wednesday as prosecutors sought to retry him on sex crimes charges.
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Newyork
Even Celebrities Don’t Know How to Ask Their Friends About Ozempic
When Barbra Streisand posted a comment on social media about the actress Melissa McCarthy, it prompted a public conversation.