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Perspective | Pulitzer Prize-winning poet pens a letter to a local school board

To the Brandywine Public Schools Board of Education:I am a 1974 graduate of Brandywine Public High School. My sister graduated in 1969, and...

After Front Door Shooting, Kansas City Grapples With Race

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — From one vantage point, a post-pandemic boom seemed to be taking hold in Kansas City. It was the only...

Losing Ballot Issues on Abortion, G.O.P. Now Tries to Keep Them Off the Ballot

Voters pushed back decisively after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, approving ballot measures that established or upheld abortion rights...

At U.Va., an Alumnus Attacked Diversity Programs. Now He Is on the Board.

Bert Ellis, with two degrees from the University of Virginia, is a loyal alumnus. He has donated more than $10 million to his...

Inside the final days before Biden announces his reelection bid

Comment on this storyCommentBy the time Air Force One returned from Ireland in the pre-dawn hours of April 15, President Biden’s plans to...

Six Cattle Found Dead in Texas With Their Tongues Missing

In what could be a plot from an episode of “The X-Files,” the authorities are investigating the mysterious deaths in three Texas counties...

Opinion | Even after abortion pill ruling, reproductive rights remain in the balance

Comment on this storyCommentThe Supreme Court said late Friday that the abortion pill mifepristone — a drug millions of women have used to...

Analysis | So much for that promise: Debt bill talks again done in the backroom

Comment on this storyCommentHouse Republicans, after months of pledging to devolve power to legislative committees conducting business out in the open, have reverted...

Opinion | The Supreme Court delivers a sigh of relief — and an outrageous dissent

Comment on this storyCommentJustice Clarence Thomas has gotten the attention of late due to questionable ethics. But it’s high time Justice Samuel A....

In Abortion Pill Ruling, the Supreme Court Trades Ambition for Prudence

WASHINGTON — It was an interim ruling, and the majority gave no reasons. But the Supreme Court’s order on Friday night maintaining the...

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