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BART Trains Shut Down Systemwide in San Francisco Bay Area

The primary transit system in the San Francisco Bay Area was forced to shut down all trains on Friday morning because of a...

David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, Dies at 85

“Everyone who knew him knew that he was a sophisticated, well-read, and urbane man, hardly a hayseed from New Hampshire,” Professor Tushnet said,...

EU Leaders Sound Hopeful on Trump Trade Negotiations

European leaders struck a slightly more hopeful tone on trade negotiations on Friday, suggesting that talks with the White House continued even as...

Trump Suggests Openness to Slashing China Tariffs Ahead of Trade Talks

President Trump on Friday suggested that he was open to sharply reducing the tariffs that the United States has imposed on China, as...

Two Priests Reflect on Their Longtime Friend ‘Bob,’ Now Pope Leo XIV

On Thursday, Robert Francis Prevost was introduced to the world as Pope Leo XIV.But as recently as last week, he was a low-profile...

Reincarnated by A.I., Arizona Man Forgives His Killer at Sentencing

The letters came streaming in: from battalion brothers who had served alongside Christopher Pelkey in Iraq and Afghanistan, fellow missionaries and even a...

In Tyre Nichols Case, an Out-of-Town Jury Heard a Familiar Police Defense

Even before the state trial began last month for the former police officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in Memphis, the defense...

New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans, Genealogist Says

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the next pope, is partially descended from Creole people of color, according to...

Trump Names Jeanine Pirro as Interim U.S. Attorney in Washington

President Trump said on Thursday that he would name the Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro, whose false statements about the 2020 election were...

The Pentagon’s Culture Wars Strike West Point

Four days after he was sworn in as defense secretary, Pete Hegseth directed the military service academies to scrub their curriculum of ideologies...

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