World
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Why the Defense of Abortion in Kansas Is So Powerful
TOPEKA, Kan. — Lines of Kansas voters, resolute in the August sun and 100-degree heat, stretched beyond the doors of…
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Will an Investigation of a Former Mexican President Lead to Charges?
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican attorney general’s office said this week that it was investigating former president Enrique Peña Nieto…
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Fire Sparked by Electric Scooter Battery Kills Woman and Child in Harlem
A fire in a Harlem apartment early Wednesday sparked by the lithium-ion battery on an electric scooter killed a 5-year-old…
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Julie Benko Was the ‘Funny Girl’ No One Had Heard of, Until Now
Early on in the musical “Funny Girl,” a young and determined Fanny Brice sings a line that anyone even slightly…
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Rzewski for Lovers? A Pianist Mines a Prickly Modernist’s Gentler Side
The renowned composer and pianist Frederic Rzewski, who died last year, was celebrated for the committed nature of his leftist…
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Trevor Noah Weighs In on the Killing of Ayman al-Zawahri
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets…
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How the Indian Action Spectacular ‘RRR’ Became a Smash in America
The Telugu-language Indian action spectacular “RRR,” or “Rise, Roar, Revolt,” was already a worldwide box office winner when it was…
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Sri Lanka Targets Organizers of Protests That Toppled President
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan government is cracking down on organizers and participants of a protest movement that…
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A Cynical Low for the Democratic Party
On the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attacks at the U.S. Capitol, Roy Cooper, the governor of North Carolina,…
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At the BlackStar Film Festival, a Revelatory Understanding of Cinema
Don’t call it the Black Sundance. Though it was dubbed that by Ebony magazine, the BlackStar Film Festival, now in…