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Benedict’s Death Leaves Catholic Conservatives Bereft

Even after his resignation as pope, traditionalists invoked Benedict’s name and sought to draw him into internecine ideological wars. Now…

This Land Becomes Their Land. New U.S. Citizens Hit a 15-Year High

On a windswept morning last spring, Mom Leveille slipped into a flowing red dress and high-heeled sandals and headed to…

Here Are the House Republicans to Watch If McCarthy’s Bid For Speaker Falters

Representative Kevin McCarthy has so far faced no viable challenger for the speakership. But if he is unable to secure…

Islamic Extremism Drove Suspect in Times Square Attack, Official Says

Trevor Bickford, a 19-year-old man from Maine, had recently become radicalized and traveled to New York to attack the police,…

McCarthy’s Bid for Speaker Remains in Peril Even After Key Concessions

Representative Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, is struggling to break through a wall of entrenched opposition from hard-right lawmakers even…

To Buff a Balkan Leader’s Image, a Filmmaker Calls In Kevin Spacey

A director cast the beleaguered actor as Franjo Tudjman, the late Croatian leader, whom some call a patriot and others…

In a Small Arkansas City, Crime, Dread and an Emergency Curfew

A gun death on Christmas Eve crystallized the fear and frustration over violence that had been building in Eudora, Ark.,…

A Heavily Armed Man Caused Panic at a Supermarket. But Did He Break the Law?

In states with permissive gun laws, police and prosecutors have limited tools at their disposal when a heavily armed individual…

4 Dead in Helicopter Collision in Australia

The two craft crashed in midair in a tourist area on the Gold Coast, near a theme park. An investigation…

On the Streets of Dakar, a Kaleidoscope of Style

DAKAR, Senegal — The clash of cranes and bulldozers and the abundance of concrete and pipes as one walks through…

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