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Senate Republicans Block Supreme Court Ethics Measure Pushed by Democrats
Democrats made what they knew was a doomed attempt as they faced pressure from the left to do more to…
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Hunter Biden Is Expected to Appeal Conviction on Gun Charges
Lawyers for Mr. Biden are considering a number of challenges to the guilty verdict, including one based on the Second…
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Akira Endo, Scholar of Statins That Reduce Heart Disease, Dies at 90
The Japanese biochemist found in the 1970s that cholesterol-lowering drugs lowered the LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, level in the blood.
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Southern Baptists Vote to Oppose Use of I.V.F.
With almost 13 million church members across the United States, the Southern Baptist Convention has long been a bellwether for…
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Tony Lo Bianco, ‘French Connection’ Actor, Is Dead at 87
Once labeled a “natural-born heavy,” he shined onscreen and especially onstage, securing a Tony nomination and winning an Obie Award.
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White House Aide Does Not Say if Biden Would Commute Son’s Sentence
The White House spokeswoman said she had not spoken with the president about the matter yet.
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Harrison White, Groundbreaking (and Inscrutable) Sociologist, Dies at 94
A theoretical physicist-turned-sociologist, he upended his field by focusing on social networks to explain how society works. His writing was…
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Southern Baptists Reject Tighter Ban on Women in Pastoral Posts
The denomination voted against adding language to its constitution saying that “only men” could be affirmed or employed “as any…
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Dismisses Tulsa Massacre Lawsuit
The last known remaining survivors of the 1921 attack by a white mob were hoping for their day in court.
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Miami President Named as Next U.C.L.A. Chancellor
Julio Frenk, a public health expert who has led the University of Miami since 2015, will take over the elite…