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How a School District Got Caught in Virginia’s Political Maelstrom
LEESBURG, Va. — Long before the father was tackled by sheriff’s deputies at the school board meeting, before there was…
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Flooding and Nuclear Waste Eat Away at a Tribe’s Ancestral Home
For decades, chronic flooding and nuclear waste have encroached on the ancestral lands in southeastern Minnesota that the Prairie Island…
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Jury Must Weigh Complex Legal Questions Before Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict
KENOSHA, Wis. — The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, which has played out over the last two weeks, has seemed at…
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Lawyer for Man Accused of Killing Ahmaud Arbery Draws Scrutiny
ATLANTA — When Kevin Gough, a lawyer for one of the three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, said that…
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Homer Plessy’s Arrest in 1892 Led to a Landmark Ruling. Now He May Get Justice.
On June 7, 1892, a racially mixed shoemaker from New Orleans named Homer Plessy bought a first-class ticket for a…
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Bannon Indicted on Contempt Charges Over House’s Capitol Riot Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, a onetime aide to former President Donald J. Trump, was indicted by a federal grand…
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Menace, as a Political Tool, Enters the Republican Mainstream
At a conservative rally in western Idaho last month, a young man stepped up to a microphone to ask when…
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In Scrutinized Kyle Rittenhouse Trial, It’s the Judge Commanding Attention
It is not every day that jurors in a criminal trial applaud a witness, but that was how the final…
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In Trial of Men Accused of Arbery Murder, Jurors Consider Security Videos
ATLANTA — The graphic footage of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is not the only crucial video evidence in the…
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In Illinois, Dueling Infrastructure Votes Reflect Shifting G.O.P. Terrain
WASHINGTON — For months, Representative Darin LaHood appeared to be a sure Republican vote for President Biden’s major infrastructure bill…