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High-Ranking Election Official Is Killed in Myanmar
A rebel group has claimed responsibility for the attack on an official for the military junta, which comes amid cascading…
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Peter Singer: The Simplest Way to Change the Planet’s Fate
MELBOURNE, Australia — The year of the first Earth Day, 1970, was the year I stopped eating meat. I didn’t…
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Barry Humphries (Dame Edna to You, Possums) Is Dead at 89
Bewigged, bejeweled and bejowled, Mr. Humphries’s creation was one of the longest-lived characters ever channeled by a single performer.
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Charles Stanley, Atlanta Pastor Who Preached to the World, Dies at 90
He helped lead a conservative takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, and he mastered the use of media to spread…
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Killer Moms and Bloody Elevators: A Talk With the Stars of ‘Evil Dead Rise’
Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland discuss their gory roles in the latest addition to the “Evil Dead” franchise.
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Two Former Peruvian Leaders Share the Same Jail. Another May Soon Join Them.
Alejandro Toledo, who ruled Peru two decades ago, will be extradited from the United States. He has been charged in…
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N.Y.P.D. Shoots Man in Mental Distress After Responding to 911 Call
The man, who the police said was holding scissors and a kitchen knife when an officer shot him in the…
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Ball Doctoring: A History of Excuses, Denials and Knowing Winks
If baseball’s history is any indication, Max Scherzer’s suspension over ball-doctoring accusations will not affect his long-term reputation.
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Review: The Danish String Quartet Spins Through Schubert
The group returned to Zankel Hall for the latest installment of its “Doppelgänger” project, featuring a premiere by Anna Thorvaldsdottir.
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Benjamin Millepied Uses Movement to Reinvent ‘Carmen’ on Camera
The choreographer is trying his hand at filmmaking with an experiment that merges drama, dance and music.