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The Berkshire district attorney says a three-month investigation into a police killing in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, will not result in criminal charges.
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Novelist Emma Straub’s new novel, ‘American Fantasy,’ is set aboard a nostalgic cruise devoted to a 1990s boy band. At its center is Annie, newly divorced and searching for direction, as music, memory, and unexpected connections reshape her sense of who she is - and who she might become.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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Wins in metropolitan Toronto ridings Monday gave Prime Minister Mark Carney a slight majority in Canadian Parliament.
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Rex Heuermann has pleaded guilty to killing eight women in the long-running Gilgo Beach case. While families see some closure, officials say the investigation is far from over.
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New York’s responsibility to provide mental health services could be changing if a proposed tweak is made to the state Constitution.
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The Harlem Democrat is sponsoring a bill that would strip racial details from the criminal charging system.
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The Trump administration has said that enforcement of the FACE Act by the Biden DOJ represents "the prototypical example" of the weaponization of the law against conservatives.
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The war entered a new phase when President Trump began a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace explains what this means.
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Firms like Function Health and Oura market regular blood tests to people wanting to take their health into their own hands. The process often raises more questions for patients than it can answer.
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An Israeli whose parents were killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and a Palestinian whose brother died from injuries in Israeli custody say they've become like brothers. Their new book is The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land.