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How Two Men’s Disparate Paths Crossed in a Killing on the F Train
NEW YORK — It was a Monday afternoon and a 30-year-old man was ranting on an F train headed through Manhattan. He was a regular on the subway, once a gifted Michael Jackson impersonator, but he was also troubled. City workers had tried to help him for years.
Tucker Carlson’s Dark and Malign Influence Over the Christian Right
On April 25, the far-right network Newsmax hosted a fascinating and revealing conversation about Tucker Carlson with Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, one of America’s leading Christian conservative advocacy organizations. Perkins scorned Fox News’ decision to fire Carlson, and — incredibly — also attacked Fox’s decision to fire Bill O’Reilly. These terminations (along with the departures of Glenn Beck and Megyn Kelly) were deemed evidence that Fox was turning its back on its conservative viewers, including its Christian conservative viewers.
California Panel Calls for Billions in Reparations for Black Residents
OAKLAND, Calif. — A California panel approved recommendations Saturday that could mean hundreds of billions of dollars in payments to Black residents to address past injustices. The proposals to state legislators are the nation’s most sweeping effort to devise a program of reparations.
The Unexpected Women Blocking South Carolina’s Near-Total Abortion Ban
COLUMBIA, S.C. — When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, advocates on either side presumed that the country would divide along the bright color lines: red states completely banning abortion, blue states protecting it.
Ukraine Claims It Shot Down Russia’s Most Sophisticated Missile for First Time
KYIV, Ukraine — An American-made Patriot air-defense missile successfully intercepted one of the most sophisticated conventional weapons in Russia’s arsenal for the first time over Kyiv on Thursday night, the Ukrainian air force claimed Saturday.
‘We Can’t Believe That’s Happening Here’: Serbia Reflects After Shootings
MALO ORASJE, Serbia — Serbia on Saturday mourned the loss of 17 people in two mass shootings in two days, as the nation grappled with its own culture of guns. The funerals of several victims took place Saturday, the second of three official days of mourning for the consecutive killings at a school in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, and in nearby farming villages.
After Jan. 6 Sedition Convictions, Far-Right Threats Remain
The guilty verdicts Thursday against four leaders of the Proud Boys on charges of seditious conspiracy were arguably the most significant victory the Justice Department has won so far in its vast investigation of the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
8 Are Dead in Shooting in Serbia, a Day After School Massacre
DUBONA, Serbia — Police in Serbia arrested a suspect early Friday after an overnight hunt for a gunman who killed eight people in a rural area near Belgrade, as the Balkan nation — which has one of the world’s highest rates of gun ownership but where gun violence is rare — struggled to come to terms with its second mass shooting in two days.
Living and Breathing on the Front Line of a Toxic Chemical Zone
DEER PARK, Texas — Juan López had just returned home from his job supervising the cleaning of giant tanks that hold toxic chemicals produced along the Houston Ship Channel, one of the largest petrochemical complexes in the world.
Justice Dept. Intensifying Efforts to Determine if Trump Hid Documents
Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents have obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for him at Mar-a-Lago, part of an intensifying effort to determine whether Trump ordered boxes containing sensitive material moved out of a storage room there as the government sought to recover it last year, multiple people familiar with the inquiry said.
Autopsy Shows Tyre Nichols Died of Head Injuries From Police Beating
An autopsy report released Thursday confirmed that Tyre Nichols died as a result of blunt force injuries to his head after a group of Memphis, Tennessee, police officers brutally kicked and bludgeoned him.
Four Proud Boys Convicted of Sedition in Key Jan. 6 Case
Four members of the Proud Boys, including their former leader Enrique Tarrio, were convicted Thursday of seditious conspiracy for plotting to keep President Donald Trump in power after his election defeat by leading a violent mob in attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Prominent Retired Judge Calls for Ethics Rules for Supreme Court Justices
WASHINGTON — A prominent conservative former federal judge joined a chorus of legal experts from across the political spectrum Tuesday in calling on Congress to enact new ethical standards for Supreme Court justices, after a series of revelations about the justices’ undisclosed gifts, luxury travel and property deals.
Fed Will Decide Next Rate Move After Bank Jitters
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are widely expected to lift borrowing costs by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, the 10th consecutive rate increase since March 2022. But investors and economists think that this could be the central bank’s last move before it pauses.
Short on Staff, Prisons Enlist Teachers and Case Managers as Guards
From the outside, the prison complex in Florence, Colorado, is a forbidding citadel of steel, concrete and coiled barbed wire, housing some of the most notorious inmates in federal custody. To hundreds of its employees, it is a stressful, isolated, short-staffed workplace.
What Exactly Are the Dangers Posed by AI?
SAN FRANCISCO — In late March, more than 1,000 technology leaders, researchers and other pundits working in and around artificial intelligence signed an open letter warning that AI technologies present “profound risks to society and humanity.”
Trickling Tax Revenue Complicates Debt Limit Talks
WASHINGTON — A vote by House Republicans last week to lift the nation’s debt limit in exchange for deep spending cuts was the first step in what is likely to be a protracted battle over raising or suspending the borrowing cap to avoid defaulting on United States debt.
Writers, Seeking Pay Change for the Streaming Era, Prepare to Strike
When the most recent Hollywood strike took place — 16 years ago — the internet had not yet transformed the television and movie businesses. Broadcast networks still commanded colossal audiences, and cable channels were still growing. The superhero boom had begun for movie studios, and DVDs generated $16 billion in annual sales.
Needing Younger Workers, Federal Officials Relax Rules on Past Drug Use
Not long ago, urinating in a cup for a drug test was a widely accepted, if annoying, requirement to start a new job. The legalization of marijuana in more and more states in recent years upended that, prompting many employers to shelve hiring rules from the “Just Say No” era.
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