World
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When Closing a Very Small Campus Is a Very Big Deal
The first day teaching as an adjunct professor at a new university can be daunting: finding your way around campus,…
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Scotland’s Governing S.N.P. Looks to a Stalwart After Its Leader Quits
Amid a political crisis, John Swinney, who led the Scottish National Party two decades ago, is in line to become…
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Peggy Mellon Hitchcock, Who Helped Timothy Leary Turn On, Dies at 90
She was an enthusiastic supporter of the counterculture. And when she suggested that her brothers rent Mr. Leary a mansion,…
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The Army Sees Mortars as Safe. Troops Report Signs of Brain Injury.
After firing about 10,000 mortar rounds during four years of training, one soldier who joined the Army with near-perfect scores…
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They Used to Award Olympic Medals for Art?
During all of the years that the Olympics gave out medals in arts, not just athletics — and if you…
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Why Yes-or-No Questions on Abortion Rights Could Be a Key to 2024
In states that will help decide control of the White House and Congress, Democrats are campaigning furiously alongside ballot measures…
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F.T.C. Clears Exxon Mobil’s Acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources
The Federal Trade Commission will bar Pioneer’s chief executive, Scott Sheffield, from joining Exxon’s board, saying he colluded with OPEC…
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Palestinian Flags Fly at Protests Worldwide. They Won’t Be at Eurovision.
The organizers of the glitzy singing contest said that attendees would be allowed to wave only the flags of participating…
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Can a ‘Not Charlotte’ Recipe Revive a Region?
Scott Kidd didn’t expect a terribly busy job when he became the town manager of Liberty, N.C., a onetime furniture…
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Orangutan, Heal Thyself
For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal…