Month: June 2022
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Your Thursday Briefing: Russia’s Land Bridge
Good morning. We’re covering Russia’s push for a “land bridge” to Crimea, emotional testimony to U.S. lawmakers about gun violence…
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Russia Is Racing to Cement Its Control in Southern Ukraine
Even as Russia hammers eastern Ukraine with heavy artillery, it is cementing its grip on the south, claiming to have…
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Mayor Eric Adams of New York City calls for federal help to fight gun violence.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City called for bipartisan gun control legislation, a ban on assault weapons and federal…
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U.S. Lacks a Clear Picture of Ukraine’s War Strategy, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has provided near-daily updates of Russia’s invasion on social media; viral video posts…
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Is It Finally Twilight for the Theater’s Sacred Monsters?
Despotic. Agonizing. Crippling. Sadistic. Those are just some of the adjectives victims use to describe their tormentors in Isaac Butler’s…
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Trader Joe’s Workers File to Hold Company’s First Union Election
In a sign that service industry workers continue to have a strong interest in unionizing after successful votes at Starbucks,…
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Retired General Investigated Over Undisclosed Lobbying for Qatar
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have obtained records indicating that John R. Allen, the retired four-star Marine general who commanded all…
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Black Developers Elevate Community Needs in Major Projects
For decades, multibillion-dollar projects across the United States sought to create new downtown neighborhoods, often by reimagining underused ...
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Train Crash in Iran Kills at Least 17
TEHRAN — A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50…
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Your Wednesday Briefing
Inventory decisions at Raindrops on Roses in St. Albans, England, are now “less spontaneous, more calculated,” said Karolina Birsen, a…