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Litman: Does it matter that Donald Trump just became a convicted criminal? Of course it does
It’s of course true that come Nov. 5, the nation’s voters could well decide to shrug off the historic guilty verdict that a Manhattan jury rendered against Donald Trump...
Alvin Bragg speaks out after Trump trial verdict
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg held a news conference after a guilty verdict was reached in the trial of former President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying in part, "the...
New York Yankees’ Star Pitcher Suffers Long-Term Injury
The New York Yankees' historic rotation will be without one of its best players for the foreseeable future.More news: Yankees Starting Rotation Makes MLB History, Even Without Gerrit ColeOn...
What verdict will voters render after jury finds Trump guilty in hush money case?
The sometimes-breathless gavel-to-gavel coverage of former President Trump’s trial was no surprise, as a singularly divisive figure sat for more than a month at the defense table, the first...
Column: Trump is officially a convicted felon, but that may not stand in his way
WASHINGTON —  Former President Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in New York is an ignoble first. No former president has ever been tried, much less...
Third U.S. dairy worker comes down with avian flu; officials monitoring farm
Officials announced Thursday that a third U.S. dairy worker has been infected by avian flu, or H5N1. This is the second case in Michigan. Federal officials said that unlike...
Supreme Court gives National Rifle Assn. a 1st Amendment win in suit against New York officials
WASHINGTON —  The National Rifle Assn., best known for advocating for gun rights under the 2nd Amendment, won an unusual 1st Amendment free-speech decision from the Supreme Court on Thursday.In...
Mexico is about to elect a woman president — and 20,000 other politicians. Here’s what to know
Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters at a campaign rally in Mexico City this month. (Marco Ugarte / Associated Press) CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM Frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum, 61, a scientist,...
‘All Eyes on Rafah.’ A viral post uses AI in the service of activism. Is it ethical?
The refugee tents stretch out across a vast sandy desert — tens of thousands lined up in neat rows, some organized in the center to spell out: “All Eyes...
Opinion: ‘Zuckerbucks’ make elections more secure, no matter what red states say
Democracy isn’t free.Tell that to the more than half the states that have banned or limited donations to the roughly 8,000 county and municipal offices that run our elections....
DACA recipients, facing long waits for renewal, risk losing their jobs
WASHINGTON —  It’s been three months since Miguel has been able to work at his job as a sustainability and inclusion manager at a professional services firm in San Francisco....
Q&A: These researchers examined 20 years of data on same-sex marriage. They didn’t find any harms
Twenty years ago this month, Marcia Kadish and Tanya McCloskey exchanged wedding vows at Cambridge City Hall in Massachusetts and became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in...