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Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
As police turn to facial recognition technology to identify suspects and solve cases, critics worry about privacy and false accusations
In Los Angeles, “defunding the police” led to disbanding a unit specially designed to help with homelessness
Donald Trump made gains among some Hispanic voters in 2020. Will the GOP continue the trend?
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A court decision could put an end to a successful rehab program that is cutting the rate of repeat offenses-all because it lacks "adequate safeguards" against establishing religion
Arab stations exploit graphic images and doctor footage to pump anti-Israel, anti-U.S.
The stars of yesterday headline a conference for conservative students-and that's fine with the youngsters
Record heat and a drought that won't end are hurting livestock and lives
Once noble I grew up and was active in the Episcopal Church, but reluctantly left it over 30 years ago, after God called me to saving faith, in favor of a church that believed God's Word an...
When I took on the assignment of reporting to you the story of a recent federal court case in which an Iowa prison ministry was ruled unconstitutional, I knew I'd have to end up both a straight ne...
In 1979 at the Cheltenham Mall in Philadelphia I struck up a conversation with a middle-age man sitting on a bench in a rumpled dark suit and two-day stubble. He was insistently Persian (not Irani...
The Lord's Prayer declares, "Lead us not into temptation," but that's exactly what the National Flood Insurance Program has done for some Americans of above-average income, and-in our new hurrican...
Sports
If his coaching style is any indication, Art Shell won't make his second tenure as coach of the Oakland Raiders like his first. While most NFL teams use training camp to try to transform their clu...
Money
The suburban teenager who works at a burger joint has something in common with the single mother who buses tables to provide for her children. It's the same thing they have in common with the midd...
Movies & TV
The Messengers (TLC, Sunday, 10 p.m. ET) is trying to find America's next motivational speaker. The season begins with 10 contestants, like the poet, the missionary, the teacher. Each week, they t...
Notable CDs
Style: Spacy electronica tenuously tethered to traditional pop-song structures. Cautions: Obscenities ("Black Swan"). Worldview: That the worlds both inside and outside oneself are n...
Movies & TV
Oliver Stone's World Trade Center (rated PG-13 for intense and emotional content, some disturbing images and language) is bizarre and shocking, but for none of the anticipated reasons. The film ca...
Quick Takes
Behind bars bar One enterprising prisoner at a Vermont state correctional institution thought he found the perfect audience for a new bar scene: his fellow inmates. Officials in Springfield...
Quotables
"This could be the most costly infraction of all time." Laurie Levenson, professor at Loyola University Law School, on Mel Gibson's arrest for drunk driving and the reported anti-Semitic re...
The Buzz
Election '06 Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman needs all the "Joementum" he can muster to knock off Democratic primary foe Ned Lamont on Aug. 8. Lieberman trailed slightly in the hotly contest...
The Buzz Sidebar
I don't take sides for or against Hezbollah; I don't take sides for or against Israel." Those are the words of Michigan Democratic Congressman John Dingell (pictured), spoken on Detroit tel...