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Louise Tobin, Jazz Vocalist Who Put Her Career on Hold, Dies at 104

With the big band era in full swing in 1939, Louise Tobin, a jazz vocalist with Benny Goodman’s orchestra, was…

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Gunmen Storm Mogadishu Hotel, Trapping Government Officials

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Gunmen wearing suicide vests and believed to be members of a militant group attacked a hotel popular…

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Marijuana Pardons Affect Just a Sliver of Those Swept Up in the War on Drugs

WASHINGTON — Valerie Schultz’s conviction for possession of a small amount of marijuana in 2010 was anything but simple. Ms.…

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Roman Coins Thought for Centuries to Be Fakes Get a Fresh Appraisal

In 1713, a medals inspector documented the acquisition of eight gold Roman coins that had been buried in Transylvania. For…

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In Ukraine, Bakhmut Becomes a Bloody Vortex for 2 Militaries

BAKHMUT, Ukraine — For almost an hour, the stream of Ukrainian casualties in the eastern city of Bakhmut seemed unending:…

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Mother Held After Toddler and Baby Are Fatally Stabbed in the Bronx

Two small children died in a Bronx family shelter on Saturday night after being stabbed several times each in the…

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How Free Is the Press in the Birthplace of Democracy?

On a Saturday morning last November, Stavros Malichudis, a Greek journalist, made a cup of coffee and began scrolling Facebook,…

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He Says His Landlord Is Harassing Him to Leave a $450-a-Month Apartment

For months, an unknown green liquid seeped through the cracks of the kitchen ceiling in Francis Roberts’s basement apartment. Music…

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They Were Unjustly Imprisoned. Now, They’re Profit Centers.

After serving nearly 20 years in a New York State prison for a 1989 murder he did not commit, Huwe…

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Meet the Voters Who Fueled New York’s Seismic Tilt Toward the G.O.P.

GREAT NECK PLAZA, N.Y. — Lynn Frankel still has bouts of nostalgia for her old life, the one before the…

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