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I Was Shot in Vermont. What if It Had Been in the West Bank?
That frigid autumn night in Burlington, Vt., was not the first time I had stared down the barrel of a…
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The Nerve of Madonna to Pull It Off, Again
Eighteen years ago, Madonna observed: “Once you pass 35, your age becomes part of the first sentence of anything written.…
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Kristi Got Her Gun
Kristi Noem did herself no favors with “No Going Back,” her new book featuring a fake story about a dictator…
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Thursday Briefing
An attempted assassination of Slovakia’s prime minister.
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Slovakia Has Charted Its Own Course Since the Fall of the Soviet Union
Slovakia, which was left reeling on Wednesday after an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico, is a relatively young…
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Jack Quinn, Lobbyist and White House Counsel for Clinton, Dies at 74
A prototypical Washington insider, he once said, “The hot air index is actually down when people like me go on…
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Attempted Assassination of Slovak Leader Puts Europe on Edge
Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin and Viktor Orban, was shot multiple times on…
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Barry Romo, Decorated Vet Who Turned Against the VietnamWar, Dies at 76
After serving as an officer, he became a leading antiwar activist. In 1971, he tossed away his medals during a…
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Francis Ford Coppola Accused of Trying to Kiss Extras on ‘Megalopolis’ Set
An executive producer said he wasn’t aware of complaints and called the contact “kind hugs and kisses on the cheek.”
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Katherine Porter, Painter of Intuitive Expressionism, Dies at 82
Her palette was entirely personal, making contact with the natural world just long enough to spirit viewers back into her…