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Lyn Hejinian, 82, Dies; Leading Light of the Language Poetry Movement
A poet, publisher and professor, she channeled the revolutionary spirit and deconstructionist currents of the 1960s to challenge the conventions…
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Rose Dugdale, Heiress Turned Irish Independence Fighter, Dies at 82
Born into English wealth and Oxford-educated, she left it all behind for a life of radical and often violent activism.
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Norman Miller, German Refugee Who Helped Arrest a Top Nazi, Dies at 99
At 15, he escaped to England. At 20, he enlisted in the British Army and identified a German minister —…
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A Rock Fell From Space Into Sweden. Who Owns It on Earth?
Sweden’s courts have been debating claims to a meteorite that fell north of Stockholm, including whether the right to move…
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Obama Feared a ‘One-Term Presidency’ After Passing Health Care Law
A set of oral histories released on Friday documents the behind-the-scenes drama of President Barack Obama’s drive to pass the…
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Is Germany Heading for Humiliation at the Euros?
A nation that was soccer’s gold standard a decade ago is now trying anything and everything to find its way.…
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‘Stormy’ Reveals the Flawed Feminist Icon Looming Over Trump’s Trial
A documentary about Stormy Daniels explores the life of a woman whose silence former President Donald J. Trump is charged…
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A Big Year for Women’s College Basketball in New York
Both the Columbia and N.Y.U. women’s teams made it to postseason tournaments.
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Jailed in Putin’s Russia for Speaking the Truth
The Committee to Protect Journalists has documented that at least 320 members of the press were behind bars around the…
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The A.C.L.U. Said a Worker Used Racist Tropes and Fired Her. But Did She?
The civil liberties group is defending itself in an unusual case that weighs what kind of language may be evidence…