When Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli moved into the director’s suite at the National Institutes of Health, she brought with her a single piece of art, a lithograph created by the …
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Los Angeles D.A. Gascón Is Running for Re-election in a Very Different Climate
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThree years ago, George Gascón rode a wave of collective outrage following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis to become district attorney of Los Angeles by promising to make …
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Amid the turmoil over Harvard University’s president, Claudine Gay, the powerful board governing the university has been thrust into the spotlight. Despite the mounting scrutiny over Dr. Gay, the Harvard …
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Richard Flacks remembers the challenges of building a protest movement during the Vietnam War as a pillar of the left-wing political and antiwar group Students for a Democratic Society during …
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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida woke up in Iowa with a familiar political headache. The man he is chasing in the polls, Donald J. Trump, had just been disqualified from …
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Trump Asks Appeals Court to Toss Election Case on Immunity Grounds
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLawyers for former President Donald J. Trump asked an appeals court in Washington on Saturday night to toss a federal indictment accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, …
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Man With Developmental Disabilities Settles Wrongful Conviction Suit for $11.7 Million
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA man with developmental disabilities who spent more than 16 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder has reached a settlement of $11,725,000 with the city of Elkhart, …
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When Will Trump Stand Trial? Supreme Court Order May Help Him Delay.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Supreme Court’s decision on Friday not to fast-track consideration of former President Donald J. Trump’s claim that he is immune to prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the …
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Jurors Find San Francisco Homeless Man Not Guilty in Pipe Beating
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA homeless man who beat a former San Francisco city official with a metal pipe was found not guilty of assault charges on Friday, capping a case that had drawn …
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Two Colorado paramedics were convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young unarmed Black man whose case drew national attention and forced public safety …