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U.K. Acknowledges Signs of Race Disparity Over Prosecution Tactic

LONDON — The British government has acknowledged, apparently for the first time, that a key prosecution tactic may disproportionately be…

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How Iran’s Security Forces Use Ambulances to Suppress Protests

In early October, about a month into Iran’s anti-government protests, a Tehran resident reported seeing at least three protesters being…

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‘Racism’ Without Racists

I had a feeling that the piece I wrote last week, on the question of whether the terms “systemic,” “structural”…

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Your Wednesday Briefing: Indonesia’s Death Toll Climbs

Rescuers carried a body bag through the rubble during a rescue operation.Credit...Yulius Satria Wijaya/Antara Foto, via ReutersThe death toll ...

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What We Know About the Colorado Springs Shooting

Colorado Springs communities were grieving this week in the wake of a mass shooting on Saturday night that left five…

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Your Tuesday Briefing

Rescuers searching for survivors in Cianjur, Indonesia.Credit...Rangga Firmansyah/Associated PressA deadly earthquake shakes Indonesia A ...

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Your Tuesday Briefing: Indonesia’s Deadly Earthquake

Rescuers searched for survivors in Cianjur, Indonesia.Credit...Rangga Firmansyah/Associated PressA fatal earthquake in Indonesia At least 162 ...

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Powerful Earthquake Kills Dozens in Indonesia

BANGKOK — A strong earthquake struck Indonesia’s main island, Java, on Monday, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds more,…

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Scientists Don’t Agree on the Cause of Obesity — Does It Matter?

LONDON — A select group of the world’s top researchers studying obesity‌ recently gathered in the gilded rooms of the…

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Brooklyn’s in the House. And the Senate.

In the Jonathan Lethem novel “Motherless Brooklyn,” readers learn the phrase “Tell your story walking.” It’s a quintessentially Brooklyn ...

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