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US
A New ‘Holy Grail’ in the Housing Crisis: Statewide Rent Caps
As housing costs soar, Washington State wants to limit annual rent increases to 7 percent. Oregon and California have passed…
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US
Inside the G.O.P.’s State Party Problem
Financial woes and other issues in state parties in crucial swing states such as Arizona and Michigan have caused deepening…
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Health
Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?
A ruling by the state’s Supreme Court could change common practices at fertility clinics in the state and possibly nationwide.
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US
Supreme Court Seems Ready to Block a Biden Plan on Air Pollution
Several conservative justices were skeptical of the administration’s “good neighbor” rule on cross-state pollution, meant to protect downwind states from…
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World
Brazil, in Dispute with Israel, Shows Limits of U.S. Diplomacy
Israel and Brazil have sparred this week over the Gaza war. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken intervened on Wednesday.
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World
Russia Arrests U.S. Citizen, Accusing Her of Treason by Aiding Ukraine
The country’s main security agency said the 33-year-old detainee lived in Los Angeles. A lawyers group said she had donated…
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US
New Wisconsin Legislative Maps Diminish G.O.P. Advantage
The new maps, which were drawn by the state’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, and signed into law Monday, include an…
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World
Brazil’s President Angers Israel After Comparing War in Gaza to the Holocaust
Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, drew the ire of Israeli authorities on Sunday after he compared Israel’s actions…
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World
Israel’s government formally rejects the unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.
The Israeli government on Sunday approved a resolution rejecting any international attempts to impose a Palestinian state on Israel, saying…
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Politics
Charles Sallis, 89, Dies; Upended the Teaching of Mississippi History
He collaborated on a textbook so unsparing in its review of the state’s grim past that it was barred from…