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More American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine

admin4 May 2025

A Patriot air-defense system is moving from Israel to Ukraine, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of getting Germany or Greece to send another.

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Trump Battles Academia, but Especially the Ivy League

admin4 May 2025

There it was for all to see, President Trump’s tangled relationship with the Ivy League, delivered in a burst at his rally in Michigan on Tuesday night. “He’s the top,” the president said of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity doctor he chose to oversee ...

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Francis Opened Discussions to Those Outside the Church Hierarchy. This Cardinal Would, Too

admin4 May 2025

Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for his role as the secretary general of an advisory body of bishops.

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Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak

admin3 May 2025

A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.

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Illinois Man Sentenced to 53 Years in Killing of Palestinian American Boy

admin3 May 2025

A jury in suburban Chicago convicted the man of murder and hate crime charges in the 2023 killing of Wadee Alfayoumi, 6. He was the boy’s landlord.

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Paramilitary Fighters Massacre More Than 100 Civilians, Doctors’ Group Says

admin3 May 2025

The Sudan Doctors Network said that the Rapid Support Forces had killed at least 21 children on Thursday, the latest violent spasm in Sudan’s civil war.

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• Business

How an Formula 1 Racecar Returns to Action So Quickly

admin2 May 2025

After an accident during a practice session, mechanics swarm the car and grab spare parts, with the goal of making the next race. Sometimes it gets dicey.

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Jill Sobule, Singer of ‘Supermodel’ and ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dies in a House Fire

admin2 May 2025

Ms. Sobule, 66, died Thursday morning in Woodbury, Minn., her publicist said. She had been scheduled to perform songs from her musical later in the week.

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• Sports

MLB made a change that players say shrank the strike zone — and caught them by surprise

admin2 May 2025

An adjustment in how umpires are graded has impacted ball-strike calls during the season’s first month, leaving players to adapt on the fly.

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Woman Says She Was Sexually Assaulted on American Airlines Flight

admin2 May 2025

In a lawsuit filed last week, the woman said the airline did not come to her aid when a man attacked her on a red-eye flight last year.

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