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The two sides stopped short of accepting a U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal a day after the U.N. Security Council voted to endorse it.

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Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, once close allies, have embraced starkly different conceptions of the judicial role.

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Justice Samuel Alito’s secretly recorded remarks come as many conservatives have embraced the view that U.S. democracy must be grounded in Christian values.

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Tenjen Lama Sherpa was a storied mountain guide. Now, he and two of his brothers are dead, and their youngest brother must keep climbing to make a living.

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“Are you sitting down?” Vermont’s state botanist asked a fellow plant expert after spotting false mermaid-weed last month.

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New York’s new matching-funds campaign system rewards candidates who raise money from small donors, but weak oversight may already have led to abuses.

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Splash Mountain was closed because of its connection with “Song of the South,” a 1946 animated film featuring animal minstrels.

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Moody’s ratings agency warned of a downgrade on French debt, saying the move could worsen finances by creating “a polarized political environment.”

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A federal judge ruled Florida could not “prohibit transgender minors from receiving specific kinds of widely accepted gender-affirming medical care.”

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