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‘The Affair’ could have ended last season; happily (and unhappily), it goes on
After three seasons, it felt as if we’d arrived at a natural end for “The Affair,” Showtime’s absorbing ...
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Getting a Chick-Fil-A franchise is harder than getting into Harvard
Three months into his new role as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt wanted to help ...
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China challenges American dominance of science
Like many ambitious young scientists, José Pastor-Pareja came to the United States to supercharge his career. At Yale ...
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House GOP’s highest-ranking woman finds herself answering for Trump
PULLMAN, Wash. – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers – mother, lawmaker and highest-ranking woman in the House Republican leadership ...
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The surprising history of ‘God Bless America’
It was supposed to be a purely patriotic occasion – President Donald Trump banished the Philadelphia Eagles from ...
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New Jersey is leading the resistance to offshore drilling
ASBURY PARK, N.J. – The Trump administration’s bid to expand offshore drilling sounds like a sweet deal when ...
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Family visits El Salvador as the American dream slips away
SAN VICENTE, El Salvador – Guillermo Mendoza boarded the flight from Virginia to San Salvador, nerves jangling and ...
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Washington, D.C., is now a cool city
WASHINGTON – In 2006, Sparky’s Espresso Cafe featured people getting their morning coffee on their way to construction ...
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You can’t keep a good culture warrior down: The return of Oliver North
With his blue-steel gaze and steel-gray hair, U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North looked like a movie star ...
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Every person in Illinois owes $11,000 for pensions, with no fix in sight
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Three years ago Tuesday, the Illinois Supreme Court struck down the state’s attempt to cut ...