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O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife was hardly silent about how scary her life had become in the years, months and days leading up to her death.

Nicole Brown Simpson’s cries for help are still hard to hear

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Medical Mysteries: Years of hives and fevers traced to a startling cause

For 18 years, a woman suffered from an episodic illness featuring hives and fevers that stumped doctors. The cause, discovered after surgery, was mind-blowing.

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Live updates: Iran launches drones toward Israel in retaliatory attack

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Inside the cheating scandal rocking D.C.’s trivia scene

Supreme Court to weigh if Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction

This senator wants an online privacy law. She’s slowed efforts for years.

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The economy is revving up at a terrible time for Biden

Higher inflation could lead the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates — and mortgage rates — elevated until late in the year, eluding political gain for Biden.

By Abha Bhattarai and Tyler Pager

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Analysis: Biden has a story to tell about the economy. Inflation gets in the way.

Mike Pence pushes a post-Trump path for conservatives and GOP

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GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy was a respected Navy SEAL. Now he’s benefiting from the elite force’s star power.

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In Arizona, Democrats remind voters Trump, GOP led to revival of abortion ban

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Evangelicals are fed up with the House GOP’s Israel aid holdouts

Christians United For Israel is mobilizing Evangelicals to lobby Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republicans to secure more U.S. aid for the Jewish state.

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Progressives want to cut military aid to Israel. Here are the options.

House GOP manages to reauthorize surveillance bill, but divisions remain

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The dishonest ‘noncitizen voting’ issue melds Trump’s two favorite things

By Philip Bump

Democratic Party has helped Biden cover his legal bills

By Matt Viser and Tyler Pager

Trump Cases

Judge Cannon skeptical of Trump co-defendants’ arguments to dismiss charges in classified documents case

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Trump’s the likely GOP nominee. He can serve even if convicted of a crime.

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New prosecutor to decide fate of Georgia lieutenant governor in Trump case

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The letter writer’s sister-in-law wants to see family only on her terms — and resents the kid-centric itinerary.

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Carolyn Hax: Sister-in-law wants time with family — but not with their kids

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At silent book clubs, socializing is optional

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Judi Dench gets chatty and cheeky about Shakespeare

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Alexandra Fuller’s new book is not your typical grief memoir

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How did Ian Fleming create James Bond? He looked in the mirror.

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Libraries are full of books about great cats. This one is special.

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Francis Collins: Why I’m going public with my prostate cancer diagnosis

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Don’t rinse after brushing your teeth. Here’s why.

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They’re young and athletic. They’re also ill with a condition called POTS.

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Want to run a fall marathon? It’s time to pick a training plan for your goals.

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A ‘petting zoo’ for heat pumps? This fair helps Americans green their homes.

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Biden hikes cost of drilling on federal lands as Trump courts oil donors

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Biden plans to expand two national monuments in California

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Missouri could crack down on water exports to drought-weary West

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Death Valley is alive this year. A super bloom is the latest sign.

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Delta eclipse flight from Dallas veered off path of totality

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Powerful storm causes damage from Texas to Pennsylvania

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Unique views of the solar eclipse you may have missed

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Here’s why California is drought-free for a second straight year

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Which colors look best on you? These tech tools claim to know.

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Internet service has ‘nutrition labels’ now. Here’s how to use them.

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Apple will approve used parts in iPhone repairs, in long-awaited reversal

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The future of AI will run on Amazon, company CEO says

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Clock ticking, an Arizona abortion clinic copes with confusion and fear

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Ex-U.S. ambassador sentenced to 15 years after decades of spying for Cuba

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1 killed, 13 hurt after driver rams truck into Tex. state agency, officials say

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Biden administration cancels another $7.4 billion in student loans

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

Amid relentless school shootings, scrutiny extends beyond the shooter

By Laura Meckler, Hannah Natanson and Justin Jouvenal

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They got their son a pet octopus. Weeks later, there were 50 more.

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A baby had no home after a stay in the NICU. Her nurses adopted her.

By Sydney Page

Stray pigeon flies to animal shelter, is adopted out, will wear diaper

By Cathy Free

A girl wanted to help buy her mom’s headstone. She made a lemonade stand.

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Frescoes buried by volcano uncovered in ancient dining room in Pompeii

By Victoria Bisset

Russian soldiers arrive in Niger as relationship with U.S. deteriorates

By Rachel Chason

In the Arctic, American commandos game out a great-power war

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Russian troops advance in Ukraine as Kyiv runs low on air defenses

By Isabelle Khurshudyan and Serhii Korolchuk

With French under fire, Mali uses AI to bring local language to students

By Rachel Chason

Middle East Conflict

Israel braces amid fears of Iranian strike; U.S. shifts forces to region

By Frances Vinall, Ellen Francis, Adam Taylor, Bryan Pietsch, Missy Ryan, Dan Lamothe and Alex Horton

Germany bars doctor who worked in Gaza, shuts down Palestinian conference

By Loveday Morris

Pentagon frustrated by lack of notice from Israel in Syria strike

By Missy Ryan and Dan Lamothe

Biden administration clings to cease-fire talks with no Plan B

By Karen DeYoung

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Esther Perel, America’s couples therapy guru, will see you now

By Ashley Fetters Maloy

The unlikely but enduring bond between Norm Macdonald and O.J. Simpson

By Geoff Edgers

Margot Robbie to make new Monopoly movie

By Samantha Chery and Herb Scribner

The early-morning call to Cal Ripken Jr. that led to Jackson Holliday’s No. 7

By Chelsea Janes

What a pitcher’s eyes can tell you

By Andrew Golden

‘I’m not Black; I’m O.J.’: Why Simpson avoided athlete activism

By Michael Lee