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Meet one of America’s newest union leaders: Brooke Shields



Brooke Shields became president of the 51,000-member Actors’ Equity Association this year, with plans to use her celebrity to put money into actors’ pockets.



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Author : Lauren Kaori Gurley

Publish date : 2024-09-02 11:00:28

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A soldier abused young girls. The Army could have stopped him, lawsuit alleges.



Rashad Parkinson pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting three underage girls while at Fort Cavazos, Texas. The Army was slow to investigate his crimes, families alleged.



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Author : Daniel Wu

Publish date : 2024-09-02 09:00:27

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General strike brings Israel to a halt, pressuring Netanyahu on hostages



After Hamas killed six hostages, Israel erupted in protests over Netanyahu’s policy of using the military to recover the captives rather than negotiations.



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Author : Steve Hendrix, Shira Rubin

Publish date : 2024-09-02 09:50:03

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FX’s ‘English Teacher’ is an improbable, radically playful triumph



One feature that makes “English Teacher” unusual is its resistance to the hyperbole we’ve perhaps come to expect from American sitcoms.



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Author : Lili Loofbourow

Publish date : 2024-09-02 09:00:51

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The country’s largest publishers sue Florida over school book bans



Works by hundreds of authors, from Maya Angelou to Judy Blume, have been challenged and removed from school libraries. Now a group is suing to bring them back.



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Author : Maham Javaid

Publish date : 2024-08-31 23:49:38

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With boost from grieving families, Trump sharpens attacks on Harris



The former president’s campaign aimed to turn the controversy over his actions at Arlington National Cemetery into an attack on the Biden administration’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal.



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Author : Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Dan Lamothe, Hannah Knowles

Publish date : 2024-09-01 22:10:00

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To really tackle climate change, here’s what Washington needs to do



The U.S. should refocus its climate strategy to speed up the poor world’s access to clean energy technologies.



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Author : Editorial Board

Publish date : 2024-08-31 11:15:59

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Protesters voice anger outside Israeli ambassador’s home over hostage deaths



Calling for an end to the Gaza war, protesters rallied outside Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog’s home to express anger over the death of six Israeli hostages.



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Author : Michael Brice-Saddler

Publish date : 2024-09-01 21:39:12

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Darren Baker is finally in the majors — where he has been his whole life



Darren Baker, the son of former Nationals manager Dusty Baker, grew up in the big leagues. And he just singled in his major league debut with Washington.



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10 must-see films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival



TIFF is where the Oscar race usually comes into view. Here’s what film lovers are already buzzing about.



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Author : Ty Burr

Publish date : 2024-09-01 14:29:08

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American family’s quest to save son held captive in Gaza ends in heartbreak



The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a dual Israeli and American citizen, had become public faces of the ordeal of the hostages taken by Hamas. Other American families of hostages fear time is running out for their loved ones.



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Author : Joanna Slater, Greg Jaffe

Publish date : 2024-09-01 23:08:27

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RFK Jr. fought to get on N.C. ballots. Now he’s suing to get off them.



The North Carolina State Board of Elections said last week it was impractical to reprint ballots before absentee voting begins.



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Author : Praveena Somasundaram

Publish date : 2024-09-02 01:23:58

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How Harris’s promise of 2010 triumphed over the pain of 2020



As vice president, she has surged in a party that found ideological common ground under Biden.



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Author : E.J. Dionne

Publish date : 2024-09-01 10:30:38

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Start of September in D.C. similar to end of August



September started very much as August had ended: warm and muggy, yet pleasant in its way.



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Author : Martin Weil

Publish date : 2024-09-01 23:29:58

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How a ban on X will affect Brazil’s fan accounts



As Brazilian stans lose access to X, they also see the deterioration of a community that has changed their lives online and in real life.



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Author : Samantha Chery

Publish date : 2024-09-01 20:29:19

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