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Southern Baptists Vote to Oppose I.V.F. at Convention
The vote was an indication that ordinary evangelicals are increasingly open to arguments that equate embryos with human life.
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At the Southern Baptist Convention, the church voted to reject stricter rules for women in pastoral roles.
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Fed Keeps Rates Steady and Forecasts Only One Cut in 2024
Federal Reserve officials had initially predicted three rate cuts for the year. Earlier, inflation data for May came in cooler than expected.
This is how interest rates affect savers and borrowers.
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Republicans Push Through Contempt of Congress Citation Against Garland
Attorney General Merrick Garland refused Republican demands to turn over recordings from the investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents.
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Why Senate Democrats Are Outperforming President Biden in Key States
Democrats have leads in battleground states, but strategists aligned with both parties caution that the fight for Senate control is just starting.
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Election updates: As Donald Trump searches for a running mate, Ben Carson can’t be counted out.
Jerry West, One of Basketball’s Greatest Players, Dies at 86
He was a sharpshooting, high-scoring Hall of Fame guard for the Lakers and later an executive with the team. His silhouette became the N.B.A.’s logo.
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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTWhite House Aide Does Not Say if Biden Would Commute Son’s Sentence
Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said she had not spoken with President Biden about the matter yet.
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Content on Hunter Biden’s laptop, revealed by The New York Post, came back to haunt him.
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Defiant Macron Predicts Chaos if France Succumbs to Extremes
President Emmanuel Macron called on people of good will to come together to defend the Republic in the snap election he decided to call.
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In Wake of Election Defeat, Germany’s Weakened Leader Will Slog On
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his governing coalition emerged battered from the vote for the European Parliament. But a snap election seems unlikely.
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Blinken Calls Some Hamas Changes to Cease-Fire Proposal Unacceptable
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. would keep pushing Israel and Hamas “on an urgent basis” to reach a deal.
Accounts of Life in Hamas Captivity Emerge in Israel
The four hostages rescued in Gaza were described as malnourished and traumatized, and had been “tortured physically and psychologically,” a doctor said.
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Françoise Hardy, Moody French Pop Star, Dies at 80
With hit songs and an understated personality, she incarnated a 1960s cool still treasured by the French.
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Françoise Hardy entranced generations of listeners. Here are some of her songs.
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How Tony-Nominated Set Designers Get It Right
For this year’s nominees, some of their most rewarding — and realistic — work was in the smaller details.
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In “Mother Play,” featuring Jessica Lange, Paula Vogel conjured warm and thorny memories to understand a difficult parent.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Dismisses Tulsa Massacre Lawsuit
The court affirmed a lower court’s dismissal, bringing to an end a suit brought by the last known survivors of the 1921 attack by a white mob.
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A Public Housing Playground Barred Outsiders. Neighbors Objected.
Signs at Wise Towers say the playground is only for residents. There have been tense encounters with neighbors on the wealthy, liberal Upper West Side.
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A.C.L.U. Sues to Stop Biden’s Asylum Ban on the U.S.-Mexico Border
It’s the first legal challenge to an order that President Biden hopes will decrease the number of illegal crossings and neutralize a political vulnerability.
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Tesla Investors to Decide if Elon Musk Deserves $45 Billion Payday
The vote is seen as a referendum on the limits of executive pay and the accountability of Silicon Valley billionaires.
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Maureen Dowd
Go Slow, Joe
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The Most Courageous Thing That Joe Biden Can Do
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Jessica Grose
Young Women Are Fleeing Organized Religion. This Was Predictable.
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Paul Krugman
The Federal Reserve Has a Good News Problem
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Our Desire for Inexpensive Food Is Putting Us in Danger
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Howard Fineman, Veteran Political Journalist and TV Pundit, Dies at 75
From his beginnings with a daily newspaper, he moved easily through Newsweek magazine to cable news and, later, to the frontiers of online journalism.
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Sony Pictures Acquires Alamo Drafthouse in Lifeline to Cinema Chain
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