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In grappling critically with the strict religious teachings of her childhood, Mrs. Vuolo is taking part in a version of “deconstruction,” though she distances herself from the specific term. It’s an exercisethat...

OSCEOLA, Iowa — So many of Deborah Krauss’s friends and neighbors have died of drug overdoses during the pandemic that she said she felt as if she had been living inside of...

WASHINGTON — When hard-right Republicans extracted concessions from Speaker Kevin McCarthy in exchange for supporting his election last month, one of their top demands was that he robustly fund and give sweeping...

Mr. Biden had always planned to use his visit to the University of Tampa to warn about cuts to entitlements. But despite months of warning about “MAGA Republicans,” Mr. Biden had so...

The gas station reopened in 2008, and its balky sign was lit again in 2019.  Mr. Okura “did more for California’s Route 66 than any other person in preservation,” Beth Murray, a photographer,...

A reporter who was covering a news conference on the train derailment in Ohio that led to the release of toxic fumes was arrested following a live shot on Wednesday, after officers...

Lonnie A. Ray of Darlington County, S.C., had bred and sold dogs for a while, and he knew what safety precautions to take when arranging a sale, according to Daniel Simon, the...

He wrote tens of thousands of jokes in his career. Among those who told them were Dick Gregory, Jack Paar, Red Skelton — and, for a while, President Gerald R. Ford.

The president’s speech contained no outright falsehoods, but at times omitted crucial context or exaggerated the facts.

WASHINGTON — It began on the floor of the House, in an impromptu but strikingly testy exchange just before the State of the Union address.Senator Mitt Romney, the Utah Republican known for...