The Playwright Who Fearlessly Reimagines America
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The Playwright Who Fearlessly Reimagines America

With its multiracial cast, interest in interracial and queer intimacy and emphasis on race’s psychosexual dimension, “Sally & Tom” echoes recent theater hits like “Hamilton” and “Slave Play” in order to ironize both starry-eyed multiculturalism and cynical provocation. At one point, two members of the cast and crew — Geoff,…

How Hertz Turned O.J. Simpson Into the ‘Superstar in Rent‐a‐Car’
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How Hertz Turned O.J. Simpson Into the ‘Superstar in Rent‐a‐Car’

Executives at the rental car company Hertz knew what they wanted to project to potential business travelers in the 1970s: speed, reliability and efficiency. They quickly realized that one man radiated all of those qualities. So they made the football player O.J. Simpson, who died on Wednesday at the age…

Kari Lake Backs Arizona Lawmakers in Push for 15-Week Abortion Ban
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Kari Lake Backs Arizona Lawmakers in Push for 15-Week Abortion Ban

A handful of Arizona Republican legislators looking to overturn a 160-year-old state law that bans nearly all abortions have a new high-profile supporter: Kari Lake, a prominent Senate candidate and a close ally of Donald J. Trump. The state Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday that upheld the 1864 law, from…

Texas Surgeon Is Accused of Secretly Denying Liver Transplants
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Texas Surgeon Is Accused of Secretly Denying Liver Transplants

For decades, Dr. J. Steve Bynon Jr., a transplant surgeon in Texas, gained accolades and national prominence for his work, including by helping to enforce professional standards in the country’s sprawling organ transplant system. But officials are now investigating allegations that Dr. Bynon was secretly manipulating a government database to…

Prosecutors Say Ohtani’s Interpreter Stole $16 Million From Star
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Prosecutors Say Ohtani’s Interpreter Stole $16 Million From Star

Federal prosecutors said on Thursday that Shohei Ohtani had been the victim of a “fraud on a massive scale,” releasing a detailed complaint that claimed Ippei Mizuhara, the baseball star’s former interpreter, exploited his access and the fact that Ohtani did not speak English to steal $16 million from him…