Before Subway Attack Charges, Frank James Had Decades of Petty Offenses
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Before Subway Attack Charges, Frank James Had Decades of Petty Offenses

“He wasn’t making direct threats,” he said. “James is an intelligent person. But he was making very angry comments, with lots of expletives. Scary stuff.” “We called the Elizabeth police because some of our people were really scared,” Mr. Storch said. Mr. James appeared to resent mental health treatment: In…

Wisconsin Supreme Court Approves Republican-Drawn Legislative Maps
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Approves Republican-Drawn Legislative Maps

The conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted to adopt new state legislative maps drawn by Republicans who control the Legislature, reversing its earlier decision that favored maps drawn by the state’s Democratic governor. The court acted after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its previous decision last month,…

A White Author’s Book About Black Feminism Was Pulled After a Social Media Outcry
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A White Author’s Book About Black Feminism Was Pulled After a Social Media Outcry

The blurb for the book “Bad and Boujee: Toward a Trap Feminist Theology” says that it “engages with the overlap of Black experience, hip-hop music, ethics and feminism to focus on a subsection known as ‘trap feminism.’” But the book, written by Jennifer M. Buck, a white academic at a…

The War in Ukraine Is Upending Biden’s Agenda at Home
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The War in Ukraine Is Upending Biden’s Agenda at Home

WASHINGTON — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has scrambled the global foreign policy landscape. But it has also upended President Biden’s domestic agenda back home, diverting the attention of the White House and contributing to rising prices that have become a top concern of Americans just months before congressional elections. Three…

South Carolina Prisoner Chooses to Be Executed by Firing Squad
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South Carolina Prisoner Chooses to Be Executed by Firing Squad

The South Carolina Department of Corrections said last month that it had spent about $53,000 to renovate a death chamber at a prison on the outskirts of Columbia, installing bullet-resistant glass between the chamber and witness room. A spokeswoman for the prison agency said prisoners who chose the firing squad…

Most Broadway Theaters Will Drop Vaccine Checks, but Not Mask Mandate
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Most Broadway Theaters Will Drop Vaccine Checks, but Not Mask Mandate

Vaccination and masking requirements, long gone in many parts of the country, have been falling away in New York City; on March 7, the city dropped rules requiring proof of vaccination for indoor dining at restaurants, for example. Other settings, including movie theaters as well as some comedy, sports and…

Dressage Coach Acquitted of Shooting Student by Reason of Insanity
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Dressage Coach Acquitted of Shooting Student by Reason of Insanity

An Olympic dressage coach accused of shooting his student was acquitted of attempted murder and found not guilty by reason of insanity in a case that stunned the elite dressage community. Michael Barisone, 57, an Olympic rider, said that he was defending himself when he shot Lauren Kanarek twice in…