Washington & Politics

NYC concert lineup: Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jennifer Hudson

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NEW YORK — Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson will headline an August concert in Central Park, marking the city's comeback from the...

White House reports 56% of hires are women, pay gap narrowed

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has filled about 56% of his senior White House staff positions with women, including about 36% who come from...

Gluing back the bits in a post-COVID myriad of human divides

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PARIS — The musical notes waft through the apartment window, from the fast-moving fingers of the accordion player serenading restaurant diners below. ...

GOP congressman flouts mask rules on airline flight to Texas

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WASHINGTON — A Texas congressman who has been an outspoken critic of COVID-19 mask mandates went without a mask for at least a portion...

France, Mexico sign deal against trafficking in artifacts

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PARIS — France and Mexico signed an agreement Thursday on cooperating against the trafficking of cultural artifacts, a deal that the Mexican foreign minister...

NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russia

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WASHINGTON — U.S. and British agencies disclosed on Thursday details of methods they say have been used by Russian intelligence to break into the...

Colony of shy Albanian pelicans flourishes during pandemic

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DIVJAKA, Albania — The pandemic has brought one good thing to western Albania's Divjaka-Karavasta Lagoon — badly needed peace and quiet for endangered mating...

Lawyer: Marine played minor role in soldier’s hazing death

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NORFOLK, Va. — A defense attorney for a U.S. Marine told jurors Wednesday that he played a minor role in the hazing of a...

Medicaid expansion takes effect in deep-red Oklahoma

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OKLAHOMA CITY — A voter-approved expansion of Medicaid took effect Thursday in Oklahoma after a decade of Republican resistance in a state that has...

Does new Alzheimer’s drug work? Answers may miss 2030 target

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WASHINGTON — When a controversial Alzheimer’s drug won U.S. approval, surprise over the decision quickly turned to shock at how long it might take...