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Facebook Messenger Switch Controversy Is Part Misunderstanding, Part Mistrust
Facebook users are angry over a forced migration to the company’s Messenger app and worried about its privacy implications. Are they overreacting?U.S.
Out-of-State Clinic Is Central in Texas Abortion Law Fight
The state’s reliance on the New Mexico clinic is being disparaged by the law’s critics, who say that would be contrary to a recent abortion ruling in Mississippi.U.S.
Judge Backs New Limits On North Carolina Voting
A federal judge rejected an effort to block a state law that opponents said will disproportionately hinder African-American voters.N.Y. / Region
De Blasio to Gather Clergy on Police-Community Divide
Bill de Blasio and his aides are hoping this meeting will be more effective than one last month, where the Rev. Al Sharpton’s comments undercut the mayor’s attempt to ease tensions.Opinion
Obama on the World
In a wide-ranging interview, the president explains American policy on Iraq, Putin and the Israelis and Palestinians.World
Motorbikers in North Korea Are Told to Park to Save Fuel
Motorbike use by ordinary citizens has been cut to rush hours to ensure fuel for the government and the military personnel, two websites that monitor North Korea said, adding that a decline in Chinese oil imports was probably responsible.Opinion
School Lessons, From South Korea to Finland
Susan Ohanian, a critic of national standards and testing, responds to a Sunday Review essay, “How South Korea Enslaves Its Students.”U.S.
Defense Pushes to Move Trial Location on Marathon Bombing
The lawyer for the accused, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, said that an analysis of news media coverage showed that the Boston region would not yield a fair jury.U.S.
California: Hunter Charged in Massive 2013 Fire
A 32-year-old man was charged Thursday with starting the state’s third-largest wildfire, a 2013 blaze that charred 400 square miles in Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest.U.S.
Virginia Trial Keeps Focus on Key Donor’s Character
The corporate mentor of Jonnie R. Williams Sr., the star witness in the corruption case against former Gov. Bob McDonnell, said his protégé jeopardized their company trying to curry political favor.U.S.
Pennsylvania: Fourth Victim Dies After Carjacking
The mother of three children killed when a carjacked sport utility vehicle crashed into a group selling fruit on a Philadelphia street corner for a church fund-raiser has died.World
China Looks to High-Speed Rail to Expand Reach
For China, the strategic importance of a proposed line can barely be overstated: It would provide an alternate to the longer and increasingly contentious trip through the South China Sea.Health
Ebola Drug Could Save a Few Lives. But Whose?
Public health authorities are wrestling with whether and how to bring an experimental medicine to the countries in Africa afflicted with the virus.U.S.
Tiny Lead for Incumbent in Tennessee Primary Vote
Representative Scott DesJarlais led State Senator Jim Tracy by 35 votes after their Republican primary on Thursday, in which more than 77,000 Tennesseans voted.Science
Rudderless Craft to Get Glimpse of Home Before Sinking Into Space’s Depths
The International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 will pass about 9,700 miles from the surface of the moon at 2:16 p.m. Eastern time Sunday.U.S.
Florida: First Body Identified at Boys’ School
A boy who was buried at a reform school with a history of unsanitary and decrepit conditions was for the first time positively identified among the scores of remains that were found in unmarked graves.U.S.
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