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Arts

Chuck Berry Dies at 90; Helped Define Rock ’n’ Roll

Mr. Berry was rock’s master theorist and conceptual genius, a songwriter who understood what the kids wanted before they knew themselves.
MUSIC; POP AND ROCK MUSIC
Style

Donald Trump Jr. Is His Own Kind of Trump

The president’s once-wayward eldest son embraces his new role in business and politics on his terms.
FAMILIES AND FAMILY LIFE; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016
U.S.

Door-Busting Drug Raids Leave a Trail of Blood

Using SWAT officers to storm into homes to execute search warrants has led time and again to avoidable deaths, gruesome injuries and costly legal settlements.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
U.S.

Hillary Clinton Says She’s ‘Ready to Come Out of the Woods’

“I have a hard time watching the news, I’ll confess,” she said during a speech on Friday night. “I am ready to come out of the woods.”
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Opinion

And Jesus Said Unto Paul of Ryan ...


Pay the truckers.
U.S.

In One Rocky Week, Trump’s Self-Inflicted Chaos on Vivid Display

The president had plenty of meaty legislative challenges to address, yet he kept getting sidetracked by controversies of his own making.
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMORANDUMS
World

Trump Offers No Apology for Claim on British Spying

British officials were livid after the White House aired an unverified claim that Britain’s spy agency had monitored Mr. Trump during last year’s campaign at the behest of President Barack Obama.
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; ESPIONAGE AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICES; UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
U.S.

Kellyanne Conway’s Husband Is Trump’s Choice for Key Justice Post

U.S.

Trump Budget Cuts Put Struggling Americans on Edge

As news of Mr. Trump’s budget begins to sink in, some Americans feel as if their country no longer has a place for them.
POVERTY
Opinion

What to Ask About Russian Hacking

Business Day

A Small Table Maker Takes On Alibaba’s Flood of Fakes

With his computer and simple software, Greg Hankerson hunts for counterfeits and seeks other small businesses willing to fight a Chinese e-commerce giant.
COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE
Technology

A Tweet to Kurt Eichenwald, a Strobe and a Seizure. Now, an Arrest.

A strobe-light image sent on Twitter to Mr. Eichenwald, a journalist who has epilepsy, has been compared to sending a bomb or anthrax in the mail.
EPILEPSY; CYBERHARASSMENT; SEIZURES (MEDICAL)
Opinion

Randy Rainbow: The Terrifying, Tolerance-Promoting ‘Beauty and the Beast’

A gay character? This progressive open-mindedness will not stand!
HOMOSEXUALITY AND BISEXUALITY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND TRENDS
U.S.

Debunking a Myth: The Irish Were Not Slaves, Too

Widespread memes used against African-Americans say America was built by Irish slaves whose history has been covered up. That’s false, historians say.
SLAVERY (HISTORICAL)
Fashion & Style

Is This Store the Best-Kept Secret in Fashion?

The off-price retailer U.A.L. is largely unknown outside the South, yet it is a regular pilgrimage site for fashion insiders looking for high-end designer wear at dizzying markdowns.
DISCOUNT SELLING; SHOPPING AND RETAIL; FASHION AND APPAREL
World

Germany Reacts to Merkel-Trump Visit: ‘Could Have Been a Lot Worse’

Germans saw Ms. Merkel’s first visit with Mr. Trump with a pragmatism similar to the chancellor’s, but his remarks 24 hours later pointed to differences on policy.
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND WORLD MARKET
World

Merkel Meets Trump, the Defender Versus the Disrupter

Mr. Trump and Ms. Merkel made a show of working together, but they could not disguise the gulf that separates them on many thorny issues.
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
U.S.

Fact Check: Budget Director’s Claims That Programs Don’t Work

Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s budget director, faced backlash when he suggested that popular antipoverty and education programs don’t work. Do they?
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; BUDGETS AND BUDGETING
U.S.

Murder or Self-Defense if Officer Is Killed in Raid?

With battering rams and flash-bang grenades, SWAT teams fuel the risk of violence as they forcibly enter suspects’ homes. Five months and 85 miles apart, two cases took starkly divergent legal paths.
SELF-DEFENSE; ATTACKS ON POLICE 

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