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A new book by the historian Linda Gordon considers seven social movements that transformed the country — not all of them for the better. By Jennifer Szalai Before she published “To Kill a ...

Big fines coming for US export violations, says ex-Commerce official, as China sales probed The U.S. Commerce Department is likely to impose hefty fines on companies in the coming months for ...

By The New York Times Books Staff Novels by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Karen Russell, nonfiction by Ezra Klein, new “Hunger Games” and “Wicked” prequels and more. Whether you're looking ...

BOSTON – The high-profile Karen Read murder trial that got underway on April 16 at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts ended months later in a mistrial due to a hung jury.

Bullish corn speculators were rewarded on Friday when the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed last year’s U.S. corn harvest by a significant and unexpected margin. Reuters, the news and media ...

Ronald Morgan Severson, 76, of Hawkins, died on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at his home of natural causes. Ronald was born on May 24, 1948, in Ladysmith, to Morgan and Dorothy (Heaman) Severson. Ronald was ...

WELL, ED, AS YOU KNOW, LEGAL ANALYSTS SAY THAT NOTHING ABOUT THIS CASE IS TYPICAL. AND TODAY, KAREN REID WAS NOT IN THE HOT SEAT. INSTEAD, HER LAWYERS WERE DID THEY PAY IT? YES. JUDGE BEVERLY ...

DEDHAM, Mass. (WAJR0 — Karen Read was back in court Tuesday after a judge voiced "grave concern" and abruptly ended a pretrial hearing last week. The woman is accused of hitting her boyfriend ...

BREAKING NEWS FIRST HERE AT 5:00. SOURCES TELL FIVE INVESTIGATES THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE KAREN READ CASE. AND THE DEATH OF JOHN O’KEEFE IS NOW OVER, AND NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED ...