Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture US Ties

A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.

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Before Berlin’s Cowboys Are Booted Off Their Land, One Final Hoedown

The town looks straight out of the Wild West, with saloons, sheriffs and cowboy hats galore, but in this endangered patch of the American frontier, everyone is speaking German.

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Why Are Guards Using Force More Often in New York’s Prisons?

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality.

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Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows

As frustrations among corrections officers mount, abusive treatment of inmates is rising and becoming more vicious, records and interviews show.

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X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts

Online sleuths quickly found that some accounts posting about U.S. politics, including those in support of the MAGA movement, appeared not to be based in the United States.

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Trade Chaos Causes Businesses to Rethink Their Relationship With the U.S.

From Sweden to Brazil, six small companies talk about how they are communicating with their U.S. customers amid uncertainty over Trump’s changing tariffs.

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Denmark’s Migration Model

The country is getting attention for its tough asylum policies. Can they serve as a bulwark against the far right?

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Morgan Geyser, Who Was Convicted in ‘Slender Man’ Stabbing, Flees Group Home

The woman, Morgan Geyser, was last seen in a residential area of Madison, Wis., on Saturday evening. The police said she cut off a monitoring bracelet.

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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82

A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention.

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Lee Tamahori, Director of Film Voted New Zealand’s Best, Dies at 75

He reimagined “Once Were Warriors,” a novel about a Maori family, as a film that became a worldwide phenomenon. He went on to direct Hollywood movies.

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