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Law

Verdict in rap star’s killing decided on book confession

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by Rich McKay
Pope Leo XIV, dressed in gold and white papal vestments and mitre, carries a ceremonial staff while walking in a procession flanked by two priests in matching robes.
World & National News

Do the papacy and politics mix?

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by Cyrus Moulton
The Menendez brothers and their attorneys standing in court wearing suits and ties.
Law

Why the Menendez brothers’ allegations of sexual abuse are being taken seriously more than three decades after they killed their parents

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
Former NFL player Chris Johnson uses an eye-tracking tablet device to communicate during an interview, seated next to a woman, in a still from an ABC News segment on his ALS diagnosis.
Health

A former NFL star lost his speech to ALS. Here’s how he still talks

by Cody Mello-Klein
Taylor Swift wearing a black and gold glittery bodysuit tipping her head back and singing into a microphone with stadium lights behind her at an Eras Tour show.
Law

Taylor Swift is trying to trademark her voice. Is that a good thing?

by Cody Mello-Klein
Karen Read sitting in court listening to a person speak out of frame.
Law

Does a Karen Read retrial benefit the prosecution or the defense? Northeastern expert explains

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by Cyrus Moulton
Actress Hayden Panettiere poses at a red carpet event.
Health

Hayden Panettiere’s death and the dangerous duo of addiction and PPD

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by Katya Poltorak
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Law

What is civil asset forfeiture, the unlikely topic at the center of Netflix’s new action movie ‘Rebel Ridge’? Expert explains the reality behind the hit movie

by Cody Mello-Klein
A woman dressed in blue denim stands between shelves containing pharmaceuticals and other bottles.
Arts & Entertainment

Is the world better off in ‘Pluribus’? A supply chain expert says no

by Cody Mello-Klein
A group of people observing from a distance destroyed buildings in Gaza.
World & National News

‘Legitimate questions’ loom over Trump’s international stabilization plan in Gaza

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by Tanner Stening
A black and white photo of a young Queen Elizabeth II standing next to Anthony Blunt, a man wearing a suit and tie.
Society & Culture

The British secret service kept the Queen in the dark for nine years that a spy was in her midst. Northeastern historians unpack what happened

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by Patrick Daly
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Law

What is a constitutional crisis? Is the US currently in one?

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by Tanner Stening