When lawmakers crafted the law legalizing marijuana in Illinois, they tried to make sure it would right what many see as past wrongs linked to the drug. In addition to expunging hundreds of thousands of criminal records for marijuana arrests and convictions, the law’s architects added provisions meant to benefit communities that have been the […]
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What’s up: Netflix’s “Queer Eye: We’re In Japan!” is a special, Japan-set season of the reality makeover show “Queer Eye.” The full cast travels to Japan, where they team up with U.S.-born, Japan-raised model Kiko Mizuhara. Together, they explore Tokyo and make over the lives of “heroes” (the term the show uses to describe the
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This sure beats a miniature candy bar. Actor Jamie Lee Curtis served up a first look at the sequel to her blockbuster “Halloween” reboot on Thursday. (See it below.) The Instagram clip of “Halloween Kills” includes on-set goings-on and portending flash cuts before Curtis emerges with bloody hands. “Happy Halloween,” she says. “’Tis the season…..
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Discriminatory chants have prompted a Serie A soccer game between Roma and Napoli to be briefly suspended. Referee Gianluca Rocchi made the decision in the second half Saturday after Roma fans aimed anti-territorial chants — which are treated in the same manner as racist chants — at Napoli. The game resumed after a few minutes.
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[Race affects our lives in countless ways. To read provocative stories on race from The Times, sign up here for our weekly Race/Related newsletter.] The internet has often been compared to a digital town square, which is a rather quaint description for a place that many believe has become a breeding ground for racism, misogyny
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In an era defined by apocalyptic news stories like border walls and rampant gun violence, the belief in divine intervention is beginning to sound more inconceivable than, say, a zombie apocalypse. That’s undoubtedly why prophetic TV series such as “The Walking Dead,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and “Years and Years” have captivated audiences already losing hope
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A supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday with sports car parts, an oven for baking cookies and a vest to protect against radiation. Northrop Grumman launched its Cygnus capsule for NASA from Wallops Island, Virginia. The 8,200-pound shipment (3,700 kilograms) should reach the orbiting lab Monday. “Good launch all the way
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Of all the intricate details that went into 618 days of planning for this moment, Rassie Erasmus regarded none as more important to impart on his Springboks than context. Why are they at the Rugby World Cup? Who are they trying to win it for? Siya Kolisi, appointed last year by Erasmus as the first
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This past March she helped facilitate a meeting at the White House with Vice President Mike Pence for 100 Hispanic pastors and denominational leaders, said Tony Suarez, the executive vice president of the National Hispanic Christian Leaders Conference, a network of 40,000 Hispanic evangelical congregations. Ms. White led a pentecostal-leaning church, recently renamed City of
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Seeing U.S. forces track down and kill the Islamic State’s leader wasn’t enough for President Donald Trump. He puffed up and told a story about the raid that is unfamiliar to the military leaders who mounted it. In recent days, Trump also related details from Syria that the Pentagon and diplomats contradicted. When the stock
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