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Why a child’s stuffed bunny is blowing up a political race — and the internet12:25 Many seemed reluctant to take sides in an Ohio congressman’s divorce marked by accusations of abuse, but then came the allegation he had withheld his daughter’s sleep buddy. Exploring queer themes and Chicano life, he became a bard of the U.S.-Mexico border12:25 Benjamin Alire Sáenz, who has died at 71, was the first Latino to win the PEN/Faulkner. His YA novel “Aristotle and Dante” brought him international fame. The mall rink where they fell in love and skated for nearly 60 years is closing11:52 Jerry and Tally Leonard have thrilled shoppers and open-skate crowds for decades at the Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon. Now, they’re not sure how they will fill the void. How The Post’s public-records lawsuit exposed GI Bill scams with for-profit trade schools11:52 Journalists analyzed databases, scoured thousands of pages of documents and traveled to three states to illuminate a core finding of over $300 million in fraud. Mayor urges Los Angeles Police Department to end Flock Safety contract8.srpna Bass says the company, which provides automated license plate readers, “lost the trust” of Angelenos. Picasso stolen from Milwaukee gallery returned eight years later8.srpna The famous 1949 print of a bullfighter disappeared from the building’s lobby in 2018. It was dropped at a local police station this week. Court deals setback to Trump’s war on wind as Pentagon is ordered to review projects8.srpna The Defense Department stopped processing national security reviews of wind projects in May, despite a law demanding they be completed in 75 days. How a neighborhood in NYC became the center of democratic socialist power7.srpna The divisions in Astoria, Queens, foreshadow the tensions that can emerge as more progressive candidates win elections across the country. Three people charged with threatening judge, witnesses in Nolan Wells case7.srpna The alleged threats were made in the case of a Black teen who was found dead off the Mississippi coast after celebrating the Fourth of July with friends. |