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Hurricane Matthew: The Latest Updates
The Category 1 storm made landfall in South Carolina after leaving hundreds of people dead in Haiti and a trail of devastation across the Caribbean.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Near Certainty of Anti-Police Violence
By ignoring illegitimate policing, America has also failed to address the danger this illegitimacy poses to those who must do the policing.
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What Do You Know ... About Tattoos?
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored the key points of the tattoo industry, the life of a pizza…
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Quoted: The Chosen Edition
“We’d like to be the chicken’s choice. If I’m a chicken and I’m going to be raised by somebody, I…
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Eric Gay / AP The Thwarted Domestic Terrorist Attack on Somali Refugees
Federal prosecutors charged three Kansas men who were planning to detonate bombs that targeted Muslims.
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Michelle McLoughlin / Reuters Why a Connecticut Judge Tossed the Sandy Hook Lawsuit
The families of the 2012 massacre victims were suing the gun manufacturer who made the rifle used by Adam Lanza.
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Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters Bring On the Cuban Cigars
American tourists can for the first time bring home up to 100 cigars and several bottles of rum.
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Adam Rhew / Reuters The Justice Department's New Police Shooting Database
The gap in data has been an embarrassment for the federal government.
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America by Air: Waving at a Wave Pool
A reader sends a shot above Fiesta Texas, the Six Flags amusement park in San Antonio (and one that would…
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Wilfredo Lee / AP Florida's Extended Voter Registration Deadline
A federal judge ruled Wednesday to change the date because of Hurricane Matthew, which passed near the state last week.
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And Now for Something Saner and More Positive: Fresno, Erie
Not to over-personalize, but I feel as if my life in the past few weeks recapitulates the argument my wife…
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Kurt Steiss / Reuters What Drug an Unarmed Black Man Had in His System When He Was Killed by Police
Terence Crutcher, who was shot in Tulsa last month, had PCP in his body at the time of the shooting, a toxicology report says.
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'How Christianity Brought Me Back to Judaism'
When Charles Bretan, a Jewish reader responding to Bella’s note on interfaith worship and The Sanctuaries, emailed to…
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Tell Us: What's Your Most Profound Moment of Interfaith Worship?
When you are deeply immersed in a religious faith, there is always the guilty understanding that falling out…
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Pete Souza / White House The Atlantic's New Editor in Chief
Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for the magazine, succeeds James Bennet as its 14th top editor.
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What Do You Know ... About Big Business?
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored the laws that govern corporations across America, the pressures that give some…
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Quoted: The Out-in-the-Open Edition
“This is not a man who seems willing or able to spend $1 billion of his own money on anything—the…
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AP The Russian Hack of the DNC
U.S. intelligence officials said they are “confident” only senior Moscow officials could have authorized it.
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John Sommers II / Reuters The U.S. Army Equipment That Ended Up on eBay
Eight people, including six soldiers, have been charged with conspiring to steal and sell sensitive military equipment on the website.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Why Was NJ Transit Going Too Fast in Hoboken?
In the last minute before a fatal crash last week, a commuter train sped up to twice the limit, the NTSB says.
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Richard Carson / Reuters An Execution in Texas
The Lone Star State put Barney Fuller to death on Wednesday, breaking a rare six-month streak without capital punishment.
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Jim Young / Reuters Another Suspension for Wells Fargo
Illinois is the latest state to cut ties with the bank following its scandal over fake accounts.
