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Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School

She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists.

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Jo Ann Allen, left, and Minnie Ann Dickey at Clinton High School in Tennessee in September 1956, two years after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools.
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DoorDash Deliverer Faces Tampering Charges Tied to Food Order

The authorities said the woman, who was making a delivery for DoorDash, was captured on a doorbell camera spraying an unknown aerosol.

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A woman who was making a DoorDash delivery was charged with battery and consumer product tampering after she was seen in doorbell footage aiming a spray from a can in the direction of the food order, officials said.
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MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.

A split is emerging within Trump’s base as health activists accuse Mr. Zeldin of leading the agency to prioritize chemical industry interests over public health.

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Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, appeared with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Salt Lake City earlier this year. Recently, Mr. Zeldin has gone on a charm offensive.
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The Young Conservatives Fixated on H-1B Visas

For some Gen Z conservatives, H-1B visas are a hot new topic.

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Young conservative Americans part of the America First wing have fixated on the visa program as they grow disillusioned with the president’s promises on immigration and frustrated with the job market.
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Ivan Urgant Was Russia’s Late-Night King Until Putin’s War in Ukraine

Ivan Urgant was an unstoppable Russian megastar. Then he expressed opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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The Russian entertainer Ivan Urgant, right, hosting “Evening Urgant,” which went dark in 2022, after he made an antiwar post on social media.
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