Jury Orders Mongols Biker Club to Forfeit Its Logo, the ‘Holy of Holies’
The verdict by the California jury was not the final word: The judge said he would first consider the club’s constitutional rights to free speech.
U.S. Ambassadors Worldwide Are Summoned to D.C. Forum Despite Shutdown
The State Department plans to pay for a conference in Washington for all its chiefs of mission while most of its employees go without pay.
Alabama Woman Becomes First Known Transgender Person Killed This Year in U.S.
Dana Martin, a transgender woman from Hope Hull, Ala., was found shot to death in a vehicle in Montgomery.
California Adds Its Clout to States Battling High Drug Prices
Under a new governor, it’s hoping to use its status as the most populous state as leverage when it negotiates with drug makers.
Texas Couple Found Guilty of Enslaving Girl From Guinea for 16 Years
The authorities accused the couple of bringing the girl from Guinea when she was 5 years old to cook, clean and care for their children.
The Groveland Four Are Pardoned, 70 Years After Jim Crow-Era Rape Case
Four black men were accused of raping a white woman in Florida in 1949. Two were killed. Two were imprisoned. On Friday, they were pardoned.
Trump’s Evolving Rhetoric on the Wall
The core of President Trump’s argument for the southern border wall has remained largely the same. But as the fight wears on, his justification has expanded and details like cost and construction materials have evolved.
Warhol Foundation Overturns 8-Year Smithsonian Funding Ban
The foundation decided to ban grants to the Smithsonian when a video by David Wojnarowicz was removed from an exhibition in 2010.
$3.4 Million Medicaid Fraud Inquiry Hovers Over Nursing Home Where Comatose Woman Was Raped and Had Baby
The operator of the nursing home, Hacienda HealthCare, has been locked in a legal battle with a state health agency, refusing to turn over financial records.
Government Shutdown: Urgent National Crisis, or Curiosity? Media Coverage Shows Both
The ideological divide among news outlets is evident in shutdown coverage, but even in conservative areas there is some divergence from President Trump’s hard-line rhetoric.
At War: ‘On Parris Island, We Felt Isolated From the Rest of the World’
In this week’s At War newsletter: a Times reporter and former Marine writes about his life in boot camp, in response to the service’s gender-integration news.
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