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Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and sentenced to four years in prison.
The first half of the year had few big, buzzy hits. But there were some nice surprises (“Widow’s Bay”) and returning favorites (“The Comeback”).
The Supreme Court refused to review whether an Indiana high school violated a student's speech rights by prohibiting political messaging in an ad for an anti-abortion club, with Justice Alito dissenting and calling for clarification of precedent.
Ceasefire raises hopes in Lebanon, yet Israeli defiance and past violations cast shadows on lasting peace.
▶ VideoMore than 100 days into hostilities, Iran and the United States say they have reached a preliminary deal to end the war. Israel, however, is not a party to the tentative deal and says it plans to keep occupying areas of southern Lebanon — a position still contested by Iran and the key sticking point to the partial ceasefire deal agreed to by the U.S. and Iran in April.
From rent strikes to the fight for DC statehood, Aparna Raj is bringing a movement-driven socialist politics to a city council race defined by displacement and inequality.
In America, U.S.A., Princeton historian Eddie Glaude Jr. looks at the country through the lens of its previous anniversaries and centennials. "The divided soul of the nation is in full view," he says.
The deal to end fighting and re-open the Strait of Hormuz leaves the sides where they were 24 hours before the war - only with thousands now dead.
A day after the National Symphony Orchestra played perhaps its final notes at the Kennedy Center for years, mixed martial artists brawled outside the White House.
New research shows nesting behavior drives vulnerability to climate change — and could upend which species are considered most vulnerable.
Uncertainty remains over whether Israel will honour the agreement.