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Today's Headlines: In a Contentious Lawmaking Season, Red States Got Redder and Blue Ones Bluer

India's Worst Rail Disaster in Decades Convulses Country Dependent on Trains
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In a Contentious Lawmaking Season, Red States Got Redder and Blue Ones Bluer

In a Contentious Lawmaking Season, Red States Got Redder and Blue Ones Bluer

By Mitch Smith

With single-party statehouse control at its highest level in decades, legislators across much of the country leaned into cultural issues and bulldozed the opposition.

India's Worst Rail Disaster in Decades Convulses Country Dependent on Trains

India's Worst Rail Disaster in Decades Convulses Country Dependent on Trains

By Sameer Yasir, Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar

The disaster killed at least 288 people, and a preliminary government report described it as a "three-way accident" involving two passenger trains and an idled cargo train. Officials were investigating possible signal failure.

In Russian Schools, It's Recite Your ABC's and 'Love Your Army'

In Russian Schools, It's Recite Your ABC's and 'Love Your Army'

By Neil MacFarquhar and Milana Mazaeva

The curriculum for young Russians is increasingly emphasizing patriotism and the heroism of Moscow's army, while demonizing the West as "gangsters." One school features a "sniper"-themed math class.

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No Shame. No Sorrow. Divorce Means It's Party Time in Mauritania.

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No Shame. No Sorrow. Divorce Means It's Party Time in Mauritania.

By Ruth Maclean and Laura Boushnak

It is common for people in this West African desert nation to divorce many times. And when they do, the women celebrate.

Texas Is Silencing the Will of Millions of Voters

Opinion | The Editorial Board

Texas Is Silencing the Will of Millions of Voters

By The Editorial Board

It is joining dozens of states that have asserting dominance over cities through a practice known as state pre-emption.

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