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The AR-15, a symbol of America’s political gulf, is easy to use and obtain

August 22, 2019 at 2:49 a.m.

The AR-15, the military-style rifle that a gunman used to kill 17 people at a south Florida high school Wednesday, is at once a ferociously powerful weapon, a symbol of...

This Closter, N.J., field was once used for competitive Little League games but now is mainly a practice field for locals.

Baseball is struggling to hook kids – and risks losing fans to other sports

August 19, 2019 at 8:22 a.m.

Rob Albericci saw the curve coming. He saw his son Austin's Little League baseball team struggle to recruit enough kids to fill a roster. He saw the rising demands of...

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announces his campaign for president March 23, 2015, at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.

Ted Cruz: Principal prodigy or smug unyielding know-it-all?

May 11, 2019 at 2:16 a.m.

Ted Cruz looked out over a sprawling audience of Iowa farmers and agri-business leaders, people who rely on federal subsidies of ethanol, and the man who would be president stuck...

2 lives collide on a Missouri street, and a nation divides

June 23, 2019 at 8:35 a.m.

Just before lunchtime on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Missouri, a contractor who was losing a battle between his hatchet and some deep-set tree roots began to fuss and cuss. A...

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