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Albert Maysles, award-winning filmmaker and documentary pioneer, dies at 88

Albert Maysles, the award-winning documentary filmmaker who helped pioneer a new set of documentary conventions, died Thursday night at his home in Manhattan. Maysles, who made films with his brother David, is best known for his for his cinema verite…

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Read Aug 19 How Groucho Marx fell prey to elder abuse
Watch Aug 18 The 1619 Project details the legacy of slavery in America
Watch Aug 19 Why Trump’s change to Title X funding means fewer health choices for women
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Arts Aug 19

Why this description of the Chinese-American experience resonates with Celeste Ng

By Elizabeth Flock

World Aug 19

Twitter shutters Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press

A sign is pictured at the entrance to a Planned Parenthood building in New York in 2015. Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Politics Aug 19

Planned Parenthood funding battle highlights Trump focus on courts

By Gretchen Frazee

World Aug 19

U.S. sued over Honduran man’s suicide after he was separated from his family

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Politics Aug 19

No. 4 House Democrat issues call for Trump impeachment inquiry

By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press

Health Aug 19

Planned Parenthood leaves federal family planning program to avoid Trump rule

By David Crary, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Nation Aug 19

De Blasio says justice served by firing officer in Eric Garner case

By Associated Press

World Aug 19

Pentagon conducts test of previously banned missile

By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during his news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Economy Aug 19

Trump calls on Federal Reserve to cut interest rates

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol on March 13, 2019 in Sacramento, California. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Nation Aug 19

California governor signs law to limit shootings by police

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

Security personnel and people are seen at the entrance of the Metropolitan Correctional Center jail where financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 12, 2019. Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Nation Aug 19

U.S. prisons chief removed after Epstein’s death

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

U.S. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Frank LaMere Native American Forum while campaigning in Sioux City, Iowa, on August 19, 2019. Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Reuters

Politics Aug 19

Warren offers public apology over claim of tribal heritage

By Elana Schor, Josh Funk, Associated Press

U.S. Representative Justin Amash (I-MI), recently having left the Republican Party after voicing support for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, departs after a series of votes at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 10, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics Aug 19

After Amash dumped Trump, his district may do same to him

By Sara Burnett, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) hold a news conference after Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved to formally condemn President Donald Trump's attacks on four minority congresswomen on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2019. Photo by Erin Scott/Reuters

Politics Aug 19

WATCH: Reps. Omar and Tlaib address Israel’s decision to restrict their travel

Nation Aug 19

WATCH: NYPD fires officer for 2014 death of Eric Garner

By Tom Hays, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

Huawei is arguing a U.S. law that would limit its American sales of telecom equipment is unconstitutional. Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters

Economy Aug 19

U.S. extends reprieve on tech sales to China’s Huawei

By Associated Press

Health Aug 19

How Groucho Marx fell prey to elder abuse

By Dr. Howard Markel

Fences surround Notre-Dame Cathedral in preparation for lead decontamination operation, in Paris France on August 13, 2019. Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters

Nation Aug 19

Work resumes on Notre Dame Cathedral after fears of lead contamination

By Sara Burnett, Associated Press

Flames and smoke from a forest fire are seen in the village of Moya on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, Spain on August 18, 2019. Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters

World Aug 19

Wildfire on Canary Islands forces thousands to evacuate

By Barry Hatton, Associated Press

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani attends Afghan Independence Day celebrations in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 19, 2019. Photo courtesy: Afghan Presidential Palace/Handout via Reuters

World Aug 19

Afghanistan vows to ‘eliminate’ Islamic State havens after attack

By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press