Opera Fan’s Last Wish Led to Terror Scare at the Met
by Michael Cooper and Al Baker October 30, 2016 No one had seemed more excited for the pair of Rossini operas at the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday than Roger Kaiser, a Texas opera buff
Jail Time for Using South Africa’s Worst Racial Slur?
by Norimitsu Onishi October 27, 2016 JOHANNESBURG — After thieves broke into her car, a white South African motorist lashed out at the responding black police officers. She called black people “plain and simple
Warning of ISIS Plots Against West, U.S. Plans Assault on Raqqa
by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt October 26, 2016 WASHINGTON — The fight to retake Raqqa, the Syrian city that serves as the capital of the Islamic State, must begin soon — within weeks
Black Student in Mississippi Had Noose Put Around His Neck, N.A.A.C.P. Official Says
by Christopher Mele October 26, 2016 The president of the Mississippi N.A.A.C.P. wants the federal authorities to investigate what he described as a hate crime in which white high school students put a noose
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