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Argentina Marks 29 Years Since José Luis Cabezas’ Murder With Nationwide Tributes

Press groups use the anniversary to renew demands for justice, citing recent assaults on photojournalists as evidence of ongoing risk.

Paddy Clancy, Veteran Irish Journalist and RTÉ Broadcaster, Dies at 82

John L. Allen Jr., Preeminent Vatican Journalist, Dies at 61

Security Trial of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Vigil Leaders Opens With Split Pleas

Rasht Shoe Pile Becomes Stark Symbol as Rights Group Alleges Protesters Were Burned After Surrender

Springsteen Calls for ICE to Leave Minneapolis, Condemns 'Gestapo' Tactics at Surprise Benefit Show

Venezuela’s Interim Leader Removes Industry Minister Alex Saab, Merges Portfolio

Lawrence O’Donnell Elevates Ford Plant Clash, Revives ‘Short-Fingered Vulgarian’ Jab at Trump

Stewart Rhodes Takes GOP-Reserved Front Row at House Hearing, Drawing Democratic Rebuke

Beatriz González, Pioneering Colombian Artist of Political Memory, Dies at 93

White House Publishes Jan. 6 Rewrite on Official Site as Five-Year Anniversary Arrives

New York Democrats Propose Jan. 6 Lessons for All Schools

Five Years On, Pro‑Trump Marchers Rally as Democrats Cite New Crimes by Pardoned Rioters

‘MAGA Granny’ Apologizes at Jan. 6 Anniversary Hearing, Rejects Trump Pardon

Bangladesh Inquiry Finds 287 Presumed Dead in Hasina-Era Disappearances

Trump Repeats Claim He Warned About Bin Laden Before 9/11 on Air Force One

Harvard Historian Publishes Exit Essay Alleging White Male Exclusion in Admissions

Kim Jong Un Hails ‘Further Strengthened’ Russia–North Korea Ties in New Year Message to Putin

Paraguay Detains Bolsonaro Plot Convict Silvinei Vasques at Asunción Airport

Putin Hails North Korean Troops, Cites Treaty Gains in New Year Message