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The Things We Know About School Shooters

A police checkpoint near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on Thursday.

Why Do I Love Bollywood?

Salman Khan in “Sultan.”

We Don’t Need No Education

Thousands of teachers rallied for education funding at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., two weeks ago.

The Amtrak Derailment Was Caused by a Collective Failure

Cars from a train that derailed Monday near Tacoma, Wash., being removed from the scene.

El Salvador’s Chance to Save Women’s Lives

Teodora Vasquez, center, with her parents in El Salvador upon being released from jail after serving 10 years of a 30-year sentence for having an abortion.

How to Make Trump’s Tax Returns Public

A lawsuit accuses Trump of using his charitable foundation to pay legal settlements and make donations, like this one in Iowa, to help his presidential campaign.

The Church of Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin performing at a benefit for her father, the Rev. C. L. Franklin, in Detroit in 1980.

No Way Out: ‘12 Years a Slave’

Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in "12 Years a Slave."

Britain, Can We — Really — Talk About This Weather We’re Having?

Parched grass in Greenwich Park, London. Britain is in the grip of its longest heat wave in decades.

What the Russia Hack Indictments Reveal About Bitcoin

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies sidestep traditional financial institutions.

To Beat Trump, Build a Better Biden

A big-hearted progressive like Joe Biden could cross class lines among voters in 2020.

Poland’s Holocaust Blame Bill

Auschwitz survivors returned on Saturday to mark the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp, in Oswiecim, Poland.

G.O.P. to Americans With Health Problems: Drop Dead

Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, held a press conference Wednesday criticizing the G.O.P.’s position on protecting coverage of pre-existing medical conditions.

The Children of Flint Were Not ‘Poisoned’

Has Trumphoria Finally Hit a Wall?

A television on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.

#MeToo Has Done What the Law Could Not

Democratic House members dressed in black on Tuesday in a show of solidarity against sexual assault.