Rep. Sam Graves, a Senior House Republican, Will Retire as Midterm Exodus Grows

Representative Sam Graves, the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he would leave Congress after nearly three decades, the latest sign that the G.O.P. is bracing for big losses.

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Cannonball with Wesley Morris: ‘Love Story’ Is Actually a Horror Story

The nightmare began when she said, “I do.”

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Want More ‘Love Story’? Read These Books Inspired by the Kennedys and ’90s New York.

If the TV show has you craving 1990s glam, upper-crust romance and doomed dynasties, these books have got you covered.

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How ‘Love Story’ Gave Viewers a History Lesson on the Kennedys and ’90s NYC

The FX show, which dramatizes the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, has inspired a legion of younger viewers to dig into the couple’s past and 1990s New York City.

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Dash Crofts, of the Soft-Rock Duo That Sang ‘Summer Breeze,’ Dies at 87

Seals & Crofts had a number of Billboard Top 20 songs in the 1970s before their chart topper brought them global fame.

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Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80

A Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative journalist, he wrote deeply reported books that often focused on heroic goodness in people.

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Stephen Colbert Is Writing a New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie

In an announcement video with the director Peter Jackson, the late-night host said he was developing a new film based on early chapters of the trilogy.

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Matt Brittin, Former Google Executive, Named the New BBC Head

Matt Brittin, the former president of Google in Europe, will become the new director general. Among the items on his to-do list: handling a lawsuit from President Trump.

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The U.S. Military Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp in Ecuador. It Was a Dairy Farm.

The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.

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Russian Oil Shipment Puts Focus on Kremlin Spy Outpost in Cuba

Moscow may be challenging President Trump’s effort to choke Cuba’s economy. China also has suspected listening posts on the island.

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New Top Prosecutor Named in Embattled U.S. Attorney’s Office

Federal judges appointed Robert Frazer to run New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, which has been in disarray over the past year because of uncertainty about who was in charge.

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