His movies — from dramas to musicals — became magnets for Oscars, but he was best known for socially conscious films, like “In the Heat of the Night.”

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The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration in a dispute over a concertina-wire barrier erected by Texas along the Mexican border.

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Russia is beginning to deploy North Korean arms, worsening Ukraine’s troubles while it still awaits new air defenses from the United States.

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See how a handful of stocks have had an outsize impact on the performance of the S&P 500.

A Georgia judge also delayed a deposition of Fani Willis, the district attorney accused of having a romantic relationship with a prosecutor she hired.

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Over six terrible months, professors and administrators at Worcester Polytechnic Institute took on the unofficial role of counselors during a spate of suicides.

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A British biologist and blogger discovered faulty data in many studies conducted by top executives of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

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Bill Ackman and Lawrence Summers protested the choice of a professor of Jewish history who had signed a letter describing Israel as an apartheid regime.

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