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Every summer, hundreds of college-age musicians spend countless hours — and their own money — pursuing a single goal: the drum corps world championship.

Two weeks after Ukraine launched its surprise attack, Russian forces have recovered from the initial shock and are trying to use the expanding war to their battlefield advantage.

Inside the fight over who most represents change ahead of November.

Edralina Diezon was working as a janitor and sending money to her family in the Philippines when wildfires destroyed everything she had. The road to rebuilding her life proved to be perilous.

Every Democrat in Chicago wants to meet him, and maybe give him a hug. “I love him,” one delegate said. “He reminds me of Chris Farley — you know, the man down by the river.”

A political persona forged on the prairie: self-assured but rarely self-serious; puckish when possible, stoic when necessary.

Ms. Harris is working to embody a powerful political force. But Donald J. Trump doesn’t want to let the incumbent party sell itself as anything but the status quo.

A glut of tomatoes is an embarrassment of riches, especially when put to work in this fragrant curry.

Here’s what our columnists and contributors thought of the event, which included speeches by Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Doug Emhoff and Michelle and Barack Obama.

At Wethersfield Estate, in upstate New York, restoring the formal gardens involves dealing with emboldened pests and pathogens — but carefully, so visitors don’t see.

Mayor Eric Adams will sign an executive order that directs every city agency to investigate whether they have land that can be developed.

“All night, Democrats were chanting ‘We love you, Joe!’ while Biden must have been thinking, ‘Um, apparently not as much as others,” Jimmy Fallon said.

Michelle Obama, who introduced her husband at the Democratic convention, accused Donald Trump of “doubling down on ugly, misogynistic, racist lies.”

As hundreds of people appear in court for their role in recent anti-immigrant riots in Britain, several are accused of fueling disorder through online posts, raising questions about the limits of free speech.

The body of the vessel’s cook was recovered while divers searched the hull of the Bayesian for passengers, including the tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch.

The two-city rally, with Democrats celebrating at their convention in Chicago and an arena in Milwaukee, was a pointed rejoinder to Donald Trump and a significant flexing of the party’s muscle.

No doublespeak, no metaphors — just straight talk.

No doublespeak, no metaphors — just straight talk.

The former first lady enthralled a packed arena on Tuesday evening with one of the Democratic National Convention’s most emphatic takedowns of Donald J. Trump.

As hundreds of people appear in court for their role in recent anti-immigrant riots in Britain, several are accused of fueling disorder through online posts, raising questions about the limits of free speech.