Today's Headlines: On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes

Dramatic Day Reveals Details About the Parents of a School Shooting Suspect
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On Syria's Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes

On Syria's Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes

By Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad

Powerful associates of Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, are making and selling captagon, an illegal amphetamine, creating a new narcostate on the Mediterranean.

Dramatic Day Reveals Details About the Parents of a School Shooting Suspect

By Sophie Kasakove and Susan Cooper Eastman

After a manhunt and an arraignment, scrutiny of James and Jennifer Crumbley has intensified.

Bob Dole, Old Soldier and Stalwart of the Senate, Dies at 98

Bob Dole, Old Soldier and Stalwart of the Senate, Dies at 98

By Katharine Q. Seelye

Mr. Dole, a son of the Kansas prairie who was left for dead on a World War II battlefield, became one of the longest-serving Republican leaders.

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How TikTok Reads Your Mind

Business | the media equation

How TikTok Reads Your Mind

By Ben Smith

It's the most successful video app in the world. Our columnist has obtained an internal company document that offers a new level of detail about how the algorithm works.

Is My Little Library Contributing to the Gentrification of My Black Neighborhood?

Opinion | Guest Essay

Is My Little Library Contributing to the Gentrification of My Black Neighborhood?

By Erin Aubry Kaplan

Thoughts I had as I watched a white couple browsing books.

Today's Videos

Pope Francis Criticizes an 'Era of Walls and Barbed Wire' for Migrants

Video Video: Pope Francis Criticizes an 'Era of Walls and Barbed Wire' for Migrants

By The Associated Press

While visiting a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis urged the world to face the migrant crisis with respect toward the migrants' human rights, and chastised European nations for not practicing the values they promote abroad.

'C'mon C'mon' | Anatomy of a Scene

Video Video: 'C'mon C'mon' | Anatomy of a Scene

By Mekado Murphy

The writer and director Mike Mills narrates a sequence from his film featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman.

House Tour | Bethan Laura Wood

Video Video: House Tour | Bethan Laura Wood

By Jerome Monnot

The designer and collector of colorful things invites T into her 575-square-foot East London home.

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