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Scorpion Unit Emerged as Memphis Pursued Get-Tough Strategy
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'Very Dangerous People': Russia's Convict Fighters Are Heading Home

'Very Dangerous People': Russia's Convict Fighters Are Heading Home

By Anatoly Kurmanaev, Alina Lobzina and Ekaterina Bodyagina

Tens of thousands of inmates have joined a mercenary group fighting with the Kremlin's decimated forces in Ukraine. Some of them are returning to civilian life with military training and, in many cases, battlefield traumas.

Scorpion Unit Emerged as Memphis Pursued Get-Tough Strategy

Scorpion Unit Emerged as Memphis Pursued Get-Tough Strategy

By Jesus Jiménez, Mark Walker, Steve Eder, Joseph Goldstein and Mike Baker

City leaders had praised the new group as a key strategy for fighting crime. Now they are trying to assess whether it was flawed from the start.

Hamlin's Injury Highlights Precarious Position of Many Young N.F.L. Players

Hamlin's Injury Highlights Precarious Position of Many Young N.F.L. Players

By Ken Belson and Jenny Vrentas

The injury to Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills, who collapsed on the field in cardiac arrest, has drawn attention to players who have been hurt early in their careers and now struggle to get help.

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In the Fight Over Gas Stoves, Meet the Industry's Go-To Scientist

Climate

In the Fight Over Gas Stoves, Meet the Industry's Go-To Scientist

By Hiroko Tabuchi

Longstanding research shows the health dangers of gas-burning ranges. Utilities are turning to Julie Goodman, a toxicologist with a firm whose work raises questions about the science.

Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Really Think of Their Workers

Opinion | Guest Essay

Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Really Think of Their Workers

By Elizabeth Spiers

There are good reasons to look someone in the eye when you fire them. Being nice is only one of them.

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71 Commands in 13 Minutes: Officers Gave Tyre Nichols Impossible Orders

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71 Commands in 13 Minutes: Officers Gave Tyre Nichols Impossible Orders

By Robin Stein, Alexander Cardia and Natalie Reneau

A Times analysis found that officers gave dozens of contradictory and unachievable orders to Mr. Nichols. The punishment was severe — and eventually fatal.

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