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Breonna Taylor's Life Was Changing. Then the Police Came to Her Door.

An ex-boyfriend's run-ins with the law entangled her even as she tried to move on. Interviews, documents and jailhouse recordings help explain how she landed in the middle of a deadly drug raid.

Trump Program to Cover Uninsured Covid-19 Patients Falls Short of Promise

Trump Program to Cover Uninsured Covid-19 Patients Falls Short of Promise

By Abby Goodnough

Some patients are still receiving staggering bills. Others don't qualify because conditions other than Covid-19 were their primary diagnosis.

It's Hard to Make Dignity Interesting. Chadwick Boseman Found a Way.

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It's Hard to Make Dignity Interesting. Chadwick Boseman Found a Way.

By Wesley Morris

The actor, who died Friday at 43, exploded the parameters of what biographical moviemaking ought to be.

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Ayahuasca, a vomit-inducing hallucinogenic brew, draws thousands of people each year — including former soldiers — to jungle retreats that have become an unlicensed and unregulated mental health marketplace.

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Ben Lowry: The staffing cost allowances for Stormont MLAs should be cut, not increased

Your weekly news roundup from the Belfast News Letter
 
 
     
   
     
  Aug 30, 2020  
     
 

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A round up of the most popular news stories this week.

 
     
  Ben Lowry: The staffing cost allowances for Stormont MLAs should be cut, not increased  
     
  Some critics of the increase in pay for MLA staff cite possible abuses of the expenses system.  
     
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89 more cases of Covid-19 detected in Northern Ireland
 
Another 89 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health said.
 
     
 
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Ben Lowry: If the BBC wrecks Last Night of the Proms, then another broadcaster should hold a rival one
 
Two years ago I wrote about BBC Northern Ireland's contemptible decision not to play Rule Britannia at Proms in the Park in Belfast.
 
     
 
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Sam McBride: Who can restore the broken authority of the Northern Ireland Civil Service?
 
A quarter of a century ago, William Plowden wrote about the impenetrable world of senior civil service appointments in Whitehall.
 
     
 
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Is there a case for the Union? Yes – and it's stronger than ever
 
In his letter of August 26, Thomas Stewart posed the question: "Is there a case for the Union?"
 
     
 
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NI council plans to recoup £10m coronavirus budget shortfall
 
The coronavirus pandemic has forced Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council to undertake a "major financial review" to address a £10 million budget deficit.
 
     
 
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Unionism on a high wire with no net
 
Boris Johnston conned the DUP. He shifted the border and strengthened joint rule with Dublin.
 
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
   
 
 
   
 
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