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JUNE 6 In History 1242: Two dozen wagonloads of Talmudic volumes and 200 other rabbinic manuscripts were burned at Paris. 1247: Pope Innocent IV contacts the king of Navarre. In a dispatch he requested the king compel Christian debtors to pay off their...

From Ian: Israeli victory is the only way to advance peace process American policy has long been to prevent Israel from achieving a decisive military victory over its adversaries. In 1956, President Eisenhower forced Israel to abandon its territorial...

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And by “best” we mean “our favorites.” Here are our picks for the raddest books published this year so far! Leave your faves in the comments. Above Us Only Sky by Michele Young-Stone I bought this book for a friend, but then ended up stealing it as...

Welcome to our Sunday morning Longer Reads section. It’s your chance to catch up on some of the more interesting and obscure news items you might have missed. This week: A sweetly romantic afternoon with a serial killer, an 18th century sex change operation...