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This story was co-published with The New York Times’ Sunday Review. Few things are more awesome than listening to kids playing on the playground. There’s magic in that mix of laughter and exhausted breaths — giggle, pant, giggle. Just the other Saturday at Maplewood’s Memorial Park, I was watching my 5-year-old playing with his friends

LOS ANGELES — Wells Fargo & Co. said Friday its third-quarter profit slipped 3 percent from a year earlier as the banking giant began trying to recover from a scandal surrounding its sales practices. The bank’s net income in the three months ending Sept. 30 fell to $5.6 billion, or $1.03 a share, from $5.8

Conversation that took place this week between pretty much every straight couple in America: Wife: So, do men really talk like that? Husband: (Warily) Like what? W: You know — locker room talk. H: (A little indignant) Well, they don’t talk like that. W: (With avid curiosity) What, then? What do they say? H: (Like

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Thailand awoke Friday to grief and uncertainty as it began a one-year official mourning period after the death of the country’s beloved monarch of 70 years. The highly revered king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, died Thursday at age 88 after years of illness and was considered a rare unifying figure in the country’s

GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence on Friday said there will be evidence coming “before the day is out” that calls into question allegations from a number of women in recent days that Donald Trump inappropriately touched or groped them years ago. “He’s categorically denied these latest unsubstantiated allegations,” Mr. Pence said on “CBS This

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Seething over accusation after accusation that he groped, kissed and ogled at women without their consent, Donald Trump forcefully denied Thursday that he’s preyed on anyone and dismissed the mounting allegations against him as a conspiracy conceived by the political establishment, rival Hillary Clinton and the news media. “These vicious

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump exposes himself to interrogation under oath about his sex life and faces long odds against winning if he follows through on his threat to sue newspapers over reports that he groped multiple women. The Supreme Court has erected a high hurdle to protect the First Amendment’s guarantee of

Clinton campaign officials were alert and anxious in late summer 2015 to any sign that Vice President Joseph R. Biden might decide to enter the Democratic presidential primary at the last minute. In a leaked email, former Clinton White House aide Steve Bachar of Denver sent a warning to John Podesta, who is now campaign