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From the daily newsletter: Waymo wants robots to take the wheel. Should we hand over the proverbial keys?

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In a new series featuring surveillance-camera stills of suspected shoplifters, the photographer Deana Lawson seems more interested in the surface than in the soul.

The American Geographical Society has long invited big-name adventurers--Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong--to sign its ceremonial globe. The latest? Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan.

Waymo wants us to give up the car keys. But what are we if not drivers? Molly Fischer on the view from the back seat.

In Kilis, the last Turkish town on the road to Syria, jihadis and spies mixed with reporters trying to prove themselves.

In her tautly suspenseful novels, fugitives stay one step ahead of the Nazis.

By studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before Christopher Columbus arrived.

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For generations, Japanese gangsters have styled themselves as heirs to the samurai--a mystique that helped them prosper in league with politicians, police, and big business.