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After a year when legislative victories eluded them, Republicans secured a big one at the end. But at what cost?

Marilyn Stasio’s column features tales of murder and mayhem, from cozy to grisly, all decked out in the finery of the season.

Lesley Hazleton reviews Wills’s new book, “What the Qur’an Meant.”

The police have been arresting gay men in what experts say are unprecedented numbers, raiding not just bars but hotel rooms and private apartments.

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

Russia continues to get a strong return on its investment.

The president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, will have an hour on Thursday to defend himself when impeachment proceedings open.

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

The $1.5 trillion bill would be the biggest legislative accomplishment for Republicans since President Trump took office.

The rushed timeline of the bill resulted from the failure of health care legislation over the summer — and a collective decision to block out bad news.

Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke of “concerted determination to improve” after criticism of the government’s response.

A good lesson on Europe’s bare-knuckle negotiating tactics.

The film has the ingredients of a splashy good time — the charismatic Hugh Jackman, for one — but it fast becomes a standard-issue holiday biopic.

In June, Monalisa Perez, of Minnesota, shot at a thick book that her boyfriend was holding. She pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter.

Police say package theft is up during the holiday shopping crush, but homeowners and retailers are striking back with cameras and other technology.

Older patients are often aggressively screened for cancer, even if they won’t live long enough to benefit.

New York City’s mayor promotes his progressive credentials in a key political state. Again.

In Wonder Valley, the silence makes its own kind of noise. And Twentynine Palms makes its own kind of music.

Australia wants to curb Chinese government influence in its democracy, but Chinese-Australians worry the new legislation will unfairly single them out.

The military concedes that corpses were found where Rohingya have been massacred but reporters investigating the killings remained under arrest.