With Trump in Office, a Transgender Trailblazer and American Diplomat Seeks Refuge Abroad

Robyn McCutcheon, the first American diplomat to come out as transgender, helped to shape personnel and foreign policy at the State Department. The country she served doesn’t feel like home anymore.

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New Orleans Elects Ex-Convict Calvin Duncan as Criminal Court Clerk

Mr. Duncan was elected clerk of the criminal court in New Orleans on Saturday, ousting an incumbent who claimed Mr. Duncan had never been cleared of the murder that sent him to prison.

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How Famke Janssen, the ‘X-Men’ and ‘Amsterdam Empire’ Star, Gets Creative

Famke Janssen surrounds herself with her paintings in her Manhattan apartment, then heads to the garment district and Pilates. But don’t forget time for chocolate.

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Blood and Tears as Spain’s Troubled Bullfighting Star Hangs Up His Cape

José Antonio Morante Camacho says he has fought his last bull. Fans appreciated his artistry but also his honesty about his struggles with mental illness.

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The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’

Diagnosed with A.L.S., they traded stories, drank tequila and made grim jokes at a unique annual gathering on Cape Cod.

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Medical Marijuana Grower in New Zealand Faces Criminal Charges

A police raid and criminal case against a longtime cultivator of cannabis in New Zealand’s Northland region has stirred up debates about medicinal marijuana.

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TikTok’s ‘Millennial Baroness’ Starts to Branch Out

Leonie von Ungern-Sternberg built a social media following by talking about her family’s history — both good and bad. Now she’s ready to talk about the rest of her life.

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A Quebec Writer Confronts His ‘Little Darkness’ as a Class Defector

Jean-Philippe Pleau’s book and play about moving up socially became a cultural reckoning in Quebec, but created a gulf with his family.

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How Tish and Snooky Bellomo, the Manic Panic Sisters, Spend a Day Rocking Out

Tish and Snooky Bellomo are still creating wild hair dye colors for the brand, which took off in the 1980s. But they also make time for harp lessons, Italian dinners and the sauna.

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Russian Jailed for Placing Tiny Antiwar Signs in a Market Says She Would Do it Again

Freed in a major prisoner swap, Aleksandra Skochilenko said “the values of freedom of speech, of peace, could be more important than spending even 10 years in jail.”

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