U.S. Training Elite Antiterror Troops in Four African Nations

By ERIC SCHMITT

United States Special Operations troops are forming elite units in Libya, Niger, Mauritania and Mali in the war against Al Qaeda’s affiliates in Africa.

Populists’ Rise in Europe Vote Shakes Leaders

By ANDREW HIGGINS

In France, Britain and elsewhere, voters turned against traditional parties to support anti-immigrant groups opposed to the European Union.

13 Deaths, Untold Heartache, From G.M. Defect

By REBECCA R. RUIZ, DANIELLE IVORY and HILARY STOUT

Guilt, doubt and blame have plagued the people touched by a General Motors ignition switch defect that has killed 13 people.

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Unlikely Allies Uniting to Fight School Changes

By MOTOKO RICH

Teachers, lawmakers and parents from the left and right are banding together to fight against new high-stakes standardized tests and other hot-button policies in public education.

Campus Killings Set Off Anguished Conversation About the Treatment of Women

By JENNIFER MEDINA

Friday’s fatal rampage in Southern California has given rise to anguished talk about the ways women are perceived sexually and the violence against them.

The Dark Room Collective: Where Black Poetry Took Wing

By JEFF GORDINIER

The members of the Dark Room Collective, a group of black writers founded in Boston in 1988, have become influential voices in American poetry.

Waves of Honor

Flag bearers at the Whitestone Memorial Day Parade in Queens.