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What was the ‘first American novel’? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

Heather Blacksmith

NEW YORK — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country’s first president, a ...

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Melinda French Gates endorses Joe Biden for president

Adesola Mojo

Melinda French Gates arrives at Elysee Palace for the Generation Equality Forum hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron on July ...