World
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What I’m Reading: Tunneling to the Past
Looking for answers, or an escape, in a fraught world.
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Over 65, With No Place to Call Home
Robert Kirk, a retired jack of many trades, finds himself homeless at the age of 74 after a chain of…
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The 84-Year-Old Visionary With One Answer for Two Real Estate Crises
When Liberty Tower went up for sale in Manhattan’s financial district in 1978, there was only one bidder for the…
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Wife’s Ex-Boyfriend and Fear of Poverty at Center of Menendez’s Defense
Senator Robert Menendez’s lawyers are expected to call witnesses who will describe his childhood and the rocky start to his…
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A Storied Harlem Church Has a New Leader. Its Members Have Questions.
Behind the opaque process that just selected the next pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church.
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On Pride Weekend, the Stonewall Visitor Center Opens
The center marks the history of the Stonewall Inn and the uprising there in 1969 that inspired a new era…
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Princess Anne Returns Home From the Hospital
Anne, the younger sister of King Charles III, suffered a concussion and other injuries in an accident at her country…
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Deaths Linked to Japanese Supplement Suddenly Rise to 80
The case, involving a supplement intended to reduce cholesterol, has put attention on how companies are allowed to self-report claims…
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Volcanoes, Vines, Freedom: Exploring Gay-Friendly Lanzarote
“Lanzarote is a place of secrets and mysteries,” the Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar once said of the place he used…
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Napoleon’s Loot: When the World Decided Stolen Art Should Go Back
As museums encounter increasing claims on their collections, experts say much of the debate hearkens back to 1815, when the…