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Lace, That Most Coveted Textile
You never know what you don’t know, until, suddenly, you do. Who doesn’t love Vermeer’s 1669-70 painting, “The Lacemaker,” with…
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With ‘Eyes on Iran,’ Artists Bring Protests to Roosevelt Island
At the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park, across from the United Nations, an exhibition has an undeniable mood…
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Finance
Out of the Public Eye, a Debate Is Raging Over a Postwar Ukraine Economy
Beyond the enormous cost of rebuilding the country are difficult and delicate choices about how to best connect the nation…
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Finance
The Legal Heat Grows for Bankman-Fried
A federal investigation into whether the FTX founder’s trading firm illicitly manipulated the markets for two crypto tokens compounds his…
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US
Prominent Gay Republicans Helped Smooth the Way for Marriage Bill
Behind the success of the Respect for Marriage Act was a group of prominent Republicans, some of them gay, who…
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World
A ‘Stunning’ 1,300-Year-Old Gold Necklace Is Unearthed in England
The jewelry found in an ancient grave site in Northamptonshire may have belonged to a woman who was an early…
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Sports
Stadiums as High Art in a World Cup Fantasyland
From a desert tent to a golden bowl, the spectacular arenas Qatar has built in and around Doha showcase the…
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Finance
Best Podcasts of 2022
This year’s standouts included shows about a gay paradise in Massachusetts, a mass kidnapping in Mexico and a commune in…
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Finance
Tiny Vanuatu Uses Its ‘Unimportance’ to Launch Big Climate Ideas
It wants a top international court to weigh in on whether nations are legally bound to protect against climate risks.
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US
Florida Lawmaker Charged With Pandemic Aid Fraud
State Representative Joe Harding, a sponsor of the law that critics have called “Don’t Say Gay,” is accused of illegally…