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World
U.K. Nurses, Emergency Responders and Rail Workers Walk Out
Continuing strikes over pay and economic conditions are likely to disrupt travel and services during the holiday season. Here’s what…
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US
California Begins Service Program for College Students
Students receive $10,000 from the state to pay tuition and living expenses in exchange for 450 hours of community service…
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Finance
E.P.A. Tightens Rules on Pollution From Vans, Buses and Trucks
For the first time in decades, the agency has restricted nitrogen dioxide emissions from heavy vehicles.
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World
Boat With at Least 160 Rohingya Refugees Is Stranded at Sea
The U.N. called on countries in South Asia to rescue those on the vessel, who have been without food for…
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News
The Portrait Hung in Joan Didion’s Home. But Who Painted It?
No one in Didion’s circle knew the mysterious painting’s origin. The publicity created by an auction of her belongings brought…
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News
Cormac McCarthy Loves a Good Diner
His novels are full of food scenes, often in modest digs. Why do they resonate so much?
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News
From Pest to Ecosystem Engineer: The Beaver Gets a Makeover
“Beaverland,” by Leila Philip, offers an appreciative account of the North American rodent, whose habit of taking down trees and…
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News
The Sound of Sonny
Aidan Levy has written a revealing, comprehensive biography of the improviser-hero Sonny Rollins.
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News
A Belarusian Writer Who Calls for Poems Made of Barbed Wire
In “Motherfield,” her first collection to appear in English, Julia Cimafiejeva grapples with questions of language, nationalism and oppression.
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World
U.S. Commandos Capture Six ISIS Officials in Raids in Syria
The operations were the second time in recent weeks that U.S. forces had killed or captured ISIS terrorists.