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Finance
The Eye-Popping Numbers Driving the Markets
Investors await Friday’s inflation report for clues on what the Fed will do next on rates. But it is not…
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World
For Archbishop of Canterbury, Heading Anglican Church Is ‘High-Wire Act’
Serving as the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans in an increasingly secular world is just one of the challenges…
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World
Friday Briefing: U.N. Prepares to Vote on Gaza Aid
Plus, how wealthy was the family in “Home Alone”?
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News
Kathy Hourigan Is Retiring, but Not From Robert Caro
What books are on your night stand? Still there, because I just finished it, is “Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar, a…
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News
The Life Span of Loneliness
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Life Span of Loneliness Dec. 21, 2023, 5:02 a.m. ETShare full articleVideo by Adam Westbrook and…
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News
Income Inequality Has Been Transformed Globally
In 1974, the libertarian political philosopher Robert Nozick famously defended inequality by offering a thought experiment involving Wilt Chamberlain. Imagine…
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US
Clarence Thomas Threatened to Resign Over Salary Concerns in 2000
The justice set off a scramble by a lawmaker to find a way to raise his pay.
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US
Senate Wraps Up Year by Punting the Most Difficult Issues to 2024
But leaders of both parties cited steady progress on a package tying Ukraine military assistance to tougher border policies and…
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World
New York City Is Set to End Most Uses of Solitary Confinement
The City Council vote has highlighted a broader debate over whether solitary confinement is torture or a legitimate form of…
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Finance
U.K. Inflation Unexpectedly Cools to 3.9 Percent, Lowest in 2 Years
The News A streak of unexpectedly good news on inflation has continued in Britain, as the annual rate of price…