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Clu Gulager, Rugged Character Actor of Film and TV, Dies at 93
Clu Gulager, a rugged character actor who appeared in critically acclaimed films like “The Last Picture Show” as well as…
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‘Surprised, I Turned to See an Older Man There on the Sidewalk’
Birthday Bouquets Dear Diary: It was my father-in-law’s birthday, and I had already gotten the strawberry cheesecake. My husband was…
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Dolphin Strangers Met in the Bahamas. Things Went Swimmingly.
In 2013, a group of 52 Atlantic spotted dolphins, driven to migrate by unknown forces, left their home on the…
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Seeking Asylum in Texas; Sent to New York to Make a Political Point
The first 3,500 miles of Jose Rodríguez’s journey from Venezuela to New York took nearly two months. The last 2,000…
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How New York City Hopes to Win Its Long, Losing War on Trash
“Did you get that?” It was a steamy July morning on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, and a man in…
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How a Couple Who Started a Food Bank Spend Their Sundays
When the pandemic caused food banks to shut down in March 2020, two soup kitchen volunteers, Mammad Mahmoodi and Sasha…
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City’s Admissions That It Can’t Care for Rikers Detainees May Propel Suits
The security-camera images tell a remarkable story: A man being held on Rikers Island collapses and is carried to a…
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Baseball Buys In on the Digital Age. But at What Cost?
Baseball and technology have always made for wary partners. For a five-year span in the 1930s, as radio became more…
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For Alex Jones, a Moment of Truth in a Flood of Lies
In America’s clash between information and disinformation, the facts just won a rare round: Alex Jones has conceded that the…
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Bill Gates: We’re on the Verge of a Remarkable Moment for Congress and the Country
Turn on the evening news and it immediately becomes clear that Americans are experiencing the effects of climate change. Extreme…