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Letters Helped Brittney Griner Survive. Here’s One for Her Future.
When Griner was imprisoned in Russia, letters were her main form of communication with home. Our columnist offers one last…
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World
Eric Allison, Prison Reporter Who Knew the Beat All Too Well, Dies at 79
A career criminal in England for nearly a half-century, he was hired by The Guardian to report on injustices in…
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US
Special Master’s Review in Trump Case Ends as Appeal Court’s Ruling Takes Effect
A federal judge in Florida had shocked experts by intervening after the F.B.I. seized sensitive files from the former president’s…
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World
Russia Finds a War Critic Guilty of ‘Spreading False Information’
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Friday found an opposition politician, Ilya Yashin, guilty of charges of “spreading false information”…
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Business
Highbrow Films Aimed at Winning Oscars Are Losing Audiences
The kind of critically praised dramas that often dominate the awards season are falling flat at the box office, failing…
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2022 Reading Picks From Times Staff Critics
The books they read this year that have stayed with them.
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Business
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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Wait! Wait! Georgia’s Over?
As the sun sinks over Georgia, we bid adieu to the Senate runoff election that seems to have been contested…
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World
A Failed Romance, Long Lockdowns and a Friend’s Suicide in India
During the height of the Covid pandemic, a friend was a precious lifeline, quick to help and hug, while struggling…
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Style
In ‘White Lotus,’ Beauty and Truth Are All Mixed Up
This season focuses on the willful delusion of the wealthy — and how easily preyed upon people who evade reality…