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World
In Taiwan, an Ancient Deity Draws Young Soul-Searchers
In a din of firecrackers, cymbals and horns, a team of devotees carried the shrouded wooden statue of a serene-faced…
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World
Chacarita Is Buenos Aires’s Quirkiest Neighborhood. Get There Soon.
Strolling through this once-traditional nook of the Argentine capital, the author found Art Deco houses on cobblestone streets, decadent churros…
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Business
Calls to Divest From Israel Put Students and Donors on Collision Course
To get protesters off campus lawns, Brown University and others have agreed to consider ending investments linked to Israel. But…
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World
U.N. report says rebuilding all the homes destroyed in Gaza could take 80 years.
Rebuilding all the homes destroyed by Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip could take until the next century if…
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News
The Magic Constitutionalism of Donald Trump
My originalist heart is troubled. In the opening moments of Donald Trump’s argument for presidential immunity, Justice Clarence Thomas pressed…
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World
Trump’s Team Paints Stormy Daniels’s Ex-Lawyer as a Shakedown Artist
During his testimony in the former president’s criminal trial, Keith Davidson described a lucrative legal niche keeping embarrassing stories out…
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World
Robert Oxnam, China Scholar Beset by Multiple Personalities, Dies at 81
Through psychotherapy, recounted in a memoir, he learned that he had 11 personalities, or fractured parts of his identity. One…
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World
Court Says Italy Is Rightful Owner of Bronze Held by Getty Museum
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Italy’s claims to a contested Greek statue are legitimate. But the…
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Food
What Is ‘Queer Food’? A Conference Explores (and Tastes) Some Answers.
When Sasha DuBose uses the word “queer” to talk about food, it’s a verb, not an adjective. To Ms. DuBose,…
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US
The Army Sees Mortars as Safe. Troops Report Signs of Brain Injury.
After firing about 10,000 mortar rounds during four years of training, one soldier who joined the Army with near-perfect scores…