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‘Dinner for One,’ a German New Year’s TV Tradition, Moves Online
The British comedy short has aired annually in Germany and other European countries for decades. Now, members of Gen Z…
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Can an Ambitious Public University Still Be a Place for All Students?
Stony Brook University, one of two state schools designated as flagships, has aggressively fund-raised and recruited students.
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‘There’s No Other Job’: The Colonial Roots of Philippine Poverty
Rodino Sawan stepped into the wire harness and dug his toes into the muddy track that threads the sweltering plantation.…
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A Midwestern Republican Stands Up for Trans Rights
As 2023 slouches to an ignominious end, some news came Friday that gave me an unexpected jolt of hope. I…
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Maine Law ‘Required That I Act’ to Disqualify Trump, Secretary of State Says
Barring former President Donald J. Trump from the primary ballot was a hard but necessary call, Shenna Bellows said in…
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Six New Yorkers Who Made the City a Better, Cooler, Fairer Place in 2023
In a year that made many of us want to give up, these unsung activists found a way to help…
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Need a Home for 80,000 Puzzles? Try an Italian Castle.
Meet the Millers, George and Roxanne, proprietors of the world’s largest collection of mechanical puzzles: physical objects that a puzzler…
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Russia Pounds Ukrainian Cities in One of the Largest Assaults in Months
The missile attacks killed at least 12 people and damaged infrastructure as part of a wintertime campaign that Ukraine had…
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The Year in People: Our 12 Favorite Saturday Profiles of 2023
From a Nobel Peace Prize winner, to a mayor hunted by the Russians, to a poet whose muses are cats,…
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Giant Waves Close Out California’s Remarkable Year of Weather Phenomena
Along the coast, residents on Thursday saw waves that topped 30 feet and flooded beachfront neighborhoods in some areas.