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World
A Father, an Earthquake and the Desperate Search for a Missing Son
Noor Ahmad didn’t know where else to look. For days after a powerful earthquake leveled his village in Afghanistan, he…
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News
The U.S. Can Still Avoid War With China Over Taiwan
For a half-century, America has avoided war with China over Taiwan largely through a delicate balance of deterrence and reassurance.…
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US
Trump’s Giant Lead Is Financial, Too: 6 Takeaways From 2024 Filings
Ron DeSantis has spent heavily and Nikki Haley has padded her war chest. On the Democratic side, President Biden continues…
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World
Suzanne Somers, Star of ‘Three’s Company,’ Is Dead at 76
She became famous for playing, as she put it, “one of the best dumb blondes that’s ever been done,” then…
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Business
Warning of ‘Grave’ Errors, Powerful Donors Push Universities on Hamas
Wall Street financiers are pressing elite schools to condemn criticism of Israel. Amid pressure, the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday…
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News
How Six Italian Brothers Shaped the Story of New York
Few people have shaped the streetscape of New York as prominently as the stone-carving Piccirilli brothers, six Italian immigrants who…
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US
‘Big Jim’ and Babydog Go to Washington?
Out of the driver’s seat of the Suburban with the ‘‘Coal 3’’ license plate emerged Gov. Jim Justice, Big Jim…
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News
Madonna Celebrates Four Decades of Hits With Career-Spanning Spectacle
After a health-related delay, the pop superstar launched her Celebration Tour in London with a performance devoted to her full…
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News
Ballet Thrives on Live Coaching. Her Roots Extend to the Source.
Irina Kolpakova was intently watching two dancers rehearse in an American Ballet Theater studio on a September afternoon, when she…
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World
Phyllis Coates, the First Lois Lane on TV’s ‘Superman,’ Dies at 96
She replaced Noel Neill, who had played Lois in two Superman movie serials; Ms. Neill in turn replaced her after…