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A Novel Traces the Many Lives of a 19th-Century Romantic
William Boyd’s new book follows one man from childhood to death, and the globe-spanning adventures in between.
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The Artist and Mystic Who Collected the World
Harry Smith lived many lives. “Cosmic Scholar,” a new biography, details his earthly ones.
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Tampa Bay Rays Shortstop Sits Out Amid Investigation
The Rays said Major League Baseball was investigating social media posts about Wander Franco, but his manager said it was…
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When Tragedy Strikes in China, the Government Cracks Down on Grief
The Chinese government represses public grief, withholding information and stanching displays of mourning to tell history the way it wants…
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Monday Briefing
The toll of devastating wildfires in Maui.
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Zuckerberg Says It’s ‘Time to Move On’ From ‘Cage Fight’ With Musk
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, wrote on his Threads platform that Elon Musk did not seem “serious” about…
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A Museum of ‘Electrifying Frankness’ Weighs Dialing It Down
The Mütter Museum, a beloved 19th-century collection of medical curiosities and human remains in Philadelphia, wants to adopt a more…
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The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco.
In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers sued. Owning a…
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K2 Climbers Criticized Over Continuing Ascent After Finding Dying Porter
One of the climbers, Kristin Harila, said she continued her summit of the mountain after finding a porter who fell…
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Tom Jones, Half of Record-Setting ‘Fantasticks’ Team, Dies at 95
He wrote the book and lyrics to a little show that opened in 1960 in Greenwich Village and became “the…