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Biden’s Debt Deal Strategy: Win in the Fine Print
The president and his negotiators believe they worked out a deal that allowed Republicans to claim big spending cuts even…
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Oxford, but Not That Oxford: How a Tiny For-Profit School Suddenly Got Big
Oxford Business College and others like it make millions, largely by recruiting immigrants. They operate in an opaque corner of…
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Dutch Rail System Is Disrupted, as Service to Amsterdam Is Halted
Officials warned of delays across the country and told travelers not to come to the capital, as an IT problem…
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Citing Doubt, Officials Free Woman Convicted in 4 Children’s Deaths in 2003
An Australian jury found that Kathleen Folbigg had smothered her children. But scientists now say that they probably died from…
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What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days
It had been a quiet April afternoon until about a dozen teenagers began running up Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, yelling…
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‘I Whisked Myself Down to the Street in Search of a Guy With a Clipboard’
Seeking a crucial hour of quiet, observations while on the D and more reader tales of New York City in…
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Bodies Remain Unidentified as Relatives Struggle to Reach the Crash Site
Families of the victims of India’s worst rail disaster in two decades were on Sunday still struggling to reach the…
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China, U.S. Lay Out Rival Visions for Asia as Ships Nearly Collide
China’s defense minister says the best way to avoid accidental conflict is for countries outside the region, like the United…
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Raw Meat and Moon Signs: Inuit Lessons for Soldiers in the Arctic
A moon dog hung low over the horizon. It showed up on the first day of the Canadian soldiers’ patrol,…
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Cynthia Weil, Who Put Words to That ‘Lovin’ Feeling,’ Dies at 82
With her husband and songwriting partner, Barry Mann, she wrote lyrics for timeless hits by the Righteous Brothers, the Animals…