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World
In Christmas Address, Pope Bemoans ‘Grave Famine of Peace’
Pope Francis urged the tens of thousands of faithful in St. Peter’s Square to pray for Ukraine and for others…
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The Best Metropolitan Diary Item of 2022: The Readers Speak
A son’s trip to the Museum of Modern Art with his mother claims the top spot in this year’s voting,…
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How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin’s Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City
On a foggy morning a few months ago, Valentyn Dmytrovych Yermolenko, an aging Ukrainian fisherman with a bad back and…
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World
Another Day, Another Crash: Life by Britain’s Most Bashed Bridge
A railway bridge with a shallow underpass is bashed into by vehicles with startling regularity, causing mostly embarrassment, but sending…
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US
As Applications Fall, Police Departments Lure Recruits With Bonuses and Attention
Many police chiefs say staffing levels have not rebounded from a wave of resignations that started with the pandemic and…
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World
Day 25: That Time an Orthodox Jew Celebrated Christmas
The first and only time that Alex Edelman’s family celebrated Christmas, their tree was topped not by a star, but…
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News
What We Learned From Week 16 in the N.F.L.
The Lions and the Seahawks lost, diminishing their chances of making the playoffs, while the Panthers kept hope alive.
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Style
Making Skate Films Into Art
William Strobeck brings rare intimacy to his skateboarding films. His latest, “Play Dead,” with Supreme, chronicles some of the sport’s…
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World
Don Christopher, Who Turned Lowly Garlic Into a Staple, Dies at 88
Known as the Garlic King, he used his enthusiasm and a business acumen to build an empire around the once-lowly…
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Arizona Judge Rejects Kari Lake’s Effort to Overturn Her Election Loss
Kari Lake, a Republican who was defeated by Katie Hobbs in the Arizona governor’s race, had made false election claims…