World
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Adams Confidant Leaves Casino Company
A retired Police Department inspector who was hired by Mayor Eric Adams earlier this year while he was also collecting…
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Don’t Tweet That. Take It to the Group Chat.
The dark red line on my rapid Covid test was so thick it was rude. Reinfected after just five weeks,…
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The God I Know Is Not a Culture Warrior
Two Sundays ago, my church had a baptismal service. Baptisms at our church are a mixture of solemnity and unbridled…
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Zofia Posmysz, Who Wrote of Life in Concentration Camps, Dies at 98
Zofia Posmysz, who endured three years of imprisonment in concentration camps for associating with the Polish resistance to Nazi occupation…
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Elana Dykewomon, Author Who Explored Lesbian Lives, Dies at 72
Elana Dykewomon, a gregarious, cerebral author, poet and activist who spent decades exploring her identity as both a lesbian and…
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Salman Rushdie, Badly Wounded, Is Off Ventilator and Starting to Recover
The author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed roughly 10 times on Friday, has been removed from a ventilator and is…
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Wonking Out: Is 2022 Like 1980?
It has been a good week on the inflation front. First we had a flat month for the Consumer Price…
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Investigating Trump Is Fraught, but Not Doing So Is Worse
There are more than a few commentators and observers who are afraid of what might happen to the United States…
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‘Finally, I Broke Down and Bought a 20-Comb Assortment Pack’
Combed Over Dear Diary: I had searched for a week to buy a pocket comb to replace one I had…
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Gen X Is Kind of, Sort of, Not Really the Boss
The top job in this country has gone from the baby boomer Barack Obama to the barely boomer Donald Trump…