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Bill Pitman, Revered Studio Guitarist, Is Dead at 102
Bill Pitman, a guitarist who accompanied Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand and others from the late 1950s to the…
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Salman Rushdie Is Attacked Onstage in Western New York
Salman Rushdie, the author, was attacked Friday while onstage in Chautauqua, near Erie in western New York, according to multiple…
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Polio Has Been Detected in New York City Wastewater, Officials Say
The polio virus has been detected in wastewater from New York City, suggesting the virus is likely circulating in the…
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Judge Denies Trump Executive’s Request to Dismiss Manhattan Tax Case
A Manhattan state court judge on Friday declined to throw out the criminal case against Donald J. Trump’s family business…
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These Bulgari Earrings Evoke a Centuries-Long Infatuation
Part of the Russian crown jewels for centuries, Caesar’s Ruby turned out not to be a ruby at all. The…
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In Hawaii, the Search for Sustainable Tourism
When John De Fries’s mother was in high school in the 1940s, she was forbidden from dancing the hula and…
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Saving the Family Business in a Beach Town Where Money Talks
There are plenty of shiny, new hotels in Montauk, the beach town at the tip of Long Island’s East End,…
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Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and the Perils of the Power Couple
Like Harlem in the 1930s or Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, Manhattan’s theatrical heart midway into the 20th century…
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Trying to Stop Lanternflies? ‘Don’t Bother, They’re Here.’
Good morning. It’s Friday. We’ll follow up on a story about the spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest the experts say…
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When It Comes to Lightning, Don’t Pass the Salt
One of nature’s most intense spectacles can be tamed with humble sea salt, the same stuff that graces some dinner…