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Economy
What’s Happening in the Bond Market?
The rapid rise in interest rates in recent months has shaken investors and cast a cloud over the economy.
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World
Dr. Donlin Long, Wide-Ranging Medical Innovator, Is Dead at 89
A neurosurgeon, he helped develop an insulin pump for diabetes patients and a device to relieve pain, and joined Ben…
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World
How the Extraordinary Became Normal in Catholicism
The Francis era in Roman Catholicism is a good example of how the abnormal and even extraordinary can come to…
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Economy
Rates Are Jumping on Wall Street. What Will It Do to Housing and the Economy?
A run-up in longer-term interest rates could help the Federal Reserve get the economic cool-down it wants — but it…
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Economy
Higher Rates Stoke a Growing Chorus of Deficit Concerns
A long period of higher interest rates would make the government’s large debt pile costly, a possibility that is fueling…
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World
A Firefighter Drowns After Rushing into the Sea to Save His Daughter
There were no lifeguards on duty at Avon-by-the-Sea, along the New Jersey shore, on Friday.
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World
A Mad Dash as Commuters Deal With New L.I.R.R. Service
The railroad’s long-awaited expansion to the East Side of Manhattan has unexpectedly added travel time for some Brooklyn-bound commuters.
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World
Want to Lower Housing Costs? Build in New York’s Suburbs.
Across the New York City suburbs, a thicket of local zoning laws thwarts the building of all but the most…
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Sports
Are We All Supposed to Be Wearing Long Gloves Now?
A reader has noticed celebrities accessorizing their red carpet looks with elbow-length evening gloves. What’s the appeal?
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World
Britain’s Cautionary Tale of Self-Destruction
In December, as many as 500 patients per week were dying in Britain because of E.R. waits, according to the…
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