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Real Estate
What Kind of Year Has It Been for Gardeners? An Aggravating One.
From spongy moth caterpillars to torrential rains, this garden season has been plagued by one challenge after another.
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Economy
A ‘Shadow’ Lending Market in the U.S., Funded by Insurance Premiums
In 2009, as the banking business was on the verge of being reshaped by new regulations in the wake of…
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World
The Taste of Home in a Grain of Rice
Throughout September, Ia’s phone rings off the hook. “What is it?” she answers. But she already knows. The rest of…
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World
Central Park’s Great Lawn Is Closed Until April After Concert Damage
The Global Citizen Festival drew around 30,000 concertgoers to the rain-drenched park, causing extensive damage to one of its most…
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Sports
Kaiser Permanente Workers Poised to Strike
The health care system provides care for 13 million people in eight states. Union officials say this could be the…
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World
Barcelona’s Unfinished Masterpiece Is Now a Little More Finished
After 140 years, Antoni Gaudí’s unrealized masterpiece is finally nearing completion. But hurdles still remain, with construction to last until…
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World
With Surge in Attacks, Militants Begin New Era of Bloodshed in Pakistan
For nearly a decade, the country had seemingly broken the cycle of violence, but extremist groups have bounced back since…
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World
Jurist presiding at Trump’s civil trial will serve as judge and jury.
Arthur F. Engoron, who is presiding over Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud trial, is an independent and thoughtful — if…
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World
New York Schools Weathered a Crisis. Now They Face a Fiscal Cliff.
The city faces billions in financial pressures in the coming years that threaten to worsen inequality across the nation’s largest…
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World
Tim Wakefield, Pitcher Who Helped Boston Break the Curse, Dies at 57
After pitching a walk-off home run that ended the Red Sox run in 2003, he played a critical role in…