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N.Y.P.D. Detective Wounded in Shootout That Ended With Suspect Dead
The New York officer was shot in the foot at a New Jersey hotel after the police and a man…
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Doping Regulator Knew of Previous Positive Tests by Chinese Swimmers
Three athletes who failed drug tests before the 2021 Olympics had tested positive for a powerful steroid several years earlier.…
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Almost 20 Years After She Found Her Mother’s Body, a Cold Case Thaws
She was just a girl when her mother was stabbed to death in the Bronx. Now, an arrest based on…
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Sex, Money and Séances: This 1922 Murder Had It All
A scion of wealth claimed self-defense and invoked a sinister blackmailing ring. But, James Polchin asks, what did they have…
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Carnage and Contradiction: Examining a Deadly Strike in Rafah
Fear plagued Saleh Mohammed al-Hila, 37, on that Sunday. “I was lying on the ground of the tent and told…
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Warren Winiarski, Whose Fledgling Cabernet Bested the French, Dies at 95
His $6 bottle of Napa Valley cabernet won a historic tasting in Paris in 1976, astonishing connoisseurs and putting his…
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By a Stream in Vermont, a Glimpse of a Plant Last Seen a Century Ago
“Are you sitting down?” Vermont’s state botanist asked a fellow plant expert after spotting false mermaid-weed last month.
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A Rustic Cabin in the Woods Was His Dream. Not Hers.
It didn’t help that it was straight out of ‘Twin Peaks’: ‘Wood on wood on wood, in a very terrifying…
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The Ecstasy of Humidity
Living in a place with seasons is overrated. There’s nothing like a sweaty Florida summer to bring you back to…
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The Tao of ‘Smooth,’ Rock’s Enduring, Inescapable Earworm
Santana’s track featuring Rob Thomas turns 25 this week. Why is it still a rock blockbuster?