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World
Aircraft Carrying Malawi’s Vice President Is Missing
A search is underway after the aircraft carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people vanished.
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U.S.
Debby Lee Cohen, Who Helped Prune Plastic From Schools, Dies at 64
Her successful campaign against foam lunch trays in New York City led to similar city and statewide bans — and…
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U.S.
Jean-Philippe Allard, Jazz Producer and Musicians’ Advocate, Dies at 67
He called himself a “professional listener,” and he tended to develop lifelong relationships with the artists he worked with.
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World
This Old-School Pizzeria Stays Open by Playing Itself on TV
Sam’s Restaurant, a 94-year-old red-sauce joint in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, was uncharacteristically full of life. Serious-looking women in peacoats and…
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World
‘Dragging a Small Roller Bag, I Found My Way to the Correct Subway Line’
A solo trip to the Upper West Side, a bonus at the shoe-repair place and more reader tales of New…
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U.S.
Chet Walker, N.B.A. Champion and Movie Producer, Dies at 84
A vital member of the 1966-67 champion Philadelphia 76ers, he later produced a TV series based on the life on…
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Opinion
The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day
This week, the leaders of the Presbyterian Church in America will gather in Richmond, Va., for their annual General Assembly.…
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U.S.
Biden Loves to Tell Tall Tales. We Cut Them Down to Size.
By President Biden’s account, he was a fierce civil rights activist in his youth, had an uncle who fell prey…
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Opinion
The Unabomber, Me and the Poisoned Myth of the American West
On June 10 of last year, Ted Kaczynski, the homegrown terrorist known as the Unabomber, was found dead in his…
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World
Here’s How Israel’s Mission to Rescue Four Hostages Unfolded
Palestinians moved through smoke and dust after an operation by the Israeli Special Forces in Nuseirat in the central Gaza…