Winter
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Travel
Vermont, Dressed in Snow
Vermont is famous for its verdant summer landscapes and postcard-worthy fall colors. But it’s the Green Mountain State’s winter landscape…
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World
With Olympics Closing Ceremony, China Celebrates a Joyless Triumph
BEIJING — All along, Chinese officials insisted that the Olympics were not about politics, but rather sports. In the end,…
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World
The Year of the Tiger overshadows the Olympic panda.
Parks and avenues in Beijing are lined with red Lunar New Year lanterns. Streets are deserted as families gather at…
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Opinion
The Woods Are Still Lovely, Dark and Deep, and We Have Promises to Keep
NASHVILLE — It was 78 degrees here on New Year’s Day, a record high for Nashville, and I broke into…
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U.S.
What Californians Love About Winter
Fresh snowfall lined both sides of Deer Creek in Nevada City in December.Credit...Elias Funez/The Union, via Associated PressA reader who…
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Finance
Sinking natural gas prices are a sign of hope for household winter heating bills.
After hitting their highest levels since 2014 mere months ago, natural gas prices have tumbled in recent weeks, falling more…
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World
Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation
SHAH WALI KOT, Afghanistan — One by one, women poured into the mud brick clinic, the frames of famished children…
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