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A HOT ‘POTATO’ FOR A LADY NAMED BARRIE (Gift Article)

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A Crash, Gunfire and Then a Race to Save a Synagogue Full of Children (Gift Article)

“I didn’t breathe until I knew all of the kids were OK,” one teacher recalled after a truck crashed through the doors of a Michigan synagogue this week.

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Rechters verlenen steeds vaker zélf asiel, tot frustratie van de IND. ‘Een aardverschuiving’

Immigratie: Rechters beslissen steeds vaker zelf dat asielzoekers een verblijfsvergunning krijgen. Aanleiding is een arrest van het Hof van Justitie van de EU, dat rechters toestaat het volledige onde...

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The Officiant Mooned the Guests at My Daughter’s Wedding. Help! (Gift Article)

The mother of the bride feels that the groom’s brother tarnished a special day that she had worked hard to make beautiful. Should she confront him?

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Handsome at Any Cost (Gift Article)

Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream.

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Opinion | You Can’t Stop A.I. But You Can Bargain With It. (Gift Article)

We can learn a lot from a long-dead labor leader about how to reckon with technology that threatens our jobs.

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Column | Nederland is niet groot geworden door het veroveren van gebieden, de handelsgeest, innovatie of creativiteit, maar is gebouwd op ambtenaren

Ik hoorde Arjan Noorlander van Nieuwsuur bij Nieuwsuur zeggen (bij Nieuwsuur hebben ze deskundigen vervangen door Nieuwsuur-collega’s omdat die het vaak beter weten en makkelijker te bereiken zijn) da...

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Column | Hoe groter geest, hoe groter beest, tenzij je vrouw bent

Het barst van de schrijvers in films en toneelstukken. Maar schrijven zie je ze nauwelijks, want aan een schrijver in actie is weinig te beleven. Voor drama heb je meer aan een danseres, of een kunsts...

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What Does the Cheesecake Factory’s Designer Think of Obama and Trump’s Jabs at His Décor? (Gift Article)

Long before its baroque décor and class identity became midterm talking points, this durable restaurant chain survived some withering critiques.

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De IND moet sneller werken: binnen één dag beslissen over een asielverzoek en anders naar het Knopen Doorhak Team

Bij de IND: Het Europese migratiepact, van kracht sinds juni, dwingt landen asielprocedures te versnellen. De nieuwe werkwijze van de IND geeft interne onrust, blijkt uit gesprekken van NRC met tien medewerkers. „Je moet beslissen op basis van minder informatie.”

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New Orleans’s Legacy of Death and Rebirth Helped Shaped Anne Rice’s Imagination (Gift Article)

The Big Easy celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Interview With the Vampire,’ the first novel by Anne Rice, whose hometown served as her greatest muse.

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Wat was de invloed van Rudi Fuchs op de Nederlandse kunstwereld? ‘Hij was een rolmodel, waar je je ook wel tegen móést verzetten’

Rudi Fuchs: Zondag overleed kunsthistoricus en museumdirecteur Rudi Fuchs. Zijn invloed op de Nederlandse kunstwereld was groot. Maar wat was die invloed precies, en hoe ziet een nieuwe generatie zijn...

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Ernie Johnson to step away from 'Inside the NBA' after season (Gift Article)

Broadcasting legend Ernie Johnson has announced on social media that this will be his final season behind the "Inside the NBA" desk."Totally my decision. It's just time," Johnson said.Johnson, 70, has...

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Medium technologyculturebusiness
China’s AI bubble has burst, but the technology is here to stay

The history of capitalism is replete with examples of investors who lost their shirts after betting on technologies that went on to change…

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Medium culturepolitics
Helping MAGA Get Over Loss of Privilege

Like they’ve been urging the Black community to “get over” slavery.

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The Atlantic entertainmentculture
The Man Who Risked Death Documenting ISIS

Omar Mohammed on life in Mosul under ISIS rule

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5 Horror Movie Locations to Get You in the Halloween Spirit (Gift Article)

Here’s one fan’s guide to visiting some of the genre’s fabled filming locations, from “The Shining” to “Friday the 13th.”

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What we learned about the West-leading Wild during an impressive first month of the season (Gift Article)

The Wild's win over the Mammoth on Tuesday was a statement to cap a great road trip.

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The Secret History Of Dodger Stadium's Mysterious Concrete Murals | Defector

L.A. Material is an independent news organization aimed at filling some holes in the Los Angeles news landscape and making that fascinating, fragmented city more legible. You can learn more, and subsc...

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Opinion | Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work. (Gift Article)

Everything is content.

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This ‘Flying Dutchman’ Tests the Limits on Artists Speaking Freely About Israel (Gift Article)

A Berlin production of “The Flying Dutchman” transforms Wagner’s opera into a provocative allegory amid fears of political interference and censorship in the arts.

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‘We’re Just Seen as Sex Objects’: Dolores Huerta’s Years in the U.F.W. (Gift Article)

The co-founder of the United Farm Workers talked about her relationship with Cesar Chavez, and the night he raped her.

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San Francisco Chronicle culture
Dolores Huerta, iconic labor activist behind United Farm Workers, dies at 96

The originator of the iconic labor rallying cry, “si, se puede,” was one of the country's most celebrated activists.

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Washington Post entertainmentculture
A folk singer was found bloodied on his bus. His death wasn’t the end of the story.

As Todd Snider’s last album arrives, questions surrounding his early demise linger.

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Harvard’s Asian Student Enrollment Jumps as Black Enrollment Declines (Gift Article)

Harvard’s Asian American student enrollment jumped to 43 percent and Black students enrollment dipped to 9 percent after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023.

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Medium scienceculture
Dog Paw Wax: Is It Worth Buying? 5 Benefits Every Dog Owner Should Know

From winter road salt to dry paw pads, discover what dog paw wax can do, which ingredients to avoid and how to choose a product that’s…

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The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel (Gift Article)

After 50 years of failure to stop violence and terrorism against Palestinians by Jewish ultranationalists, lawlessness has become the law.

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How Two Trains Collided in Spain (Gift Article)

Diagrams show how a high-speed train barreled into another train on the same track.

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Linda McMahon Spends $43,000 on Furniture as She Looks to Close Education Department (Gift Article)

The education secretary says her old furniture “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated” into new office space.

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Opinion | The Populist Left Has a Theory. We’re All About to Test It. (Gift Article)

Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.

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Texas-Style Chili Recipe • 4★ (Gift Recipe)

Calling a dish "Texas Chili,” especially if you’re not a native of that state, is clearly asking for trouble. But this recipe, refined over years of potlucks and Super Bowl parties, is too good to kee...

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Medium culture
“Sat Upon my Heart, an Incubus” — Fuseli’s Nightmare

How a nightmare of the Gothic imagination prefigured Surrealism, psychoanalysis and the art of horror…

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The Atlantic cultureentertainment
How American Girl Doll Lost Its Way

At 40, the brand faces a midlife crisis.

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Opinie | Griepprik

Ruim voor openingstijd heeft zich bij de huisartsenpraktijk al een aanzienlijke rij gevormd voor de jaarlijkse griepprik. Een voorbijganger bekijkt dit enigszins verbaasd, want het is geen dagelijks tafereel. Blijkbaar niet op de hoogte van de reden waarom we daar staan, maar duidelijk wel van de Nederlandse volksaard vraagt hij: „Is er vandaag iets gratis?”Lezers zijn de auteurs van deze rubriek.

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A World War II Museum Brings the Lessons of War to a Younger Audience (Gift Article)

An idea sparked by the historian Stephen E. Ambrose became the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

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Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies (Gift Article)

She founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. In early 2026, she told The Times that she had been raped by him decades earlier. She was 96.

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Josh Johnson, a Trusted Music Producer, Has a New Jazz LP Coming Out (Gift Article)

Josh Johnson became a trusted producer of Meshell Ndegeocello and Flea for knowing when to guide and when to let go. He gives himself that license on a new LP, “Animative.”

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Stan Wawrinka retires from tennis, 11 years after his greatest match at the 2015 French Open (Gift Article)

In the early summer of 2015, Roland Garros was ready to anoint Novak Djokovic at the pinnacle of tennis. Then came Stan Wawrinka.

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Hong Kong’s Property Market Is (Literally) the Stuff of Horror Movies (Gift Article)

In the city’s “apartment horror” films, one of the world’s least affordable housing markets is a backdrop for exploring superstition and socioeconomic anxiety.

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Medium culturetechnologyopinion
Prejudice Doesn’t Know Borders in Josephine Baker’s “Fearless and Free”

I have tangentially known about Josephine Baker for a long time, but I had never learned much beyond the basics that she expatriated to…

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New York Times politicsculture
Texas Senate Rivals Converge on Lubbock, With Trump in the Mix (Gift Article)

It was a showdown of sorts in western Texas as James Talarico and Ken Paxton appeared at dueling rallies on either side of a prairie-dog-filled city park.

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New York Times technologyculturehealth
How to Actually Sleep on an Airplane (Gift Article)

These tested strategies can help you get some degree of rest, even in an unforgiving upright seat.

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It’s the Most Common Cancer in Women. How Much Do You Know About It?
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NRC cultureworld
KAASBROOD MET GEMENGDE PEPERKORRELS

Strikt genomen is dit niet echt een brood, maar een hartige cake. In ieder geval is dit 'brood' heerlijk bij een maaltijdsoep; bijvoorbeeld Linzensoep met paksoi en tomaten (recept 19 februari).

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Catch Me If You Can! Bolsonaro Flees to Miami and the Memes Fly in Brazil

Is that Flávio Bolsonaro instead of Leonardo DiCaprio on the poster for Catch Me If You Can? In the wild world of Brazilian political memes, yes.

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Medium cultureentertainmenttravel
Father Mother Sister Brother: An Homage to Parenthood

Nonparallel Parenting in Jim Jarmusch’s 2025 Film

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Sexism has plagued surfing for generations. A rape allegation has led to a reckoning

Surfers have long kept their experiences of sexual violence and harassment mostly private. Recently, they spilled into the public discourse.

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The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It (Gift Article)

The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right.

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Life Magazine, Chronicler of 20th-Century America, Rises Again (Gift Article)

The iconic publication, acclaimed for its visual storytelling, will return as a print quarterly next month in a challenging business environment.

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NRC cultureworld
Twintig studenten zouden in Nederland gaan studeren, maar zitten vast in Gaza. ‘Door de studie zag ik licht aan het einde van de tunnel’

Evacuaties: Twintig studenten uit Gaza zouden in september beginnen aan een studie in Nederland. Maar om weg te komen uit Gaza, is hulp nodig van de Nederlandse staat. En die wil hun evacuatie niet fa...

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