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Ahead of Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Faces a Trust Crisis
Concerns are growing that the body whose job is keeping sports free of illegal drugs is failing at that mission, leading Congress to question U.S. support.
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Police Commander Provides More Details on Trump Rally Shooting
A Pennsylvania State Police colonel testifying before a House panel gave more answers about security for the rally than the Secret Service director had, but raised more questions.
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Matthew Barney’s Time Has Come Again
Misunderstood for decades, the sculptor and filmmaker is pushing ceramic to its limits. He’s dancing. He’s making the best work…
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The Triumphant Comeback of the Kamala Harris Meme
The same unflattering supercuts and Photoshop jobs once used to denigrate Harris have now been flipped into celebratory artifacts of…
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‘Time Bandits’ Review: A Flatter Adventure
An adaptation of the 1981 film on Apple TV+ gives us time-traveling bandits of greater height and lesser amusement.
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‘Veep’ Is Re-elected
After news broke that President Biden would endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, the internet was rife…
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Adultery, a Corpse Eaten by Alligators and a $1 Million Insurance Payout
A true-crime case that could only happen in Florida is at the heart of Mikita Brottman’s “Guilty Creatures.”
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When It Comes to a Bad Marriage, Whose Account Can You Trust?
The aggrieved wife who narrates Sarah Manguso’s novel “Liars” may or may not be a reliable source about her monster…
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She Found Bounties in Small Towns, Local Talk and Everyday Life
The simple pleasures keep coming in this keenly observed collection by the Argentinian writer Hebe Uhart.
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King Arthur Is Dead. Long Live King Arthur!
THE BRIGHT SWORD: A Novel of King Arthur, by Lev Grossman King Arthur is dead. What now? With this question,…
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Two Landslides Kill More Than 150 People in Ethiopia
A waterlogged hillside above a village gave way, burying several houses in…
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Art Student Pulls Off a (Very Brief) Coin Heist at the British Museum
The artist aimed to use sleight of hand to point to what…
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Reality Show Contestant Apologizes After Eating Protected Bird
A contestant on the reality show “Race to Survive: New Zealand” killed…
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An Olympian’s Awkward Packing List: Toothbrush? Check. Rifle? Check.
For members of the U.S. shooting team, competitions may be the easy…
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Families Left Scrambling After Delta Bars Minors From Flying Alone in Wake of Outage
The temporary move, made after Friday’s global tech outage, stranded some children…
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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Compete at Venice Film Festival
Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature and new movies from Luca Guadagnino and…