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World
The Windmills Are Back Up on the Moulin Rouge
The Paris landmark has completed its restoration after the blades fell off this spring — and just in time for the Summer Olympic Games to begin.
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Books
Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine’
Last summer, when Mae Tingstrom had the idea to open a romance bookstore in Ventura, Calif., the first thing she did was search online to see whether there was already one in her region. She found The Ripped Bodice — a bookstore in Culver City that ...
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News
For Some Young Couples, Saving on Rent Means Moving In Together Early
Citing high housing costs, some couples are sharing apartments after dating for just a short period. Not all relationships survive.
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Newyork
How a Last-Ditch Effort to Save Menendez From Prosecution Backfired
Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Senator Robert Menendez, met with prosecutors last fall to plead his case. Days later, the senator was indicted on bribery charges.
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Newyork
The Sad State of Underground Retail in New York City
Nearly 75 percent of shops operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority are vacant.
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Newyork
‘As I Stood There, a Bird Watcher in Full Regalia Paused Next to Me’
Looking up in Inwood Hill Park, talking hip-hop on Bleecker Street and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
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Newyork
The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape
On Nov. 12, 1974, my father’s childhood friend Jack Teich was kidnapped out of his driveway in the nicest part of the nicest part of Long Island. He was arriving home from work at Acme Steel Partition and Door, the steel-fabrication company that his ...
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US
Texas Braces for Beryl, With Over a Million Under a Hurricane Warning
Beryl, which weakened to a tropical storm, is expected to intensify again and could make landfall on the Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Monday morning, forecasters say.
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News
Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to SpaceX’s Ambitions
As Elon Musk’s Starship — the largest rocket ever manufactured — successfully blasted toward the sky last month, the launch was hailed as a giant leap for SpaceX and the United States’ civilian space program. Two hours later, once conditions were ...
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World
Flooding and Landslides Kill at Least 15 in Nepal
In this monsoon season so far there have been more than 60 weather-related fatalities. With roads cut off and more rain expected, the toll could rise.