Family
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Newyork
Bruce Willis, My Father, and the Decision of a Lifetime
The letter from Bruce Willis’s family bore seven names — Emma, Demi, Rumer, Scout, Tallulah, Mabel and Evelyn — and a picture of the actor smiling on the beach. You could almost mistake the letter for one of those holiday circulars some families ...
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World
Lives of Syrian Refugees in Turkey Shatter a Second, or Third, Time
Syrians have experienced relentless death and destruction during their country’s 12-year civil war. But some say the earthquake was worse than anything else they had endured.
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Books
Ronald S. Lauder Reaches Agreement on Klimt Painting With Jewish Heirs
Under the agreement, Mr. Lauder restituted the painting and then repurchased it from the relatives of an art collector who fled Europe in 1941 to avoid Nazi persecution.
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World
In Southern Turkey, a Parking Lot Becomes an Open-Air Morgue
ANTAKYA, TURKEY — Near the epicenter of Monday’s devastating earthquake, hundreds of bodies lined the pavement of a parking lot outside a hospital in Hatay Province. The makeshift, open-air morgue was a grim reminder of the human toll of the disaster ...
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World
Nicaragua Frees Hundreds of Political Prisoners to the United States
The authoritarian government of Daniel Ortega handed over 222 prisoners as a way to signal a desire to restart relations with the United States, according to officials.
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Newyork
Would You Have Four Kids if It Meant Never Paying Taxes Again?
Eagle-eyed readers may notice we’re dropping “On Parenting” from this newsletter’s title. Don’t worry: I’ll still be analyzing the health, economics and culture of the American family. I’m just expanding my coverage area to include adjacent topics ...
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Newyork
Maybe We Should Convince Men That Paid Leave Is Their Idea
Barbara Reisman spent her career pushing for a better system of child care in America. She was the executive director of the (now defunct) Child Care Action Campaign from 1986 to 1997. If you want to see her in action, you can watch her on C-SPAN ...
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Newyork
They’re Not Just Dads, They’re Congressional Dads
Male politicians who are parents of young children wearing their fatherhood on their sleeves and their babies on their chests.
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Newyork
Lisa Loring, Wednesday Addams in ‘The Addams Family,’ Dies at 64
With her dark clothes and pigtailed hair framing a pale face, Ms. Loring played Wednesday as a young girl obsessed with death on the ABC series, which ran from 1964 to 1966.
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World
As Israelis Grieve, Some Palestinians Exult, and Some Fear What’s Next
Two Palestinians shot a dozen Israelis, seven fatally, over the weekend. In the aftermath, the attackers’ relatives expressed a mixture of pride and dread.