People
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World
3-Day Israeli Raid in Jenin Kills at Least 12 Palestinians, West Bank Officials Say
A three-day Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin appeared to end on Thursday, and the Palestinian Health Ministry said that Israeli forces had killed at least 12 people and wounded 34 others. Residents reported seeing Israeli ...
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Newyork
Ireland Thought It Was Immune to the Far Right. It Was Wrong.
A little after 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 23, a man stabbed three children and a woman outside a primary school in downtown Dublin. The woman and one of the children, a 5-year-old girl, were seriously injured. The suspect — who was injured while being subdued ...
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Newyork
‘Couples Therapy,’ but for Politics
Growing political polarization is a problem that keeps me up at night. Not because I think it’s bad to have strong opinions, but because of what social scientists call affective polarization: polarization beyond political disagreement, when “ordinary ...
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Newyork
48 Million Americans Live With Addiction. Here’s How to Get Them Help That Works.
Raina Mcmahan, a 42-year-old recovery coach, spent roughly half her life seeking treatment for her own opioid use disorder. She tried detoxing multiple times at different inpatient facilities, but those programs usually discharged her after a week or ...
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Books
In Indigenous Communities, a Divided Reaction to ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
The filmmakers’ attention to detail draws praise, but the question of perspective and who gets to tell the story is also at issue.
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World
‘I Have No Future’: China’s Rebel Influencer Is Still Paying a Price
Li Ying used social media to help tell the world about last year’s protests. Now in exile, he has been threatened and lost his livelihood for his defiance.
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Newyork
Watch What People Do, Not What They Say About the Economy
Have you heard that there’s a huge wave of organized shoplifting — coordinated theft by groups effectively looting stores — sweeping the United States? You probably have. A couple of years ago, Walgreens said that organized shoplifting was behind its ...
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US
To Revive Portland, Officials Seek to Ban Public Drug Use
State and local leaders are proposing to roll back part of the nation’s pioneering drug decriminalization law and step up police enforcement.
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World
‘We Are All Sick’: Infectious Diseases Spread Across Gaza
Infectious diseases are ravaging the people of the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization said Monday, as more people flee to overcrowded shelters in the south where dire conditions and a scarcity of food and clean water have set off a public ...
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World
Despite Wars, Earthquakes and Hurricanes, U.N. Cuts Appeal for Aid
With pledges already lagging badly for this year, the global organization said that it had been forced to pare down its request for 2024 to focus on only the most life-threatening cases.