People
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Newyork
David Shaffer, Medical ‘Detective’ in Suicide of Youths, Dies at 87
At a time when teen suicide was seen as random and unpredictable, Dr. Shaffer, a psychiatrist, led investigations that proved that it was not.
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Newyork
The Landlords of Social Media Seem Happy to Play the Villain
Why are property owners on social media crowing about the least lovable parts of their job?
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Science
If You’ve Ever Heard a Voice That Wasn’t There, This Could Be Why
With a ghostly finger in a lab, researchers coaxed people to hear phantom voices.
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World
Hundreds Reported Killed in Blast at a Gaza Hospital
An explosion killed hundreds of people on Tuesday at a hospital in Gaza City that was packed with people sheltering there, Gazan officials said, as Palestinians and Israelis blamed each other for a tragedy that inflamed the region just as President ...
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Books
Yayoi Kusama Apologizes for Past Racist Remarks
Revelations from the artist’s autobiography threaten to cloud her new show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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World
Time Runs Out on a Canadian Radio Tradition
After 84 years, changes in technology mean that CBC Radio will no longer broadcast the correct time once a day. Many Canadians are mourning the loss.
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Books
A Russian Journalist’s Love Letter to Her People
“I Love Russia,” a collection of Elena Kostyuchenko’s reporting over the past 15 years, captures the lives of ordinary, often struggling, people in far-flung parts of the country.
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Newyork
‘Do Not Take Your Mezuzah off Your Door’
The Torah tells us that on the day God created humanity, God saw everything God created, and God saw that it was very good. The monstrosity of the attacks carried out on Oct. 7, on Shabbat, has been defined and compounded by Jews and Israelis not ...
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US
U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force Struggle for Recruits. The Marines Have Plenty.
As the other large military branches fall short of their goals despite offering signing bonuses and other incentives, the Marine Corps easily fills its ranks on swagger alone.
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Newyork
I Don’t Have to Post About My Outrage. Neither Do You.
I am neither Jewish nor Palestinian, and none of my six regular gigs have anything to do with foreign policy, but the other day I opened Twitter (now called X) after some time offline to find people I don’t know demanding that I make a public ...