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Battle for the House: These Are the Races to Watch
Democrats are targeting incumbent Republicans in a number of districts President Biden won in 2020 — but the general rule is, as goes the presidential race, so go House races.
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Overheard at the Half-Marathon: ‘Wait, Was That Lil Nas X?’
The rapper and singer, clad in bulky designer sneakers and the official race T-shirt, was a last-minute addition at the NYC Half.
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Newyork
Five Takeaways From Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Essay on the ‘Colorblindness’ Trap
How a 50-year campaign has undermined the progress of the civil rights movement.
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Sports
Dallas Seavey Overcomes Moose-Gutting Penalty to Win Iditarod
It was a record sixth win for Seavey in the sled dog race, despite a harrowing close encounter with a large mammal and a strange punishment.
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3 Degrees of Trumpiness: Ohio’s Republican Senate Candidates Clash
Donald Trump’s choice for the nomination, Bernie Moreno, has eagerly showed off his endorsement, but his two rivals have also embraced the former president or his policies.
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Newyork
Alone on the Ocean, With 400,000 Friends
Video dinner parties, spa days, stuffed animals, favorite hoodies and cozy, colorful fleece blankets. Cole Brauer’s Instagram feed hardly feels like the work of someone racing a 40-foot sailboat around the world in the Global Solo Challenge. But Ms ...
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Newyork
Requiem for a Winterless Europe
Long before I knew his name, I knew Hendrick Avercamp’s paintings. They show a merry Christmassy world of funnily dressed people disporting themselves on frozen canals: paintings I knew from jigsaw puzzles and holiday cards. Here was a young couple ...
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Sports
As Mikaela Shiffrin Considers How to Top Herself, She Studies Taylor Swift
Shiffrin, the champion American ski racer, is an unabashed Swiftie, and has long seen the pop culture force as a textbook guide for navigating fame, adversity and unprecedented success.
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Paula Murphy, Once ‘the Fastest Woman on Wheels,’ Dies at 95
She proved that women could gain fame as a speed demons on land by setting records on the Bonneville Salt Flats and on the nation’s racetracks.
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Democrats in Key States Worry Biden Could Be a Drag on Their Races
Candidates for the Senate and House have expressed concern that the president has not done enough to build an operation or excite voters.
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