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News
Some Seniors Readily Step Back. Some Never Will.
Researchers are only beginning to understand why some people embrace retirement while others won’t even consider it.
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Newyork
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a Champion for Progressive Causes, Dies at 74
Ms. Lee, who represented a district in the Houston area for nearly three decades, said in June that she had pancreatic cancer.
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Newyork
Bernice Johnson Reagon, a Musical Voice for Civil Rights, Is Dead at 81
A singer, composer, curator and founder of the vocal group Sweet Honey in the Rock, she provided a gospel soundtrack for the civil rights movement.
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Newyork
The Woman Who Sold the World’s Most Expensive Dinosaur
Phyllis Kao, an auctioneer at Sotheby’s, captivated audiences when she sold the fossil of a stegosaurus for $44.6 million.
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Newyork
She Danced Naked at Woodstock. She Dated Serpico. At 93, She’s Not Done.
Betty Gordon is perhaps the world’s most unlikely first-time children’s book author. For decades she lived at the center of a bohemian New York that has long ago faded into mythology. A glamorous and witty feminist — friends describe her as a modern ...
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Books
The Stomach-Dropping, Heart-Tugging Appeal of Climbing Documentaries
“Skywalkers” and “Mountain Queen” are strong entries in a genre with great appeal to viewers who themselves might prefer to be sitting.
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Newyork
‘The Bite’: Democrats Debate Councilwoman’s Bizarre Assault Charge
Susan Zhuang, a first-year City Council member from Queens, was charged with assault for biting a police officer. Democrats are split over how harshly to reprimand her.
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Newyork
When the Taliban Took Kabul, She Fled, and Made a New Life in New York
Nargis Baran was a rising legal star in Afghanistan. She became a target once the government fell.
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US
Nevada Conservative Accused of Fraud Over Fund-Raising for Charity
Michele Fiore, a colorful figure in the state’s politics, took donations intended for a slain officer’s statue and used them for personal expenses, prosecutors said.
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Newyork
Want to Go Viral? Tell Your Story in 22 Parts.
A Dickensian tradition finds a new audience on TikTok.