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Friends, Tourists, Countrymen, See Where Julius Caesar Was Killed
The site where the emperor was assassinated by a group of senators in 44 B.C., nestled among four ancient temples, has been opened to the public for the first time in a century.
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US
A Poisonous Cold War Legacy That Defies a Solution
From 1950 to 1990, the U.S. Energy Department produced an average of four nuclear bombs every day, turning them out of hastily built factories with few environmental safeguards that left behind a vast legacy of toxic radioactive waste. Nowhere were ...
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World
These Extinct Elephants Were Neanderthals’ ‘Biggest Calorie Bombs’
In his 1931 book, “How to Tell Your Friends From the Apes,” the American satirist Will Cuppy noted that Neanderthals had fires, caves, marrow bones, mosquitoes, love and arthritis. “What more can you ask?” he mused. If you answered “bush meat block ...
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Newyork
Will the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem Be Built on Confiscated Palestinian Land?
The Biden administration is doubling down on its predecessor’s reckless decision to recognize Israel’s claims to Jerusalem as its capital, a break with nearly 70 years of policy. The State Department is advancing plans to erect an embassy building in ...
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News
Barry Diller Explores Sale of The Daily Beast
The tech mogul’s company has hired Whisper Advisors, an advisory firm, to find potential buyers for the digital publication.
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World
The Nuclear Dump That Created a Generation of Indigenous Activists
For members of a Taiwanese tribe, a waste site on their island serves as a painful reminder of the government’s broken promises, and a symbol of their long struggle for greater autonomy.
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World
Hard-Line Israeli Minister Visits Volatile Jerusalem Holy Site
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the ultranationalist national security minister, toured the site just days after taking office, drawing a furious reaction from Palestinian leaders.
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Science
It’s Turtles All the Way Down in the Fossil Record
How smushed shells could help to resolve paleontological mysteries.
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Newyork
A Long Road to Renewal for Former Military Bases
It is rare to come across hundreds of acres of land for sale in New Jersey, the country’s most densely populated state. But in Monmouth County, about 50 miles south of New York City, two expansive sites have sat largely undeveloped for years. The ...