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Newyork
In Las Vegas, a Violent Sport Sparks Controversy
When the meaty palm of Vasil Kamotskii, a 360-pound, 34-year-old pig farmer from Siberia known as Dumpling, struck the tender cheek of the man who faced him, it sounded like a thunderclap. Dumpling didn’t appear to expend much effort — he swung ...
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World
Russia Destroys Children’s Hospital in Deadly Barrage Across Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched at least 40 missiles at targets across Ukraine, and he condemned the strike on the country’s largest children’s hospital.
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Books
Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine’
Last summer, when Mae Tingstrom had the idea to open a romance bookstore in Ventura, Calif., the first thing she did was search online to see whether there was already one in her region. She found The Ripped Bodice — a bookstore in Culver City that ...
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News
For Some Young Couples, Saving on Rent Means Moving In Together Early
Citing high housing costs, some couples are sharing apartments after dating for just a short period. Not all relationships survive.
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Newyork
The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape
On Nov. 12, 1974, my father’s childhood friend Jack Teich was kidnapped out of his driveway in the nicest part of the nicest part of Long Island. He was arriving home from work at Acme Steel Partition and Door, the steel-fabrication company that his ...
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Newyork
Jim Clyburn Is Right About What Democrats Should Do Next
President Biden faces a problem with no solution. No interview or speech will convince a doubtful public that he is still fit to serve. Perceptions of him had years to harden. In June 2020, 36 percent of voters said Biden was too old to serve. By ...
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Newyork
What Happened to the Originalism of the Originalists?
When I read the majority opinion on Monday in Trump v. United States, which held that presidents enjoy absolute immunity for official acts within their “conclusive and preclusive” constitutional authority and presumptive immunity for all other ...
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Newyork
Women Are Reaching New Heights in Climbing but Still Face Old Obstacles
Women’s climbing is having an incredible moment. Built on the shoulders of 30-plus years of accomplishments, women are making ever more first ascents and pushing against the limits of technical difficulty as they climb incredibly challenging routes ...
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US
McCarthy’s Revenge Tour Rolls On, With Mixed Results
During the awkward interlude after he was ousted from the speakership but before he resigned from Congress, Kevin McCarthy found himself standing on the House floor one afternoon next to Representative Bob Good of Virginia, one of the eight ...
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US
Judge Denies Effort by Trump Co-Defendant to Have Charges Dismissed
Walt Nauta, a personal aide to former President Donald J. Trump, claimed that he was the victim of vindictive prosecution in the classified documents case.