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Rob Stone, Master Marketer of Hip-Hop, Is Dead at 55
A founder of the influential music magazine The Fader, he also bridged the worlds of hip-hop and the Fortune 500 with his innovative marketing agency.
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Newyork
Audrey Flack, Creator of Vibrant Photorealist Art, Dies at 93
She painted and sculpted, but she was best known for her oversized still lifes, painted from photographs and crowded with color and detail.
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Newyork
V. Craig Jordan, Who Discovered a Key Breast Cancer Drug, Dies at 76
He found that a failed contraceptive, tamoxifen, could block the growth of cancer cells, opening up a whole new class of treatment.
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Newyork
Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76
A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as gay and became an L.G.B.T.Q. activist.
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Books
The Most Intriguing Animated Films You’ll Never See
A digital book, “Drawing for Nothing,” highlights some of the best art from canceled animation projects like “Me and My Shadow.”
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Books
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Wayne Shorter
“He always was a genius,” Herbie Hancock says of his friend and collaborator. Hear a sampling of that genius in these 13 tracks.
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US
In Immunity Decision, Clashing Views of the Nature of Politics
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority largely embraced Donald Trump’s dark view of tit-for-tat partisan prosecutions while liberals cited the prospect of power unchecked by legal accountability.
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World
The Bleak, Nihilistic Show Russians Can’t Stop Watching
The streaming hit, “The Boy’s Word,” about youth gangs in the last years of the Soviet Union, says grim things about the national mood.
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Newyork
America’s Adversaries Have Seized on Its Leadership Crisis
Hours after the presidential debate, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, said that his boss didn’t bother to watch. Mr. Peskov even scoffed at the notion: The Russian president could hardly be expected to set his alarm to watch the broadcast ...
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Newyork
At a Crucial Moment, Jill Biden Is Vogue’s Cover Star
During the most challenging period of President Biden’s re-election bid, the first lady appears on the cover of a high-fashion bible.