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When ‘A Little Touch of Star Quality’ Is a Little Too Much
In upcoming musical revivals, world leaders both real (Imelda Marcos, Eva Perón) and folkloric (King Arthur) get an image makeover…
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Biden’s Promises on Social Security and Medicare Have No Basis in Reality
In his State of the Union speech this month, President Biden pledged to block any reductions in scheduled Social Security…
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We Were Too Late, and the Rubble Was Quiet
ISTANBUL — We were late to the scene of the crime. Two days late. When the first earthquakes hit southern…
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As Their Family Grew, the Suburbs Beckoned
But finding the right house wasn’t easy during the pandemic. Neither was renovating on a tight schedule.
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$900,000 Homes in California
A two-bedroom bungalow in Los Angeles, a three-bedroom condominium in San Francisco and a 1941 cottage in Long Beach.
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Can My Neighbor Point a Video Doorbell at My Apartment Door?
Ubiquitous in many suburban neighborhoods, the devices have been slow to catch on in city apartments, but that is changing…
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An Extraordinary Memoir of a Black American Boyhood
Joseph Earl Thomas’s remarkable debut, “Sink,” recounts the coming-of-age of a young man for whom poverty, violence, drug abuse and…
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Cocaine Bear, Meet Cannabis Raccoon and McFlurry Skunk
Wild animals eat the strangest things. That can be a problem, for them and for us.
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An Unlikely College Bromance That Has Lasted a Lifetime
In his new memoir, Will Schwalbe — theater nerd and bookworm — describes the bond he continues to share with…
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Want to Lower Housing Costs? Build in New York’s Suburbs.
Across the New York City suburbs, a thicket of local zoning laws thwarts the building of all but the most…