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Will Trump and Biden Gang Up on DeSantis?
If President Biden sometimes sounded a lot like Donald Trump during his State of the Union address, boasting about a…
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Scranton Joe Is Ready to Go
WASHINGTON — Everyone is frantically hunting for clues about whether Joe Biden will run again. His State of the Union…
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A Girl Trapped Under Fallen Concrete. A Man Unsure of What to Do.
The girl with sad eyes must be around 10 or 12 years old. She hardly moves as she stares into…
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How Watching (and Listening to) Sports Made Me Who I Am
When I was a boy, starting in sixth grade I was a hypochondriac. I didn’t know then, and I don’t…
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Bad Bunny Is [Winning in Non-English]
The Puerto Rican reggaetonero Bad Bunny kicked off the Grammys earlier this month with a rich cultural performance that included…
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‘Ordinary Russians Want Us to Freeze to Death’
How do you fight an enemy like the cold? In October, as the warmth of summer faded, Russia began a…
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Two-Thirds of Kids Struggle to Read, and We Know How to Fix It
A lovely aphorism holds that education isn’t the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. But too…
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Ukrainian Refugees and Host Families: What Is Life Like After Being Uprooted?
Millions of Ukrainians have left their country since Russia invaded in February 2022. In the first few weeks of the…
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Chinese Spy Balloons Are a Sign of Weakness
China’s spy balloons don’t make a lot of sense. At least not from a military perspective. A high-altitude balloon doesn’t…
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Dr. Dennis O’Leary, Voice of Calm After Reagan Was Shot, Dies at 85
Thrust into the role of spokesman after the assassination attempt in 1981, he led televised medical briefings that reassured an…