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Lou Whittaker, Mountain Adventurer and Entrepreneur, Dies at 95
While his identical twin was the first American to summit Everest, he was best known for his devotion to Mount…
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World
Author Who Defected From North Korea Wins Defamation Lawsuit
Jang Jin-sung, known for his memoir “Dear Leader,” was accused of rape by a fellow North Korean defector. He sued…
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For $367 a Month, She Has 345 Square Feet, a Hot Tub and a River
After a lifetime of seeking out tiny spaces, she finally found a keeper: a former barbershop in an old mill…
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World
She Finally Reunited With Her Father. Then He Was Killed in the Subway.
There is an unfinished wooden dollhouse sitting in the attic of Janna Volz’s mother’s house that her father made for…
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US
Chief Justice Extols Legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor
In remarks at an award ceremony, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. described his colleague as a trailblazing and civic-minded…
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Business
Back in the ’90s, This Eclipse Webcast Put the Cosmos on Demand
A total solar eclipse in Aruba was streamed to millions of users of the World Wide Web in 1998, helping…
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Don’t Let Our Broken Politics Mangle Our Faith
In 2007, I had a conversation about the culture war with the evangelical pastor Tim Keller that I’ve never forgotten.…
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World
Hochul Orders M.T.A. to Stop Pressuring Marathon to Pay for Lost Tolls
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wanted the New York City Marathon to pay $750,000 to make up for toll revenue lost…
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Richard Benedick, Negotiator of Landmark Ozone Treaty, Dies at 88
He played a key role in securing the Montreal Protocol, an international environmental pact to protect the ozone layer by…
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World
Biden and Netanyahu speak as a senior official says the president’s anger with Israel has hit a peak.
President Biden spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Thursday, three days after international aid workers were killed…