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Can Australia Save a Rare Reptile by Moving It to a Cooler Place?
An experiment to preserve the western swamp tortoise is the latest flash point in a debate over how far humans should go to protect nature as the world warms.
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Meet Kyrsten Sinema, Former Democrat of Arizona
Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. I hope I’ve succeeded in turning you into a World Cup fan. In the meantime, any choice words about, or for, Kyrsten Sinema, former Democrat of Arizona? Gail Collins: Well Bret, you’ve at least turned me into a fan of the ...
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Scaring People Won’t Make Our Cities Safer. Here’s What Will.
There is a prevailing narrative about crime that positions bad people as the problem and toughness — in the form of police and prisons — as the solution. It’s emotionally powerful, enough to make politicians allocate money for more cops and more ...
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Gretchen Whitmer Rejected False Choices. All Democrats Should.
For years, the so-called Blue Wall states — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — have been not just politically but also emotionally important for Democrats. With the party poised to enact a new primary lineup that includes Michigan in an early ...
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True ‘Holiday Magic’ Can’t Be Manufactured
As part of The Times’s 31 Days of Holiday Treasures, a digital advent calendar of delight, my colleague Susan Shain talks to moms who are ditching the pressure to make “holiday magic.” The term is everywhere these days — Spotify has a Holiday Magic ...
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The World Comes to Montreal to Reverse a Rise in Species Extinction
A conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the United Nations’ biodiversity negotiations in Montreal.
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Business
Critics Say Musk Has Revealed Himself as a Conservative. It’s Not So Simple.
Elon Musk has tweeted about political topics regularly since taking over Twitter, often belittling some liberal causes. But what he stands for remains largely unclear.
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Sinema Adds Intrigue and Democratic Fury to Arizona’s 2024 Senate Race
Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s announcement that she would become an independent left Democrats in her state, many of whom have long wanted to defeat her in a primary, facing a new political calculus.
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Sports
Letters Helped Brittney Griner Survive. Here’s One for Her Future.
When Griner was imprisoned in Russia, letters were her main form of communication with home. Our columnist offers one last letter to mark her return to the United States.
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Eric Allison, Prison Reporter Who Knew the Beat All Too Well, Dies at 79
A career criminal in England for nearly a half-century, he was hired by The Guardian to report on injustices in prisons — work that led to exposés and honors.