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Yes, the Players in the World Cup Do Keep Falling Over for No Reason
LONDON — It is a part of the viewing experience of World Cup football (soccer, as Americans know it). At the slightest physical contact with an opponent, a player throws himself to the ground and writhes around in mock agony, grabbing a body part (an ...
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The Big Question the Georgia Senate Race Will Answer
What’s more powerful: a candidate’s skills and relevant experience, or the tug of political partisanship?
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Politics
The Missing Mammal That May Have Shaped California’s Kelp Forests
Researchers claim that the behavior of a massive extinct herbivore, the Steller’s sea cow, might inform conservation efforts of threatened ecosystems today.
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Arts
John le Carré: The Spy Novelist Who (Mostly) Kept Quiet
“A Private Spy,” a collection of the British writer’s letters, offers glimpses of unguarded moments and ruffled feathers.
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The Political Winds Are Blowing. And Blowing. And Blowing.
Gail Collins: Bret, I think we’ve got good fighting topics this week, but let me start with a rather mellow question. Presidential primaries already in the news! How do you feel about Joe Biden’s push to make South Carolina the first state to vote on ...
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Bob McGrath, Longtime ‘Sesame Street’ Star, Dies at 90
He was an original cast member who, for nearly half a century, played a sweater-clad and easygoing music teacher who dispensed advice.
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Trump’s Call for ‘Termination’ of Constitution Draws Rebukes
Republicans were still cautious — or silent entirely — about shunning the former president-turned-2024 candidate.
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The Man Who Neutered Trump
It’s not surprising that Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, fresh off his re-election victory, would take a field trip to the Adventure Outdoors megastore. Shooting ranges, gunsmithing, machetes, tomahawks, ammo, camo, “over 130 yards of gun counters” with ...
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The Next Anti-Abortion Tactic: Attacking the Spread of Information
With the dismantling of Roe v. Wade has come a push to crack down on speech and information about reproductive rights. Now that abortion has been banned in more than a dozen states, abortion opponents want to stoke confusion about the legality of not ...
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After Half a Century, Prince Edward Island’s Musical Tradition Takes a Break
The musical theater version of “Anne of Green Gables,” a favorite of tourists from around the world, will now be staged only every other year.