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War Brings Tensions, and Assault Rifles, Into an Israeli College
At the University of Haifa, more than 40 percent of students are Arab, some with family in Gaza, and many others have now been called up as soldiers.
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World
What the Civil War Was About
Of course the Civil War was about slavery, and everyone knew it at the time. No, Nikki Haley, it wasn’t about states’ rights, except to the extent that Southern states were trying to force Northern states to help maintain slavery — something that, as ...
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What if ‘Food Noise’ Is Just … Hunger?
Before 2022, there was barely a whisper about it. Now the concept of “food noise” is ubiquitous on social media; a quick TikTok search, for instance, finds that videos related to “food noise explained” attracted 1.8 billion views as of this summer ...
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Business
Angelina Jolie and the Ghosts of New York Past
Her new store, Atelier Jolie, occupies an unassuming building on Great Jones Street with an illustrious history.
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World
Metal, Fire, ‘Hitting Stuff Hard’: Everybody Wants to Be a Blacksmith Now
Hobby crafts are growing in popularity. Sometimes they include anvils and fire.
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World
75 Years Later, Asia’s Wartime Memories Linger
Seventy-five years ago, around the cold and bleak midnight of Dec. 22-23, 1948, seven convicted Japanese war criminals were marched toward the gallows. Among these former top leaders were Gen. Hideki Tojo, a wartime prime minister found guilty for ...
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World
We Know How to Put People on Ozempic. Do We Know How to Get Them Off It?
Weight loss drugs like Ozempic were already extremely buzzy before Oprah Winfrey announced last week that she’s taking an unspecified weight-loss drug as a “maintenance tool.” Ozempic, which has the active ingredient semaglutide and was originally ...
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World
Private Gun Ownership in Israel Spikes After Hamas Attacks
In a country already bristling with armed soldiers and reservists, a new sense of insecurity is pushing civilians to seek more personal weapons.
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World
Her Son Was Promised a Special Education Class. He’s Still Waiting.
Mayor Eric Adams said all children who required preschool special education seats would have them. More than 1,000 such students lacked a placement last school year.
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Record Rent Burdens Batter Low-Income Life
To understand how rising rents punish families of modest means, look no further than the queen-size bed that Jessica Jones and her three children share in her mother’s living room, where each night brings a squirming, turning tussle for space in a ...