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Do You Have a Family Story That Defines Who You Are?
American history is often recounted through major events. But every family has its own stories, moments that were perhaps never recorded in a history book — the purchase of a home, a hometown disaster, a death, a move — yet speak to the events that ...
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What Happened to Damages That O.J. Simpson Owed to the Victims’ Families?
In 1997, a jury in a civil trial awarded the families of Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson $33 million. Today, the amount still owed has more than tripled.
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Was It Racist to Take Family Photos at a Wedding Without Me and My Wife?
A reader’s wife sees bigotry in their exclusion from group photos at a nephew’s wedding, but her husband is reluctant to write off his relatives for good.
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The Birth Dearth and the Smartphone Age
My newsroom colleagues Jason Horowitz and Gaia Pianigiani have a lovely report this week about family-friendly policies in the Italian province of Alto Adige-South Tyrol, which has the highest birthrate of any region in an aging, depopulating Italy ...
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Even Photoshop Can’t Erase Royals’ Latest P.R. Blemish
A Mother’s Day photo was meant to douse speculation about the Princess of Wales’ health. It did the opposite — and threatened to undermine trust in the royal family.
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Black Families Can Now Recover More of Their Lost Histories
In many ways, the overgrown cemetery on a South Carolina rice plantation where my paternal ancestors are buried is emblematic of Black history itself. On my first visit in 2013, I went in search of the Fields family graves. There I found many ...
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Finding Your Family
Who comes to New York City? The ambitious. The competitive. The desperate — to be famous, to be rich, to be beloved. But I’ve long thought that adopted New Yorkers are united by another quality, as well: Our desire to find a new family. Sometimes ...
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Man Charged in Grand Central Stabbings Slashed Inmate, Officials Say
Steven Hutcherson, who was charged in the stabbings of two teenage sisters on Christmas Day, slashed a detainee on Rikers Island three days later, the authorities said.
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Biden Begins Weeklong Vacation in Caribbean to Ring in the New Year
But work has a way of intruding on even the most secluded getaways, especially if you’re the commander in chief.
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‘The Crown’ and What the U.K. Royal Family Would Like Us to Forget
Netflix’s sprawling drama has never been about revealing anything new, but instead speaks to several furtive truths about the British monarchy.
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