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Politics
They Can’t See the Eclipse, but This Device Will Help Them Hear It
A device called LightSound is being distributed to help the blind and visually impaired experience this year’s event.
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World
Will A.I. Take All Our Jobs? This Economist Suggests Maybe Not.
Let’s say for now that the day comes when robots and artificial intelligence can outperform human beings at every conceivable job, from waxing floors to waxing eyebrows to waxing philosophical at a lectern. Will there still be work for people? There ...
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World
Alexis Smith, Artist With Eclectic Eye on American Culture, Dies at 74
She used installations, assemblage and three-dimensional murals in her commentary on Hollywood, fame and more. “I’ve made stuff out of everything,” she said.
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World
An Almanac Publisher’s 2024 Prediction: ‘Tumultuous’
The publishers of the annual “Pocket Chinese Almanac” say they were alarmed looking ahead to 2024.
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World
Federal Prosecutors Make Their Case for Gag Order on Trump
The filing was the latest volley in the fight over whether the former president should be limited in what he can say about his trial on charges of seeking to overturn the 2020 election.
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World
Federal Prosecutors Push to Reinstate Gag Order on Trump
In court filings, the special counsel’s office said the gag order was needed to keep the former president from making “harmful and prejudicial attacks” on people in the federal election case.
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Business
Jada Pinkett Smith Is Releasing Her Demons. She Hopes You Will, Too.
For decades, Jada Pinkett Smith has been plagued by misconceptions: about the dynamics of her marriage to Will Smith, about her bond with Tupac Shakur and, most recently, about the Slap at last year’s Oscars. But in her revelation-heavy 400-page ...
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Arts
Audiobook of the Week: ‘The Fraud,’ by Zadie Smith
The author reads her latest novel about literary prestige, empire and a case of false identity that captivated 19th-century England.
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Arts
Harry Smith Was a Culture-Altering Shaman. Can the Whitney Contain Him?
A solo show takes on the legacy of the painter, folk musicologist, filmmaker, obsessive collector and underground legend. It also hints at what has been lost.
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Arts
The Artist and Mystic Who Collected the World
Harry Smith lived many lives. “Cosmic Scholar,” a new biography, details his earthly ones.
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