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World
Give Moms the Gift of Guaranteed Income
This newsletter is part of Times Opinion’s 2022 Giving Guide. Read more about the guide in a note from Opinion’s editor, Kathleen Kingsbury. It’s been a particularly rough year for families in Jackson, Miss. A monthslong water crisis that began in ...
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Food
4 Homemade Food Gifts They’ll Love (and So Will Your Wallet)
Hot cocoa mix, festive popcorn tins, saltine bark and batched manhattans, these recipes make the best holiday presents.
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Arts
John le Carré’s Letters Show the Author at His Witty, Erudite and Pugilistic Best
“A Private Life,” a collection of correspondence spanning much of his life, offers a fresh look at his brilliance — and his contradictions
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Verdict in Trump Organization Trial Could Come Down to 3 Little Words
What jurors make of the phrase “in behalf of” could decide whether the former president’s namesake company is guilty of tax fraud.
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N.Y.U. Putting $1 Billion Into Its Engineering School in Brooklyn
The university is seeking to improve its ranking among competitors and raise New York City’s profile in the technology sector.
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Business
Job Openings Ease, but Layoffs Are Little Changed
Government data for October shows the labor market is still strong, though cooling slightly.
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Politics
Physicists Create ‘the Smallest, Crummiest Wormhole You Can Imagine’
In an experiment that ticks most of the mystery boxes in modern physics, a group of researchers announced on Wednesday that they had simulated a pair of black holes in a quantum computer and sent a message between them through a shortcut in space ...
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Politics
Ant Milk: It Does a Colony Good
Everything in the ant hill seems to need the liquid secretions from members of the colony that are in their pupal stage.
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Politics
Ashkenazi Jews Have Become More Genetically Similar Over Time
A new study of skeletons from a cemetery in Germany reveals a hidden history of Jews in the Middle Ages.
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World
For China’s Leader, Another Dilemma: How to Mourn Jiang Zemin
The former president’s death drew tributes from Chinese people at a fraught moment for the current leader, Xi Jinping, who faces widespread criticism of his harsh Covid policies.
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