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Arts
Zoë Chao Identified With ‘Party Down’ a Little Too Well for a While
Starz’s beloved cater-waiter comedy hit awfully close to home when Chao was still hustling to make ends meet at a bar. She’s less worried about that now.
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World
Australian State Moves to Ban Nazi Salute After Clashes at Rally
After neo-Nazis appeared at a protest against transgender rights in Melbourne, a local politician was facing expulsion from her party for taking part in the demonstration.
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Business
The Chaotic, Dispiriting Work of Liquidating Harmon Stores
Employees of the beauty and health chain said Bed Bath & Beyond’s decision to shut it down had caught them by surprise. Communication never got better.
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World
Out of Power, Trump Still Exerts It
An early-morning social media post amounted to a starter’s gun for Republican officials: Many raced to the former president’s side, denouncing a Democratic prosecutor investigating him.
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Sports
Which Is the Better Buy? The Washington Commanders or Manchester United?
A struggling N.F.L. franchise is for sale. So is a Premier League club that is a storied name in a global sport. The markets for the two teams say a lot about sports economics.
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Sports
For Years She Said a Coach Abused Her. Now She Has Named a Legend.
In 2018, Jennifer Fox made an Emmy-nominated film called “The Tale” about her pieced-together memories of what she now describes as childhood sexual abuse. Laura Dern starred in the HBO drama, in which Fox unspooled what she remembered about the ...
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Arts
Review: In Fosse’s ‘Dancin’,’ a Wiggle Is Worth a Thousand Words
A revival of the 1978 dancical has been substantially revamped to argue for Bob Fosse’s pure dance cred. It’s a joy anyway.
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World
On Pets, Moral Logic and Love
In January, I fell in love with someone. It was the last thing I’d expect and caught me completely off guard. He has sandy blond hair with flecks of gray and gorgeous, sad eyes. He loves to go on walks and cuddle. His name is Herbie. He is just over ...
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World
Ron DeSantis Has a Secret Theory of Trump
Ron DeSantis has an enemies list, and you can probably guess who’s on it. There’s the “woke dumpster fire” of the Democratic Party and the “swamp Republicans” who neglect their own voters. There’s the news media, with modifiers like “legacy” or ...
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World
Tradition, ‘Tradition!’ and the Memory of Topol on the Roof
A few years ago, I bought my father a T-shirt printed with the Yiddish words “Shver tsu zayn a yid” (“It’s hard to be a Jew”). The expression is something between a joke and a boast. “Shver tsu Zayn a Yid” is also the title of a Sholom Aleichem ...
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