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Business
Investors Pour Money Into Wall St. as Stocks Set New Highs
The influx of cash reflects optimism about the economy and company earnings despite high interest rates and stubborn inflation.
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Arts
Twice, a K-Pop Girl Group, Tops the Billboard Chart for the First Time
The act’s six-song EP “With You-th” debuts at No. 1, while Morgan Wallen celebrates a year of “One Thing at a Time” by hitting the No. 2 spot.
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Politics
Odysseus Moon Lander to Power Down, With Aim to Extend Time on Surface
The commercial spacecraft’s builder, Intuitive Machines, released new images from the moon’s surface as the company described plans to try to wake it up in two to three weeks.
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Arts
Ye Spends a Second Week at No. 1 With ‘Vultures 1’
The rapper once known as Kanye West’s collaborative album with Ty Dolla Sign repeats at the top of the Billboard 200, narrowly defeating an LP from Yeat.
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World
It’s Not Just Wages. Retailers Are Mistreating Workers in a More Insidious Way.
Back in 2018, with an eye to writing a novel about low-wage work in America, I got a job at a big-box store near the Catskills in New York, where I live. I was on the team that unloaded the truck of new merchandise each morning at 4 a.m. We were ...
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World
Austin Was Hospitalized for Complications From Prostate Cancer Surgery
A spokesman said the White House, which had been kept in the dark for three days about the defense secretary’s hospitalization, only learned of the diagnosis on Tuesday.
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World
Friday Briefing
The threat of a regional war.
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Arts
Taylor Swift Breaks a Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on the LP Chart
The latest success of “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” gives Swift 68 weeks atop the Billboard 200, surpassing Elvis Presley’s record.
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Arts
Nicki Minaj Has No. 1 Album as Mariah Carey Regains Holiday Crown
Minaj’s first studio LP in five years, “Pink Friday 2,” opens at the top of the album chart, while “All I Want for Christmas Is You” takes the No. 1 singles slot back from Brenda Lee.
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Arts
‘S.N.L.’ Hands Out Christmas Awards as Kate McKinnon Returns
McKinnon was self-deprecating and did not reprise any impersonations of politicians or celebrities. Billie Eilish was the musical guest.
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