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Opinion
Seven Months on a Strict Twitter Diet
Seven months ago, with the first rumblings that Elon Musk might buy Twitter, I made the decision to pull back…
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World
Dagny Corcoran, Bookseller and Fixture of the L.A. Art Scene, Dies at 77
Dagny Corcoran, a revered California art-book seller whose shop and jam-packed dinner parties became way stations for a generation of…
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World
Canada Imposes Sanctions on Haiti’s Former Leader and Other Officials
Canada announced sanctions on a slew of powerful politicians in Haiti over the weekend, part of a broad push to…
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World
Qatar Embraced Its Big Moment, but Didn’t Like the Ending
AL-KHOR, Qatar — The highway stretches out into nowhere, its surface pristine, the soaring glass spires of Doha slowly receding…
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Magazine
Christie’s Pulls T. Rex From Auction, Citing Need for ‘Further Study’
Christie’s said Sunday that it was withdrawing a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that it had been planning to auction this month…
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Magazine
In Life and Music, Ned Rorem Was Unwaveringly Himself
Several years ago, during one in a series of visits I made to Ned Rorem’s apartment, he said with his…
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World
Two Men Arrested in Threat to New York’s Jewish Community Are Charged
Two men arrested just before midnight on Friday at New York’s Penn Station, in what authorities said was a “developing…
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World
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Start Film Production Company
Hollywood’s most powerful stars, directors and writers have been increasingly vocal about their dissatisfaction with streaming-era paychecks ...
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World
Inmates Who Killed a Writer and a Publisher Escape in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Two men on death row in Bangladesh for the high-profile killings of a secular author and his…
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US
In New Special Counsel, a Prosecutor Schooled in Corruption Cases
When Jack Smith was appointed to lead the Justice Department’s public integrity unit in 2010, he recommended closing a series…