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Paris Talks Set Stage for Action as Risks to the Climate Rise
There are reasons to believe the Paris negotiations are different from previous failed efforts, but an agreement would hardly halt global warming.
Predatory Islamic State Wrings Money From Those It Rules
The militants exact tens of millions of dollars a month in traffic fines, rent, utility payments, taxes and fines for wearing the wrong clothes.
Colorado Shootings Add to Challenges for Congress
Congressional supporters and opponents of Planned Parenthood were uncharacteristically subdued over the weekend as they awaited more information about the shooting.
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Bryant Announces His N.B.A. Retirement
Kobe Bryant, the 37-year-old Los Angeles Lakers star, announced that he will retire after this season, his 20th in the N.B.A. He has won five titles and ranks third on the league’s career scoring list.
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Wealthy Governor and Friends Remake Illinois
Unprecedented political spending helped elect Bruce Rauner, a former financier whose ideological vision has unsettled many.
Cruz Surges in Iowa, Powered by Outsider Fervor
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has at last begun to tap into the outsider fervor that has for months powered rivals without public sector experience.
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Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy Gets Complicated
Student protesters at Princeton have touched off a wide debate about racism and the former president’s proper place in history.
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2 Nations Split by the Similarities of Their Leaders
Not long ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, earned about the warmest accolade possible from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. That was then.
Flavored Darts Fired in Utah Feud Over ‘Dirty’ Soda
A divisive battle is playing out in the state where drinks like the Extra Dirty Second Wife and the Missionary fight to reign supreme.
Peeling Back the Layers of a Born Salesman’s Life
A career criminal and con artist, Michael Forman, had been in and out of prisons most of his adult life. But he could tell a story.
Review: Miley Cyrus’s World of Excess
The singer, on a brief tour for her album “Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz,” employed excess like a blunt utensil, bludgeoning the senses again and again.
Tax Status of Museums Questioned by Senators
Senator Orrin G. Hatch suggested that some museums may offer minimal benefit to the public while enabling donors to reap substantial tax advantages.
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Frank Sinatra in Hoboken: If I Can Make It There ...
Where The Voice was born, a long way from Las Vegas.
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The Heart Disease Conundrum
Why do South Asians account for so many of the world’s cardiac patients?
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