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Alex Jones and the Wellness-Conspiracy Industrial Complex
When Owen Shroyer, an anchor and reporter for Infowars, took the stand late last month in the defamation trial of…
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Don’t Blame Monkeys for Monkeypox, W.H.O. Says After Attacks
Monkeys are not to blame for the monkeypox outbreak that has triggered health alerts, including a national health emergency in…
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Paul Coker, Cartoonist at Mad for Almost Six Decades, Dies at 93
Paul Coker, a cartoonist who was best known for using monsters to parody clichés in Mad magazine over many decades…
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Kamoya Kimeu, Fossil-Hunting ‘Legend’ in East Africa, Is Dead
Kamoya Kimeu, the son of a goat herder whose preternatural gift for spotting and identifying petrified tibias, skull fragments and…
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Blinken Urges Rwanda and Congo to End Support for Warring Militias
KIGALI, Rwanda — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said on Thursday that he had urged the leaders of Rwanda…
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‘Everybody Is Armed’: As Shootings Soar, Philadelphia Is Awash in Guns
PHILADELPHIA — The 300th killing of the year took the life of Lameer Boyd, an 18-year-old father-to-be who was gunned…
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Could Carl Paladino and His ‘3-Ring Circus’ Be Headed for Congress?
OLEAN, N.Y. — During his decade-plus in New York politics, Carl Paladino has had no problem making headlines, usually for…
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Tiny Oysters Are a Hopeful Sign in the Hudson River
Good morning. It’s Thursday. Strap on a life jacket as we ride out into the Hudson River with marine biologists…
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How New York City Lost 63 Miles of Pedestrian-Friendly ‘Open Streets’
When city life was throttled by the pandemic, cars were removed from five blocks of 31st Avenue in Astoria, Queens,…
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The Padres Got a Sword. But Can They Slay the ‘Dragon’?
SAN DIEGO — Juan Soto had barely landed, Josh Bell had just sat down and Josh Hader was starting to…