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As Conditions Worsen at Rikers, New Commission Revives Push to Close It
The troubled jail, now under threat of federal takeover, is required by law to close by August 2027. The City…
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Why House Republicans Can’t Function, According to a House Republican
The House of Representatives has been enmeshed in chaos since the former Republican speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out on…
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Efforts to Protect Troubled Teens Don’t Go Far Enough
In 1994, the 15-year-old Liz Ianelli was sent by her parents to the Family Foundation School in Hancock, N.Y., which…
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review: An Unsettling Masterpiece
Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour epic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a romance, a western, a whodunit and a lesson in the bloody…
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An Evolving Moral High Ground in the Israel-Gaza War
The terrorist attack by Hamas against Israelis — the worst massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust — was horrid,…
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Covid Cases Drop in California, but Experts Warn of a Winter Surge
Now is the time to get the updated Covid shot, as well as the flu and R.S.V. vaccines, health officials…
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Republicans Fear Jordan Speaker Bid Could Cost Them House Majority
Nearly 200 G.O.P. lawmakers have supported Representative Jim Jordan, the hard-right Ohio lawmaker, in the speaker fight. Some Republicans say…
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Lenient Grading Won’t Help Struggling Students. Addressing Chronic Absenteeism Will.
Two weeks ago, when I wrote about the proliferation of 50 percent grading floors in K-12 schools, I was shocked…
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Review: Laurie Anderson Gets Back to Having a Good Time
With the jazz combo Sexmob, this enduring avant-gardist revisited vintage and recent songs with a grooving spirit.
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Review: ‘Scavengers Reign’ Is a Gorgeous, Hypnotic Space Trip
Max’s animated sci-fi saga imagines a bizarre ecosystem in which humans are the invasive species.