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I Swore Off Air-Conditioning, and You Can, Too

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 6:00am
The more time we can spend outside or inside without the air-conditioner blasting, the better prepared we’ll be — both to slow climate change and to adapt to it.
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A Playlist to Remember

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 5:14am
Songs can help demarcate this chapter of your life: It’s a way to mark time, to keep one period of time from bleeding indistinctly into the next.
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Trump Contorts Himself on Abortion in Search of Political Gain

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 4:04am
The former president is willing to make as many rhetorical and policy shifts as he deems necessary to win in November, vexing some social conservatives.
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In Rachel Kushner’s New Novel ‘Creation Lake,’ a Spy Thinks She’s ‘Authoring the World’ Around Her

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 4:04am
In her new novel, Rachel Kushner invents a secret agent who’s not really all that different from a novelist.
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Gaza, Lebanon, West Bank: Why Is Israel Fighting So Many Wars?

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 4:04am
As well as its conflict with Hamas, Israel is battling along its border with Lebanon, waging a counterinsurgency in the occupied West Bank and exchanging sporadic fire with Iran and its regional proxies.
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Gaza Polio Crisis: What We Know

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 3:02am
Israel and Hamas have agreed to brief pauses in fighting so that humanitarian workers can begin an inoculation campaign.
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A Roller Derby Team Becomes a Bastion of Resistance to a Transgender Ban

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 2:00am
In New York’s Nassau County, the Roller Rebels have joined with civil rights lawyers to face down the Republican county executive, Bruce Blakeman.
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Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 12:04am
The social network began to go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.
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In South Indian Cinema, a #MeToo Reckoning Comes Roaring Back

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 11:06pm
A report withheld since 2019 has finally been released, providing damning evidence of sexual misconduct and gender discrimination in Malayalam cinema.
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The Debate in Singapore About the New Statue of Raffles

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 11:01pm
The tribute to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, who is considered the founder of Singapore, has raised questions about how the wealthy city-state perceives its history.
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In a Biopic of Robbie Williams, the Star Is a CGI Monkey.

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 10:58pm
The director Michael Gracey hopes Americans will finally get the British hitmaker, who’s depicted warts, fur and all in “Better Man,” debuting at the Telluride Film Festival.
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At Pennsylvania Rally, Trump Tries to Explain Arlington Cemetery Clash

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 9:49pm
At two events on Friday, the former president insisted that he had not been seeking publicity at the military cemetery on Monday and defended his campaign’s actions.
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Gaza Faces Polio Threat After 11 Months of War

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 9:13pm
Starting Sunday, the Israeli military and Hamas will observe brief, staggered pauses in fighting to allow 640,000 Gazan children to be vaccinated, U.N. officials said.
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Misdated Mail-In Ballots Should Still Count, Pennsylvania Court Rules

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 7:59pm
The state court found that throwing out otherwise eligible ballots because they were undated or had the wrong date on the outer envelope would violate the State Constitution.
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What to Know About Putin’s Planned Visit to Mongolia Amid ICC Arrest Warrant

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 7:32pm
The Russian president will travel to Mongolia, a member of the International Criminal Court, which issued a warrant for his arrest in 2023.
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Zelensky Dismisses the Head of the Air Force Days After F-16 Crash

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 7:23pm
The Ukrainian president gave no reason, but there are indications that friendly fire may have brought down the jet, a Western official said.
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Black Enrollment Drops at 2 Elite Colleges Post-Affirmative Action

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 6:26pm
Amherst College and Tufts University saw drops in the number of Black students after a Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action. At other schools, the picture is murkier.
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The Best Books About Politics (According to You)

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 5:54pm
Here’s what we’re turning to for clarity and perspective on our current political moment.
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Harris Makes Careful Use of Biden on the Campaign Trail

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 5:22pm
The president will mostly be deployed to the vital swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin as the vice president seeks to define a separate political identity.
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F.B.I. Releases Redacted Report on Havana Syndrome

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 4:09pm
Some current and former officials have said the 2019 F.B.I. analysis sowed doubt within the C.I.A. and parts of the Trump administration about the root causes of the ailments.
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