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‘Surprised, I Turned to See an Older Man There on the Sidewalk’
Birthday Bouquets Dear Diary: It was my father-in-law’s birthday, and I had already gotten the strawberry cheesecake. My husband was…
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They Made History at Alabama. But Football Stardom Had a Price.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Near the end, his brain deteriorated after almost a lifetime around football, Ray Perkins was still captivated…
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Dolphin Strangers Met in the Bahamas. Things Went Swimmingly.
In 2013, a group of 52 Atlantic spotted dolphins, driven to migrate by unknown forces, left their home on the…
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Seeking Asylum in Texas; Sent to New York to Make a Political Point
The first 3,500 miles of Jose Rodríguez’s journey from Venezuela to New York took nearly two months. The last 2,000…
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How New York City Hopes to Win Its Long, Losing War on Trash
“Did you get that?” It was a steamy July morning on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, and a man in…
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How a Couple Who Started a Food Bank Spend Their Sundays
When the pandemic caused food banks to shut down in March 2020, two soup kitchen volunteers, Mammad Mahmoodi and Sasha…
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City’s Admissions That It Can’t Care for Rikers Detainees May Propel Suits
The security-camera images tell a remarkable story: A man being held on Rikers Island collapses and is carried to a…
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Baseball Buys In on the Digital Age. But at What Cost?
Baseball and technology have always made for wary partners. For a five-year span in the 1930s, as radio became more…
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Man Charged With Killing Worker Over Duck Sauce Found Dead, Police Say
A man charged with murder last month in the killing of a Chinese food delivery worker amid a dispute over…
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South Korea Is Scouting Out the Moon, With More Missions to Come
South Korea set off for the moon on Thursday. But it doesn’t want to stop there. “We are also considering…