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Arts
From ‘Goodfellas’ to ‘Flower Moon’: How Scorsese Has Rethought Violence
The director was long identified with ornately edited set pieces. In “The Irishman” and his latest film, the flourishes have…
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News
What Most American Schools Do Wrong
Which country has the best education system? Since 2000, every three years, 15-year-olds in dozens of countries have taken the…
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News
A Brief History of a Problematic Appetizer
Americans didn’t always have an appetite for squid. As recently as 1970, U.S. fishermen caught squid mostly by mistake, and…
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World
U.S. Sends More Missile Defense Systems to Middle East
The U.S. military said it would send more missile defense systems to the Middle East in response to “escalations” from…
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World
Crossings at the U.S. Southern Border Are Higher Than Ever
It is the third record-setting year in a row, during a time when migration around the world is at historic…
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News
The Path to Reducing Pedestrian Deaths Is Steep but Straight
Last year, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association, more than 7,500 pedestrians were killed while walking on U.S. roadways.…
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Finance
Treasury Report Shows $1.7 Trillion Deficit
The widening gap between what the government spends and what it earns comes as Congress continues to spar over the…
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Health
A Sweet Squash Offering for Día de los Muertos
In many Latin American countries, families attract their ancestors in cemeteries with the spiced, syrupy dessert ayote en miel.
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Style
Inside the Wild and Wonderful World of Mushrooms
On a temperate fall afternoon, Vito Vacirca sported a black Borsalino fedora lined with dried turkey-tail mushrooms and violet-tinted sunglasses,…
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Finance
Silicon Valley Ditches News, Shaking an Unstable Industry
News organizations are scrambling to adjust to the latest rift in the long-fractious relationship between publishers and tech platforms.