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Longer Commutes, Shorter Lives: The Costs of Not Investing in America
Every morning in21st-century America, thousands of people wake up and prepare to take a cross-country trip. Some are traveling for…
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Finance
A Higher Monthly Payment, but Less Square Footage
Homebuilders are responding to rising interest rates with an innovation: a small house in the traditionally spacious exurbs.
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Arts
Stark Gender Imbalance at U.S. Opera Companies Extends Beyond Podiums
A new report found that women are dramatically underrepresented when it comes to conducting, directing and designing operas at leading…
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Finance
China Bet It All on Real Estate. Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price.
After relying on a borrow-to-build model for decades, Beijing must make difficult choices about the country’s housing market and economic…
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Finance
How ‘A.I. Agents’ That Roam the Internet Could One Day Replace Workers
Researchers are transforming chatbots into online agents that play games, query websites, schedule meetings, build bar charts and do more.
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Finance
Rite Aid, Facing Slumping Sales and Opioid Suits, Files for Bankruptcy
The pharmacy chain, one of the country’s largest, faces more than a thousand lawsuits that say it filled illegal prescriptions…
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Arts
When Roz Chast Closes Her Eyes, Chris Rock and Nasty Babies Open Theirs
In “I Must Be Dreaming,” the cartoonist serves up nutty nocturnal admissions, considers theories of sleep and, yes, imagines losing…
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News
What Does Destroying Gaza Solve?
On a reporting trip to Gaza two decades ago, I interrupted some high school boys playing soccer and asked them…
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World
Federal Firefighters Face Steep Pay Cuts
A temporary pay raise for federal wild-land firefighters is set to end next month. Officials have said that more workers…
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Arts
Review: ‘The Hunt’ Playfully Makes the Medieval Contemporary
Kate Soper’s latest stage work freely moves between legend and anachronism for a story about three virgins taking charge of…