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Out of Sight, Out of Mind No More
The Africa Cup of Nations and the Asian Cup, once seen as poorly timed intrusions by European soccer, may finally…
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World
Large Fire Engulfs Industrial Building in Elizabeth, N.J.
Crews responded shortly after 5:30 a.m. on Friday, a city official said. The fire is in a complex that once…
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There’s No Place Like Sin City for the Holidays
After a pandemic hiatus, my family was finally back in Las Vegas for Christmas, and we were up $1.25. The…
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Subway Service Still Snarled as M.T.A. Works to Remove Derailed Trains
Twenty-six people were injured when two trains collided on Thursday afternoon. Officials said they hoped to restore service on the…
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For Dizzy Gillespie, Queens Was the Place to Be and to Bop
Dizzy Gillespie helped make Minton’s Playhouse famous. Minton’s in Harlem was where jazz musicians, from out-of-towners to locals performing in…
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Arts
‘Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go’ Turns 50
My wife was editing our teenager’s bedroom, hunting things to pass on to his younger cousins, or donate to Goodwill.…
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Where Downtown Poets Go to Church to Greet the New Year
On the first day of the year, over a thousand devotees passed through the old church where the Poetry Project…
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Arts
Taraji P. Henson Is Tired of Fighting
Before things started to click for Taraji P. Henson, she sought career counseling from the man upstairs. “I had a…
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Arts
A Reinvented ‘True Detective’ Plays It Cool
There were times, a year ago, in Iceland, on a glacier, in the dark, in temperatures well below freezing, when…
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With ‘Good Grief,’ Daniel Levy Goes From Laughs to Tears
A talk with the co-creator of “Schitt’s Creek” on making the transition to drama with his feature directorial debut.