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Qatar Embraced Its Big Moment, but Didn’t Like the Ending
AL-KHOR, Qatar — The highway stretches out into nowhere, its surface pristine, the soaring glass spires of Doha slowly receding…
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Arts
Christie’s Pulls T. Rex From Auction, Citing Need for ‘Further Study’
Christie’s said Sunday that it was withdrawing a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that it had been planning to auction this month…
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Arts
In Life and Music, Ned Rorem Was Unwaveringly Himself
Several years ago, during one in a series of visits I made to Ned Rorem’s apartment, he said with his…
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World
Two Men Arrested in Threat to New York’s Jewish Community Are Charged
Two men arrested just before midnight on Friday at New York’s Penn Station, in what authorities said was a “developing…
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Finance
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Start Film Production Company
Hollywood’s most powerful stars, directors and writers have been increasingly vocal about their dissatisfaction with streaming-era paychecks ...
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World
Inmates Who Killed a Writer and a Publisher Escape in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Two men on death row in Bangladesh for the high-profile killings of a secular author and his…
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World
In New Special Counsel, a Prosecutor Schooled in Corruption Cases
When Jack Smith was appointed to lead the Justice Department’s public integrity unit in 2010, he recommended closing a series…
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News
Nets Lift Suspension of Kyrie Irving
Nets guard Kyrie Irving, who offered “deep apologies” for posting a link to an antisemitic film, was expected to play…
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News
Danny Kalb, Guitarist Who Gave Blues-Rock an Edge, Dies at 80
Danny Kalb, a guitarist whose 1960s band the Blues Project brought New York City drive and experimentation to blues-rock, died…
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World
President Biden Turns 80, Making Him the First Octogenarian in the Oval Office
WASHINGTON — If he was watching from the White House, President Biden might have winced last week when Speaker Nancy…