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Health
Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Have Few Protections
Tens of millions of Americans are struggling to cope with soaring temperatures. OSHA is developing new workplace safety standards, but…
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World
Turning to Street Vending, New Migrants Find a Competitive World
Standing on a subway platform deep below Times Square, Natalí Tualombo, a newly arrived migrant from Ecuador, sold water bottles…
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News
Harriet Pattison, 94, Dies; Landscape Architect With a Tie to Louis Kahn
After having a son with the famous architect, she built a career, often collaborating with Mr. Kahn on projects, including…
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Arts
Harvey Awards to Induct 6 New Hall of Fame Members
The inductees will be honored at New York Comic Con on Oct. 13. Five are from the world of superheroes,…
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News
In America, Not Having a College Degree Can Take Years Off Your Life
By many measures, the U.S. economy is thriving: Unemployment stands close to the 50-year low set in April, the fraction…
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News
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Electrons
Their work “allows us to address fundamental questions” such as the time scale of the photoelectric effect for which Einstein…
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World
China Is Suffering a Brain Drain. The U.S. Isn’t Exploiting It.
China’s brightest minds, including tech professionals, are emigrating, but many are not heading to America. We spoke to them to…
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World
What to Know About Laphonza Butler, Newsom’s Appointee to the Senate
Ms. Butler, 44, was chosen on Sunday to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Dianne Feinstein.
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News
They Accidentally Bought the Wrong House. So They Made It the Right House.
After becoming the inadvertent owners of a crumbling building in rural Scotland, a couple spent five years reviving it. With…
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News
Why the “Mother of the Atomic Bomb” Never Won a Nobel Prize
There is a memorable scene in “Oppenheimer,” the blockbuster film about the building of the atomic bomb, in which Luis…