Many Puerto Ricans say they can no longer afford to remain in their homes with outside investors buying up properties and driving up prices.
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Monday, January 31, 2022
How Businesses in Texas and Florida Wrestle With States’ Vaccine Backlash
With the Biden administration’s attempt to impose a national standard blocked, companies must navigate a thicket of local rules as they try to return employees to the workplace.
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Spotify’s Joe Rogan Problem Isn’t Going Away
The controversy is different, in many ways, from the other conflicts between online stars and the companies that give them a platform.
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Sunday, January 30, 2022
Why Book Ban Efforts Are Spreading Across the U.S.
Challenges to books about sexual and racial identity are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are.
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Britain Toughens Its Stance on Russia, and Russia Seeks Answers From NATO
Britain is seeking to broaden the range of sanctions available if Russia invades Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia asked NATO for clarity.
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The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon
A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying to ban.
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Saturday, January 29, 2022
Here's When a Storm Is Considered a Blizzard
The National Weather Service defines a blizzard by three criteria: blowing or falling snow, winds of at least 35 miles per hour, and visibility of a quarter mile or less for at least three hours.
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In North Carolina, a Pitched Battle Over Gerrymanders and Justices
A fight over who is fit to hear a redistricting case highlights what experts say is the growing influence of ideology and money over state supreme courts nationwide.
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In New York City, opinions ranged from ‘it’s terrible’ to ‘it doesn’t seem that bad.’
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In Canada, ‘Freedom Convoy’ Protesting Vaccine Mandates Nears Capital
The “Freedom Convoy” began as a response to Covid vaccine requirements for some truckers, but its political aims have since broadened.
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Friday, January 28, 2022
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Fake Trump Electors
The panel demanded information from 14 people who were part of bogus slates of electors for President Donald J. Trump, digging deeper into an aspect of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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The Equal Rights Amendment Is Now the Law of the Land. Isn’t It?
Alas, the Constitution doesn’t always mean what it says.
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How Independent Voters Feel About Biden
Responses to a focus group of independent voters. Also: President Biden and the economy; Boris Johnson; sanctions against Russia; debtors and lawyers.
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Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Infrastructure Visit
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Thursday, January 27, 2022
Bribery Case Casts a Shadow Over Eric Adams’s Public Safety Chief
Despite once being ensnared in a federal corruption investigation, Philip Banks III will play a central role in the mayor’s plan to reduce gun violence.
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Eric Adams Can Hire His Brother, but at Salary of $1, Not $210,000
Instead of overseeing the mayor’s security detail, Bernard Adams will be a senior adviser to the mayor with no supervisory role after an ethics board ruling.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Boys Held as Hostages by ISIS Worry Rights Activists
About 700 boys have been held for years in a prison in Syria because their parents joined the Islamic State.
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New York State’s mask policy is back in effect after a judge grants a stay.
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Democrats Can Seat a New Supreme Court Justice, Even if Republicans Unite in Opposition
Recent changes in Senate rules mean a nominee can be confirmed with a bare majority, but Democrats will have to hold their narrow ranks together.
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In an interview last year, Justice Breyer discussed his thinking on retirement.
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The World Awaits Putin’s Word on Ukraine, but on That, He Is Silent
The Russian president appears on camera almost daily, talking about things like cryptocurrency, green energy and the World’s Fair. But not about Ukraine.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Kathryn Schulz: Making Sense of Our Covid Losses
What losing my father taught me about the pandemic.
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How to Survive When Stocks Behave Badly
The stock market’s swings have been startling. Unfortunately, it’s wise to prepare for much worse.
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2nd N.Y.P.D. Officer Dies of Wounds From Harlem Shooting
Wilbert Mora, 27, joined the department in 2018. He and his partner, Jason Rivera, were killed by a man who opened fire during a domestic call, the police said.
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Monday, January 24, 2022
Gunman Accused of Shooting 2 NYPD Officers Dies
The Manhattan district attorney is investigating Lashawn McNeil’s connection to anti-government groups; Mayor Eric Adams said an assault weapon was found under his mattress.
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James Webb Telescope Arrives at Destination in Space: Updates and Video
The telescope’s safe arrival is a relief to scientists who plan to spend the next 10 or more years using it to study ancient galaxies.
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Omicron’s Economic Toll: Missing Workers, More Uncertainty and Higher Inflation (Maybe)
The latest wave of coronavirus cases is slowing the recovery, but its longer-term impact is less clear.
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Sunday, January 23, 2022
Is the U.S. on the Verge of a Civil War?
Readers respond to columns by Ross Douthat and Michelle Goldberg. Also: Bosses who are jerks; voter suppression, then and now.
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Rams Meet Buccaneers, Bills Travel to Kansas City for N.F.L. Playoffs: Live Updates
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A Shrinking Band of Southern Nurses, Neck-Deep in Another Covid Wave
The exodus of medical workers during the pandemic has been especially brutal for the small, nonprofit safety-net hospitals where millions of Americans seek care.
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Saturday, January 22, 2022
How to Retreat From Ukraine
Searching for a non-disastrous way back from American overreach.
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2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Answers to Some Big Questions
How will the Olympics deal with the coronavirus? What happens if athletes protest China? Will there be boycotts? Here’s what we know.
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Rapid Inflation Fuels Debate Over What’s to Blame: Pandemic or Policy
The White House is emphasizing that inflation is worldwide. Economists say that’s true — but stimulus-spurred consumer buying is also to blame.
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Friday, January 21, 2022
The Long Road to Successful Covid Vaccines
The road to successful vaccines; mask distribution; Starbucks; Build Back Better; Trump’s call to Georgia; leaving the G.O.P.; a football fan’s plea.
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Justice Dept. Charges Texas Man With Threatening Georgia Election Officials
A man accused of using Craigslist to call for the assassination of election officials is the first to be charged by the agency’s task force on election threats.
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Thursday, January 20, 2022
80 Years Ago the Nazis Planned the ‘Final Solution.’ It Took 90 Minutes.
As Germany observes the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, witnesses of the Nazi era are dying and antisemitism is resurgent in Europe and the United States.
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Pope Francis Is Troubled by Your Pet
On Fido and fruitfulness.
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Voting Rights Bill Dead, Filibuster Alive
The voting rights bill and the filibuster. Also: A Supreme Court ruling; President Biden and Ukraine; Medicare and Covid tests; an American paradox.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
New Research Shows How Health Risks to Children Mount as Temperatures Rise
The first nationwide study on rising temperatures and younger Americans found that hotter days were associated with more visits to emergency rooms.
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Why Covid-19 Didn’t Create the Nursing Crisis
Nurses would like to set the record straight on the hospital staffing crisis.
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Exclusive: Lina Khan Is (Still) Bursting Big Tech’s Bubble
The FTC Chair’s exclusive conversation with Kara Swisher and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for Nearly $70 Billion
With the deal, the largest in the software maker’s history, Microsoft will gain Activision’s nearly 400 million monthly users and access to some of the world’s most popular games.
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Blinken to Meet With Russia as U.S. Pushes For More Diplomacy on Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will meet with Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia in Geneva on Friday as the United States warns that Russia could soon attack Ukraine.
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Mayor Says N.Y.C. is Winning Omicron Fight, but Experts Urge Caution
The number of known cases is still much higher than last winter, and during the devastating first wave in the spring of 2020, testing was scarce, leaving many cases unreported.
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The Attack at a Synagogue in Texas
Reaction to the hostage siege in Colleyville, Texas. Also: Glass barriers in the subway; the Bronx fire; Democrats’ task; vote counting and the V.P.
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Monday, January 17, 2022
Senate Democrats Press Ahead With Debate on Voting Rights Bill
The Senate on Tuesday will begin to debate new voting rights protections, even though the measure appears all but dead in the face of two key Democratic defections.
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Texas Rabbi Recounts Dramatic Escape From Synagogue
As a gunman ranted, the hostages whispered instructions and edged closer to the door. The rabbi credited security training for their safe exit.
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Sunday, January 16, 2022
Australia Acts, and Novak Djokovic Exits
Three readers applaud Australia’s decision to deport the tennis player over his refusal to get the Covid vaccine.
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Failure on Voting Rights Would Be Historic
Democracy is losing.
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A Quandary for New York Restaurants and Workers: What to Do About Omicron?
Without hard rules about employees who test positive, owners and workers are weighing safety against finances, and not always agreeing on the answer.
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Saturday, January 15, 2022
SWAT Team Responds to Dallas-Fort Worth Area Synagogue Standoff
Heavily armed law enforcement officials surrounded a temple after a man could be heard on a livestream of a service shouting at people inside. Follow updates.
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What Is Joe Biden Thinking?
The strange strategy of a staggering presidency.
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Healthcare Workers and Hospitals Confront the Fallout From Supreme Court Vaccine Mandate
Hospitals could face more staff shortages, and workers and facilities could feel caught between opposing state and federal policies.
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Friday, January 14, 2022
Do Colleges Deserve an Exemption From Antitrust Law?
It has gotten harder to justify giving them special treatment
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