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2 Measles Cases Reported in New York City Migrant Shelter
The highly contagious disease was detected in a shelter in Brooklyn, according to the health department. More cases of measles…
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Bernie Sanders: Joe Biden for President
I will do all that I can to see that President Biden is re-elected. Why? Despite my disagreements with him…
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Ruth Westheimer, the Sex Guru Known as Dr. Ruth, Dies at 96
Frank and funny, the taboo-breaking psychologist said things on television and radio that would have been shocking coming from almost…
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I’m a Person of Faith. I.V.F. Is a Scientific Miracle.
By Kristen Soltis Anderson Produced by Jillian Weinberger The Southern Baptist Convention last month condemned in vitro fertilization, adding to…
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Bill Viola, Celebrated Video Artist Who Played With Time, Dies at 73
Inspired by Renaissance painters, he explored life’s passages — birth, death, romantic love, redemption and rebirth — in often moving,…
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Is There a Future in the Doomsday Economy?
With Fortitude Ranch, the entrepreneur Drew Miller is betting on franchised timeshares for people who are worried about the end…
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The $25 Trillion System of Retirement Savings Needs Fixing
Fifty years after Congress passed a landmark retirement law, 401(k) and I.R.A. accounts enrich mostly higher-income households. Here are five…
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Police Kill a Boy, and a Refugee Group’s Young Lead the Call for Answers
A Utica, N.Y., officer’s fatal shooting of a 13-year-old provokes anger among the city’s Karen residents, members of an ethnic…
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A Pioneering New York Rabbi Says Goodbye to Her L.G.B.T.Q. Congregation
Three decades later, the intense weekslong controversy has largely faded from memory. A New York rabbi had asked permission for…
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How a Hotel Concierge Spends His Sundays
George Gaffney, the top concierge at the Beekman hotel, goes restaurant hopping for breakfast with his family, then helps tourists…