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US
Birmingham-Southern College to Close After Failing to Secure State Loan
After decades of financial mismanagement, the nearly 170-year-old private liberal arts school is set to close at the end of…
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Politics
When We See the Climate More Clearly, What Will We Do?
This month MethaneSAT, an $88 million, 770-pound surveillance satellite conceived by the Environmental Defense Fund and designed at Harvard to…
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Politics
Biden Administration Announces Rules Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles
The regulations would require automakers to sell more electric vehicles and hybrids by gradually tightening limits on tailpipe pollution.
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Food
How Did Wagner Want His ‘Ring’ Cycle to Sound?
With a team of researchers and dedicated musicians, the conductor Kent Nagano is taking a historically informed performance approach to…
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US
After R.B.G. Awards Go to Musk and Murdoch, Justice Ginsburg’s Family Objects
The children of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who championed liberal causes and women’s rights, said the choice of recipients this year…
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Sports
Where’s the Next Generation of Great Coaches?
Twenty years, it would appear, is a very long time indeed. This week, a brief video montage fluttered through the…
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World
Dancing and Jumping Over Fire, Iranians Use Holiday to Defy Rules
Large crowds packed the streets to celebrate the tradition of Chaharshanbeh Suri. Iran has banned dancing in public, which has…
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Politics
Family Dollar to Close Nearly 1,000 Stores
The chain has struggled for years. Its parent company, Dollar Tree, cited inflation, theft and reduced government benefits as challenges…
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Politics
‘Barbenheimer,’ and an Early Start, Boost Oscar Ratings to 4-Year High
ABC’s telecast of the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday drew 19.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
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Food
Torn Between Golden Past and Thorny Present, Oscars Still Had Some Fun
Even as the telecast indulged in the usual jokes, references to the 2023 strikes and current wars had their place,…