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Live by the Loomer, Die by the Loomer

admin16 May 2025

You’re reading the Frank Bruni newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Reflections on the mess (and magic) of politics and life. Get it with a Times subscription.Laura Loomer is unhappy. She’s unhappy with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — in part, it seems ...

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Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

admin16 May 2025

Something was very wrong with Kyle and Nicole Muldoon’s baby. The doctors speculated. Maybe it was meningitis? Maybe sepsis? They got an answer when KJ was only a week old. He had a rare genetic disorder, CPS1 deficiency, that affects just one in 1.3 ...

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Trump Budget Cuts Hobble Antismoking Programs

admin16 May 2025

Students at Wyoming East High School in West Virginia’s coal country had different reasons for joining Raze, a state program meant to raise awareness about the health risks of tobacco and e-cigarettes. Cayden Oliver, 17, grew up around generations of ...

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Joe Don Baker, Actor Who Found Fame With ‘Walking Tall,’ Dies at 89

admin16 May 2025

His performance as a crusading Southern sheriff made him a star after a decade under the radar in character parts. He went on to play a wide range of roles.

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Andrew Cassell, Daring Sailor Who Won Paralympic Gold, Dies at 82

admin16 May 2025

He survived the deadliest race in modern yachting history, won the first Paralympic sailing contest and founded a nonprofit for sailors with disabilities.

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Luigi Alva, Elegant Tenor With a Lighthearted Touch, Dies at 98

admin16 May 2025

A Peruvian-born international star, he made a specialty of roles in operas by Donizetti, Rossini and Mozart, becoming one of their pre-eminent interpreters.

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Stephen A. Smith’s Relentless, Preposterous, Probably Inevitable Road to Political Clout

admin16 May 2025

Stephen A. Smith has had something on his mind for a while now. “Let me switch to a subject near and dear to my heart,” he said on his podcast recently. “Me.” Mr. Smith, 57, is the terminally expressive face of sports media, ESPN’s $100 million ...

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Nelson DeMille’s House Is Listed for $5.5 Million on Long Island

admin16 May 2025

A Nassau County listing is so grandiose in style and stature that it must be out of a Nelson DeMille novel. Fitting, as it was the famed author’s former home. Mr. DeMille, who died in September at 81, bought the 0.7-acre property in 2001 for $2.9 ...

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Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports

admin16 May 2025

The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to the improvement.

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The Forecast for 2027? Total A.I. Domination.

admin16 May 2025

transcript The Forecast for 2027? Total A.I. Domination. Losing your job may be the best-case scenario. How fast is the AI revolution really happening? When will Skynet be fully operational? What would machine superintelligence mean for ordinary ...

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