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As Water From Destroyed Dam Rose, Ukrainians Face a Fresh New Horror
The early morning explosion that woke Oksana Alfiorova from her sleep seemed normal enough, at least for wartime in Kherson.…
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Can HBO’s ‘The Idol’ Bring Back ’80s Sleaze?
Over-the-top locations and characters bathed in red light recall an all but dead genre that was once a staple of…
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The Art of Reusing Plastic
The artists Beverly Barkat and Germane Barnes play with discarded plastic — including bottles, cups and printer cartridges — to…
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Hardcore Punk Is Looking (and Sounding) Different Now
People of color, women and queer musicians are remaking hardcore’s longstanding image of white, male aggression — and producing some…
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Schools Received Billions in Stimulus Funds. It May Not Be Doing Enough.
Pandemic aid was supposed to help students recover from learning loss, but results have been mixed.
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Citing Doubt, Officials Free Woman Convicted in 4 Children’s Deaths in 2003
An Australian jury found that Kathleen Folbigg had smothered her children. But scientists now say that they probably died from…
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What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days
It had been a quiet April afternoon until about a dozen teenagers began running up Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, yelling…
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‘I Whisked Myself Down to the Street in Search of a Guy With a Clipboard’
Seeking a crucial hour of quiet, observations while on the D and more reader tales of New York City in…
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China, U.S. Lay Out Rival Visions for Asia as Ships Nearly Collide
China’s defense minister says the best way to avoid accidental conflict is for countries outside the region, like the United…
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Raw Meat and Moon Signs: Inuit Lessons for Soldiers in the Arctic
A moon dog hung low over the horizon. It showed up on the first day of the Canadian soldiers’ patrol,…
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