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At What Point Does My Landlord Owe Me Some Apartment Repairs?
To renovate a market-rate rental, tenants must show that the problems violate city habitability codes.
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I Was a Doctor in Iraq. I Am Seeing a Nightmare Play Out Again.
I started training to be a doctor in the aftermath of the gulf war. It was a dark time to…
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This Holiday, Consider the True Cost of Cheap Cashmere
A decade or more ago, it wasn’t uncommon to pay several hundred dollars for a cashmere sweater. Now, as the…
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Supreme Contempt for Women
The Irish expect the worst to happen at any moment. And they have what my colleague Dan Barry calls “a…
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It’s Time for U.F.O. Whistle-blowers to Show Their Cards
Last week on the Senate floor two senators rose to express disappointment with the House of Representatives. This was by…
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Sheikh Nawaf, Emir of Kuwait, Dies at 86
The sheikh was defense minister when Iraq invaded his tiny but oil-rich country, and became ruler in his 80s.
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Mike Grgich Dies at 100; His Wine Stunned the French by Besting Theirs
A Croatian immigrant’s California chardonnay was judged the top one in a famous Paris tasting. He later established the respected…
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This Might Be What Broke the Deadlock at COP28
When the sultan who presided over the fairly successful climate talks in Dubai looked back on Wednesday at the two-week…
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Michel Ciment, Eminent French Film Critic, Is Dead at 85
He helped define cinema as high art for generations of moviegoers and filmmakers in France and beyond, even if he…
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Vera Molnar, Pioneer of Computer Art, Dies at 99
Vera Molnar, a Hungarian-born artist who has been called the godmother of generative art for her pioneering digital work, which…