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Angela Bofill, R&B Hitmaker With a Silky Voice, Dies at 70
Starting in the late 1970s, she scored multiple hit singles, including “This Time I’ll Be Sweeter” and “I Try,” but…
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George R. Nethercutt Jr., Who Ousted a House Speaker, Dies at 79
He defeated Thomas S. Foley of Washington State in the 1994 Republican midterm sweep. It was the first time since…
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Effective Altruism Is Flawed. But What’s the Alternative?
You don’t hear so much about effective altruism now that one of its most famous exponents, Sam Bankman-Fried, was found…
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Elite Real Estate Broker and His Twin Face Sexual Assault Suits
A co-founder of a brokerage that caters to the ultrawealthy and his twin brother face allegations that they sexually assaulted…
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William H. Donaldson, 93, Wall St. Powerbroker Who Led the S.E.C., Dies
He co-founded D.L.J., the first securities firm to offer shares to the public. As S.E.C. chairman, he pressed for a…
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The Paths to Progress for Our Graduates
More from our inbox: Alito and ‘Godliness’Sudan’s ‘Epic Tragedy’Protect Whistle-BlowersDreading Election NightCredit...Nadine RedlichTo the Editor: Re “A Promise to Grads…
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U.S. Sues Adobe Over Hard-to-Cancel Subscriptions
The maker of Photoshop and other popular design software hid details of expensive cancellation fees, according to a Justice Department…
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Looking for Friends? How About 23 Housemates?
An engineer who moved from London to New York was planning to live alone, but ended up doing just the…
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$1.4 Million Homes in California
A 1949 cottage in Lake Arrowhead, a Spanish-style home in Los Angeles and a Craftsman house in Berkeley.
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In Search of the Lost Fireflies
I first learned about blue ghosts last year from Jennifer Frick-Ruppert, a zoologist at Brevard College in western North Carolina.…