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Believing the Taliban’s Lies Makes Us All Unsafe
I was a first-year medical student at Kabul University when, on Sept. 26, 1996, Taliban fighters swept in and seized…
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How to Divide the Working Class
New York City was the site of one of the deadliest riots in United States history 160 years ago this…
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Where Moms Hover Over Starving Children
MOGADISHU, Somalia — To outlive a child is to lose a piece of your heart. A famine looming over the…
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Is Peak Climate Alarmism Behind Us?
It wasn’t so long ago that the world was truly on fire with climate alarm. In September 2019, millions of…
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Jonathan Raban, Adventurous Literary Traveler, Dies at 80
An expatriate Briton, he followed Huckleberry Finn’s Mississippi, sailed to Alaska and explored eastern Montana. But, he said, he was…
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Yukihiro Takahashi, Pioneer of Electronic Pop Music, Dies at 70
A drummer and singer, he was best known as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, one of Japan’s most successful…
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The Toxin That Helps Oyster Mushrooms Devour Worm Flesh
Consider the oyster mushroom. It’s a mild thing, a pert, often creamy-colored whorl of fungus that goes well with thyme…
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Some Black Homeowners Could Have a Clear Way to Challenge Racist Appraisals
Under a new proposal, a homeowner with a mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration would have uniform steps to…
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Why George Santos Won’t Be Able to Fake His Way Through Congress
In the latest twist in the surreal saga of George Santos, this mystery man congressman has been named to seats…
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Mary Kaye Richter, Florist Turned Medical Crusader, Dies at 77
From her kitchen table in rural Illinois, Ms. Richter started a global foundation for families who shared her son’s rare…