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Stephen Adams, Who Made Yale Music School Tuition-Free, Dies at 86
A billionaire businessman and a late-blooming piano aficionado, he set a record with the anonymous $100 million gift that he…
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Jane Goodall Is More of a Dog Person, Actually
Dr. Goodall, who is best known for her work with chimpanzees, recently celebrated her forthcoming 90th birthday with as many…
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A.I. Leaders Press Advantage With Congress as China Tensions Rise
In recent weeks, American lawmakers have moved to ban the Chinese-owned app TikTok. President Biden reinforced his commitment to overcome…
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Amazon Adds $2.75 Billion to Its Stake in the A.I. Start-Up Anthropic
The latest investment brings Amazon’s total stake in the San Francisco company to $4 billion.
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The Homeowners Who Beat the National Association of Realtors
Six home sellers in Missouri successfully argued that the powerful real estate trade group’s rules on commissions forced them to…
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Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90
He helped pioneer a branch of the field that exposed hard-wired mental biases in people’s economic behavior. The work led…
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Why Japanese Maples Are Like Potato Chips (or Orchids)
You won’t stop at just one, once you discover what they can do for your garden: “People get obsessed.”
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The Best Way to Welcome Spring? Give Your Foyer a Makeover.
Your entryway has been working hard all winter. But it’s a new season: Time to lighten things up.
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$750,000 Homes in Pennsylvania, Maine and Louisiana
A converted 1840 schoolhouse in Phoenixville, a one-bedroom condominium in Portland and a two-story house in New Orleans.
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Biden Is Breaking Campaign Rule No. 1. And It Just Might Work.
Should we have trillionaires? Should we even have billionaires? According to at least one recent analysis, the economy is on…
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