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A.I.: Actually Insipid Until It’s Actively Insidious
WASHINGTON — The alien invasion has begun. Some experts say that when artificial intelligence takes off, it’s going to be…
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Wonking Out: Inflation and the Imputation Game
When it comes to economic assessment, feelings are no substitute for hard data. A plurality of Americans say that we’re…
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World
British Airline, Flybe, Collapses a Second Time
Flybe, once the largest independent regional airline in Europe, canceled all flights on Saturday. A new owner failed to save…
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World
Fighting Rages in Eastern Ukraine Over Critical Supply Routes
While the heaviest fighting is still around the city of Bakhmut, in recent days Russian forces have stepped up assaults…
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The Gin Boom Trying to Change India, One Distillery at a Time
Local concoctions are challenging the country’s conservative attitude toward alcohol, along with the country’s often stultifying bureaucracy.
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Finance
How a Drug Company Made $114 Billion by Gaming the U.S. Patent System
In 2016, a blockbuster drug called Humira was poised to become a lot less valuable. The key patent on the…
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Finance
A Florida Judge Finds a New Job: Defending an Inmate
In a coda to the wrongful-conviction podcast “Bone Valley,” Judge Scott Cupp says he’ll step down to spring a man…
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World
How an Oligarch May Have Recruited the F.B.I. Agent Who Investigated Him
The bureau tried to court Oleg Deripaska, a Russian aluminum magnate, as an informant. Instead, one of its own top…
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World
How an ‘Avatar’ Villain Spends His Sundays
Stephen Lang is perhaps best known for playing the nefarious, strong and lithe Colonel Miles Quaritch in “Avatar.” But if…
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Tonya Ingram Feared the Organ Donation System Would Kill Her. It Did.
It’s 2019, and the 27-year-old poet and mental health activist Tonya Ingram is looking for a kidney on Instagram. Her…