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Arts
Thomas Pynchon, Famously Private, Sells His Archive
The elusive author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” and “Mason & Dixon” has sold his papers to the Huntington Library. It includes…
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Arts
A Cyberattack Shuts the Met Opera’s Box Office, but the Show Goes On
After hackers knocked out the ticket-selling system of the Met, the largest performing arts organization in the United States, the…
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News
Why Antoine Griezmann is France’s Most Important Player
For Antoine Griezmann, the first few months of this season drifted uncomfortably close to indignity. His status at Atlético Madrid,…
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Arts
More Than 200 Philip Guston Works Are Headed to the Met
A gift from his daughter includes 96 paintings and 124 drawings, which will make the museum the largest holder of…
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Arts
With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain
Many Broadway blockbusters make their way to Madrid, but Banderas wants to push the envelope with serious, complex musicals that…
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News
Xi Jinping’s Covid Crisis Is Really an Opportunity
The public discontent vented in bold demonstrations last month against China’s Covid containment policies represents the greatest domestic crisis President…
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Travel
Help! My Pricey Travel Credit Card Wouldn’t Work When I Traveled
A Chase card with an annual fee of $550 is touted as handy for going abroad. But on a recent…
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News
After a Frantic Year, It’s Time for ‘Slow Birding’
A new book borrows from the slow food movement to propose a more thoughtful, less competitive form of bird-watching.
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Finance
New Suit Uses Data to Back Racial Bias Claims Against State Farm
Black customers have long claimed that the nation’s largest home insurer discriminates against them. A lawsuit claims a nine-month study…
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World
In Liberia and Across Africa, Viktor Bout’s Bloody Legacy Is Still Felt
The Russian arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans. But in the 1990s and…