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US
Marijuana Pardons Affect Just a Sliver of Those Swept Up in the War on Drugs
WASHINGTON — Valerie Schultz’s conviction for possession of a small amount of marijuana in 2010 was anything but simple. Ms.…
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World
Roman Coins Thought for Centuries to Be Fakes Get a Fresh Appraisal
In 1713, a medals inspector documented the acquisition of eight gold Roman coins that had been buried in Transylvania. For…
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News
Idle Crypto Is the Devil’s Workshop
The newest monetary system in the world may be undone by the oldest problem there is. A few weeks ago,…
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Magazine
9 Months. 100 People. Inside the Making of a Holiday Window
It was go time. Just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday night, security teams raced across Fifth Avenue with police barricades,…
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World
In Ukraine, Bakhmut Becomes a Bloody Vortex for 2 Militaries
BAKHMUT, Ukraine — For almost an hour, the stream of Ukrainian casualties in the eastern city of Bakhmut seemed unending:…
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News
Long Stretches of the Mississippi River Have Run Dry. What’s Next?
Last month, record low water levels in the Mississippi River backed up nearly 3,000 barges — the equivalent of 210,000…
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News
‘Our Schools Have Become Battlefields’: Teachers Consider Arming Themselves in the Classroom
The text message was brief: “I’m hearing there is an active shooter near the school and the kids are on…
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Finance
Giant Wind Farms Arise Off Scotland, Easing the Pain of Oil’s Decline
The pilot of the nearly 80-foot work boat gunned its powerful engines, pinning the bow against the base of a…
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Finance
These Young Workers Are ‘Romanticizing’ the Return to Office
Meena Kirupakaran didn’t think there was anything especially exciting about her job in publishing. She had an hourlong commute each…
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Finance
Business Travel’s Rebound Is Being Hit by a Slowing Economy
Business travel came back this year more strongly than most industry analysts had predicted in the depths of the pandemic,…