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Videos show the beginning of the attack on a music festival in southern Israel.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/10/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza/videos-show-the-beginning-of-the-attack-on-a-music-festival-in-southern-israel

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Best Seattle Restaurants

Stellar Pacific Northwest seafood, an irreverent Japanese gastro pub and a steakhouse like no other are among our favorites.

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In Search of Kamala Harris

After nearly three years, the vice president is still struggling to make the case for herself — and feels she shouldn’t have to.

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Ours Is the Least Artistically Innovative Century in 500 Years

A Times critic argues that 21st-century culture is likely to be forgotten. But it’s not as bad as it sounds.

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‘Don’t Do That Again’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Under Fire From Judge

In the first week of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan repeatedly admonished the former crypto mogul’s lawyers, in an ominous sign for the defense.

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The Places That Sam Bankman-Fried Left Behind

Before his FTX crypto exchange imploded and he went on trial for fraud, Mr. Bankman-Fried ran a global business empire spanning Berkeley, Calif., Hong Kong and the Bahamas.

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Hasan Minhaj’s Fabrications Found a Receptive Audience. There’s a Reason for That.

When you’re Muslim American, you’re very familiar with a particular kind of story. You may have even told a few yourself.

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‘Frasier’ Returns With a Sitcom Veteran in the Director’s Chair

Over nearly five decades, Burrows has directed a thousand sitcom episodes. Next up: the new Paramount+ series, which follows Frasier Crane’s return to Boston.

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Placebo Effect is Powerful

Unpacking the mystery of placebo.

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Counting Ballots by Hand Is a Bad Idea

Years after the 2020 election, some red areas are considering counting their votes by hand. It’s a bad idea, and Republicans could and should fix it.

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Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department.

Schools for children of military members achieve results rarely seen in public education.

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A Very Queer Conversation About Gender

Masha Gessen and Lydia Polgreen reflect on the backlash — both legislative and cultural — against L.G.B.T.Q. rights and what it means to understand queer life more expansively.

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Lawsuit Challenges Insurance Restrictions on Weight Loss Drugs Like Wegovy

Many employers and government programs won’t cover costly obesity medications. A lawsuit is challenging one such policy.

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Fragile Global Economy Faces New Crisis in Israel-Gaza War

A war in the Middle East could complicate efforts to contain inflation at a time when world output is “limping along.”

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For JFK Airport’s $19 Billion Reconstruction, They Made a New Route: Over Water

Renovating one of the world’s busiest airports is replete with engineering challenges, such as how to circumvent the area’s overburdened roadways.

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Radio Transforms a Corner of Rural India

With shows that encourage listener participation, a community radio station in the Indian state of Haryana is helping women overcome deeply patriarchal attitudes.

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Myanmar Military Kills 29 at Refugee Camp, Including Several Children

It was the deadliest single assault by the military junta on civilians in six months, stoking further outrage.

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Country Garden, Chinese Real Estate Giant, to Miss Debt Payments

The property giant was unable to repay a loan and signaled it would default on its debt, becoming one of the biggest casualties of China’s deepening property crisis.

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Saturday’s Solar Eclipse Illuminates Traditions of Indigenous Peoples

Among Indigenous peoples of the Americas, from Navajo Nation down to the rainforests of Brazil, events like the annular eclipse on Saturday have important and distinctive cultural meanings.

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Special Counsel Interviewed Biden About Classified Documents

Robert Hur, the special counsel appointed to investigate how sensitive material ended up at the home and office of President Biden, met with the president over the past two days.

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Will Hurd Drops Out of G.O.P. Presidential Race and Endorses Haley

The former congressman, who had staked out an anti-Trump position, failed to gain traction in a crowded field.

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At Least 11 U.S. Citizens Were Killed in Israel, Biden Says, and Others May Be Captives of Hamas

“I have directed my team to work with their Israeli counterparts on every aspect of the hostage crisis, including sharing intelligence,” the president said in a statement on Monday evening.

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McCarthy Floats Return as Divided G.O.P. Meets to Choose a Speaker

Less than a week after his ouster, the former speaker indicated he would be open to reinstatement as Republicans prepared to discuss whom to nominate to succeed him.

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Hollywood Writers Ratify New Contract With Studios

The vote, which followed the end of the strike on Sept. 27, officially brought to a close a bitter, five-month labor dispute. The actors remain on strike.

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Attack Ends Israel’s Hope That Hamas Might Come to Embrace Stability

Israel had considered Hamas a terrorist organization but one that could play a useful role for Israel in the Gaza Strip, which the group controls. Now, senior Israeli officials say, Hamas must be crushed.

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The Attack on Israel Demands Unity and Resolve

America and other allies have a crucial role to play in supporting Israel at this painful moment.

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How Hamas Took 150 Israelis Hostage

Palestinian militants kidnapped scores of Israelis in an unprecedented attack that took the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into unknown territory. Their relatives recount how they were captured.

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Skeletons of 1918 Flu Victims Reveal Clues About Who Was Likely to Die

While a narrative emerged that the pandemic indiscriminately struck the young and healthy, new evidence suggests that frail young adults were most vulnerable.

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A clash at the border between Israel and Lebanon adds to fears of a multi-front battle.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/09/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas/a-clash-at-the-border-between-israel-and-lebanon-adds-to-fears-of-a-multi-front-battle

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‘For All the Dogs’ and Drake’s Latest Season of Discontent

The rapper’s new album, “For All the Dogs,” comes after a summer of live-show triumph and extra-musical boredom.

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