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Climate Change is Spoiling Italy’s White Truffle Trade

Climate change in Italy has come for one of the world’s most sought-after delicacies. Foodies will probably see the impact when the check comes.

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Weight Loss Drug Wegovy Can Cut Heart Attack Risk for Some, Study Shows

The results of a large clinical trial suggest the obesity medication could also change the landscape of cardiovascular care.

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Texas Bishop Loudly Critical of Pope Francis Is Removed

It was a rare move that was a measure both of Bishop Joseph Strickland’s outspoken criticism of the supreme pontiff of his faith and of Francis’ frustration with ultraconservatives in the U.S.

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Russia Launches Missile at Kyiv for First Time in Weeks, Ukraine Says

The attack was part of an overnight barrage that suggested Moscow was testing air defenses before another potential winter campaign against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

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Listen Early to ‘This American Life’: Parents Are People

What happens when you realize the people in charge don’t have the answers.

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Drawings of Anger, Fear and Hope; New York City Reacts to the Israel-Hamas War

To many New Yorkers, the war feels extremely close to home.

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Ivanka Trump, Witness for the Prosecution

While the country debates Donald Trump’s real net worth, should we also ask if his daughter was anything more than window dressing for him?

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Should Joe Manchin Run for President?

If current polling holds, it’s not running an alternative to Biden that seems most likely to put Trump back in the presidency.

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A Trump-Biden Rematch Is the Election We Need

How else are we going to resolve the questions that hang over our democracy?

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Why Aren’t More People Getting Married? Ask Women What Dating Is Like.

Harping on people to get married from up in the ivory tower fails to engage with reality of life in the dating trenches.

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Our Merch, Ourselves

What do the bands and brands whose merchandise we buy say about who we are and what we value?

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The Only People Who Understand What a Caregiver Goes Through

Mentoring programs bring together those just starting to care for family members with dementia and those who have been coping for some time.

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Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Nov. 4-10

A European stroll might have helped you find this week’s hardest word.

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Hamas Assailants on Oct. 7 Ambushed Israeli Bomb Shelters

Hamas’s assault on southern Israel began with a barrage of rockets, sending scores of people into roadside refuges. Then gunmen came to hunt them.

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Ohio Voted to Protect Abortion Rights. Could Florida Be Next?

A coalition of groups collecting petition signatures for a ballot protecting abortion rights says its fund-raising got a boost after the Ohio results.

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Sweeping Raids and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans

If he regains power, Donald Trump wants not only to revive some of the immigration policies criticized as draconian during his presidency, but expand and toughen them.

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How Millions of Borrowers Got $127 Billion in Student Loan Debt Canceled

The Biden administration may have been blocked from canceling debt for tens of millions of borrowers by the Supreme Court, but it has still managed to eliminate billions in education debt.

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A Black Woman’s Rise in Architecture Shows How Far Is Left to Go

They have worked for decades to make their way in a profession that remains overwhelmingly white and male, but there are signs of change.

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They Wanted to Get Sober. They Got a Nightmare Instead.

Arizona spent $1 billion on addiction treatment, much of it fraudulent, officials said. Scores of Native Americans who sought help are still struggling with untreated addiction — and some died in rehab.

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Three Days That Changed the Thinking About Black Women’s Health

Forty years ago, Black women convened to discuss how race affected their health. They helped reimagine what medical care could look like.

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Chapter 4: The Wedding

It was the moment two families had long waited for. But Arti feared it could be the end of her dreams for a career.

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Philippine Ship Is an Unlikely Outpost That Is Angering China

After multiple maritime clashes, the Philippines invited journalists on a mission to resupply the Sierra Madre. A reporter for The Times was given rare access.

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Mint, the Budgeting App, Is Going Away. Here Are Some Alternatives.

Finding a money app that works best for you requires personal testing. We asked popular competitors to Mint why you should try their offerings.

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Two Young Democratic Stars Collide Over Israel and Their Party’s Future

Representing neighboring districts in the Bronx, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ritchie Torres have staked sharply divergent positions on the Israel-Hamas war.

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They Arrived Homeless. Now They’re Helping Others Make New York Home.

At a makeshift welcome center in the Lower East Side, those who came before help those who are new, and a community begins to grow.

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Australia Offers Climate Refuge to Tuvalu Citizens, but Not All

Low-lying Tuvalu has reached a deal with its large Pacific neighbor to address the challenge of rising oceans, but it is not planning to pack up and go.

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Louisiana Must Finalize New Voting Map by January, Federal Appeals Court Says

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed with a lower-court ruling that the latest congressional map very likely diluted the power of Black voters.

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Matisse and Derain: the ‘Wild Beasts’ of Fauvism

The leaders of a short-lived but consequential art movement that flourished early in the 20th century take center stage at the Met Museum.

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The Greatest, and Sometimes Silliest, Love of All

Zeke Smith of “Survivor” and Nico Santos of “Superstore” describe themselves as “cartoon characters that live with one another.”

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Harvard, Columbia and Penn Pledge to Fight Antisemitism on Campus

The universities are trying to address criticism by banning pro-Palestinian student groups, condemning slogans and starting task forces to address antisemitism.

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