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How to Make Crispy Tofu

Why fry when you can freeze?

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Testimony Fleshes Out Account of Trump’s Demand to Go to Capitol on Jan. 6

But a newly released transcript of an interview of the Secret Service agent who drove Donald Trump’s vehicle that day disputes that he tried to grab the steering wheel or lunged at another agent.

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Coming Soon to Manhattan, a Brand-New Tiny Forest

Pocket-size forests filled with native plants have been embraced worldwide for their environmental benefits. Now one is planned for New York City.

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Ira von Fürstenberg, Jet-Setting Princess and Actress, Dies at 83

With her aristocratic lineage, high-profile husbands and famous friends, she embodied a chic life of luxury as an international social figure.

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Oscars, Torn Between Past and Present, Still Had Some Fun

Even as the telecast indulged in the usual jokes, references to the 2023 strikes and current wars had their place, in our critics’ view.

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Why Democrats Are Hopeful in North Carolina and Nervous in Georgia

President Biden’s campaign and its allies are targeting both battlegrounds — but only one state has a highly controversial Republican nominee lower on the ballot.

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Menendez Pleads Not Guilty on Obstruction Charges

Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice. So did his wife, Nadine Menendez.

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How the A.I. That Drives ChatGPT Will Move Into the Physical World

Covariant, a robotics start-up, is designing technology that lets robots learn skills much like chatbots do.

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Donna Langley, Universal Chair, Bet Big on ’Oppenheimer’

Under Donna Langley’s leadership, Universal has managed the rare feat of achieving creative dominance and commercial supremacy at the same time.

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E. Jean Carroll Could Sue Trump Again Over New Attacks, Lawyer Suggests

Ms. Carroll will not contest the former president’s $91.6 million bond, but her lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said she had been tracking Donald Trump’s campaign trail remarks.

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Malachy McCourt, Actor, Memoirist and Gadabout, Dies at 92

Playing the professional Irishman, he returned from Limerick to New York, where he tended bar, appeared in soap operas, wrote a best seller, and, with his family, scattered “Angela’s Ashes.”

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Trump Gives CNBC a Rambling Answer on Why He Backtracked on TikTok Ban

Donald Trump told CNBC that banning TikTok would make young people “go crazy” and could benefit Facebook, which he called an “enemy of the people.”

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Inside the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscars Party

The magazine welcomed the famous (and the fame-adjacent) while toasting itself for hosting the extravaganza 30 times over the years.

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The Woman Who Tried to Make Porn Safe for Feminism

How the archive of Candida Royalle, a porn star turned pioneering director, landed at Harvard — and inspired a new book challenging the conventional history of the sexual revolution.

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‘Oppenheimer’ Is the Origin Story. These Three Movies Reveal Our Nuclear Present.

How films and culture help us imagine the unimaginable.

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Princess Kate and the Royal Family: A Timeline of the Last Few Months

It’s been a busy few months for King Charles III and his family. There have been surgeries, health announcements, and one family photograph people can’t stop talking about.

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Could Donald Trump Save TikTok?

The former president targeted the platform while in office but has now come out against a bill that could ban the short video app in the U.S.

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Princess Kate Apologizes For Editing Photo

A Mother’s Day portrait of Catherine, Princess of Wales, with her three children was withdrawn by several news agencies on Sunday over concerns it had been digitally altered.

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The Fourth Anniversary of the Covid Pandemic

And where things stand today.

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Biden and Netanyahu at Odds Over Gaza, and Catherine’s Palace Photo Fans Rumors

Plus, highlights from last night’s Oscars

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The Billionaires’ Secret Plan to Solve California’s Housing Crisis

A company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars buying land in the Bay Area in the hopes of building a new city.

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Best and Worst Moments From the 2024 Oscars

In a fairly even-keeled night, emotions still ran high, whether it was the rush of “I’m Just Ken” or heartfelt words from Rita Moreno to America Ferrera.

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Biden Budget Will Underscore Divide With Republicans and Trump

The president’s fiscal 2025 budget proposal includes about $3 trillion in deficit reduction over a decade, largely from raising taxes on high earners and corporations.

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In Death Penalty Cases, a Texas Court Tests the Supreme Court’s Patience

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, one law professor said, treats Supreme Court rulings as “optional guideposts rather than the commands of a higher tribunal.”

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Three Steps That Biden Needs to Take This Spring

He’s off to a good start, but building enthusiasm will take a lot more work.

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And the Award for Best Performance at the State of the Union Goes to …

Did Biden change anyone’s mind? And can he maintain the momentum?

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The Blue Waters of San Andres, an Island Belonging to Colombia, Are Stunning

The island, close to Nicaragua but part of Colombia, boasts waters in seven shades of the color. Counting them — from a boat, from a cay, from the shade of a coconut tree — is a meditative experience.

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With an Orange-Tufted Spiderhunter, Birder Breaks Record for Sightings

In February, Peter Kaestner beat out the competition to document his 10,000th bird species.

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For This Rookie Judge, a Pivotal Decision Looms in the Georgia Trump Case

Judge Scott McAfee will soon decide whether to disqualify Fani Willis, the prosecutor leading the case, on the grounds that her romance with a subordinate created a conflict of interest.

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Democrats Need to Stop Playing Nice

Too often, Democrats litigate; Republicans fight.

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