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Crafts Retailer Joann Files for Bankruptcy

After pandemic-era boom in sales, Joann has been dealing with a pullback in consumer spending on at-home projects. The retailer will become a private company owned by a group of its creditors.

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Manafort in Talks to Return for the Republican National Convention

Paul Manafort, who served as a top adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was pardoned by Mr. Trump after being convicted of tax and bank fraud.

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Ceramic Artist Toshiko Takaezu Gets a Posthumous Reappraisal

The ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu is getting a posthumous reappraisal, thanks to her devoted acolytes — and major shows highlighting her poetic forms.

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Pandemic Lockdowns Had Varied Effects on Wildlife

A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.

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The Financial Aid Debacle Hurts Poor Students the Most

Aid doesn’t cover as much as it should, and the process of getting it is harder than ever.

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U.S. Bans the Last Type of Asbestos Still in Use

The United States joins more than 50 other countries that have banned the deadly carcinogen, although the phaseout will take more than a decade.

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Trump Spurned by 30 Companies as He Tries to Raise $454 Million Bond in Fraud Case

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing that he faces “insurmountable difficulties” as he tries to raise cash for the civil fraud penalty he faces in New York.

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Kennedy Family, Sans RFK Jr., Poses With Biden at the White House

Relatives of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have pointedly backed President Biden as their family member pursues a White House bid that they’ve condemned as “dangerous.”

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New Havana Syndrome Studies Find No Evidence of Brain Injuries

The findings from the National Institutes of Health are at odds with previous research that looked into the mysterious health incidents experienced by U.S. diplomats and spies.

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Tesla’s Troubles Raise Questions About Its Invincibility

As the share price plunges, investors wonder whether the company, led by Elon Musk, can withstand intensifying competition.

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When Private Equity Came for the Music Industry

Private equity is cannibalizing the music industry by buying up old hits and pushing them back into our cultural consciousness.

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VW Workers in Chattanooga Seek Vote to Join Union

The United Automobile Workers union said that 70 percent of the 4,000 eligible Volkswagen workers at a Chattanooga factory had signed cards expressing support.

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A Bronx Teacher Asked. Tommy Orange Answered.

When the author received an impassioned email, he dropped everything to visit the students who inspired it.

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What Elon Musk Said in Testy Interview on Don Lemon’s New Show

The former CNN frontman released a wide-ranging interview with the billionaire about business, politics, hate speech online and more.

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Sports Illustrated’s Print Edition to Continue Under New Operator

Minute Media, owner of The Players’ Tribune, has struck a deal to operate Sports Illustrated for at least 10 years.

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Here’s the latest on the First Amendment case.

The justices must distinguish between persuading social media sites to take down posts, which is permitted, and coercing them, which violates the First Amendment.

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Israeli Negotiators Head to Qatar for Cease-Fire Talks, Officials Say

Hamas and Israel failed to reach an agreement ahead of Ramadan. Last week, Hamas dropped one of its demands.

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‘Famine Is Imminent’ in Northern Gaza, Report Warns

A global authority on food security said that in the coming months, as many as 1.1 million people in Gaza could face the severest levels of hunger.

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The Activist Investor Dan Loeb Enters The Chip Wars

The hedge fund mogul has been bankrolling a European patent fight against Intel, Dell, Amazon and other tech giants.

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The Realtors’ Big Defeat

A settlement in the real estate industry is a case study of a central flaw in free-market economic theory.

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In Seoul, Blinken Warns of Disinformation Threat to Democracies

At an international forum, the secretary of state said artificial intelligence’s ability to disrupt the global flow of information could prove politically perilous during a year of elections.

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Your Car May Be Spying on You

Modern vehicles can track all kinds of data, including location and driving style, raising a host of troubling privacy issues.

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What’s Next After Putin’s Win, and Why U.S. Home Prices May Start to Drop

Plus, the impossibility of a perfect March Madness bracket.

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Empty Frames and Other Oddities From the Unsolved Gardner Museum Heist

After 34 years, not one of the 13 works stolen during the largest art theft in history has surfaced but the puzzling peculiarities of the case still draw interest.

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Putin’s Orchestrated Election Leaves Russians With No Other Choices

Many Russians say they back their president, but it is far less clear what they might do if they were given alternatives.

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Mike Pence Rues the Day

And not just Jan. 6.

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Trump Just Made the 2024 Choice as Vivid as Possible

Two recent speeches sum up his and Biden’s candidacies.

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Mark Robinson, the Republican With a Right-Wing Vision for North Carolina

Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor, has a long history of inflammatory statements. He has also called for weaving conservative religious beliefs into the fabric of government.

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What the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Later

The more time students spent in remote instruction, the further they fell behind. And, experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid.

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We’re Not Burdens on Society. We’re Engines of Economic Progress.

Most Latinos are not rootless, illegal transients as some citizens may think, but a force for American progress.

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