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Milei Tames Inflation in Argentina With Painful Policies, Sparking Applause and Anger

A year after becoming president, Javier Milei has been praised inside and outside Argentina for reining in galloping inflation. But his economic policies have inflicted widespread hardship.

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The Tiny Oklahoma School Trying to Bring Religion Back to Classrooms

Officials in Oklahoma are laying the groundwork to push Christianity into public schools.

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Can Psychedelics Help CEOs Boost Their Leadership Skills?

A growing cottage industry is dedicated to the theory that mind-altering drugs can improve business leadership.

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A Father’s Search for His Missing Daughter in South Korea

A father’s 25-year search for his missing daughter in South Korea made him a tragic national symbol of unwavering parental devotion.

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Let’s Talk About Pornography. No, Seriously.

More adolescents than ever are watching it. What’s needed, researchers say, are frank conversations and “porn literacy.”

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A Message for Girls About Womanhood

Girls would be less dispirited if more of them felt their intrinsic power.

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A Black Art Dealer Lent Paintings to a Museum. His Heirs Want Them Back.

Dozens of artworks owned by Marshall Marcell have spent the past century with the Louisiana State Museum.

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Assad’s Fall in Syria Renews Push for Justice on Crimes Committed by His Regime

It seems unlikely that deposed President Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Russia, will be forced to stand trial. That is not deterring activists who have worked for years to document his government’s crimes.

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Stephen Colbert Is Surprised by Luigi Mangione’s ‘Minifesto’

“He could’ve just made it a Yelp review: ‘American health care sucks. One star,’” Colbert said of the content of a notebook found with the crime suspect.

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Will This Man Be New Jersey Transit’s ‘Train Daddy’?

Kris Kolluri, who until recently managed the project to build a $16 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River to New York City, will become the agency’s chief executive.

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The Resurrection of Trump’s Support for Pete Hegseth

The president-elect became convinced that letting Pete Hegseth fail would set off a feeding frenzy among senators. What followed was a MAGA swarm that helped salvage his bid, at least for now.

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N.Y.C. Grocery Prices Are High. Could City-Owned Stores Help?

A New York City mayoral candidate wants the city to open its own, more affordable grocery stores. The idea has gained momentum in Chicago and other cities.

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How the Resurrected Congestion Pricing Plan Could Die in the Courts

Manhattan’s new tolling program is still being challenged in federal and state courts, with rulings possible before it begins on Jan. 5.

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Trump Chooses Kari Lake to Lead Voice of America

Ms. Lake, a former TV news anchor turned right-wing firebrand who has called journalists “monsters,” would be in charge of a federally funded news outlet with a huge global audience.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund

The move follows a visit that Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, made last month to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump.

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Canada’s Plan To Avoid Trump’s Tariffs Takes Shape

Two weeks after a Mar-a-Lago dinner with Donald J. Trump, details of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to stave off a showdown with the United States are emerging.

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Anger After UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing Rattles Health Insurance Workers

Employees at UnitedHealthcare and other companies described being anxious after an outpouring of online vitriol.

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Labor Board Classifies ‘Love Is Blind’ Contestants as Employees

The National Labor Relations Board’s case against the Netflix hit could have ripple effects across the reality TV industry.

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South Korea President Yoon Defends Martial Law Decree in Defiant Speech

President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to “fight to the end,” despite the opposition’s push to impeach him and his own party’s demand that he resign from office.

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Dean of Students at Massachusetts School Charged With Conspiring to Traffic Cocaine

Federal prosecutors said Lavante Wiggins of Pittsfield High School and another man had conspired to traffic “large quantities” of the drug in western Massachusetts.

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F.B.I. Is Investigating Whether Crime Group May Be Targeting Athletes’ Homes

The homes of a handful of N.B.A. and N.F.L. players in the Midwest have been burglarized since September. The F.B.I. believes “South American Theft Groups” could be responsible, according to one memo.

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Christopher Wray Says He’ll Step Down as F.B.I. Director

President-elect Donald J. Trump had already signaled his intention to replace Mr. Wray with a longtime loyalist, Kash Patel.

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N.C. Elections Board Rejects G.O.P. Effort to Toss 60,000 Ballots

The ruling comes in a dispute over a State Supreme Court race that the Democratic incumbent won by 734 votes.

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Why Trump Soured on F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray

By the time Donald J. Trump left the White House, he was eager to fire Mr. Wray, but he held back. His antipathy only heightened in the years after his presidency.

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New Friends After 50? Yes, Please!

The people in our lives are a dynamic constellation.

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What Is Extradition? What to Know as Luigi Mangione Fights the Process.

Under the Constitution, states are obliged to hand over other states’ fugitives if requested. But the process can be challenged in court. Here’s what to know.

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Syria’s New Leaders Balance Huge Struggles Amid Disorder

The rebels who seized control called for foreign help in prosecuting atrocities, while trying to restore order in a fractured country.

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House Passes Defense Bill Denying Transgender Health Coverage for Minors

The $895 billion measure was approved over the opposition of most Democrats, who rejected a provision inserted by Republicans to deny the coverage to the minor children of military personnel.

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North Carolina G.O.P. Brushes Aside Democratic Governor to Expand Power

After cloaking a bill that strips key powers from Democrats as hurricane aid, the state’s Republican-controlled legislature overrode a veto from Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, to pass it into law.

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The F.B.I. Director Said He Would Resign

Also, A.D.H.D. diagnoses are surging among older Americans. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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