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Why Is There Always a Line? And Why Is It at My Front Door?

One of New York City’s minor yet annoying inconveniences is a line that forms when a restaurant or another business becomes wildly popular.

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IMF Expects Trump’s Tariffs Will Slow Global Economic Growth

The International Monetary Fund expects slower growth and higher inflation in the U.S. as a result of President Trump’s trade policies.

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Global Economic Leaders Gathering in U.S. Confront Trump’s New World Order

The I.M.F. and World Bank are holding their spring meetings as President Trump’s trade war upends the global economy.

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Tina Knowles, Mother of Superstars, Owns Her Own Story

“Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, explores the trials and hard-worn triumphs that shaped Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom.

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Joint Chiefs Chairman Visits Border as Military Presence Expands

Gen. Dan Caine’s first official trip underscored how the White House has prioritized the mission, which now involves nearly 7,000 active-duty troops.

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Connecticut Shell Recyclers Are Helping Oysters

A small team is rescuing a “ridiculous amount” of shells from restaurant trash bins and using them to rebuild oyster habitat in Long Island Sound.

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How Trump’s Fed Fight May Undermine His Trade Negotiations

A flight from U.S. assets, including the dollar, could worsen if the president continues his attacks on the Federal Reserve, analysts warn.

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Big Tech’s Troubles

We explain why the government is trying to break up companies like Meta and Google.

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Education Department Will Resume Collections on Student Loan Debt

In an announcement this week, the department warned that millions of borrowers could be referred to debt collectors and see deductions from their paychecks.

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How to Choose a Pope, and a Deportation ‘Black Hole’

Plus, the Oscars OK the use of A.I. (with caveats).

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Karen Read Retrial Set to Begin Opening Arguments

Ms. Read is accused of intentionally backing a vehicle into her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, and killing him in 2022. Her first trial last year ended in a mistrial.

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Under Hegseth, Chaos Prevails at the Pentagon

The defense secretary’s inner circle is in disarray, and distrust is growing among civil servants and senior military officials.

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A Venezuelan Is Missing. The U.S. Deported Him. But to Where?

The immigrant does not appear on a list of people sent to a prison in El Salvador, and his family and friends have no idea of his whereabouts. He has essentially disappeared.

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Haley Stevens Will Run for Senate in Michigan

The Democratic representative from suburban Detroit is likely to be seen as a centrist in the primary contest to replace Senator Gary Peters, who is retiring.

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Can Harvard Withstand Trump’s Financial Attack?

The world’s richest university may have enough money to survive a battle with the most powerful man in the world. But if Trump wins, Harvard won’t be the same.

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After Trump Spares Apple, Other Businesses Want a Tariffs Break

Retail executives huddled with the president amid fears that tariffs could result in higher prices.

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Trump Administration Deploys EEOC in Fight Against Law Firms and DEI Efforts

The Trump administration has deployed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its effort to seek retribution against corporate law firms.

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My Son Has a Rare Syndrome. So I Turned to the Internet.

Social media became a place of both solace and torment. How much was mine to share?

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Greenland Navigates the New World Order

Whom Greenlanders choose to do business with — economically, politically and socially — will tell us a lot about the coming global realignment.

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Sex Hormones Are Brain Hormones. What Does This Mean for Treating Brain Diseases?

A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions.

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Suicides and Rape at a Prized Mental Health Center

Timberline Knolls, a mental health center owned by Acadia Healthcare, skimped on staff. Then came a series of tragedies.

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Pope Francis’ Gay Muddle

Good Catholics were supposed to embrace gay people but not their gayness. That’s hardly the arithmetic of equality.

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Pope Francis’ Death Silences a Voice for the Voiceless

As democratic values and alliances were being turned upside down, the pope was a consistent moral guidepost. Who can play that role now?

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What Are the Plans for Pope Francis’ Funeral?

Pope Francis’ funeral, which is set to begin on Saturday, will span several days.

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Gold Price Sets Another Record as Trump’s Tariffs Unnerve Markets

President Trump’s tariffs and his attacks on the Federal Reserve continue to unnerve the markets, pushing investors away from the dollar and toward havens like gold.

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Jimmy Kimmel Praises Pope Francis for Going Out With a Mic Drop

“Is there anything more Catholic than waiting until Monday to die so you don’t upstage Jesus Christ?” Kimmel said.

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Trump’s Tariffs Will Pay Off, for China

Picking trade fights with countries across the Asia-Pacific plays right into Beiing’s plans to increase its sway over the region.

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Trump Shuns Europe, and Its Defense Industry Tries to Capitalize

Europe’s weapons makers are prospering as the continent reconsiders its post-Cold War stance of favoring domestic investment over military spending.

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In Rural England, Farming Equipment Has Become a Target for Organized Crime

In rural England, increasingly sophisticated farming equipment has become a target for thieves, adding to pressure on farming communities.

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Government Watchdog Drops Inquiries Into Mass Firings of Probationary Workers

Experts in federal employment law said the Trump administration’s justifications to end the investigations were baffling at best.

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