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How a Left-Right Social Media Tiff Pushed Texas to Fund Parks

An unusual partnership between an environmentalist and a Republican megadonor began with a fight on Twitter. It ended up in the creation of a $1 billion state fund to expand Texas park land.

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Can You Reboot a Lamp Like a Superhero Franchise?

Riding an endless wave of nostalgia, one company is exhuming the intellectual property of midcentury designers to create new audiences for forgotten work.

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To See Mamdani Sworn In, Some Out-of-Towners Confront N.Y.C. Prices

Zohran Mamdani campaigned for mayor on a platform of taming the high cost of living for New Yorkers. Visitors will get a crash course in the affordability crisis.

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Families Demand Answers a Year After Deadliest Plane Crash in South Korea

Many details of the Jeju Air disaster that killed 179 people remain unclear despite multiple investigations by officials and protests by the victims’ families.

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As Some Boycott Myanmar’s Flawed Election, Others Hope for Change

The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to improve conditions.

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The Year in Lists

As the year drew to a close, we reached out to Opinion columnists and contributors for personal lists.

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Ski Slopes Are Empty as a Labor Dispute Shuts Down Telluride, Colo.

Now, vacationers looking to ski are wondering what to do and merchants are hoping it doesn’t last.

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Gary Graffman, Piano Virtuoso and Renowned Teacher, Dies at 97

Mr. Graffman was a onetime child prodigy whose career was curtailed by a neurological condition that restricted him to his left hand.

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A Second Lawsuit Accuses Tyler Perry of Sexual Assault

Mario Rodriguez, who had a role in one of Mr. Perry’s films, sued him on Thursday, months after another actor filed a similar lawsuit.

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How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign

New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.

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Hundreds of Flights Canceled at New York Airports, Even With a Few Inches of Snow

To avoid the ripple effects of real-time adjustments to what was predicted to be up to nine inches of snow, the major airlines said they pre-emptively canceled flights.

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Sal Khan: A.I. Will Displace Workers at a Scale Many Don’t Realize

Companies benefiting from A.I. should donate a small percentage of their profits to retrain the workers the tech will displace.

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Saudi-Led Group in Yemen Tells Separatists to Withdraw, or Be ‘Dealt With’

The Saudis ramped up their rhetoric against a faction that has seized parts of Yemen in recent weeks.

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It’s Time to Give the Ovary Some More Respect

Recent research highlights that for fertility and aging, the egg may be the leading lady, but she needs her supporting cast.

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Trump Pursues His Legacy One Name at a Time

In attaching his name to buildings and programs while still president, Donald Trump is walking a path paved by conquerors and autocrats.

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In Which I Try Valiantly to Cheer You Up

OK, 2025 wasn’t the best year ever. But we’re arguably still in the best decade in the history of humanity.

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I Love My Naturally Aging Face

But when I see Demi Moore, 63, looking far younger than me at 48, I wonder if I should be figuring out a way to keep up.

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Climate Goals Are Becoming More Realistic. That’s Good News.

Policymakers and investors are pursuing what’s feasible rather than promising the impossible.

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Good Calls

This week, we close out the year with your best advice of 2025.

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New Yorkers Wake Up to Snow, Though Not as Much as Forecast

Predictions were revised down on Friday. Central Park still saw more than 2 inches of snow, with higher totals outside of New York City.

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A Dancing Dictator and Bankers in Chains: The Other Venezuela Blockade

A crisis more than a century ago involved U.S. aims to assert military supremacy, a hard-partying dictator and frictions among the great powers.

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Park Chan-wook and the Funny Thing About Stomach-Churning Horror

When American studios wouldn’t back his film about a laid-off manager committing gruesome murders, the director returned to Korea. Now he has a hit on his hands.

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More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankruptcy

A new study suggests that distressed borrowers using a simpler bankruptcy process are succeeding — and that more people like them should try.

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‘Counting Every Day’: The Soldier Who Spent More Than a Year on the Front Line

Serhii Tyschenko, a Ukrainian combat medic, spent 472 days in a bunker. His case appears to be an extreme example of a problem that has long plagued Kyiv’s military.

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Trump’s Second-Term Promises: What He’s Done So Far on Immigration, Trade, DEI and More

President Trump has driven illegal crossings at the border to record lows, helped bring about an uneasy cease-fire in Gaza and upended the global trading system.

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How One Father Created an Organ Empire

The National Kidney Registry has matched thousands of kidney donors with recipients. It has also paid millions of dollars to a company owned by its founder.

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California Drops Lawsuit Over $4 Billion Federal Cut to High-Speed Rail Project

California sued after the Trump administration cut grants for the long-planned project. The state says it will seek private investors instead.

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In Myanmar, the Election Is Called Fake, but the Human Suffering Is Real

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections.

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What to Know About the Vote in Myanmar

Amid a ruinous civil war, the military government is holding elections that are widely seen as a sham, as the main opposition remains barred or jailed.

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Another Front in the Trump Immigration Crackdown: Import Warehouses

Workers at facilities that stock shipped goods say customs officers who inspect merchandise are helping immigration agents arrest migrants.

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