| Sigrid Nunez Wins 2018 National Book Award for ‘The Friend’
- Justin Phillip Reed’s ‘Indecency’ Wins for Poetry; Jeffrey C. Stewart’s ‘The New Negro’ Takes the Nonfiction Prize
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 04:05:37 GMT
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| 3 Days Stranded in Siberia? Flight Delays Don’t Come Much Worse Than This
- Passengers on an Air France plane that was forced to land at Irkutsk airport in Russia endured a nightmare stay after a replacement plane also developed a fault.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 03:58:20 GMT
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| In Florida Recount, Sloppy Signatures May Disqualify Thousands of Votes
- Thousands of ballots have been rejected in Florida because voters’ signatures don’t match what’s on file. Democrats are arguing that’s disenfranchisement.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 03:58:19 GMT
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| Florida Recount, Amid Machine Error and Lawsuits, Is ‘Going to End Up a Little Messy’
- Old equipment in Palm Beach County prompted the elections supervisor to warn the county may not be able to meet the deadline in Florida’s statewide recount.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 03:57:03 GMT
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| Judge Rejects Deal to Overhaul City’s Public Housing
- The federal judge shot down a proposal to appoint a monitor to overhaul the troubled housing agency and suggested that was the federal government’s job.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 03:21:07 GMT
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| New York’s Amazon Deal Is a Bad Bargain
- The city has what the company wants, talent. Why pay them $1.5 billion to come?
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 03:15:03 GMT
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| Trump Endorses Easing Some Mandatory Sentencing Laws
- Senators have staked the success of the bipartisan agreement on President Trump, but powerful pockets of opposition remain among some law enforcement officials and conservative lawmakers.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 03:14:19 GMT
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| A Model T, Abandoned as Paradise Burned, Emerges With Barely a Scratch
- The antique car stands out like a museum piece in a vast landscape of destruction. But that is little comfort to its owner, who lost his home and his town to the flames.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:37:26 GMT
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| Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis
- Russian meddling, data sharing, hate speech — the social network faced one scandal after another. This is how Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg responded.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:36:29 GMT
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| A $343.9 Million Powerball Prize After 25 Years of Using the Same Numbers
- A self-described humble man wearing dad jeans and dark sunglasses said he would “give back to Manhattan” and buy his mother a house. And keep playing.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:27:44 GMT
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| Utility Customers May Be on the Hook for Billions in Wildfire Damage
- The company’s stock has been cut almost in half since last week as investors assess the potential payout if its equipment is found to blame.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:27:44 GMT
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| A ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ Life: The Victims of the California Wildfires
- Authorities in Paradise slowly put names on the roster of the dead. Among them is Ernie Foss, a musician from San Francisco.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:25:46 GMT
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| ‘Toxic’ Is Oxford’s Word of the Year. No, We’re Not Gaslighting You.
- The word, which is increasingly applied to nonphysical things, beat out others, including “gaslighting,” “incel” and “techlash.”
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:20:43 GMT
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| Michael Avenatti Arrested on Suspicion of Domestic Violence in Los Angeles
- The lawyer for Stormy Daniels has positioned himself as a critic of President Trump and has toyed with running for president in 2020.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:00:32 GMT
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| Facebook at War: 6 Key Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation
- An investigation by The New York Times revealed how Facebook fought back against critics during a flood of crises — with delays, denials and an influence campaign in Washington.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:56:57 GMT
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| Mira Ricardel, Aide Who Crossed Melania Trump, Is Removed From Her White House Role
- The White House said that Ms. Ricardel was indeed leaving her post as a deputy national security adviser, but that she would still work in the administration — just not under the first lady’s roof.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:53:41 GMT
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| First Wave of Migrants in Caravan Reaches U.S. Border in Tijuana
- The caravan traveling from Central America begins arriving in the northern Mexico border city, setting up a potential confrontation with American authorities.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:51:59 GMT
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| U.K. Cabinet Backs Theresa May’s Brexit Plan
- In a rare victory, the prime minister held her party in line. Now, she faces the much tougher task of getting the plan through Parliament.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:59:20 GMT
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| Republicans and Democrats Cannot Agree on Absolutely Anything. Except This.
- The need to repair the nation’s criminal justice system has brought together the two parties in a way that is unusual in these days of partisan strife.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:58:21 GMT
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| Shorter Sentences, More Judicial Leeway: What the Criminal Justice Bill Would Do
- A bipartisan proposal endorsed by President Trump to overhaul federal prison and sentencing laws would have its greatest effect on future prison populations.
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:42:28 GMT
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