| 3 Newborn Endangered Right Whales Seen After Year With No Births
- The sighting this winter of newborn whales off the coasts of Florida and Georgia is being greeted with mild optimism, as the North Atlantic population has dwindled.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:01:00 GMT
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| Biden’s Paid Speech Buoyed the G.O.P. in Midwest Battleground
- A paid speech by Joe Biden in October helped Fred Upton, a vulnerable Republican, win re-election in Michigan. Biden earned $200,000 for the address.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:58:38 GMT
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| Thousands in Venezuela Join Protests Against Maduro
- Demonstrators calling for the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro — who has crushed past uprisings — have new leaders and U.S. support.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:40:36 GMT
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| Russell Baker, Pulitzer-Winning Times Columnist and Humorist, Dies at 93
- Mr. Baker, a backwoods-born Virginian who became one of America’s most celebrated writers, spent decades at The New York Times and hosted “Masterpiece Theater” for years.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:40:06 GMT
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| 4 Arrested and 23 Guns Seized in Plot Against Muslim Enclave in Upstate N.Y.
- Three men and a 16-year-old planned to attack Islamberg, N.Y., using 23 firearms and three improvised explosive devices, police said.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:39:30 GMT
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| Divisions Over Trump Complicate Unions’ Response to Government Shutdown
- Unions representing civil servants might be expected to speak in unison on getting their members back to work, but differences in tactics and philosophy are emerging.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:34:03 GMT
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| Covington and the Pundit Apocalypse
- Our hasty condemnation of these teenagers reveals the cold truth about hot takes.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:00:54 GMT
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| The Horrors of Auschwitz at a Museum in New York
- With “Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.,” the Museum of Jewish Heritage will devote much of its building to artifacts from that Nazi death camp.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:44:14 GMT
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| Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, Ind., Joins Democratic 2020 Race
- Mr. Buttigieg has formed an exploratory committee for a run for the White House in 2020, joining an expanding Democratic field.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:40:12 GMT
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| Cuomo’s Blunt Subway Strategy: Humiliate the M.T.A. to Force Change
- The mass transit system needs higher fares to shore up its finances. But Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo opposes the increase.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:32:48 GMT
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| California Today: California Today: Eric Garcetti on the Teachers’ Strike: ‘I Could Do Things Other People Weren’t Able to Do’
- Wednesday: The mayor discusses his role as a mediator; a one-issue White House; and apartment hunting schadenfreude.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:12:40 GMT
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| ‘I’m So Afraid’: Emiliano Sala Reportedly Sent Message From Plane
- The soccer player contacted friends from a flight that later vanished over the English Channel, saying the aircraft seemed to be “falling to pieces.”
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:02:17 GMT
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| Shutdown, Mariano Rivera, Serena Williams: Your Wednesday Briefing
- Here’s what you need to know.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:48:12 GMT
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| In Poland, the Limits of Solidarity
- The murder of Pawel Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdansk, revealed “absolutely horrifying” political polarization.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:41:10 GMT
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| New York Today: N.Y. Today: Yes, Spider-Man Is a Hometown Hero, but Which Borough?
- For years, a family named Parker lived at Spider-Man’s real address, on Ingram Street. Not any more.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:46:40 GMT
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| Grace Notes: Two New Jobs, One Mission: Fighting the Trump Administration
- Julie Menin brought the Grammys to New York. But now she is overseeing the city’s role in the 2020 census and defending it against federal actions.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:42:02 GMT
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| ‘It’s Not a Wall,’ but Steel Slats and Barbed Wire Roil a Border Town
- Many in Calexico, Calif., were offended when President Trump called improvements to the border fence there “the start of our Southern Border WALL!”
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:33:36 GMT
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| El Chapo Trial: The Kingpin’s Mistress Tells All
- Lucero Guadalupe Sánchez López met El Chapo when she was 21 years old. Her affair with the kingpin ended in heartbreak.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:29:21 GMT
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| Ex-Prosecutor in South Korea #MeToo Case Is Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison
- The former top prosecutor had been convicted on charges of banishing a junior prosecutor to an obscure posting after she tried to expose his sexual misconduct. He said he would appeal the latest ruling.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:16:49 GMT
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Leading and Following at the Same Time
- The Democratic electorate has shifted sharply to the left, taking many politicians along with it — willingly and unwillingly.
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:00:04 GMT
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