| George C. White, Founder of Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Dies at 89
- His summer conferences gave budding playwrights a chance to try out new works, many of which went on to success in New York.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:38:16 +0000
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| Canada’s Wildfire Season Is One of Its Worst Ever, and It’s Not Over Yet
- Thousands have been evacuated as quick moving wildfires burn in Eastern Canada.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:12:45 +0000
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| Taylor Swift Announces ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Details on ‘New Heights’ Podcast
- Swift spoke about her upcoming album on “New Heights,” a sports and pop culture podcast co-hosted by her boyfriend.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:09:27 +0000
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| After Reassuring Europe, Trump Strikes a Different Tone About Russian Threats
- Hours after presenting a united front with allies, President Trump warned Vladimir V. Putin of “severe consequences” if Russia refuses to end the war in Ukraine. But he also suggested that he has limited power to alter the Russian leader’s behavior.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:39:40 +0000
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| Bakers on Texas-Mexican Border Are Found Guilty of Harboring Illegal Workers
- Leonardo Baez and his wife were among the first employers prosecuted for taking on undocumented immigrants at their bakery in Los Fresnos, Texas. They face up to 10 years in prison.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:38:43 +0000
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| Taxi Drivers Near $140 Million Settlement Over N.Y.C. Suspension Practices
- New York City could grant payouts to some 20,000 taxi drivers whose professional licenses were summarily suspended without sufficient due process.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:31:54 +0000
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| Trump Administration Can Withhold Billions in Foreign Aid, Appeals Court Rules
- In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that foreign aid groups that sued to recover funds that President Trump froze cannot challenge the decision.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:22:49 +0000
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| At the Kennedy Center, Trump Puts His Pop Culture Obsession on Display
- President Trump held forth about the nature of show business and his own tortured relationship with celebrity.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:07:06 +0000
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| Mario Paglino, 52, and Gianni Grossi, 54, Die; Designers Made Barbies Into Art
- They transformed dolls into one-of-a-kind pieces that sold for thousands of dollars. A married couple, they died in a car crash in Italy.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:44:33 +0000
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| Behind Wall Street’s Abrupt Flip on Crypto
- The reversal risks declawing a century of consumer financial protections and replacing the backbone of bank accounts.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:12:04 +0000
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| U.S. Pilot Stranded in Antarctica Says It’s ‘Isolating and Lonely’
- Ethan Guo, a content creator, said that he has been effectively trapped at a Chilean base since June. The authorities had said he landed there without permission.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:51:30 +0000
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| Bessent Has Yet to Fully Divest Assets, Raising Concern at Ethics Agency
- The Treasury secretary has been slow to shed assets, including farmland, posing potential conflicts of interest.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:36:31 +0000
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| Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.
- A video showed a man repeatedly calling a group of officers “fascists” before throwing a sub sandwich at one.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:11:21 +0000
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| Why Economists Are Worried About Trump’s B.L.S. Changes
- Most of us just accept that government economic data is the best possible estimate of the economy. That could change, and that would be bad for all of us.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:02:19 +0000
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| Trump Administration Plan to Oversee Smithsonian Exhibits Draws Criticism From Historians
- The Trump administration’s plan to, in effect, audit the content of Smithsonian museums drew criticism from groups that represent scholars and promote free speech.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:00:56 +0000
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| Some Democrats Panicked Over Mamdani. Obama Called Him.
- Obamaworld seems interested in understanding Zohran Mamdani’s sudden rise to prominence.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 20:54:43 +0000
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| Trump Will Visit Kennedy Center to Announce New Honorees
- The president has taken a strong interest in the Kennedy Center’s affairs ever since naming himself chairman in February, when he restocked its traditionally bipartisan board with loyalists.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 20:44:49 +0000
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| Top Iranian Official Visits Lebanon as Hezbollah Bucks Calls to Disarm
- The visit by Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s top security body, came as the Lebanese government moves to disarm Hezbollah, the militant group that has long been Tehran’s most powerful regional ally.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 20:31:11 +0000
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| U.K. Secretly Spent $3.2 Million to Stop Journalists From Reporting on Data Breach
- After British authorities accidentally exposed information about 19,000 Afghans, the government sought a legal order preventing disclosure of the breach.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:46:07 +0000
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| Homeless and Burning in Phoenix, America’s Hottest City
- As the summer heat becomes increasingly extreme in Phoenix, people who can’t escape the sun are suffering third-degree burns, heatstroke and dehydration.
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:04:55 +0000
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