| 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.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:22:52 +0000
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| Russia Pummels Kyiv Before Trump-Zelensky Meeting
- President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that the assault, which continued for nearly 10 hours, showed that Moscow was not serious about peace.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:21:51 +0000
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| More Than 2 Inches of Snow Falls in New York City, Disrupting Flights
- Predictions were revised down on Friday. Central Park still saw more than two inches of snow, with higher totals outside of New York City.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:12:11 +0000
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| Good Calls
- This week, we close out the year with your best advice of 2025.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:16:16 +0000
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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.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:01:45 +0000
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| This Ukrainian Soldier 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.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:00:31 +0000
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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.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:00:21 +0000
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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.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:00:14 +0000
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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.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 09:28:18 +0000
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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.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 09:10:58 +0000
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| Kennedy Center Chief Threatens Legal Action Over Canceled Christmas Concert
- The musician Chuck Redd called off the annual Christmas Eve performances after the Kennedy Center board added President Trump’s name to the performing arts center.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 05:47:47 +0000
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| Karoline Leavitt Says She’s Expecting Her Second Child
- The White House press secretary announced on Instagram that she was pregnant with a daughter who is due in May. She and her husband have a 1-year-old son.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 05:33:06 +0000
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| What Went Wrong Before Hong Kong’s Inferno
- Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fueled the deadly blaze.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 03:51:41 +0000
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| Annette Dionne, Last of the Celebrated Quintuplets, Dies at 91
- She was the first to crawl, the first to cut a tooth, the first to recognize her name, and the last to die. And, like her sisters, she resented being exploited as part of a global sensation.
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 01:38:51 +0000
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| A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
- It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:23:55 +0000
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