Turns Out, G.D.P. Doesn’t Buy Happiness

Material prosperity isn’t everything.

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At Least 4 Die in Pennsylvania as Storm Leaves 400,000 Without Power

The storm system brought destructive winds to the state, knocking down trees and power lines.

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As N.J. Transit Strike Looms, Riders Are Warned to Prepare for ‘Chaos’

Tens of thousands of New Jersey commuters are being told that they may need to work from home if train engineers go on strike.

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Illinois Town Grieves After Car Slams Through Building, Killing 4 Young People

The car veered off a road and through a field, crashing into a center where children were cared for after school. The dead ranged in age from 7 to 18.

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Weinstein Accuser Tells Her Story of Coerced Sex for a Second Time

Miriam Haley, one of three women who prosecutors say were victims of Harvey Weinstein, testified at his retrial in Manhattan.

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NYPD Investigating Pro-Israel Crowd’s Attack on Woman in Brooklyn

After a protest at a Brooklyn synagogue where a far-right Israeli official had spoken, a woman said pro-Israel counterprotesters verbally and physically abused her as she walked by.

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Detroit Opera Steps Into Trump’s Cross Hairs With ‘Central Park Five’

The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera features Donald J. Trump, whose 1989 full-page newspaper ad sought to demonize the young men wrongly accused of rape.

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Police Arrest a Man They Say Abused a Corpse on the R Train

A Brooklyn man has been charged with first-degree rape after the police said he violated the body of a dead man on the subway in Manhattan.

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Alexis Herman, First Black Secretary of Labor, Dies at 77

A social worker, she became a Democratic Party insider and joined President Bill Clinton’s cabinet during his second term.

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A stunning reversal of fortunes in Canada's historic election

After a campaign upended by Trump’s threats, the Liberals hope they can hold onto power.

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Tell Us Your Wild New York City Roommate Stories

When the rent is high and the vacancy rates are low, sharing your space with others becomes a must.

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What Nearly Brainless Rodents Know About Weight Loss and Hunger

Studies in neuroscience with applications to humans offer clues about what makes us start eating, and when we stop.

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Phoebe Gates, the Daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates, Steps Into the Spotlight

Phoebe Gates, the youngest and most stylish of Bill and Melinda Gates’s children, steps into the spotlight as a founder of a new online shopping tool.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Loses Request to Remove All Hotel Assault Video From Trial

It is not yet clear how much surveillance footage of the music mogul beating his former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, in 2016 will be presented to the jury.

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Penn Station’s Not-So-Secret Other Life: The People’s Dance Studio

Smooth floors. Public restrooms. A built-in audience: The lower level of Moynihan Hall doubles as a rehearsal space for a variety of dance groups, including K-pop, salsa and Brazilian Zouk.

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Gwyneth Paltrow eating bread and pasta after 'hardcore' food regime

The actress-turned-health guru says she got a "little bit sick" of her strict diet after many years.

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Columbia Journalism Review Faces the Kind of Crisis It Usually Covers

The publication is now trying to find a successful business model without its top editor, who was abruptly fired last week.

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Odes to Mexican Drug Lords Are Pop Hits, but the Law Is Turning Against Them

Mexican artists built enormous audiences singing about drug cartels and narco culture. Cities and states are now moving against the style.

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Opportunity for big US-China trade deal, says Bessent

The comments from the US Treasury Secretary come as the trade war between the world's two biggest economies has escalated.

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Trump administration proposes State Department cuts in major overhaul

The cuts involve some 130 of the more than 700 agency offices within the State Department.

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Shannon Sharpe Is Accused of Rape by Ex-Girlfriend

A lawyer for Mr. Sharpe, who hosts the podcast “Club Shay Shay,” said the sexual encounters were consensual and called the lawsuit “a blatant and cynical attempt” at a shakedown.

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Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen

The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.

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3 Men Die in Fire in Overcrowded House in Queens

The house in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood had no working smoke detectors and was crammed with tenants, fire officials said.

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After Meeting Wrongly Deported Man, Van Hollen Accuses Trump of Defying Courts

“Facilitating his return means something more than doing nothing, and they are doing nothing,” Senator Chris Van Hollen said after his trip to El Salvador.

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After meeting wrongly deported man, Van Hollen accuses Trump of defying courts.

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Inside a City Swept by Roving Gunmen, Deadly Grudges and Fear

A sectarian-fueled killing spree exposed how fragile peace is in Syria, where the government’s control is limited and tension runs deep after nearly 14 years of civil war.

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Barbara Lee Wins Oakland Mayor’s Race in Her Return Home

The former congresswoman, a progressive Democrat, campaigned on a promise to unite residents in the beleaguered California city. Her challenger, Loren Taylor, conceded on Saturday.

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An Urgent Supreme Court Order Protecting Migrants Was Built for Speed

In an overnight ruling blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans, the justices ignored some of their protocols.

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Trump Declares Lab Leak as ‘True Origins’ of Covid on New Website

The White House has thrown its weight behind the lab leak theory, an idea that has divided intelligence agencies.

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Wendy's clarifies 'little spice' in Katy Perry tweets after space trip

Following criticism from followers, the company put out a statement this week saying it had no ill-will for Perry.

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Ryan Gosling to star in new Star Wars film

The new Disney project, titled Star Wars: Starfighter, is set to be released in May 2027.

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Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis

Surges in Mennonite communities near the U.S. border may complicate containment efforts, experts say.

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LVMH’s Chief Counted Trump as a Friend. He Still Faces Tariffs.

The trade war has hurt the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy luxury empire. Bernard Arnault, head of the company, said a failure to strike a deal with President Trump would be “the fault of Brussels.”

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Palliative Care Doctor Is Charged With Serial Murder of 15 Patients in Germany

The Berlin doctor, who was not named because of privacy laws, is also accused of setting fire to some of the patients’ homes to hide evidence.

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US judge says he could hold Trump administration in contempt of court

The US government is accused of "wilful disregard" of a ruling blocking the deportation of 200 individuals to El Salvador.

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After an Earthquake, These Elephants Knew Exactly Who to Follow: Mom

A video from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park taken during an earthquake put complex elephant herd dynamics on display.

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Arson Attack on Shapiro Raises New Fears About Threats to U.S. Politicians

While political violence has not surged overall, a series of high-profile attempts on American leaders have shaken a public already worried about the country’s toxic political environment.

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Cuomo Announces New Housing Plan, With a Hint of ChatGPT

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 29-page housing plan included a garbled section with incomplete sentences and a link to a citation retrieved by ChatGPT.

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El Salvador's leader will not return man deported from the US in error

Nayib Bukele has won praise from Donald Trump for imprisoning some "very bad people" deported from the US.

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Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands

Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

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Jean Marsh, Actress Who Co-Created ‘Upstairs, Downstairs,’ Dies at 90

She not only helped develop the hit 1970s show, but also acted in it, and had a decades-long career in film, TV and theater.

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Painted Lady Butterflies Live on Almost Every Continent. We Can Learn From Their Resilience.

The butterflies’ resilience shows that some species are capable of adapting to dramatic changes in climate, food availability and urban development.

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Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs

The move comes after concerns that tech prices could skyrocket, as many gadgets are made in China.

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'I can't keep up' - Trump's changing tariffs leave shoppers feeling paralysed

The rapid change of Trump's tariff policy has shoppers wondering if they should stock up or just wait this out.

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The History of Helicopter Crashes in NYC. And Why Reforms Rarely Stick.

Dozens have died in accidents since helicopters were allowed in the city in 1949. Residents have complained for nearly as long, but reforms rarely stick.

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Cabot Creamery Butter Is Recalled Over Fecal Contamination Risk

The company said it was voluntarily recalling 189 cases of its eight-ounce, sea-salted Extra Creamy Premium Butter after it found elevated levels of coliform bacteria.

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Neutrinos Are Shrinking, and That’s a Good Thing for Physics

A new estimate of the ghostly particle’s maximum possible mass brings physicists a tad closer to understanding the universe.

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Two American Airlines jets clip wings on runway at Reagan airport

At least two members of Congress were aboard one of the flights when the minor collision occurred.

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White Lotus creator hits back at composer's criticism

Mike White acknowledges he and the show's composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer did not see eye to eye.

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Trump Administration Cuts Princeton Funding to Study Climate Change

The cuts to a Princeton University program come as the Trump administration has been reviewing an array of research grants related to global warming.

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Canadian workers on edge as car plant hits pause over US tariffs

Stellantis will pause operations at its Ontario plant for two weeks, leaving thousands worried about their jobs.

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Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Assassinate Justice Kavanaugh

Nicholas J. Roske, 29, of California, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. He was arrested near the justice’s home in 2022, with a pistol, a knife and other weapons.

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Belgian Prince Seeks Pension Benefits

A court case by the Belgian king’s younger brother argued that he was entitled to a state pension to keep his wife and adult children financially safe.

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Transgender Woman Arrested After Using Bathroom at Florida State Capitol

Marcy Rheintgen said she was held in jail overnight after she deliberately challenged a state law by entering a women’s bathroom in the government building.

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'I could live 30 years but plan to die': How assisted dying law is dividing Canadians

BBC News reports on assisted dying in Canada, where some say it's now easier to choose to die than get support to live

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Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge

The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.

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Israel Turns Away 2 British Lawmakers

The lawmakers, Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang, said they were “astounded” by the decision to refuse them entry.

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Former Aides to Ken Paxton Win $6.6 Million in Whistle-Blower Case

A judge found that four whistle-blowers who accused Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, of corruption and reported him to the F.B.I. were unjustly fired.

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A Killer’s Archive Is Offered for $80,000. Who Should Profit?

Albert Jones’s 11 books describe life in prison. His victims’ relatives say his family should not benefit from a sale of his story.

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Felon Freed by Trump Is Sent Back to Prison After Child Assault Charge

Jonathan Braun, a drug smuggler, on Friday made an obscene gesture toward people in the courtroom and complained about his legal representation.

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Appeals Court Orders Thousands of Voters to Verify Information in Contested N.C. Election

The ruling was a win for the Republican who narrowly lost a State Supreme Court race in November. The case has tested the boundaries of post-election litigation.

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At Least 14 Dead in Russian Strike on Zelensky’s Hometown, Ukraine Says

The missile strike was the latest in a series of Russian attacks on urban centers that have caused significant civilian casualties despite ongoing cease-fire talks.

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It’s Day 1 of a New Mayor’s Race in New York

What do a disgraced former governor, a once-indicted mayor and a former Guardian Angel have in common? They all may be on the November ballot in the New York City mayor’s race.

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Steve Rattner on Just How Bad Things Will Get Under Trump’s Tariffs

And what business executives are saying behind closed doors.

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Trump Set to Meet With Top Aides to Decide TikTok’s Fate

They are expected to convene on Wednesday to discuss a potential sale of the app, which faces a Saturday deadline to change its ownership structure.

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How Does It Feel to Be an International Student in the U.S. Now?

We want to hear about how the Trump administration’s immigration policies have affected your travel plans and experience on campus.

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Italy Tightens Citizenship Rules Amid Influx of Applications

The government says it tightened citizenship rules because of a deluge of applications from the descendants of emigrants who only coveted an Italian passport.

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