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American Literature Loses Out to Consolidation
OXFORD, Miss. — Penguin Random House, the largest English-language trade book publisher in the world, has made an offer to…
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Erdogan and Putin: Complicated Relations With Mutual Benefits
BRUSSELS — Turkey’s mercurial president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is in political difficulty before elections next year, with his economy imploding…
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‘Everybody Is Armed’: As Shootings Soar, Philadelphia Is Awash in Guns
PHILADELPHIA — The 300th killing of the year took the life of Lameer Boyd, an 18-year-old father-to-be who was gunned…
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Under an Unusual Arrangement, Adams’s Confidant Gets City and Casino Salaries
Mayor Eric Adams has appointed a former New York City police official and close confidant as a paid senior adviser…
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Could Carl Paladino and His ‘3-Ring Circus’ Be Headed for Congress?
OLEAN, N.Y. — During his decade-plus in New York politics, Carl Paladino has had no problem making headlines, usually for…
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Tiny Oysters Are a Hopeful Sign in the Hudson River
Good morning. It’s Thursday. Strap on a life jacket as we ride out into the Hudson River with marine biologists…
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How New York City Lost 63 Miles of Pedestrian-Friendly ‘Open Streets’
When city life was throttled by the pandemic, cars were removed from five blocks of 31st Avenue in Astoria, Queens,…
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The Padres Got a Sword. But Can They Slay the ‘Dragon’?
SAN DIEGO — Juan Soto had barely landed, Josh Bell had just sat down and Josh Hader was starting to…
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Marriage, With a Side of Pickleball
Julene and Charles Wood had played pickleball as a couple several times at the Evergreen Racquet Club in Bloomington, Ill.,…
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Serena Williams Begins the Not-Too-Long Goodbye
As a champion who says she hates goodbyes, Serena Williams could have made her exit from tennis in other ways.…