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New Year’s Eve Around the World: Countdown to 2019, in Photos

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By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2EZQIkz

American Is Arrested in Moscow on Spying Charges

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2CIEbzD

Follow NASA’s New Horizons Mission as It Heads for New Year’s Flyby With Ultima Thule

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By KENNETH CHANG from NYT Science https://nyti.ms/2RqYh9J

An Ongoing Look Into the Origins of Trump’s Wealth

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By Unknown Author from NYT Podcasts https://nyti.ms/2EYPndB

The Special Misogyny Reserved for Mothers

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By HILLARY FRANK from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2Qcr3Gv

‘Exhibit A’: How McKinsey Got Entangled in a Bribery Case

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By WALT BOGDANICH and MICHAEL FORSYTHE from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2GMPX00

A Closed Brooklyn Bridge and 40,000 Pounds of Deli Meat: New York Is That Crowded

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By TYLER PAGER from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2CHhv2E

Why Conspiracy Theories Matter

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Why Conspiracy Theories Matter Conspiracy theories can diminish faith in institutions and government, lead to distrust of science and medicine, and — even worse — inspire acts of violence. December 31, 2018 at 04:20PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2TkCayV

Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars

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By SIMON ROMERO from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Qfmrzc

Democrats Try to Box In Trump With Plan to End Government Shutdown Without Wall Funding

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By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Qc6fih

Serena Williams and Roger Federer to Face Off for First Time Ever

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By BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2SrnTAw

Glorified and Vilified, Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar Tells Critics: ‘Just Deal’

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By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Rnssyp

Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary'

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Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary' In another proposed reversal of an Obama-era standard, the Environmental Protection Agency Friday said limiting mercury and other toxic emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants is not cost-effective and should not be considered "appropriate and necessary." December 29, 2018 at 03:03PM via Digg https://n.pr/2GNoPhj

My Airbnb Guests Threw A New Year Party For 300 People

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My Airbnb Guests Threw A New Year Party For 300 People My artwork was not on the walls, there was furniture missing and the glass panel on my staircase was shattered. December 29, 2018 at 02:04PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2EWgYfF

Memory And The Lost Cause

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Memory And The Lost Cause The Mississippi River is a marvel. It is filthy, contaminated and mostly unsuitable for swimming, drinking or fishing. It is also, for me, steadying and grounding. December 31, 2018 at 12:00AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2RmhM3g

Philippine President Says He Sexually Abused Housemaid as a Teenager

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By JASON GUTIERREZ from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2AqsfRv

A Nostalgic Look Back At Digital Music Piracy In The 2000s

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A Nostalgic Look Back At Digital Music Piracy In The 2000s A couple of decades ago — well before a $10 monthly fee would unlock access to virtually every song ever recorded through streaming services — digital music piracy was rampant around the world. December 29, 2018 at 06:09PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2TfjIYH

The Ever-Growing Reality That We Might Be Able To Live Forever

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The Ever-Growing Reality That We Might Be Able To Live Forever Would you like to live forever? Sooner rather than later, this may be a question you'll need to answer. Truly. Because it'll be an option — for you and everyone else. December 31, 2018 at 01:30AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2CElzAP

I Was A Cable Guy. I Saw The Worst Of America

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I Was A Cable Guy. I Saw The Worst Of America A glimpse of the suburban grotesque, featuring Russian mobsters, Fox News rage addicts, a caged man in a sex dungeon and Dick Cheney. December 31, 2018 at 01:03PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2SuoLV5

Elizabeth Warren Announces She Is Running for President in 2020

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By ASTEAD W. HERNDON and ALEXANDER BURNS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2AnrSHv

Lawrence Roberts, Who Helped Design Internet’s Precursor, Dies at 81

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By KATIE HAFNER from NYT Obituaries https://nyti.ms/2GPMUUH

'Completely Bizarre' Stock Moves Leave Traders Scratching Heads

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'Completely Bizarre' Stock Moves Leave Traders Scratching Heads As a turbulent December in equity markets draws to a close, there's one idea traders and investors can agree on: these are not usual times, especially for this time of year. December 28, 2018 at 09:51PM via Digg https://bloom.bg/2QZq2XL

Armed Man in Tactical Clothing Headed to a Texas Church to ‘Fulfill a Prophecy,’ Police Say

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By SANDRA E. GARCIA from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2CH9f2G

Every Building on Every Block: A Time Capsule of 1930s New York

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Every Building on Every Block: A Time Capsule of 1930s New York In the late 1930s and early 1940s, New York City sent photographers to every building in every borough in an attempt to make property tax assessments fairer and more accurate. The result was more than 700,000 black-and-white snapshots, which were recently digitized. December 31, 2018 at 01:30AM via Digg https://nyti.ms/2TdGct1

The mystery of the ISS hole just got even weirder

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The mystery of the ISS hole just got even weirder The hole came from the inside. December 28, 2018 at 09:51PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2TdHtQM

The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn

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By AMY CHOZICK and MOTOKO RICH from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2QWUmSE

A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident?

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By DAVID M. HALBFINGER from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2QWdZKp

Bre Payton, Conservative Writer and Fox News Commentator, Dies at 26

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By MIHIR ZAVERI from NYT Obituaries https://nyti.ms/2EWec9p

At Lord & Taylor, Everything Must Go. A Daughter’s Guilt Will Remain.

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By JAMES BARRON from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2Tlh0Ru

Tell Me One More Time What to Do About Grief

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By JO FIRESTONE from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2BNoIfP

Kamala Harris: Everyone Gets Sick. And We Deserve Better.

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By KAMALA D. HARRIS from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2QUBOTd

In Rehab, ‘Two Warring Factions’: Abstinence vs. Medication

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By ABBY GOODNOUGH from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2RlLchN

Year in Fitness: How Exercise Keeps Us Young

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By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS from NYT Well https://nyti.ms/2EPmJvy

A Single Cell Hints At A Solution To The Biggest Problem In Computer Science

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A Single Cell Hints At A Solution To The Biggest Problem In Computer Science One small amoeba found a solution to the traveling salesman problem faster than our best algorithms. What does it know that we don't? December 29, 2018 at 02:04PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2QY6p2a

Trump Digs In, Darkening Hopes for a Deal to End the Shutdown

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By MAGGIE HABERMAN and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Qdoeov

The Moral Horror Of America's Prisons

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The Moral Horror Of America's Prisons Congress isn't doing enough to fix the current U.S. penal system, which is a failure of historic proportions. December 30, 2018 at 08:48AM via Digg https://bloom.bg/2QSHGw2

The Malaysia Scandal Is Starting To Look Dire For Goldman Sachs

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The Malaysia Scandal Is Starting To Look Dire For Goldman Sachs A pioneering twist on third-world corruption might be the biggest scandal the Vampire Squid has ever faced. December 30, 2018 at 05:33AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2ApeL8u

Why Dodge Investigated, Then Abandoned, A Mid-Engine Viper

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Why Dodge Investigated, Then Abandoned, A Mid-Engine Viper In the mid-90s, a secret team of Dodge engineers studied what it would take to build a mid-engine Viper. December 28, 2018 at 07:44PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2rXnREO

The Science Of Dreaming

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The Science Of Dreaming In her new book, "Why We Dream," science journalist Alice Robb presents a comprehensive and compelling account of theories of and research on dreaming from ancient times through the present day. December 28, 2018 at 05:08PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2QTYfaN

Kelly, on His Way Out, Says Administration Long Ago Abandoned Idea of Concrete Wall

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By MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2EVGOQZ

New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out

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By ALEXANDRA ALTER from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2An4rxO

The Ecstasy and the Agony of Being a Grandmother

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By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG from NYT Style https://nyti.ms/2SsF7Oc

Deciphering the Patterns in Trump’s Falsehoods

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By LINDA QIU from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2QVOBof

When Prosecutors Jail a Mother for a Miscarriage

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By Unknown Author from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2ES3ilL

Holy Crap, The Camouflage Of This Dead Leaf Butterfly Is Amazing

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Holy Crap, The Camouflage Of This Dead Leaf Butterfly Is Amazing Our minds are saying butterfly, but the eyes refuse to believe. December 28, 2018 at 08:34PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2EUiVcz

A $21,000 Cosmetology School Debt, and a $9-an-Hour Job

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By MEREDITH KOLODNER and SARAH BUTRYMOWICZ from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2ELe5xf

Trump Blames Democrats Over Deaths of Migrant Children in U.S. Custody

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By MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2SsiDwL

Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Other Democrats Shift Into High Gear for 2020

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By LISA LERER and ALEXANDER BURNS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2SwFVSd

He Was a Gay Man on Staff at a Catholic Parish. Then the Threats Began Coming In.

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By LAURIE GOODSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2VkpnhN

Kansas Boy, 16, Is Set to Graduate in the Spring From High School — and Harvard

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By MIHIR ZAVERI from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2An3hCJ