Year: 2023
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World
The U.S. and Israel: An Embrace Shows Signs of Strain After Oct. 7
No other episode in the past half-century has tested the relationship between the United States and Israel in such an…
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Style
He’s Been Hiding Celebrities Since 2007
Going out, once a hallmark of celebrity status, took a hit this past year. Amid entertainment industry strikes and global…
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World
Shecky Greene, High-Energy Comedy Star, Is Dead at 97
A Las Vegas institution, he would do just about anything for a laugh, including physical comedy so broad that it…
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World
Cale Yarborough, Hall of Fame NASCAR Driver, Dies at 84
He won the Daytona 500 four times, but his fistfight with Bobby Allison at a televised race “put NASCAR on…
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World
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark to Step Down
Margrethe, the longest-serving monarch in Europe, announced during her New Year’s speech that she would abdicate her throne in January.…
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Food
With Tom Wilkinson, Would You Get a Time Bomb or a Warm Hug?
In his performances in “Michael Clayton” and other films, he brought an element of danger and uncertainty that kept us…
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World
Burundi’s President Says Gay People Should Be Stoned
President Evariste Ndayishimiye also railed against Western governments that he said had conditioned providing aid on accepting gay rights. His…
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Food
Dave Chappelle Assumes We’re Already Offended in His New Netflix Special
“The Dreamer” predictably includes trans and disabled jokes but punches down in other ways, too. Chappelle is part of a…
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World
Will the Economy Help or Hurt Biden ’24? Krugman and Coy Dig Into Data.
Peter Coy: Paul, I think the economy is going to be a huge problem for President Biden in 2024. Voters…
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World
The Year in Opinion Video
Men serving life sentences in American prisons argued why, decades later, they pose no threat to society. Children whose fathers…
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