Month: February 2023
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Tech
‘Sometimes Things Break’: Twitter Outages Are on the Rise
Elon Musk’s repeated job cuts are stoking new fears that there aren’t enough people to triage Twitter’s problems.
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World
Strikes in Europe Are Leaving Some Travelers Stranded. What You Need to Know.
As workers in Europe protest low wages and adverse working conditions, travelers may find themselves having to contend with disruptions.…
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Style
Awards Without Gender Categories? Celebrities Debate
Nominees at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday were split on combining award show categories for…
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World
A Drug Company Exploited a Safety Requirement to Make Money
The pharmaceutical industry is rife with tales of companies dreaming up ways to prolong their monopolies on lucrative drugs. They…
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World
Japan Accuses Ad Giant Dentsu of Rigging Bids for Tokyo Olympics
Prosecutors said the company and five others conspired to evade the public bidding process for test events, part of a…
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World
Biden Could Face Veto Test Over Contentious D.C. Crime Bill
Legislation blocking a new crime law in the District of Columbia has drawn bipartisan support in the House, and Senate…
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World
What We Know and Don’t Know About the Origins of Covid
Scientists and spy agencies have tried to determine where the coronavirus originated, but conclusive evidence is hard to come by…
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Food
Rattlestick Theater Names Will Davis as Its Next Artistic Director
Davis will be the rare transgender theater artist to lead an Off Broadway nonprofit.
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World
Bob Richards, Pole-Vaulting Hero of the Cold War Era, Dies at 97
An ordained minister known as the Vaulting Vicar, he was an Olympic gold medal winner and the first athlete to…
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World
Betty Boothroyd, Britain’s First Female House of Commons Speaker, Dies at 93
The speaker made Britain’s parliamentary proceedings must-see TV, even in other countries.
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