Year: 2023
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What if ‘Food Noise’ Is Just … Hunger?
Before 2022, there was barely a whisper about it. Now the concept of “food noise” is ubiquitous on social media;…
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How Biden Can Tackle Mass Incarceration
As a candidate, Joe Biden said he would substantially reduce the federal prison population as president. Last week he commuted…
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Need a Home for 80,000 Puzzles? Try an Italian Castle.
Meet the Millers, George and Roxanne, proprietors of the world’s largest collection of mechanical puzzles: physical objects that a puzzler…
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Russia Pounds Ukrainian Cities in One of the Largest Assaults in Months
The missile attacks killed at least 12 people and damaged infrastructure as part of a wintertime campaign that Ukraine had…
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In a British Town, a New Way of Caring for Older People Is Bringing Hope
An “integrated care center” brings doctors, physiotherapists, social workers and pharmacists under one roof. It won’t solve Britain’s underlying social…
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The Year in People: Our 12 Favorite Saturday Profiles of 2023
From a Nobel Peace Prize winner, to a mayor hunted by the Russians, to a poet whose muses are cats,…
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Inside the News Industry’s Uneasy Negotiations With OpenAI
Several major publishers have been in talks to license content to the creator of ChatGPT, but agreement on the price…
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Pilot Pulled the Wrong Levers in Nepal Crash That Killed 72, Investigators Find
One pilot changed the propeller angle instead of that of the wing flaps while trying to land a Yeti Airlines…
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Hong Kong Stocks Plunge to Losses for 4th Straight Year
Investors worried about China’s economy shunned Hong Kong’s stock market, once one of the biggest and most important in the…
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Hong Kong Activist Flees to Britain, Citing Police Pressure
The activist, Tony Chung, was imprisoned after advocating for the territory’s independence. Even after his release, he said, his situation…