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Health
Deaths Among Pregnant Women and New Mothers Rose Sharply During Pandemic
The fatalities, occurring disproportionately among Native American and Black women, were linked not just to medical complications but also to…
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Travel
Help! I Reserved a Rental Car, but There Was No Car for Me.
A reader’s reservation got her nowhere with Alamo (and Avis didn’t pull through either), raising the question of why rental…
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World
Tesla’s Profit Jumped 12% in Fourth Quarter
The electric car company is facing intensifying competition, supply chain disruptions and concerns about the behavior of Elon Musk.
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World
Juan Carrito, Italy’s Beloved Brown Bear, Dies in Traffic Accident
The 3-year-old rare Apennine brown bear was killed Monday night. He had become a celebrity because of his forays into…
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World
A ‘Big Night’ for Newts, and for a California Newt Brigade
California is experiencing one of its wettest winters in recent history following a series of atmospheric rivers that hit the…
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Food
A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise
In 2020, she released a lauded album exploring the Coltranes’ music. The next year, she broke her jaw in a…
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World
For Tech Companies, Years of Easy Money Yield to Hard Times
Eighteen months ago, the online used car retailer Carvana had such great prospects that it was worth $80 billion. Now…
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World
What Drunken Driving Taught Me
I hadn’t been to a gay bar in ages. Between Covid and addictive “dating” apps for cruising inappropriately unavailable men,…
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World
Carl Hahn Dies at 96; Made the VW Beetle Ubiquitous
As president of Volkswagen of America, he pushed the “Think Small” ad campaign that helped create a counterculture icon.
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World
Reflecting on Three Weeks of Extraordinary Weather
The state will soon get a chance to dry out and begin recovering from a relentless stretch of storms.