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N.Y. / Region
3 G.O.P. State Senators to Retire, Raising Democrats’ Hopes
Three Senate Republicans in New York have announced that they will not seek re-election in the fall, including two venerable incumbents.Political power is addictive.
Its maintenance does not trend toward the public welfare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie
The industrial cities are the walking dead.
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The Upshot
Why a City at the Center of the Opioid Crisis Gave Up a Tool to Fight It
Providing unused needles to people who inject drugs is an idea that has struggled to gain acceptance, in West Virginia and throughout the U.S.A political problem.
"The mayor is in recovery himself — an alcoholic, he says, 24 years sober — and father to a son who has struggled with heroin addiction. He argues for prescription heroin, saying it should be provided to people where it can be used safely under supervision. He just wants those services far from Charleston, and definitely far from the new civic center. “I understand recovery,” Mr. Jones said. “I’m in it myself, and I believe in it. But I don’t believe we have to destroy a city over it.”"
The image and the reality conflict.
Image has won in Charleston.
More will die expensively.
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U.S.
Hart Family, Before Driving Off Cliff, Hid Dark Home Life From View
Weeks after Jennifer Hart drunkenly drove a sport utility vehicle off a cliff, killing her wife and their children, newly released documents detail disturbing allegations of neglect.Everyone cannot be rescued from themselves.
I am sorry to know these details.
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Business Day
When Headphones Get in the Way of Office Communication
A new colleague needs to communicate with the team throughout the workday. Unfortunately, she’s always wearing headphones, making simple interactions awkward. How can you break the sound barrier?The office exists to enable casual communication.
Working from home is not an option.
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Books
Stories That Look Askance at the American Midwest
Malinda McCollum’s debut collection, “The Surprising Place,” reveals the darkly comic underbelly of Des Moines.There may be some fantasy in her book.
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Obituaries
Polixeni Papapetrou, Photographer With an Eerie Eye, Dies at 57
Her photographs often featured her own children in startling costumes, but the most attention-getting one involved no clothes at all.I would have liked to see what she did next.
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Business Day
For Cancer Centers, Proton Therapy’s Promise Is Undercut by Lagging Demand
Hospitals and private investors keep pumping vast sums of money into an advanced type of radiology whose effectiveness, in many cases, has not yet been shown to justify its price.It is a specialized tool.
Gather data.
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N.Y. / Region
How Jonathan Goldman, Professor and Musician, Spends His Sundays
The Joyce expert and Latin soul bandleader spends weekends with his family composting, making music and pancakes, and reading obscure books.A busy guy.
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N.Y. / Region
They Revealed Harassment Claims Against a Professor, and Were Disciplined
Two women at Fordham University who told fellow students that a professor had been the subject of sexual complaints were censured by the school for “dishonesty.”There will be more reporting.
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The Learning Network
Word + Quiz: apprehensive
This word has appeared in 67 articles on nytimes.com in the past year.fearful of possibilities.
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