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Food
A Rabbi Walks Into a Bar — and Enforces the Law
For Jews in Jerusalem and around the world who wonder whether their cocktail is kosher, Rabbi Shmouel Semelman is the go-to guy.Drink with a blessing.
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N.Y. / Region
Extra! Extra! Albany Lawmakers Face Five-Day Week in Capitol
New York legislators have an unusually busy schedule because the budget deadline falls on a Friday, but members say they often put in long hours away from their chambers.The budget is almost never on time.
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Health
F.D.A. Approves First Drug to Treat Severe Multiple Sclerosis
The drug, Ocrevus by Genentech, can also be used to treat patients with the more common form of the disease.Another small step.
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Opinion
Jared Kushner’s Meeting With a Russian Banker
A reader questions why the president’s son-in-law met with the head of a Russian bank, and “just whose interests they represent.”Yes.
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U.S.
Arkansas Struggles to Find Enough People to Watch Executions
The Department of Correction director has begun asking for volunteers to fulfill a state law requiring that at least six people watch an execution.Put it on the net.
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Food
Meat Is the Main Attraction at Manzo in Eataly Flatiron
The restaurant Manzo now includes a glass-enclosed butcher room and a rotisserie."If you can't fix it, feature it."
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World
‘Just See How I Shoot.’ In Norway, Women Are Joining the Hunt.
Women are increasingly taking up this traditional masculine pastime, looking to connect with nature and the food chain.It seems good to me.
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Books
With God on Their Side: How Evangelicals Entered American Politics
Frances Fitzgerald’s “The Evangelicals” is an examination of how politics and conservative Protestantism became intertwined."Inside baseball"
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Health
Severe Eczema Drug Is Approved by F.D.A.; Price Tag Is $37,000 a Year
The drug makers Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi made a rare move, negotiating with insurers in advance over the price for Dupixent.Self loathing can be expensive.
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Opinion
When the Government Is Watching You
A privacy expert warns that some of the information collected on Americans during surveillance of Russia may not have been “incidental.”Peripheral is a better word.
The spotlight in an investigation is easilly shifted.
Again, Happy Birthday.
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