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World
Justin Trudeau’s Official Home: Unfit for a Leader or Anyone Else
The prime minister’s residence in Canada has been in bad shape for years, but in a country where it’s political poison for officials to spend money on themselves, the renovation debate rages on.Trump should pay rent to general services.
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World
This Town Once Feared the 10-Story Waves. Then the Extreme Surfers Showed Up.
The residents of Nazaré used to think the immense waves that broke against town’s cliffs were deadly to any who braved them. Today, those same waves have made the town a surfers’ mecca.Frightening.
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World
Dodging Friends, Chased by Legal Troubles, Trump Navigates G-20
At the Group of 20 gathering in Buenos Aires, President Trump declined to meet with his two favorite strongmen, postponed meeting an ally and was preoccupied with the Russia investigation.Trump must be feeling frustrated.
Nothing real happened.
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Magazine
The Insect Apocalypse Is Here
What does it mean for the rest of life on Earth?There will be fewer trout.
The woods still sing in summer. The katydid chorus is less.
Grasshoppers are much fewer.
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Your Money
We Went to a Steak Dinner Annuity Pitch. The Salesman Wasn’t Pleased.
Free meals have long been a tool that investment professionals use to reel in clients. Sometimes, the seminars could use a lot more context.I am skeptical.
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U.S.
Senators, Furious Over Khashoggi Killing, Spurn President on War in Yemen
A vote to limit U.S. military support in Yemen showed widespread disapproval of President Trump’s embrace of Saudi Arabia after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Jamal Khashoggi was killed on the orders of his sovereign.
He was not a U.S. citizen. He had a green card.
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Health
You Don’t Want French Fries With That
Fries are unhealthy but undeniably tasty, so if you do indulge, here is some expert advice.fried potatoes are a health food. They have no fructose.
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New York
Cancer Pushes New York’s ‘First Girlfriend,’ Sandra Lee, Onto Political Stage
Ms. Lee, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s longtime girlfriend, had shunned the political spotlight. Cancer has changed that.It is a messy problem.
I have survived mother and her recovery.
Heart failure at 96.
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Science
A ‘Time Capsule’ for Scientists, Courtesy of Peter the Great
A Russian zoological museum filled with centuries-old specimens finds renewed relevance in the age of genetics.Fragments of the history of the biome survive.
there is no possibility of a synoptic collection.
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Business
‘If Bobbie Talks, I’m Finished’: How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser
A trove of text messages details a plan by Mr. Moonves and a faded Hollywood manager to bury a sexual assault allegation. Instead, the scheme helped sink the CBS chief, and may cost him $120 million.There is no escaping "the kindly ones".
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Opinion
Trump Tops Tricky Dick
And now, the worst and the dumbest.Talk is frustrating. Communication is not the goal.
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U.S.
Interior Secretary Unleashes Extraordinary Attack on Democratic Lawmaker
Ryan Zinke took to Twitter to accuse Representative Raúl Grijalva of being a drunk. The lawmaker had earlier called for Mr. Zinke’s resignation.Ryan Zinke should be gone. I thought I read he was gone.
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U.S.
‘I Love You, Too’: George Bush’s Final Days
The end for Mr. Bush was remarkably peaceful after a life that took him from the skies of the Pacific during World War II to the Oval Office at the end of the Cold War.He has been dead meat for a long time.
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Opinion
Curtains for the Clintons
Bill and Hill are not drawing like Mick and Keith on their North American arena tour. Go figure.Let them stay ghosts.
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U.S.
Mueller Exposes the Culture of Lying That Surrounds Trump
As a businessman, candidate and president, Mr. Trump has demanded loyalty of advisers, including an embrace of his habitual boasts, misstatements and outright falsehoods.Court is different.
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Magazine
What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick?
New research is zeroing in on a biochemical basis for the placebo effect — possibly opening a Pandora’s box for Western medicine.The Bush administration is a trick that works.
I hope it is temporary.
Placebos is another trick that works.
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World
Wow, That Steer Is Really Big
It’s not a cow, it’s a steer. But it is really, really big.Gender bending.
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U.S.
Pelosi Turns to Arm Twisting After Resounding Vote Leaves Her Just Short of Speakership
The 203-to-32 vote showed Nancy Pelosi had most Democrats behind her, but the result kept alive the threat of a messy intraparty feud.The vote that matters is next month.
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New York
Amid New York’s Blue Wave, a Republican County Resists
Nearly every Republican candidate for federal and state office won Putnam County, despite a slew of Democratic wins across New York.Close the castle gates.
Prepare to stand seige
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Business
What’s Behind the G.M. Cutbacks, and Why Trump Is Angry
The White House signaled that the automaker could suffer for planning thousands of layoffs, but the company says the course is essential to its future.The U.S. market is shifting.
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