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What Makes a Coincidence Meaningful?

There are two kinds of people in the world: People who say, “What a coincidence,” and people who say, “Just…

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Health

Missing the Gay Best Friend

In film and on TV, he was a sign of cultural progress. Then he was a tired stereotype. Then he…

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Arts

A Fresh Look at a Sensational 1843 Murder Case and Its Fallout

In “The Witch of New York,” Alex Hortis revisits a Staten Island case that helped usher in a lurid new…

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Arts

How Hurray for the Riff Raff Learned the Power of the Present

Almost a year after the sudden death of Alynda Segarra’s father, the sight of a Bronx-bound subway entrance made the…

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India’s Top Court Reverses Early Release of 11 Men Convicted of Gang Rape

The case of Bilkis Bano, who was three months pregnant when she was attacked, became a powerful symbol of communal…

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Arts

Jelly Roll, an Unlikely New Star, on the Grammys and His Rap Past

An interview with one of the year’s surprise success stories in the music industry, who’s become known as much for…

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Arts

Unfurling the Unusual Costumes of ‘Poor Things’

The designer Holly Waddington breaks down how Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter evolves onscreen, from her childish knickers to her cage-like…

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Governor Defiance Tries to Usurp Washington’s Role

In mid-December, just one day after Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law a radical new immigration bill, immigrant…

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The Year in Opinion Video

Men serving life sentences in American prisons argued why, decades later, they pose no threat to society. Children whose fathers…

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The Best Sentences of 2023

Over recent days, I took on a daunting task — but a delightful one. I reviewed all the passages of…

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