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Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’ Across the U.S.

The pandemic changed families’ lives and the culture of education: “Our relationship with school became optional.”

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Fewer children are attending school across rich and poor districts.

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New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks

The latest in a string of ambitious climate regulations aims to clean up the heaviest polluters on the road. But truckers are worried.

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A “cataclysmic situation” in Haiti, the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried and more.

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As Bridge Cleanup Is Underway, Officials Warn of ‘Daunting’ Process

Clearing the debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge will be a complex but urgent task, officials said. Rebuilding it may take several years.

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Force of Baltimore Ship Impact Was on the Scale of a Rocket Launch

A Times analysis used preliminary data to estimate the force of the impact. It involved “more energy than you can really get your mind around,” an expert said.

This is what we know about what happened.

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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Is Here, and It’s Much More Than Country

The new LP is a 27-track tour of popular music with a Beatles cover, cameos by Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, and features from Miley Cyrus and Post Malone.

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Syria Blames Israel for Deadly Attack in Aleppo

Israel’s military did not comment, but it has previously acknowledged carrying out hundreds of assaults on Iran-linked targets in Syria.

 

Days after the U.N’s cease-fire resolution, has anything changed in Gaza?

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The daughter of two Israeli hostages describes the moment her mother was released.

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  1. Jordan's Air Force dropping humanitarian aid over northern Gaza.
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  2. A member of Jordan's air force inside a plane after the aid drop.
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  3. Inspecting the damage after overnight Israeli airstrikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
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  4. Palestinians mourning relatives killed in airstrikes in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
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  5. A Palestinian child amid the debris of a building after an airstrike in the Maghazi camp in central Gaza.
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From New England to Notre-Dame, a U.S. Carpenter Tends to a French Icon

A timber framer based in Massachusetts is one of a handful of foreigners who are helping to rebuild the Paris cathedral after the devastating fire in 2019.

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Stock Market Surges to Start 2024

Strengthened by 22 record highs in three months, the S&P 500 set the pace as investors looked forward to interest rate cuts.

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Key Inflation Gauge Hovers Above Fed’s Target

The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge was relatively stable on an annual basis, the latest reminder that bringing inflation down is a bumpy process.

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Those billion-dollar lottery “jackpots” aren’t even half that big.

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Robinhood’s credit card offers 3 percent cash back. Our columnist asks: Can it last?

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It Has Been One Year Since Russia Put Evan Gershkovich in Jail

In a high-security prison, the Wall Street Journal reporter stays in touch with supporters through letters as they keep up the pressure for his release.

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Empty Roads and Spewing Lava: 4 Months Into Iceland’s Eruptions

Volcanic eruptions are continuing in the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. Streets are empty and the Blue Lagoon resort remains closed.

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After Repeated Turmoil, Harvard’s Applications Drop

The decline suggests that a year of bad publicity, including the resignation of the university’s president, may have dented Harvard’s reputation.

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Wanted in South Korea: Imperialism-Free Cherry Blossoms

Activists want to replace a variety of cherry tree associated with the Japanese colonial era with one they say is Korean. The science is messy.

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Opinion

Hanna Notte

Putin’s Next Escalation Is Coming

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Jaime Lowe

The Secret to Surviving Climate Apocalypse

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David Brooks

David Brooks

The Great Struggle for Liberalism

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Frank Bruni

Frank Bruni

Behind the Ray-Bans, Two Presidents Send a Message About Biden

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Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

Bidenomics Is Making China Angry. That’s OK.

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A colorful illustration of a series of blue figures lined up on a bright pink floor with a red background. The farthest-left figure is that of a robot; every subsequent figure is slightly more mutated until the final figure to the right is strangely disfigured.

Erik Hoel

A.I.-Generated Garbage Is Polluting Our Culture

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Marc O. De Girolami

Something Other Than Originalism Explains This Supreme Court

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David French

David French

Florida Has Banned Kids Using Social Media, but It Won’t Be That Simple

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5 Things to Do This Weekend

Danielle Dowling
Danielle DowlingReporting on the arts

“This ain’t a Country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” the pop star announced on Instagram about her latest record, “Cowboy Carter.”

Here’s more on that release and other entertainment highlights this weekend →

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