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We Can Buy Sustainable Food. Why Can’t We Buy Sustainable Batteries?
Seventy years ago, the United States was the world’s leading producer of fluorite, a brilliantly multicolored mineral essential to industries…
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Congress Leaders Agree to Form Task Force on Trump Assassination Attempt
The top Republican and Democrat in the House have struck a deal to form a bipartisan task force to lead…
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Health
When It Comes to Food and Politics, Kamala Harris Is Riffing on the Recipe
From giving turkey-roasting advice to making dosas with Mindy Kaling, Ms. Harris has leaned into cooking in a way no…
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World
Two Landslides Kill More Than 150 People in Ethiopia
A waterlogged hillside above a village gave way, burying several houses in mud. Neighbors and rescue workers who had rushed…
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‘Veep’ Is Re-elected
After news broke that President Biden would endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, the internet was rife…
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World
Art Student Pulls Off a (Very Brief) Coin Heist at the British Museum
The artist aimed to use sleight of hand to point to what he described as the museum’s problematic legacy of…
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World
Reality Show Contestant Apologizes After Eating Protected Bird
A contestant on the reality show “Race to Survive: New Zealand” killed and ate a weka during filming. The contestant,…
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Adultery, a Corpse Eaten by Alligators and a $1 Million Insurance Payout
A true-crime case that could only happen in Florida is at the heart of Mikita Brottman’s “Guilty Creatures.”
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When It Comes to a Bad Marriage, Whose Account Can You Trust?
The aggrieved wife who narrates Sarah Manguso’s novel “Liars” may or may not be a reliable source about her monster…
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She Found Bounties in Small Towns, Local Talk and Everyday Life
The simple pleasures keep coming in this keenly observed collection by the Argentinian writer Hebe Uhart.