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Yankees Manager Ejected in Hilariously Unjust Fashion

Baseball fans can watch the sport for decades yet on any given day witness something they’ve never seen before. A perfect example of this truism...

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Yankees Manager Ejected From Game in Hilariously Unjust Fashion

Baseball fans can watch the sport for decades yet on any given day witness something they’ve never seen before. A perfect example of this truism...

previous day 2

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Benjamin Hart

The Time Trump Claimed He Won a Fake ‘Man of the Year’ Award

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

sunday 10

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The Time Trump Claimed He Won a Fake ‘Man of the Year’ Award

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

sunday 10

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What on Earth Is Aileen Cannon Doing?

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon has been a thorn in special counsel Jack Smith’s side for almost two years. Cannon, who was appointed to the bench by...

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What on Earth Is Aileen Cannon Doing?

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon has been a thorn in special counsel Jack Smith’s side for almost two years. Cannon, who was appointed to the bench by...

08.04.2024 10

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Why an Ex-MLB Interpreter Thinks Ohtani Is Telling the Truth

Is the Shohei Ohtani gambling story Major League Baseball’s worst nightmare or just an ephemeral curiosity? The answer depends on whether the story...

01.04.2024 6

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Why an Ex-MLB Interpreter Thinks Ohtani Is Telling the Truth

Is the Shohei Ohtani gambling story Major League Baseball’s worst nightmare or just an ephemeral curiosity? The answer depends on whether the story...

01.04.2024 6

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The Time Trump Was So Petty He Made the Navy Hide the USS John S. McCain

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

22.03.2024 8

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The Time Trump’s Hair Looked Normal for a Day

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

13.03.2024 4

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The Time Trump’s Hair Looked Normal for a Day

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

13.03.2024 3

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The NRA Is Weaker Than Ever. How Much Does That Matter?

The National Rifle Association remains a powerful organization that holds sway among millions of voters, inspires loyalty among most Republican...

07.03.2024 3

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Benjamin Hart

The NRA Is Weaker Than Ever. How Much Does That Matter?

The National Rifle Association remains a powerful organization that holds sway among millions of voters, inspires loyalty among most Republican...

07.03.2024 5

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Why Are There Still Illegal Weed Stores All Over the City?

Soon after New York legalized marijuana in 2021 — and well before any legally licensed cannabis dispensaries opened — a new kind of shop began...

20.02.2024 10

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Why Are There Still Illegal Weed Stores All Over the City?

Soon after New York legalized marijuana in 2021 — and well before any legally licensed cannabis dispensaries opened — a new kind of shop began...

20.02.2024 6

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Right-Wingers Line Up to Dump on Right-Wing Immigration Bill

05.02.2024 2

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Why Politicians Will Probably Keep Getting Swatted

Nikki Haley and Boston mayor Michelle Wu don’t have much in common, but they’re both prominent people in politics who have recently been...

05.02.2024 2

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Quixotic News Startup The Messenger Is Shutting Down

The Messenger, a much-hyped digital news outlet whose founder promised would bring down-the-middle general-interest news to a supposedly fertile...

01.02.2024 2

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The ‘Thucydides’s Trap’ Author on the Risk of China-Bashing

China’s economy may be going through a post-zero-Covid rough patch, but its status as America’s principal rival remains unchanged. The two...

29.01.2024 5

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Djokovic Looked Old at the Australian Open

Novak Djokovic will turn 37 years old in May, but beyond the odd fleck of gray in his hair, you wouldn’t know it from watching him. Djokovic, the...

26.01.2024 2

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Why the Middle East May Not Actually Be On Fire

After Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, there were immediate and widespread fears of a wider war in the region. Though Israel has bombarded Gaza...

22.01.2024 9

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What Does Hamas Actually Want?

Hamas’s surprise attack on October 7 fundamentally reshaped the perception of the militant group, which had been thought by Israel to be veering...

11.01.2024 6

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Will It Ever Snow in New York City Again?

Remember snow? Merriam-Websters defines it as “precipitation in the form of small white ice crystals formed directly from the water vapor of the air...

22.12.2023 2

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Why October 7 May Mark a Turning Point for Universities

In recent years, the Harvard psychology professor and academic celebrity Steven Pinker has become perhaps as closely associated with the culture wars...

18.12.2023 4

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Why Israel Won’t Forgive Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu has mastered the art of staying in power. Israel’s longest-serving prime minister has been the dominant force in the country’s...

07.12.2023 2

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Why Another Trump Presidency Would Spell Doom in Ukraine

While the war in Ukraine may have faded from American public consciousness — supplanted in large part by the Israel-Hamas war — the conflict on...

04.12.2023 6

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Why Did Israel and Hamas Finally Reach a Deal?

After six weeks of a catastrophic war, fighting between Israel and Hamas will stop temporarily on Thursday. The two sides have agreed to a...

23.11.2023 3

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Does Israel Actually Know What It’s Doing in Gaza?

As Israel continues to besiege and bomb Gaza, the death toll there has climbed to at least 12,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry — a...

20.11.2023 5

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Egypt’s Puzzling Role in the Israel-Hamas War

Since long before the Israel-Hamas war, the role of Egypt in Gaza’s plight has often appeared opaque. It controlled the bordering territory almost...

04.11.2023 3

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Why Ehud Barak Thinks Israel Must Invade Gaza

Ehud Barak’s life has traced the arc of Israel’s existence. Born in 1942 on a kibbutz in what was then Mandatory Palestine, Barak became one of...

26.10.2023 3

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What Israel Didn’t Understand About Hamas

Almost a week after Hamas killed at least 1,300 people — mostly civilians — Israel is wrestling with two central questions: How the country could...

13.10.2023 4

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What Iran Stands to Gain From Hamas’s Attack

From the moment Hamas launched its unprecedented attack on Israel last weekend, Iran’s role in the massacre has come under scrutiny. Though it does...

12.10.2023 3

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Making Sense of the Worsening Canada-India Feud

Last month, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau made an explosive claim. Citing Canadian intelligence, he said that Indian agents were responsible...

04.10.2023 3

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Eric Adams Was Missing During a Natural Disaster — Again

Meteorologists predicted it. Governor Kathy Hochul warned about it. Yet Mayor Eric Adams, who revels in being a visible presence on the municipal...

29.09.2023 2

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Dianne Feinstein Is Dead at 90

Senator Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who had a long, celebrated career in California and Washington, is dead at 90. Feinstein was a...

29.09.2023 6

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A Popular Decongestant Is Useless. What Else Is?

In 2006, the federal government mandated that cold medicines containing the effective decongestant pseudoephedrine could only be sold behind pharmacy...

26.09.2023 2

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Rupert Murdoch Surprisingly Steps Down As Head of Fox

Rupert Murdoch announced on Thursday morning that he would step down as chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp, the massively influential media...

21.09.2023 2

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Will Wisconsin Republicans Pull Off the Ultimate Power Grab?

When Wisconsin Republicans won total control of state government in 2010, they didn’t just pass right-wing policies; they cemented their majorities...

19.09.2023 2

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The Spectacular U.S. Open Men’s Final That Wasn’t

Going into Sunday’s U.S. Open final between Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic, it seemed conceivable — unlikely, but conceivable — that...

11.09.2023 3

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Coco Gauff Wins the U.S. Open in Thrilling Comeback

Coco Gauff won the U.S. Open on Saturday, capturing her first Grand Slam title, but probably not her last. She’s the first American woman to capture...

10.09.2023 10

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Maybe They Should Move the U.S. Open Back a Week

As fate would have it, a September heatwave that rolled into New York on Monday, and which disrupted an otherwise pretty temperate summer, coincided...

09.09.2023 4

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