A Tragic Fire and Broken Promises in South Africa
This episode contains descriptions of severe injuries. Last week, a devastating fire swept through a derelict building in Johannesburg that...
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Latest firstWhy One Drug Company Held Back a Better Drug
For decades, drugmakers have argued that patents are critical to bringing new drugs to the market. But in 2004, when a promising H.I.V....
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How 100,000 Migrants Became a Political Crisis in New York
In New York, the arrival of more than 100,000 migrants seeking asylum over the past year has become a crisis for the city’s shelter system,...
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Passenger Planes Nearly Collide Far More Than You Know
A Times investigation found that U.S. passenger planes come dangerously close to crashing into each other far more frequently than the...
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Arizona’s Pipe Dream
A Times investigation revealed that in much of the United States, communities and farms are pumping out groundwater at alarming rates....
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A Major Overhaul of Prescription Drug Prices
A year ago, Congress overhauled the way drugs for older Americans get paid for, by giving Medicare the power to bargain with drug makers...
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A Breakout Moment for Vivek Ramaswamy
In the Republican presidential race, the battle for second place has been jolted by the sudden rise of a political newcomer whose...
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A Marriage, a Secret and a Crackdown in China
Over the past decade, China has placed more and more restrictions on the lives of its citizens — tightening its hold over what people can...
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A New Race to the Moon
Last week, India landed its spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, becoming the first country to land such a craft near the south pole,...
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Fight for the Right to Trespass’
The signs on the gate at the entrance to the path and along the edge of the reservoir were clear. “No swimming,” they warned, white letters...
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A Plane Crash, 10 Dead People and a Question: Was This Putin’s Revenge?
The mysterious crash of a private jet outside Moscow is believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner militia who led...
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A Fiery First Republican Debate — Without Trump
Last night, Republicans held their first debate of the 2024 presidential cycle without the party’s dominant candidate onstage: Donald J....
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Ready or Not, Driverless Cars Are Here
After a closely watched vote, driverless cars, once a Silicon Valley fantasy, have become a 24-hour-a-day reality in San Francisco. Are...
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Why the Coral Reef Crisis in Florida Is a Problem for All of Us
A marine heat wave is warming the waters off the coast of Florida, pushing temperature readings as high as 101 Fahrenheit and endangering a...
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Inside the Sputtering Campaign of Ron DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida began the race for the Republican nomination with high expectations and a clear argument: that he was a...
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin’
Where did it come from? More than three years into the pandemic with untold millions of people dead, that question about the origin of...
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How a Paradise Became a Death Trap
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of death.When fires swept West Maui, Hawaii, many residents fled for their lives — but soon...
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Hunter Biden’s Legal Problems Keep Getting Worse
A plea deal struck between the Department of Justice and Hunter Biden was supposed to bring his years of legal troubles to an end. Instead,...
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Why a Coup in Niger Has the World’s Attention
In a region of Africa where authoritarianism has been rising, Niger seemed to be on a different path of democracy and partnership with the...
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A Law Used Against the Mafia — and Now Trump
On Monday, former President Donald J. Trump and 18 others were indicted by an Atlanta grand jury, with Mr. Trump and some of his former top...
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