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How Airlines Pick the Movies on Your Flights
22 December 2024 at 18:00
Sure, everyone likes “Barbie.” But who knew that “Cats” would be a hit at 35,000 feet?
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Today — 23 December 2024NYT | Top Stories
What’s the Secret to Choosing a Good Airplane Movie?
22 December 2024 at 18:01
You’re about to get on a long flight home, and the options seem overwhelming. Here’s the strategy our critic recommends.
A 1,000-Year-Old Seed Grows in Israel
22 December 2024 at 14:00
For 14 years, scientists have been growing a tree akin to the Judean balsam — the source of the balm of Gilead — but with no modern counterpart.
Trump Picks a Former Treasury Official as His Top Economist
23 December 2024 at 02:17
Stephen Miran, who served during Donald Trump’s first term and now works at a hedge fund, has accused the Biden administration of manipulating markets.
President-elect Donald J. Trump said he would pick Stephen Miran to lead the Council of Economic Advisers.
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Letter Calling for Tracking People of Color Circulates in an Oregon County
23 December 2024 at 02:15
The letter, distributed in Lincoln County, Ore., tells community members to report people who may be undocumented, the sheriff’s office said.
Lincoln City, Ore., in Lincoln County, where the sheriff condemned a letter circulating in the coastal county that asks people to write down the license plates of cars that may be driven by immigrants.
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Woman Dies After Being Set on Fire in Subway Car, Police Say
23 December 2024 at 02:23
The police said “criminality is suspected” in the death, which they said appeared to be a homicide. It happened aboard a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning.
Police officers responded to a report of a woman on fire in the middle car of a train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station.
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On the Prowl for the Perfect Wave, and a Chance to Proselytize
22 December 2024 at 18:00
Christian Surfers, a group of missionaries who surf, have expanded to a remote part of Costa Rica, where people come from afar looking for the “perfect wave.” And maybe a little Jesus?
A surfer riding a wave during a sunset in June in Pavones, Costa Rica, which is home to the second-largest left-hand wave in the world.
What Kennedy’s Approach to Addiction Gets Wrong
22 December 2024 at 20:40
America can’t go backward on drug policy.
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Yesterday — 22 December 2024NYT | Top Stories
Human Beings Are Not Predators By Nature
22 December 2024 at 19:00
It’s a source of today’s intense political animosity.
Campus Groups Try to Make Room for Middle-Ground Opinions on the Middle East
22 December 2024 at 18:00
Some college students and faculty members are seeking space for nuanced perspectives on the Israel-Hamas war on deeply divided campuses.
Mikey Aboutboul, an Israeli-born senior at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Zahra Sakkejha, a Palestinian-Canadian and U.C.L.A. alumna.
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The Enigma of Bob Dylan
22 December 2024 at 20:34
We cover a new film about the singer-songwriter.
Bob Dylan
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Germany Searches for Motives in Christmas Market Attack
23 December 2024 at 00:51
The authorities said they were struggling to understand the motives behind ramming a car into a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg, which left a 9-year-old boy among the five dead.
A memorial on Saturday for victims of the attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.
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A Picturesque New England Town’s Debt to the Right Whale
22 December 2024 at 20:38
We owe it to the right whale — and to so many other species — to reconstruct what our own history has taken from them.
Two North Atlantic right whales swimming.
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U.S. Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Red Sea by Apparent Friendly Fire
22 December 2024 at 19:03
A U.S. Navy ship mistakenly fired at the F/A-18, whose two pilots were safely recovered, the military said.
U.S. forces have carried out strikes against the Houthi militia, which is based in Yemen and has struck ships in the Red Sea.
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These Spiritual Democrats Urge Their Party to Take a Leap of Faith
22 December 2024 at 18:01
In a party that has grown less religious, some prominent Democrats say discussing their deepest beliefs can be a way to connect — when it’s authentic.
Democrats like, from left, State Representative James Talarico of Texas, Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania see discussion of their faith as a way to explain their values.
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Refugees Are Bracing for Trump to Cut the Resettlement Program Again
22 December 2024 at 18:01
As Donald J. Trump returns to office, the rebuilt program is under threat. Many vulnerable people approved for resettlement in the U.S. could be stranded abroad.
Even as Syrians in California, above, and around the world celebrate the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad, the country’s future is uncertain. Refugees fleeing the instability are most likely to seek sanctuary in the United States.
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R.F.K. Jr. Wants to Overhaul the F.D.A. How Would Scientists Change It?
22 December 2024 at 18:00
While some agree with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the agency needs reform, their ideas for fixing it are very different from his.
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Removing Carbon From the Sky Could Be the Next Climate Gold Rush
22 December 2024 at 18:00
Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere.
A welder this month at the Deep Sky carbon capture facility under construction in Innisfail, Alberta.
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A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate
22 December 2024 at 18:00
A mutant gene is coming to steal Linde Jacobs’s mind. Can she find a way to stop it?
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Campus Groups Try to Make Room for Middle-Ground Opinions on the Middle East
22 December 2024 at 18:00
Some college students and faculty members are seeking space for nuanced perspectives on the Israel-Hamas war on deeply divided campuses.
Mikey Aboutboul, an Israeli-born senior at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Zahra Sakkejha, a Palestinian-Canadian and U.C.L.A. alumna.
© Mark Abramson for The New York Times
Why Is It So Hard to Make a Robot Chef?
22 December 2024 at 18:00
Restaurants are experimenting with automation. But in the kitchen, human labor is hard to replace.
A laser sensor detected food to be picked up and put in the oven as part of the automated kitchen system at Kernel, a new restaurant chain in New York.
‘Christmas Adam’ Celebrations on Dec. 23 Spread in Some Parts of the U.S.
22 December 2024 at 18:00
First there was Christmas Eve … and then a new celebration was created.
Innovation Church in Lafayette, Ind., offers only one holiday service — on Dec. 23, or what is becoming known as Christmas Adam.
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Love in a Time of War
20 December 2024 at 13:00
Anastasia Savka and Oleksiy Levchenko met at a rehabilitation facility earlier this year after surviving critical injuries as Ukrainian soldiers.
Europe Had a Terrible Year, and It’s Probably Going to Get Worse
22 December 2024 at 14:00
The continent’s parlous economy and ascendant far right foretell a grim future.
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Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime in Syria
22 December 2024 at 06:56
President Bashar al-Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a fake political address.
A banner of former President Bashar al-Assad hanging north of Hama, Syria, was defaced after his ouster this month.
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‘Nutcracker’ Is a Casualty of a ‘Quarantine’ of Russian Culture in Lithuania
22 December 2024 at 13:01
Lithuania’s national opera house had stopped showing Tchaikovsky’s 1892 masterpiece in solidarity with Ukraine over the war with Russia. Then a new minister expressed fondness for the Russian composer, igniting a furor.
Lithuanian’s National Opera and Ballet Theater during intermission at the ballet “Les Millions d’Arlequin” in Vilnius this month.
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Niger Buckles Under Relentless Jihadist Fire
22 December 2024 at 13:01
In the West African nation of Niger, killings by insurgents have surged since the military seized power in a coup, expelled U.S. and European troops and stopped negotiations with Islamist groups.
Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Drove Pickup Into Killeen Mall, Injuring 5
22 December 2024 at 10:04
The police said the man was being investigated for possible drunken driving but instead of stopping, he smashed his pickup truck into a J.C. Penney.
The Killeen Mall in Killeen, Texas, where a driver smashed his pickup truck into a J.C. Penney before being fatally shot by the police on Saturday.
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Trump Appoints ‘The Apprentice’ Producer as Special Envoy to Britain
22 December 2024 at 09:03
Mark Burnett and President-elect Donald J. Trump had a long and successful collaboration that made Mr. Trump a household name.
Mark Burnett, the producer of “The Apprentice,” with President Donald J. Trump in 2017.
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