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Samantha Harvey’s ‘Orbital’ Wins Booker Prize

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Alex Marshall
Most bets were on Percival Everett’s “James,” but the judges chose Harvey’s “beautiful, miraculous” novel, which is set aboard a space station.

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While writing the novel, Samantha Harvey said she watched a YouTube stream showing Earth from space. She found the images “intimate and domestic,” she said.

As Congress Returns, Trump Casts a Long Shadow Over Capitol Hill

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Luke Broadwater， Carl Hulse and Annie Karni
The president-elect is to visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday as Republican senators elect a majority leader. His staffing decisions are already depleting the narrow majority the G.O.P. expects in the House.

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Senator Rick Scott is among the Republicans hoping to replace Senator Mitch McConnell as majority leader.

Roy Haynes, a Giant of Jazz Drumming, Is Dead at 99

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Nate Chinen
An irrepressible force who remained relevant over the course of a seven-decade career, he had a hand in every major development in modern jazz.

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The drummer Roy Haynes at his home on Long Island in 2019. His style was characterized by a bracing clarity that earned him the nickname Snap Crackle.

Trump’s Win a Worry for an Already Struggling Wind Industry

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Stanley Reed
Faced with rising costs and thin margins, wind energy developers have lately been reducing their ambitions.

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By raising prices and slowing the costly introduction of ever-larger turbines, wind companies like Vestas have recovered financial health. But the industry needs to keep investing in new plants and technology.

Who Are the Next Leaders of the Democratic Party?

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Reid J. Epstein
Democrats will soon have a leadership vacuum, and there will be no shortage of highly ambitious governors, senators and transportation secretaries looking to fill it.

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Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff after her concession speech last week. She is expected to remain influential in the party, but other prominent Democrats will be more aggressively angling for leadership roles.

Man Who Helped Daniel Penny Restrain Jordan Neely Testifies About Fatal Chokehold

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Hurubie Meko and Anusha Bayya
Eric Gonzalez, who helped Daniel Penny pin Mr. Neely to the floor of a subway car, also said he had lied when he told investigators Mr. Neely had hit him.

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Daniel Penny, middle, kept Jordan Neely in a chokehold for nearly six minutes with the help of Eric Gonzalez, who testified in his manslaughter trial on Tuesday.

E.P.A. to Charge Oil Companies First-Ever Methane Fee, but Will It Last?

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Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer
The Biden administration is imposing a fee on large energy companies that spew excess methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Republicans may be able to repeal it.

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The XTO energy oil and gas plant in West Texas. Methane emissions from the U.S. have risen sharply, the result of a booming fossil fuel industry that is producing gas at record levels.

A Former Harrods Employee Accuses Al-Fayed of Trafficking and Says His Brother Knew

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Megan Specia and Emily Steel
In a U.S. court filing, a former employee says she was trafficked, raped and abused when Mohamed al-Fayed owned Harrods, and that his brother Ali may have evidence of the abuse.

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Ali Fayed, the younger brother of Mohamed al-Fayed, in 1989. Now 80, he has a property in Connecticut and is the chairman of a luxury British shirt maker.
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