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Today — 22 December 2024Main stream

How Netflix’s ‘Culinary Class Wars’ Made Chef Anh Sung-jae a Star

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Daisuke Wakabayashi
21 December 2024 at 18:00
Anh Sung-jae went to America as a 13-year-old, joined the Army, went to culinary school and opened a top restaurant in San Francisco. Now back home in South Korea, he’s a Netflix star.
Yesterday — 21 December 2024Main stream

As Drugstores Close, Older People Are Left in ‘Pharmacy Deserts’

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Paula Span
21 December 2024 at 21:12
Shuttered drugstores pose a particular threat to older adults, who take more medications than younger people and often rely on pharmacies for advice.

© Mette Lampcov for The New York Times

Drugs belonging to the husband of Roberta Piazza Gordon, of Kernville, Calif. The local drugstore closed after 45 years.

Michael Brewer, Whose ‘One Toke’ Was a Big Hit, Is Dead at 80

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Alex Williams
21 December 2024 at 14:54
The duo Brewer & Shipley reached the Top 10 in 1970 with “One Toke Over the Line,” a ditty about marijuana that ran afoul of Nixon-era censors.

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Michael Brewer in about 1970, the year that he and his musical partner, Tom Shipley, had a Top 10 hit with “One Toke Over the Line.”

When André 3000 Spoke to (Then Performed for) The New York Times

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli
21 December 2024 at 18:53
The rapper-turned-flutist improvised in the middle of The Times’ office following a wide-ranging conversation on Popcast.

© Andre D. Wagner for The New York Times

“It’s important for me to kind of set myself free.”

Saturday Mac riddles 287

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By: hoakley
21 December 2024 at 17:00

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: Comfort for the organ cabinet and shows entries from 2.

2: Mass of wood measures a ship’s speed for the jottings of your Mac.

3: Guide points the way to measure performance in 2.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Google Proposes Fix to Solve Search Monopoly

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: David McCabe
21 December 2024 at 11:36
The search giant’s proposals included allowing flexibility for companies and consumers in choosing a search engine.

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A Google executive said the company’s proposed remedies addressed a court’s findings “without putting Americans’ privacy and security at risk or harming America’s global technology leadership.”

Mariah Carey’s Holiday Bar in NYC Is All These Fans Want for Christmas

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Alyson Krueger
20 December 2024 at 00:30
A New York City lounge devoted to the singer plays her 1994 holiday hit every 15 minutes.

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Mariah Carey’s holiday bar, a pop-up inside the Virgin Hotels New York, has drawn some of the singer’s biggest fans.

Luigi Mangione to Be Arraigned on New York State Charges on Monday

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Hurubie Meko
21 December 2024 at 07:30
Luigi Mangione faces terror and murder charges in New York court. A federal prosecution is proceeding in parallel.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, was gunned down outside a hotel where the insurance company was holding an investor conference.

Amazon Has Overhauled Its Drone Delivery. Will the Public Welcome It?

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Kevin Roose and Adriana Zehbrauskas
21 December 2024 at 02:42
A recent visit to the company’s overhauled drone delivery program in Arizona left me impressed by the drones, but skeptical that the public will welcome them.

© Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times

Amazon’s new delivery drone drops a package with an order in the backyard of a home rented by Amazon, in Goodyear, Ariz.
Before yesterdayMain stream

They Entered Treatment. Drugs, Overdoses and Deaths Followed.

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Alissa Zhu， Jessica Gallagher and Meredith Cohn
20 December 2024 at 18:01
Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one company offered little help.

© Jessica Gallagher/The Baltimore Banner, for The New York Times

Amanda Vlakos was found dead of an overdose in September while enrolled in PHA Healthcare, a recovery program that offered free housing.

Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Megha Rajagopalan
20 December 2024 at 18:50
Pension funds and big investors are pressuring Coca-Cola, Pepsico and others over brutal working conditions in India’s cane fields. Some of the sugar buyers are tiptoeing toward change.

© Saumya Khandelwal for The New York Times

Sugar cane workers in Maharashtra, western India, in 2023. An investigation by The New York Times and The Fuller Project this year revealed a brutal, endemic labor system there.

5 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Hysterectomies in India’s Sugar Industry

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Megha Rajagopalan
24 March 2024 at 14:54
Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine ailments. Sugar mills disclaim responsibility.

© Saumya Khandelwal for The New York Times

Loading sugar cane to transport it to mills in the Satara district of India’s Maharashtra State in March last year. Laborers often work in couples, paid through contractors.

Your Car Might Be Making Roads Safer

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Kashmir Hill
20 December 2024 at 18:00
Researchers say data from long-haul trucks, and cars made by General Motors, is critical for addressing traffic congestion and road safety. Data privacy experts have their concerns.

© Kaiti Sullivan for The New York Times

Darcy Bullock, a civil engineering professor at Purdue, uses data from connected cars to identify dangerous road conditions.

U.S. Files Murder Charge Against Mangione That Could Bring Death Penalty

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Benjamin Weiser
20 December 2024 at 07:12
Federal authorities filed a total of four counts against Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare.

© Alan Chin for The New York Times

Luigi Mangione was flown from Pennsylvania to New York, where he was guarded by a phalanx of officers and Mayor Eric Adams.

Jelly Roll, Shaboozey and Others Helped Country Break Through in 2024

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Jon Caramanica
19 December 2024 at 18:02
Our critic hit the road to talk with Jelly Roll, Shaboozey, Tanner Adell and other artists to understand why country music was inescapable in 2024.

© Kristian Thacker for The New York Times

Jelly Roll

Gisèle Pelicot’s Testimony in France Rape Trial Becomes a Message of Hope

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
20 December 2024 at 01:20
Dozens of men who abused Gisèle Pelicot were convicted, including the man who invited them to do so: her husband of 50 years. She wanted the public trial to show rape victims they were not alone.

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Gisèle Pelicot leaving the courthouse in Avignon, France, after judges sentenced her former husband on Thursday to 20 years for serially raping her.

Gisèle Pelicot’s Testimony in France Rape Trial Becomes a Message of Hope

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
20 December 2024 at 01:14
Dozens of men who abused Gisèle Pelicot were convicted, including the man who invited them to do so: her husband of 50 years. She wanted the public trial to show rape victims they were not alone.

© Miguel Medina/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Gisèle Pelicot leaving the courthouse in Avignon, France, after judges sentenced her former husband on Thursday to 20 years for serially raping her.

Popular Arthritis Drug For Dogs May Have Severe Side Effects, F.D.A. Says

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Emily Anthes
19 December 2024 at 22:36
The agency recommended that the maker of Librela update its label to reflect the possibility of more serious adverse reactions.

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Since Librela became widely available last year, some pet owners have reported that their dogs became seriously ill, lost the ability to walk or stand or even died shortly after receiving the drug.

Is the Tech Industry Nearing an A.I. Slowdown?

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Cade Metz and Tripp Mickle
20 December 2024 at 00:25
Companies like OpenAI and Google are running out of the data used to train artificial intelligence systems. Can new methods continue years of rapid progress?

© Brendan Totten

Don’t Call It a Bachelor Pad. TikTok Says It’s a ‘Boy Apartment.’

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Josh Ocampo
18 December 2024 at 18:02
Men with meticulously curated homes are going viral on TikTok, changing the way people think about male living habits.

© Katherine Marks for The New York Times

Ben Taylor Lebowitz stands in his walk-in closet in his downtown Manhattan apartment.

Amazon Delivery Drivers at Seven Hubs Walk Out

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Noam Scheiber and Santul Nerkar
20 December 2024 at 02:10
The retail giant said it expected its operations to be largely unaffected by the strike of some drivers at contracting firms Amazon uses to deliver packages.

© Kamil Krzaczynski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Workers picketing today at an Amazon delivery station in Skokie, Ill. Amazon workers who deliver packages from seven Amazon facilities across the country went on strike Thursday morning.

What to Know About the France Rape Trial of 51 Men

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Ségolène Le Stradic and Catherine Porter
19 December 2024 at 19:39
Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years for raping his wife, after admitting he drugged her and invited other men to join him in violating her. Most of the other men were also convicted of raping her.

© Lewis Joly/Associated Press

Gisèle Pelicot arriving at court in Avignon, France, in September to testify against her former husband.

What to Know About the France Rape Trial of 51 Men

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Ségolène Le Stradic and Catherine Porter
18 September 2024 at 21:24
Prosecutors say that, for almost a decade, Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife to rape her, alongside dozens of other men he invited to abuse her.

© Lewis Joly/Associated Press

Gisèle Pelicot, 71, arriving at court in Avignon, France, in September to testify against her former husband.

New York City Approves New Contract for Specialized High School Test

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Claire Fahy
19 December 2024 at 12:53
The vote by the Panel for Educational Policy came after a contentious five-hour meeting. The exam for eight highly competitive high schools will now be computerized.

© Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times

New York has eight specialized high schools, including Stuyvesant High School in Lower Manhattan. A single exam decides who gets in.
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