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The Best French Fries in New York City
Great fries take time, effort and a lot of space.
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The Best Green Salad Uses the Juiciest Tomatoes
Marinating tomatoes is a quick and easy way to coax out their juices and make them the perfect complement to leafy greens, Melissa Clark writes.
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Marian Burros’s Beloved Plum Torte Turns 40. Here’s Its Story.
The plum torte didn’t seem to have the makings of a hit when it was published in 1983. Forty years later, it’s still beloved.
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MacArthur Foundation offers $500 million lifeline for local news
The ambitious new grant program spearheaded by the MacArthur Foundation will attempt to fill a gap for struggling local news organizations.
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What ‘speculative narratives’ about Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s divorce say about us
The chatter surrounding celebrity gossip is often emblematic of broader social issues, an expert said.
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Actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life on rape conviction
Actor Danny Masterson was found guilty on two counts of rape in a retrial in May.
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We’re back together, but I’m stuck on a fling. Give advice to this Hax question.
Every week, we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice to a question Carolyn Hax hasn’t answered.
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What to know about Bruce Springsteen’s postponed shows, peptic ulcer disease
Bruce Springsteen told fans that medical advisers had suggested he postpone his September shows as he undergoes treatment for peptic ulcer disease.
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Fourth Top FTX Executive Pleads Guilty Ahead of Sam Bankman-Fried Trial
Ryan Salame, a former FTX executive, pleaded guilty to charges linked to the sweeping fraud case against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange.
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Mattel’s Windfall From ‘Barbie’
The company’s approach has paid off to a degree that even the C.E.O. could hardly have believed possible.