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Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88

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Par :Bruce Weber
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Drawing comparisons to the greatest of dramatists, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.

© Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

Tom Stoppard in 1992. He earned a reputation as the most cerebral of contemporary English-language playwrights, venturing into vast fields of scholarly inquiry.
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U.S. Black Friday Sales Defy Tariffs and Economic Woes

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Par :Kailyn Rhone
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Data on spending this week shows that consumers are shopping big for the holidays despite inflation and economic worries.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Shoppers outside the Macy’s flagship store in Midtown Manhattan on Black Friday afternoon.
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Mourners Honor Victims of Hong Kong Apartment Fire

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Par :Anjali Tsui
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The police said they expected the death toll of 128 to rise as the authorities began combing through the charred apartment towers.

© Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

People affected by the fire at a shelter on Friday.
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F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals

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Par :Christina Jewett
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The agency’s top vaccine regulator proposed broad changes, claiming that a new review linked 10 children’s deaths to the Covid vaccine. But public health experts questioned the findings, wanting to examine the data.

© Hannah Beier for The New York Times

Dr. Vinay Prasad, the F.D.A.’s top vaccine official, suggested in a memo that the deaths were related to vaccine-related myocarditis but did not offer data to support his conclusions.
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Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed

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Par :Helene Cooper and Julian E. Barnes
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President Trump said days earlier that the United States could “very soon” expand its campaign of killing people at sea suspected of drug trafficking to attacking Venezuelan territory.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

President Trump spoke with Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader, last week, according to two people with knowledge of the discussion.
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A Classical Pianist’s Plea: Make Messy Art

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Par :Jonathan Biss
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It is not only classical musicians who are being stunted by the search for perfection. It is harming many aspects of our lives and sectors of our society.

© Rory Doyle for The New York Times

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Highlight Reel

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Par :Melissa Kirsch
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As the year comes to a close, we want to know your highly specific, idiosyncratic bests of 2025.
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In Firing His No. 2, Zelensky Loses Both a Negotiator and an Enforcer

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Par :Andrew E. Kramer
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Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s wartime politics. He also led the country’s peace negotiations, which now must go on without him.

© Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

A Ukrainian soldier in the eastern Donbas region. Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former chief of staff, had negotiated to soften a peace proposal that included withdrawing from territory in eastern Ukraine.
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Latin American Leaders Face Both Trump and Voters Deported by the U.S.

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Par :Annie Correal
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The upcoming election in Honduras shows how politicians must balance cooperation with the Trump administration with their obligation to undocumented citizens in the United States who may be deported.

© Daniele Volpe for The New York Times

Delmar Méndez, 53, his partner and their 3-year-old son were deported from the United States in February after their asylum claim was denied, they said.
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Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible

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Par :Luke Broadwater
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President Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump walking on the White House roof with James McCrery, whose firm created the initial designs for the new ballroom, in August.
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How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch

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Par :Ernesto Londoño
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Prosecutors say members of the Somali diaspora, a group with growing political power, were largely responsible. President Trump has drawn national attention to the scandal amid his crackdown on immigration.

© Ben Brewer for The New York Times

Joseph H. Thompson, center, the federal prosecutor overseeing the cases, at the U.S. District Courthouse in Minneapolis in September.
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The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag

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Par :Jeffrey Gettleman
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Even if a peace can be reached, it won’t be easy to solve the problem of Ukrainian civilians languishing in Russian jails. This is one prisoner’s story.

© Emile Ducke for The New York Times

Mykola Zakhozhyi and his wife, Iryna. “The uncertainty was killing me,” Ms. Zakhozha said. “I neither slept nor ate. I bended away from my children, friends, everyone.”
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N.Y. Law Could Set Stage for A.I. Regulation’s Next ‘Big Battleground’

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Par :Tim Balk
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The new law seeks to prevent retailers from ripping off consumers by using artificial intelligence and their personal data to charge them higher prices.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

The New York law, which represents a significant step in the nationwide push to regulate how businesses use their customers’ data, drew criticism and litigation from the start.
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State Department Boosts Resources to Process Business Visas for South Koreans

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Par :John Yoon
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The Trump administration has been trying to repair the damage from the detention of hundreds of South Koreans in an immigration raid in Georgia.

© Jung Yeon-Je/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Protesters marching near the U.S. embassy in Seoul to protest against the detention of South Koreans in Georgia in September.
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Trump to Pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduran Ex-Leader Convicted in Drug Case

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Par :Annie Correal · Jeff Ernst · Shawn McCreesh and David C. Adams
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Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and partnering with cocaine traffickers. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

© Brittainy Newman/The New York Times

Juan Orlando Hernández, then the president of Honduras, speaking at the United Nations in 2019. President Trump announced Friday he would pardon him.
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Two West Virginia Communities Bound Together by Grief

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Par :Bernard Mokam · Kevin Williams and Jack Healy
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Red ribbons adorned one city, while blue ribbons hung in another town — all to honor the National Guard members who were attacked in Washington this week.

© Christopher Jackson for The New York Times

A vigil was held on Friday for Specialist Sarah Beckstrom in Webster Springs, W.Va. Specialist Beckstrom died in a shooting while she was on duty in Washington, D.C.
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