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The Language of Tom Stoppard, Ablaze With Energy and Urgency

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Par :Ben Brantley
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In works like “Travesties” and “Arcadia,” the playwright embraced the really big questions and wrestled words into coherent, exhilarating shape.

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Tom Stoppard, in 2022, photographed at his home in Dorset, England.
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Syria Tiptoes Toward Transitional Justice One Year After Assad’s Ouster

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Par :Carlotta Gall and Saad Alnassife
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Fourteen people are on trial, charged with crimes related to an outbreak of sectarian violence under the new government. The abuses of the old Assad regime still await a reckoning.

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“The matter is now in the government’s hands,” said Jomaa Aldbis Alanzi, one of Syria’s leading judges.
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Top Trump Aides to Meet With Ukrainians in Florida on Sunday

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Par :Edward Wong
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to discuss peace terms again after an uproar over a 28-point proposal drafted with Russian input.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend talks with Ukrainian officials in Florida on Sunday.
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Several Arrested as Protesters Block ICE Agents From a Potential Raid in NYC

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Par :Maia Coleman · Wesley Parnell and Luis Ferré-Sadurní
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The confrontation appeared to foil a possible ICE raid nearby, underscoring the numerous challenges the federal government faces in trying to stage raids in a dense city like New York.

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The scene of the protest was just blocks from where a large-scale immigration raid took place last month.
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Ahead of Primary Elections, Time Is Running Out in the Fight Over Congressional Maps

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Par :Nick Corasaniti · Ashley Wu and Taylor Robinson
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As partisan battles rage and courts wrangle proposals, the relentless pace of the calendar will force states to act — or land in murky legal ground.

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State legislatures like Ohio’s have held discussions about redistricting, but deadlines are fast approaching for decisions to be made about voting maps.
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Republicans Flipped South Texas. Can a Moderate Tejano Singer Take It Back?

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Par :Edgar Sandoval
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The star power of Latin Grammy Award-winning Bobby Pulido has Democrats dreaming of taking a U.S. House district in South Texas, even though Republicans have redrawn it in their favor.

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Bobby Pulido sang one of his most popular songs, “Desvelado,” at a campaign stop in Goliad, Texas.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 :Julian E. Barnes and Helene Cooper
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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