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Continue readingSteph Curry is inching closer, but the clock is ticking on the Warriors’ season
Steph Curry went through a fairly strenuous workout on the team’s practice court before Saturday’s Game 3. Can the Warriors stay afloat?
Continue readingSilver Is No Longer Just for Heirlooms
The metal is appearing everywhere on modern tables — in both traditional and avant-garde renditions.
Continue readingWilliam H. Luers, Diplomat Who Backed Czech Dissident Leader, Dies at 95
His longtime career in the Foreign Service included protecting Vaclav Havel, the writer and dissident who became the first president of the Czech Republic.
Continue readingHow a Quiet American Cardinal Became Pope
The cardinals electing a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church left the Sistine Chapel exhausted and hungry. A meditation to start the conclave had dragged on and pushed their first vote deep into Wednesday evening. It had resulted in an …
Continue readingAnthony Edwards ‘owns’ tough feedback, rises above it in latest glimpse of greatness
This second-round series is headed back in the most logical direction, in large part, because Edwards’ brilliance is back.
Continue readingBritain Battles Wildfires Amid Drought Warnings
A very dry start to spring has helped set off wildfires across Scotland, Wales and England, and officials have warned of a potential drought this summer.
Continue readingDance Music Is Booming Again. What’s Different This Time? A Lot.
In late February, just after midnight, a cavernous warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard thumped with the Ibiza-based D.J. and producer Solomun’s dramatic, synth-heavy house music as red light strobed over a sea of raucous 20- and 30-somethings. Two …
Continue readingElon Musk Thought He Could Break History. Instead It Broke Him.
The partnership between the president and the richest man in the world is coming to an end. There is one clear loser in the breakup of this affair, and it is Elon Musk. He fell from grace as effortlessly as he had risen. Like a dime-store Icarus, he …
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