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Losing Ground, Ukraine Seeks New Positions Around Avdiivka

As Russian forces breach a supply line and seek to encircle opposing soldiers, Ukraine’s commanders maneuver to “more advantageous positions.”

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Want to Understand Your Neighbors? Go to a Municipal Meeting.

Part theater, part dirge, occasionally part circus, the meetings on any given night fill with people united by a common…

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Tea, a Train and an Epic Sunrise at a Summer Retreat of the Raj

Darjeeling, in the Himalayan foothills, is famous for its tea, its elevated railroad and the view of dawn breaking over…

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In Texas, Vietnamese American Shrimpers Must Forge a New Path Again

ACROSS THE COUNTRY In Texas, Vietnamese American Shrimpers Must Forge a New Path Again They overcame the trauma of war,…

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The Holmdel Horn, a Cosmic Shrine in New Jersey, Stays Put

The radio telescope that discovered the Big Bang has survived a real estate battle — for now.

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Fierce Fighting Flares Around Eastern Ukrainian Town of Avdiivka

Russia’s assault there may be a sign that Moscow is trying to regain the initiative in the war, after it…

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When the Turner Prize Came to ‘God’s Waiting Room’

The town of Eastbourne, England, hopes the contemporary art prize can help it shake off a geriatric image, and bring…

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Russians Press Assault Near Southeastern Town of Avdiivka

The intensifying push is one of Russia’s few offensive operations in months, as it tries to seize land in Ukrainian…

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Can Britain Boom and Bloom at Once?

“I feel somehow / That it isn’t going to last,” Philip Larkin wrote in “Going, Going,” his lament for the…

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Try Tolerance in a Small Town

It’s been a long time since I cared about a country song. Perhaps that’s because when I heard Zac Brown…

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