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Travel
Help! I Reserved a Rental Car, but There Was No Car for Me.
A reader’s reservation got her nowhere with Alamo (and Avis didn’t pull through either), raising the question of why rental…
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World
‘We Have to Come Here to Be Seen’: Protesters Descend on Lima
They marched through the streets of Peru’s capital, carrying signs that said “I’m not a terrorist” and waved rainbow-colored flags…
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World
U.N. Official Fired in Investment Scandal
A second top United Nations official is out of a job following the disclosure that more than $20 million doled…
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Business
Consumer Spending Slid Again in December
Fresh data offered more detail on how shoppers retrenched at the end of 2022.
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Business
A Closely Watched Measure of Inflation Slowed in December
The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index climbed 5 percent from a year earlier, slower than the reading last month.
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World
Asia Has Had a Really Cold Month, Courtesy of the Polar Vortex
Mohe, China’s northernmost city, recorded a temperature of minus 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit this week. That was the coldest in its…
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Newyork
New York City Banned Foie Gras in 2019. Tell That to the Ducks.
The yearslong battle to ban the delicacy in New York City rages on, with duck farmers, animal rights activists, two…
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Newyork
In Affordable Housing v. Parking Lot, a Judge Chooses the Lot
A recent court ruling put a stop on a high-rise planned for the South Street Seaport, pitting preservation against housing…
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Newyork
He’s No Singer, but He’s Onstage at the Metropolitan Opera
Bryan Wagorn, a pianist, has an unusually visible presence in “Fedora,” and he plays a piano with a history.
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Business
Mr. Musk Goes to Washington
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Twitter, met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, stoking speculation about what the two had…