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A New ‘NCIS’ Is More of the Same, By Design

The long-running crime franchises “NCIS” and “Law & Order” continue to endure — and even expand — after decades on the air. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/lvjDTEU

A Star With Six Planets That Orbit Perfectly in Sync

One hundred light years away, a handful of planets are circling a star in the same configuration as when they formed. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/4YqcFkE

Frances Sternhagen, Actress Who Thrived in Mature Roles, Dies at 93

Her Tony-winning Broadway career included “Driving Miss Daisy,” “On Golden Pond” and “The Heiress.” On TV she had maternal roles in “Cheers” and “Sex and the City.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/RzH9Bt3

Malawi plans to send thousands of farmworkers to Israel.

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Chicago Architecture Biennial Review: Floating Museum Aims High

The directors, who are part of an art collective, wind up stretching architecture’s net in so many directions that it begins to fray. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/BefSuza

N.Y. Cannabis Board Settles Suits, Paving Way for Dispensaries to Open

Regulators agreed to a settlement that would save 436 retailers from losing their licenses. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/poE9kbf

A Three-Year Cruise Is Canceled for Lack of a Ship

Passengers will not be visiting Machu Picchu, the Pyramids of Giza or indeed be going anywhere. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/OYsv685

Two Men Are Exonerated in Decades-Old Manhattan Murders

Jabar Walker and Wayne Gardine were convicted in an era of crime and corruption that has created a wave of exonerations years later. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/7RCvXw8

Would You Pay $175,000 for a Luxury Bunker at the U.S. Open?

A new poll sent to previous luxury suite attendees tests the appetite for even more luxury options at Arthur Ashe Stadium. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/bcD6sLk

At Meta, Millions of Underage Users Were an ‘Open Secret,’ States Say

Meta “routinely documented” children under 13 on Instagram and “unlawfully” collected their data, according to a newly unsealed complaint. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/EZ9Lq5H

It’s OK to Never ‘Get Over’ Your Grief

Traditional mourning practices preserve a place for the dead among the living. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/LdkDVJ8

The Stabbing of Derek Chauvin: What We Know

The attack in an Arizona prison was the latest violent episode involving a high-profile inmate at a federal correctional facility. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/1F9ChUs

Mike Johnson's Rise to Speaker Cements Far-Right Takeover of GOP

After their party was decimated in the 2008 elections, mainstream Republican leaders believed they could harness rising far-right populist forces. Instead, they were overrun by them. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/GB3VaqC

Terry Taylor, First Woman Named Sports Editor of The A.P., Dies at 71

She brought a relentless style of management to The Associated Press’s sports department for 21 years, its coverage ranging around the world. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/qS3XNdn

Sean Combs Accused of Sexual Assault by a Second Woman

The rap mogul denied a rape accusation made in a new lawsuit that was filed days after Mr. Combs settled another suit in which the R&B artist Cassie had accused him of abuse. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/oRYmZnO

How an L.A. Rams Training Complex Could Help Transform Urban Sprawl

The football team’s proposal for a San Fernando Valley neighborhood includes plans to create a walkable community with stores, offices and apartments. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/dXmpYxZ

Giving Thanks When the World Is on Fire

This year, I cannot count my blessings without also counting the sorrows and fears that lurk in their shadows. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Jx3pwWE

Wrangell, Alaska, Landslide Kills Three, With at Least Three Missing

Authorities said at least three others were believed missing after the slide smashed into three single-family homes in southeast Alaska. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/vrRNUbj

Fed Officials Thought Rates Could Rise More if Inflation Stayed Stubborn

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s early November meeting suggested another rate increase remained possible, but officials were in no hurry. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/lTOZQsW

It Seemed to Have It All: 9 Dancers, 5 Guitars, 5 Amps

But “takemehome,” a look at isolation by Dimitri Chamblas in collaboration with the musician Kim Gordon, fades into its own shadows at NYU Skirball. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/BM7Fjrp

The Jets’s Issues Go Beyond the Quarterback Position

If fingers are getting pointed at anyone, it should start at the top, our columnist writes. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/ulB6osA

In Hitler’s Birthplace, Soul-Searching Over a Poisonous Past

The Austrian government is turning the house where Hitler was born into a police station. But many think it should be used instead to teach essential lessons about history. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/SgGuTso

Off the Court and Field, Top Athletes Become Players in the Art Market

Sports figures are increasingly becoming serious collectors, helping drive interest in contemporary art and particularly in artists of color. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/dvhG3xY

Downtowns Are Full of Empty Buildings. Universities Are Moving In.

The stylish new Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center took over a former museum in Washington. It’s got potential to become a community hub. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/HxGPkUJ

Robert Moses Put Monkeys in a Park in Harlem. They’re Finally Gone.

The iron monkeys with shackled wrists were mentioned in “The Power Broker,” which was published nearly 50 years ago, but had remained mounted in a Riverside Park playground until recently. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/uzmcsL6

Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’

The drug kingpin brought four hippos to his estate in the 1980s. Officials estimate that about 170 now roam Colombia, and say the population must be controlled to protect the country’s ecosystem. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/vxmYROa

W.W.E. Fans Cosplay on the NYC Subway

The wrestling superfan, Tim Rivera, leads a troupe of performers that cosplay as their childhood heroes in front of unsuspecting subway riders. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/G0a2m87

A Really Great Polenta Finishes Off Strong

Infused oil gives a final kick to this dish with roasted-until-golden mushrooms and charred tomatoes. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/yCnZ6sF

Long Ignored by the Western Art World, Africa’s Medieval Treasures Shine

North Africa’s influences radiated throughout Byzantium, helping to create a Golden Age. These objects are high on the beauty and rarity scale. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/KaYsD82

Man Arrested Following On-Ice Death of Former N.H.L. Player

Adam Johnson died after an on-ice collision that took place in Britain’s top hockey league in October. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/zq6SN3a

Stop Corporatizing My Students

Equating successful education with successful business is changing not only what gets taught, but whom. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/coVWwB0

Book Review: ‘Living the Beatles Legend,’ by Kenneth Womack

A new biography resuscitates the colorful, tragic life of Mal Evans: roadie, confidant, procurer, cowbell player. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/0o6e8jC

We Waited 200 Years for This Supreme Court Ethics Code?

The Supreme Court’s new ethics code lacks any teeth and is full of language too fuzzy to hold justices accountable. And its tone is resentful. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/y5L7kR2

A Parkland Father Stages the Unthinkable: Losing a Son in a School Shooting

Manuel Oliver has a one-man show about the life and death of his son, Joaquin, who was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/yG2tLi5

Megan Rapinoe’s N.W.S.L. Championship Injury Robs Her of ‘Perfect Ending’

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Hundreds of Thousands Protest Spanish Prime Minister’s Deal With Separatists

The deal, which grants amnesty to secessionists, is meant to give Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez enough support to form a coalition to stay in power. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/71j4WP6

Marvel Flounders at the Box Office With ‘The Marvels’

“The Marvels” cost about $300 million to make and market and arrived to $47 million in domestic sales. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/5sqGUhD

Violence by West Bank Settlers Cannot Be Ignored

The Palestinians there whom I spoke to by telephone said people were aware of how terrible the consequences of an uprising would be. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Rau3pD4

Grammy Surprises: boygenius Thrives, Country and Rap Wither

A look at the Grammys’ most unexpected and interesting story lines, including Olivia Rodrigo’s intergenerational rock battle with the Rolling Stones. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/M3DLYH8

Colombia Wants to Recover the San José’s Shipwreck’s Treasure

The San José galleon was destroyed in 1708, sinking with goods now worth billions. Colombia’s government is planning a recovery, but not everyone wants to see the shipwreck brought to the surface. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/XvbKj5M

Israel Is Considering a Deal for Hamas to Release All Civilian Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say

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Alan Hevesi, New York Official Who Fell From Grace, Dies at 83

A state legislator from Queens and a city and state comptroller, he was forced to resign in a scandal and later imprisoned in a pay-to-play scheme. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/TVNZsrd

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Did I Fail as a Parent?

Rick Reiss couldn’t control his troubled teenage son, so he had him taken away. Years later, he and his son re-examine that decision. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/lajWSkX

As Houston Suburb Sugar Land Booms, a Mass Grave Sits Unresolved

The Houston suburb Sugar Land got its name from a business reliant on the forced labor of convicts. But efforts to memorialize those people have stalled. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/1iYAJa4

2023 Virtually Certain to Be the Hottest Year on Record, Scientists Say

Analyzing data from October, European climate scientists found another record-breaking month for temperatures around the world. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/jyMwtQv

Southern Baptists Furious Over Church’s Stand in a Sex Abuse Case

A brief filed in a Kentucky case has infuriated members of the denomination across the country, just as it grapples with an abuse scandal. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/12eBXQf

The Unlikely Team That Changed Football Forever – Without Winning a Title

Four decades ago, the San Diego Chargers pioneered the N.F.L.’s modern offense. But problems off the field overshadowed their legacy. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/TJ95zDG

Two Years After a Soccer Player Was Attacked, Her Former Teammate Is Facing Jail

The aftershock of the brutal attack on PSG’s Kheira Hamraoui in November 2021 has been felt far and wide — right to the top of the France national team. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/QFzPqEI

2023 New York City Marathon: Best Fashion Looks

“Joy and performance are not mutually exclusive,” said Alexi Pappas. She was one of many runners standing out at the starting line of the New York City Marathon. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/1OwzJVh

Walter Davis, Basketball Star With a Velvet Touch, Dies at 69

“Walter is a good shooter until the fourth period,” one coach said of Davis, a standout in both college and the N.B.A. “Then he becomes a great shooter.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/H0b92lO

Zelensky Rebuke of General Signals Rift in Ukrainian Leadership

The presidential office said Gen. Valery Zaluzhny’s declaration that the war is at a stalemate was helpful to the Russians. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/hKeOwvW

Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Ban on Bump Stocks

After debate in the wake of a 2017 mass shooting, the Justice Department changed its position, deciding it had the authority to regulate the devices. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/YKjXern

Chief Executive of National Association of Realtors Resigns

The resignation of Bob Goldberg comes days after a $1.8 billion verdict against N.A.R. and two months after The New York Times exposed complaints of sexual harassment in the group. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/xil794d

Maduro Tries to Squash Venezuela’s Election Campaign Before it Even Starts

The government’s move to annul the election of a candidate to challenge President Nicolás Maduro raises questions about its commitment to a free election. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/LQfXIjp

Shanghai’s Halloween Party, a Rare Chance for Chinese to Vent in Style

Thousands paraded the streets in creative, joyful and provocative costumes in a four-day celebration of a city returning to life. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/PF6LTyO

‘Modern Love Podcast’: My Sweaty Revenge

As Christi Clancy was about to teach a spin class, her best friend’s ex-husband walked in. She decided to let him have it. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/MH7zBN5

Orsted, Offshore Wind Firm, Cancels N.J. Projects

Denmark’s Orsted said it would be forced to write off as much as $5.6 billion as wind developers in the U.S. faced wrenching financing costs. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/lagJfOD