Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to 'beloved actor' Sir Patrick Stewart after his death at 86

The actor died in Los Angeles following a "a brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.

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Bostonians Compete to Be Their Airport’s New Voice

By Christmas, the winning voice will echo through Boston Logan International in recorded greetings and announcements that millions of travelers will hear.

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‘We’ve Seen This Movie’: Four Writers on What’s Next for Israel

A round table discussion decoding the election results.

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Why Are We Having Less Sex? Ask a Pornographer.

Erika Lust wants to excite you.

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Court Rejects Erin Patterson’s Appeal in Mushroom Murders Case

Judges took away the possibility of parole for an Australian woman, Erin Patterson, and rejected a bid to overturn her conviction over deadly beef Wellington lunch.

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Watch: Moment Flávio Bolsonaro arrives in Florida

The defeated Brazilian presidential candidate arrived in the US by private jet on Tuesday morning with his wife and two daughters.

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Apple Unveils Its First Touch-Screen MacBook Pro

Steve Jobs and Tim Cook both dismissed the idea, but Apple’s new chief executive is reimagining some of the company’s most important products.

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Bill Bradley: My Fear for the Midterms

The buck must stop with local officials.

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E.P.A. to Loosen Methane Rules for Oil Firms

The Biden administration had sought to crack down on methane leaks, a big driver of climate change. Those rules are now being scaled back.

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Trump’s Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase

A lawsuit by the Justice Department challenging a potential narrow loss by the GOP Senate incumbent in Alaska reflects a new tactic by the president to try to shape the election results.

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In Texas Senate Race, Talarico Leans Into Growing Rivalry With Elon Musk

On the trail, James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee, has increasingly gone after Mr. Musk, a critic of his who has given big to a group aligned with the Republican candidate, Ken Paxton.

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‘You Can See Everything’ Gives ‘Clayface’ a Run for Its Money at the Box Office

“Clayface” was No. 1 at the box office, but “You Can See Everything,” a documentary about the disgraced Theranos founder, surged in its second weekend.

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Obama Issues Searing Attacks on Trump, Ramaswamy in Return to Campaign Trail

In his some of his most critical remarks in recent memory, the 44th president said the current administration was defined by “incompetence the likes of which we have not seen in modern times.”

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How a Small Student Protest Spread Across France

A movement that began with a few high schools has broadened to encompass labor unions and other activists.

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Why Trump’s 2024 Voters Are Turning on Him

Sarah Longwell has conducted hundreds of focus groups with Trump voters, and many of them are feeling betrayed.

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Impeachment. It’s Not Just for Presidents.

Trump’s grotesque rerun of the Gilded Age demands a rebuke.

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Alberta's decisive decision to stay in Canada gives Carney backing to take on Trump

The overwhelming vote by Alberta to stay in Canada gives Mark Carney political capital to focus on remaking the country's economy, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet.

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Police used 'justified' force in fatal shooting of one-year-old, says Mississippi attorney general

The boy was sitting in his mum's lap in the passenger seat of a car that police say was allegedly being driven at officers.

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Knicks Ticket Prices Are Soaring After Last Season’s Championship

Knicks tickets have never been cheap, but prices for the first game alone are soaring after last season’s championship — more than a trip to Paris.

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Italy Faces Parallel Protests in the North and South

Protests by young people in northern cities ended in riots as farmers and truckers in the south, angered by high gas prices, stopped commercial traffic.

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