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Lebanon Cease-Fire Appears to Hold Despite Israeli Strike

Israel said it had targeted militants headed to a rocket facility, but neither Israel nor Hezbollah seemed keen to immediately return to full-scale fighting.

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‘Nobody Won’: Residents of a Lebanese City Return to Rubble and Sorrow

Tens of thousands of people who had fled the city of Baalbek returned to bombed-out restaurants, flattened buildings and many of the dead still under rubble.

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Trump Team’s Rejection of a Transition Deal Adds a Wrinkle to Its Transparency Pledges

The president-elect’s team said it would disclose donors’ names and not take donations from foreigners, but it isn’t legally bound to adhere to those promises.

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Her Wrestling Empire Was Said to Harm Children. She May Lead Education.

Linda McMahon, President-elect Trump’s pick for education secretary, once ran World Wrestling Entertainment. She has faced questions over her suitability.

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Who Might Be the Next Chair of the Democratic Party?

The current leader of the Democratic National Committee, Jaime Harrison, won’t seek re-election. His successor will need to revive a distressed party.

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Hiker Survives 50 Days in Canadian Wilderness

Sam Benastick was found after weeks missing in British Columbia’s frigid Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, and after the official search was called off.

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Crowds Turn Out for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Despite Rain

About two dozen protesters briefly disrupted the procession near 55th Street and were taken into custody, the police said.

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Snow and Rain Disrupt Holiday Travel as Storm Moves Across the Northeast

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Biden Makes a Final Nantucket Visit as President

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After 5 Generations, a Family Gave Back the Treasures in Its Closet

The descendants of a 19th-century U.S. official decided to return a collection of heirlooms to a descendant of the Lakota leader Chief Spotted Tail.

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Art Collector Who Bought a $6 Million Banana Offers to Buy 100,000 More

The Manhattan vendor who sold the banana only received 25 cents. Now, the buyer of the conceptual work has offered the fruit stand a bigger payday.

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The College Volleyball Team at the Center of the Transgender Athlete Debate

San Jose State is trying not to crumble as a drama plays out over one of the most explosive issues in American life.

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Chinese Women Mobilize Against Subpar Sanitary Pads: ‘A Lack of Respect’

An online campaign has prompted pad manufacturers to apologize. Regulators said they would consider women’s criticisms when writing standards.

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Bags of feminine pads are squeezed together on several shelves in a store.

Why Mexico Is Eliminating Independent Watchdog Agencies

A vote in the country’s Senate has cleared the way to abolish seven organizations that provided oversight on issues like public information and price fixing.

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A group of people stand on a sidewalk in front of signs.

Footprints Suggest Different Human Relatives Lived Alongside One Another

A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and possibly interacted.

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A close-up view of a fossilized hominin footprint in the ground with two scale bars placed at its side and heel.

Peggy Caserta, Who Wrote a Tell-All About Janis Joplin, Dies at 84

Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was a hot spot for the counterculture. But she was best known for a tawdry book, which she later disavowed.

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David Brooks

The Moral Challenge of Trumpism

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Sally Franson

The Critics Sneered. 90 Million Readers Swooned.

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Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd

My Brother Is Doing the Trump Dance

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Christopher Caldwell

This Maverick Thinker Is the Karl Marx of Our Time

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Defense Secretary Takes Control of Plea Deals in War Crimes Cases

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stripped his appointee of plea deal authority in a memo on Monday, which the Pentagon has not yet made public.

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Canada Accuses Google of Creating an Ad Tech Monopoly

The case, which seeks to force Google to sell off sections of its online ad business, largely echoes an antitrust action in the U.S.

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2 South Asian Neighbors, Once Friendly, Are Now at Bitter Odds

India and Bangladesh have traded angry accusations about Bangladesh’s Hindu minority. The latest flashpoint was the arrest of a Hindu monk.

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