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This North Carolina Woman Is Speaking Out Against A Bill That Would Ban Medical Masks In Public With No Exceptions

Recently, the North Carolina state senate passed a bill that would ban wearing medical masks in public in the state, even for the most vulnerable residents.

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These 15 Onscreen Costars Have The Best Chemistry, So Here Are Some Facts About Their First Time Meeting During Auditions

Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones made people cry during their chemistry read for Normal People.

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Jack Milko

Nelly Korda reveals valuable life lessons ahead of historic U.S. Women’s Open

Nelly Korda plays a shot during a Tuesday practice round ahead of the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open. | Dustin Satloff/USGA

Golf fans can learn a lot from Nelly Korda, who looks to win a second straight major at this week’s U.S. Women’s Open.

You can learn a lot from watching Nelly Korda play golf.

Her swing is picture-perfect. Her tempo, flawless. Her ability to bounce back after a mishit, also impressive.

But she struck a chord at the U.S. Women’s Open on Tuesday, when she fielded a...

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NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for May 29

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for May 29's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep...

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Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich and Maggie Haberman

At Trump Hush-Money Trial Closings, Lawyers Offer Clashing Accounts

A defense lawyer painted Donald J. Trump as the victim of unscrupulous people, but a prosecutor said Mr. Trump had directed a scheme to conceal a hush-money payment.

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15 Little Everyday Things That Men Say Melt Their Hearts Like Butter In The Sun

"It was the most lovely selfless gesture."

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Richard Lawler

Former OpenAI board member explains why they fired Sam Altman

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On November 17th, 2023, OpenAI’s board shocked everyone by suddenly ousting co-founder and CEO Sam Altman.

He had been overseeing one of the fastest-growing app launches in history with ChatGPT, so what happened? Former board member Helen Toner is filling in blank spaces in an interview on The TED AI Show podcast, providing her perspective on the events that caused board members to stop trusting Altman, as well as how he eventually returned.

In her telling,...

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MLB adds Negro League stats, stirs record books

Major League Baseball is officially incorporating Negro Leagues statistics of more than 2,300 players, shaking up its own record books in the process.

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Jesse McKinley and Kate Christobek

Trump’s Hush-Money Case Heads to the Jury: Takeaways From Closing Arguments

Defense lawyers and prosecutors tried strategy and stagecraft to sway jurors. The panel of 12 New Yorkers will get the case Wednesday morning.

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Mavs rule Lively out for Game 4; Kleber available

Mavericks rookie center Dereck Lively II is out for Tuesday's Game 4 vs. the Timberwolves while Maxi Kleber is listed as available.

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Clint Rainey

Adam Neumann ‘shut out’ of WeWork buyback after company accepts a bid from Masa and former Softbank pals

Rebuffed, founder Neumann slammed the plan to go with Softbank’s offer—which was $200 million less than his own—as ‘unrealistic and unlikely to succeed.’

With two days until WeWork is expected to emerge from bankruptcy, Adam Neumann has written off his fantasy of reacquiring the company he left in crisis. (To clarify, he left a crisis behind at WeWork, he did not leave in one himself; Neumann reportedly became about a billion dollars richer.) Now saddled with loads of debt,...

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Bret Stephens

Do We Still Understand How Wars Are Won?

Israel and Ukraine don’t have the luxury of fighting fecklessly.

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Katrina Miller

Manhattanhenge 2024 Live Video: When and Where to Watch

The annual event brings New Yorkers together to celebrate longer days, warmer weather and epic summer sunsets.

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Vimal Patel and Anemona Hartocollis

Harvard Says It Will No Longer Take Positions on Matters Outside of the University

The policy could ease pressure on the school to issue statements on current events. Officials were criticized for their handling of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

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Emma Goldberg

Columbia Grads Reflect on How the Campus Protests Have Shaped Them

As students in Columbia’s class of 2024 received their diplomas, many of them were grappling with what intense activism on campus would mean to their futures.

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Tania Ganguli

Charles Barkley Has Thoughts on the Future of ‘Inside the NBA’

Next season could be the last for TNT’s influential and beloved studio show, and Charles Barkley, for one, will not be going quietly.

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Matt Stevens

Who Plotted to Sell Graceland? An Identity Thief Raises His Hand.

A person using an email for the company seeking to foreclose on the former home of Elvis Presley says his ring was behind the threat to sell the beloved landmark.

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