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Colleen Creamer

3 Day Trips From Nashville

Fall is the perfect time to take excursions from bustling Music City into the surrounding countryside, where a variety of natural and cultural adventures await.

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Claire Moses

Chestnut Championship in England Is Roiled by Accusation of Cheating

Buckeye chestnuts, known as conkers in Britain, are played in an annual championship there. This year, there are accusations of cheating. And it’s all very serious.

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Alex Traub

Megan Marshack Dies at 70; Was With Nelson Rockefeller at His Death

She was at the center of rumors about the former vice president’s last moments, but she remained silent about their association until she wrote her own obituary.

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Mark Walker

Lufthansa Fined $4 Million for Stopping Jewish Passengers From Boarding Plane

The Transportation Department handed out a record fine after the airline prevented 128 travelers from making a connecting flight in 2022.

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Brad Plumer

Global Electricity Demand Is Rising Faster Than Expected, I.E.A. Says

A surge in power use worldwide could make it harder for nations to slash emissions and keep global warming in check.

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Neal K. Katyal

What You Need to Know in Case of an Election Crisis

We have just a short time to understand the challenges across state legislatures, Congress, executive branches and elected judges.

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Sonja B. Starr

Post-Affirmative Action, Is Sustained Campus Diversity Suspicious?

There are perfectly legal explanations for why schools’ demographics might not change after the fall of affirmative action.

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Kirk Semple and Jonah M. Kessel

How Expensive Is Going to Jail? We Did the Math.

Our criminal justice system is nickel-and-diming people at every turn, burying them in punishing debt.

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Alexandra Alter

TikTok’s Owner Already Publishes Digital Books. Now It Is Moving Into Print.

ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant that owns TikTok, will focus its publisher, 8th Note Press, on popular genres such as romance, romantasy and young adult fiction.

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Mihir Zaveri

Push for High-Rise Next to Brooklyn Botanic Garden Becomes Battle Over Shadows

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden and its supporters are fighting a proposal to build a 14-story apartment building that would cast shadows on the garden.

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Emma Goldberg

Can Remote Workers Reverse Brain Drain?

Researchers found that when remote workers were paid to move to Tulsa, Okla., everyone came out ahead.

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Nicholas Confessore

What to Know About the University of Michigan’s D.E.I. Experiment

A Times investigation found that the school built one of the most ambitious diversity programs in the country — only to see increased discord and division on campus.

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Nicholas Confessore

The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?

A decade and a quarter of a billion dollars later, students and faculty are more frustrated than ever.

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Daryln Brewer Hoffstot and Kristian Thacker

A Beloved Maple Tree Had to Come Down, But It Lives On

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form.

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Jack Nicas

Luís Roberto Barroso, Brazil’s Chief Justice, Defends Supreme Court’s Expanded Power

The chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Luís Roberto Barroso, defended the court in the face of growing debate over its aggressive role in politics.

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Jack Nicas

Is Brazil’s Supreme Court Saving Democracy or Threatening It?

Brazil’s top court expanded its power to protect democracy. But some are wondering whether the court now represents the threat.

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David Pierson and Amy Chang Chien

With Jets and Ships, China is Honing Its Ability to Choke Taiwan

China’s large-scale military exercises are encircling Taiwan and testing the island’s defenses. They also raise the risk of conflict, accidental or otherwise.

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Maps: Where Israel Has Invaded Lebanon

Israel and Hezbollah were fighting at close range in southern Lebanon on Wednesday across steep, unforgiving terrain.

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Alissa J. Rubin and David Guttenfelder

Fleeing Israeli Bombs, the Displaced in Lebanon Search for Safety

Schools, clubs and parks have become places of refuge as the displaced seek safety amid Israeli bombings.

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Nicholas Nehamas and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Harris Slams Trump in Interview With Charlamagne Tha God: 5 Takeaways

During a free-flowing interview that was by turns friendly and pointed, the vice president went beyond her previous remarks in casting Donald Trump as an authoritarian.

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