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Tejal Rao

The Art of Competitive Tablescaping

These inventive, meticulous competitors can teach us something about setting the “perfect” table.

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Rong Xiaoqing

Chinatown Vendor Tallies Neighborhood’s Decline in $1 Plastic Bracelets

A longtime vendor in Manhattan’s Chinatown is finding it harder to make a living as people shun his intricate crafts, haggle over cheap knickknacks and shift their spending online.

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Yan Zhuang and Amelia Nierenberg

DHL Cargo Plane Crashes Near Airport in Lithuania, Killing 1

The crash near Vilnius Airport sparked a fire in a residential area, officials said. One person on board was killed and three others were hospitalized.

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Andrew Higgins

Hard-Right Candidate Wins First Round of Romania’s Presidential Election

Calin Georgescu, who had been widely dismissed as a fringe extremist, won the most votes on Sunday. He will probably face a liberal opponent in the second round on Dec. 8.

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Miriam Elder

Don’t Let Donald Trump Drive You Into Internal Exile

Focusing on your own life and disengaging from politics can be appealing. But it is a abdication of responsibility.

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Brian Deer

Kennedy’s Antivax Views and Friends Can Cause Real Damage

What he did during a measles epidemic in Samoa shouldn’t be forgotten.

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Gail Collins

The Defeat of Kamala Harris Is Not the End of the Story

The woman-president thing is more than just a check mark on the feminist to-do list.

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Jamelle Bouie, Ross Douthat, M. Gessen and Lydia Polgreen

What Will Donald Trump’s Second Term Be Like? Four Columnists Debate His Early Moves.

Trump’s 2016 presidential transition signaled how he would govern. What do his preparations for a second term tell us about America’s future?

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Meghan McCarron and Adali Schell

How Brunch Came to a Backyard Farm in Compton

It was once a vacant, weedy lot next to a school. Now, it provides fresh produce and a twice-monthly meal to customers.

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Hiroko Tabuchi

World Seeks an End to Plastic Pollution at Talks in South Korea

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement.

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Luis Ferré-Sadurní

As New York’s Migrant Crisis Eases, Trump’s Deportation Threat Looms

New York City’s migrant shelter population has been steadily falling, but President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration stance will bring new challenges.

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Orlando Mayorquín and Christina Morales

In California’s Heartland, Some Latino Immigrants Back Trump’s Border Stance

They said they believed that Donald J. Trump’s attacks on undocumented immigrants were directed at recent asylum seekers rather than their own community members.

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Carly Lewis

In-Air Emergencies Can Cause Lasting Trauma

Extreme turbulence, a blown-out door, an engine on fire: For passengers and crew members who have experienced in-air emergencies, the pain endures.

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Tim O’Shei

Inside the World of High School Mascots: Silly, Sweaty and Surprisingly Athletic

The New York Times for Kids goes inside the sweaty, funny, heartfelt world of high school mascots.

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Jack Nicas

Israel and Hezbollah Mount New Attacks Amid Cease-Fire Talks

Rockets flew on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border even as diplomats tried to finalize a truce.

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Christina Goldbaum

Crowds Watch Israeli Airstrikes from a Beirut Hillside

Every night, dozens gather at the hillside to watch airstrikes rain down on the city’s southern suburbs. The ritual offers a window into the war — and proof that the once unimaginable is really happening.

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Isabelle Taft

How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism

Stricter rules and punishments over campus protests seem to be working. Universities have seen just under 950 protest events this semester, compared to 3,000 in the spring.

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Nate Cohn

How Democrats Lost Their Base and Their Message

Donald Trump’s populist pitch bumped Democrats off their traditional place in American politics.

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Tracy Mumford, David E. Sanger, Christina Goldbaum, Robert Jimison, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger

The Trump Transition’s Secret Funding, and a Campus Crackdown

Plus, payouts for finding pandemic fraud.

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Adam Liptak

Trump’s Judicial Hero Would Have Hated His Recess Appointments Plan

Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative giant, said attempts to circumvent the Senate’s responsibility to vet nominees were “ignoble” and “just made up.”

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