top stories
New York Times (Dec 2018)
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Hearing Loss Threatens Mind, Life and Limb
88 points • dec 31, 2018
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Lawrence Roberts, Who Helped Design Internet’s Precursor, Dies at 81
88 points • dec 31, 2018
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Every Christmas Eve, a Lone Choir Boy Sings to More Than 370 Million
84 points • dec 25, 2018
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The Case for a Mixed Economy
80 points • dec 24, 2018
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She Was Exonerated of the Murder of Her Son. Her Life Is Still Shattered.
80 points • dec 23, 2018
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You’re Hired! You’re Fired! Yes, the Turnover at the Top of the Trump Administration Is … “Unprecedented.”
78 points • dec 17, 2018
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Denies Misconduct Accusations
76 points • dec 03, 2018
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How George Bush Befriended Dana Carvey, the ‘S.N.L.’ Comedian Who Impersonated Him
74 points • dec 03, 2018
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The Democrats’ Best Response to Republican Power Grabs
72 points • dec 13, 2018
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With No Votes Scheduled, a Government Shutdown Will Greet the Democratic House
72 points • dec 29, 2018
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The Surprisingly Normal Reason Trump Wants a New Chief of Staff
68 points • dec 11, 2018
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Reliable Allies Refuse to Defend a President Content With Chaos
68 points • dec 22, 2018
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The Steady Bedlam of the Trump White House
66 points • dec 25, 2018
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Trump Iraq Visit Is Called a Political Rally
66 points • dec 29, 2018
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Are Civics Lessons a Constitutional Right? This Student Is Suing for Them
66 points • dec 01, 2018
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With the Generals Gone, Trump’s ‘America First’ Could Fully Emerge
64 points • dec 22, 2018
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Trump’s Judicial Nominees Take Heat but Largely Keep Marching Through Senate
62 points • dec 12, 2018
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Democrats Vow Not to Seat Republican Who Claimed Victory in North Carolina
60 points • dec 29, 2018
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Bad Landlord? These Coders Are Here to Help
60 points • dec 05, 2018
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LinkedIn Co-Founder Apologizes for Deception in Alabama Senate Race
60 points • dec 28, 2018
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Elizabeth Warren, Trumpian of the Left
58 points • dec 21, 2018
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What I Learned From Tracking My Spending for a Month
56 points • dec 01, 2018
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What Cohen’s Deal Means for Trump
56 points • dec 01, 2018
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6 Ways to Be an Effective Parent in 2019
54 points • dec 28, 2018
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Amazon Hires Lobbyists for N.Y. Site and Tries to Fend Off Ocasio-Cortez’s Supporters
52 points • dec 13, 2018
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With Tech Expansion, Austin Is Still Weird. It’s Just More Wired Now, Too.
52 points • dec 26, 2018
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Would Indicting Trump Be Constitutional?
52 points • dec 13, 2018
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The Deadly Soul of a New Machine
50 points • dec 08, 2018
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When Prosecutors Jail a Mother for a Miscarriage
48 points • dec 30, 2018
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How to Keep Baby Jesus in the Manger? Bolts, Cameras and Tethers
48 points • dec 24, 2018
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Declare the Strand Bookstore a City Landmark? No Thanks, the Strand Says
48 points • dec 05, 2018
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China Tries to Balance Anger Over Huawei Arrest With Warmer Trade Ties
48 points • dec 10, 2018
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The World, Built by China
46 points • dec 19, 2018
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Trump Team Pushes Fossil Fuels at Climate Talks. Protests Erupt, but Allies Emerge, Too.
46 points • dec 11, 2018
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The President’s Field Trip to the Forever War
46 points • dec 30, 2018
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These 5 Numbers Explain Why the French Are in the Streets
44 points • dec 06, 2018
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What Travelers Need to Know About the Paris Riots
42 points • dec 05, 2018
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E.P.A. Proposes Rule Change That Would Let Power Plants Release More Toxic Pollution
42 points • dec 28, 2018
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How to Decorate a Sugar Cookie Like a Pro
42 points • dec 07, 2018
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It’s Time to Study Whether Eating Particular Diets Can Help Heal Us
42 points • dec 10, 2018
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Voyager 2 Has Entered the Space Between Solar Systems
40 points • dec 11, 2018
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The Fight to Save the Traditional Tortilla
40 points • dec 27, 2018
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Democrats in New Jersey Have a Firm Grip on Power. They Want Even More.
40 points • dec 14, 2018
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In Latest Shutdown, Some Lawmakers See a Diminished Congress
40 points • dec 25, 2018
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Selma Engel, 96, Dies; Escaped Death Camp and Revealed Its Horror
38 points • dec 09, 2018
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Lego Foundation and Sesame Street Team Up to Help Refugee Children
36 points • dec 06, 2018
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Trump to Attend Bush Funeral, but Won’t Deliver Eulogy
36 points • dec 03, 2018
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The Cowardly Face of Authoritarianism
34 points • dec 09, 2018
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A Young Singer Takes the Opera World by Storm
34 points • dec 30, 2018
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Internet Church Isn’t Really Church
32 points • dec 17, 2018
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Put Down the Golf Clubs, Visit the Troops
32 points • dec 18, 2018
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Your Tales of Subway Hell
32 points • dec 18, 2018
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The Patrician President and the Reporterette: a Screwball Story
32 points • dec 02, 2018
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Yes, Russian Trolls Helped Elect Trump
30 points • dec 19, 2018
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Glorified and Vilified, Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar Tells Critics: ‘Just Deal’
30 points • dec 31, 2018
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In France, School Lessons Ask: Which Twitter Post Should You Trust?
28 points • dec 14, 2018
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Minnesota Town Defamed by German Reporter Is Ready to Forgive
28 points • dec 28, 2018
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Stock Markets Are Wild, but Bond Markets Can Be Dangerous
26 points • dec 20, 2018
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The Man Who Brought Weimar Into Germans’ Living Rooms
26 points • dec 02, 2018
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Minneapolis, Tackling Housing Crisis and Inequity, Votes to End Single-Family Zoning
24 points • dec 14, 2018
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Your Apartment Tries to Talk You Out of Going to a Party
24 points • dec 31, 2018
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Venus Williams: Confidence Can Be Learned
24 points • dec 07, 2018
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How France’s ‘Yellow Vests’ Differ From Populist Movements Elsewhere
24 points • dec 06, 2018
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The Postal Worker’s Christmas
22 points • dec 20, 2018
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End the Innovation Obsession
22 points • dec 08, 2018
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After ‘Gravity,’ Alfonso Cuarón Had His Pick of Directing Blockbusters. Instead, He Went Home to Make ‘Roma.’
22 points • dec 16, 2018
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A Covert Coup for Cadets: Steal the Mascot
22 points • dec 07, 2018
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2 Nuns Suspected in $500,000 Theft From Catholic School Had a Taste for Gambling, Church Says
22 points • dec 13, 2018
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Advertisers Flee Tucker Carlson’s Fox News Show After He Derides Immigrants
20 points • dec 19, 2018
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8-Year-Old Migrant Child From Guatemala Dies in U.S. Custody
20 points • dec 27, 2018
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Amos Oz, a Writer Who Loved the Dream of Israel and Charted Its Imperfect Reality
20 points • dec 30, 2018
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Hard-Money Men, Suddenly Going Soft
20 points • dec 22, 2018
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A $21,000 Cosmetology School Debt, and a $9-an-Hour Job
20 points • dec 30, 2018
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Huawei Executive’s Arrest Intensifies Trade War Fears
18 points • dec 07, 2018
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Passion for Puerto Rico
18 points • dec 27, 2018
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America Didn’t Always Lock Up Immigrants
18 points • dec 03, 2018
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Trump Administration Peppers Inboxes With Plugs for Private Medicare Plans
16 points • dec 04, 2018
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I’m an Expert on Negotiations, and I Have Some Advice for Theresa May
16 points • dec 21, 2018
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The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and More in December
16 points • dec 02, 2018
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What Happened in 2018? Shake to Remember
16 points • dec 17, 2018
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It’s Intermission for the Large Hadron Collider
16 points • dec 24, 2018
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Hide Your Phone When You’re Trying to Work. Seriously.
14 points • dec 04, 2018
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Who Killed The Weekly Standard?
14 points • dec 17, 2018
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When the Bubble Bursts, Consider the Anti-Bubble
12 points • dec 31, 2018
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After Marriott Breach, How to Protect Your Information Online
12 points • dec 01, 2018
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Bottleneck at Printers Has Derailed Some Holiday Book Sales
12 points • dec 25, 2018
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Houston Recalls Legacy of George Bush, Its Lone Star Yankee and Senior Booster
12 points • dec 02, 2018
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I Tried to Make My Dog an Instagram Celebrity. I Failed.
12 points • dec 06, 2018
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36 Hours in Bogotá
10 points • dec 28, 2018
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Trump After Mattis
10 points • dec 24, 2018
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Maybe They’re Just Bad People
10 points • dec 02, 2018
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Another Day in Brexit Hell
10 points • dec 11, 2018
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Tsunami Kills Over 220 in Indonesia and Injures Over 800 More
8 points • dec 23, 2018
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The Weekend Warriors of the Crown Province of Ostgardr (Otherwise Known as New York City)
8 points • dec 25, 2018
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The Dangers of Doing Favors for Donald Trump
8 points • dec 11, 2018
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Video and Full Transcript of George W. Bush’s Eulogy for His Father
8 points • dec 06, 2018
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Dodging Friends, Chased by Legal Troubles, Trump Navigates G-20
8 points • dec 01, 2018
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HDL Cholesterol: Too Much of a Good Thing?
8 points • dec 28, 2018
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There’s a Wave of New Prosecutors. And They Mean Justice.
8 points • dec 13, 2018
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The Power of the Yellow Vest
8 points • dec 07, 2018