| Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs Onto Millions of Workers
- New surveys show that increases in premiums and deductibles are forcing people to forgo treatments or doctor’s visits while budgets are strained by higher food and gas prices.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:02:24 +0000
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| A.I. and Its Dangers Are Embedded In the Midterm Elections
- The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:07:44 +0000
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| A Young Family in Niagara, N.Y., and a Backyard Full of Radioactive Waste
- A young family thought they had escaped the toxic legacy of Love Canal with a dream house near a creek in the suburbs. Then the men in the hazmat suits showed up.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:44:16 +0000
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| Elizabeth Holmes Quote Drama
- In today’s Backstory, the new Holmes film takes issue with our profile, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks her viral essay and a professor shares why he thinks we apply “conservative” and “liberal” labels inconsistently.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:42:13 +0000
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| Ebola Outbreak in Africa Reaches Widest Expansion Ever
- Health officials are urgently seeking answers about the origins of a case newly identified in Nigeria, the first in that West African nation.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:41:13 +0000
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| Nicole Brown Simpson’s Sister: ‘We Deserve Answers’ on Accomplice Question
- Tanya Brown said she believed someone helped O.J. Simpson get rid of the murder weapon. One of Mr. Simpson’s former lawyers called for a special prosecutor.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:29:18 +0000
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| Mortgage Rates Remain Above 7%, Pushing Home Prices Lower in Some Areas
- The 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage dropped slightly to 7.32 percent as prospective home buyers continue to struggle with affordability. But home prices are starting to drop in some areas.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:26:52 +0000
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| He Told Us About an O.J. Accomplice. Then He Said He’d Lied. What Next?
- A source said his brother had been with O.J. Simpson the night of the murders in 1994. But when we refused to pay, he retracted his story.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:07:17 +0000
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| Chris Pappas Could Make History in New Hampshire’s Senate Race
- Chris Pappas, the Democratic nominee, would make history if he won. On the campaign trail, he doesn’t dwell on it.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:04:54 +0000
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| PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline
- Governments and businesses around the world scrambled to prevent hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in PHP, a popular programming language.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:01:35 +0000
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| What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?
- A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:55:07 +0000
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| Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing
- Russia has sought to separate the war in Ukraine from potential business deals and diplomacy with the United States. Its efforts now appear to be working.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:22:53 +0000
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| How a Legal Backlash Against Big Tech Is Forcing Big Changes
- A series of lawsuits has created a new de facto regulatory regime as courts order companies like Meta and Google to change their business practices — and pay up.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:33:42 +0000
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| The Brief, Messy Political Career of Paolo Zampolli, a Trump Ally
- He had an unlikely rise, from modeling agent to presidential special envoy. After his firing, he was unrepentant: “I need to make money.”
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:15:35 +0000
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| Impeachment. It’s Not Just for Presidents.
- Trump’s grotesque rerun of the Gilded Age demands a rebuke.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:08:38 +0000
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| A Shifting Standard
- We look at how Title IX keeps changing.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:01:59 +0000
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| Why Many Voters Are Unhappy With the Economy
- With the midterms approaching, the economy is a top concern for voters. Our chief economic correspondent, Ben Casselman, describes which aspects of the economy have voters so frustrated.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:30:24 +0000
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| Iowa, Usually Red, Is in Play This Midterm as Economic Woes Mount
- The Trump administration’s policies could cost Republicans in a state that is being hit hard by expensive diesel prices and uncertainty over trade.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:03:19 +0000
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