Mourners Honor Victims of Hong Kong Apartment Fire

The police said they expected the death toll of 128 to rise as the authorities began combing through the charred apartment towers.

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Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88

Drawing comparisons to the greatest of dramatists, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Shoppers, Drawn by Steep Discounts, Power Through Black Friday

Data on spending this week shows that consumers are shopping big for the holidays despite inflation and economic worries.

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F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals

The agency’s top vaccine regulator proposed broad changes, claiming that a new review linked 10 children’s deaths to the Covid vaccine. But public health experts questioned the findings, wanting to examine the data.

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Seattle’s Gas Works Park Seen As A Public Nuisance After a Suicide

For years, architects and design experts have resisted safety changes at Seattle’s Gas Works Park, but after a teenager died there this summer, his parents want it declared a public nuisance.

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John Tesh Keeps Bouncing Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba Back

The resurgence of “Roundball Rock,” the N.B.A. theme song he composed, has made the musician more visible than he’s been in over 20 years. He hasn’t been idle.

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Tell Us How You Watch TV and Movies

The New York Times wants to learn more about how viewing habits are evolving.

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Army Takes Control in Guinea-Bissau Amid Apparent Coup

The West African nation had recently held a presidential election in which the main opposition party was barred from the ballot.

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A Moderate From Manhattan Claims Enough Support to Lead City Council

Julie Menin, a councilwoman from the Upper East Side, was seen by some supporters as a necessary check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist with an ambitious policy agenda.

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Four More Arrested in Connection With Louvre Heist

A Paris prosecutor said two men and two women were arrested as part of an investigation into the robbery at the museum.

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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Musicals

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sara Bareilles, Joshua Henry, Jeanine Tesori, Jason Robert Brown and New York Times writers and editors pick 13 songs to seal the deal.

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