January 18, 2026, 4:50 p.m. Eastern time
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Videos of immigration officers dragging an employee out of a store near Minneapolis, the retailer’s hometown, set off renewed political debate after years of boycotts.
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The state embodies a civic ideal that the administration in Washington wants to discredit.
The ultrarunner and mountaineer finds peace through doing unimaginably hard things.
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My experience tells me that he is making a poor decision and will pay for it.
As a journalist, I thought I’d never join the ranks of obsessive superfans — until I suddenly became one.
People might ridicule my choice of pet transportation, but it changed Darla’s life — and made me a better person.
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At the request of Thompson’s widow, the Colorado authorities are re-examining his death. “The whole Hunter world is buzzing,” a lawyer said.
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WestJet, Canada’s second-largest carrier, backpedaled on a new seating plan after videos of crammed travelers went viral on social media.
A tour guide goes one step beyond, a macaw on the Q and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
Skiers have also died from avalanche-related accidents in the Swiss and French Alps over the past week.
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