The football stadiums that never were
Peter Storrie can remember visiting the London studio of Herzog & de Meuron, the renowned Swiss architects, and being shown a striking vision of Portsmouth’s future.“It was something else,” he…
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Dec
Michael Cohen Used Fake Cases Cited by A.I. to Seek an End to Court Supervision
Michael D. Cohen, the onetime fixer for former President Donald J. Trump, mistakenly gave his lawyer bogus legal citations concocted by the artificial intelligence program Google Bard, he said in…
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Dec
Red Sea Shipping Halt Is Latest Risk to Global Economy
The attacks on crucial shipping traffic in the Red Sea straits by a determined band of militants in Yemen — a spillover from the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza — are…
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Dec
The Year in People: Our 12 Favorite Saturday Profiles of 2023
A teenager jailed in Egypt, determined to bear witness to the abuses he suffered during years of detention. A proponent of peace in Colombia, shadowed by death threats. A father…
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Dec
10 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy New Year
As a health reporter who’s been following nutrition news for decades, I’ve seen a lot of trends that made a splash — and then sank. Remember olestra, the Paleo diet…
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Dec
NFL playoff picture after Week 16: Ravens close in on AFC’s top seed; NFC up for grabs
The Baltimore Ravens scored their most impressive victory of the season Monday night, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 33-19. Along with making them look like worthy Super Bowl contenders, the…
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Dec
Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the C.I.A.
The Chinese spies wanted more. In meetings during the pandemic with Chinese technology contractors, they complained that surveillance cameras tracking foreign diplomats, military officers and intelligence operatives in Beijing’s embassy…
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Dec
New York Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Use of Copyrighted Work
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement on Wednesday, opening a new front in the increasingly intense legal battle over the unauthorized use of published work…
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Dec
Jiang Ping, the ‘Conscience of China’s Legal World,’ Dies at 92
Jiang Ping, a legal scholar who helped lay the foundation for China’s civil code, and whose experiences with political persecution shaped his relentless advocacy for individual rights in the face…
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Dec
Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals
The rate of serious medical complications increased in hospitals after they were purchased by private equity investment firms, according to a major study of the effects of such acquisitions on…