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Stock up ahead of the holiday season. Here are some great discounts on some of Wirecutter's favorite gifts. nyti.ms/3TsIARz

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A 1951 painting by the Surrealist painter Gertrude Abercrombie was purchased by a collector for $30 at an estate sale this summer. It just sold at auction for $1.35 million. nyti.ms/4y4KMg4

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Cornell University named Sally Yates, the former acting U.S. attorney general, to lead an independent internal review of a former student’s rape claim amid growing outrage about how it was first handled.

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To fill its depleted ranks, the Justice Department’s civil rights division has opened its doors to recruits whose questionable work histories and lack of education might have disqualified them from being hired in the past, former officials said. nyti.ms/3U9VQuA

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Sable Adelaide acquired 1,200 copies of “Wedding Crashers” on DVD. Now she has decided it’s time to relinquish them, and she’s found a destination for most of them: the little library boxes found all around her city, Minneapolis.

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A man in Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to charges of importing and selling plutonium obtained from Russia and mailing the material, as well as other toxic hazardous substances, to customers in the U.S. and abroad, federal prosecutors said.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com To fight back against A.I. propaganda, “Americans need to learn the counterspy techniques of CIA officers,” Anthony Vinci writes in a guest essay.

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Forecasters were monitoring a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday. If the system develops as they predict, it would become Tropical Storm Isaias and eventually the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season.

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This is the bean soup for when you need something cozy and fast. nyti.ms/4yoERn1

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Breaking News: Bill Harris, one of the main kidnappers of the heiress Patty Hearst in 1974, has died.

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President Trump’s super PAC doesn’t plan to reimburse the government for taxpayer money spent on ads praising his presidency, officials said.

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Freddie Jackson, the silk-voiced balladeer who topped the R&B charts in the latter half of the 1980s with hits like “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” and “You Are My Lady,” died on Monday. He was 69.

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Senator Susan Collins of Maine and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, are set to face off in a debate on Tuesday night. It is their first in-person showdown in a race that could be crucial in the battle for control of the Senate. Follow live updates.

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Hundreds of millions of people are watching microdramas, vertical soap operas for your phone. They have taken over film and TV production, with studios churning them out for cheap. Soon, making them may need no humans at all.

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Breaking News: Eva Marie Saint, who won an Oscar for “On the Waterfront” and starred in “North by Northwest,” has died. She was 102. nyti.ms/4hQfOlZ

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The Trump administration's hands-off stance in the Cornell University case reflects how it has shifted its enforcement of Title IX from allegations of sexual misconduct to issues like blocking protections for transgender students. nyti.ms/4zdoEkI

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Breaking News: Christa Pike, whose execution in Tennessee was botched last week, is conscious and speaking, her lawyers said.

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The S&P 500 rose to another new high on Tuesday, extending a strong rally over the past six months.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The traditional gender gap is losing ground as a key factor in politics to intragender gaps that have emerged among Republican and Democratic voters along the fault lines of masculinity and femininity,” Thomas Edsall writes.

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Advent calendars are the pregame of the season, and Wirecutter has tested and chosen the very best ones. They sell out every year, so get one early. nyti.ms/4hK0fwb

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From @theathletic.com: Lane Johnson is retiring from the Philadelphia Eagles midway through his 14th NFL season, the All-Pro tackle announced on Tuesday. "Right now, it is critical that I focus on my mental health." nyti.ms/4rPcigj

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At least five women have filed lawsuits saying they were the targets of malicious campaigns run by professionals to destroy their reputations. When The New York Times interviewed more than 60 people and analyzed hundreds of documents to examine the allegations, a pattern emerged.

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Pet food makers are pouring money into research to understand the palates of cats and dogs — and to cater to people who see their pets as family members. nyti.ms/3Tq8sxv

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