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Scott Adams, Audacious Creator of the ‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip, Dies at 68

His chronicle of a corporate cubicle dweller was widely distributed until racist comments on his podcast led newspapers to cut their ties with him.

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Scott Adams in 2014 in his home office in Pleasanton, Calif. For more than 30 years, his comic strip, “Dilbert,” chronicled the absurdities of the high-tech workplace and skewered management.
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CPI Report Shows Food Prices Rose Sharply in December

Beef, coffee and produce were among the items that surged in price, inflation data showed.

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The increase in food prices could frustrate consumers who have been facing higher costs at the grocery store for years.
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Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Former South Korea President

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol faces an insurrection​ charge after his failed attempt to put his country under martial law in 2024.

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Commuters watched South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on television, at a train station in Seoul, the capital, in December.
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A Governor’s Legacy: Fewer Shootings, Free College and Covid Deaths

After eight years as governor of New Jersey, Philip D. Murphy, a former ambassador to Germany and Goldman-Sachs executive, is leaving office. Mikie Sherrill will be sworn in on Jan. 20.

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In Gov. Philip D. Murphy’s eight years in office, he had many wins, but also several crises that made headlines.
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