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Emily Korzenik, 96, Dies; Rabbi Took a Bar Mitzvah to Poland

Part of the first generation of women ordained in America, she presided over the first bar mitzvah in Krakow, still scarred by the Holocaust, in decades. It did not go smoothly.

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Rabbi Emily Faust Korzenik in Stamford, Conn., in 2003. For 25 years she presided over the Fellowship for Jewish Learning, a congregation there.
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Mamdani Revamps Hiring After Old Antisemitic Remarks Prompt Aide to Quit

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had.

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Catherine Almonte Da Costa, left, resigned a day after Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed her to oversee administration hiring.
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Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla Pay Deal Is Restored by Delaware Supreme Court

A lower-court judge had invalidated the package, saying shareholders had not been properly informed about the plan. Friday’s ruling means the pay deal, worth about $139 billion now, can proceed.

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Elon Musk had appealed a ruling by a Delaware judge who rejected Tesla’s pay package last year.
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Can This Man Finally Defeat Mexico’s Cartels?

Omar García Harfuch is overseeing one of the most aggressive offensives in years against Mexico’s powerful criminal groups. Many before him have failed.

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Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, in his office.
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N.B.A. Tweaks Its Rules to Thwart Sports Betting Cheats

The basketball league will require teams to submit injury reports closer to tipoff, an attempt to close one source of inside information.

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N.B.A. commissioner Adam Silver said this week that “we’re going to have to do whatever is necessary to protect our integrity.”
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Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress

Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.

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Representative Elise Stefanik is one of President Trump’s most steadfast supporters, but he had shied away from endorsing her in the New York governor’s race.
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R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s

The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”

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A pediatrician administering a combination six-way vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B, in Berlin.
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Federal Judge Overturns Conviction in Killing of D.J. Jam Master Jay

Karl Jordan Jr., godson of the musician, was convicted last year of murder in the service of a drug deal. The judge found that the government had not proved the motive.

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Jason Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay, created the beats for some of classic hip-hop’s best-known songs.
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52 Places to Go, So Little Time: Where We Went in 2025

Our writers and photographers were on the ground to find out what makes the destinations on our annual list rise above the rest.

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The Lofoten archipelago is a dreamy base for adventure, with backcountry ski slopes, hiking trails, deep fjords to sail and a front-row view of the northern lights.
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Suspected Killer of M.I.T. Professor Studied With Victim, Graduating Top of Their Class

The parents of Claudio Neves Valente had not seen or heard from him since he left Portugal for the United States to enroll at a graduate program at Brown more than two decades ago.

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Claudio Neves Valente and Nuno Loureiro, the M.I.T. professor he is accused of killing, were classmates at the University of Lisbon’s Instituto Superior Técnico from 1995 to 2000.
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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul to Sign Prison Reform Bill After Beatings and Deaths

Prison guards have been accused of more than 120 acts of brutality that amounted to torture in the past decade in New York, a Times investigation found.

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Corrections officers viciously beat to death a handcuffed prisoner, Robert L. Brooks, at the Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica, N.Y., last year.
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Metro-North and LIRR Commuters to Be Fined for ‘Repeatedly’ Activating Tickets on Train

Passengers on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains could face $8 fines if they keep waiting until after the train leaves to activate their mobile tickets.

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There was no set number of late activations or late ticket purchases that would trigger the charge, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.
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Real or Fake? There’s a War Over Christmas … Trees.

Tree farmers and the marketing group that supports them want more Americans to buy live-cut trees. A new Home Depot ad gave them holiday hope.

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Artificial trees are taking a bite out of the Christmas tree farming industry.
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Trump Announces Pricing Deals With Nine Drugmakers

The companies were the latest to agree to sell drugs to Medicaid and directly to consumers at discounted prices. President Trump said he would soon begin similar negotiations with health insurers.

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President Trump, flanked by health officials and pharmaceutical company executives, announced the deal at the White House on Friday.
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Bumpy Rollout for New Gates Meant to Stop Subway Fare Evasion

At a demonstration of devices designed to replace turnstiles, one rider got hit in the neck, and another sneaked through without paying.

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In addition to combating fare evasion, the new type of gates are expected to make coming and going easier for riders with disabilities, as well as those with strollers or suitcases.
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He Said He Was Not Close With Epstein. His Emails Suggest Otherwise.

Andrew Farkas, a New York City real estate mogul, had assured investors that his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was for business only.

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Emails obtained by The New York Times revealed that Andrew Farkas referred to himself as among Jeffrey Epstein’s best friends.
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Germany’s Christmas Markets Are Now Ringed With Security Barriers

To prevent ramming attacks at Christmas markets, German officials have installed concrete blocks, chain barriers and, in one case, metal bollards removed by a hand-cranked crane.

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Security personnel standing next to bollards blocking the main entrance to the Christmas Market in Augsburg, Germany, in December.
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