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Jacqueline de Ribes, Tastemaker and Fashion Avatar, Dies at 96

One of few people in the world of style who could legitimately claim the status of icon, she dressed to impress even before she became a designer.

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Jacqueline de Ribes in 1953. She designed clothes for herself and for a socially prominent clientele.
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Mamdani Names Top Deputies for Child Care, Operations and Climate

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect, announced several key appointments who could help implement central promises of his agenda, including universal child care.

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Emmy Liss, a veteran education leader, will be the director of New York City’s child care office.
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In Chief Justice’s Annual Report, a History Lesson and Embrace of Independence

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. did not directly address the tensions between the Trump administration and federal judges who have blocked the president’s agenda.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in May. By tradition, he releases his report about the state of the nation’s courts on the last day of the year.
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Mamdani Reverses Call to End Mayoral Control of NYC Public Schools

The mayor-elect’s turnaround came as he selected Kamar Samuels to lead New York City’s school system at a precarious moment.

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named Kamar Samuels as New York City’s schools chancellor. He starts on Thursday.
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Mamdani’s Man-of-the-People Style Could Present Security Challenges

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, gregarious with constituents and vilified by a range of critics, is taking office at a time of anxiety about political violence.

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Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign hired private security after receiving threats. As mayor, he will have a police detail assigned to protect him.
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Trump Vetoes 2 Bills, Drawing Accusations of Retaliation

The president said he blocked the bills to save taxpayers’ money. But he has grievances against a tribe in Florida and officials in Colorado.

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President Trump’s two vetoes were the first of his second term.
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Brigitte Bardot’s Legacy of Racist Rhetoric

The actress, who died this week at 91, was an icon of 1960s cinema. She was also a hero to the French far right.

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Brigitte Bardot, center, appeared in court in 1997 on charges of inciting racial hatred.
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Brigitte Bardot Was the Face of a Nation

A star who never played coy for the camera was once an emblem of France.

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She was an original 1950s bombshell, alongside Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe.
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‘Swipe, Swipe’: New Yorkers Give the MetroCard a Public Funeral

There were few tears at a funeral for the MetroCard, which included chants of “swipe, swipe” and an urn.

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The MetroCard (a Mets fan, according to this framed image) was given a somber send-off in Washington Square Park in Manhattan on Wednesday after three decades of service.
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Research Library at NASA’s Goddard Space and Flight Center to Close Friday

Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.

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The NASA Goddard Information and Collaboration Center in Greenbelt, Md. The 100,000 volume library will close Friday.
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Tatiana Schlossberg Submitted a Heartbreaking Essay to The New Yorker on Her Cancer Diagnosis, Fully Formed

When Tatiana Schlossberg submitted an essay to The New Yorker, it had not been assigned or even expected. It was accepted immediately and barely edited.

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Tatiana Schlossberg’s essay for The New Yorker, published online in November and in print this month, moved David Remnick, the magazine’s editor, with its “heart and intelligence and honesty,” he said.
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In New Year’s Speech to Russia, Putin Says Little About Ukraine War or Peace Talks With US

The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war.

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In a photo distributed by Russian state media, President Vladimir V. Putin delivered his annual New Year’s Eve address in Moscow in 2024.
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One Lawyer’s Standoff With Trump’s Deportation Machine

Mahsa Khanbabai’s client, a graduate student, had been whisked away by masked agents and held in lockup for weeks. Would a court free her — and would the government let her go?

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Mahsa Khanbabai’s account provides a window into the experience of immigration lawyers this year, who are fighting for clients against an administration that they no longer trust to follow the rules.
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