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Front Page: The New York Times – February 27, 2023

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What Layoffs? Many Employers Are Eager to Hang On to Workers.

Despite interest rate increases meant to cool the labor market, companies outside the tech industry worry about having too few workers, not too many.

Lab Leak Most Likely Caused Pandemic, Energy Dept. Says

The conclusion, which was made with “low confidence,” came as America’s intelligence agencies remained divided over the origins of the coronavirus.

Rural Hospitals Are Shuttering Their Maternity Units

Citing costs, many hospitals are closing labor and delivery wards, expanding so-called maternity care deserts.

In Ukraine War, Talking About Peace Is a Fight of Its Own

Russia and the West have argued for months about which side is more willing to negotiate, with the world as an audience.

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Front Page: The New York Times – February 26, 2023

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Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.

Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like Cheetos and Fruit of the Loom.

War in Ukraine Has Changed Europe for Good

No event has transformed the continent more profoundly since the end of the Cold War, and there is no going back now.

Their Hair Long and Flowing or in Ponytails, Women in Iran Flaunt Their Locks

Defiant resistance to Iran’s mandatory hijab law has exploded across the country after nationwide protests that erupted last year.

Desperate for Babies, China Races to Undo an Era of Birth Limits. Is It Too Late?

A number of new incentives encouraging people to have children highlight the challenges China faces in trying to boost its declining birthrate.

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The New York Times Book Review – February 26, 2023

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Front Page: The New York Times – February 25, 2023

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Protests and Defiance Mark a Year of Russia’s War on Ukraine

On the anniversary of the invasion, Volodymyr Zelensky held a marathon news conference and vowed victory if Ukraine’s allies remained united like a fist.

Russia, Ukraine and the West Vow to Fight On, in a War With No End in Sight

Moscow and Kyiv face daunting challenges in moving forward, with no clear sense of what an attainable victory might look like.

The Salton Sea, an Accident of History, Faces a New Water Crisis

The vast California lake relies on runoff from cropland to avoid disappearing. But as farmers face water cuts due to drought and an ever drier Colorado River, the Salton Sea stands to lose again.

The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Sped Back Up

Inflation is down from its peak last summer, but recent readings have shown substantial and surprising staying power.

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Culture: New York Times Magazine – Feb 26, 2023

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Three Years Into Covid, We Still Don’t Know How to Talk About It

Most Americans think they know the story of the pandemic. But when a writer immersed himself in a Covid oral-history project, he realized how much we’re still missing.

‘The Democratic Party in New York Is a Disaster’

After losing crucial seats in the congressional midterms, a bitter civil war over the moribund state organization has spilled into the open.

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Front Page: The New York Times – February 24, 2023

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‘It’s Complicated’: How Biden and Zelensky Forged a Wartime Partnership

The relationship between the two leaders has become critical to the future of the international order.

Bulgarian Factories and Secret Task Forces: How the West Hunts for Soviet Arms

Ukraine has long relied on Russian weapons for its armed forces. Now it is scrambling to get Soviet-era ammunition for those weapons, with the help of manufacturers even in rural corners of Eastern Europe.

Alex Murdaugh Admits Lying and Stealing, but Denies Murders

In choosing to testify on Thursday, Mr. Murdaugh took a gamble that could determine whether he is acquitted or sent to prison for life.

‘Woodstock’ for Christians: Revival Draws Thousands to Kentucky Town

Over two weeks, more than 50,000 people descended on a small campus chapel to experience the nation’s first major spiritual revival in decades — one driven by Gen Z.

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Front Page: The New York Times – February 23, 2023

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Putin and Biden Shore Up Alliances in Dueling Appearances

On the surface, it looked like a reversion to the Cold War era. The reality was even more complicated.

How Poland, Long Leery of Foreigners, Opened Up to Ukrainians

The country, once one of the world’s most ethnically and culturally homogeneous, has accommodated far more refugees from neighboring Ukraine than any other nation.

Mexico Hobbles Election Agency That Helped End One-Party Rule

The changes come ahead of a presidential election next year and are part of a pattern of challenges to democratic institutions across the Western Hemisphere.

When the Movies Pictured A.I., They Imagined the Wrong Disaster

Instead of the chilling rationality of HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” we get the messy awfulness of Microsoft’s Sydney. Call it the banality of sentience.

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Front Page: The New York Times – February 22, 2023

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Biden Accuses Putin of Atrocities and Urges World to Rebuke Him

In sharply opposed speeches, President Biden said Vladimir V. Putin bore sole responsibility for the war, while Mr. Putin said Russia had invaded in self-defense. But they agreed the war would not end soon.

China’s Courtship of European Powers Hits a Russian Wall

Beijing, in urgent need of reviving its economy, wants to mend ties with Europe but is struggling to create distance between itself and Moscow.

‘Equality of Injustice for All’: Saudi Arabia Expands Crackdown on Dissent

The kingdom’s courts are meting out harsher punishments than ever to citizens who criticize the government, with prosecutions built on Twitter posts ending in prison sentences of 15 to 45 years.

In Vermont, a School and Artist Fight Over Murals of Slavery

Created to depict the brutality of enslavement, the works are seen by some as offensive. The school wants them permanently covered. The artist says they are historically important.

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Front Page: The New York Times – February 21, 2023

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Biden’s Surreal and Secretive Journey Into a War Zone

President Biden traveled covertly to the besieged Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, hoping to demonstrate American resolve to help defeat the Russian forces that invaded a year ago this week.

In Biden’s Unannounced Visit to Kyiv, a Preview of an Increasingly Direct Contest With Putin

The vastly different world views of President Biden and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will become vividly apparent in a rare split-screen moment on Tuesday.

They Were Married. They Shared a Trench. They Died in It Together.

Taras and Olha Melster signed up to help the war effort. Like many other urban professionals in Ukraine, they never expected to be sent to the front line.

In Mississippi’s Capital, Old Racial Divides Take New Forms

A plan by Republican lawmakers to set up a new court system served by a state-run police force for parts of mainly Black Jackson has become a flash point for racial and political divisions.