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Stark Gender Imbalance at U.S. Opera Companies Extends Beyond Podiums

A new report found that women are dramatically underrepresented when it comes to conducting, directing and designing operas at leading…

Business

China Bet It All on Real Estate. Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price.

After relying on a borrow-to-build model for decades, Beijing must make difficult choices about the country’s housing market and economic…

Business

How ‘A.I. Agents’ That Roam the Internet Could One Day Replace Workers

Researchers are transforming chatbots into online agents that play games, query websites, schedule meetings, build bar charts and do more.

Business

Rite Aid, Facing Slumping Sales and Opioid Suits, Files for Bankruptcy

The pharmacy chain, one of the country’s largest, faces more than a thousand lawsuits that say it filled illegal prescriptions…

World

When Roz Chast Closes Her Eyes, Chris Rock and Nasty Babies Open Theirs

In “I Must Be Dreaming,” the cartoonist serves up nutty nocturnal admissions, considers theories of sleep and, yes, imagines losing…

World

What Does Destroying Gaza Solve?

On a reporting trip to Gaza two decades ago, I interrupted some high school boys playing soccer and asked them…

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Federal Firefighters Face Steep Pay Cuts

A temporary pay raise for federal wild-land firefighters is set to end next month. Officials have said that more workers…

World

Review: ‘The Hunt’ Playfully Makes the Medieval Contemporary

Kate Soper’s latest stage work freely moves between legend and anachronism for a story about three virgins taking charge of…

Business

Retailers’ Seasonal Hiring Plans Signal a Cooling Labor Market

After scrambling to fill out work forces in recent years, many companies are reporting more modest goals for temporary employment.

Magazine

Friday the 13th Is Coming Up. Try Not to Be Spooked.

Depending on where you fall on the scale from “extremely superstitious” to “not at all,” Friday may be the most…

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