Cale Yarborough, Hall of Fame NASCAR Driver, Dies at 84

He won the Daytona 500 four times, but his fistfight with Bobby Allison at a televised race “put NASCAR on the nationwide map.”

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark to Step Down

Margrethe, the longest-serving monarch in Europe, announced during her New Year’s speech that she would abdicate her throne in January. Her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik, will succeed her.

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Can Stony Brook University Balance Equity and Ambition?

Stony Brook University, one of two state schools designated as flagships, has aggressively fund-raised and recruited students.

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A Holiday Celebration Inspired by Old New York

The Old Stone Trade founder Melissa Ventosa Martin and the One Of designer Patricia Voto channeled the Gilded Age to fete their evening-wear collaboration.

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Covid Variant JN.1 Now Accounts for Nearly Half of U.S. Cases

Here’s what to know about the coronavirus variant, which was first detected in the United States in September.

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Michael Cohen Used Fake Cases Cited by A.I. to Seek an End to Court Supervision

Donald Trump’s former fixer had sought an early end to court supervision after his 2018 campaign finance conviction. He enlisted the help of Google Bard.

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East Palestine Residents Still Waiting for Biden Visit

The White House has said that Mr. Biden still plans to visit the site of a toxic derailment in February. But his absence feels like disrespect to many people in East Palestine, Ohio.

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