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Anxious dramas for the age of Trump and Sanders

One by one, they make their confused, anxious, sometimes mysterious departures.

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Justice dept. appeals ruling in Apple iPhone case in Brooklyn

In the latest volley in its high-profile fight with Apple, the Justice Department said on Monday that a federal judge in Brooklyn had erred last week in refusing to order the company to unlock a drug dealer’s iPhone.

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Maria Sharapova is planning a new game

It is not as if tennis does not know how to march on without Maria Sharapova. She has missed extended periods of play because of major shoulder surgery and other ailments during the past nine years.

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W.H.O. advises pregnant women to avoid areas where Zika is spreading

The World Health Organization advised pregnant women on Tuesday to avoid travel to areas where the Zika virus is spreading.

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Apple is rolling up supporters in privacy fight against F.B.I.

Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and a parade of other technology companies filed a barrage of court briefs on Thursday, aiming to puncture the United States government’s legal arguments against Apple in a case that will test the limits of the authorities’ access to personal data.

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Let's talk about the Oscars: An evening of squirming

​The story so far: In January, when the nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced and not a single nonwhite performer was recognized, a lot of people voiced their outrage about the omissions.

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The best and worst of the Oscars

hris Rock provoked, “Spotlight” stunned — and not every joke landed quite right. Below, some of the most memorable moments of the night.

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New study links Zika virus to temporary paralysis

A new study of 42 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome in French Polynesia offers the strongest evidence to date that the Zika virus can trigger temporary paralysis.

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Apple goes to court, and F.B.I. presses congress to settle iPhone privacy fight

The legal wrangling over a federal court order requiring Apple to help law enforcement break into an iPhone intensified Thursday, with the company filing its formal response and asking the court to drop its demand.

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Oscar predictions 2016: and the winners will be …

After months reporting on the awards season, Cara Buckley, the Carpetbagger, predicts the Oscar winners. Make your own selections on our Oscar ballot.

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The Apple case will grope its way into your future

To understand what’s at stake in the battle between Apple and the F.B.I.over cracking open a terrorist’s smartphone, it helps to be able to predict the future of the tech industry.

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For Apple, a search for a moral high ground in a heated debate

Apple initially assisted the F.B.I., but is now fighting a government order directing it to create a new piece of software to open the phone, contending that its position is meant to protect the privacy of its customers.

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Zika may increase risk of mental illness, researchers say

Even infants who appear normal at birth may be at higher risk for mental illnesses later in life if their mothers were infected during pregnancy, many researchers fear.

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Hollywood's inclusion problem extends beyond the Oscars, study says

This is the portrait of an “epidemic of invisibility” in Hollywood described by researchers in a study released on Monday of more than 400 movies and scripted television series from 2014 and 2015.

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Seas ae rising at fastest rate in last 28 centuries

The worsening of tidal flooding in American coastal communities is largely a consequence of greenhouse gases from human activity, and the problem will grow far worse in coming decades, scientists reported Monday.

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Film academy Trips over Its own rules, racing to answer calls for diversity

​A contentious move to purge the academy’s Oscar-voting rolls of members who have not been active according to certain guidelines would not be affected by this procedural hiccup.