Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94
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Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Max Frankel, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy and rose to pinnacles of American journalism as a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times and later as its executive editor during eight years of changing fortunes and technology, died on Sunday…

Why Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia Could Upend Higher Education
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Why Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia Could Upend Higher Education

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Follow live updates on the Trump administration here. It was an obscure, 44-word demand toward the end of the Trump administration’s ultimatum to Columbia University this month ordering a dramatic overhaul of admissions and disciplinary rules. But it could prove to have consequences…

A 311-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Sells for .25 Million at Sotheby’s
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A 311-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Sells for $11.25 Million at Sotheby’s

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A 311-year-old Stradivarius violin sold for $11.25 million at Sotheby’s on Friday, in a closely watched auction that drew interest from investors, collectors and classical musicians. The violin was made by the famed Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari in 1714, during the so-called golden…

Lebanese Lawmakers Choose a President After 2 Years of Gridlock
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Lebanese Lawmakers Choose a President After 2 Years of Gridlock

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lebanon’s fractured Parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to choose a new president, a critical step toward bringing stability to a country attempting to recover from economic catastrophe and a devastating war. Lawmakers elected Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander…

In Haiti, Gang Massacres and Journalist Murders Expose the Country’s Fragility
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In Haiti, Gang Massacres and Journalist Murders Expose the Country’s Fragility

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A fresh injection of about 150 foreign officers arrived in Haiti this weekend to bolster an international security force charged with reigning in the powerful and well-armed gangs that have inflicted so much misery on the country for months. But if the past…