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Sunday

Long-lost painting "Crucifixion of Jesus Christ" by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, is displayed at the auction house Osenat in Versailles, west of Paris, Nov. 30, 2025. Michel Euler/AP hide caption

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after speaking to troops via video from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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The George Rogers Clark Memorial bridge crosses the Ohio River to Louisville, Kentucky. Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption

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Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, and Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Ukrainian officials Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Terry Renna/AP hide caption

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Slop Spotting

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Saturday

Food and Drug Administration officials say they are going to scrutinize vaccines more stringently. JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial/Getty Images hide caption

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Tom Stoppard's plays include Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. He's pictured above in London in 2017. Justin Tallis/WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88

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Ruty Pereira sits with her daughter, Tamara, in their apartment in Maceió, in eastern Brazil. Tamara, whose development was impacted in utero by the Zika virus, eats through a feeding tube. Ian Cheibub for NPR hide caption

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Shane MacGowan of The Pogues performs at Terminal 5 on March 15, 2011, in New York City. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption

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ESSAY 11-29-25

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