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In Grief, a Mother Asks Strangers to ‘Sit Here’ at a Ballgame

Rhenda Strub invited strangers to accompany her to Seattle Mariners games this season to help overcome the loneliness of grieving for her son’s death.

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Rhenda Strub at the final 2026 game of the Seattle Mariners’ season.
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He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.

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Dr. Peter Piot was among the first scientists to see the Ebola virus, as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.
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Navi Pillay, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Forged Her Career Under Apartheid

Navi Pillay, who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, fought racism in South Africa, shaping her international career as a judge and advocate for justice and human rights.

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Navi Pillay, in Nuremberg, Germany on Friday.
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In South Africa, Pillay forged a career fighting apartheid.

Navanethem Pillay

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Navi Pillay, right, with Edwin Cameron, left, and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, center, in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2013.
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Indian Pilot Stabbed on FlyDubai Flight Recalls Sudden Attack

Capt. Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed by his co-pilot midair between Dubai and Tel Aviv, said he “had to act” to prevent a crash despite serious injuries.

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Capt. Smit Machchhar in a photo released by Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
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A Turkish Doughnut Maker Whose Sweets Honor the Dead

For one Istanbul confectioner, distributing fried dough balls as memorials is not just a job. It’s personal.

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Niyazi Dumlu handing out lokma, a kind of Turkish doughnut, from his food truck near an Istanbul mosque in November.
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His Novel Had a Shot at a Top Book Prize. Then Someone Ran an A.I. Test.

“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.

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The author Thélyson Orélien at a cafe in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood in April.
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