Paramount to Lay Off 2,000 Employees

The job cuts are the result of a merger with Skydance, the Hollywood studio founded by David Ellison.

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A Sacred Space Where 90-Year-Old Jazz Records Reign

At the Hot Club of New York, patrons revisit the music’s past by spinning shellac 78 RPM discs of recordings made in the 1910s to ’50s.

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Delivery Workers and Street Vendors Join Forces

The two groups, both mainly made up of immigrants, are pressing the City Council for more protections.

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Toyota Says $10 Billion U.S. Investment Touted by Trump Isn’t New

Japanese officials have called into question some elements of the flurry of big new investments announced by President Trump during his Japan visit.

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Facing Crisis, Talladega College Sells Its Art Treasures

An H.B.C.U.’s remarkable Hale Woodruff murals commemorating Black history have been bought by an art museum and two foundations. But the college says it is not completely letting go.

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What College Students Are Worried About Right Now

As political battles upend college campuses, we asked dozens of students what is on their minds as they plan for the future. Politics was only part of it.

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In Mississippi, Democrats Hope New Maps Lead to Statehouse Wins

A federal court says Republican legislators diluted Black voter strength. New maps may help Democrats break the G.O.P. supermajority in Jackson on Nov. 4.

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In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”

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South Korea Says the United States Agreed to 15% Tariffs

Seoul will invest $200 billion, or as much as $20 billion a year, and set aside another $150 billion to invest in its American shipbuilding operations, a South Korean official said.

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Radio Free Asia Will Halt News Operations Amid Shutdown

Until this month, Radio Free Asia had successfully resisted Trump officials who had tried to render it obsolete.

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