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New York City’s rent-regulated housing system is approaching a breaking point, not because of a single policy, but because of a compounding mismatch between political decisions, economic reality and ...

On a simple math task - indicating which of two amounts is greater - kids with math learning disability get the right answer as often as their good-at-math peers, but behind the scenes, their brains ...

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For Americans of a certain age, there may be no bigger question than this. At what age should I take Social Security? At age 62? Sixty-five? Seventy? The question matters, because your monthly Social ...