11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

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Welcome to the Weekend. It’s the first one in December. You read that right, December. If it’s cold where you are, maybe light a fire (if you have a fire place) or snuggle up in a cozy chair. Put extra marshmallows in your hot chocolate and make time for some great journalism.

T.M. Landry, a school in small-town Louisiana, has garnered national attention for vaulting its underprivileged black students to elite colleges. But the school cut corners and doctored college applications. Washington

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A trove of text messages details a plan by Mr. Moonves and a faded Hollywood manager to bury a sexual assault allegation. Instead, the scheme helped sink the CBS chief, and may cost him $120 million. Business

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Before being killed on a remote island in the Andaman Sea, Mr. Chau attended a missionary training camp in Kansas. International

[Read also: “‘I’ve Thought a Lot About Whether I Did Good or Evil’: Missionaries on the Death of John Allen Chau”]

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Where does this strange empire start or stop? Style

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Daniel Hernandez’s arrest was the most serious in a string of legal problems for the 22-year-old rapper and Instagram star. New York

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The editors of The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year. Books

[Also read: “Black Male Writers of Our Time”]

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In the wake of Harvey Weinstein and #MeToo, our critic, Manohla Dargis, re-examines what she learned — and had to unlearn — from the big screen. Arts & Leisure

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From planning to harvest, the grain belt’s rhythms and prospects have been disrupted by the government’s tariff battle with China. Business

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Louis Rudd and Colin O’Brady are in the middle of a unique race across the coldest continent, and their daily tasks range from the mundane to the death defying.

[Read also: “No One Has Ever Crossed Antarctica Unsupported. Two Men Are Trying Right Now” and “7 Takeaways From the Solo and Unsupported Journey”]

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The beauty industry sees women with darker skin as an afterthought, but some YouTube and Instagram stars are aiming to change that. Express

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In embattled Yemen, the contrasts are stark as desperate beggars congregate outside markets filled with goods for anyone who can afford them. Should a journalist put down his notebook and help? International

[Also read: “What Lingers After Decades of Reporting on the Cambodian Genocide”]

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