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Trains are set to resume rolling on the Long Island Rail Road on Tuesday after a deal was reached to end a strike that had shut down the busiest commuter rail system in the country.

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Douglas Stuart’s novels include ‘Shuggie Bain’ and ‘Young Mungo.’ In his latest novel ‘John of John,’ Stuart shifts the landscape but not the intensity. Set in Scotland’s remote Hebridean islands, the novel follows a young man returning home, confronting a family bound by silence, expectation, and deeply rooted tradition.

The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a species facing a dramatic event like climate change.