What Is a Reward Point Worth? It Depends

Some 2.75 trillion points and miles are earned each year, with many more options on where to spend them. Airline tickets and hotel rooms may be the best choices.

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Metropolitan Diary: ‘She Asked Where I Was Headed. Just Wandering, I Said.’

Outside an East Village thrift shop, spotting the perfect bag on the No. 6 and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

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Warriors 119, Blazers 117, OT | Golden State wins the series, 4-0.: Warriors Sweep Blazers to Reach Their 5th Straight N.B.A. Finals

With a comeback overtime victory in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, Golden State moved on to seek a third consecutive title and its fourth in five years.

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Trump’s Demands for Investigations of Opponents Draw Intensifying Criticism

A call by the president to investigate business deals by former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son in China is the latest to raise questions about possible abuse of power.

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Life as a Nxivm ‘Slave’: Branding, Whippings and Cold Showers

A witness at the trial of Keith Raniere, Nxivm’s leader, described being branded and the harsh punishments meted out to women for failing to follow orders.

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