T/past-week
An index of 1093 articles and 44 interactives published over the last week by NYT.
U.S.
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See the photographic evidence from the indictment.
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Fire smoke dimmed the sun. Scientists see research opportunities.
As the sky turned gloomy,
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The Trump Classified Documents Indictment, Annotated.
The indictment unveiled on Friday centers on Donald J. Trump’s handling of sensitive government documents after he left office.
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See What Canadian Wildfire Smoke Looked Like in 8 Places This Week.
Imagery from EarthCam shows how smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada enveloped cities in the Northeast and Midwest.
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Investor Linked to Paxton’s Impeachment Is Charged With Lying to Lenders.
Nate Paul, the real estate investor at the center of the impeachment case against the attorney general of Texas, Ken Paxton, has been jailed at the request of the F.B.I.
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With pandemic fears fresh, airborne anxieties are nothing new.
Wildfire smoke brought eerie echoes of the worst days of the coronavirus pandemic for many this week.
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Fresh from a pandemic, airborne anxieties are nothing new.
Wildfire smoke brought eerie echoes of the worst days of the coronavirus pandemic for many this week.
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While Downtown Flounders, This San Francisco Neighborhood Is Thriving.
The Outer Sunset’s success reflects how some cities have evolved during the pandemic.
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Pandemic experience has helped groups protect the homeless from wildfire smoke.
Organizations have stressed that the needs of the unhoused are deeply tied to public health issues, the need for affordable housing and access to medical care.
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Here’s Where the Smoke from Canada’s Wildfires Will Linger on Friday.
The breath of fresh air that everyone has been hoping for should come Saturday for much of the United States.
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Western Canada’s dry spring creates prime wildfire conditions.
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Here’s the latest on Canada’s wildfires and the effects of the smoke in North America.
As the weekend approache
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A Puzzle in Arizona’s Boom Towns: How to Keep Growing With Less Water.
The state announced new limits to construction because of water shortages, changing the course of development.
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How worried should you be about wildfire smoke exposure?
Experts advise caution as definitive answers remain elusive.
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From parking lot parties to the Special Olympics, the smoke will continue to disrupt events and plans.
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Poor air quality has forced these cities to get creative in managing air pollution.
Their strategies have not always been successful.
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Pollution from wildfires is linked to skin irritation and flares in disease.
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Alabama Inmate Is Sentenced to Life in Officer-Aided Escape.
Casey White pleaded guilty to first-degree escape, a surprise move in a case that one defense attorney called “very unusual.” His 11-day jailbreak led to a manhunt.
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School Shooter’s Parents Will Hand Ownership of Writings to Victims.
The family’s decision to relinquish legal ownership of writings left by the Nashville school shooter comes amid a fierce legal battle over whether the writings should be made public.
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Supreme Court Gives the Voting Rights Act a Tenuous New Lease on Life.
The main remaining power of the landmark 1965 law, over racial bias in political mapmaking, gets an unexpected buttressing from a court that had been weakening the law for years.
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Schools’ responses to the wildfire smoke varied, but new air filtration systems seemed not to play a big role.
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How Pat Robertson Created the Religious Right’s Model for Political Power.
The celebrity minister, who died Thursday, built a media empire and openly sought to leverage his popularity among evangelicals to influence government and the culture.
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21 Teenagers Injured in Walkway Collapse at Beach Park in Texas.
Five were airlifted from Surfside Beach, Texas, to a Houston hospital, and 16 were being treated locally, officials said. They were at a summer camp run by a church when the walkway collapsed.
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Texas Will Place a Floating Barrier Between U.S. and Mexico.
Gov. Greg Abbott said the state will put a 1,000-foot string of buoys in the middle of the Rio Grande to deter migrants from entering the United States.
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Extreme Smoke Has Likely Peaked Across the Northeast, for Now.
Conditions improved Thursday across most of the region, but the haze also became more widespread. Some locations could continue to see moderate pollution into Friday.
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Indoor environments are not always a ‘refuge’ from bad air.
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In New York City, a small spike in hospital visits for asthma.
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A Religious Charter School Faces Pushback From the Charter School Movement Itself.
A Catholic school, newly approved in Oklahoma, is testing the bounds of what it means to be a charter — uncomfortably so for some leaders.
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New York steps up safety measures for racehorses ahead of the Belmont Stakes.
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Man Sentenced to Life in Prison For Killing of Camper in California.
Anthony Rauda was sentenced to 119 years to life in prison for the 2018 shooting of a man who was camping with his children in Malibu Creek State Park.
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‘Everything Is Dirty’ as Wildfire Smoke Thickens Over Toronto.
Downtown Toronto was at a “moderate risk” rating on its air quality scale at midday Thursday, but government forecasts said conditions would worsen.
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California is embracing a new wildfire approach that could have lessons for Canada.
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Supreme Court Narrows the Reach of an Aggravated Identity Theft Law.
The justices rejected the government’s interpretation of a 2004 law that adds two years in prison for certain felonies if they involved misusing another person’s identification.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Dog Toy Resembling Liquor Bottle.
The case, a trademark dispute, pitted Jack Daniel’s against Bad Spaniels Silly Squeakers, which looks like the distiller’s distinctive bottle and adds potty humor.
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In Philadelphia, air quality deepens worries for children with asthma.
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Visitors from near and far brave a smoke-shrouded capital.
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Caution remains in New York, but as the haze lifts (slightly), so does the mood.
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Operations at several major airports are disrupted, but the fallout has been muted.
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These Apps Can Help You Monitor Air Quality.
Air quality levels have been a source of intense interest this week. There are a number of ways to keep track of them on your phone.
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Man Tied to Natalee Holloway Disappearance Is Extradited to U.S.
Joran van der Sloot, who had been in prison in Peru, was sent to the United States to face charges related to Ms. Holloway, who went missing during a 2005 trip to Aruba.
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Supreme Court Rejects Voting Map That Diluted Black Voters’ Power.
Voting rights advocates had feared that the decision about redistricting in Alabama would further undermine the Voting Rights Act, which instead appeared to emerge unscathed.
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Philadelphia residents find the air quality ‘definitely worse than yesterday morning.’
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An entire town in northern Quebec is forced to flee the approaching flames.
Chibougamau, a city of 7,500 people, had to be abandoned because of a wildfire. More than a third of the more than 400 fires burning in Canada are in Quebec.
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Wildfires continue to rage in Canada, stoking national anxiety.
With health warnings and some officials calling for the wearing of masks, the wildfires have brought back bad memories of the pandemic.
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A Wellness Chatbot Is Offline After Its ‘Harmful’ Focus on Weight Loss.
The artificial intelligence tool, named Tessa, was presented by the National Eating Disorders Association as a way to discover coping skills. But activists say it instead veered into problematic weight-loss advice.
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These Are Your Favorite Places to See Art in California.
Readers recommended street art in Eureka, a new Chicano art museum in Riverside and more across the state.
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Poor Air Quality Is Routine in Many Parts of the World.
On Wednesday, New York City briefly had the worst air in the world, eclipsing some of the poorest nations.
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A New Front in Reparations: Seeking the Return of Lost Family Land.
Black families lost millions in wealth when their lands were seized through eminent domain. Now some are trying to get it back.
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When Will It End? Sooner for the Northeast, Later for Elsewhere.
The smoke from wildfires in Canada was expected to spread south and west across the United States starting Thursday.
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Here’s the latest on the fires shrouding parts of the continent in a haze.
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Liberal Prosecutors Are Revisiting Police Killings but Charging Few Officers So Far.
Pamela Price, a new district attorney in Northern California, is the latest to reopen cases that had seemingly been shut, including one from more than 15 years ago.
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In the South, the smoke brings hazy conditions.
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Canadian wildfires renew calls for a national fire service.
Prime Minister Trudeau said he spoke to President Biden by phone to offer thanks for the American firefighters on the scene.
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The San Andreas Fault Is Sleepy Near Los Angeles. Researchers Have an Idea Why.
A new paper in the journal Nature offers an explanation for why the major fault line is overdue for the Big One.
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Restaurants are losing reservations and closing their outdoor dining.
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In Ohio, smoke postpones relief after a potent allergy season.
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Smoke Leads to Cancellations of ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Camelot’ on Broadway and ‘Hamlet’ in Central Park.
The poor air quality sent a star offstage mid-play and forced the cancellation of one of Broadway’s most popular musicals, a classic revival, and Shakespeare in the Park.
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It was a difficult day for New Yorkers who work outdoors.
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Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Ban on Transition Care for Transgender Minors.
It was unclear on Wednesday how Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, would respond to the legislation, or if his input would make a difference.
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Smoky skies could become a recurring feature in New York.
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Air quality plummets to worst levels ever recorded in New York City region.
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How to Keep Indoor Air Clean if You Don’t Have an Air Purifier.
Fans and air-conditioners, if you use them right, can help.
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Why Wildfire Smoke Might Lead to Headaches.
If you’re in pain, here’s how to mitigate it.
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The Major Supreme Court Decisions in 2023.
How the court’s 6-to-3 conservative majority is ruling this term after its lurch to the right a year ago in blockbuster decisions on abortion, guns, religion and climate change.
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Iowa Building’s Flaws Were Well Documented Before Deadly Collapse.
Residents said complaints about the apartment building in Davenport went unaddressed, and they questioned why the city did not intervene more aggressively.
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At one Washington market, taking in crepes, popcorn and Code Red.
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How Long Will the Smoke Last?
In New York City, the hazy, unhealthy air is expected to linger through Thursday morning.
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Jodie Comer Leaves Broadway Show Because of Air Quality Concerns.
The actress has been nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the play “Prima Facie.”
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A wildfire near the Jersey Shore is 70 percent contained.
But air quality is a concern and 15 houses and businesses remain threatened by the blaze, which has been named Glory Wildfire.
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Some zoo animals are brought indoors to escape the smoke.
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Some New Yorkers hunkered down inside. Others went about their regular routines.
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Central New York’s air quality has been the worst in the state all day.
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Justices Thomas and Alito Delay Release of Financial Disclosures.
The justices asked for extensions to file annual forms that detail gifts, travel and real estate holdings.
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Some flights are halted or delayed as low visibility impairs air traffic.
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How to Keep Pets Safe From Wildfire Smoke.
Birds and pugs are particularly at risk of complications from poor-quality air.
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A Taj Mahal concert in Prospect Park was canceled as the smoke threatened more outdoor performances.
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In Canada, wildfires bring back bad memories.
The wildfires convulsing Canada have conjured memories of two of the worst wildfire-related tragedies in recent times.
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An unusually large number of fires are burning in Canada.
Ten times the typical number
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How to Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke if You’re at High Risk of Health Effects.
When the Air Quality Index rises above 100, extra precautions can help keep you safe.
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Why has New York City been hit so hard?
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Canadian cities are confronting heavy smoke and poor air quality.
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M.L.B. has Yankees play on despite ‘unhealthy’ conditions.
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Here’s what Californians want New Yorkers to know about A.Q.I.
On the West Coast, where dealing with wildfire smoke is a way of life for runners, air quality apps are your best friend.
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Is It Safe to Go for a Run in Wildfire Smoke?
Wednesday is Global Running Day, but experts advise against outdoor exercise in areas affected by smoke from the wildfires in Canada.
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Welcome to Zev’s Los Angeles.
A conversation with the Los Angeles civic leader Zev Yaroslavsky, whose new memoir illuminates the last half-century in the city.
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N95 Masks Helped Protect Against the Coronavirus. They Also Work Against Wildfire Smoke.
Use N95, or better, masks and make sure they cover your nose and mouth.
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Florida Woman Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Her Neighbor.
Susan Louise Lorincz was charged on Tuesday with manslaughter with a firearm in the shooting death of Ajike Owens.
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What else can I do to limit smoke pollution inside my home?
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Air Quality This Week Gives U.S. a Glimpse of the World’s Air Pollution.
Air-quality readings like the ones expected across parts of New York State on Wednesday would not be seen as particular cause for alarm in some parts of the world.
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As dangerous smoke lingers, New York City doctors urge residents to stay indoors.
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Former Florida Deputy on Trial for Not Confronting Parkland Gunman.
The officer who was the first on the scene is accused of child neglect for failing to move to stop the gunman as he carried out a massacre.
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Two Killed in Shooting After High School Graduation in Richmond, Va.
The gunfire, which left five other people injured, sparked chaos after Huguenot High School’s ceremony. A 19-year-old man was in custody.
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New York City’s air was ‘very unhealthy,’ the mayor said.
With air quality expected to deteriorate through the day Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams said public schools would not offer outdoor activities.
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Ontario braces for more bad air as fires rage.
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The haze comes in a variety of colors — orange, yellow, even purple.
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Officials in Minnesota warn residents of potential smoke danger.
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Tracking the Smoke From the Canadian Fires.
See an hourly forecast of where smoke from the Canadian wildfires is traveling across the United States.
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In Philadelphia, hazy skies and ‘sneezing like a maniac.’
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In New York City: gray air, coughs and apocalyptic thoughts.
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Can an air purifier help?
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Climate change is intensifying a “global wildfire crisis.”
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What’s the best way to protect myself from wildfire smoke?
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Two People Fatally Shot Outside High School Graduation in Richmond.
Another five people were shot, the authorities said, and others were hurt in the ensuing chaos. A 19-year-old male suspect was in police custody.
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If I have to go outside, how can I protect myself?
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In some parts of New York State, the air has been smoky for days.
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Why is wildfire smoke so harmful, and who’s most vulnerable?
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Prosecuting Florida’s Migrant Flights Would Face Legal Hurdles.
Legal questions have been raised about migrant flights Florida chartered to Sacramento and Martha’s Vineyard. But state officials say they were voluntary, and proving otherwise could be tough.
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Here’s what to know about the wildfire smoke.
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Columbia University Drops Out of U.S. News Rankings for Undergraduate Schools.
The Ivy League school said it would no longer share data with the college guide, the first major university to do so. Its relationship with U.S. News has been up and down.
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Family Seeks Arrest in Killing of Woman Shot Through Neighbor’s Door.
Ajike Owens, a mother of four, had gone to a residence in Ocala, Fla., to confront a neighbor after a dispute involving her children. The neighbor has not been identified.
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Wildfire Smoke Blots Sun and Prompts Health Alerts in Much of U.S.
The smoke was pouring across the border from Canada, where hundreds of wildfires remain unchecked, and the hazardous smoke conditions are expected to linger through Wednesday and perhaps until later in the week.
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Judge Sides With Families Fighting Florida’s Ban on Gender Care for Minors.
A federal judge wrote that the plaintiffs suing to block the new law are “likely to prevail on their claim that the prohibition is unconstitutional.”
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Wordle Golf Rules Card
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The Refries That Bind: A Cavernous Cantina Returns, Cliff Divers and All.
With “infinity dollars” poured in by the creators of “South Park,” a fabled Colorado restaurant reopens with the same 1970s vibe and drastically improved food.
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Plans to Build in Berkeley Put Values to the Test.
A conversation with Daniel Duane, who wrote in The New York Times Magazine recently about plans to develop high-density housing in his hometown.
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Atlanta City Council Approves ‘Cop City’ Funding Despite Protests.
The vote to approve $31 million for the construction of a sprawling police and fire training complex came after nearly two years of protests.
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Missouri Governor Says Execution Will Proceed After Jurors Waver on Death Sentence.
Michael Tisius, convicted in the murders of two jail guards, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.
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Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S.
The school will offer online, Roman Catholic instruction funded by taxpayers. Its approval is certain to tee off a legal battle over the separation of church and state.
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Second Plane Carrying Migrants Arrives in Sacramento.
As California officials accused Florida of shipping migrants to its capital city last week, about 20 more people, mostly from Venezuela, arrived on Monday on the same chartered plane.
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Robert Hanssen, F.B.I. Agent Exposed as Spy for Moscow, Dies at 79.
Mr. Hanssen was sentenced to life in prison in 2002, bringing to a close one of the most lurid and damaging espionage cases in American history.
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All 3 Missing in Iowa Building Collapse Found Dead, Officials Say.
Moves to swiftly demolish the stricken building last week were halted by protests because three occupants were unaccounted for. Their bodies were uncovered in the rubble.
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He Devoted His Life to Compassion. His Killer Showed None.
After graduating from Stanford, David Breaux struggled to find his path — until he found his calling as “the Compassion Guy.”
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An Amateur Sleuth Heads to the Sierra in Search of the Zodiac Killer’s Tracks.
Fayçal Ziraoui flew to California from France, believing that the serial killer may have left a rock formation near a desolate lake.
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Man Missing in Iowa Building Collapse Is Found Dead.
Two other men remained missing a week after part of a building collapsed in Davenport, Iowa. Documents issued by city officials show the owner had been warned that part of the building was unstable.
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In Utah, Scriptures (and Satire) Enter Debates Over Book Bans.
In one school district, the Bible and the Book of Mormon were flagged for “sensitive materials review.”
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California Officials Investigating Private Flight of 16 Migrants to Sacramento.
The state attorney general said the migrants carried documents that specified a Florida government agency and a company that dropped migrants in Martha’s Vineyard last year.
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Sonic Boom Heard Across D.C. Area Was From Military Jets, Officials Say.
The noise, which startled residents and shook buildings, was heard after the jets scrambled when a small plane entered restricted airspace. It was later found wrecked.
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As a Missouri Man Awaits Execution, Some Jurors Express Regret.
Michael Tisius was convicted of murdering two jail guards. He is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.
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In a Year of Capitol Feuds, Oregon Has a Political Breakdown.
Bipartisan collaboration was once a point of pride in Oregon, where Republicans have brought the Senate to a halt with a political boycott.
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In Statehouses, New Laws Show A Deeper Divide.
With single-party statehouse control at its highest level in decades, legislators across much of the country leaned into cultural issues and bulldozed the opposition.
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Texas Law Bans Care For Minors In Transition.
The measure makes Texas the largest state to ban transition medical treatment for people under 18.
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How Are Black Americans Progressing?
A series from Headway looks back at historical gains for their lessons today.
Elections
Politics
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Trump Put National Secrets at Risk, Prosecutors Say in Historic Indictment.
The indictment details evidence that the former president placed national security secrets in jeopardy and schemed to thwart the investigation into the matter.
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Chris Christie says he found the case laid out in the indictment ‘devastating.’
The former New Jersey governor and federal prosecutor said he expected criticism from his fellow Republicans to grow.
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Carefully, Backhandedly, DeSantis Comes to Trump’s Defense.
In a speech in North Carolina, Ron DeSantis drew on his experience as a Navy lawyer and suggested that either both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton should have been indicted — or neither.
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Where Documents Were Found at Mar-a-Lago.
These diagrams show the rooms at Donald J. Trump’s residence where prosecutors say he kept sensitive government documents.
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Indictment politics: A tightrope that other candidates for office have walked.
Prominent politicians, both at home and abroad, have run — and won — while under indictment or investigation.
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A Trump-Appointed Judge Who Showed Him Favor Gets the Documents Case.
The surprise assignment of Judge Aileen Cannon could be a setback for prosecutors as they unveiled a sweeping classified files indictment.
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A special prosecutor with a low profile steps forward for a high-profile moment.
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Federal charges do not bar Trump from running for president.
The 45th president could continue his 2024 campaign even if he were convicted of a felony — though it would be extraordinary.
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See where the indictment says Trump stored classified documents in Mar-a-Lago.
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Biden Names Border Patrol Chief as Immigration Policies Draw Scrutiny.
Jason Owens has been the leader of the Del Rio division in Texas, one of the busiest areas for illegal crossings in the past few years.
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Two Trump Lawyers Quit a Day After His Indictment.
The lawyers, James Trusty and John Rowley, left the former president’s defense team as he faces the most serious legal threat of his career.
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House Republicans are seeking to discredit Trump’s prosecution by weaponizing a former F.B.I. official’s account.
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‘A disservice to the country’: Asa Hutchinson criticizes Republicans rallying around his rival, Trump.
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Indictment Presents Evidence Trump’s Actions Were More Blatant Than Known.
The accounts in the 49-page indictment provide compelling evidence of a shocking indifference toward some of the country’s most sensitive secrets.
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Republican voters express fealty, and some signs of fatigue, after Trump’s latest indictment.
“This country didn’t vote for an altar boy,” a Trump supporter in Wisconsin said.
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Biden Sticks to ‘Say Nothing’ Strategy on the Trump Indictment.
President Biden and his advisers have concluded that commenting on the indictment would only feed into Republican accusations of a politically motivated prosecution.
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The indictment quotes Trump acknowledging that he had a secret document he was not allowed to declassify.
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If the Trump case goes to trial, here’s what the jury pool could look like.
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Special Counsel Addresses Federal Criminal Charges Against Trump.
Jack Smith, the special counsel, released an indictment detailing the government’s case that former President Donald J. Trump hoarded classified documents after leaving office and obstructed efforts to reclaim them.
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Who Is Walt Nauta, the Other Person Indicted Along With Trump?
Mr. Nauta, as a valet while Mr. Trump was president, had unusual proximity to him, including at meals and on foreign trips.
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Trump may eclipse his Republican rivals as they campaign in the South.
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F.B.I. Investigating Spy Ring’s Political Contributions.
Prosecutors are scrutinizing a series of campaign contributions made by right-wing operatives who were part of a political spying operation based in Wyoming.
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What We Learned From the Trump Indictment.
The indictment said the former president had illegally kept documents concerning “United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack.”
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Read the complete indictment here.
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What’s Next in the Trump Documents Case? A Previous Indictment Offers Clues.
It is unclear what federal authorities will do when Mr. Trump surrenders on Tuesday and all eyes will be on a Florida courthouse.
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Pence hedges his dismissal of Trump’s indictment, while other rivals rush to his defense.
Mike Pence, the former vice president and current presidential candidate, put the onus on the attorney general, Merrick B. Garland, to silence those in the G.O.P. who believe the charges are without merit.
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Trump is pressing ahead with campaign events in Georgia and North Carolina.
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House Republicans Rally Behind Trump, Seeking to Discredit Indictment.
The former president’s allies adopted his false narrative, attacking President Biden and federal law enforcement while trying to undercut the inquiry that led to 37 charges against him.
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Two of Trump’s Lawyers Leave His Legal Team a Day After His Indictment.
The former president said in a Truth Social post that James Trusty and John Rowley will no longer represent him in the documents case. They called it “an honor” to represent him.
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Trump-Appointed Judge Is Said to Be Handling Documents Case.
It was not clear whether the judge, Aileen M. Cannon, would remain assigned for the entirety of the case. A higher court criticized some of her rulings in the investigation.
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Trump was recorded saying he knew he had a classified document.
The recording, confirmed by a person briefed on the matter, is expected to be a critical piece of evidence in the case against him that the special counsel Jack Smith brought this week.
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At Trump’s club in Bedminster, N.J., it was a familiar drill for the former president.
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‘The Daily’ looks at what the indictment means for Trump and Biden.
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Trump assailed Hillary Clinton for her handling of sensitive information. That issue now threatens his 2024 campaign.
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Here’s the latest on the charges Trump is facing.
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For G.O.P. Rivals, an Unhappy Task: Defend the Man Dominating Them in the Polls.
The pressure on Republicans was quick: line up behind Donald Trump or risk looking like they weren’t on Team G.O.P. at a moment of heightened tribal politics.
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Special Counsel Avoided One Risk but Took on Another by Bringing Trump Case in Miami.
The decision to file charges in Florida instead of Washington avoided a legal fight over venue, but the case appears to have been assigned to a Trump appointee who has shown him favor.
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Justice Department Charges Trump in Documents Case.
The indictment, handed up by a grand jury in Miami, is the first time a former U.S. president has faced federal charges.
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Inside Trump’s Club When the Call Came: You’re Indicted.
It was a more familiar drill this time for the former president, his aides and allies, who cranked their political spin machine and fund-raising operation into action.
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Support for Trump has remained unchanged through multiple investigations.
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Indictment Brings Trump Story Full Circle.
The former president assailed Hillary Clinton for her handling of sensitive information. Now, the same issue threatens his chances of reclaiming the presidency.
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Trump has claimed he can declassify documents. Here’s what he can and can’t do.
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Here are some of the charges Trump faces.
Taking a look at what the prosecutors may have to prove to a jury.
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Republicans in Congress Decry Trump Indictment and Vow Retaliation.
House Republicans vowed to use their majority in Congress to fight the Justice Department.
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Republicans in Congress decry Trump indictment, vowing retaliation.
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Here’s how indictments work in the United States’ legal system.
Unlike a criminal trial, where a jury has to reach a unanimous verdict, a grand jury can issue an indictment with a simple majority. Grand jurors hear evidence and testimony only from prosecutors and the witnesses that they choose to present.
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Republican presidential contenders weigh in, mostly with support.
Ron DeSantis criticized the Justice Department, and Vivek Ramaswamy promised a pardon if his fortunes rise while Donald Trump’s sink. But Asa Hutchinson called on Trump to step aside.
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China to Build Station That Could Spy on U.S. from Cuba, Officials Say.
The planned facility could amplify Beijing’s technological capacity to monitor military operations across the Southeastern states.
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The special counsel’s reported choice to indict in Florida could carry significant implications.
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The investigation reaches back to the end of Trump’s term.
The Justice Department has spent months trying to ensure it had obtained all classified documents that may have ended up at Mar-a-Lago.
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Who Is Jack Smith, the Special Counsel Who Indicted Trump?
The former prosecutor was chosen for his experience in bringing high-stakes cases against politicians in the United States and abroad.
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Here’s Where the Other Investigations Against Trump Stand.
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Here’s where the other investigations against Trump stand.
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Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to face federal charges.
The indictment, filed Thursday in Federal District Court in Miami, is the first time in U.S. history a former president has faced federal charges.
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Biden Names No. 2 Official at Transportation Department to Be F.A.A.’s Acting Leader.
Polly Trottenberg, the deputy transportation secretary, will lead the Federal Aviation Administration on an interim basis after the departure of the agency’s acting leader, Billy Nolen.
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Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Could Resound Across the South.
A decision that said Alabama’s congressional voting maps were detrimental to Black voters was celebrated by advocates — and could mean changes to voting in other states.
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DeSantis Campaign Uses Apparently Fake Images to Attack Trump on Twitter.
The images, which at first glance appear genuine and are interspersed with real photographs in a campaign video, purport to show Donald Trump hugging and kissing Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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House Mutiny Leaves McCarthy Facing Tough Choices.
Lawmakers in both parties fear that the rebellion by the extreme right could endanger spending bills and other big legislative initiatives if it persists, shaping the speakership in the most difficult of ways.
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Dr. Ashish Jha, White House Covid Coordinator, Set to Depart This Month.
Dr. Jha, who oversaw the Biden administration’s pandemic response as it wound down, will return to his post as dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University.
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Blinken’s Visit to Saudi Arabia Caps U.S. Effort to Rebuild Ties.
Biden aides are closely watching Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s overtures to China, his attitude toward Israel and his balancing act with Russia and Ukraine.
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Biden Announces New Economic Agreement With the U.K.
President Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain said the new plan would strengthen economic ties between the two countries.
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Trump Turns to a Familiar Playbook in Effort to Undermine Documents Inquiry.
The former president is stepping up efforts to delegitimize the investigation into his handling of classified material after leaving office, a tactic he has used throughout his career in business and politics.
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Where Republican Presidential Candidates Stand on Climate Change.
While many of them acknowledge that climate change is real, they largely downplay the issue and reject policies that would slow rising temperatures.
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Biden and Sunak will look for ways to protect supply chains against global threats.
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Ukraine will most likely dominate the discussion between Biden and Sunak.
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Sunak hopes to align Britain and the U.S. on the challenges of artificial intelligence.
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Here is the latest on the British prime minister’s visit to Washington.
A news conference hosted by the two leaders is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Eastern.
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The Presidential Candidate Who Has His Own Supporters Scratching Their Heads.
Gov. Doug Burgum’s quixotic presidential campaign has baffled even North Dakotans, but then again, many of the 2024 hopefuls have prompted the same wonder.
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Biden and Sunak Set to Discuss the Economy, A.I. and Ukraine.
The U.K. prime minister is under pressure to establish post-Brexit Britain as a reliable global player and is looking to strengthen economic ties.
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3 Presidential Candidates, 2 Days and 5 Noteworthy Quotes.
Chris Christie, Mike Pence and Doug Burgum joined the Republican presidential field this week. Here's what they said as they began their campaigns.
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5 Takeaways From Mike Pence’s CNN Town Hall.
Donald Trump’s former vice president sought to draw a contrast with his old boss while also embracing the actions of their administration.
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Comer Cancels Wray Contempt Vote as F.B.I. Agrees to Share Document.
The Oversight Committee chairman canceled a vote to begin contempt proceedings against the F.B.I. leader after he agreed to more widely distribute a document on a claim against President Biden.
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Jay Johnston, ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Actor, Is Arrested on Jan. 6 Charges.
The actor was banned from the animated sitcom in 2021 after he was accused of participating in the Capitol riot.
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House Is Paralyzed as Far-Right Rebels Continue Mutiny Against McCarthy.
Members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus refused to surrender control of the floor, forcing G.O.P. leaders to scrap votes for the week and leaving the speaker facing what he conceded was “chaos.”
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With Migrant Flights, DeSantis Shows Stoking Outrage Is the Point.
The flights to California illustrate the broader bet Gov. Ron DeSantis has made that the animating energy in the G.O.P. has shifted from conservatism to confrontationalism.
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DeSantis Defends Migrant Flights and Takes a Swipe at California.
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida criticized immigration policies in his first visit to the border since beginning his presidential bid.
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$1 Billion Federal Agency Seeks a Boss Who Will Show Up for Work.
The Architect of the Capitol, a powerful and scandal-plagued agency, needs fresh leadership. But who wants the job?
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Pence Delivers Strong Rebuke to Trump in Campaign Announcement.
The former vice president — and now rival — to Donald Trump gave his most aggressive criticism of his former boss, portraying him as unfit to be president.
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Man Charged With Spraying Police With Insecticide on Jan. 6.
The Justice Department also charged the Long Island man with assaulting a news photographer.
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5 Things to Know About Mike Pence.
Mr. Pence is a once-loyal vice president who became a target of Trump supporters, and an evangelical Christian whose faith drives his hard-line opposition to abortion.
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Prosecutors Tell Trump’s Legal Team He Is a Target of Investigation.
The notice from the office of the special counsel Jack Smith suggested that an indictment was on the horizon in the investigation into the former president’s handling of classified documents.
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5 Things to Know About Doug Burgum.
Elected governor of North Dakota in 2016 in a major upset, Mr. Burgum is seeking an even bigger one in the Republican presidential race.
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Doug Burgum, Wealthy North Dakota Governor, Enters Presidential Race.
As the leader of a deep-red state, Mr. Burgum has promoted staunchly conservative policies, signing into law a near-total ban on abortion.
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The G.O.P. Has Drifted, but Mike Pence Is as Conservative as Ever.
The polls say the former vice president, who announced his 2024 candidacy in a video on Wednesday, has little chance. But he is driven by his faith.
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Hard Right Grinds House to a Halt, Rebuking McCarthy for the Debt Deal.
Members of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus effectively shut down the House floor for several hours, calling the speaker’s fiscal compromise with President Biden a betrayal.
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Through Ties to Saudis, Golf Deal Promises Benefits to Trump.
The new alliance between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is the latest example of how the former president’s relationship with Saudi Arabia has yielded gains, and criticism, for both.
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How Christie and Trump’s Friendship Flourished, Then Deteriorated.
The two men had a relationship that could be genuinely warm, and at other times transactional. Now they are vying for the presidency in open hostility.
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5 Things to Know About Chris Christie.
Mr. Christie, a onetime star presidential recruit who finished in sixth place in New Hampshire in 2016, has become a fierce Trump critic.
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Justice Dept. Reaches Cleanup Deal With Houston After Civil Rights Inquiry.
The agreement is part of the Biden administration’s larger environmental justice agenda, which seeks to redress the disproportional impact of pollution on communities of color around the country.
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Pence Seeks to Go Where No Vice President Has Gone Before.
In running for the Republican nomination against Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence will be the first vice president to directly challenge the president who originally put him on the ticket.
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Mark Meadows Testified to Grand Jury in Special Counsel Investigation of Trump.
Mr. Meadows, the final White House chief of staff under Donald Trump, is seen as a potentially key witness in the documents and Jan. 6 inquiries.
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Grand Jury in Florida Hints at Unknown Complexities in Trump Documents Inquiry.
Prosecutors have started calling witnesses to a federal grand jury in Miami after months in which activity in the investigation was centered on a separate grand jury in Washington.
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Americans Were Aware of Intelligence Warning of Ukrainian Pipeline Attacks.
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agencies were aware of plans to attack the Nord Stream pipelines three months before thwy were bombed.
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Man Convicted of Nonviolent Crime Can Own Gun, U.S. Court Rules.
The decision, which national groups had been closely watching, was a potential setback to gun regulations spurred by a Supreme Court ruling last year that vastly expanded the right to bear arms.
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Chris Christie Announces ’24 Run, Taking Square Aim at Trump.
At his New Hampshire kickoff, the former New Jersey governor called Donald Trump “a bitter, angry man” and said his time in office was a failure.
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Florida Confirms Arranging Migrant Flights to California.
A spokeswoman for the Florida Division of Emergency Management said that the migrants’ relocation to Sacramento had been “voluntary.”
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For Christie, Winning Would Be Great. Beating Trump Would Be a Close Second.
The former New Jersey governor’s presidential bid is a long shot. But if he takes out Donald J. Trump along the way, Chris Christie may consider it a victory.
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Biden Administration Shrugs Off Ukraine’s Attacks in Russia.
For months, U.S. officials said cross-border operations risked a dangerous escalation. But those fears have ebbed.
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Judge Delays 9/11 Hearings While Awaiting Defendant’s Competency Exam.
The military judge postponed resumption of testimony in the long-running case until after the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Republicans, Escalating Attacks on F.B.I., Vow to Hold Director in Contempt.
F.B.I. officials briefed lawmakers on an unsubstantiated bribery allegation against Joe Biden when he was vice president, but did not let them leave a secure area with a document detailing it.
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Robert Kennedy Jr., With Musk, Pushes Right-Wing Ideas and Misinformation.
Mr. Kennedy, a long-shot Democratic presidential candidate with surprisingly high polling numbers, said he wanted to close the Mexican border and attributed the rise of mass shootings to pharmaceutical drugs.
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Blinken to Talk to Saudis About Normalizing Ties With Israel.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia to discuss the idea at a time when the politics in the three countries may make normalization difficult.
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Biden Invites Allies to Washington as Fighting Intensifies in Ukraine.
President Biden hosted Mette Frederiksen, the prime minister of Denmark, at the White House on Monday, and much of the discussion revolved around providing support to Kyiv.
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Tim Scott Defends Remarks on Race on ‘The View’
The presidential candidate went on the daytime talk show to debate his views about systemic racism. But it was his comments about L.G.B.T.Q. rights that got boos from the audience.
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Cornel West, Progressive Scholar, Announces Third-Party Bid for President.
Dr. West said he would run as part of the People’s Party, which was founded by a former campaign staff member for Senator Bernie Sanders.
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Chris Sununu Says He Won’t Run for President.
Mr. Sununu, the governor of New Hampshire, is more moderate than many members of his party and would have tested Republican voters’ appetite for a self-described “normal” candidate.
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Trump Lawyers Visit Justice Dept. as Classified Documents Inquiry Nears End.
Three lawyers representing the former president spent nearly two hours there after requesting a meeting to discuss their concerns about the department’s handling of the investigation.
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Mike Pence Formally Enters 2024 Race, Challenging Trump.
Mr. Pence, who filed paperwork declaring his candidacy, was once a stalwart supporter and defender of Donald J. Trump, but split with his former boss after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Supreme Court to Decide ‘Trump Too Small’ Trademark Dispute.
In earlier cases, the justices struck down provisions of the trademark law that discriminated based on the speaker’s viewpoint.
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Schools Received Billions in Stimulus Funds. It May Not Be Doing Enough.
Pandemic aid was supposed to help students recover from learning loss, but results have been mixed.
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G.O.P. Field Balloons: 3 More to Hop Into ’24 Race.
Chris Christie and Doug Burgum are set to announce their presidential campaigns this week, and Mike Pence has already filed paperwork.
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A Political Earthquake in Texas.
The highest levels of politics in the state are in chaos after the impeachment of a leading right-wing politician.
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Takeaways From Nikki Haley’s Mild CNN Town Hall.
The former South Carolina governor, who also served as United Nations ambassador under Donald Trump, emphasized her experience and vision. Will it be enough for her to stand out?
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U.N. Rebukes U.S. Torture Of Saudi Man At Cuba Base.
The panel denounced the United States and seven other nations. It also called for the release of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who is accused of orchestrating the bombing of the Navy destroyer Cole.
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Spry Diplomat With a Stiff Gait: Aging Leader’s Complex Reality.
President Biden is asking voters to keep him in the White House until age 86, renewing attention to an issue that polls show troubles most Americans.
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8 Republican Hopefuls Road Test Their Appeal With Iowa’s Split Voters.
Eight presidential hopefuls, with Donald Trump absent, spoke at an annual political rally in Des Moines to highlight their conservative bona fides.
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DeSantis Relied Heavily on Big Donors in Initial Money Haul.
The Florida governor’s campaign said it had around 40,000 donors in May, an average of more than $200 per donor — a figure far higher than is typical for a campaign heavily funded by grass-roots support.
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New Hampshire Man Is Arrested After Threatening to Kill U.S. Senator.
In a voice mail message, the man told the senator that he was “a dead man walking,” according to federal court documents. He was angry about the blocking of military promotions, prosecutors said.
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Biden Signs Fiscal Responsibility Act in End to Debt Limit Crisis.
Now that the bill is law, the nation will not risk running out of money to pay its obligations for two years.
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Tennessee Anti-Drag Law Is Ruled Unconstitutional.
The law, one of the first aimed at curbing drag performances in front of children, had been on hold for nearly two months as the legal battle went on.
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Two Black Members of Native Tribes Were Arrested. The Law Sees Only One as Indian.
A Supreme Court ruling barred Oklahoma from prosecuting crimes committed by Native Americans on tribal land, but some Black tribal members are still being prosecuted because they lack “Indian blood.”
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A Look at DeSantis’s First Campaign Trip.
He swung back at Donald Trump. He vowed to vanquish the “woke mob” and turn the country into mega-Florida. He had normal encounters with voters that didn’t become memes.
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Trump Lawyer’s Notes Could Be a Key in the Classified Documents Inquiry.
M. Evan Corcoran recorded recollections of his legal work last year for Donald Trump. The recording is now in the hands of prosecutors, unnerving some aides to the former president.
World
Africa
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About 27 Killed, Mostly Children, When Mortar Shell Explodes in Somalia.
A previously unexploded mortar shell went off as children were playing around it in a city in southern Somalia.
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U.S. Suspends Food Aid for Ethiopia, Citing Widespread Theft.
American officials say they uncovered a countrywide scheme by government officials to divert food aid, in a country where 20 million people rely on donated relief.
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When Politics Saves Lives: a Good-News Story.
The decision to fund medications to treat H.I.V.-AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean flew in the face of expert advice. But the U.S. did it anyway.
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Defendant in Rwanda Genocide Found Unfit to Stand Trial.
Judges at a special U.N. tribunal said they would create a procedure to allow them to hear evidence in the case against Félicien Kabuga, who has dementia, without the possibility of a conviction.
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A ‘Dystopian Nightmare’ Unfolds in Sudan’s Battered Darfur Region.
Hundreds have been killed in the western Darfur region since the nationwide conflict in Sudan began, raising fears of protracted warfare in an area already torn by decades of genocidal violence.
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For Women in Mauritania, Divorce Is Cause for Joy, Not Sorrow.
It is common for people in this West African desert nation to divorce many times. And when they do, the women celebrate.
Americas
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4 Missing Children Found Alive After 40 Days in Colombian Jungle.
Rescuers had been searching for the children — aged 13, 9, 4 and 1 — ever since they survived a plane crash that killed the three adults on board.
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Firefighters Battle Blazes in British Columbia.
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by wildfires burning across Canada.
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Here Is How to Help More Than 20,000 Canadians Displaced by Wildfires.
Federal and provincial governments have pledged to match donations to the Canadian Red Cross for those affected by wildfires in Nova Scotia, Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
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Wildfires have displaced more than 20,000 Canadians. Here’s how to help.
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A Nova Scotia firefighter recounts the worst wildfire he’s ever seen.
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Summer could bring a severe wildfire season to Canada.
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Indigenous cultural burning practices can offer lessons for future fires.
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Firefighters from around the world are coming to Canada’s aid.
More than 1,100 firefighters from other countries have been dispatched across Canada from places as far away as South Africa and Australia.
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French firefighters arrive in Quebec as blaze threatens city.
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Canada should focus more on preventing wildfires, experts say.
As it runs up huge bills fighting wildfires, Canada spends comparatively little on preventing them.
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A climate columnist for The Times discusses the smoke on today’s episode of ‘The Daily.’
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From British Columbia to Nova Scotia, Wildfires Spread Across Canada.
Hundreds of wildfires are burning nationwide, expanding a sense of unease in the country as thick smoke billowed over Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
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Bolsonaro to Face Trial Over Electoral Fraud Claims.
Brazil’s former president is accused of spreading false information about the nation’s election systems. A conviction would block him from office for eight years.
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Deadly Flooding in Haiti Displaces Thousands.
Heavy rainfall over the weekend caused flooding to more than 13,000 homes and displaced people across the country, according to Haiti’s disaster response agency.
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At Least 42 Are Dead and Thousands Are Displaced After Flooding in Haiti.
Officials said that western portions of the country appeared to be the most affected by the flooding caused by heavy rain over the weekend.
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Vigilante Justice Rises in Haiti and Crime Plummets.
Civilians have killed at least 160 gang members in Haiti, a human rights group says. Residents say they feel safer, but others worry that it will lead to even more violence.
Asia Pacific
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An Everest Climber Had ‘No Energy, No Oxygen, Nothing.’ A Sherpa Saved Him.
The arduous six-hour rescue in May came during an especially deadly spring climbing season on the world’s highest mountain.
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A Rising India Is Also, in One Remote Pocket, a Blood-Soaked War Zone.
An outburst of ethnic hatreds has fractured an ancient kingdom and turned neighbors into enemies.
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They Spoke Up for Free Speech. Now They Are Being Sued for Defamation.
In Thailand, companies and people in positions of power often use libel suits to intimidate and punish activists and critics.
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Behind a Rare Clash, a Fight Over Faith in China.
China is destroying Arab-style architectural features of mosques, such as domes and minarets. The tightened control on religion has been met with rare resistance.
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武汉跳楼母亲悲剧:网暴之恶背后的匿名狂欢.
中国已发生过多起网暴致人自杀事件。网络喷子是哪种人?为何人们会在匿名性的掩护下变得失控和极端?对于网民在社媒平台上流露出的恶意,当局和科技公司应该如何应对?
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In India, Trains Start Running Again by Devastating Crash Site.
The restoration of service could help more families reach the area to identify the dead. Officials said about 100 victims were still unclaimed.
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Nearly 90 Afghan Schoolgirls Were Poisoned, Officials Suspect.
Students and staff members at two schools in northern Afghanistan fell ill with respiratory and neurological symptoms.
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In Rare Victory for Media, Hong Kong Court Overturns Conviction of Journalist.
A court ruled that “substantial and grave injustice” was done to Choy Yuk-ling, an investigative journalist who also goes by the name Bao Choy.
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Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s Ex-Leader, Is Now Dame Jacinda Ardern.
Ms. Ardern, who stepped down as prime minister in January, said she had considered declining the title, but accepted it as a way to show gratitude.
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Rail Funding In India Put Upkeep Last.
Train travel in the country has gotten much safer, Friday’s disaster notwithstanding, but the government still puts high-profile projects ahead of basic safety improvements, analysts say.
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Investigators Consider Mechanical and Human Error in India Train Disaster.
Officials suggested human error, even sabotage, could have led to the crash that killed 275, as crews raced to restore service and families struggled to reach the site to identify loved ones.
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How the India Train Crash Unfolded.
The sequence of events as three trains collided in one of India’s deadliest rail accidents.
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Spending on safety declined even as India poured money into its rail system.
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India flashes cash on big projects in hopes of securing a glittering future.
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Two young men lose a friend after promising him a better life.
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Hong Kong Police Tighten Security on Tiananmen Square Anniversary.
The police searched bags and detained demonstrators, including the pro-democracy activist Alexandra Wong, on the anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square massacre.
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The South Eastern Railway in India is crucial for millions of migrant workers.
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Bodies Remain Unidentified as Relatives Struggle to Reach India Train Crash Site.
Most of the victims’ families live in towns and villages hundreds of miles away, officials and medics said.
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India has introduced technology to prevent collisions, but safety spending has shrunk.
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China and U.S. Lay Out Rival Visions for Asia.
China’s defense minister says the best way to avoid accidental conflict is for countries outside the region, like the United States, to leave and “mind your own business.”
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Local residents rushed to help in any way they could after the crash.
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Investigators were looking at signs of a signal failure.
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Here is the latest on the deadly train crash in India.
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Marking the Tiananmen Massacre in a Hong Kong Stripped of Dissent.
With candlelight vigils to the victims of the 1989 crushed student uprising in Beijing now only a memory, the anniversary is also a reminder of the freedoms Hong Kong has lost.
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The area is known for its ancient temples and long maritime history.
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India’s rail system is often called the lifeblood of the country’s economy.
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These are some of the deadliest rail disasters in India’s recent history.
Friday’s crash is remarkable even in a country with a long history of train deaths.
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The Modi administration has made rail passenger safety a policy goal.
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Modi tours the accident site and tells the families of those who perished the government is with them ‘in their grief.’
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Relatives identify bodies at hospitals and a school near the crash site.
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Railroad officials are investigating signal failure as a possible cause of the crash.
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India’s Worst Train Crash in Decades Kills Hundreds.
Rescuers searched for victims at the crash site, where two passenger trains and a freight train were involved in what a government report called a “three-way accident.”
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Patrols Near China Will Go On, U.S. Says.
Speeches by two top officials illustrated the depth of concern over the rift between the nations. China called it provocation.
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Toll Nears 300 In 3-Way Crash Of India Trains.
The disaster killed at least 288 people, and a preliminary government report described it as a “three-way accident” involving two passenger trains and an idled cargo train. Officials were investigating possible signal failure.
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With Rainbow Flags, 2 Students Test China’s Shrinking L.G.B.T.Q. Space.
The students at an elite college in China found themselves on a collision course with the authorities amid a crackdown on gay and transgender expression.
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India’s Train Crash: What We Know.
Three trains, with more than 2,200 people onboard, were involved in the crash in Odisha State, the deadliest such disaster in decades. The death toll approached 300.
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U.S. Defense Chief Vows to Continue Military Actions Near China.
He said “risky intercepts” by Chinese planes in international airspace would not deter the United States and allies from patrolling, and he restated U.S. support for Taiwan.
Australia
Canada
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What to Know About Canada’s Exceptional Wildfire Season.
Wild fires started earlier, are higher in number and spread across much of the country, burning millions of acres as climate change turns more of the country’s forest into a tinderbox.
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Canada’s Ability to Prevent Forest Fires Lags Behind the Need.
Provincial firefighting agencies are stretched thin, there is no national agency and it’s hard to get approval for controlled burns — factors that have exacerbated recent outbreaks.
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Canada’s wildfire fighting system is stretched thin.
A system that normally relies on sharing people and aircraft between province is under stress as fires spread across Canada.
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An urban firefighter volunteers to help his burning province, Quebec.
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‘How Could This Happen?’: Canadian Fires Burning Where They Rarely Have Before.
Of the more than 400 fires burning in Canada, more than one-third are in Quebec, which has little experience with so many and such large wildfires.
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Canadian cities may not be prepared to evacuate quickly and safely.
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Canada Wildfires Renew Calls for a National Fire Service.
Prime Minister Trudeau said he spoke to President Biden by phone to offer thanks for the American firefighters on the scene.
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A Pacifist Sect From Russia Is Shaken by War, and Modern Life.
The Ukraine conflict is causing soul-searching among the Doukhobors, a peace-loving group that emigrated to Canada in 1899.
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Relying on Those Who Know the Arctic Best.
Humbled by centuries of fatal colonial expeditions, Canada’s military is learning Arctic survival strategies from the austere area’s only inhabitants.
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He’s the Biggest Power Broker in Canada Whom You’ve Never Heard Of.
This week, the government announced a new clerk of the Privy Council, an unsung role that is one of the most important in the federal government.
Europe
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Battles Rage as Ukraine Tries to Retake Russian-Occupied Territory.
Military analysts and U.S. officials said it was too soon to judge the success of Ukraine’s offensive, which is looking for weaknesses to exploit, in the face of fierce resistance.
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A top U.N. official defends the organization’s response to flooding in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian drones strike cities in Russian border, governors say.
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Boris Johnson Resigns From Parliament.
The former prime minister quit after getting a confidential report about whether he had lied to lawmakers about lockdown-breaking parties.
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Pope Francis and Silvio Berlusconi Both Hospitalized in Italy.
The health conditions of two of Italy’s most prominent octogenarians have in recent years often kept the country in suspense.
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U.S. announces another $2.1 billion in weapons to Ukraine.
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Russia has erected by far the most fortifications in the Zaporizhzhia region, a report finds.
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Putin claims Ukrainian counteroffensive so far has failed.
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Russian volunteers say they have been blocked from helping areas hit hard by dam disaster.
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In Serbia, a Strongman Under Fire Hails Himself as Defender of the Nation.
President Aleksandar Vucic, who has been the target of protests in Belgrade, has been playing up his role defending Serbs in Kosovo, where tensions have recently flared.
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Battle rages in Ukraine’s southeast as Zelensky and Putin each claim the upper hand.
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A drone factory that Iran is helping Russia build could be operational next year, the U.S. says.
Washington is trying to raise the pressure on Tehran and make it more difficult to complete the work on the factory, which would enable Russia’s military to produce drones domestically.
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U.S. Official Says Spy Satellites Detected Explosion Just Before Dam Collapse.
U.S. spy agencies still do not have any solid evidence to determine who caused the destruction, the senior administration official said.
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Macron Meets Victims and ‘Backpack Hero’ After Stabbing Attack in France.
Two adults and four children were injured in the assault, which shocked the country and could have been worse if not for the intervention of a 24-year-old man known only as Henri.
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Sweden says it will allow NATO troops on its soil even before joining the alliance.
NATO is more optimistic that Turkey will approve Sweden’s membership before or soon after an alliance summit next month.
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Dam’s Destruction Reshapes Ukraine, but Not Arc of the War.
The main thrust of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is expected in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions, not along the Dnipro River, where the fighting quickly resumed after the disaster.
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Can He Fix ‘Palace of Scaffolding’ in Time for Belgium’s 200th Birthday?
For an architect trying to renovate his beloved but crumbling Palace of Justice in Brussels, once the largest building in the world, the design challenges pale compared with the political ones.
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Two are killed in Russian shelling in the flood zone, Ukrainian officials say.
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Ukraine Mounts Multiple Attacks on Russian Occupiers.
The assaults, with Western tanks and armored vehicles, appear to mark a long-awaited counteroffensive that Ukraine hopes will retake territory and shore up allies’ resolve to keep supplying weapons.
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Biden and Sunak vowed their countries will continue to support Ukraine.
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The dam’s destruction is not expected to affect Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
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Zelensky Visits Ukraine’s Flood Zone, Where Residents See ‘Horror’ Float By.
President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to the city of Kherson, trying to rally rescue crews. Russian forces shelled the city not long after his visit.
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In a call, Putin and the leader of South Africa affirm diplomatic ties and talk Ukraine.
The Russian president spoke with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, at a time when Moscow has been courting allies in advance of an August summit.
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Ukraine’s charities, hardened by war, are responding quickly to the flooding.
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Ukraine condemns pro-Russian authorities over a claim that children from flooded areas are being taken to camps.
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‘It is apocalyptic, but we are alive’: A Kherson resident says he has no intention of leaving.
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Tons of fish are left dead as water levels continue to fall at the Kakhovka reservoir.
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How a Cracked Phone App Upended a Crime-Ridden Balkan State.
Evidence found in encrypted messages helped speed the fall of Milo Djukanovic in Montenegro. His successor, Jakov Milatovic, says he plans to clean up the country.
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Kherson is hit by Russian shelling hours after a Zelensky visit.
Ukraine’s interior ministry said that eight people were injured in an attack near an evacuation point where medics, emergency workers and rescue teams have been gathering.
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Smoke from the wildfires stretches across the Atlantic to Norway.
Scientists in Norway have observed the effects of the fires, some of which have been burning for weeks.
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Pope Francis Is Doing Well After Abdominal Surgery, Vatican Says.
The 86-year old pontiff had a “day of rest” after hernia surgery, and was able to take communion in his room, the Vatican said.
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Ukraine on the Attack in the South in What a U.S. Official Says Appears to Be a Main Thrust in Counteroffensive.
A senior U.S. official said that fighting intensified overnight near Zaporizhzhia days after an attack farther east prompted claims the push had begun.
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Recent attacks suggest Ukrainian forces are increasingly on the offensive.
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‘It’s a horror’: Downstream from the dam, residents watch as houses float out to sea.
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Satellite Images Show Scale of Flooding From Ukraine Dam Collapse.
Photographs released by Planet Lab offer some of the clearest glimpses yet of the situation in cities and villages downstream from the destroyed Kakhovka dam in Ukraine.
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Zelensky visits the flood zone after calling for a ‘clear and quick global response.’
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Stabbing in France Critically Injures 4 Children, Shocking Country.
A local prosecutor said there was “no apparent sign of a terrorist motive” after a knife-wielding man violently assaulted people in a park in the southeastern city of Annecy.
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Cross-Border Skirmishes Heighten Anxiety for Ukrainian Villagers.
Even as new attacks have brought the war into Russia, the Russians have responded with force, raising the threat for the few civilians left in towns along the border.
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Disaster Upon Disaster: Flood Deepens Misery in Ukraine War Zone.
“We were getting used to the shelling, but I’ve never seen a situation like this,” said one woman rescued in Kherson after a dam upstream was destroyed.
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Floodwaters Engulf Front Line in Ukraine War.
As rescue efforts plucked people from rooftops, and offered fresh water and shelter, Turkey’s president called for an international investigation into what caused a dam to fail.
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Ukraine’s forces make minor gains near Bakhmut, but the front lines hardly shift.
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Prince Harry Has His Say in Court After 7 Hours of Intense Questioning.
Prince Harry ended his testimony in his trial against a newspaper group. “For my whole life, the press have misled about me and covered up their wrongdoing,” he said.
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Zelensky warns that hundreds of thousands of people don’t have ‘normal access to drinking water.’
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A Russian woman imprisoned in Belarus after being arrested with her dissident boyfriend has been pardoned.
Sofia Sapega was detained last year when the jet she was on was forced to land in Minsk.
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Sunak to Talk Tech With Biden, but the War in Ukraine Is Likely to Surface.
While economic corporation the challenges posed by artificial intelligence are on the agenda, Russia’s invasion presents immediate threats.
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Ukraine’s air defense can repel Russia’s air force during Kyiv’s counteroffensive, U.S. military official says.
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Satellite images show the spread of floodwaters after the Kakhovka dam collapsed.
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What We Learned From Prince Harry’s Second Day of Testimony.
Harry’s testimony was part of the lawsuit that he and three other plaintiffs have brought against three Mirror titles. The newspaper group has denied wrongdoing.
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Floodwaters are contaminated with tons of engine oil, Ukrainian officials say.
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Officials declare a state of emergency in Russian-occupied areas affected by flooding.
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The flooding could divert Ukraine’s military resources, but Kyiv says its counteroffensive won’t be affected.
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A flooded Ukrainian community under Russian occupation pleads for help online.
People searched for information on loved ones in messages in a chat group for residents of the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky downstream from the dam.
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See the latest satellite images of the flooding.
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Jane Kerr, a former royal editor for the Mirror, takes the stand.
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‘It just keeps coming’: Rescuers reach an inundated neighborhood to find fetid water and exhausted people.
Low-lying areas of Kherson were a panorama of water and floating debris. One man stood on a cabinet in his living room waiting for hours for help.
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Britain’s media landscape has shifted since Harry says he was hacked.
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The hearing is expected to last several more weeks.
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Tabloid splashes about Harry have included a Nazi uniform and numerous girlfriends.
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The farmlands of southern Ukraine ‘may turn into deserts,’ the agriculture ministry says.
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Mykolaiv, a city already under strain, offers shelter to evacuees from flood-hit areas.
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For Harry, the case is the latest chapter in what has become a life of litigation.
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Britain’s tabloids hit back at Harry’s testimony through their coverage.
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Pope Francis Is Out of Surgery With ‘No Complications,’ Vatican Says.
The 86-year-old pontiff had the medical procedure to treat a hernia.
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Here is the latest in the case.
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Europeans Now See Russia as an Adversary, but Not China.
An extensive poll of 11 European countries finds citizens less eager for competition and rivalry with China than Washington — or European elites — have become.
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Here is the latest on the destruction of the dam.
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Internal Blast Probably Breached Ukraine Dam, Experts Say (Cautiously).
With Russia and Ukraine blaming each other for the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, experts say that an external attack or even structural failure might explain the disaster, but that it is not likely.
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Destroyed Ukrainian Dam Floods War Zone and Forces Residents to Flee.
Experts suspect an explosion collapsed the dam on the Dnipro River. Kyiv and Moscow blamed each other, and residents downstream were forced to evacuate to escape the cascading waves.
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Ukraine’s allies on the U.N. Security Council demand Russia be held to account for dam disaster.
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There is no threat of an immediate nuclear meltdown because of the dam’s collapse, Ukrainian energy official says.
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The collapse of a Ukrainian dam was likely caused by an internal blast, experts say.
A structural failure or a bomb or missile attack are possible explanations, but unlikely, according to experts. Russia and Ukraine blamed each other.
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Prince Harry, in Dramatic Testimony, Says Journalists Have ‘Blood on Their Hands’
In a remarkable court scene, the prince took the stand for five hours to make his case that his phone was hacked by a newspaper group, as a lawyer for the defense grilled him about his claims.
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As Water From Destroyed Dam Rises, Ukrainians Face a Fresh New Horror.
Many Ukrainians have learned to live with occupation and shelling. On Tuesday a new menace began lapping at their doors.
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Takeaways From Prince Harry’s First Day of Testimony Against U.K. Tabloids.
The self-exiled British prince did not mince words as he finally got his day in court.
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The flooding poses yet another risk downstream: dislodged land mines.
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Russia warns that the dam’s destruction is a risk to Crimea’s water supply.
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Satellite images show the progression of the destruction at the destroyed dam.
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What will Harry have to prove to prevail in the case?
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Floodwaters are expected to peak on Wednesday morning, official says.
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Prince Harry Says Tabloid Intrusion Caused His Chelsy Davy Breakup.
In written testimony, the prince said his and Ms. Davy’s phones were repeatedly hacked while the two were dating.
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The deluge could threaten the Dnipro River’s wildlife and ecosystems.
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French March in New Pension Protests, but Are They a Final Stand?
After months of widespread protests failed to budge the government, opponents acknowledge that the chances of turning the tide now are slim.
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Here are the places at risk from the dam’s destruction.
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Videos and photographs show the extent of flooding downstream from the Kakhovka dam.
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Destruction of Dam Causes Flooding in Southern Ukraine.
Videos verified by The New York Times show downstream flooding after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric plant on the Dnipro River.
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The dam’s breach does not pose an immediate risk to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, experts say.
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Residents contend with rising floodwaters and relentless Russian shelling.
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Flooding creates a new, slow moving war disaster as water begins overtaking land.
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Ukraine and Russia blame each other for the dam’s destruction.
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The dam’s destruction could divert resources from both sides of the conflict.
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The defense argues that the information Harry cites was available legally.
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Haven’t the U.K. phone-hacking cases already been settled?
Harry’s lawsuits are an uncomfortable reminder for British tabloids of the phone-hacking accusations that culminated in a high-profile trail a decade ago.
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Read Prince Harry’s Written Statement to the Court.
Prince Harry’s lawyers filed a statement with the High Court in London before he took the stand in his lawsuit against the Mirror newspaper group.
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Read Prince Harry’s written statement.
Statement by Prince Harry in his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers.
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Harry is one of four plaintiffs in the phone-hacking case against Mirror Group.
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Prince Harry Takes on Tabloids, but U.K. Media Already Forced to Turn the Page.
The U.K. news landscape has shifted since the prince says he was hacked more than a decade ago, with hefty legal settlements, prison time for journalists and the threat of regulation forcing change.
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Storming a Trench Is Treacherous Business. Here’s How It’s Done.
Assaults on trenches can be stealthy, or deafeningly loud. Either way, they are nerve-racking. Here’s how one Ukrainian unit says it carried out a successful attack earlier this month.
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Why is Prince Harry in court?
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Who is leading Prince Harry’s legal team?
The lawyer leading the courtroom arguments, David Sherborne, has taken on Britain’s tabloid press several times.
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Here’s what to know about Harry’s testimony.
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Harry was absent from Monday’s court proceedings.
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Ukraine Dam Disaster: What We Know.
A dam in southern Ukraine was split in half, but it is unclear who caused the damage. Thousands are being evacuated as dangerous volumes of water gush downstream.
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D-Day’s Historic Beaches Face a New Onslaught: Rising Seas.
As climate change speeds coastal erosion in France, can memory be preserved if the famous landing sites of the Allied invasion disappear?
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Critical Dam in Southern Ukraine Destroyed.
Video verified by The New York Times shows a significant volume of water flowing freely through a destroyed dam and power plant in Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine, posing a threat to communities and infrastructure along the waterway.
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Prince Harry Puts Britain’s Press on Trial.
The prince is getting his day in court as he takes on the tabloids that scrutinized his every move for years, even hacking his phone.
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As Ukrainian Attacks Surge, U.S. Officials See Signs of Counteroffensive.
Kyiv has not formally announced the start of operations. But on Tuesday, Ukraine said the Russians had blown up a dam on the Dnipro River, potentially imperiling residents and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
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Fake Putin Speech Calling for Martial Law Aired in Russia.
The Kremlin said it was investigating what it called a “hack” after a bogus speech aired on some radio and television networks.
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Russia expresses doubt that the grain deal will be renewed.
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The U.S. and Russia say that a major Ukrainian operation has begun.
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Poland Rejects E.U. Ruling, Restarting a European Feud.
Poland’s justice minister called the E.U. court of justice “corrupt,” after it ruled a judicial overhaul was illegal. He vowed not to comply, though that could cost Poland billions.
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Pro-Russian military bloggers describe a surge in Ukrainian attacks on the front line with urgency, but not panic.
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Queen Victoria’s Son Was the Last British Royal to Testify in Court.
Prince Harry’s expected courtroom testimony this week will be the first time that a prominent member of Britain’s royal family has been cross-examined in over 130 years.
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This Famous ‘Spy’ Whale Likes People. That Could Be a Problem.
A beluga whale named Hvaldimir was first spotted in 2019 wearing what looked like a camera harness. He has recently been moving toward busier waters, prompting fears for his safety.
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Shocks, beatings, mock executions: Inside Kherson’s detention centers.
Ukraine has charged four members of Russia’s National Guard with war crimes in Kherson. The four acted with such impunity, the authorities say, they did not mask their identities.
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The pope is sending an envoy to Ukraine to explore potential paths to peace.
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Ukraine reports more fighting near Bakhmut.
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Fighting is raging at several points on the front line, Russian and U.S. officials say.
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A Ukrainian counteroffensive would face tough terrain and dug-in Russian troops.
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Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History.
Troops’ use of patches bearing Nazi emblems risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate.
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‘Pass Him’: How a British For-Profit College Made Millions.
Oxford Business College and others like it make millions, largely by recruiting immigrants. They operate in an opaque corner of the British education system.
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Amsterdam Train Service Resumes After Disruption.
The cause of the problem, which prompted widespread travel delays starting Sunday, had still not been determined.
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Russia says it repelled a large-scale Ukrainian assault.
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With Prince Harry to Testify in Hacking Case, Royals Prepare to Cringe.
A media spectacle will unfold this week as the prince prepares to take the stand against newspapers he says invaded his privacy by hacking his cellphone.
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In Poland, Crowds Protest Ruling Conservative Party.
The country’s largest antigovernment gathering in years sought to reclaim the legacy of the Solidarity movement that led the struggle against a Communist system imposed by Moscow.
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Hundreds of Thousands March Against Poland’s Governing Party.
Supporters and members of opposition parties protested against the conservative Law and Justice party in Poland’s largest antigovernment gathering in years.
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Explosions Reported in Southern Ukraine as Sides Test Each Other’s Defenses.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an unusually personal speech, urged his compatriots to show their gratitude to the country’s soldiers.
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Growing Protests in Serbia Demand Social Changes After Mass Shootings.
The protests, which have gathered momentum since two massacres in May, are denouncing a “culture of violence” and the increasingly authoritarian rule of the country’s leader.
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War’s Horrors Eat Into Russian Border Region.
With cross-border strikes, residents of the Russian region of Belgorod are starting to understand the horrors of war being waged at their doorstep.
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Car Bombing in South Shows Reach of Conflict.
The blast in the Zaporizhzhia region of southern Ukraine killed a cafe owner who was registered to run in elections seen as an attempt to legitimize Moscow’s illegal annexation of the area.
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‘A Is for Army’: In Russia, War Is Part of Class.
The curriculum for young Russians is increasingly emphasizing patriotism and the heroism of Moscow’s army, while demonizing the West as “gangsters.” One school features a “sniper”-themed math class.
Middle East
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All About the Deep-Pocketed Saudi Wealth Fund That Rocked Golf.
The secretive $700 billion investment fund has set its sights on tourism, job creation, private equity and, now, golf.
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Saudi Arabia Relishes a Triumph That Transcends Sports.
The deal to merge LIV Golf with the PGA Tour is a big win for the oil-rich kingdom, headlining a banner week that also includes a visit from the American secretary of state.
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As Assad’s Isolation Lifts, Syrian Refugees Fear Pressure to Return Home.
Arab countries re-establishing diplomatic ties with Syria are making repatriation of Syrian refugees a top priority. “Even if they shoot me, I won’t go back,” a refugee in Lebanon said.
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Query Into Attack That Left 3 Israeli Soldiers Dead.
Israeli officials were investigating a series of mishaps and failings that led to the killings of three Israeli soldiers by an Egyptian border guard.
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Egyptian Officer Kills 3 Israeli Soldiers at Border, but Armies Differ on Details.
The suspect was identified by the Israeli and Egyptian authorities as an Egyptian security officer. The deadly event may be connected to a thwarted drug smuggling attempt, the Israelis said.
New York
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What N.Y. Lawmakers Have, and Haven’t, Accomplished This Year.
As the 2023 session ends, the State Legislature passed a bill sealing old criminal records, but failed to reach a deal on a housing package.
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George Santos Says His Family Helped Bail Him Out. (Just Don’t Ask Who.).
Mr. Santos, a New York representative, said his relatives had helped guarantee his bail, but asked a judge to keep their names sealed out of privacy concerns.
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Upstart News Site Has Youth on Its Side, and Albany in Its Sights.
New York Focus zeros in on the details of what goes on in the state capital. And the reporting has had some impressive results.
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Did N.Y. Leaders Leave Residents Unprepared for the Air Quality Crisis?
Some experts and elected officials say New York’s leaders should have responded more quickly to the wildfire smoke that pushed air quality to historically unhealthy levels.
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A Musical Walk With Gershwin, Rachmaninoff and Papageno.
The Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans visits the haunts of great composers. And the air clears, just a little.
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N.Y. Democrats, at Odds Over Tenant Protections, Fail to Reach Housing Deal.
State lawmakers will leave Albany, N.Y., this week without passing any housing policies, sparking a new round of finger-pointing among Democrats.
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N.Y.C. Jails Chief Is Hiding Dysfunction at Rikers, Federal Monitor Says.
Louis A. Molina, the jails commissioner, has failed to stop rampant violence, and officials have shut down avenues of information about what happens behind bars, according to a report filed in federal court.
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Could Democrats Get Another Shot at Redistricting in New York?
State courts that struck down Democrats’ gerrymandered maps a year ago are poised to decide a renewed legal contest over whether to grant them another chance.
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New York City Residents Will Soon Have to Compost Their Food Scraps.
The City Council passed a bill on Thursday requiring New Yorkers to separate their food waste from regular trash, with mandatory composting coming to all five boroughs by next year.
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How to Clear 500,000 Feral Cats From New York’s Streets.
After the pandemic boom in pet adoption gave way to pet abandonment, locals in Brooklyn are trying a controversial approach to population control.
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Lawyer Who Used ChatGPT Faces Penalty for Made Up Citations.
A judge may sanction the lawyer, Steven A. Schwartz, for submitting opinions and citations invented by the chat bot.
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New York City Has Lost Tens of Thousands of Retail Jobs, Report Finds.
Despite a nearly recovered employment market, retail jobs fell 11.1 percent, according to the new study, widening racial disparities and narrowing opportunities for those without a college degree.
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And the Masks Came Back On: New York’s Day in Smoke.
Smoke, up close and personal, shrouded the day. Also, a testy meeting between would-be cannabis retailers and state officials.
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Closings, cancellations, delays: Smoke upends New York life.
A Yankees game, two Broadway shows and a concert in Prospect Park were among the events called off as air quality reached dangerous levels.
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Orange Skies and Burning Eyes as Smoke Shrouds New York City.
New Yorkers are accustomed to dealing with weather. This was something very different.
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New York City Seeks to Unravel the Secret Mystery of Hospital Costs.
The City Council is expected to approve a bill on Thursday that would allow New Yorkers to compare the cost of hospital procedures online.
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What the ‘extra toxic’ air blanketing New York City means for residents.
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Schools in the Northeast Cancel Recess and Close Early as Air Quality Worsens.
As smoke continued to pollute parts of the Northeastern United States on Wednesday afternoon, many school districts kept students indoors.
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Mayor Adams and the Brooklyn Apartment He Just Can’t Quit.
Despite Mayor Eric Adams’s multiple claims that he had sold an apartment to an ex-girlfriend, he filed financial disclosure forms showing he still owns it.
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‘Never Seen Pizza Boxes at a Wake Before’: Mourning a N.Y. Pizza Legend.
In a city full of great pizza, Andrew Bellucci was New York’s “original pizza nerd.” After he died suddenly, admirers gathered to remember his wild life.
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New York City Sues Queens Library Architects Over Lack of Accessibility.
City officials argued that the building was not compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act and other laws.
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More Fish, More Whales, More Ships — and More Whale Strikes.
More menhaden in New York waters means more whales, but also more collisions with ships. Plus, the Manhattan district attorney tosses hundreds of old convictions.
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Founder of Sexual Wellness Company Indicted on Forced Labor Charges.
Prosecutors say that Nicole Daedone, who founded OneTaste on promises of nurturing women’s sexuality, abused her followers and lived off them.
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George Santos Loses Ruling on Anonymity of His Bail Guarantors.
Mr. Santos, who has vowed to go to jail to keep the identities of his supporters sealed, has been given time to appeal the decision.
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Over 300 Cases Tied to Convicted N.Y.P.D. Officers Are Tossed Out.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office sought the dismissals because of due process violations.
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Make Way for the Bike Bus.
For the school commute, families are taking to the streets with two wheels. Some have termed the movement “kidical mass.”
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Roadblocks and Red Tape: New York’s Cannabis Effort at a Crossroads.
The state solicited entrepreneurs with cannabis convictions to open the first legal dispensaries, but the effort has fallen behind.
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Cuba Gooding Jr. Settles Federal Lawsuit That Accused Him of Rape.
He pleaded guilty last year to a single charge that stemmed from an unwanted kiss. The civil trial that was to have begun Tuesday included the most serious accusation he faced.
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The Art of Reusing Plastic.
The artists Beverly Barkat and Germane Barnes play with discarded plastic — including bottles, cups and printer cartridges — to explore the possibilities of reinventing waste.
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Trump Asks Judge to Stop Carroll’s Second Defamation Suit.
Former President Donald J. Trump told a judge that he could not have defamed E. Jean Carroll by denying her rape accusation because a jury had found him liable only for sexually abusing her.
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Armed Guard Is Charged With Raping a Migrant at a Federal Building.
The guard, Jimmy Solano-Arias, forced a migrant, who was waiting to file an asylum application, to perform oral sex on him, federal prosecutors said.
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Can Christie Succeed as ‘Trump Slayer’? New Jersey Has Thoughts.
The former governor, with his ready wit and considerable baggage, intends to jump into the Republican presidential primary on Tuesday.
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Trooper Charged in Killing of Unarmed Man After a High-Speed Chase.
Anthony Nigro IV was charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the 2022 death of James Huber.
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N.Y.P.D. Anti-Crime Units Still Stopping People Illegally, Report Shows.
Mayor Eric Adams revived the teams, promising they would be well trained and supervised. But a new report found widespread use of stop-and-frisk tactics against people of color.
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M.T.A. Looks Beyond Enforcement After $690 Million in Fare Evasion.
A study proposed new approaches to get riders to pay to ride New York City’s transit system, including replacing subway turnstiles with fare gates that are harder to jump over.
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A Good Walk, Filmed.
Peter Callahan, a filmmaker in Hastings-on-Hudson, is the writer, director and star of a movie that takes its entire story from one man’s afternoon walk around his town.
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How One Neighborhood in Brooklyn Policed Itself for Five Days.
On a two-block stretch of Brownsville in April, the police stepped aside and let residents respond to 911 calls. It was a bold experiment that some believe could redefine law enforcement in New York City.
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Desk Duty, Music-Making and TikTok.
Sarah Kaufman writes, acts, sings and makes podcasts and TikToks — and not to mention works a day job.
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‘I Whisked Myself Down to the Street in Search of a Guy With a Clipboard’
Seeking a crucial hour of quiet, observations while on the D and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
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Heated Debate Over a Highway.
The Interstate 81 viaduct in Syracuse effectively destroyed a Black neighborhood when it was built, and it has been falling apart ever since. But getting rid of it is complicated.
Business
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What Do Binance.US’s New Rules on Trading Dollars Mean for Customers?
The company said that it would no longer allow trades with U.S. dollars on its platform. Customers were urged to withdraw funds by Tuesday.
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Ben Bernanke Talks About Bank Runs, Inflation, A.I., Market Bubbles and More.
The former Fed chairman shared his thoughts with our columnist.
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China, Its Economy Flagging, Prods Consumers to Save Less and Spend More.
China’s largest state-run banks lowered interest rates on deposits, reflecting a growing concern that the economy has not rebounded as strongly as expected.
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Energy Drinks Are Surging. So Are Their Caffeine Levels.
More companies are pushing low-calorie, sugar-free beverages they say are healthy. Some servings have nearly the same level of caffeine as a six-pack of Coca-Cola.
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Binance Halts Trading in Dollars on Its U.S. Exchange.
Banks have signaled that they will stop working with the company’s American branch, it said, after the Securities and Exchange Commission sued it this week.
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Tesla Will Open Its Charging Network to G.M.’s Electric Vehicles.
The electric car company, which operates the country’s most extensive charging network, struck a similar deal with Ford Motor recently.
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Louisiana Passes Bill That Would Require Parental Consent for Kids’ Online Accounts.
The measure would allow parents to cancel the contracts underlying their children’s accounts on sites like TikTok, Instagram, Roblox and YouTube.
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The Eurozone Slipped Into a Mild Recession Early in the Year.
A weak recovery has been underway since then, but growth is expected to remain tepid for the remainder of the year.
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New A.I. Chatbot Tutors Could Upend Student Learning.
Proponents see the tools as a way to automatically customize academic support. They could also make children test subjects for A.I. experiments.
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Those Businesses That Pivoted During the Pandemic? Some Are Still Pivoting.
A challenging time proved to be fertile ground for experimentation that continues to pay off.
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Hey, Alexa, What Should Students Learn About A.I.?
While schools debate what to teach students about powerful new A.I. tools, tech giants, universities and nonprofits are intervening with free lessons.
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Not Just Math Quizzes: Khan Academy’s Tutoring Bot Offers Playful Features.
The new, A.I.-assisted Khanmigo allows students to chat with simulated historical figures or co-write stories with the software.
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Timeline: CNN’s 18 Months of Tumult.
The cable news network has struggled to weather a series of controversies, which culminated this week in the sudden departure of its chairman, Chris Licht, after a chaotic run at the top.
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Binance Moved Billions Through Two U.S. Banks, Regulators Say.
The S.E.C. shared new details about how Binance’s accounts at Signature Bank and Silvergate Bank were used to move customer funds quickly through a web of foreign companies.
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Turkey’s Lira Falls to New Low as a New Economic Policy Forms.
The lira plunged 7 percent against the U.S. dollar, as a new finance minister promising “rational” economic policy takes charge
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Hong Kong Asks Court to Stop Protest Anthem From Circulating Online.
Efforts to ban “Glory to Hong Kong,” a song popularized during pro-democracy protests in 2019, could set up a legal battle between tech giants and Hong Kong.
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Crypto Crackdown: Coinbase and Binance Lawsuits Shake Markets.
The S.E.C.’s actions indicate a push to require crypto businesses offering securities to follow the same rules as traditional stock and bond exchanges.
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Spotify to Lay Off 200 Employees in Podcast Strategy Shift.
Spotify said it was cutting 2 percent of its work force and absorbing two popular podcast studios, Gimlet Media and Parcast, into Spotify Studios.
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Merck Sues Over Law Empowering Medicare to Negotiate With Drugmakers.
The company is heavily reliant on a cancer drug that could be targeted by a program intended to lower drug prices.
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Coinbase Accused of Breaking Market Rules as Crypto Crackdown Widens.
The S.E.C. said the cryptocurrency platform allowed users to trade unregistered securities, a day after it accused the crypto platform Binance of mishandling funds.
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Is the Bear Market Over? It Depends.
The S&P 500 ended the day nearly 20 percent above its low last year, within a hair of a milestone for some market watchers. But assessing a bona fide bull market is not so simple.
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S.E.C. Accuses Binance of Mishandling Funds and Lying to Regulators.
The S.E.C. said the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange mixed billions of dollars in customer funds and secretly sent them to a separate company controlled by Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao.
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Macron Faces Fresh Test as Outlook for French Finances Dims.
S&P Global restated a negative outlook for France’s ability to repay mounting debt. Two other ratings agencies have lowered their views in recent weeks.
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Allstate Stopped Selling New Policies On Homes and Condos in California.
Like State Farm, which announced a similar move last week, Allstate cited worsening climate conditions that had made doing business there difficult.
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Hundreds Were Mistakenly Told They Might Have Cancer, Test Company Says.
Grail, which makes a blood test for cancer, said a vendor’s software issue caused inaccurate letters to be sent to about 400 customers last month.
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Output Cut To Halt Slide In Oil Prices.
OPEC Plus, the group of major oil producers, said it would continue its recent cuts in output, but Saudi Arabia said it would cut further for at least a month.
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Jeff Zucker Just Won’t Let CNN Go Already.
It’s been more than a year since he was forced from the top job at the network. Since then, he has made no secret of his frustrations with his exit — or his low regard for the man who replaced him, Chris Licht.
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Zucker’s Now On the Hunt For Investment Opportunities.
Mr. Zucker is C.E.O. of a $1 billion investment venture backed by RedBird Capital Partners and International Media Investments, an Emirati firm.
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The Big Number: 49%.
Cubicles sit empty and office pantries wait for the one day a week when their workers might actually come in. Here’s what office life looks like today.
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New Questions About Liability for Artificial Intelligence Creations.
Tools like ChatGPT could open a new line of questions around tech products and harmful content.
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The White House’s Debt-Ceiling Strategy Was to Win in the Fine Print.
The president and his negotiators believe they worked out a deal that allowed Republicans to claim big spending cuts even as the reality was far more modest.
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Brands Rush to Align With Older TikTok Creators.
No matter what their age or finances, some elder influencers are finding that being on the app can bring them extra cash, or even help them extend their careers.
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‘It Hurts So Good’: Cringe Comedy Goes Viral Online.
On TikTok, cringe comedy creators are gaining large followings and brand deals by impersonating terrible people.
DealBook
Economy
Energy & Environment
Media
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The Big Number: 13.
The head of CNN, Chris Licht, was ousted on Wednesday after just 13 months on the job.
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CNN Tries to Change the Channel From Wall-to-Wall Chaos.
The company’s new leaders — who include a longtime aide to Warner Bros. Discovery’s C.E.O., David Zaslav — are trying to move on from the stormy tenure of CNN’s former leader Chris Licht.
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Who Are the 4 People Running CNN Now?
The network will be managed on an interim basis by a group of executives.
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Does CNN’s Turmoil Mean There’s No Room on Cable for Independent News?
Chris Licht’s tenure illuminated how increasingly hard it can be to find success on the divided cable news dial.
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David Zaslav Picked Chris Licht to Revamp CNN. Now What?
Mr. Zaslav, the head of Warner Bros. Discovery, must find a new leader who shares his vision for the network and can figure out its financial future.
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Universal Says On-Demand Film Strategy Has Increased Audience.
The studio let viewers rent or buy movies earlier for a higher price. This made more than $1 billion in less than three years, with nearly no decrease in box-office sales.
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Los Angeles Times to Cut More Than 10% of Newsroom.
“The restructuring stems from the same persistent economic headwinds facing news media across the country,” the executive editor said in an email to the staff.
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Chris Licht Is Out at CNN, Ending a Brief and Chaotic Run.
Mr. Licht’s turbulent time running the network lasted slightly more than a year.
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Tucker Carlson Posts First Installment of New Show on Twitter.
The 10-minute video was similar to a stripped-down version of his former Fox program.
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A Reporter Investigated Sexual Misconduct. Then the Attacks Began.
After publishing an exposé, journalists in New Hampshire faced broken windows, vulgar graffiti and a legal brawl, with important First Amendment implications.
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Actors Authorize Potential Strike With Hollywood Writers Still Picketing.
The vote does not guarantee a walkout. The actors and studios will begin negotiations on Wednesday.
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Chris Licht of CNN Faces a Crisis. Here’s Why.
Mr. Licht, the network’s chief executive, said on an internal call on Monday that he would “fight like hell” to win back the trust of the network.
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Hundreds of Gannett Journalists Walk Out.
The union representing the company’s newsroom employees criticized the C.E.O. for cutting jobs and hurting local journalism.
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Updating Disney Classics Isn’t for the Faint of Heart.
Sean Bailey is in charge of live-action remakes of films like “The Little Mermaid.” It’s a job that puts him in the middle of a partisan divide.
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Hollywood Directors Union Reaches Deal With Studios.
The tentative agreement includes improvements in wages and guardrails around artificial intelligence.
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Todd to Quit Talk Show On NBC.
He will be succeeded by Kristen Welker, NBC’s chief White House correspondent and the co-anchor of “Weekend Today.”
Your Money
Technology
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How to Use A.I. to Automate the Dreaded Office Meeting.
Generating a slide deck, talking points and meetings minutes can all be done in a snap. All you need are the right prompts.
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Their Crypto Company Collapsed. They Went to Bali.
The implosion of Three Arrows Capital, a cryptocurrency hedge fund, devastated the industry. Its two founders spent the next year surfing, meditating and traveling the world.
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After a Rocky Year, Zuckerberg Lays Out Meta’s Road Map to Employees.
In an internal all-hands meeting, the chief executive explained his plans for artificial intelligence, the metaverse and rebooting Meta’s culture.
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Senators Say TikTok May Have Misled Congress on Handling of U.S. User Data.
Two senators sent a letter to TikTok’s C.E.O. with questions about how user data may be stored and seen in China after new reports in May.
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They Fled San Francisco. The A.I. Boom Pulled Them Back.
Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding, hackathons and networking of the artificial intelligence frenzy.
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How Sam Altman Stormed Washington to Set the A.I. Agenda.
The chief executive of OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, has met with at least 100 U.S. lawmakers in recent months. He has also taken his show abroad.
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Crypto Firms Start Looking Abroad as U.S. Cracks Down.
As the country becomes one of the world’s strictest crypto regulators, companies are exploring plans to expand internationally and possibly leave entirely.
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Why I Can’t Bet Against Apple’s Mixed-Reality Prowess.
There are plenty of reasons the Vision Pro could flop. But we shouldn’t forget that Apple has a knack for entering a product category at just the right time.
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Apple Debuts Its Next Big Product, a Virtual Reality Headset.
The device, called Vision Pro and shaped like a pair of ski goggles, faces a skeptical consumer market and competition from others, like fellow tech giant Meta.
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Twitter’s U.S. Ad Sales Plunge 59% as Woes Continue.
In internal forecasts, the company projected that ad sales would keep declining, handing a tough challenge to its new chief executive.
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These Activists Distrust Voting Machines. Just Don’t Call Them Election Deniers.
As election activists rally against new voting machines, they are drifting into territory now dominated by conspiracy theorists.
Personal Tech
Sports
Auto Racing
Baseball
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Toronto Blue Jays Cut Player Who Defended Anti-Queer Post.
Anthony Bass had reposted a video on social media that called for a boycott of L.G.B.T.Q.-friendly companies.
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‘No Next Steps’ as of Yet for Aaron Judge’s Toe Injury.
Judge, the slugging Yankees outfielder, got an injection to aid healing in his sprained toe. He will be out at least 10 days.
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Yankees Game Postponed Because of ‘Hazardous’ Air Quality.
A night after having teams play through adverse conditions, Major League Baseball pulled the plug on two games. A W.N.B.A. game in Brooklyn was also postponed.
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Yankees Do ‘Winning Things’ as They Cross Their Fingers.
A strong all-around series against the Dodgers showed the Yankees’ might, but now they will wait to see if Aaron Judge needs a trip to the injured list.
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Leaving Their Mark On Mets Honestly.
As the team continues to celebrate its history, Gary Cohen, Howie Rose, Al Leiter and Howard Johnson were honored for their contributions over the years.
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Remembering When Baseball Was His Calling.
A pastor for more than 50 years, William Greason, 98, occasionally tells tales of a lifetime ago, when he mentored Willie Mays and played in the last Negro World Series.
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Hot Dodgers and Yankees Are Eager for What’s Next.
Both teams have been winning with smoke and mirrors thanks to injuries. A series against each other in Los Angeles offers a test of just how good they are.
Basketball
Golf
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Backing Saudi Deal, McIlroy Reprises His Role as PGA Tour’s Backstop.
McIlroy, however, reiterated his lingering opposition to LIV Golf, saying: “I hate LIV. Like, I hope it goes away.”
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The Merger of LIV Golf and the PGA Tour: Here’s What to Know.
The announced deal to dramatically change golf is far from complete.
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LIV Golf Joins a Club That Will Have It as a Member.
The PGA Tour’s merger with LIV is the perfect union of the tour’s lack of principle and LIV’s paucity of character.
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PGA Tour and LIV Golf Agree to Alliance, Ending Golf’s Bitter Fight.
In a stunning announcement, the tour, along with the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, said the rivals had agreed to create a “new, collectively owned, for-profit entity.”
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The PGA Tour commissioner acknowledges secrecy and hurdles on the deal.
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The talks of a merger began in secret meetings after the Masters in April.
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A group of 9/11 relatives called the PGA Tour’s planned merger with LIV a ‘betrayal.’
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The deal sets up a structure combining nonprofit and for-profit entities.
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The merger doesn’t end the U.S. antitrust inquiry into the PGA Tour.
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What tour leaders and players are saying about the agreement.
Players and officials size up a blockbuster agreement.
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What Tour Leaders and Players are Saying About the Merger.
Players and officials are split on the a blockbuster agreement.
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Here is What Tour Leaders and Players are Saying About the Merger.
Players and officials are split on the a blockbuster agreement.
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Trump Praises the PGA and LIV Golf Merger.
The LIV series has been a boon for the Trump family, which lost major tournaments after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the capitol.
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The Trump family praises the PGA and LIV merger.
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The merger is seen as a victory for Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia is making a major push in soccer, too.
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The basics of the sweeping golf merger.
What we know and don’t know.
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PGA Tour and LIV Golf Agree to Merger.
In a stunning announcement, the tour, along with the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, said the rivals had agreed to create a “new, collectively owned, for-profit entity.”
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Here is the latest on the PGA-LIV Golf deal.
In a stunning announcement, the tour, along with the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, said the rivals had agreed to create a “new, collectively owned, for-profit entity.”
Hockey
Horse Racing
Olympics
Pro Basketball
Soccer
Tennis
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Novak Djokovic Moves to the Precipice of Tennis Supremacy.
Djokovic seized a spot in the French Open final with a win over a struggling Carlos Alcaraz. In the final on Sunday, Casper Ruud stands in the way of Djokovic’s 23rd Grand Slam singles title.
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The Natural and the No. 1 Will Face Off in the French Women’s Final.
The tennis world has been waiting for Karolina Muchova to be healthy. Now she gets a shot at Iga Swiatek with a Grand Slam title on the line.
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Alcaraz vs. Djokovic: The Next Kid Up Faces the Game’s Steeliest Brain.
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic, who have played each other only once, will finally do so again on Friday in the French Open semifinals. Can the ultimate young talent beat the ultimate tennis mind?
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Tension Overshadows the Tennis Between Sabalenka and Svitolina.
Players from Ukraine do not shake hands with players from Russia and Belarus. Aryna Sabalenka waited at the net anyway.
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Canvas of Clay.
The iconic courts at Roland Garros can tell the tale of a match if you look closely enough.
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Winners Get Their Due. But Losers Are Wonderfully Human.
There’s glory in defeat. Losses, at least, make athletes more relatable to the rest of us.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas Picks Up Doubles Tennis and His Kid Brother.
Tsitsipas is aiming to beat Carlos Alcaraz in Paris on Tuesday in a French Open quarterfinal, but what he really wants is to help turn his younger brother Petros into a doubles champion.
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A Superstar of French Tennis Returns to His Stage in a Different Way.
To the world, Noah is the last Frenchman to win his country’s Grand Slam tournament. In France, his legacy and life loom over every man who has played tennis.
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Will Alcaraz and Djokovic Finally Get to Play Each Other at the French Open?
If everything goes right in the quarterfinals for Alcaraz and Djokovic, the two most dominant players on the men’s tour, the duel everyone has been waiting for will happen.
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The 19-Year-Old Has Some Valuable Lessons To Give the 16-Year-Old.
Gauff, now 19 and in her fifth season on the tour, took on Mirra Andreeva, who is 16 and the latest teenager to go on a tear in women’s tennis.
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Inside the Walls of Court Tennis, It’s Mostly About Mind Games.
“If you wanted to design a game that was going to put people off from playing it,” one court tennis enthusiast said, “you would probably design a real tennis court.”
Obituaries
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Helen Thorington, Who Brought Sonic Art to the Airwaves, Dies at 94.
A pioneer in radio art and, later internet art, she created a blend of synthesizer compositions and found sounds that opened new artistic terrain.
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Harald zur Hausen, 87, Nobelist Who Found Cause of Cervical Cancer, Dies.
When he proposed that the human papillomavirus caused cervical cancer, he was ridiculed. He persevered, and today a vaccine exists.
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William E. Spriggs, Economist Who Pushed for Racial Justice, Dies at 68.
An educator who served in the Obama administration, he championed workers, especially Black workers, and challenged his profession’s racial assumptions.
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Overlooked No More: Lou Sullivan, Author and Transgender Activist.
In diaries, articles and letters, he pushed for the medical community’s acceptance of men who were assigned female at birth and identified as gay.
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James G. Watt, Interior Secretary Under Reagan, Dies at 85.
Mr. Watt once declared that Interior Department policies over years had swung too far toward conservation under the influence of “environmental extremists.”
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Carroll Cooley, Detective in Landmark Miranda Case, Dies at 87.
His interrogation helped lead to a Supreme Court ruling that established rights that protect criminal suspects from incriminating themselves while in custody.
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Barry Newman, Star of the Cult Film ‘Vanishing Point,’ Dies at 92.
Panned when it was released in 1971, the movie gained acclaim decades later. Mr. Newman also starred on TV in the legal drama “Petrocelli.”
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Pat Robertson, Who Gave Christian Conservatives Clout, Is Dead at 93.
A Baptist minister and a broadcaster, he turned evangelicals into a powerful constituency that helped Republicans capture Congress in 1994. He had earlier run for president.
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Pat Cooper, Comedian of Outrage, Is Dead at 93.
He built his act on making fun of his Italian American heritage. He later publicly insulted stars he had worked with, including Frank Sinatra and Howard Stern.
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Ronnie Cummins, Scourge of Genetically Modified Food, Dies at 76.
A lifelong protester, he became a leading promoter of organic food and a forceful critic of a food industry that genetically engineers what it produces and sells.
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Françoise Gilot, Artist in the Shadow of Picasso, Is Dead at 101.
An accomplished painter (and memoirist) in her own right, she was long his lover until she did what no other mistress of his had ever done: She walked out.
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Andrew Bellucci, Pizza Visionary With a Troubled Past, Dies at 59.
His obsession with recreating the original New York pizza helped revive a classic and inspire a generation of chefs. But his ambitions led to conflicts and, once, prison.
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Ama Ata Aidoo, Groundbreaking Ghanaian Writer, Dies at 81.
A playwright, novelist and poet, she was a leading African writer who explored the complexities faced by modern women living in the shadow of colonialism.
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Peter Simonischek, Beloved Austrian Actor, Is Dead at 76.
He played a prankster and adoring father in “Toni Erdmann,” the Oscar-nominated 2016 comedy that made him an international star, but he had long been a celebrity at home.
Baseball
Media
Music
Olympics
Television
Briefing
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The Case Against Donald Trump.
Also, Canadian wildfires rage on. Herre’s the latest at the end of Friday.
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Another Indictment.
Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents was genuinely unusual.
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The New York Times News Quiz, June 9, 2023.
Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
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Your Friday Briefing.
Federal charges against Donald Trump.
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A Surprise Supreme Court Ruling.
Tonight, your iPhone knows you didn’t mean “ducking.” Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
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The Weekender.
How to spend 36 hours in Split, Croatia. Plus: an interview with John Mellencamp, and trying out Apple's new $3,500 high-tech goggles.
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Your Friday Briefing: A Major Ukrainian Offensive.
Also, a victory for voting rights in the U.S.
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Wildfire Smoke Envelops the U.S.
New York City experienced its worst air quality on record. Here’s how to stay safe as the smoke spreads.
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Your Thursday Briefing.
Residents along the Dnipro River face devastation after the destruction of a key dam.
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Wildfire Smoke Blankets the East With Unhealthy Air.
Stay indoors tonight and listen to New Orleans jazz. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
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Your Thursday Briefing: A Dangerous Haze Across North America.
Also, evacuations from flooding in Ukraine.
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A Stunning Merger Angers Athletes.
A professional golf merger is a victory for Saudi Arabia and another sign that money can overwhelm almost any other force in sports.
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Your Wednesday Briefing.
The destruction of a major dam in Ukraine.
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A Critical Dam Is Destroyed on Ukraine’s Front Line.
Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
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Your Wednesday Briefing: A Dam Destroyed in Ukraine.
Also, a victory for the Saudi-backed golf tour.
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A Religious School That’s Also a Public School.
Oklahoma’s decision to allow the Catholic church to operate a public school continues a winning streak for religious conservatives.
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Your Tuesday Briefing.
Signs of a counteroffensive in Ukraine.
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Has Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Begun?
Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
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Your Tuesday Briefing: Is Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Here?
Also, train service resumes near India’s crash site.
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Millennials Just Keep Voting.
They are voting at higher rates than younger adults once did, helping the Democratic Party.
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Your Monday Briefing.
Investigations into a train crash in India.
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Your Monday Briefing: Rescue Efforts End in India Train Crash.
Plus, Beijing is forcing Hong Kong to forget Tiananmen Square.
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The Sun Is Calling.
Make your cookout, picnic or beach trip a little easier.
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What Will Be the Theme of Summer?
As summer commences, so do our pronouncements for what it will be like. In branding, as in all things, moderation is key.
Podcasts
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D-Day’s Beaches Face Rising Seas and More: The Week in Reporter Reads.
Articles from around The Times, narrated just for you.
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Today’s Top News: Donald Trump Is Indicted, and More.
Exclusively from New York Times Audio, our new app.
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Apple’s Face Computer, Crypto Chaos and How Teens Really Feel About Social Media.
This isn’t the first time Apple has introduced a bulky piece of hardware that nobody is sure people will want to buy. Can Apple pull off another wearable revolution?
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This Week in Audio: Biden’s Age, Cringe Comedy and Beyoncé’s World Tour.
Each week, we share the best of new audio journalism and storytelling.
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Today’s Top News: Wildfire Smoke Cloaks New York in a Haze, and More.
Exclusively from New York Times Audio, our new app.
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The Case for Democrats to Stop Playing Defense.
Two Democratic lawmakers share their different visions of resistance to today’s Republican Party: tactical planning vs. all-out resistance.
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The Marriage Proposal That Wasn’t.
Bob Morris’s father fell in love at the end of his life with a woman who knew her limits.
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Today’s Top News: The PGA Tour’s Shocking Merger With LIV Golf, and More.
Exclusively from New York Times Audio, our new app.
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Today’s Top News: The Growing 2024 G.O.P. Field, and More.
Exclusively from New York Times Audio, our new app.
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Hundreds Dead in India Train Crash, and Other Top Stories.
Exclusively from New York Times Audio, our new app.
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Listen to This American Life: The Show of Delights.
And the best of the archive, found in our new audio app.
Op-Ed
The Daily
Science
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July 1: The Euclid telescope could launch to space.
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Cosmic Luck: NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon Quarantine Broke Down.
A review of archives suggests that efforts to protect Earth from contamination by any organism brought back from the lunar surface were mostly for show.
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Wild Mammals Roamed When Covid Kept Humans Home.
Strict pandemic lockdowns may have allowed animals to range more widely and spend time closer to roads, a new study suggests.
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Why the wildfire smoke makes the sky turn wild colors.
It has to do with the way light scatters.
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Our Local Black Hole Serves Up an ‘Awe Moment’
Filaments of radio energy from Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, are turning astronomers’ heads.
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Kilauea Erupts in Hawaii With ‘Incandescent’ Glow.
The volcano on the Big Island gave hints in the past month that an eruption might be imminent.
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How Solar Wind Flows From the Sun Like Water From a Shower Head.
The Parker Solar Probe is providing NASA researchers with insights into how the sun accelerates particles to a million miles per hour.
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Aug. 11: Russia could launch the Luna-25 mission to the moon.
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Birds With a Taste for Flesh Threaten Whale Calves.
In Argentina, kelp gulls are attacking the backs of southern right whales, imperiling the recovery of an endangered species.
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Scientists Discover a Virgin Birth in a Crocodile.
The act of reptile reproduction suggests that dinosaurs and pterosaurs may have been capable of parthenogenesis, too, much like the creatures in “Jurassic Park.”
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Gene Therapy May Offer Birth Control for Cats.
A small study uses genetic engineering with the goal of curbing vast stray feline populations.
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Seven Underappreciated Birding Spots in New York.
Sure, you know about Central Park and Flushing Meadows. But here are a few more birding locations worth checking out.
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Put a Bird on It? Ancient Egypt Was Way Ahead of Us.
A 3,300-year-old palace mural offers an exquisitely detailed view of several bird species, and presents an artistic mystery.
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It Rocks in the Tree Tops, but Is That Bird Making Music?
Scientists are finding more evidence that birdsong parallels human-made music.
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Ancient Human Relatives Buried Their Dead in Caves, New Theory Claims.
Homo naledi, despite having tiny brains, may have lit fires and decorated walls around the graves of their dead, according to controversial new research.
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How Did Birds First Take Off?
It took 150 million years for feathered dinosaurs to master flight and become the birds we see overhead today.
Climate
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Will Wildfires Like These Become the New Normal?
Canada’s devastating fires and toxic smoke might not recur every year, but the heat from climate change increases the risks of a wide range of disasters.
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What Happens When the Air Quality Index Surpasses 500?
The toxic air in the United States this week has flirted with the upper range of the 500-point scale. In the past decade, there have been times when the air quality was even worse.
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Why the U.S. Is Backsliding on Clean Air.
Wildfire haze is erasing much of the progress made in past decades.
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Record Pollution and Heat Herald a Season of Climate Extremes.
Scientists have long warned that global warming will increase the chance of severe wildfires like those burning across Canada and heat waves like the one smothering Puerto Rico.
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Video and Photos Show a Tiny, Critically Endangered Porpoise Still Hanging On.
The latest scientific survey of vaquitas, one of the planet’s most imperiled species, suggests that new conservation measures are working.
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It’s Called the Grand Canyon, Not the Eternal Canyon.
A rafting trip yields insights about a national treasure that seems permanent but is always being changed, lately by humans.
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Arctic Summer Could Be Practically Sea-Ice-Free by the 2030s.
In a new study, scientists found that the climate milestone could come about a decade sooner than anticipated, even if planet-warming emissions are gradually reduced.
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The Grand Canyon, a Cathedral to Time, Is Losing Its River.
The Colorado River, which carved the Grand Canyon over millions of years, is now in crisis from climate change and overuse.
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The Mystery of the Vanishing Kestrels: What’s Happening to This Flashy Falcon?
The number of American kestrels has dropped sharply. That goes against the trend for birds of prey, broadly seen as a conservation bright spot.
The Upshot
Opinion
Letters
Op-Ed
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The Only Positive of Smokemageddon.
Wildfire smoke creates local cooling — for a while.
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Wonking Out: How Low Must Inflation Go?
Should it be 2 percent or bust? Probably not.
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Don’t Wear the Goggles. Their Vision Is Bleak.
Why Silicon Valley wants you to live inside a virtual pod.
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Big Tech Is Bad. Big A.I. Will Be Worse.
How history has shown that the concentration of A.I. development in the hands of two powerful companies will lead to the technology being deployed in ways that will hurt humanity.
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Gavin Newsom, Please Don’t Cut Public Transit Funds. That’s Short-Term Thinking.
Even in a tough budget year, more investment in transit would be money well spent.
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Night After Night, I Perform on Broadway and Tell a Devastating Story.
“Parade” forces us to see how antisemitism and racism are inextricably linked.
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How to Convict Trump.
The special counsel has four hurdles to overcome.
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What Communes and Other Radical Experiments in Living Together Reveal.
Intentional communities may offer solutions for loneliness and other problems of an atomized society.
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On the Smoke Crisis, New York City’s Mayor Chokes.
Mayor Eric Adams failed to give New York City residents proper warning for the blast of unhealthy air, then stumbled in his response.
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It Is Right to Make Donald Trump Answer for the Crimes He Is Accused Of.
The available evidence supports the indictment by the special counsel Jack Smith.
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The More Opposition Trump Faces, the More Popular He Becomes, and He Knows It.
How politically radical could the base of the Republican Party become between now and the 2024 presidential election?
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John Roberts Throws a Curveball.
The Voting Rights Act lives to see another day.
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This Is Not the Time for a Third Presidential Candidate.
The No Labels plan is just too risky.
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Orange Skies, Red Alerts and the Future.
The climate crisis has started, but there’s worse to come.
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Oklahoma Breaches the Wall Between Church and State.
Religious liberty, not religious authority, should be the aim of the American right.
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I Loved Watching Chris Christie Tear Into Trump. That’s a Problem.
The ex-governor is trying to appeal to a version of the G.O.P. that no longer exists.
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Casey DeSantis Is Your Obsession. Jill Biden Is Mine.
We only think we understand the impact of political spouses.
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There’s Only One Way to Fix New York’s Traffic Gridlock.
There’s no way out of the congestion without making drivers pay for taking up limited street space.
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Trump’s Justices Didn’t Doom Affirmative Action. Demography Did.
The composition of the Supreme Court has changed, but so has the composition of the country.
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We Suffer Too Many Fools Who Start Wildfires.
With so much smoke polluting the air so early in the fire season, we should finally stop thinking of wildfires as out of our control.
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Joan Didion, the Death of R.F.K. and the Solution to a Decades-Old Mystery.
The celebrated author wrote about having a breakdown. Only now do we know the full story of a moment that caused her to say she could feel the 1960s “snapping.”
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We Have Age Minimums. Why Not Age Maximums?
Debating when Biden and Feinstein should retire — and when you should.
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Yes, We’re in an L.G.B.T.Q. State of Emergency.
This year, there is a pall over Pride.
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The Republican Silly Season Has Begun.
Raise your hand if your name’s not Trump.
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Remembering a Massacre That China Keeps Trying to Erase.
Tiananmen is caught in a larger “struggle of memory against forgetting.”
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What Wildfire Smoke, Gas Stoves and Covid Tell Us About Our Air.
Wildfire smoke underscores the need for better indoor air quality.
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Golf’s Antitrust Problem Just Got Bigger.
Regulators were scrutinizing the PGA Tour even before its merger with its Saudi-funded competitor.
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As Smoke Darkens the Sky, the Future Becomes Clear.
There’s nowhere to escape the harm from wildfires.
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I Know Why Disney Is Fighting DeSantis.
As corporate America gets dragged into the culture wars, Disney had no choice but to take on DeSantis and defend the L.G.B.T.Q. community.
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The Truth Is, Many Americans Just Don’t Want Black People to Get Ahead.
That racial affirmative action in university admissions and elsewhere has survived for so long is remarkable given the powerful forces arrayed against it.
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As the Suburbs Go, So Goes America.
America is undergoing a racial and ethnic upheaval that will profoundly shape election outcomes.
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Why These Six Americans Moved Away from Organized Religion.
For some, faith is malleable.
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If You Want to See an Owl, Be Like One.
Its silent flight is one of the great wonders of the animal world and points to quiet inconspicuousness as a strength rather than a weakness.
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It’s Great to Have a President Who Knows When to Shut Up.
Politics at its best just isn’t necessarily all that entertaining.
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‘No One Is More Dangerous Than a Man With Nothing to Lose’: 8 Times Writers on Chris Christie.
The former New Jersey governor may impact the race. But can he win it?
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‘A Guided Missile Aimed Rhetorically at Trump.’ Our Columnists and Writers Discuss Chris Christie.
The former New Jersey governor may impact the race. But can he win it?
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An Endgame for Ukraine.
Membership in the E.U. A security pact with America. And a restoration of borders, minus Crimea.
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From Tel Aviv to Riyadh.
My recent journey through the Middle East was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in a region that has long been my second home.
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Making Manufacturing Great Again.
Industrial investment has suddenly gone parabolic.
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The Climate Solution That’s Horrible for the Climate.
Corn ethanol and soy biodiesel accelerate food inflation and global hunger, but they’re also a disaster for the climate and the environment.
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The Book I Wish Every Policymaker Would Read.
In “Recoding America,” Jennifer Pahlka offers a deeper theory for why the U.S. government struggles to provide services to its people.
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‘He Is Seriously Not Going to Be President.’ Our Columnists and Writers Discuss Mike Pence.
Everyone agrees: He has great hair.
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Republicans Are No Longer Calling This Election Program a ‘Godsend’
Some Republican states are rejecting what was, until a few months ago, widely agreed to be the single best program for keeping voter rolls accurate and up-to-date.
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There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like.
It is difficult to overstate the court’s hostility to organized labor and the rights of American workers.
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A Couple Returns to the Same Argument. Over and Over Again.
Two actors, partners at the time, discuss their own relationship conflicts between takes of a scripted scene.
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Poland Isn’t the Friend the West Thinks It Is.
Illiberalism in the country is alive and well.
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‘The Idol’ and Our Backlash Times.
In HBO’s series, nostalgic sexism poses as transgression.
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The Eyes of the World Are Upon Ukraine.
The moral equivalent of D-Day is happening right now.
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What Economics and Hamlet Have in Common.
Like many philosophers before them, modern economists tend to believe that virtue can be learned.
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Blessings to You, Chris Christie.
Biden-Trump, the sequel, has quite a few plot twists.
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The Supreme Court Is Wrong About Andy Warhol.
The artist was never concerned about copyright. He cared more about the right to copy, as an artistic method and a design for living.
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I’m in High School. I Hope Affirmative Action Is Rejected and Replaced With Something Stronger.
Asian students lose out with this college admissions system, but so do low-income ones.
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Guess How Much This Debt Ceiling Nonsense Is Costing Us.
The cost, financial and otherwise, of these debt-ceiling games is enormous.
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Please Don’t Call My Job a Calling.
The idea that a job is a passion obfuscates the reality that a job is an economic contract, and sets up the conditions for exploitation.
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Trump Wants to Party Like It’s 1776.
His proposed celebration to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is exquisitely on brand.
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Einstein and a Theory of Disinformation.
Time is relative depending on your frame of reference. Maybe truth is too?
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‘None of Us Were Born Looking for a Screen. We Were All Born Looking for a Face.’
A conversation about nurturing our relationships in a digital world.
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Here’s How We Can End the War in Ukraine.
It is time for the United States to provide Ukraine with the support it needs to win against Russia.
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Air Travel Could Become Even More Miserable.
The looming headache of this summer’s travel season only strengthens the argument against the JetBlue/Spirit merger.
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What Ozempic Reveals About Desire.
Can new weight-loss drugs curb addictions?
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There are Better Ways to Solve a Housing Crisis Than This.
The overriding cause of homelessness in New York City is a lack of housing in the region, which has sent rents skyrocketing.
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‘Doing the Work’ and the Obsession With Superficial Self-Improvement.
I simply decline.
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My Father Taught Me the Benefits of a Little Delusion.
Buried in delusion is the hope that, despite all the odds and evidence to the contrary, things might just go your way.
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Sierra Leone Is Giving Me Hope.
Fewer children are starving, fewer moms are dying and terrible diseases are retreating.
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McCarthy Has a Superpower.
He actually seem to care about the institution he leads.
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Jackie on My Mind.
Before she was an iconic first lady, Jackie was a clever “Camera Girl.”
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What It Means To Be a Witness.
“The Postcard” by Anne Berest makes clear the urgency of third-generation Holocaust storytellers.
Arts
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Pride, Illustrated: 6 Comics and Graphic Novels to Read This June.
These recent, new and upcoming books with L.G.B.T.Q. characters offer adventure stories, personal recollections, a riff on a famous novel and more.
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5 Things to Do This Weekend.
Selections from the Weekend section, including predictions for who will win the Tony Awards on Sunday night.
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What’s in Our Queue? Jorge Ben and More.
I’m an investigative reporter for The Times. Here are five things I've been watching, reading and listening to.
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It’s the Perelman Performing Arts Center, But Bloomberg Gave More.
With previously undisclosed $130 million gifts to the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Lower Manhattan and the Shed in Hudson Yards, the former mayor continues to shape the city’s arts scene.
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What Does it Take to Run a Museum? The Job Description Is Changing.
It’s not only about the art anymore: Today’s museum leaders must increasingly confront staff revolts and calls to return looted art while navigating labor unrest and social justice controversies.
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Diablo IV Wants Gamers to Slay Monsters in Hell Forever.
An addictive formula — kill enemies and collect the powerful gear they drop — is back, this time in a transformed video game industry where players now expect free content updates.
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6 Podcasts to Make Sense of A.I.
As the technology’s rapid rise sets off alarms about the risks to society, these shows will help put the boom into context.
Art & Design
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Hannah Gadsby’s Picasso Show Was Meant to Ignite Debate. And It Did.
The Brooklyn Museum invited the Australian comedian to help organize a show on Picasso’s troubling life and artistic lens. The reaction was strong.
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A New Hiroshi Sugimoto Sculpture in San Francisco Reaches for Infinity.
His sliver of an artwork, “Point of Infinity,” marks the start of the city’s Treasure Island Art Program.
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The ‘Haunting’ of Gary Simmons.
In new shows in Chicago and London, the artist uses ghostly erasure lines to look at ideas about race — forcing us to confront the images before they slip away.
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A Landscape of Organized Chaos: Nigerian Photographers at MoMA.
The museum’s first group show focusing on West Africa is a wide-ranging exhibition with history, nuance and grit.
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Latin American Artists Reinvent Their Histories.
Our critic says “Chosen Memories” at MoMA is one of the most stirring recent collection shows. The theme of change and instability is a binding thread.
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The Terrible Beauty of Richard Mosse’s Portrait of the Amazon.
The artist wanted to photograph orchids but ended up making “Broken Spectre,” a film about the destruction of the rainforest — his most powerful work yet.
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For Hurvin Anderson, the Barbershop Is Haven and Inspiration.
Over nearly two decades, the British artist has painted the same shop interiors again and again. A new exhibition in England tracks how his approach has changed.
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Up Late With Vermeer, as a Blockbuster Comes to an End.
At two extended viewings this past weekend, some of the last visitors saw the show at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam that many wanted to experience, but only a lucky 650,000 people could.
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Who Owns the Benin Bronzes? The Answer Just Got More Complicated.
Restitution efforts were underway, fueled by news that a museum was being planned in Nigeria to house the treasures. Then a surprising announcement sowed uncertainty.
Dance
Music
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First Favorite Songs Are Like Sonic Baby Pictures.
How a minor 1989 George Harrison single from the “Lethal Weapon 2” soundtrack opened a young listener’s ears.
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A Russian Pianist Speaks Out Against the War From Home.
Polina Osetinskaya, a critic of the invasion who has stayed in Moscow even as the government cracks down on dissent, will play a Baroque program in New York.
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Review: The Philharmonic Journeys From Ocean to Desert.
The orchestra’s final program of the season featured the New York premiere of John Luther Adams’s “Become Desert.”
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PinkPantheress’s Bittersweet ‘Barbie’ Tune, and 11 More New Songs.
Hear tracks from Rosalía, L’Rain, Romy and others.
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Popcast Mailbag! Frank Ocean, Peso Pluma, A.I. Grimes and More.
You asked, we answered your questions about the weight of following a smash single and the persistence of genre.
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Juilliard Fires Professor After Sexual Misconduct Inquiry.
An investigation found “credible evidence” that Robert Beaser, a composition professor, had engaged in “conduct which interfered with individuals’ academic work,” the school said.
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Is It the End of an Era at the Metropolitan Opera?
As the 2022-23 season ends, the country’s largest performing arts institution looks ahead to a future of fewer titles.
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Aja Monet, a Musical Poet of Love.
On her debut album, “When the Poems Do What They Do,” the writer and community organizer offers up a fluid mix of jazz and poetry that evokes the spirit of 1990s spoken-word scenes.
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Popcast (Deluxe): Taylor Swift and Matty Healy, Plus ‘The Idol’
Breaking down Ice Spice’s new feature on Swift’s “Karma” remix, the explosion in pop music documentaries and more.
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Cisco Swank ‘Is Black Music. All of It.’
The 23-year-old pianist, drummer and rapper puts a pandemic-era spin on jazz-rap on his debut, “More Better,” and he always keeps the faith.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love New Orleans Jazz.
Many cities have rich jazz histories, but none goes back as far as New Orleans. We asked Wendell Pierce, Courtney Bryan and others what song they would play to get a friend to join the party.
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Astrud Gilberto: 6 Essential Songs.
The Brazilian singer radiated quiet poise and subtle undercurrents.
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Lincoln Center, Seeking New Audiences, Plans to Remake Its West Edge.
The center hopes a major renovation along Amsterdam Avenue will help shed its elitist image and forge closer ties with Black and Latino residents.
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7 New Songs You Should Hear Now.
Listen to Jorja Smith, Silvana Estrada, Miya Folick and more recent highlights.
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Geffen and Gustavo: Mixed Boons for the New York Philharmonic.
The orchestra’s renovated hall and Gustavo Dudamel, its next leader, have kept ticket sales robust, but cool acoustics curb the music’s impact.
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What Are Your Pride Songs?
We’re asking readers about the songs that first gave them the courage to come out or that still inspire them to live their truth.
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Apollo Theater Names New President.
Michelle Ebanks, who most recently served as the president of Essence Communications, will assume the role in July.
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Hardcore Punk Is Looking (and Sounding) Different Now.
People of color, women and queer musicians are remaking hardcore’s longstanding image of white, male aggression — and producing some of its most interesting music.
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John Mellencamp Just Might Punch You.
The irascible rocker, now 71, reflects on how America plays into his music, his relationship to his biggest hits and his latest album, “Orpheus Descending.”
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Jenny Lewis Keeps Finding the Magic.
In her new album, “Joy’All,” Lewis grapples with aging and life cycles. “Having survived this moment, I felt like it was important to project something joyful,” she said.
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Turning 100, the New Jersey Symphony Sticks to Home.
The orchestra could have rented Carnegie Hall for the celebration, but “our supporters are here, our audiences are here,” its chief executive said.
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Taylor Swift Halts Morgan Wallen’s Run at No. 1.
After 12 straight weeks at the top, the country star’s “One Thing at a Time” yields to Swift’s “Midnights,” which was reissued in expanded editions.
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Kaija Saariaho’s Luminous Legacy.
The Finnish composer, who died at 70, is remembered by one of her longtime collaborators.
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Music’s Fuzzy Boundaries of Identity.
The beloved tenor’s latest book and album emerged from a time when the pandemic forced him to question what exactly he does when he sings.
Television
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Comedian’s Malaysia Joke Prompts Threats and a Diplomatic Incident.
Jocelyn Chia’s line about the 2014 missing airliner was part of a Comedy Cellar set in April. But when video was posted this week, outrage poured in.
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Their Show Flew Under the Radar. TikTok Blew It Up.
“Jury Duty,” a unique comedy on the Amazon streaming platform Freevee, became a surprise hit thanks to word-of-mouth social media buzz.
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How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend?
Our TV critic recommends a darling preschool series from 1999, an incisive new Norwegian comedy and an inspiring Australian dog show.
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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Is Done With School. On TV, Anyway.
With the final season of “Never Have I Ever,” the actress is graduating from her first onscreen role. Next up: a (nonfictional) college degree.
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A ‘Crown Jewel of Comedy’: The Joan Rivers Card Catalog of Jokes Finds a Home.
Take a look at some of the artifacts from her archive, which includes 65,000 cross-referenced gags and is headed to the National Comedy Center.
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The Paranoid Style in Tucker Carlson’s Home Office.
The lo-fi “Tucker on Twitter” finds the former prime-time host at the intersection of Fox News and Fox Mulder.
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‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Is a TV Rarity With Familiar Drama.
Netflix’s latest dating reality show hit, which wrapped up on Wednesday, broke ground by focusing exclusively on queer and nonbinary couples.
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Anna Shay, Star of Netflix’s ‘Bling Empire,’ Dies at 62.
A Los Angeles socialite and heiress to a defense contractor, she lived most of her life in private before joining a reality show.
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‘The Idol’ Series Premiere Recap: Does it Live Up (or Down) to the Hype?
Is this show about a pop star’s liberation or her subjugation? After Sunday night’s premiere, it’s still hard to tell.
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This Week on TV.
A brother investigates his sister’s 1987 disappearance in a new true crime series from HBO, and the 76th Annual Tony Awards air live on CBS.
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‘The Idol’ Creators: ‘This Is Not Going to Be for Everybody’
In an interview, the Weeknd, Sam Levinson and Lily-Rose Depp discussed their controversial new HBO drama. “Running headfirst into that fire is what thrills us all,” Levinson said.
Theater
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David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love’ Reaches Deal With Broadway Musicians.
After the musicians’ union raised objections to the show’s plans to use recorded music instead of a live band, the show agreed to use 12 musicians.
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7 Decades Later, Arthur Miller’s ‘The Hook’ Comes Home to Brooklyn.
An adaptation of Miller’s 1950 screenplay about a Red Hook longshoreman’s killing gets its first American staging aboard the Waterfront Museum.
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‘Deep Blue Sound’ Review: Searching for Orcas and Longing for Community.
In Abe Koogler’s latest play, melancholy islanders try to band together to investigate where their beloved orcas have gone.
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In Paris, Young Theater Makers Swing Big.
Ariane Mnouchkine, a grande dame of French theater, helped to set up a new festival where emerging companies can try out ambitious stagings.
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Tony Predictions: Expect Wins for ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’
Our theater reporter talked to one-fifth of the Tony voters ahead of Sunday’s ceremony. Here’s hoping they steered him right.
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For Under the Radar, the Experiment Is Over, for Now.
“It wasn’t a choice I would have made,” said Mark Russell, whose festival of experimental work will no longer be produced by the Public Theater.
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Review: In ‘This Land Was Made,’ Huey Newton Walks Into a Bar.
Tori Sampson’s look at the Black Panther movement is a warm sitcom that becomes a jarring inquest into a real murder.
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As the Tonys Head Uptown, Step Inside the United Palace ‘Dream World’
The ceremony honoring Broadway’s top shows and performers will take place at the majestic former “Wonder Theater” in Washington Heights.
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‘Wet Brain’ Review: A Vodka-Spiked Horror Show.
The children of a severely alcoholic widower navigate his incapacity, and his legacy, in John J. Caswell Jr.’s pitch-black comedy about addiction.
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Review: ‘Being Mr. Wickham’ Tracks a Rake’s Progress.
In this “Pride and Prejudice” spinoff from Original Theatre, Jane Austen’s infamous knave attempts to set the record straight.
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What It’s Like to Play Putin in ‘Patriots’
Will Keen embodies Russia’s president in a West End production. “It’s been fascinating how the perception of him and the play keep changing,” he said.
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Miriam Silverman Is ‘Unafraid of Embracing the Darkness’
In “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” the Tony Award nominee inhabits her character, a racist Upper Manhattan snob, in all her flaws.
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Review: In ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ Two Souls Lost in an Ocean of Booze.
In Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s jazzy new musical, Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James are a glamorous couple succumbing to alcoholism.
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Review: In ‘The Comeuppance,’ a Bigger, Chillier Big Chill.
In his haunting new play, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins updates the reunion genre with too much jungle juice and an otherworldly visitor.
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‘It’s Intoxicating’: 39 Tony-Nominated Performers on Why They Act.
Each year we photograph Tony nominees, and talk with them about their craft. This year we focused on actors.
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When a Meet-Cute Is Turned Into a Medical Mystery.
In 1980s Manhattan, two medical students find themselves at the forefront of the AIDS crisis in David J. Glass’s new play at New York City Center.
Books
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6 New Paperbacks to Read This Week.
Recommended reading from the Book Review, featuring titles by Chelsea Manning, Werner Herzog, and more.
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24 Works of Fiction to Read This Summer.
A sequel to Colson Whitehead’s “Harlem Shuffle,” new stories from Jamel Brinkley, a debut novel about a teenager who worked for Andy Warhol — and more.
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14 Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer.
Biographies of Anna May Wong and Alice Marble, a deep-sea exploration, a history of the race to the North Pole: Here’s what to watch for this season.
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Sun, Sea and Books Make This Festival an Enticing Destination.
Among the host of literary gatherings that have sprung up in the last 20 years, Calabash in Jamaica brings the party off the page.
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‘Owlish’ Is a Darkly Fantastical Parable About Totalitarianism.
In the fictional city of Nevers, a stand-in for Hong Kong, an adulterous university professor is oblivious to the civic decay around him.
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From Lahore to Orford Ness, Searching for the Roots of Trauma.
In “A Flat Place,” Noreen Masud is drawn to the plains of England and Scotland to find healing.
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A ‘Lucky Child’ Writes His Way From Nigeria to the Global Stage.
With a first novel that chronicles a love affair between two young men, 23-year-old Ani Kayode Somtochukwu asserts a commitment to “queer resistance.”
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Lecher Actress Victim Spy.
In “Lucky Dogs,” Helen Schulman spins a #MeToo case into an irreverent but surprisingly sympathetic look at two women on opposite sides of a sexual assault scandal.
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Larking, Library Sales and Yellow Silk Pajamas.
An editor recommends old and new books.
Book Review
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Summer Book Preview and 9 Thrillers to Read.
Gilbert Cruz is joined by The Times’s thriller columnist, Sarah Lyall, to talk about some great suspenseful titles to check out this summer. And the editor Joumana Khatib gives her picks for books to look out for between now and Labor Day.
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She Gave the ‘Father of Gynecology’ His Prowess, Against Her Will.
“Say Anarcha” is J.C. Hallman’s meticulous biography of the enslaved woman who suffered unimaginable horrors at the hands of a lauded doctor.
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Following the Bloodlines.
In new crime novels from Victoria Kielland, James Wolff, Katie Siegel and Michael McGarrity, the past is hard to shake.
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Newly Published, From the Scientific Method to Éric Vuillard.
A selection of recently published books.
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Can You Find the Hidden Titles of These 12 Books About Broadway Icons?
As you wait for the Tony Awards to start, try your hand at this literary title-search puzzle.
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Counting on Conversation.
Five new counting books all share one essential strategy: to start a conversation.
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9 New Books We Recommend This Week.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s High-Stakes Gamble in Birmingham.
In “You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live,” Paul Kix brings cinematic flair to the story of the civil rights leader’s risky 1963 campaign to integrate the city.
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David Von Drehle Looked Both Ways, Then Met His Latest Subject.
After decades of covering well-known people, the Washington Post columnist was inspired by a man who lived on his block.
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A Writer Recognizes Herself in Another Writer’s Story.
Keziah Weir’s debut novel, “The Mythmakers,” is a fresh addition to the library of fiction about tortured literati.
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Three Books That Make Tess Gunty Angry.
“So many come to mind,” says the author, whose novel “The Rabbit Hutch” won a National Book Award last year and will be out in paperback this month. “I guess I’m often furious?”
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For the First Time in Print, a Haunting Lost Classic.
The enigmatic Susan Taubes wrote the coming-of-age novel “Lament for Julia” in the 1960s; 54 years after her death, its gothic splendors shine.
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When ‘Regime Change’ Means Returning America to an Idealized Past.
The new book by the political scientist Patrick J. Deneen proposes to replace the country’s “invasive progressive tyranny” with conservative rule in the name of the “common good.”
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A Scrapbook Offers a Material Glimpse of Another World.
“The Dress Diary” is an intimate record of one wardrobe — and its era.
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They’re Political Adversaries, and They’re in Love.
In Cecilia Rabess’s novel, “Everything’s Fine,” a woman considers how to stay true to herself after she falls in love with her ideological antithesis and begins working in an industry she doubts.
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Murder, Espionage and a Thick Slice of Soviet Life.
Refuseniks in 1970s Moscow try to untangle an ax murder in Paul Goldberg’s new novel, “The Dissident.”
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In Canada’s Wilds, a Chilling Inferno Was Also an Omen.
In “Fire Weather,” the journalist John Vaillant makes the case that the catastrophic — and inevitable — 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire was a sign of things to come.
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A Breathtaking Novel About Growing Up Muslim in Post-9/11 New York.
In Aisha Abdel Gawad’s book, “Between Two Moons,” a pair of Muslim sisters navigate life, love and family in a world that is relentlessly suspicious of them.
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She’s Back From the Dead, but Life’s Just Not the Same.
In the novel “My Murder,” the victim of a serial killer finds that her second chance at existence comes with profound dilemmas.
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The Horrors of Immigration and the Pleasures of Food in a Debut Novel.
In Javier Fuentes’s new book, “Countries of Origin,” an undocumented New York pastry chef must start his life over in Spain.
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Before Networking Was Invented, She Had a Network.
In Lisa See’s new novel, a doctor draws support from a variety of strong relationships — and from her own privilege.
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Elliot Page, From Shame to Self-Acceptance, in Hollywood’s Glare.
In the “brutally honest” memoir “Pageboy,” the actor recounts the fears and obstacles to gender transition, and the hard-won happiness that’s followed.
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When Society Collapses, These Traders Win Big.
In “Chaos Kings,” Scott Patterson profiles the financiers who build their portfolios around daily losses, and — when disaster strikes — seismic gains.
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A Hijacked Plane, a Childhood Trauma Long Repressed.
In a new memoir, the historian Martha Hodes explores her recollections of being held hostage on an airplane in 1970.
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One More for the Road.
“Be Mine” is the fifth book featuring Ford’s keen observer of American life, Frank Bascombe.
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It Took Cold Calculations to Get the Story First.
“Battle of Ink and Ice” revives the headline-grabbing debate over which explorer reached the North Pole soonest — and which newspaper broke the news.
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How to Live When You’ve Lost Everything.
In a new novel by Andre Dubus III, a man searches for hope and dignity after a long run of misfortune.
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After Walking Offstage, a Concert Pianist Changes Her Tune.
An artist refashions herself amid personal and global crises in Deborah Levy’s new novel, “August Blue.”
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What You Don’t Know About Your Neighbors Can Hurt You.
In “The Whispers,” Ashley Audrain explores the combustibility of secrets and rage among mothers in a small community.
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Scandal.
In “Messalina,” Honor Cargill-Martin looks at the limited evidence with empathy, arguing that a notorious empress was also a canny politician.
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Isabel Allende Has a Message: History Repeats Itself.
In her new novel, “The Wind Knows My Name,” the prolific author introduces characters who narrowly survive real-life events.
Books Update
Movies
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Thoroughly Reading a Men’s Catalog, Making No Purchases.
With the release of the documentary “All Man: The International Male Story,” a writer reflects on his formative experience with the International Male catalog during adolescence.
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Is ‘Flamin’ Hot’ a True Story? Well … Let Us Explain.
Richard Montañez, a janitor turned Frito-Lay executive, has said he invented the spicy snack. A new film tells his story, but the evidence isn’t on his side.
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How It Takes an Old ‘Beast Wars’ to Make a New ‘Transformers’
The Canadian-made computer animated series “Beast Wars: Transformers” serves as the unlikely basis for the latest film in the popular franchise.
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Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now.
This month’s picks include a Turkish alternate-reality romp, an experimental found-footage film and a look at a future past.
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‘American Pain’ Review: When the Pills and the Money Kept On Flowing.
Darren Foster’s documentary offers an energetic profile of twin brothers who operated a slick drug trafficking operation in South Florida.
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‘Blue Jean’ Review: No Privacy in the Girls’ Locker Room.
School bullying rattles the life of a closeted lesbian teacher in this accomplished period drama.
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‘Scarlet’ Review: A Father and Daughter Endure.
In a new film from the director of “Martin Eden,” pastoral interludes of domestic life in the wake of World War I alternate with views of the world beyond.
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‘Persian Lessons’ Review: Performing for His Life.
A Jewish Frenchman posing as a Persian eludes death by teaching a fictional form of the Persian language to a Nazi commandant in this improbable Holocaust drama.
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‘The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster’ Review: Death Transforms Her.
A teenage girl handles her grief in an enterprising way in this horror film from Bomani J. Story.
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‘A Woman Escapes’ Review: Screen Sharing.
In this moody epistolary film, a woman in Paris works through a close friend’s death with the help of video correspondences.
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‘Users’ Review: Brave New World.
In this documentary, the artist Natalia Almada explores both the terrors and wonders of technological progress.
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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Review: Here Come the Grease Monkeys.
Things start out fun with this prequel, but frantic plot mechanics might steer your interest into a ditch.
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‘Brooklyn 45’ Review: A Little Something to Lift Their Spirits.
A group of World War II veterans unwisely perform a séance in this ambitious yet airless supernatural thriller.
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‘Aloners’ Review: Plugged In but Shut Off.
The director Hong Sung-eun’s debut feature is a quietly tragic tale of alienation and the ennui of modern life.
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‘Flamin’ Hot’ Review: Neon Dust, Hollywood Corn.
The actor Eva Longoria’s feature directing debut is a fictionalized account of the birth of a spicy, profitable snack.
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In ‘The Blackening,’ Rather Than Dying First, Getting the Last Laugh.
This comedy turns horror film stereotypes upside down. A look behind the scenes.
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‘Dalíland’ Review: Landscape With Vipers.
Ben Kingsley plays Salvador Dalí, the man and the mustachioed myth, as he contends with his demanding wife and the far more voracious art world.
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How a 14-Year-Old Came to Animate a Scene in ‘Across the Spider-Verse’
Preston Mutanga created a shot-for-shot version of the trailer with animated Lego characters. Then the producers asked him to work on the movie.
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The Stars Are Shooting Again on the Tiber.
Rome’s fabled Cinecittà movie studios are as full as they’ve ever been, as productions come for the tax incentives, high production values and Italian glamour.
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The Tribeca Festival Has a Story to Tell.
Documentaries about siblings and baseball are among the standouts in the film slate of an event that encompasses a lot more than movies.
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‘Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)’ Review: Indelible Images by Design.
Anton Corbijn’s documentary shares anecdotes from the British design studio that devised some of the most famous album covers of the 1970s.
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‘Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares’ Review: Steady Krueger.
In a new documentary, Robert Englund wants you to know he’s more than the face of Freddy Krueger.
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Celebrate Pride at the Tribeca Festival.
Here are five L.G.B.T.Q.-themed films worth watching at the annual downtown event, which starts Wednesday.
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‘All Man’ Review: International Male, a Wishbook on Many Levels.
The catalog was more than a place to peruse the latest fashions. It reshaped society’s definitions of masculinity.
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‘Apes Together Strong’ Review: Rooting for the Small Investors.
The 2021 “short squeeze” of GameStop was a rare victory for the little guy. This documentary explains why the house — Wall Street wealth, that is — almost always wins.
Food
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Frenchette Bakery to Move Into the Whitney Museum.
The bakery, from the restaurateurs Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson, is expected to open in the museum in the fall, in the Untitled space.
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A Perfect Pesto to Power Your Summer.
Plantains with eggs and jammy tomatoes are light yet filling, and sheet-pan chicken brightens up with radishes and lime.
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New to Grilling? Here’s Where to Start.
Master basics like skirt steak and spice-rubbed pork chops, and then move on to huli huli chicken and pizza.
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The Truth About Hot Cheetos Is Not in ‘Flamin’ Hot’
The film, now streaming on Hulu and Disney Plus, was adapted from a debunked memoir, but it does reveal how food brands want to be seen.
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Grilled Vegetables for Maximum Summer Whimsy.
Try these three easy techniques to get more from your market haul.
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11 Zucchini Recipes Our Readers Love.
Grilled, grated, sautéed and even caramelized: What can’t this summer squash do?
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This Easy Lemon Tart Has a Timesaving Twist.
A press-in-the-pan shortbread crust and an easy lemon curd filling make this stunning pastry a snap to bake.
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Double Strawberry Shortcakes, on Repeat All Summer.
Melissa Clark’s genius technique ensures fluffy — not soggy — berry-studded biscuits.
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These Hotel Restaurants Don’t Only Cater to Tourists.
Glamour and great menus abound.
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Restaurant Review: Foul Witch Summons the Ghost of Blanca.
A new restaurant in the East Village brings some tasting-menu sophistication to an à la carte dining room.
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Casa Lever, in the Lever House on Park Avenue, Gets a Refresh.
Southern Charm brings biscuits to the West Village, El Cid Cafe will open in the Hispanic Society and more restaurant news.
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The Full List of the 2023 James Beard Chef and Restaurant Award Winners.
After facing questions about its new processes, the James Beard Foundation held its annual gala in Chicago on Monday.
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Learn About Edible Plants of the Caribbean at the New York Botanical Garden.
Attend the talk with Jessica B. Harris and Jamaica Kincaid, pick up a whiskey sampler for Father’s Day, and more food news.
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The Crispiest Chicken Cutlets You Can’t Mess Up.
Alexa Weibel’s new chicken Milanese makes golden, crispy cutlets truly foolproof for the fry-phobic.
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A Gay Riot at a Doughnut Shop? The Legend Has Some Holes.
As Los Angeles prepares to commemorate the long-gone Cooper Do-nuts, accounts of a renowned 1959 uprising at one of its stores are being called into question.
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A Superquick Sicilian Pasta With Anchovies and Cauliflower.
With a nutty, crunchy bread crumb topping.
Wine, Beer & Cocktails
Style
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A Sex-Shaming Rant About Margaritas Accidentally Became the Song of the Summer.
Angel Laketa Moore, a comedian and actor, remixed a sexually explicit Evangelical sermon.
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Love Letter: An Old Woman Raising Three Little Children.
“What if I abandon them again by dying?”
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What Wedding Night Sex?
If you fell asleep on the big night, don’t worry. So did many other (still) happily married couples.
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What Does Gay Pride Smell Like?
Candle makers offer tie-ins with whiffs of ginger, warm woods and bergamot. Sniff, sniff, sniff.
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What Steve Martin, Sigourney Weaver and Others Wore to Party.
At the New York Botanical Garden and a colorful gathering at MoMA, attendees showed off flashy pastels and florals.
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Not Your Father’s Pinball Arcade. But Maybe Your Mother’s.
Belles & Chimes, a pinball league “run by women, for women,” makes some noise in a pastime where women were once consigned largely to the display cases.
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Sharing the ‘Call for Service’ and a Life Together.
Sofia Gross joined the Navy about a year after she and Michael Haft, a former Marine, began dating. She planned much of their wedding from a military base in Bahrain.
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They Tickled Each Other’s Funny Bone, and Everyone Else’s.
Abby Barr and Jed Feiman, two comedy writers who regularly riff off each other, also kept their wedding guests laughing.
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When Her Reality TV Journey Ended a Real-Life Romance Began.
Sydney Lotuaco, a contestant on “The Bachelor” more than four years ago, may not have gotten the final rose, but she did meet her future husband, Nick Wehby, as a result of her appearance on the show.
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A Funny Thing Happened on Her Way Out of a Comedy Club.
Sarah Berkman and Phillip Dinner were standing in a stairwell in New York when they bonded over Nashville. A little over a year later, they began living together in Nashville … with her parents.
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What if I Hadn’t Been There to Catch Them?
I never thought I’d be experiencing the heartache and joys of raising three small children, alone, at 62.
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They’re Here to Save Indie Media.
A new web publication from a founder of the print-only newspaper The Drunken Canal tries to make a splash in a space where giants have sputtered. Can it work?
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At More Skate Parks, an ‘Aggressive’ Takeover.
Aggressive skating emerged in the 1990s as a flashier, niche style of roller skating. Like other ’90s trends, it has emerged again.
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The ‘Unofficial Talent Scout’ Who Celebrates New York’s Colorful Side.
Nicolas Heller, better known online as New York Nico, has developed a following in part by not being the star of his own feeds.
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Apple Knows You Didn’t Mean to Type ‘Ducking’
Newly announced modifications to the autocorrect feature used on iPhones will better understand a word’s context in a text message, saving users some blushes.
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Satoshi Kuwata of Setchu Wins the LVMH Prize, Fashion’s Biggest Young Designer Award.
The brand celebrates cross-cultural communication and bridge-building.
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Prince Harry, Phone Hacking Avenger.
He has his own supersuit for the trial.
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What Can I Do About My Daughter’s Father Showing Up Drunk?
When an ex returns from out of the blue with the same drinking problem but a new desire to be in his daughter’s life, a reader is unsure how best to protect her child.
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What Is a ‘Beige Flag’?
On TikTok, the term is being used to describe romantic partners’ weird habits that are less than a deal breaker, but not exactly a plus, either.
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Love Letter: Never Inevitable.
“Like many women, I have been routinely harassed simply for looking the way I look, my boundaries violated both physically and sexually.”
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Can HBO’s ‘The Idol’ Bring Back ’80s Sleaze?
Over-the-top locations and characters bathed in red light recall an all but dead genre that was once a staple of late-night cable: the erotic thriller.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Watched Him Kiss Someone New’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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But Would You Wear It?
Apple says its new Vision Pro headset will “shift the way we look at technology.” How about how we look?
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The Home Cook Who Wants to ‘Blow Up the Kitchen’
A new book by the British academic Rebecca May Johnson urges a radical rethinking of just what goes on in the kitchen. For starters, don’t call cooking a labor of love.
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For Some, the Only Reason to Watch ‘The Idol’ Is for Blackpink’s Jennie.
Fans of the K-pop group are tuning in to the new HBO series to marvel at the global pop star in her acting debut.
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All Aboard the Most Extravagant Fashion Cruise.
Chanel in Los Angeles, Dior in Mexico, Gucci in Seoul. Clothes are just a tiny part of the content.
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Where Do You Draw the Line on P.D.A.?
Wherever your boundaries are, they might not be as fixed as you think.
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I’m Traveling in Both the City and the Country. What Shoes Should I Pack?
A suitcase can fit only so many shoes. A reader wonders which will guarantee style and comfort on an all-terrain vacation.
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Modern Appetites Jostle Traditional Potters.
A style of pottery made for centuries in a small Romanian town has recently become a hot commodity.
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Muzz, a Muslim Dating App, Takes Its Matchmaking on the Road.
The marriage and dating app, which assists young Muslims in finding “the one,” hosted a singles event in Brooklyn.
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What Are You Calling Your Summer?
Barefoot-Boy Summer? Side Chick Summer? It’s officially the season of out-there predictions for the summer ahead.
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This Is Ischia’s Moment in the Sun.
The Italian island, long in the shadow of its fashionable neighbor, Capri, is newly chic, but remains deeply authentic, with rocky harbors more likely to dock fishing boats than megayachts.
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From Martha’s Vineyard to Cleveland: Celebrating the Day Slavery Ended.
Juneteenth will be commemorated across the United States on June 19 with music, art, food and fireworks. We highlight programs in five places, including Galveston, Texas, known as the birthplace of the holiday.
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36 Hours in Split, Croatia.
This Croatian port city is fueled by long seafood lunches, ancient traditions and wine-filled evenings.
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Looking for the Cheapest Room Rate? HotelSlash Wants to Help.
The website, which offers hotel deals and then monitors them for price changes, is the newest player in the price-hacking travel game.
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It’s Never Too Late to Travel the World With Your Best Friend.
At 81 years old, Eleanor Hamby and Dr. Sandra Hazelip traveled from the icy shores of Antarctica to the rocky majesty of the Grand Canyon — in 80 days.
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These Wheels Can Handle Sand and Surf. Grab the Sunscreen.
Wheelchairs with balloon-like tires are available at a growing number of U.S. beaches, giving disabled people and their families more options for fun in the sun.
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Being Gay Is Illegal in Many Countries. L.G.B.T.Q. Travelers Are Going Anyway.
Tropical reefs, safaris, the pyramids: L.G.B.T.Q. travel companies deliver dream vacations, even to places where being out and proud could land you in prison.
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Where Whales, Puffins and Icebergs Jostle for Your Attention.
Each spring, opalescent icebergs from the Greenland ice sheet pass through Iceberg Alley, off the eastern edge of Canada, on a slow-motion journey southward.
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Mastering the Art of Layering Rugs: a Step-by-Step Guide.
Layering rugs is cheaper than buying a single large one, and cozier, too: “When you start layering rugs, it begins to feel like home.”
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Ready for a Nice, Soothing Bath? Just Head to the Backyard.
Cheaper than pools and more private than hot tubs, the bathtub is leaving the bathroom and has designs on your garden, or even your treehouse.
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How to Layer Rugs.
A step-by-step guide to mastering the art of layering rugs
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Homes for Sale in New Jersey and New York.
This week’s properties are in Edgewater, N.J., and Rockville Centre, N.Y.
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Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Queens.
This week’s properties are in the Financial district, Lenox Hill and Long Island City.
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Seeking an Upper West Side Home That the Children Want to Visit.
A couple of newlyweds, with six grown children between them, wanted to combine their lives in a new Manhattan apartment big enough for family dinners. Here’s what they found.
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Crane Index Shows Dip in Commercial Construction, Rise in Residential.
A new survey tracks the number of construction cranes to gauge the pace of residential and commercial projects in 14 major metro areas.
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Midland Park, N.J.: A ‘Forever Town’ Where You ‘Buy a House and Stay’
The Bergen County borough has an unhurried pace and a multigenerational flavor, because many who were raised there never want to leave.
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André Leon Talley’s ‘Sanctuary’ in White Plains, N.Y., Is for Sale.
The fashion icon, who died last year, loved to escape the city and deal with the world from his front porch.
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Why You Can’t Really Be a Gardener Without Mindfulness.
In the last volume of his memoir trilogy, Marc Hamer explains why a garden is not just a place of work — it’s also a place of worship.
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$700,000 Homes in Texas, California and Massachusetts.
A Craftsman-style house in Dallas, a desert retreat in Pioneertown and a two-bedroom condominium in Somerville.
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A Tony Nominee Shows Off Her Snug Upper West Side Rental.
Bonnie Milligan, a star of the musical “Kimberly Akimbo,” has been the lucky occupant of a rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan for 15 years.
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Home Insurance Is Getting Trickier. Here’s How to Optimize Your Coverage.
The insurance industry is reacting to natural disasters by raising rates, reducing coverage and exiting some markets entirely.
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The Relief: Finding an Apartment. The Remorse: Living In It.
A couple felt obligated to take the first apartment they saw in a crazy rental market. Then they wanted to move again, but cooler heads prevailed.
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$1.3 Million Homes in California.
A one-bedroom bungalow with a guesthouse in Los Osos, an 1870 Victorian in San Francisco and a three-bedroom cabin in Lake Arrowhead.
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Our Live-In Super Is Retiring. Do We Have to Hire a New One?
There are services for hire that will fulfill the duties of a building superintendent. Here are the pros and cons.
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The Tony Awards, and a Theater Reporter, Go Off Script.
Ahead of the 76th Tony Awards, Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The New York Times, shares what viewers can expect at this year’s ceremony amid a writers’ strike.
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Talking Trash, in a City Overflowing With It.
Emma G. Fitzsimmons, the City Hall bureau chief for The New York Times, discusses a sticky subject that engrosses (and grosses out) New Yorkers: garbage.
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A Crackdown on Gay Rights Is Codified.
In Uganda, the president recently signed a punitive anti-gay law that calls for imprisonment and even the death penalty. The Times’s East Africa correspondent is covering the consequences.
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Another Debt-Limit Fight in the Halls of the Capitol.
To cover an odd Washington spectacle, a reporter needs a combination of arcane knowledge and pure stamina.
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How We Write Explainer Articles, Explained.
New York Times guides to mystifying subjects may seem as if they come together in a matter of minutes, but they often take hours of research.
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From Flowing Water to Flowing Data.
“Stream” can indicate the steady movement of virtually anything, “cacophony” included.
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Quotation of the Day: Energy Drinks Are Surging. So Are Their Caffeine Levels.
Quotation of the Day for Friday, June 9, 2023.
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Corrections: June 9, 2023.
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Quotation of the Day for Thursday, June 8, 2023.
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Corrections: June 7, 2023.
Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
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Quotation of the Day: Grand Jury in Florida Has Role in Documents Case.
Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
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Corrections: June 6, 2023.
Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
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No Corrections: June 5, 2023.
No corrections appeared in print on Monday, June 5, 2023.
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Quotation of the Day for Monday, June 5, 2023.
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Quotation of the Day for Sunday, June 4, 2023.
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Flying Colors.
Rafael Musa’s Sunday puzzle sets the tone for June.
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Cuatro niños hallados con vida luego de 40 días en la selva de Colombia.
Aún no se sabe quién encontró a los menores, ni cómo lograron sobrevivir en una selva tan densa. “Queremos compartir la felicidad de todo el pueblo colombiano”, dijo el ministro de Defensa.
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China construirá en Cuba una estación que podría espiar a EE. UU., según autoridades.
La instalación podría ampliar la capacidad tecnológica de Pekín para monitorear las operaciones militares en los estados del sureste del país.
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Butler, Jokic y Biden.
Lecciones de liderazgo en la final de la NBA y en la Casa Blanca y más lecturas para el fin de semana.
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Los desafíos de atacar una trinchera: así lo hizo una brigada ucraniana.
Este tipo de asalto puede ser sigiloso o ensordecedor, pero siempre resulta estresante. Esta es la crónica de un ataque exitoso del ejército de Ucrania realizado el mes pasado.
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El pasado innovador de Apple me impide ser escéptico con el Vision Pro.
Hay muchas razones por las que el Vision Pro podría fracasar. Pero no debemos olvidar que Apple tiene la habilidad de incursionar en una categoría de productos en el momento justo.
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¿Es posible curar el estreñimiento sin laxantes?
Muchas personas quieren evitar tomar medicamentos. Los expertos opinan sobre qué otras alternativas funcionan.
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Trump es el primer expresidente de EE. UU. acusado de cargos penales federales.
Los siete cargos contra el expresidente incluyen conspiración para obstruir y retención deliberada de documentos, según dos fuentes.
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Las finales de la NBA son un duelo entre líderes muy distintos: Jimmy Butler y Nikola Jokic.
Las grandes diferencias entre el jugador de los Heat de Miami y el de los Nuggets de Denver demuestran que hay muchos estilos eficientes de liderazgo.
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Una primera prueba del visor Vision Pro de 3500 dólares de Apple.
Tuve en mis manos el nuevo visor de alta tecnología, que me dejó impresionado y asustado. ¿Para qué lo necesitamos?
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Lo que hay que saber de la berberina, el ‘Ozempic natural’
Los expertos afirman que, si bien está demostrado que la berberina tiene efectos metabólicos en el organismo, aún no se sabe si realmente puede inducir la pérdida de peso.
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‘Esas imágenes socavan el apoyo al país’: el uso de símbolos nazis genera polémica en la guerra en Ucrania.
Algunos soldados en Ucrania usan parches con emblemas nazis, lo que podría impulsar la propaganda rusa y difundir imágenes que Occidente lleva medio siglo tratando de eliminar.
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Lionel Messi, el agente libre más codiciado del mundo, elige Miami.
Días después de anunciarse su salida del Paris Saint-Germain, el héroe que consiguió la Copa del Mundo para Argentina dijo que jugará en la MLS.
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La vaquita marina resiste: imágenes muestran al diminuto mamífero en México.
La exploración científica más reciente muestra que están funcionando las medidas de conservación de este tipo de marsopa, una de las especies más amenazadas del planeta.
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La difícil realidad de ser el presidente de mayor edad de EE. UU.
Joe Biden anunció una campaña para mantenerse en la Casa Blanca hasta que cumpla 86 años, lo cual atrae una mayor atención hacia su edad.
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Cómo ayudar a un adolescente que no puede dormir.
Casi una cuarta parte de los adolescentes luchan contra el insomnio. Los expertos aseguran que pequeños cambios en los hábitos pueden marcar una gran diferencia.
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Bolsonaro enfrentará juicio por denuncias de fraude electoral.
El expresidente de Brasil está acusado de difundir información falsa sobre los sistemas electorales del país. Si lo condenan estaría inhabilitado para postular al cargo durante ocho años.
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La guerra y el miedo nuclear.
El debate de los desechos tóxicos, el príncipe Enrique al estrado y más para estar al día.
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Los jóvenes de China no hallan trabajo y Xi Jinping les recomienda ‘tragarse la amargura’
Ante tasas récord de desocupación, el Partido Comunista insta a la mano de obra juvenil a considerar los trabajos manuales, la migración al campo y a soportar las penurias.
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En esta academia de lucha libre, las niñas sueñan con un futuro mejor.
Desde 2016, cada vez más familias de la región de Haryana, tradicionalmente conservadora, envían a sus hijas a programas de formación con la esperanza de que puedan volver a casa convertidas en pehelwan: luchadoras profesionales de competición.
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Robert Hanssen, exagente del FBI que fue espía de Moscú, muere a los 79 años.
Hanssen fue sentenciado a cadena perpetua en 2002, lo que cerró uno de los casos de espionaje más escabrosos y dañinos en la historia de Estados Unidos.
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El príncipe Enrique testificará en un caso de hackeo y la realeza se prepara para el disgusto.
Se espera un espectáculo mediático mientras el duque de Sussex se prepara para subir al estrado y señalar a los tabloides de un grupo periodístico de haber invadido su privacidad ilegalmente.
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En las escuelas rusas, se recita el abecedario y odas al ejército.
El plan de estudios para los jóvenes rusos enfatiza cada vez más el patriotismo y el heroísmo del ejército de Moscú, mientras demoniza a Occidente como “mafiosos”.
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Obtén lo mejor de ChatGPT con estas instrucciones.
Nuestro columnista de tecnología personal comparte cómo mejorar muchas partes de tu vida.
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Accidente de trenes en India: lo que sabemos.
Tres trenes, con más de 2200 personas a bordo, estuvieron involucrados en el accidente en el estado de Odisha, el desastre de este tipo más mortífero en décadas. El número de muertos se acerca a 300.
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¿Tienes 10 minutos? Intenta estos ejercicios que no requieren equipo.
Puedes trabajar en tu fuerza y movilidad en cualquier momento y sin ir al gimnasio. Te decimos cómo.
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Halle Bailey, la estrella de ‘La sirenita’, se identifica con su Ariel interior.
Su primer papel importante en el cine ha llegado con grandes expectativas y una ola de reacciones racistas. Pero la cantante nominada al Grammy no se deja disuadir fácilmente.
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Los milénials se toman muy en serio esto de la crianza.
Con la abundancia de información en redes sociales, esta generación hace su mejor esfuerzo por alejarse de los castigos y considerar las emociones de sus hijos. Sin embargo, las redes también pueden generar problemas.
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¿Qué son estas bolitas que aparecen en el cuello u otras partes del cuerpo?
Estas carnosidades que salen conforme envejecemos suelen confundirse con las verrugas. Se llaman acrocordones, son benignos y esto es lo que hay que saber si quieres eliminarlos
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‘Por eso elegí a un hombre más joven’
No se suponía que mi padrastro muriera antes que mi madre. Ni yo tampoco.
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¿‘Mongolian Rhapsody’ fue el nombre original de ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ de Queen?
Un primer borrador de la canción escrita por Freddie Mercury, líder de Queen, sugiere que llegó a pensar en ponerle otro título: “Mongolian Rhapsody”.
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