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Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring

Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring

Jason Arday, the school’s youngest Black professor, was found dead on Friday. The school ignored a series of warnings ab...

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Entrenched, Embattled and Defiant, the Taliban Celebrate 5 Years in Power

Entrenched, Embattled and Defiant, the Taliban Celebrate 5 Years in Power

The Taliban have Afghanistan in a chokehold that spares no one. But threats are starting to crack their veneer of stabil...

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Man Charged With Hate Crime After Disrupting Worship at Manhattan Synagogue

Man Charged With Hate Crime After Disrupting Worship at Manhattan Synagogue

Larry Montes, 46, faces assault and hate crime charges after striking a congregation member and a security guard at Cent...

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Can Senator Ed Markey’s Progressive Politics Help Him Overcome the Age Issue?

Can Senator Ed Markey’s Progressive Politics Help Him Overcome the Age Issue?

Ed Markey is hoping that his progressive politics will save him in Massachusetts....

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Hawaiian Electric Warns Any Power Outages May Last Days

Hawaiian Electric Warns Any Power Outages May Last Days

The severe tropical weather conditions from the approaching storm Lala are expected to topple trees and down power lines...

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Trump Dismisses Reports About Dire Conditions Aboard U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln

Trump Dismisses Reports About Dire Conditions Aboard U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln

Asked whether the deployment of the Abraham Lincoln had gone on too long, the president said its deployment had lasted “...

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Navy and USS Lincoln’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War

Navy and USS Lincoln’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War

Diego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged ...

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Ian Frazier Wrote ‘Coyote v. Acme’ in 1990. Now It’s a Movie.

Ian Frazier Wrote ‘Coyote v. Acme’ in 1990. Now It’s a Movie.

With “Coyote vs. Acme,” Ian Frazier, a soft-spoken reporter and humorist, has finally gone Hollywood....

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The 5 Congress Members Whose Families Trade the Most Stocks

The 5 Congress Members Whose Families Trade the Most Stocks

Some lawmakers and their families have traded millions of dollars worth of stocks since the start of this term....

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As Army Fails to Protect Palestinians, Israeli Leaders Sympathize With Settlers

As Army Fails to Protect Palestinians, Israeli Leaders Sympathize With Settlers

Defense Minister Katz called for the military to turn over to the police the responsibility for protecting Palestinians ...

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Stock Trading in Congress Becomes an Attack Line in Midterm Campaigns

Stock Trading in Congress Becomes an Attack Line in Midterm Campaigns

Republican and Democratic challengers are both using the issue to attack members of Congress as unethical, seizing on a ...

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A Prominent Mexican Politician Says U.S. Revoked His Visa

A Prominent Mexican Politician Says U.S. Revoked His Visa

Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, a former president’s son, lashed out at the Trump administration after he said it canceled ...

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Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola Pushes Back Against Endorsement From Kamala Harris

Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola Pushes Back Against Endorsement From Kamala Harris

The campaign of Mary Peltola said it was focused on issues important to Alaska and did not approve a message of support ...

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DOJ Charges Kentucky Woman in World War II Memorial Vandalism Case

DOJ Charges Kentucky Woman in World War II Memorial Vandalism Case

Two felony charges have been filed against a Kentucky woman after spray paint was seen on the memorial in the capital....

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What’s Next for Luigi Mangione After His Guilty Plea?

What’s Next for Luigi Mangione After His Guilty Plea?

Mr. Mangione’s plea in the federal case could make it difficult for New York State prosecutors to try their own case....

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July Retail Sales Notch Biggest Drop in Over a Year

July Retail Sales Notch Biggest Drop in Over a Year

The data for July showed the biggest drop in more than a year, as American households face the economic strains brought ...

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A Timeline of the Luigi Mangione Cases

A Timeline of the Luigi Mangione Cases

The shooting of a health care executive in December 2024 led to a sprawling manhunt, and two complex and interwoven case...

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Heat Is Hammering Europe, Again. Here’s What That Looks Like.

Heat Is Hammering Europe, Again. Here’s What That Looks Like.

Extreme temperatures and repeated wildfires are pushing infrastructure to the limit and testing the continent’s resolve....

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Russell Fry Backs Darline Graham in South Carolina Senate Runoff Amid Trump Pressure

Russell Fry Backs Darline Graham in South Carolina Senate Runoff Amid Trump Pressure

The president has been focused on the race since the death of Lindsey Graham in July. Ms. Graham, the late senator’s sis...

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Stolen Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Works Are Recovered, Police Say

Stolen Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Works Are Recovered, Police Say

The Italian military police said that art collectively valued at more than $10 million had been found five months after ...

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Mamdani’s ‘Bro’ Culture in City Hall: Sports, Memes, Nicknames for All

Mamdani’s ‘Bro’ Culture in City Hall: Sports, Memes, Nicknames for All

As much as Zohran Mamdani’s team runs on leftist idealism and social media hits, its style of governing also relies on h...

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An Unlikely Emergency Appeal to the Supreme Court From a Dog Named Bruce

An Unlikely Emergency Appeal to the Supreme Court From a Dog Named Bruce

A last-ditch filing this week came on behalf of a dog that a judge found to be “vicious” and shows how the court’s emerg...

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More Wildfires and Extreme Heat Roil Europe, but Relief Is on the Horizon

More Wildfires and Extreme Heat Roil Europe, but Relief Is on the Horizon

Another day of near record heat baked the continent on Friday, but temperatures could retreat to seasonal averages in th...

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Kevin Rideout, American Missionary Kidnapped in Niger, Is Released

Kevin Rideout, American Missionary Kidnapped in Niger, Is Released

Kevin Rideout, a pilot, had been abducted from his home in the country’s capital, Niamey, last fall. His mission organiz...

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Russia Campaigned to Derail Moldova’s Pro-Western Government

Russia Campaigned to Derail Moldova’s Pro-Western Government

In Moldova, Moscow paid Orthodox priests, conducted a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps on election interfere...

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As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope

As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope

The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said....

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Ocasio-Cortez Can Run. Can She Win?

Ocasio-Cortez Can Run. Can She Win?

She will run as a woman but unlike how every woman before her was forced to run....

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Farage Wins Special U.K. Election That He Initiated, as Expected

Farage Wins Special U.K. Election That He Initiated, as Expected

Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K., won the parliamentary by-election in Clacton. Count Binface, his costumed main ...

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Afghan Women Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule

Afghan Women Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule

Decrees restricting the rights of women and girls to study, work, travel and act independently now threaten to damage Af...

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American Missionary Kidnapped in Niger Said to Be Released From Captivity

American Missionary Kidnapped in Niger Said to Be Released From Captivity

The release of Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot who was seized in Niger’s capital last fall, has been a prior...

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California Ignored Sexual Abuse of Women in Prison, Justice Dept. Says

California Ignored Sexual Abuse of Women in Prison, Justice Dept. Says

A Justice Department report released on Thursday found that inmates at two state-run women’s prisons routinely had their...

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41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants In the United States

41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants In the United States

Our favorite choices for seafood from Sonora, carnitas from Michoacán, chalupas from Puebla and so much more....

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Deaths of 3 ICE Detainees Prompt Questions About Medical Care

Deaths of 3 ICE Detainees Prompt Questions About Medical Care

Immigrants at Delaney Hall in Newark have complained about health services. Federal officials defended the treatment pro...

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What to Know About Luigi Mangione’s Court Cases and Potential Plea Deal

What to Know About Luigi Mangione’s Court Cases and Potential Plea Deal

Mr. Mangione faces federal charges of stalking that resulted in the death of a health insurance executive. A guilty plea...

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Trump’s Immigration Spies

Trump’s Immigration Spies

And California asks, “Are Jews an ethnic group?” Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday....

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California May Let Residents Choose ‘Jewish’ as an Ethnic Identifier

California May Let Residents Choose ‘Jewish’ as an Ethnic Identifier

A bill would allow Jews to identify themselves as an ethnic group on state forms. Supporters argue it’s a step toward ac...

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Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Antisemitism Case Against Harvard

Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Antisemitism Case Against Harvard

The government argued the university had not done enough to combat antisemitism during campus protests. A judge called t...

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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns

U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns

The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worried about the crew’s we...

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Hamas Has No More Cards to Play

Hamas Has No More Cards to Play

The signs point to Hamas being serious about disarming. The recent Board of Peace plan for it to surrender its weapons s...

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How Supreme Court Oral Arguments Have Transformed Since Covid-Era Precautions

How Supreme Court Oral Arguments Have Transformed Since Covid-Era Precautions

Live audio, a new format and new voices have transformed and unsettled the court’s signature public ceremony....

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