For Chinese leaders, Gorbachev provided a ‘textbook’ of what not to do.

President Xi Jinping has called the collapse of the Soviet Union “a cautionary tale.”

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The bourboun boom isn't slowing down

The bourbon boom is showing no signs of ending anytime soon: Wall Street is still wild about whiskey. Jack Daniel's owner Brown-Forman reported quarterly results Wednesday morning that easily topped analysts' forecasts.

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Where Exactly Is Times Square?

New York City considers far-flung boundaries for the Crossroads of the World as it decides where to ban guns.

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Jackson water crisis is upending nearly all aspects of life in Mississippi's capital

It was only a matter time before the water system in Jackson, Mississippi, failed, authorities said, and this week those concerns became a reality, leaving residents with no reliable running water in their homes and forcing schools and businesses to close.

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How Alaska's ranked-choice voting system works

Elections officials in Alaska on Wednesday will tabulate the ranked-choice results of the special election to fill the state's at-large House seat for the remainder of the congressional term.

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Trump Lawyers May Become Witnesses or Targets in Documents Case

Two lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump are under increased scrutiny after new details emerged about a failure to fully comply with a subpoena for documents marked as classified.

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Pandemic-era splurging on pets could be over

Worries about the economy have suddenly put shares of pet supply retailers in Wall Street's doghouse.

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Response to Trump Search Highlights Violent Rhetoric From the Right

As they did before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the former president and his allies are fueling outrage among supporters.

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Why Anthony Fauci’s Covid Legacy Is a Failure

A science worth following must lead.

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Paxlovid Cuts Covid Deaths Among Older People, Israeli Study Finds

Among patients under 65, however, the drug made little difference in hospitalization or death rates.

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Biden to speak about 'the continued battle for the soul of the nation' on Thursday

President Joe Biden will travel to Philadelphia on Thursday for a primetime speech on "the continued battle for the soul of the nation" in front of Independence Hall, the White House said Monday.

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Biden Will Discuss Gun Control and Crime in Pennsylvania Speech

The president is expected to talk about his plans to address gun crime in an address in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

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Be ‘Less Squeamish’ About Drinking Recycled Wastewater, British Official Says

As droughts become more frequent, drinking water that has been reprocessed from sewage treatment is the future, the head of Britain’s Environment Agency said.

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NASA Moon Launch Delay: What to Know About the Artemis Rocket

The mission’s managers will complete assessments before announcing whether the rocket could try to launch again this weekend.

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DeLorean's new car looks nothing like the one you remember. Here's why

If you've seen the new DeLorean Alpha5 electric car, you might be disappointed that it doesn't look much at all like the famous DeLorean DMC-12 from the "Back to the Future" movies. Really, other than the gullwing doors, there's not much that clearly ties the cars together.

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Deshaun Watson and the Failed Politics of Personal Choices

We can boycott the N.F.L., but there won’t be enough of us to matter.

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Are tech stocks getting burned again?

Burning Man is back in Silicon Valley. But this year, the biggest tech companies aren't in celebration mode.

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FTC Sues Over Tracking Data That Could Expose Visits to Abortion Clinics

Federal regulators said the sale of geolocation information on tens of millions of smartphones could expose people’s visits to private places.

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With stocks falling again, here's how to protect your portfolio

Things were starting to look up for investors. After stocks got clobbered in the first half of the year, they started to stage a comeback, with all major indexes rising for much of June, July and August.

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Mickey Mantle Baseball Card Sold for $12.6 Million, Breaking Record

The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card is the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia ever to be sold at auction.

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Boy's body is failing, parents discover extraordinary solution

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Beefcake, Goethe’s Boswell and the Greeks

Our critic recommends old and new books.

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Lower Black and Latino Pass Rates Don’t Make a Test Racist

One sociolinguistic study helps show why the issue is more complicated.

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Over Caves and Over Budget, Mexico’s Train Project Barrels Toward Disaster

Pitched as a way to develop the country’s poorest region, the Maya Train is threatened by a ballooning budget and rushed construction over fragile terrain. But Mexico’s president has refused to slow it down.

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How Will the Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Affect You?

We want to hear about what President Biden’s debt cancellation plan means for your life and finances.

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11-month-old that ingested fentanyl hospitalized

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Baseball coach warns of scam

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Judge Recommends Rejecting Bid by Sept. 11 Families to Seize Frozen Afghan Funds

A federal judge said the Afghan central bank’s assets could not legally be used to pay off judgment debts owed by the Taliban to relatives of victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Her slaying went unsolved for 34 years. Police say they identified her killer after he licked an envelope

After more than three decades of questions and grief, Tamika Reyes finally knows who killed her mother.

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How to Avoid a Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine

Seized by the Russians shortly after they invaded Ukraine, the sprawling Zaporizhzhia plant is now on the front line of the war.

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2 individuals plead guilty to stealing, selling Ashley Biden's belongings to Project Veritas

Two people who sold Ashley Biden's journal and other items to Project Veritas pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Thursday.

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EPA wants to label certain 'forever chemicals' as hazardous substances

The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it proposes to label certain "forever chemicals" that are found in hundreds of household items and pollute drinking water systems across the country as hazardous substances.

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Here Are the Challenges Ahead for California’s Ban on Gas Cars

Enforcement could be complex and legal challenges are likely. But ultimately, experts say, success or failure will depend on steady supply and buyers’ appetite.

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Pilots from bankrupt airline offered jobs with no interview by competitor

Pilots are in high demand lately -- such high demand, in fact, that pilots from the recently defunct ExpressJet Airlines are finding themselves with new job offers, without so much as an interview, days after their employer declared bankruptcy.

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Fernando Tatis Jr.’s Reasons for Positive Drug Test a Stretch

The Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. said he tested positive for a banned steroid after innocently using a cream to treat a skin problem. There are several reasons to question his story.

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Lords of Silicon Valley: Say No to NIMBY

Readers discuss the lack of affordable housing in the region. Also: Hudson Valley’s housing crisis; weaponizing nuclear power; congressional races; OB-GYNs’ fears.

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Even dollar stores feel the pinch from inflation

Dollar stores, as their name suggests, offer inexpensive products for bargain-hungry shoppers. But even Dollar General and Dollar Tree, which have thrived this year as rampant inflation has helped boost sales, are starting to feel the pinch of a slowing economy.

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Psilocybin Therapy Sharply Reduces Excessive Drinking, Small Study Shows

Researchers said the results offered promise to the millions of Americans with alcohol use disorder.

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Amazon is shuttering its telehealth service

Amazon on Wednesday said it is shuttering its telehealth service, Amazon Care, as the company rethinks its approach for expanding into the health care industry.

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Sean Hannity and Other Fox Stars Face Depositions in Defamation Suit

The depositions are one of the clearest indications yet of how aggressively Dominion Voting Systems is moving forward with its suit against the media company.

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Tesla owner has his car key implanted in his hand

Are you the type who has trouble keeping track of your car keys? A Michigan man has solved that problem by turning himself into a key. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

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You Graded My Grammar Essay. I Think I Got a B-Minus.

The idea of hypercorrection struck a chord. Ending a sentence with a preposition? Not so much.

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Paralyzed vet receives chair to play sports

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Google Looks to Vaccination to Combat Misinformation In Searches

British researchers and a team from Google found that teaching people how to spot misinformation made people more skeptical of it.

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Why Social Media Sites Are Removing Andrew Tate’s Accounts

TikTok, YouTube and Facebook have taken down accounts belonging to Mr. Tate, a 35-year-old British American.

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New home sales fall 12.6% in July as rising prices take a toll

New home sales plunged in July as high prices and mortgage rates pushed buyers to think twice about closing the deal.

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Biden to Announce Decision on Student Loan Debt Relief

The decision, expected Wednesday, will cap months of deliberations over fairness and the potential to exacerbate an inflation rate that has reached a 40-year high.

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An unidentified illness has killed dozens of dogs in Michigan

Officials in Michigan are trying to identify an illness that has killed dozens of dogs in the last month in the northern and central parts of the state's Lower Peninsula.

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Europe’s Drought Reveals WWII Relics and Bombs in Danube River

The Danube River is running so low on water that the wreckage of German battleships, sunk in 1944, has resurfaced, posing a danger to local ship traffic.

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Ex-Detective Admits Misleading Judge Who Approved Breonna Taylor Raid

Kelly Goodlett, the former detective, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy. She is the first officer to be convicted in the fatal police operation.

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S&P 500 has its worst day since mid-June as interest rate concerns return to Wall Street.

Increasing pessimism about the possibility of a recession and the Federal Reserve’s efforts to rein in inflation have put the brakes on a market rebound.

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How has inflation changed your eating habits? We want to know

When shopping for food, many Americans are between a rock and a hard place.

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Markets slump on inflation concerns ahead of Jerome Powell’s speech.

Increasing pessimism about the possibility of a recession and the Federal Reserve’s efforts to rein in inflation have put the brakes on a market rebound.

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David A. Kay, Who Searched for Nuclear Weapons in Iraq, Dies at 82

He scoured the country for weapons of mass destruction after the U.S. invasion in 2003, but came up with scant evidence.

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72% of economists expect a US recession by the middle of next year

The Federal Reserve is unlikely to tame inflation without pushing the American economy into a recession, according to a survey of economists released Monday.

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A Surprising Year Could Culminate in a Surprising U.S. Open

Two unseeded players won in a big U.S. Open warm-up tournament, another unexpected result in an odd tennis season.

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Trump, Dr. Oz and Our Political Cult of Celebrity

Jessica Bennett and Frank Bruni discuss why “everything is celebrity culture” — even America’s politics.

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Mom asks for 'Autistic Child Are' sign near home

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Live Performance Is Back. But Audiences Have Been Slow to Return.

Attendance lagged in the comeback season, as the challenges posed by the coronavirus persisted. Presenters hope it was just a blip.

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Five people killed in Miami-Dade County wrong way head-on car collision, Florida Highway Patrol says

Five people under the age of 25 were killed in a car crash early Saturday morning in Miami-Dade County, Florida, officials say.

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Should Biden Announce That He Won’t Run Again?

Maureen Dowd thinks he should. Readers are divided. Also: New York City’s housing shortage; swimming while fat.

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5 wounded, 3 critically, in mass shooting

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Some Colleges Don’t Produce Big Earners. Are They Worth It?

Many attendees aren’t better off financially than those who have only a high school degree, at least not right away. How should applicants consider these institutions?

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Strippers at LA strip club want to join actors' union

Strippers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, California, have filed with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to join the Actors Equity Association, a union of performers and other show business professionals.

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Let’s Not Watch the ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel, ‘House of the Dragon’

We don’t have to submit to what the entertainment industry’s overlords have decreed will be the Next Big Thing.

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Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target in Ukraine.

President Vladimir V. Putin knows that Ukraine’s fate, its access to the sea and its grain exports hinge on Odesa. Without it, the country shrivels to a landlocked rump state.

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Vanessa Bryant Testifies in Trial Over Kobe Bryant Crash Photos

The widow of the N.B.A. star described her pain after learning Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and firefighters shared crash site photos.

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The cord has been cut. Streaming is more watched than cable

The cord has been cut.

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Retailers Stumble Adjusting to More Selective Shoppers

In earnings reports this week, companies showed it has been a struggle to adapt to a consumer mind-set that is vastly different from what it was during much of the pandemic.

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Life in the US isn't what these Afghans expected

Shila rushes into the living room when she hears her nephew scream.

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Will the F.B.I. Investigation Give Trump a Boost?

Readers discuss a David Brooks column about the political fallout. Also: Honoring the victims of the 1972 Olympic massacre in Munich; economic illusions.

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All of Massachusetts now in drought

The flash drought conditions expanded and intensified in New England over the past week, according to the latest report from the US Drought Monitor. Extreme drought — level 3 out of 4 — now covers parts of eastern Massachusetts, Connecticut and the entire state of Rhode Island.

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Polio Was Almost Eradicated. This Year It Staged a Comeback.

Before its discovery in New York’s wastewater, the virus made a series of ominous appearances around the world.

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'Visibly upset' pilot apologized before exiting small plane mid-flight and falling to his death

The co-pilot who fell to his death after getting off an aircraft mid-flight in North Carolina may have been sick and was described as "visibly upset" prior to exiting the plane without a parachute, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation and Safety Board.

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What Will Jamad Fiin Do With Her Influence?

“I’m just trying to get the hang of everything,” said Jamad Fiin, whose talents have upset people’s expectations of what a girl in a hijab can do.

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Millennials, the Data Says You’re Middle-Aged. What Do You Say?

NYT Opinion wants to hear from readers born from 1977 to 1984 about reaching midlife.

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A Watermark, and ‘Spidey Sense,’ Unmask a Forged Galileo Treasure

One of the University of Michigan Library’s most prized possessions, which appeared to be a Galileo manuscript, is now thought to be the work of a 20th-century forger.

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More Americans are relying on credit cards. That could be very costly

Interest rates on credit cards are so high these days that consumers with a $5,000 credit card balance could pay an extra $1,000 in interest over the course of a year, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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America Needs More Caregiving Support

True reinvestment in our future must also include care.

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Lose big on crypto? Here's how to reduce the sting

It's been a tough year for crypto investors as they've watched the price of their digital assets plummet.

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Palestinian Leader Accused Israel of ‘50 Holocausts,’ Causing an Uproar

Facing international condemnation, the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, later walked back the remarks he had made at a news conference in Berlin.

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Public library hears opinions on LGBTQIA+ books

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A Timeline of Trump’s False and Misleading Statements on the Mar-a-Lago Search

The former president has pushed frenetic and sometimes contradictory claims about the F.B.I.’s search of his Florida home.

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Ukrainian Soldiers Train for the Frontlines on British Soil

About 2,000 recruits have completed the program and returned to Ukraine. The program aims to train tens of thousands more.

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F.B.I. Interviewed Top White House Lawyers About Missing Trump Documents

Pat A. Cipollone and Patrick F. Philbin are the most senior people who worked for the former president who are known to have been interviewed in the investigation into his handling of classified material.

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Judge Throws Out Plea Deals for Couple in Submarine Spy Case

The case captivated many, combining spy book tradecraft with the strains of suburban life.

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Two of New York’s Oldest Mafia Clans Charged in Money Laundering Scheme

Nine members and associates of the Genovese and Bonanno families were charged with racketeering in a case that centered on the use of secret gambling parlors in Queens and Long Island.

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First lady Jill Biden tests positive for Covid

• CDC: Gorgeous island nation in Asia now at 'high' travel risk for Covid • Disney Cruise Line dropping vaccination requirement for kids ages 5 to 11

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Why a Century-Old Vaccine Offers New Hope Against Pathogens

The B.C.G. tuberculosis vaccine may protect against Covid-19 and other infections by broadly bolstering the immune system.

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NFL fan selling party bus for college fund

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The (De?)Classified Papers at Mar-a-Lago

Readers discuss Donald Trump’s claim that he had declassified the documents and wonder why he took them. Also: Salman Rushdie; polio; fighting hunger.

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Sheriff: Woman intentionally drove car

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Plaintiffs in Long Fight Over Endangered Salmon Hope a Resolution Is Near

The Biden administration is in talks with tribes, environmental groups and others fighting for dams to be removed from the lower Snake River in the Pacific Northwest.

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How the Taliban Has Rolled Back the Clock Since Seizing Power

Nearly a year since the Taliban seized power, new restrictions have reshaped the social fabric. Schools and jobs are again off-limits for women, music has been banned, and beards are mandatory for men — just like in the 1990s.

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Anti-Semitic flyers found, man faces $4K in fines

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I Was Skeptical of Baby Gear. Then I Became a Dad.

Fears of pointless consumerism were no match for the joy and relief our gear provided.

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Mourning family facilitates EKG tests for kids

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U.K. Police Investigate Online Threat to J.K. Rowling

The author of the “Harry Potter” books was threatened on Twitter after she posted condolences for the novelist Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on Friday in western New York.

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Social Media Is Awful. Group Chats Can Be a Refuge.

In the apocalyptic landscape of our algorithmically juiced culture wars, a group chat is a refuge.

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The God I Know Is Not a Culture Warrior

So why do we talk about God only when we’re fighting about something?

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Minnesota on track to have transgender lawmaker

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Partition Survivors Seek Closure Through a YouTube Channel

The YouTube channel Punjabi Lehar, based in Pakistan, has reunited people who were separated by the partition of India in 1947.

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Person shot, wounded by Chicago Police

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After Years of Languishing in Egypt’s Prisons, a Sudden Release

Political prisoners in Egypt live under constant uncertainty about how long they will be detained. So freedom often comes as a big, and welcome, surprise.

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Stock Buybacks and Dividends Become a $1.5 Trillion Political Target

Companies have been criticized for the vast sums they are sending investors. Some of that money could be put to better use but for the most part, our columnist says, bring it on.

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Trump Claims He Declassified All the Documents at Mar-a-Lago. Even if That’s True, it Probably Doesn’t Matter

None of the three criminal laws cited in the search warrant turn on whether documents have been deemed to be classified.

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Russia’s Economy Contracts Sharply as War and Sanctions Take Hold

The country’s gross domestic product from April through June declined 4 percent from a year earlier, new government data shows.

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Consumers still don't feel great about the economy, despite lower gas prices

Consumer sentiment in August continued to rebound from its June trough, but Americans' feelings about the economy remain profoundly depressed from a year earlier, weighed down by uncertainty about inflation and the job market.

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Rushdie has lived under an Iranian death sentence since 1989.

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Teen and mom facing charges in abortion-related case that involved getting their Facebook messages

A Nebraska mother and her 18-year-old daughter are facing multiple charges in a case that involved police obtaining Facebook messages between the two that authorities allege show evidence of an illegal self-managed medication abortion, as well as a plan to hide the remains.

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What Happens If Shelling Continues at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant?

Repeated shelling inside the plant’s complex over the past seven days has stirred new concerns of a nuclear accident.

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Football team gets helmets from rival schools

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Alex Jones and the Wellness-Conspiracy Industrial Complex

The Sandy Hook defamation trial showed how bogus health products have turned misinformation into big business.

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Illinois State Fair butter cow unveiled

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Don’t Blame Monkeys for Monkeypox, W.H.O. Says After Attacks

The outbreak is centered on humans, not animals, health officials said, after a report that some monkeys were harmed in São Paulo, Brazil, out of fear of transmission, according to local authorities.

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Italy Salutes a War Hero and the Values He Fought For

Mario Fiorentini, Italy’s most decorated resistance fighter, died at age 103 this week, and his mourners want his legacy to live on.

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Europe’s Energy Crisis May Get A Lot Worse

Do Americans understand the stakes across the Atlantic?

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Pitcher embraced by player he hit in the head

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Afghan Man Charged in Albuquerque Muslim Killings Was Headed for Texas

The police in Albuquerque revealed details of the evidence against Muhammad Syed, an Afghan immigrant who has been charged in the shooting deaths of two fellow Muslims.

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Are Democrats Bungling Their Outreach to Voters?

Readers react to a guest essay critical of email fund-raising appeals with a desperate tone. Also: The raid at Mar-a-Lago; the Alex Jones case.

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Trump’s refusal to answer questions in a civil case could help him in a parallel criminal investigation.

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The F.B.I. Search of Trump’s Home Has No Precedent. It’s a Risky Gamble.

The search of former President Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is a high-risk gamble by the Justice Department, but Mr. Trump faces risks of his own.

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What Today’s Inflation Report Means for the Federal Reserve

Fed officials are waiting for an inflation slowdown, and economists have predicted that this could signal the start of a deceleration.

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Olivia Newton-John’s Transformation Into Pop Royalty

When the singer smudged her classy image, she “unlocked something new that shot her to the top of pop’s Olympus,” our critic writes: “The vestal vamp.”

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The F.B.I. Raid at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home

Two readers hope the former president will be held accountable; another sees a Democratic plot. Also: Hitler’s generals; David McCullough; Uvalde and Parkland; cats.

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Opinion: Americans are fed up with billionaires. Washington needs to get the wealthy to pay up

Imagine if America's ultra-wealthy invested the financial gains they made during the pandemic in affordable housing, child care centers or any of our country's other urgent human needs.

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House Can Obtain Trump’s Tax Returns From I.R.S., Appeals Court Says

The former president’s legal team has vowed to fight the congressional effort “tooth and nail.” He is virtually certain to appeal to the Supreme Court.

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F.B.I. Search of Trump’s Home Is Separate From Jan. 6 Investigation

One inquiry appears to focus on materials taken from the White House at the end of the Trump presidency; the other is centered on a plan to create slates of false electors to change the outcome of the 2020 election.

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Could F.B.I. Inquiry Result in Barring Trump From Office? What to Know

The F.B.I.’s search of the former president’s Florida residence has drawn attention to a crime whose penalties include disqualification from future office — and the prospect of a fight over its constitutionality.

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Issey Miyake, Japanese Fashion Designer, Dies at 84

He was known for his innovative origami-like designs, creating skirts, dresses and trousers with prisms of unfolding shapes that allowed for freedom.

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Tell Us About Your Experience With Mental Health Apps

The Times wants to hear from you.

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Woman holding 1 y/o dies

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Olivia Newton-John, Pop Singer and ‘Grease’ Star, Dies at 73

She began her career as an innocent purveyor of middle-of-the-road pop but later adopted a bad-girl persona.

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Baidu gets permits for first fully driverless taxi service in China

Tech giant Baidu announced Monday that it has obtained permits to operate fully autonomous taxis without any human assistants on board in two of China's megacities, marking a first for the country.

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Investigators Say Collector Had Suspect Art and Lots of Chutzpah

The investigators say Georges Lotfi invited them to his storage space because he did not think they would suspect that the antiquities he kept there were stolen, an accusation he denies.

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In War-Torn Mykolaiv, Ukrainians Search for Informers

As the city emerged from a 54-hour lockdown, the governor of the Mykolaiv region declared the operation a success, saying that five people had been arrested.

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Blinken seeks to make case for US partnership in Africa

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday drew firm distinctions between the United States and Russia as he sought to make the case that the US is the better partner for countries in Africa.

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Another Gaza Conflict, but With a Difference: Hamas Sat It Out.

In the weekend battle with Israel, Hamas left the fighting to Islamic Jihad, another militant group, highlighting differences between them over how best to combat Israel.

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Furor Over Documenta Highlights a Widening Chasm in Germany

One of the art world’s most important events, Documenta, is at its halfway point. So far, a tiny fraction of the art has been the main topic of conversation.

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23 families forced to leave homes with no warning

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Ron Sider Was a Model for Christians Committed to Justice

His 1978 book, “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger,” helped me through a crisis of faith.

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Intense rainfall threatens parts of central US

From Seattle to Oklahoma City to Boston, scorching high temperatures or torrential rainfall are on tap for much of the US.

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We Went on a Lanternfly-Killing Rampage. They’re Still Here.

The spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest that ecologists have urged the populace to squish on sight, is back, infesting the New York City area.

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Classic Internet Censorship

New regulations in Indonesia show that strict online controls are no longer confined to autocratic countries like China.

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Man attacked over bike on levee in Algiers

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The New Politics of Abortion

The pro-life movement needs to learn the art of the possible.

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Here's what we know about the key leaders in the Uvalde shooting and how they've responded to scrutiny

• Prosecutors say accused Oxford High shooter's parents played 'much larger role than just buying their son a gun'

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Breonna Taylor Raid Puts Focus on Officers Who Lie for Search Warrants

When warrants are based on misstated evidence or outright lies, the consequences can be disastrous. Prosecutors say that’s what happened in Ms. Taylor’s case.

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Major Indiana Employers Criticize State’s New Abortion Law

The drug company Eli Lilly said it “will be forced” to look outside the state for employment growth. The engine maker Cummins said the law will “impede our ability to attract and retain top talent.”

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Gender Is Complicated for All of Us. Let’s Talk About It.

A distinguished professor helps me understand our complicated — and changing — culture around gender.

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Amazon to buy the company behind the Roomba in a $1.7 billion deal

Amazon has agreed to buy iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum, in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.7 billion, including debt, the two companies announced Friday.

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South Korea Launch Scouts the Moon, With More Missions to Come

The Danuri spacecraft, which launched on Thursday, aims to provide a lunar scientific bounty while preparing the country’s small space program for future exploration.

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Former WH economist assesses economy's direction following July jobs report

Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, breaks down the July jobs report, noting a low unemployment rate and explaining how the economy could continue to unfold in the near future.

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Artillery duels near a Ukrainian nuclear complex heighten safety fears.

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Private Equity Doesn’t Want You to Read This

Government must do more to clip its wings.

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Coast Guard seizes sharks that were caught

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Here’s What School Covid Policies Should Look Like This Year

The crisis kids face at this point in the pandemic is not the virus, but the cost of so many years of disrupted school.

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Street racing crackdown yields safer roads

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Former Puerto Rico Governor Arrested on Corruption Charges

Wanda Vázquez, who was defeated for re-election in 2020, is accused of taking bribes to influence a regulatory appointment.

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Pelosi's flight to Taiwan was the most-tracked of all time, Flightradar24 says

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's flight to Taiwan, which bolstered American support for the island nation but angered China, was the single most heavily tracked flight in the history of the online flight tracking site Flightradar24.

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Biden Administration’s Bid to Cap Russia Oil Prices Faces Resistance

The maritime insurance industry says policing oil transactions is not workable, raising questions about enforcement of a buyers’ cartel.

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Kinzinger: Subpoena of ex-White House counsel 'probably bad' for Trump

Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone having been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury is "probably bad" for former President Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of the two Republicans serving on the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, said Wednesday.

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Will an Investigation of a Former Mexican President Lead to Charges?

After years of promises, many Mexicans fear that the announcement of a corruption probe into Enrique Peña Nieto might be nothing more than a political tactic.

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Residents go 12 days without water service

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A Fed Pivot? Not Yet, Policymakers Suggest, as Rapid Inflation Lingers.

Stocks rose after the Federal Reserve’s recent meeting, with investors hoping the central bank would dial back rate increases. Not so soon, officials indicated on Tuesday.

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72 corgis compete in dog races

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Biden Administration Sues Idaho Over Its Abortion Restrictions

The Biden administration filed its first new litigation to protect access to abortion since the Supreme Court ruling in June that ended the constitutional right to terminate pregnancies.

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Teen helps get baby sister to safety during fire

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Race car driver dies following 200 MPH crash

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After Days of Punishing Heat, the Pacific Northwest Is Expected to Cool

Sunday was the seventh consecutive day in Portland, Ore., in which temperatures reached 95 degrees or higher, breaking the previous record of six days in a row.

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Sikh community remembers mass shooting

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How the U.S. Let 20 Million Monkeypox Vaccine Doses Expire

At the start of the monkeypox outbreak the U.S. stockpile contained just 2,400 doses of vaccine, a far cry from the more than 20 million it once held.

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Nonprofit donates dog food to affected families

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One of 2 deaths ruled a homicide in fire

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U.N. Chief Issues Grim Warning of Risk of ‘Nuclear Annihilation’

The conflict in Ukraine and tensions over North Korea and Iran have lifted the threat of nuclear disaster to a level not seen since the Cold War.

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