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Wall Street Sees Another Banner Year for Markets. Could Anything Stop It?

Analysts have forecast more stellar gains for the S&P 500. But concerns about inflation, the dollar and sky-high valuations could make for a choppy run.

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Ukraine’s Zelensky Names Kyrylo Budanov as New Chief of Staff

Kyrylo Budanov, who has served as Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, is seen as a potential rival to Mr. Zelensky if elections are held.

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Why Do Americans Hate A.I.?

We look at the uniquely American animosity toward artificial intelligence.

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Dozens Killed in New Year’s Fire, and Trump Abandons National Guard Push in 3 Major Cities

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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There Was Probably a Flashover in the Swiss Bar Fire. Here’s What That Means.

A flashover is an event where an entire room is rapidly engulfed in flames.

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Trump Says U.S. Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ if Iran Kills Protesters

Mr. Trump’s remarks are a sharp escalation as protests over economic hardship turned deadly.

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Why a Nuclear Plant Is a Big Sticking Point in the Ukraine Peace Plan

The Zaporizhzhia plant, occupied by Russia, would be crucial to powering Ukraine’s postwar recovery.

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In the Arctic, Drones Help Identify Deadly Virus in Whales

Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas.

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After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

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With Obamacare’s Higher Premiums Come Difficult Decisions

As enhanced subsidies expire, many Americans covered under the Affordable Care Act are having trouble paying for insurance.

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Tech Giants Are Racing to Embed A.I. in Schools Around the Globe

More governments are rolling out chatbots in schools. Some experts warn the tools could erode teaching and learning.

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Welcome to the Office. Now Take Off Your Shoes.

Some start-ups, blurring the lines between home and office, are embracing a “no shoes” policy.

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The Unseen Human Workers Behind Self-Driving Cars

The unseen workers who help train self-driving cars to see.

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Switzerland’s Burn Centers Are Overwhelmed After New Year’s Fire

Transfers of patients to hospitals in Germany, Italy and France began on Thursday. France said on Friday that 11 injury victims would be hospitalized there.

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Five Laws Going Into Effect for New York in 2026

Among them, benefits for minimum wage workers, cancer patients and parents of young children. Also, a change to child abuse reporting.

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Mamdani Revokes Executive Orders That Adams Signed to Support Israel

Former Mayor Eric Adams and some conservative-leaning Jewish leaders criticized the revocation of his executive orders, one of which he signed just last month.

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In China, A.I. Finds Pancreatic Cancer That Doctors May Miss

A tool for spotting pancreatic cancer in routine CT scans has had promising results, one example of how China is racing to apply A.I. to medicine’s tough problems.

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Can the Most Indebted Team in Global Soccer Fix Its Finances?

F.C. Barcelona’s liabilities have reached 2.5 billion euros, the result of financial mismanagement and vaulting ambition.

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Search Is Suspended for Passenger Who Went Overboard From Cruise Ship

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday that it halted its hourslong search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard from a Holland America Line cruise ship near Cuba.

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Mamdani’s First Orders Focus on Housing and Undoing Adams’s Decisions

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as mayor of New York City. They were aimed at protecting tenants and revoking some of ex-Mayor Eric Adams’s past orders.

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7 Takeaways From the Inauguration of Mayor Zohran Mamdani

Mr. Mamdani reaffirmed that he would govern New York City as a democratic socialist and assured even those who had not voted for him: “I am your mayor.”

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Images From the Dawn of the Mamdani Era

Thousands of New Yorkers packed the plaza ouside City Hall and the streets of Lower Manhattan to see Mayor Zohran Mamdani take office.

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Mamdani Vows to Govern ‘Audaciously’ and Protect New York’s Vulnerable

Zohran Mamdani gave his first public speech as mayor of New York City, after a public inauguration that drew tens of thousands of people.

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Witnesses Recount Fire That Killed 40 in Switzerland

It was a haven for the young, where they could find hot chocolate when they wanted quiet and affordable drinks when they did not. Then it turned into a place of death.

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Mamdani Pays Tribute to the Foods That Define and Sustain New York

In his inaugural address, Mayor Zohran Mamdani frequently invoked the cuisines of New York as metaphors for the city’s diversity, ambitions and promise.

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Switzerland’s burn centers are so overwhelmed that fire victims are being sent to other countries.

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Trump Is the Jan. 6 President

Tragically, America is still living in a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021.

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The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech

New York’s new mayor challenged his supporters and his opponents to make the city better, and to hold him to account.

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Fire in Swiss Alps Leaves Dozens of New Year’s Revelers Dead

About 40 people celebrating at a ski resort bar were killed, and 115 were injured, many of them young, the authorities said.

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New York Magazine Put Mamdani’s Team on Its Cover. One Aide Was Erased.

Catherine Almonte Da Costa was part of a photo shoot on the mayor-elect’s inner circle. The next day she resigned amid an uproar over antisemitic statements she had posted on social media years earlier.

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