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Tropical Storm Rina Forms in the Atlantic Ocean

Forecasters weren’t certain of Rina’s projected path because of its proximity to Tropical Storm Phillipe.

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University of Pennsylvania R.A.s Vote to Unionize

Students have said that they want more benefits for undergraduate workers, including stipends, scheduling policies and protections against discipline.

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Museum Worker Sold Paintings and Put Forgeries in Their Place

An in-house appraiser noticed something was awry when the canvas on his workbench did not match a catalog entry.

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Philadelphia Police Say Looting ‘Had Nothing to Do’ With Protest

More than 60 people were charged after two nights of thefts from businesses. The looting followed the dismissal of charges against a police officer.

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Video: How Saturn’s Moons Formed in a Massive Moon Collision

Researchers completed a complex simulation that supports the idea that the giant planet’s jewelry emerged hundreds of millions of years ago, not billions.

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Republican Group Running Anti-Trump Ads Finds Little Is Working

With over 40 ads and $6 million spent, a group tied to the Club for Growth is no closer to an answer, a memo to donors says. Some ads even gave Donald Trump a boost.

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Trump Will Not Seek to Move Georgia Election Case to Federal Court

His decision comes after Mark Meadows, his former chief of staff, tried unsuccessfully to move his own case from state to federal court.

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Ed Fancher, a Founder of The Village Voice, Is Dead at 100

A psychologist, he started the alternative weekly with Dan Wolf and Norman Mailer in 1955. “We were crazy enough to think it would succeed,” he said.

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Why the Donald Trump Fraud Case Matters

But Trump supporters probably won’t admit they were fooled.

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Federal Lawsuit Accuses Tesla of Racial Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit accusing the carmaker of mistreating Black employees at its factory in California.

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Top Biden Aides Questioned in Classified Documents Inquiry

The special counsel investigating how classified material ended up at President Biden’s think tank and home after his vice presidency has interviewed senior White House and cabinet officials.

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Western Leaders Urge Arms Manufacturing in Ukraine

NATO is pitching weapons making as economic development for war-torn Ukraine, and it could be lucrative for Western arms makers.

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Viewership Fell Sharply for Second G.O.P. Debate

Fewer than 10 million people watched the Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday, according to preliminary data from Nielsen.

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An Appeals Court Rejected Trump’s Effort to Delay His Fraud Trial

Also, a government shutdown is looking likely. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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China Uses ‘Deceptive’ Methods to Sow Disinformation, U.S. Says

The accusations reflect worry in Washington that China’s information operations pose a growing security challenge to the United States.

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DeSantis Says He Would Sign a 15-Week Abortion Ban as President

The little-noticed remark came during a chaotic moment in the second G.O.P. debate. Mr. DeSantis signed a six-week abortion ban in Florida, but had not clearly committed to federal restrictions.

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Biden Issues a Blistering Attack on Trump

During an appearance in Arizona, President Biden portrayed former President Donald J. Trump as a budding autocrat with no fidelity to the tenets of American democracy.

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Menendez Rejects Democrats’ Calls to Resign, Prompting Talk of Expulsion

In a speech to fellow senators, the New Jersey Democrat maintained his innocence and reiterated his refusal to resign, causing one colleague to float the idea of forcing him out.

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Fact Check: Trump on Electric Vehicles in Michigan

The former president campaigned in Michigan during a strike by autoworkers but resorted to misleading claims to make the case for his candidacy.

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First Impeachment Hearing Yields No New Information on Biden

In a chaotic session, Republicans accused the president of crime and corruption, but even their witnesses said the case for impeachment hadn’t been made.

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Donald Trump’s Campaign of Violence and Lawlessness

The ex-president is running on a platform of lawlessness.

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As McCarthy Seeks to Shift Shutdown Blame, Border Takes Center Stage

The Republican speaker is working to turn the shutdown fight into a border security battle. Some lawmakers in both parties say they are open to including immigration provisions in an eventual deal.

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Ukraine Is Still David. Russia Is Still Goliath.

Questions and answers about the war, a year and a half in.

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Government Shutdown May Hurt Home Sales in Flood-Prone Areas

Congress funds a flood insurance program that many home buyers in risky areas rely on. The money is about to run out, a real estate trade group warned.

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Newsom Emerges as Biden’s Top Surrogate But Promotes Himself, Too

Gavin Newsom predictably declared Joe Biden the winner of the second G.O.P. debate. Another big winner? Gavin Newsom.

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Trump Lawsuit Against Judge in Fraud Case Rejected by Appeals Court

Former President Donald J. Trump had accused Justice Arthur F. Engoron of ignoring an earlier decision that could have barred evidence from the case.

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Properties Trump May Lose Control of in New York Fraud Case

If a judge’s ruling stands, former President Donald J. Trump could lose control of several of his properties.

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Onstage, Michael Gambon’s Depth Transcended the Unspoken

The actor conveyed the gravitational force of mortality, tugging the men he played so commandingly toward a void beyond meaning, our critic writes.

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With Shutdown Looming, Biden Points to Republican Infighting

The president and his team insist they do not want the government to shut down. But they are also confident that Republicans will receive the blame if it does.

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Grilling the world’s biggest meat producer

Brazil’s JBS produces 32 billion pounds of animal products a year.

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