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Hurricane Otis Heads For Acapulco as ‘Catastrophic’ Category 5

Forecasters warn of destructive winds, flooding and mudslides in the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca when it makes landfall overnight or early Wednesday.

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Rishi Sunak, Britain’s Prime Minister, Is Probably Doomed

A sense of fatalism surrounds Britain’s prime minister.

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A Close Look at Some Key Evidence in the Gaza Hospital Blast

A widely cited missile video does not shed light on what happened, a Times analysis concludes.

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Richard Roundtree, Star of ‘Shaft,’ Dies at 81

While indelibly tied to the role that made him famous in 1971, the actor remained active for more than four decades afterward.

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Top Adviser to Mayor Adams Is Being Investigated Over Altercation

The Department of Investigation inquiry focuses on a violent exchange that the adviser, Timothy Pearson, had with security guards at a migrant shelter.

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U.S. Cites ‘High Confidence’ Rocket From Gaza Caused Hospital Blast

American intelligence agencies released no new declassified imagery or other new evidence to make their case. Officials said their strengthened assessment was based on video evidence.

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Fall Is on the Menu for Australia’s State Dinner. The B-52s Are Not.

Because of what the first lady called “tumultuous times,” the White House canceled a plan to have the B-52s perform, inviting the musicians as guests instead. Root vegetables will be featured at the table.

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The Palestinian Republic of Fear and Misinformation

As in any tyrannical or fanatical regime, Palestinians who stray from the approved line put themselves at serious risk.

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A Third Speaker Nominee Failed to Unify Republicans

Also, Israel intensified its airstrikes in Gaza. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Yocheved Lifshitz, Israeli Hostage Freed by Hamas, Details Captivity in Gaza

Yocheved Lifshitz, a grandmother and Israeli peace activist, was kidnapped, beaten and held in tunnels built by Hamas for 17 days.

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All Eyes on the Rafah Border Crossing

The latest from the Israel-Hamas war. Weekday afternoons with Lulu Garcia-Navarro, and Times journalists on the ground.

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What to Know About Dengue Fever as Cases Spread to New Places

Dengue, the excruciating mosquito-borne disease, is surging throughout the world and coming to places that had never had it. California just confirmed a rare U.S. case.

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State Dinner to Bring Together Biden, Australia’s Leader and the B-52s

President Biden will welcome Anthony Albanese, the prime minister of Australia, for meetings and a state dinner in Washington.

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Alphabet Has Strong Ad Sales but Cloud Business Disappoints

Google’s parent company reported that sales were up 11 percent from a year ago while profit jumped 42 percent to $19.7 billion.

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Cloud Growth Powers Microsoft Above Expectations

Revenue increased 13 percent in the latest quarter compared with a year earlier. Profit rose 27 percent.

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Snap Revenue Rises 5%, Reversing Declines

The social media company posted rising sales after two quarters of declines, but added that the ad market remains unpredictable.

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In Texas, Abortion ‘Travel Ban’ Gains Momentum

Lubbock County, home to more than 300,000 near the New Mexico border, has become the fourth and largest Texas county to bar travel assistance for abortions.

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Pilot Who Disrupted Flight Said He Had Taken Psychedelic Mushrooms, Complaint Says

In an interview with the police, the off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot also said he thought he was having a nervous breakdown and had not slept in 40 hours, according to a criminal complaint.

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Why Do People Think Crime Is Worse Than it Actually Is?

When perceptions are detached from reality.

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Clean Energy’s Powerful Momentum

Peak fossil fuel use may be only a few years away.

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Adams Says NY Regained Its Lost Jobs. Why Doesn’t It Feel That Way?

Mayor Eric Adams announced last week that the city recovered all of the jobs lost during the pandemic. Analysts say that’s only part of the story.

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Jenna Ellis Had Close Trump Ties Before Flipping in Georgia Election Case

Jenna Ellis, the lawyer who pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the authorities in the Georgia prosecution, was closely involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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Who is Tom Emmer, the Latest Nominee for House Speaker?

Mr. Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the House, has pitched himself as a unity candidate, but some hard-right Trump supporters have said he was not supportive enough of the former president.

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Georgia Supreme Court Allows State’s Six-Week Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect

A lower court is now expected to hear arguments on the broader question of whether the right to privacy in the state constitution protects a right to abortion.

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Democratic Group Steps Up Warnings Over a No Labels Third Party Bid

A Third Way memo cites a recent polling presentation from a centrist organization, No Labels, which shows a hypothetical ticket scrambling the presidential race.

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Cricket-Loving Diaspora in U.S. Attracts Big Media Investments

Investors are trying to capitalize on the relatively small — but loyal and growing — audience for the sport.

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Meta Sued Over Features That Hook Children to Instagram, Facebook

More than three dozen states and the District of Columbia accused the tech giant of knowingly using addictive features to draw in and retain children and teenagers.

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‘It’s Like Our Country Exploded’: Canada’s Year of Fire

Endless evacuations, unimaginable smoke and heat, 45 million acres burned — is this the nation’s new normal?

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85-Year Old Israeli Hostage Held in Gaza Says She ‘Went Through Hell’

Yocheved Lifshitz offered the first public account to emerge from the more than 200 hostages estimated to be held in Gaza.

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Amid Intense Fighting, Ukraine Orders Evacuation of Children

The evacuations from villages near the front line underscored the ferocity of the fighting as both Ukraine and Russia press bloody assaults.

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