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Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Broke Up With Her Boyfriend, and It Matters

Giorgia Meloni’s breakup offers a window onto the nature of power in Italy today.

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Migrant Workers Propelled China’s Rise. Now Many See Few Options.

Migrant workers, who moved from China’s villages to its big cities, were a secret weapon building the economy. Now many see few options.

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How Germany’s Green Party Lost Its Luster

The party was riding high when it entered the government two years ago. Now it is stumbling, blamed for driving voters to the far right.

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Maduro Tries to Squash Venezuela’s Election Campaign Before it Even Starts

The government’s move to annul the election of a candidate to challenge President Nicolás Maduro raises questions about its commitment to a free election.

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Heidi Klum’s Dons a Giant Peacock Costume for Halloween

The model and television host dressed as a giant peacock with some help from Cirque du Soleil.

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A World of Fear for Europe’s Jews

The Oct. 7 Hamas assault on Israel and a surge in acts of antisemitism have awakened a repressed horror in Jewish populations across the continent.

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Fruit Flies Are Invading Los Angeles. The Solution? More Fruit Flies.

The Mediterranean fruit fly lays eggs that hatch into maggots inside fruit. Officials plan to halt population growth by dropping millions of sterile male flies over the affected region.

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Second Maryland Man to Receive an Altered Pig’s Heart Has Died

Researchers said they found signs of organ rejection, which the genetically modified tissue was supposed to prevent.

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Israeli Airstrike Aimed at Hamas Hits Jabaliya Refugee Camp in Gaza

Israel said it killed a Hamas leader at a refugee camp, but many other people were wounded and killed, Hamas said. The assault came as fuel, food and water shortages pushed civilians to the brink.

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Home Sellers Win $1.8 Billion After Jury Finds Conspiracy Among Realtors

The influential National Association of Realtors and several brokerages were ordered to pay damages to home sellers who said they were forced to pay excessive fees to real estate agents.

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Israel Struck a Dense Area in Gaza, Saying It Killed Hamas Militants

Also, the new speaker sets up a clash over military aid. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Panel Tells F.D.A. That CRISPR Sickle Cell Cure Is Safe Enough for Patients

The decision by an advisory committee may lead to Food and Drug Administration approval of the first treatment for humans that uses the CRISPR gene-editing system.

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How Britney Spears Wrote ‘The Woman in Me’

Three authors helped Britney Spears get her life story on the page.

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Louis Molina, Head of NYC’s Troubled Jails, Is Named Deputy Mayor for Safety

Louis A. Molina had been head of the Correction Department since 2022 but failed to improve conditions at the perennially troubled jails.

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Trump Sues to Ensure He Is on the Ballot in Michigan

Donald Trump’s lawsuit was the latest turn in a nationwide battle over his eligibility to hold office again.

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Johnson’s Israel Aid Bill Sets Stage for a Clash Over Security Assistance

By splitting money for Israel’s war effort from aid to Ukraine and coupling it with spending cuts, Speaker Mike Johnson has put the House on a collision course with the Senate.

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New Books Try to Offer Shelter from Dementia’s Storm

Mixing the medical and the personal, several memoirists find literary analogies the best way to capture unwelcome visits to “unimaginable lands.”

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Supreme Court Weighs When Officials May Block Citizens on Social Media

The justices struggled to distinguish private conduct, which is not subject to the First Amendment, from state action, which is.

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Gov. Hochul Announces $75 Million to Combat Hate Crimes in New York

The governor announced grants for houses of worship and local police departments following an uptick in attacks.

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This Town of Spiritualists Believes Death Does Not Exist

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Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Knowing FTX Money Was Missing, as He Concludes Testimony

The founder of the FTX crypto exchange was grilled by a federal prosecutor for a second day, just before both sides rested their case in the criminal fraud trial.

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Prosecutors End Flint Water Crisis Case Against Ex-Governor

Michigan prosecutors had charged former Gov. Rick Snyder with neglect of duty, but said appellate court rulings left them unable to pursue the case against him and 8 others.

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Israel-Hamas War Raises the Potential for an Attack Against the U.S., FBI Says

Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, warned senators that several foreign terrorist organizations have called for attacks against Americans since the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on Israel.

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The Met Opera Puts On a Malcolm X Marathon

Ahead of its new production of Anthony Davis’s “X,” the house hosted a starry, 18-hour reading of Malcolm X’s autobiography.

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After Mass Shooting in Maine, No Clarity on Whether Gun Laws Will Change

A state ban on assault weapons? Expanded concealed-carry restrictions? Tighter mental health laws? As Maine grieves, it weighs a roiling debate over gun laws.

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Matthew Perry and the Loneliness of Addiction

He was a brilliant performer, but his honesty will be his greatest legacy.

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Bariatric Surgery at 16

If childhood obesity is an ‘epidemic,’ how far should doctors go to treat it?

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It’s All About the Grid

Billions of dollars in new U.S. funding won’t be enough

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U.A.W. Strike Gains Could Reverberate Far Beyond Autos

Experts said the union’s new contracts could set precedents that give labor advantages when bargaining contracts and organizing workers.

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A Footpath in England, Torn Down, Keeps Being Rebuilt by ‘Fairies’

A small bridge in the English village of Stiffkey, northeast of Cambridge, was dismantled last year. It was rebuilt overnight, dismantled a second time and rebuilt again.

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