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Risk of a Wider Middle East War Threatens a ‘Fragile’ World Economy

After shocks from the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there’s little cushion if the fighting between Hamas and Israel becomes a regional conflict.

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In Israel and Gaza, Losing Sight of a Shared Humanity

When children on both sides are slaughtered and people are fearful, it is extremists who invariably are ascendant.

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Here’s What Doesn’t Happen After a Mass Shooting

Another slaughter, another congressional nothingburger.

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I Grew Up in Mike Johnson’s District, Where Kindness Can Mask Cruelty

Where he and I are from, even would-be oppressors can be affable.

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Bobby Knight, Basketball Coach Known for Trophies and Tantrums, Dies at 83

Knight raised Indiana to the national top tier while upholding academic standards, but he was notorious for the rage he directed at players and referees.

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Donald Trump Jr. Denies Responsibility for Company Business Statements

The former president’s son began the Trump family’s parade to the witness stand in the civil fraud case.

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Palestinians Struggle to Reach Jabaliya Family Members After Israel Airstrike

On Wednesday, the devastated neighborhood, where local officials say dozens were killed and hundreds were wounded in a Tuesday attack, was hit again.

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Energy Drink Risks: What to Know After Panera Lawsuit

A woman’s death after drinking a Panera “charged lemonade” has renewed the debate over the health risks of highly caffeinated drinks.

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Evacuees From Gaza Arrived in Egypt

Also, the Fed holds rates steady. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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The Battle Over Aid to Israel

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

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Judge Hints at a Delay in Trump Documents Trial

Responding to a request from the former president’s lawyers, Judge Aileen Cannon said she could make “reasonable adjustments” to the timetable for the trial, which is scheduled to start in May.

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Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady and Pledges to Proceed Carefully

The Federal Reserve left interest rates at 5.25 to 5.5 percent, but its chair, Jerome Powell, said policymakers could still raise rates again.

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A Brunch for Both the Living and the Dead

The chef Dominica Rice-Cisneros and the artist Momoca wove together Mexican and Japanese harvest traditions for a meal at the restaurant Bombera in Oakland, Calif.

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Arnold Diaz, Who Reported on New York’s Swindlers, Dies at 74

A correspondent for three city TV stations, he became famous for his “Shame on You” segments that investigated consumer fraud and aggressively confronted wrongdoers on camera.

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Trump 14th Amendment Disqualification Trial Can Continue, Judge Rules

Former President Donald J. Trump’s team had argued that his words and actions leading up to the attack on the Capitol were protected by the First Amendment, and asked that the Colorado case be thrown out.

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Shanghai’s Halloween Party, a Rare Chance for Chinese to Vent in Style

Thousands paraded the streets in creative, joyful and provocative costumes in a four-day celebration of a city returning to life.

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Orsted, Offshore Wind Firm, Cancels N.J. Projects

Denmark’s Orsted said it would be forced to write off as much as $5.6 billion as wind developers in the U.S. faced wrenching financing costs.

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House Gets 2nd Chance to Expel George Santos, With Floor Vote Expected

A group of New York Republicans, eager to distance themselves from their embattled colleague, is leading a push to remove him from office.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Built FTX on a ‘Pyramid of Deceit,’ Prosecutor Says

The criminal fraud trial for the founder of the FTX crypto exchange has reached closing statements. Jurors will then begin deliberating.

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Biden Found Even Modest Israel-Palestinian Peace Steps Impossible

A president focused on China and Ukraine had little time or inclination for a distant goal that stymied several of his predecessors.

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Pointing to Anti-Israel Protests, Republicans See ‘Woke Agenda’ at Colleges

As the Mideast war escalates, the party’s politicians and activists are casting antisemitic incidents and progressive protests as part of a larger cultural battle over education.

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Election Day Guide: Governor Races, Abortion Access and More

Two governorships are at stake in the South, while Ohio voters will decide whether to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution.

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The Republicans Who Want to Invade Mexico

Hitting fentanyl labs could further destabilize northern Mexico and the borderlands, worsening the migrant refugee crisis.

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Infant Deaths Have Risen for the First Time in 20 Years

The increases were particularly stark among babies born to Native American, Alaska Native and white mothers in 2022. Rates among Black infants remained highest of all.

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How Does the World’s Largest Hedge Fund Really Make Its Money?

Ray Dalio’s investing tactics have always been a closely kept secret, even inside Bridgewater Associates. Several years ago, some of Wall Street’s biggest names set out to discover his edge.

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One Person Dead and Another Trapped After Collapse at Kentucky Coal Plant

Rescuers said they had made contact with a trapped man but had not yet been able to free him.

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JOLTS Report Shows U.S. Job Openings Steady in September

The Labor Department report is a gauge of how well the labor market can withstand the highest interest rates in two decades.

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Frustrated Zelensky Says Ukraine’s War Effort Is Being Underestimated

As U.S. officials warned senators against halting military aid, President Volodymyr Zelensky said his troops’ achievements were “perceived as a given.”

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Read Your Way Through Lima

Lima is a city of contrasts and contradictions — gray and tropical, dense and isolated. Augusto Higa Oshiro, one of its writers, recommended books and authors that have captured its complexity.

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Orsted, Offshore Wind Firm, Cancels N.J. Projects

Denmark’s Orsted said it would be forced to write off as much as $5.5 billion as wind developers in the U.S. face wrenching financing costs.

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