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What It’s Like to Run the New York City Marathon Route

Want to feel like the most beloved person on the planet? All you have to do is run 26.2 miles through New York City on Marathon Sunday.

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Why Run the NYC Marathon When You Can Drive It?

You’re not going to catch the elite runners. But if you can get over the traffic, the scenery is terrific. And the doughnuts aren’t bad either.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Was a Grown Up Criminal, Not an Impulsive Man-Child

Investors bought into the perception of the FTX founder as an unkempt boy genius. The jury didn’t buy it.

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Former Pennsylvania Nurse Heather Pressdee Linked to 17 Nursing Home Deaths

Heather Pressdee, 41, confessed to trying to kill 19 patients with insulin. She had already been charged in the deaths of two others this year.

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Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Is Leaving Seattle for Miami

The Amazon founder has lived in Seattle since 1994. He said he was returning to Miami, where he attended high school, in part to be closer to his parents.

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War Hasn’t Stopped the Kyiv Biennial. It’s Multiplied It.

The contemporary art show has spread beyond Ukraine’s borders and is now an eight-city European festival about war, democracy and solidarity.

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Somewhat Guiltily, Ukrainians Miss Matthew Perry

Even as the war’s devastation rages on, Ukrainians have found space to mourn an actor who brought them comfort and laughter.

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A First Title for the Rangers, and a Thrill for the Former First Fan

Ownership of the Texas Rangers helped propel George W. Bush’s political career, and decades later, a friend says, baseball remains “part of who he is.”

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Trump Asks Federal Appeals Court to Lift Gag Order in Election Case

The former president argued that the order restricting what he can say about the case should not be in effect while he seeks to have it thrown out on appeal.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Is Found Guilty of 7 Counts of Fraud and Conspiracy

The case against the founder of the failed FTX exchange had come to symbolize the excesses of the volatile cryptocurrency industry.

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Wild Rise and Abrupt Crash

The crypto king gambled that his trading platform would make him a benevolent trillionaire. But after a fraud conviction, all bets are off.

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Silicon Valley Shrugs Off Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial

Tech investors lauded Mr. Bankman-Fried and helped fund his FTX crypto exchange. The tech industry has since done what it does best: move on.

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Judge Rules in Family Dispute Over Rockwells Long Hung at White House

Relatives of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s press secretary went to federal court to resolve a disagreement over who owned Norman Rockwell drawings valued at $8 million.

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Eric and Donald Trump Jr. Testify in Fraud Trial, Casting Blame on Accountants

Donald Trump Jr. and his brother Eric Trump both testified in the trial that accuses their family business of overvaluing its assets.

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Israel, the I.R.S. and the Big Grift

Holding national security hostage to help tax cheats.

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Love in Harsh Times and Other Coping Mechanisms

Ancient wisdom can help keep us from becoming calloused over.

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U.S. Drones Are Flying Over Gaza to Aid in Hostage Recovery, Officials Say

The military has been sending weapons and advisers to Israel, but the flights suggest a more active American role.

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Gaza Doctor Describes ‘Horrific Scenes’ After Israeli Airstrikes on Jabaliya

Gazans under bombardment say there is a surge of severely injured children entering hospitals, doctors operating without anesthesia and morgues overflowing with bodies.

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Why the Atlantic Jet Stream Is Helping Some Flights Arrive Early

Flights traveling west to east over the Atlantic Ocean this week have had the wind on their side, pushing some landing times up to an hour ahead of schedule.

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2 South Carolina Jails Under DOJ Investigation After Reports of Abuse

The Justice Department inquiry will focus on “credible allegations” that a number of deaths at two jails resulted from use of force, medical neglect and assaults by inmates.

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With Rangers Win, an Overlooked Texas City Grabs the Spotlight

Long overshadowed by the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Astros, Rangers and their fans can finally brag, and host a World Series victory parade.

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A Surge in Antisemitism in Europe — and What’s Behind It

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

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The U.S. Will Press Israel for Pauses in the War

Also, Donald Trump’s eldest sons testify in a fraud trial. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Rangers-Diamondbacks World Series Ratings Are Lowest Ever

The five games averaged 9.1 million viewers, down from the previous low of 9.8 million in 2020.

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Ken Mattingly, Astronaut Scrubbed From Apollo 13, Is Dead at 87

He later orbited the moon, but in 1970 he was bumped from the Apollo flight after being exposed to measles. Then, from mission control, he helped it avert disaster.

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Photos: NASA’s Lucy Mission Finds Dinkinesh Asteroid Has a Moon

On its way to the Trojan swarms, the spacecraft made a pit stop at a rock named Dinkinesh — and the images it sent back revealed that this asteroid has its own moon.

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Six Flags Merges With Cedar Fair, a Rival Amusement Park

The deal would generate more than $3 billion in revenue for the companies, they projected in a statement. The merger comes after years of financial challenges for Six Flags.

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35 Years After Addressing Congress, James Hansen Still Has Climate Warnings

The former NASA scientist James Hansen says in a new paper that global temperatures will pass a major milestone this decade, faster than other estimates predict.

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House Set to Pass Aid Bill for Israel, Clashing With Biden and Senate

The Republican-led House was set to approve a $14.3 billion measure for Israel’s war with Hamas, defying President Biden’s request to pair it with aid for Ukraine and setting up a collision with the Senate.

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HBO Chief Calls His Effort to Attack Critics a ‘Very, Very Dumb Idea’

The push to attack television critics through fake Twitter accounts became the talk of the entertainment world on Wednesday after it was reported by Rolling Stone.

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