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What It Means to Be a Texan Is Changing in Surprising Ways

White people make up a declining minority in Texas, even among those born in the state. And all those people moving in? They’re as likely to be Black, Hispanic or Asian.

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‘The Crown’: Princess Diana’s Death and the Final Season

The final season of Netflix’s royal drama opens in 1997, on the cusp of one of the most analyzed periods in recent British history.

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Polluting Industries Say the Cost of Cleaner Air Is Too High

As the Biden administration prepares to toughen air quality standards, health benefits are weighed against the cost of compliance.

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What Sam Bankman-Fried’s Conviction Says About the Fight Against Financial Fraud

The Justice Department has been losing ground in the fight against financial fraud for years.

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This Photograph of Dead Palestinian Children Demands to Be Seen

The news media doesn’t often publish graphic images of dead children. But this photograph must be seen.

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Can’t Think, Can’t Remember: More Americans Say They’re in a Cognitive Fog

Adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s are driving the trend. Researchers point to long Covid as a major cause.

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‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond Opioids

Millions of U.S. drug users now are addicted to several substances, not just opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The shift is making treatment far more difficult.

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Chile, Known for Its Wines and Piscos, Turns to Gin

Distilleries are popping up across the country as Chileans use the versatile spirit to showcase their country’s unique botanicals.

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UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman Is Fired By Rishi Sunak

Suella Braverman, a divisive figure seen as a champion of the hard right, had accused London’s police force of bias in an incendiary opinion article not signed off by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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Donald Trump Jr. Makes a 2nd Visit to Witness Stand in Fraud Trial

The former president’s son will testify again in the family’s civil fraud case. This time he was called by defense lawyers.

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Behind Public Assurances, Xi Jinping Spread Grim Views on U.S.

Speeches by the Chinese leader show how he was bracing for an intensifying rivalry with the United States from early in his rule.

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Fighting to Govern Myanmar, From a Teeny Office in Washington

The National Unity Government of Myanmar, formed as an alternative to the junta that orchestrated a 2021 coup, has to battle global apathy and ignorance as it struggles for recognition.

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Tim Scott Suspends Campaign for Republican Presidential Primary

He entered the Republican presidential race as a rising star with substantial financial resources, but struggled to break out of the pack of Trump challengers.

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Brian Higgins to Step Down From Democratic House Seat in February

Representative Brian Higgins, Democrat of New York, said he would step down in February.

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A Mayor’s Suicide Leaves an Alabama City Seeking Answers

The mayor fatally shot himself after a news site published a photo of him in makeup and said he had written erotic fiction and posts using names and photos of local residents, including a minor.

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U.S. Carries Out Another Round of Airstrikes on Iran-Linked Targets

The United States conducted airstrikes against two facilities in eastern Syria. American officials said that the strikes in recent weeks have been in proportion to attacks by Iran-backed militias.

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Israeli Troops Near Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital, Which Is Struggling to Operate

Israeli officials say that Hamas has built a complex under Al Shifa, a major Gaza hospital. Hamas denies it is operating from beneath the hospital, whose patients face dire conditions amid power cuts.

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In Israel, Christie Says Trump Ducked Mideast Progress and Fueled Bigotry

The former New Jersey governor and chief G.O.P. antagonist to the former president cited Mr. Trump’s rhetoric of intolerance and faulted him for a lack of ambition on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Nonexistent Google Map Trail Prompts Hikers’ Rescues in Canada

A Canadian search-and-rescue group said it had conducted two missions recently after hikers “may have sought to follow” a nonexistent trail on Google Maps.

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Major Freeway in Los Angeles Closed Indefinitely After Fire

All lanes on a part of Interstate 10 remained closed a day after two nearby storage yards were engulfed in flames. Officials are investigating the cause of the fire.

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Hundreds of Thousands Protest Spanish Prime Minister’s Deal With Separatists

The deal, which grants amnesty to secessionists, is meant to give Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez enough support to form a coalition to stay in power.

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New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study

The trial involved only 10 patients, but it suggests cholesterol can be permanently reduced with a single treatment for patients at risk of heart disease.

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5 U.S. Special Operations Forces Killed in Helicopter Crash in Mediterranean

The troops were on a refueling training mission when the aircraft crashed off the coast of Cyprus. The episode, which Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said was an accident, is under investigation.

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Netanyahu Pushes Back on Idea of Palestinian Authority Running Gaza

The Israeli prime minister went further than he had before in publicly laying out his vision for Gaza after the war.

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Marvel Flounders at the Box Office With ‘The Marvels’

“The Marvels” cost about $300 million to make and market and arrived to $47 million in domestic sales.

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Peter Nygard, Former Fashion Mogul, Convicted of Sexual Assault

The verdict in Toronto concludes the first of Mr. Nygard’s criminal trials in Canada. The 82-year-old also faces charges in the United States.

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Tens of Thousands March in France Against Antisemitism

The demonstrations in Paris and other cities came amid a rise in tensions in France over the Gaza war and a surge in antisemitic incidents.

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Netanyahu Pushes Back on Idea of Palestinian Authority Running Gaza

The Israeli prime minister went further than he had before in publicly laying out his vision for Gaza after the war.

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A Perfect Lasagna

Serve for Sunday supper now, or parbake and freeze to feed the family later.

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F.B.I. Examining Whether Adams Cleared Red Tape for Turkish Government

After winning the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary, Eric Adams successfully pressed city officials to allow the opening of a Manhattan high-rise housing the Turkish Consulate General.

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