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A City’s Campaign Against Homelessness Brings Stories of Violence

Local officials called for residents to deter the homeless in Kalispell, Mont., but unhoused residents said they were then accosted and attacked.

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Hochul Unveils Her State of the State Agenda

In her speech, Gov. Kathy Hochul will propose providing leave for prenatal care, changing the way reading is taught and promoting artificial intelligence research.

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In the N.F.L. and at Big Companies, Diversity Playbooks Face Hurdles

The league’s successes and struggles are playing out in hundreds of companies that have emulated its Rooney Rule in trying to hire more people from underrepresented groups.

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No, That’s Not Taylor Swift Peddling Le Creuset Cookware

The singer did not promote a giveaway of the popular cookware, but an artificially generated version of her voice suggested otherwise.

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A Venezuelan Family Won Asylum. Days Later, They Lost It.

Millions of asylum seekers have overwhelmed the immigration system. A confusing mix-up is keeping one family in limbo.

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How Astronomers Are Saving Astronomy From Satellites — For Now

Even the most powerful telescopes are in peril as orbits above Earth fill with thousands of new satellites. But scientists aren’t ready to give up the night sky.

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The New Space Race Is Causing New Pollution Problems

Earth’s stratosphere has never seen the amounts of emissions and waste from rockets and satellites that a booming space economy will leave behind.

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South Korea Bans Dog Meat, a Now-Unpopular Custom

Breeding, killing and selling dogs for their meat will be banned in a country where it has fallen out of favor. Hundreds of thousands of the animal were still being bred for human consumption.

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Protecting the Ancient Beech Trees of Romania

In Romania, a walk in the woods blossomed into a mission to safeguard centuries-old beeches and the history that shaped them.

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OpenAI Says New York Times Lawsuit Against It Is ‘Without Merit’

The artificial intelligence start-up said that it collaborated with news organizations and that The Times, which accused it of copyright infringement, was not telling the full story.

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Driver in Custody After Crashing Into Gate Near the White House

The Secret Service said that the driver’s motives were still unclear, but that there was no threat to the White House complex or the public.

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Filing in Georgia Trump Case Claims ‘Improper’ Relationship Between Prosecutors

A defendant in the election interference case is arguing that the district attorney overseeing it and a special prosecutor she hired should be disqualified.

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Oct. 7 Assaults, Including Sexual Violence, Could Be Crimes Against Humanity, U.N. Experts Say

The experts’ statement came after the United Nations had been the focus of months of frustrated accusations that it was ignoring the rape and mutilation of women during the Oct. 7 attacks.

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Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Kill Hezbollah Commander, Militia Says

The latest strikes across Israel’s northern border came as the U.S. secretary of state made another trip to the Middle East in efforts to prevent a wider war.

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Joe Biden Is Trying to Jolt Us Out of Learned Helplessness About Trump

We need to stay outraged about the ex-president’s plot against America.

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N.R.A. Civil Corruption Trial to Begin in New York

The New York attorney general is seeking penalties against several current and former leaders of the embattled gun-rights group.

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Why Donald Trump Will Soon Be Attacking the Fed

Forewarned is forearmed: It will be bad-faith bullying.

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11 Injured and One Missing After Apparent Explosion at Fort Worth Hotel

The episode caused substantial damage to the Sandman Signature hotel in downtown Fort Worth.

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Israel Said It Had Begun a Less Intense Phase of the War

Also, the investigation into Boeing planes. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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Iowa Caucuses: What to Know With Less Than a Week to Go

Donald Trump leads the polls by more than 30 points.

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Mayorkas Impeachment and Border Talks Put House and Senate G.O.P. at Odds

House Republicans are pressing to impeach the homeland security secretary just as Senate Republicans look to him to help cut a border security deal.

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Boeing Door Plug From Alaska Airlines Flight Found in Teacher’s Yard

Bob Sauer said that his 50-foot cedar trees had acted on the same scientific principle as an airbag, disrupting the door plug’s fall in an act known in physics as impulse.

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Supreme Court Appears Split in Immigration Case Over Notice Requirements

Although the legal question was narrow, the argument reflected broader debates about the immigration system.

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4 Aides to Austin Waited 2 Days to Tell White House About His Hospitalization

The defense secretary remains in the hospital but is in “good condition” and conducting official business, the Pentagon spokesman said.

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Golden Globes 2024 Draws 9.4 Million Viewers

The number of viewers was higher than last year, but still down significantly compared with prepandemic audience totals.

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New President of the National Association of Realtors Abruptly Resigns

Tracy Kasper, who took over as president of the National Association of Realtors after the sudden resignation of her predecessor, has quit after what the group described as a threat.

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Apparent ‘Swatting’ at Home of Tanya Chutkan, Judge in Trump Election Case

Police and emergency personnel sped to the home of Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on Sunday night after a false report of a shooting there.

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Christian Ziegler, Chairman of Florida Republican Party, Ousted Amid Scandal

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senator Rick Scott had called for the resignation of the chairman, Christian Ziegler, who is being investigated for sexual assault.

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Watch the Opening Scene of ‘Oppenheimer’

The writer and director Christopher Nolan narrates a sequence from his film, which won the Golden Globe for best drama.

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Why Iowa Turned So Red When Nearby States Went Blue

Over the past 15 years, the Upper Midwest has seen a remarkable state-by-state sorting of voters along partisan lines.

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