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Damage to Cables Under Red Sea Highlights Mideast Conflict’s Broader Threat

What disabled three major cables linking East to West is still not clear. Suspicion has centered on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have attacked numerous ships in the area, but they have denied responsibility.

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Damage to Cables Under Red Sea Highlights Mideast Conflict’s Broader Threat

What disabled three major cables linking East to West is still not clear. Suspicion has centered on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have attacked numerous ships in the area, but they have denied responsibility.

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How U.K. Media Is Covering Kate, Princess of Wales, After Her Abdominal Surgery

In a country where the health struggles of even public figures are generally viewed as out of bounds, journalists are trying to balance the right to privacy with a thirst for royal stories.

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How a Climate Rule Got Watered Down

The S.E.C. was the target of intense corporate lobbying and a backlash from Republicans.

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Robert Menendez and Wife Are Charged With Obstruction of Justice

The New Jersey senator and his wife, Nadine Menendez, who already faced bribery charges, were charged in an 18-count superseding indictment that was unsealed on Tuesday.

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Kyrsten Sinema Bows Out of Arizona Senate Race

The independent incumbent’s decision clears the field for a two-person race, most likely between Representative Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake.

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In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Cannot Avoid Politics

The justices’ efforts to remain unified in cases affecting the election are fraying as the former president wins one case and is granted a delay in another.

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The Comet Strike Theory That Just Won’t Die

Mainstream science has done its best to debunk the notion, but a belief in a world-changing series of prehistoric impacts continues to gain momentum.

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Is Crypto Back? What to Know About Bitcoin’s Surge.

Bitcoin just hit a record high, but there are big differences between now and the last crypto boom, when digital currencies became a cultural phenomenon.

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Adam Sandler’s ‘Spaceman’ Has an Identity Crisis, Like Many Space Movies

With the release of Adam Sandler’s odd, middling and expensive new Netflix film, a look at space movie misfires of the past and how history repeats itself.

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It’s Not Officially the Anthropocene but Humans Have Changed the Planet

Many of our imprints on nature will be preserved in the rocks, scientists say, even if this time isn’t yet recognized as a new geologic epoch.

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Why California Democrats Aren’t Voting for Rep. Barbara Lee

Her vote against authorizing the war in Afghanistan was an act of true courage.

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He’s Accused of Smuggling, but Not Drugs or Guns: It’s Greenhouse Gases

In a first, a California man was charged with sneaking banned gases, used in outdated fridges and air-conditioners, into the United States.

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The Biggest Issue on Americans’ Minds Is Also a Tough One to Agree On

As 15 states hold primaries on Super Tuesday, we asked voters what they would do about immigration and how it was affecting their decisions.

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Taylor Swift Wants You to Vote on Super Tuesday

In a post on Instagram, the pop superstar encouraged her 282 million followers to vote in the primaries on Tuesday, though she did not endorse a specific candidate.

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Fewer Voters Think Trump Committed Crimes, Polls Show

A strategy to delay Donald J. Trump’s trials may be changing views, with the percentage of voters who see his actions as crimes falling across the spectrum since December.

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The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: A Grisly Theory and a Renewed Debate

New speculation about the toddler’s death and pressure to force DNA testing of evidence have revived scrutiny of what was known as the “crime of the century.”

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Amy Coney Barrett’s Opinion in Trump Ballot Case Sends a Distinct Message

The justice distanced herself from the majority, saying it had gone too far, and from the three liberals, saying their tone sent the wrong message.

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Nations Agree to Refine Pact That Guides the Return of Nazi-Looted Art

At a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Washington Principles, officials presented clarifications to the guidelines credited with helping to accelerate restitutions worldwide.

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Global Warming Is Particularly Bad for Women-Led Families, Study Says

New U.N. research shows that climate change disproportionately erodes income in households led by women in poorer countries. But there are ways to fix it.

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Hussein Smko’s Journey to the Joyce

Hussein Smko’s encounter with an American soldier in Iraq led him to become a dancer. This week he performs in Pontus Lidberg’s work at the Joyce Theater.

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Bitcoin Hits Record High, Recovering From 2022 Meltdown

Bitcoin’s price surged above $68,800, breaking the record the digital currency set in November 2021 when the crypto industry was booming.

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Architect Who Builds Community Wins Pritzker Prize

Riken Yamamoto of Japan is recognized for modest designs that inspire social connection and both literal and figurative transparency.

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Is China’s Era of High Growth Over?

Beijing unveiled an annual economic target in line with last year’s, as it looks to refocus on strategically important sectors.

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China’s Big Political Show Is Back to Normal. Sort of.

The annual meeting of China’s legislature looked, on its surface, like a return to the prepandemic days. But much has changed about the country since then.

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Are We in the ‘Anthropocene,’ the Human Age? Nope, Scientists Say.

A panel of experts voted down a proposal to officially declare the start of a new interval of geologic time, one defined by humanity’s changes to the planet.

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A Trans-Atlantic Crackdown

Authorities in Europe and the U.S. are cracking down on big technology companies.

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With a New Holocaust Museum, the Netherlands Faces Its Past

The new institution in Amsterdam is the first to tell the full story of the persecution of Dutch Jews during World War II.

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Trump’s on the Ballot for Super Tuesday, and France Puts Abortion in Its Constitution

Plus, what screen time is doing to toddlers.

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Trump’s on the Ballot for Super Tuesday, and France Puts Abortion in Its Constitution

Plus, what screen time is doing to toddlers.

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