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Miami Beach Is Done With Spring Breakers: ‘It’s Not Us. It’s You.’

This weekend and next, Miami Beach visitors will face extraordinary measures meant to head off disorderly crowds, including bag checks at beach entrances and closed parking garages.

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These Startups Want to Make Palm Oil. In a Lab. Without Palm Trees.

Palm oil. It’s in your snacks, your soap, pretty much everything. But palm oil plantations have caused vast deforestation. Can these three tech executives help fix things?

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BMW Is a Surprise Winner in Electric Vehicles

Once considered a laggard, the German luxury carmaker is one of only a few established automakers that has been able to compete effectively against Tesla.

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Toyota’s Hybrid-First Strategy Is Delivering Big Profits

Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, has been criticized for selling few electric vehicles, but its decision to focus on hybrids is paying off financially.

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These Oscar Snubs Still Rile Up Our Readers

You can’t forgive the Academy for passing up “Brokeback Mountain” or omitting Amy Adams in “Arrival,” among other oversights that still sting.

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The Biden-Trump Rerun: A Nation Craving Change Gets More of the Same

Americans love a candidate who promises something new. But when a sitting president runs against a former one, can either claim the mantle of change?

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How Trump’s Justice Dept. Derailed an Investigation of a Major Company

The industrial giant Caterpillar hired William Barr and other lawyers to defuse a federal criminal investigation of alleged tax dodges.

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Inside the World of People Placing Bets on Oscar Winners

Inside the world of people making bets on the winners of the Academy Awards — with some taking home thousands of dollars.

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How Fraudsters Break Into Social Security Accounts and Steal Benefits

Thousands of people receiving Social Security benefits have had their money diverted into criminal accounts. Here’s what to know.

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The 10-Year-Old Boy Who Has Become the Face of Starvation in Gaza

The harrowing image of a skeletal Yazan Kafarneh circulated widely on social media and has served as a graphic warning about the enclave’s dire food situation.

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‘You Can Hear a Pin Drop’: The Rise of Super Strict Schools in England

Inspired by the academic success of schools like the Michaela secondary school in northwest London, some principals are introducing tight controls on students’ behavior.

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Macron and Scholz Spar Over Policy on Ukraine and Russia

A fraught relationship has recently turned bitter, with insults and barbs threatening European unity at a critical moment.

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Texas Helicopter Crash Near Mexican Border Kills 3

The helicopter, patrolling the state’s southern border, was carrying soldiers and a Border Patrol agent, officials said.

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After a Night ‘on Fire,’ Biden Hits the Road to Make the Case for a Second Term

Pumped up by the reaction to his forceful address to Congress the evening before, the president sought to build on the momentum by opening his general election campaign with a trip to Pennsylvania.

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Hot Mic: Biden Says He Told Netanyahu They Are Nearing a ‘Come-to-Jesus Meeting’

The president was speaking off the cuff to a lawmaker on the House chamber floor after delivering his State of the Union address.

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Providing Both Bombs and Food, Biden Puts Himself in the Middle of Gaza’s War

The president’s decision to send aid by air and sea represents a shift prompted by the growing humanitarian crisis. But it raised uncomfortable questions about America’s role.

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Address Showed Biden Seeking Tricky Balance on Immigration

The president used his State of the Union speech to try to demonstrate that he could be tough on the border without demonizing immigrants.

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Senate Clears $460 Billion Bill to Avert Partial Shutdown, Sending It to Biden

President Biden is expected to sign the legislation, the product of a bipartisan deal, ahead of the midnight shutdown deadline — but the spending fight isn’t over yet.

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A Big Night — but Will It Matter?

There will be only one more moment before Election Day when Biden can speak to such a large audience.

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Biden the President Wants to Curb TikTok. Biden the Candidate Embraces Its Stars.

At a party for social media influencers at the White House this week, President Biden’s political concerns collided with his national security concerns.

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Traumatic Brain Injury Found in Maine Gunman Could Have Wide Ramifications

Exposure to blasts, even at low levels, may play a much greater role in veterans’ mental health struggles than has been known, with implications for treatment strategies and for criminal justice.

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Judge Upholds Biden Program Giving Some Immigrants Short-Term Legal Status

The initiative allows up to 360,000 people a year from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to live and work in the United States if supported by a financial sponsor.

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Sam Altman to Return to OpenAI’s Board of Directors

Mr. Altman was among new additions to the board announced on Friday, more than three months after he was briefly forced out of the company.

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Biden Takes His Fiery State of the Union Pitch on the Road

Also, the Pentagon found no evidence of an alien cover-up. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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Former Republican Candidate for U.S. House Is Charged With Murder

Dan Rodimer, who promoted former President Trump’s endorsement in two failed bids for Congress, was charged with killing a man at a Las Vegas Strip resort in October.

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With Cyberattack Fix Weeks Away, Health Providers Slam United

Hospitals, doctors and clinics expressed frustration that they will have to wait even longer for reimbursements after hackers paralyzed the largest U.S. billing clearinghouse.

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Judge to Review Prince Harry’s Visa Papers in Dispute Over Release

The documents have been sought by the Heritage Foundation in a freedom of information lawsuit. The group wants to know if the prince’s drug use was considered in granting him a U.S. visa.

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Max Hardy, 40, Dies; Helped Bring Chef-Driven Cuisine to Detroit

With his unique blend of Lowcountry and Caribbean influences, he ranked among the best of a new generation of Black culinary wizards.

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Europe and U.S. Plan to Supply Gaza by Sea, but Aid Groups Say It’s Not Enough

Relief organizations say cumbersome new strategies cannot substitute for Israel allowing more supply trucks into the Gaza Strip, while an airdrop of aid reportedly went awry and killed five people.

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Republicans’ Big F.B.I. Cut Came From Scrapping One Senator’s Earmark

The G.O.P. has boasted about cutting the budget of what it calls the “weaponized” F.B.I. by 6 percent. Most of that came from wiping out the pet project of retired Senator Richard C. Shelby.

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