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R.B.G. Award Organizer Cancels Ceremony After Fallout Over Honorees

The Opperman Foundation said it would “reconsider its mission” but did not say whether those selected, including Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch, would still receive the award.

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From Russia, Elaborate Tales of Fake Journalists

As the Ukraine war grinds on, the Kremlin has created increasingly complex fabrications online to discredit Ukraine’s leader and undercut aid. Some have a Hollywood-style plot twist.

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Review: Ibsen’s ‘Enemy of the People,’ Starring Jeremy Strong

The “Succession” star headlines a Broadway revival of Ibsen’s play about a lifesaving doctor and the town that hates him.

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Oprah Takes on Weight Stigma in the Ozempic Era in New Weight Loss Special

In a new special, Ms. Winfrey highlighted how new drugs have changed the way we talk about weight and willpower.

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Chinese Magnate Admits to Making Straw Donations to N.Y. Politicians

Mayor Eric Adams was among those who received illegal donations from Hui Qin, a Chinese businessman, a person familiar with the federal case said.

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The Internet Is a Wasteland, So Give Kids Better Places to Go

Young people won’t escape social media misery without freedom in the real world.

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Serbian Leader Says Kushner Deal Is Not an Effort to Influence Trump

After news reports that Jared Kushner plans to redevelop a site in Belgrade bombed by NATO in 1999, Serbian politicians clashed over whether the deal was appropriate.

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Supreme Court Lets Public Office Ban Stand for ‘Cowboys for Trump’ Founder

After a conviction arising from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, Couy Griffin was removed from his county commissioner post in New Mexico and banned from holding public office again.

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Israel Raids Al-Shifa Hospital Again; Netanyahu to Send Team for Talks in D.C.

The warning came amid an Israeli raid on Al-Shifa Hospital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also agreed to send military and humanitarian officials to Washington to hear the Biden administration’s concerns.

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Why Are Americans Still Down on the Economy?

When asked about their own finances, most people are upbeat.

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Supreme Court to Weigh In on Texas Immigration Law

The court ordered a delay in enacting the sweeping new law, which would give local law enforcement officers in Texas the right to arrest and remove migrants.

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2nd Man Charged in Theft of Judy Garland’s Ruby Slippers

Jerry Hal Saliterman threatened to release a sex tape of a woman if she told the F.B.I. about the theft of the famed red pumps, according to an indictment.

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Trump Seeks to Appeal Ruling Allowing Fani Willis to Keep Georgia Case

Because the defendants want to pursue an appeal now, ahead of any trial, Georgia law requires them to get permission from the judge who wrote the ruling.

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Chief Justice Roberts Rejects Peter Navarro’s Last-Ditch Bid to Avoid Prison

Mr. Navarro, a former adviser to President Trump, must report to a Miami prison on Tuesday for a four-month sentence after he was convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena.

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Democrats Are Meddling in Republican Primaries

The strategy has risks, especially in red states like Ohio.

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Toby Keith Will Be Inducted Into the Country Hall of Fame This Year

The organization behind the honors avoids electing artists in the year of their death, but the singer died in February just after this year’s vote closed.

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Justices Were Wary of Curbing Federal Input on Social Media

Also, Trump’s lawyers said he can’t secure a bond for his civil fraud judgment. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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A White House official says Israeli forces killed a senior Hamas military leader in Gaza.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/17/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news/a-white-house-official-says-israeli-forces-killed-a-senior-hamas-military-leader-in-gaza

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Why Donald Trump Can’t Put Up a Bond

Regulations make it uneconomical for insurers to underwrite one.

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United Airlines Planes Have Seen 8 Incidents in 2 Weeks. What’s Going On?

While no one was injured, most of the mishaps required emergency landings or diversions. One safety expert said the incidents were not the result of “systemic problems.”

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Philadelphia Man Is Cleared in Shooting After About a Dozen Years in Prison

Charles Rice had been sentenced to prison for 30 to 60 years for attempted murder. Prosecutors said the case did not meet the burden of proof needed for a conviction.

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Supreme Court Seems Likely to Side With NRA in First Amendment Case

The National Rifle Association argued that a New York official violated the First Amendment by encouraging entities to break ties with the group after the Parkland mass shooting.

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Putin Urges Russians to Unite on Ukraine War

A day after a rubber-stamp presidential election, President Vladimir Putin said he would not back down in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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Mayor Adams Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Colleague in 1993

In a lawsuit, a former police colleague of Eric Adams said that he demanded oral sex in exchange for career help in 1993 and assaulted her when she refused.

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A White House official says Israeli forces killed a senior Hamas military leader in Gaza.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/18/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news/a-white-house-official-says-israeli-forces-killed-a-senior-hamas-military-leader-in-gaza

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Trump’s Violent Language Toward EVs

The former president has deployed increasingly aggressive talk about electric vehicles and their effect on the American economy.

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Thomas Stafford, 93, Commander of First U.S.-Soviet Space Mission, Dies

The Apollo-Soyuz mission, amid the Cold War, broke new ground in space cooperation when an American capsule docked with a Soviet craft 140 miles above the earth.

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What Makes a Coincidence Meaningful?

The human tendency to see patterns everywhere is both fruitful and dangerous.

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Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian Make a Home for Their Family, and Their Art

Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian have transformed their New York townhouse into a showplace for creativity.

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Trump’s Warning of a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses

Readers are shocked by the former president’s speech over the weekend. Also: The death of a daughter; drug “poisoning”; class-based admissions.

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