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After the Moscow Attack, Putin’s Next Escalation Is Coming

Even without the terror attack in Moscow last week, the Russian president was primed to step up his assault on Ukraine.

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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Is Here

The superstar’s new LP is a 27-track tour of popular music with a Beatles cover, cameos by Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, and features from Miley Cyrus and Post Malone.

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A Very Royal Scavenger Hunt

In a time when global 24-hour news coverage can engender feelings of powerlessness, the sense of control that online sleuthing generates is potent. But those same impulses can take a dark turn.

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‘Every Day Is Hard’: One Year Since Russia Jailed Evan Gershkovich

In a notorious high-security prison, Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal stays connected with supporters through letters as they keep up the pressure for his release.

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Georgia Lawmakers Approve Tougher Rules on Immigration After Student’s Killing

A bill prompted by the death of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, would force law enforcement agencies to report undocumented immigrants to federal officials.

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Woman Who Received 5-Year Sentence in Voter Fraud Case Is Acquitted

A Texas appeals court reversed its earlier opinion that had upheld the conviction of Crystal Mason, who was found guilty of illegally casting a provisional ballot in 2016, even though she claimed she hadn’t known she was ineligible to vote.

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Shohei Ohtani Is Home and Focused on Baseball. Dodgers Fans Are Relieved.

Los Angeles finally got a close look at baseball’s megastar on Thursday as a gambling situation involving his former interpreter took a back seat to opening day.

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Six Men’s Deaths in Baltimore Bridge Collapse Shake City’s Hispanic Community

The six men who were killed were all immigrants from Latin America. Their deaths have shaken the growing Hispanic community in and around Baltimore.

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Biden Fund-Raiser and Trump Visit to New York Preview Clashes to Come

President Biden is raising $25 million at a Radio City Music Hall event, adding to his huge cash edge, after Donald Trump pushed his law-and-order message at a wake for a police officer killed on duty.

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Fighting Rages Around Two Gaza Hospitals as Pressure on Israel Rises

Israeli forces are battling to retake areas they had already seized, showing the militants’ resilience, as critics call for less destructive tactics in the war.

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Bidenomics Is Making China Angry. That’s OK.

Trump talked tough, but Biden is wielding a big stick.

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The Great Struggle for Liberalism

Liberal democratic capitalism isn’t some set of abstract ideas. It’s a means to a richer, fuller and more dynamic life.

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‘Cataclysmic Situation’ in Haiti Leaves 1,500 Dead in Gang Violence

The United Nations on Thursday said poor governance and increasing levels of gang violence had brought state institutions “close to collapse.”

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New York Will Test Gun-Detecting Technology in Subway, Mayor Adams Says

In the wake of a deadly attack in the system earlier this week, New York officials are searching for ways to make subway riders feel safer.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Was Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

Also, Biden called on his predecessors to help him raise funds. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Trump Calls for Crime Crackdown at Wake of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller

Mr. Trump called the officer’s death a horrible tragedy and, as he often does on the trail, broadly called for a crackdown on violent crime without mentioning specific policies.

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South Africa Bus Crash Kills 45, but 8-Year-old Survives

The bus, which was carrying people to an Easter church service, went off a bridge in South Africa and plunged 165 feet into a ravine.

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Robert Moskowitz, Abstract Painter of New York’s Skyscrapers, Dies at 88

He depicted the Empire State Building, the Flatiron Building and, most indelibly, the World Trade Center. Those paintings took on new meaning after 9/11.

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Having Trouble With Your Homeowners Insurance? Tell Us.

Bills are soaring. Insurance companies are struggling. We want to hear how it’s affecting you.

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Relatives Mourn One of the Men Killed in the Bridge Collapse

Jose López, a father of two, saw his purpose in life as providing for his family, his brother said.

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U.K. Backsliding on Civil and Political Rights, U.N. Body Says

A human rights committee that examined a range of concerns called on Britain to abandon its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

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Officials Say Hazardous Material Aboard Crashed Ship Poses No Threat

Two containers fell into the water and were missing, but neither contained hazardous materials, the Coast Guard said.

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How the Israel-Hamas War Has Roiled TikTok Internally

The video app has been criticized for how it has handled posts users see about the war. Some of the same tensions have also played out inside the company.

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Putin Offers Both Reassurance and Threat on a Wider War

President Vladimir V. Putin said that claims Russia planned to invade other countries were “nonsense,” but warned them against hosting warplanes meant for Ukraine.

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Taiwan’s Top Diplomat Says U.S. Aid to Ukraine Is Critical for Deterring China

Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said in an interview that a Russian victory could embolden China to move against Taiwan and would fuel anti-American propaganda.

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Methane From Landfills Is a Big Driver of Climate Change, Study Says

Decades of buried trash is releasing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, at higher rates than previously estimated, the researchers said.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse Raises Questions About Bridges in Other States

Experts have long pondered the question of improving protections, and several bridges have undergone adjustments. But the size of today’s vessels leads to immense challenges.

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House Republicans Demand Full Impeachment Trial for Mayorkas

They argue that quickly dispensing with the charges, as senators in both parties are inclined to do, would be an affront to Americans.

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Dal Is the Ultimate Comfort Food

Cheap, unfussy and adaptable, these lentils call up warming memories of home and family for many South Asians.

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A First Step Toward a Global Price on Carbon

A tax on ship emissions could have an impact on almost everything we buy

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