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5-Star Bird Houses for Picky but Precious Guests: Nesting Swiftlets

To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe, clean, dark and with pools for bathing.

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An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies

Anxiety when flying might not seem so unreasonable these days, but a British Airways program seeks to reassure the lightly nervous and the abjectly terrified alike.

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José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen Feeds People in Disaster and War Zones

The group is a relatively new aid provider in Gaza, but it has garnered notice by making bold moves, like building a jetty out of rubble to bring aid in by sea.

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NYC Property Tax Bills Are Seen as Unjust and Opaque. That Could Change.

Housing advocates and even some homeowners in wealthier neighborhoods say New York’s property tax system is unfair. A court case could force the city to make changes.

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NYC Property Tax Bills Are Seen as Unjust and Opaque. That Could Change.

Housing advocates and even some homeowners in wealthier neighborhoods say New York’s property tax system is unfair. A court case could force the city to make changes.

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Israeli Army Withdraws From Major Gaza Hospital, Leaving Behind a Wasteland

Al-Shifa Hospital lies in ruins after a battle there between Israeli soldiers and Gazan gunmen. Shortly before withdrawing, the Israeli military brought journalists from The Times to witness the damage.

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Ukraine’s Arms Industry Is Growing, but Is It Growing Fast Enough?

Kyiv is aiming to build its own weapons to bring the fight to Russia. But it will take time Ukraine might not have.

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Poor Nations Are Writing a New Handbook for Getting Rich

Economies focused on exports have lifted millions out of poverty, but epochal changes in trade, supply chains and technology are making it a lot harder.

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North Korea Tests Ballistic Missile That Could Reach Guam

The test, analysts said, may have involved a new intermediate-range hypersonic missile that is faster to launch and more difficult to intercept.

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Israeli Strike in Syria Kills 7, Including 3 Iranian Commanders

The airstrike on an Iranian Embassy building was one of the biggest attacks yet in a shadow war that has increasingly been moving into the open.

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World Central Kitchen Workers Killed in Gaza Airstrike, José Andrés Says

The disaster relief nonprofit has become a crucial source of food for desperate Gazans. The Israeli military said it was investigating.

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Trump Secures Bond in Fraud Case, Warding Off $454 Million Payment for Now

The guarantee means that New York’s attorney general will not be able to pursue Donald Trump’s assets and bank accounts until Mr. Trump’s appeals are settled.

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Trump Gag Order Is Expanded to Stop Attacks on Judge Merchan’s Family

Donald Trump had in recent days targeted the daughter of Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing his criminal trial in Manhattan, in blistering social media posts.

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Man Charged With Killing Officer Was Seen With Gun Beforehand, D.A. Says

Another officer patrolling Far Rockaway said he noticed Guy Rivera carrying a gun before he fatally shot Detective Jonathan Diller, according to the authorities.

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What’s Your Favorite New York City Restaurant

The Times’s critic, Pete Wells, has shared his second-annual list of the city’s best, but tell us what tops yours.

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U.S.S. Cole Case Judge Sets Goal of 2025 Trial

If Col. Matthew S. Fitzgerald meets his goal, the trial would start a quarter century after the terrorist attack that killed 17 U.S. sailors off Yemen.

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Will MAGA Republicans Block Baltimore’s Rebuilding?

In Congress, rebuilding the Key Bridge could be the next Ukraine funding debate.

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How I Learned to Love the Rerun Election

Have you got the Biden-Trump blues?

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Scottish Hate Crime Law Takes Effect as Critics Warn It Will Stifle Speech

The legislation expands protections and creates a new charge of “stirring up hatred.” The “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling criticized the law for omitting women and said it was “wide open to abuse.”

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Florida’s Top Court Allowed a Six-Week Abortion Ban

Also, an Israeli strike killed top Iranian commanders, Iran said. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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Lou Conter, Last Survivor of the Battleship Arizona, Dies at 102

Escaping injury in the Japanese attack on the ship in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he went on to help in recovering bodies and putting out fires.

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5 Kyoto Hotels to Add to Your Wish List

The city’s newest crop of hotels — from a luxury retreat on a historic estate to a 10-room inn surrounded by forested mountains — were worth the wait.

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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Shut Down Al Jazeera in Israel

The move came after Israeli lawmakers passed a new law that allows the government to temporarily shutter foreign media outlets deemed to be a risk to national security.

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Florida Court Allows 6-Week Abortion Ban, but Voters Will Get to Weigh In

The Florida Supreme Court found that the State Constitution’s privacy protections do not extend to abortion. But it also allowed a ballot question on whether to expand abortion access.

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‘Pretty Big Bunny, Huh?’: Biden Hosts White House Easter Egg Roll

Even before the skies opened up on children rolling eggs down a soggy South Lawn, the 146-year-old tradition was caught up in the latest partisan storm.

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Oregon Is Recriminalizing Drugs. Here’s What Portland Learned.

Oregon’s governor has signed a measure to reimpose criminal penalties for hard drugs. Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland talks about why the experiment “failed.”

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Trump Media Stock Slumps as Early Fervor in Truth Social Owner Fades

A rapid fall in price erased billions of dollars in the market value of the parent company of Truth Social, eating into some of the gains made in the volatile stock’s public debut.

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There’s Valuable Speech on Social Media, Even for Kids

There are ways to limit their social media exposure without damaging constitutional rights.

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Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle

The case adds another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations, and recently appeared in cattle herds.

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Johnson Outlines Plan for Ukraine Aid; House Could Act Within Weeks

The G.O.P. speaker’s proposed conditions for sending a fresh infusion of military assistance to Kyiv are the strongest sign to date that he plans to defy critics in his own party and push through the aid package.

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