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A Brooklyn Charter School Is Open 12 Hours to Attract Students

A Brooklyn charter school is experimenting with a new way to help families by expanding the school day. Students can arrive at 7 a.m. and leave any time before 7 p.m. For free.

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What Did Jon Rahm Choose for the Masters Dinner Menu?

The winner of the most hallowed event in professional golf gets to design the menu (and pay) for the next year’s champions dinner. Jon Rahm, the 2023 winner, supplied a recipe from his grandmother.

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Someday, Earth Will Have a Final Total Solar Eclipse

The moon will drift far enough from Earth that it no longer fully obstructs the sun. But predicting when this will happen poses numerous challenges.

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Banks Made Big Climate Promises. A New Study Doubts They Work.

Using European Central Bank lending data, researchers said there was not evidence that voluntary commitments were effective in reducing emissions.

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A Drone Strike in Odesa, Ukraine, Shatters a Family’s Life

Serhii Haidarzhy’s wife and son were killed when their apartment block was hit. He and their daughter survived. The tragedy has become a symbol in Ukraine of the war’s terrible toll on civilians.

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Simon Harris Is Set to Become Ireland’s Youngest Prime Minister. Who Is He?

After a swift political rise, the 37-year-old is set to become Ireland’s premier on Tuesday. But his time as head of the government could be short.

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German Business Is Tangled in Red Tape

Companies in Germany complain that the demands of bureaucracy are costing them time and money that would be better spent building their businesses.

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How Japan Is Trying to Rebuild Its Chip Industry

Taiwan’s semiconductor giant, TSMC, is quickly remaking a farm town in Japan into Asia’s next hub of chip manufacturing with enormous government support.

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Putting Abortion Question to Florida Voters Is Unlikely to End Court Fights

Though the Florida Supreme Court allowed a ballot question on expanding abortion rights, it also laid out a way for anti-abortion groups to challenge such an expansion.

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On Abortion, Trump Chose Politics Over Principles. Will It Matter?

With his video statement on Monday, Donald Trump laid bare how faulty a messenger he had always been for the anti-abortion cause.

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Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over a Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot

A Tesla driver’s family had sought damages for the 2018 crash, which happened while the carmaker’s driver-assistance software was in use.

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Prosecutors Ask Supreme Court to Reject Trump’s Immunity Claim in Election Case

The filing was the main submission from Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting the former president. The case will be argued on April 25.

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Trump Says Abortion Will Be Left to the States. Don’t Believe Him.

His allies are planning to resurrect and enforce the 19th-century Comstock Act.

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College Towns Usually Lift Democrats. Is the Picture More Complicated in 2024?

An enthusiasm gap among young voters and anger on campuses over Gaza has some Democrats wary.

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What to Know About Biden’s New Student Debt Relief Plan

The proposal would affect nearly 30 million people and would target groups that have had hardships in repaying their loans.

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Active Fighting Subsides in Gaza, but the War Is Not Over, Officials Say

Israeli troops have left southern Gaza, and some Palestinians returned to the area, where there was a sense of horror at the scope of destruction.

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Good Economy, Negative Vibes: The Story Continues

The economy is in good shape. Why are so many Americans still saying it’s bad?

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The Eclipse Brought Darkness and Fascination

Also, Donald Trump said abortion limits should be decided by states. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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A Moment of Unity, on Earth as in Space

As totality approached, it felt, for a change, like we were all rooting for the same team.

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Georgia Trump Prosecutor Fani Willis Urges Appeals Court to Decline Disqualification Case

The prosecutor, Fani Willis, defended a judge’s recent ruling that she could continue leading the election interference case against Donald J. Trump.

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Ex-Ecuadorean Vice President, Arrested at Mexican Embassy, Is in Coma

The former vice president, Jorge Glas, had taken pills, the police said, and was taken to a hospital. He had taken refuge at the embassy after being accused of corruption.

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Biden Campaign Ad Blames Trump for Near-Death of Woman Who Was Denied Abortion

The ad encapsulates the strategy by the president’s campaign to seize on anger about the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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Jeff Schaffer and Susie Essman on the ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Finale

In an interview, Jeff Schaffer and Susie Essman discuss why Larry David revived the polarizing “Seinfeld” finale. “We know what you thought of that, and we don’t care,” Schaffer said.

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Man Kills 2, Then Himself, at Las Vegas Law Office, Police Say

The police were still investigating the motive for the morning attack.

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Pence Attacks Trump’s Abortion Statement as a ‘Slap in the Face’

Mike Pence, an evangelical Christian who embraced abortion restrictions at the federal level shortly after Roe was overturned, called Mr. Trump’s statement a “retreat” on the matter.

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Takeaways From the Vatican’s Document on Human Dignity

The document restated the Roman Catholic Church’s rejection of abortion, gender fluidity and transition surgery.

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A Brooklyn Hospital Is Trying to Evict Workers from Staff Housing

A Brooklyn hospital is trying to evict employees and retirees from staff housing, as it struggles financially, but tenants fear they will now be homeless in an unaffordable city.

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Israel’s Account of World Central Kitchen Strike Raises Wider Legal Questions, Experts Say

The events that led to the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen workers suggest that there could be problems with the protocols used by the Israeli military, according to legal experts and aid organizations.

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Trump to Sue Judge in Last-Ditch Attempt to Avert Criminal Hush-Money Trial

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers indicated they would file an action asking an appeals court to delay the first prosecution of a former president. The move is unlikely to succeed.

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Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools

Using artificial intelligence, middle and high school students have fabricated explicit images of female classmates and shared the doctored pictures.

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