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At U.C. Berkeley Ceremony, a Student Protest Draws in Hundreds

Demonstrators chanted and gathered in one spot in the stadium, interrupting the proceedings before leaving.

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Sam Rubin, Los Angeles TV Anchor and Entertainment Reporter, Dies at 64

Mr. Rubin began at the Los Angeles television news station KTLA in 1991 and became a staple of morning viewing through his interviews with celebrities.

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Jeannie Epper, Groundbreaking Stunt Double on ‘Wonder Woman,’ Dies at 83

Her first stunt was riding a horse bareback down a cliff when she was 9. She went on to soar on the hit TV series “Wonder Woman” and in many other places.

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As Israel Steps Up Attacks, 300,000 Gazans Are on the Move

Many say there is nowhere to go, and even the “humanitarian zone” recommended by Israel is neither safe nor equipped to handle all of them, the U.N. says.

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Northern Lights Set to Return Tonight as Extreme Solar Storm Continues

Electrical utilities said they weathered earlier conditions as persistent geomagnetic storms were expected to cause another light show in evening skies.

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Transgender Athlete Ban in a Long Island County Is Struck Down in Court

A judge ruled that the Nassau County executive did not have the authority to ban transgender women from playing on women’s sports teams in county-owned facilities. The executive said he would appeal.

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Paul Manafort, Trump’s Former Campaign Chairman, Returns to the Republican Arena

Eight years after helping Donald J. Trump get elected — and four years after being released from prison — the longtime political operative is back to help organize the G.O.P. convention.

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Woman Made Her Home Inside a Grocery Store’s Rooftop Sign, Police Say

She had set up flooring, a computer and a coffee maker. The unidentified woman had been living in the store in Midland, Mich., for about a year, the authorities said.

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Justice Alito Warns of Threats to Freedom of Speech and Religion

In a commencement ceremony at a Catholic university, the justice said that fundamental principles were in peril at universities and American society.

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Mary Wells Lawrence, High-Profile Advertising Pioneer, Dies at 95

She was the first woman to own and run a major national advertising agency. Her company, Wells Rich Greene, was best known for the “I ♥ NY” campaign.

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The Long, Tortured Road to Biden’s Clash With Netanyahu Over Gaza War

The president offered strong support to Israel after Oct. 7 but has grown increasingly frustrated over the conduct of the war. “He has just gotten to a point where enough is enough,” a friend says.

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The Harsh Crackdown on College Protests Is A Very Dangerous Mistake

Is this what a police state looks like?

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Trump May Owe $100 Million From Double-Dip Tax Breaks, Audit Shows

A previously unknown focus of an I.R.S. audit is a dubious accounting maneuver that effectively meant taking the same write-offs twice on a Chicago skyscraper.

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‘They Are Erasing Streets’: Russian Attacks Bring War Nearer Kharkiv

Russia’s latest offensive has expanded the battlefield along Ukraine’s northern border, and sent thousands of civilians fleeing to the closest large city.

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Eurovision Disqualifies Dutch Entrant Hours Before Final

The competition’s organizers said that Swedish police were investigating the singer Joost Klein and that it would be inappropriate for him to take part in Saturday’s final.

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Two Ledgers

Majid Khan was locked away at C.I.A. black sites for years. What would he tell the world?

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Kendrick Lamar and Drake Battled Toe to Toe. The Winner Is Old School Hip-Hop.

A beef between two rap titans isn’t just about egos. It’s about the future of the genre, as determined by the legacy of its past.

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Donnie After Dark

A trial that is a meditation on Trump’s amorality.

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Donald Trump After Dark

A trial that is a meditation on Trump’s amorality.

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The Rise and Fall of China’s Economic ‘Miracle’

China’s economy has reached a dead end. Getting out will mean more trade friction with the United States.

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A Way Back from Campus Chaos

Universities have failed to strike a balance between academic freedom and free speech during this spring’s protests.

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When Travel Plans Go Awry

There are ways of keeping ourselves anchored, even when we enter a parallel universe disconnected from time.

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Farewell, Chuck E. Cheese Animatronic Band

A mainstay of the pizza and arcade chain, by turns endearing and creepy, will be phased out by year’s end at all but two locations. We visited one of them.

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”The Interview”: Charlamagne Tha God Won’t Take Sides

The radio host talks to Lulu Garcia-Navarro about how he plans to wield his considerable political influence.

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Imagine Your Last Day of Work Ever. Here’s Theirs.

American culture has no set ritual to mark retirement. They created their own.

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A Rising Democrat Leans Into the Campus Fight Over Antisemitism

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, the proudly Jewish leader of a battleground state, has dived headfirst into subjects that have wrenched apart his party.

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Will You Accept the Election Results? Republicans Dodge the Question.

Leading Republicans have refused to say flatly that they will accept the outcome of the presidential election if Donald Trump loses.

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Will an Authoritarian Government in Venezuela Allow a Fair Election?

President Nicolás Maduro has held on to power by holding sham elections. In July he will run again, but would he willingly cede power?

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Why Antiwar Protests Haven’t Flared Up at Black Colleges Like Morehouse

The White House appears anxious about President Biden’s coming speech at Morehouse College. But for complex reasons, such campuses have had far less visible Gaza tensions.

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Trump Has Long Been Known as a Micromanager. Prosecutors Are Using It Against Him.

Witnesses have described the former president monitoring the minutiae of his business, a portrait prosecutors are drawing to help convince the jury that he couldn’t have helped but oversee a hush-money payment to avoid a damaging story.

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