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UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting: Detectives Scour Video Record of Suspect’s Movements

Cameras are everywhere in Manhattan and they helped lead investigators to a distinctive backpack in Central Park that could be a key piece of physical evidence.

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Large Protests Call for Impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

Demonstrations in the city and around the country have intensified since President Yoon Suk Yeol’s audacious, though short-lived, declaration of martial law.

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Athens Revives Hadrian’s Aqueduct to Help With Water Crunch

Hadrian’s Aqueduct supplied water to Greece’s capital for centuries but was then largely abandoned. It’s being revived to ease water scarcity amid global warming.

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TikTok Creators React to Legal Ruling on U.S. Ban

The social media service was flooded with videos on Friday after a panel of judges upheld a law that could shutter the app in the United States.

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Special Education Services With a Catch: Parents Are Asked Not to Sue

New York City school officials want families seeking such services to waive their right to sue the Education Department in exchange for receiving them.

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The Police Offer a Detailed Timeline of the Gunman’s Movements

Investigators have begun to piece together the actions of a man they believe killed a health care executive on a city sidewalk early Wednesday morning.

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Iran Begins to Evacuate Military Officials and Personnel From Syria

The withdrawals by one of President Bashar al-Assad’s key backers come amid a resurgent rebel offensive.

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The Silicon Valley Billionaires Steering Trump’s Transition

The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.

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Is Milk Safe? Your Questions About Bird Flu and Dairy, Answered

Federal officials will soon begin testing the country’s milk supply for the virus. Here’s what to know.

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Iran Accelerates Production of Near-Bomb-Grade Uranium, IAEA Says

The United Nations chief inspector says production has quadrupled. But it is not clear whether Iran is trying to touch off a crisis or gather bargaining chips for negotiations with the United States.

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Man Who Kidnapped Woman From Bloomberg’s Colorado Ranch Gets 22 Years in Prison

Joseph Beecher was intent on killing the media mogul and inquired about his family before taking a housekeeper hostage, officials said.

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Rebels Advance in Syria as Iran Steps Back

Also, judges rejected TikTok’s effort to avoid a U.S. ban. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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Trump Still Faces 8 Civil Lawsuits Over the Jan. 6 Attack

Donald J. Trump has successfully defeated or impeded many legal challenges against him over the storming of the Capitol, but eight lawsuits on the matter remain in the courts.

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Californians Know About Earthquakes, but Tsunamis Are a Different Story

Northern California cities and residents seemed unsure on Thursday about the best response to an official tsunami warning that went out to five million Californians.

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A Second Trump Term Is Set to Scramble Trade Alliances

Europe’s new pact with South America, its largest deal to date, could be a sign of how countries will diversify trade relationships as Donald Trump threatens tariffs.

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Shuntaro Tanikawa, Poet and Translator of ‘Peanuts,’ Dies at 92

A perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he was a revered figure in Japan, not just in literary circles but also among casual readers.

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Cash App Wades Into the Exclusive World of Presale Concert Tickets

Legacy credit cards and banks aren’t the only banking options to come with perks for premium access to events anymore.

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As Syrian Rebel Advance Accelerates, Nervous Neighbors Close Their Borders

The rebels’ gains prompted Lebanon and Jordan to close border crossings and Israel to reinforce its forces in the Golan Heights.

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A House Where Every Republican Will Be in Charge

And you thought this congressional term was a little nuts?

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Leader of Syria’s Resurgent Rebels Lays Out Strategy to Oust Assad

In an interview, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the Islamist rebel heading an offensive moving toward Damascus, said the operation was a long time coming.

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Texas House Speaker, Targeted by the Right, Drops Bid for Another Term

In the long-running war inside the Texas G.O.P., Dade Phelan survived a primary against a Trump-backed novice. But his increasingly conservative caucus turned against him.

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Woman Who Fell Into Sinkhole Is Found Dead

After searching since Tuesday, the authorities in Unity Township, Pa., on Friday found the body of Elizabeth Pollard, 64, who disappeared while searching for her cat.

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How Much Did Trump, Biden and Harris Raise? A Stunning $4.7 Billion.

That figure, which includes totals from the three presidential contenders’ main allied groups, emerged in the final federal filings of a staggeringly expensive campaign.

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Why TikTok Faces a U.S. Ban, and What’s Next?

The short-form video app lost a challenge to a law that will ban TikTok in the United States if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell to a non-Chinese company. It has pledged to appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Trump’s Treasury Pick Isn’t Alarming, but He Is Unusual

Some of Scott Bessent’s economic views are outside the mainstream. But at least he’s qualified.

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What to Know About Ghana’s Election

Ghanaians voting on Saturday are confronted with a choice familiar to Americans: Return a one-term former president to office, or promote the vice president, at a time when anger over the economy is widespread.

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How Childhood Tragedy Shaped the Doctor Trump Picked for Surgeon General

At the age of 13, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat said she accidentally knocked over a box in a darkened room. A handgun went off, leaving her father dead.

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Agriculture Department to Require Testing of U.S. Milk Supply for Bird Flu Virus

The new rules call for testing unpasteurized milk from dairies across the country and for farm owners to provide details that would help officials identify and track cases more easily.

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As India-Bangladesh Tensions Rise, So Do Fears of Tit-for-Tat Violence

A diplomatic dispute over claims of persecution of Bangladeshi Hindus threatens to upend Bangladesh’s interim government.

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The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms

It echoes another era of extreme inequality and extreme violence.

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