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Sudden Loss of Undocumented Workers Threw Tech Supplier Into Upheaval

Jabil says it required “herculean efforts” to replace employees from a staffing agency. Other businesses are bracing for “an enforcement storm” under President-elect Trump.

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Subway Surfing’s Deadly Lure in New York City

For more than a century, people have climbed on top of moving trains in search of a thrill. Now social media has attracted a new generation of daredevils.

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Mayor Adams Is Denied Public Money for His Re-election Campaign

The New York City Campaign Finance Board voted to withhold as much as $4.3 million in matching funds from Mayor Eric Adams, hampering his re-election bid.

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Letby’s Lawyers Seek Appeal After Lead Expert ‘Changed Mind’ on Murders

Lawyers for Lucy Letby, a British nurse found guilty of the murders of seven babies, said that new evidence about the prosecution’s lead witness undermined the case against her.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Prompting Snap Election

Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote, deepening the political turbulence in one of the continent’s most powerful economies.

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Is Mikhail Baryshnikov the Last of the Highbrow Superstars?

Fifty years since he left the Soviet Union, he insists on using his huge fame to bring attention to difficult, esoteric art.

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Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister, Resigns From Cabinet

The departure of Ms. Freeland came hours before she was scheduled to outline the government’s commitments to improve border security with the United States.

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Bashar al-Assad appears to give his first account of leaving Syria.

a statement posted to the facebook account once used by president assad when he was in office

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A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.

Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue. Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the same.

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Syria’s New Leadership Takes Early Steps Toward Legitimacy

A little over a week after taking power, the rebel alliance that led the overthrow of the Assad regime has begun to receive diplomats in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

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With This MoMA Artist, the Painting Does the Talking

Marlon Mullen’s show at the Museum of Modern Art, the first by a developmentally disabled artist, speaks volumes.

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A Chaotic Start

We cover the people who will surround Donald Trump in his second term.

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Israel Carries Out Heavy Strikes on Syria’s Coast, Monitor Says

Overnight strikes targeted former army positions, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor. Israel has said it aims to keep military equipment away from extremists.

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Trump’s Media Lawsuit Threats, and Injuries at Amazon Under Scrutiny

Plus, a troubling trend in American schools.

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Amazon Disregarded Internal Warnings on Injuries, Senate Investigation Claims

A staff report by the Senate labor committee, led by Bernie Sanders, uncovered evidence of internal concern about high injury rates at the e-commerce giant.

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Fears of Humanitarian Crisis on Mayotte After Tropical Cyclone Chido

The official death toll so far is 14, but there are fears that the number killed in the French territory by Tropical Cyclone Chido could be much higher.

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South Korea’s Impeachment Crisis Strains Its Alliance with the U.S

President Yoon Suk Yeol shifted his country closer to Washington and stood up to Beijing. But that foreign policy could be recalibrated in the future.

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Trading Places, Presidential Edition

Trump and Biden are in transition.

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Why America’s Kurdish Allies Are Under Threat in a New Syria

The Kurds helped the United States contain the Islamic State. Now they fear a resurgent Turkey that has long considered them an adversary. Here’s a guide.

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A Mild Defense of Lara Trump

The Senate takes itself seriously, but its members aren’t always public-servant all-stars.

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With This MoMA Artist, the Painting Does the Talking

Marlon Mullen’s show at the Museum of Modern Art, the first by a developmentally disabled artist, speaks volumes.

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Guillaume Diop, Paris Opera Ballet’s First Black Etoile, Is Lighting Up the Stage

Guillaume Diop has reached the highest level in the Paris Opera Ballet. He has also become a fashion-world darling and a symbol of a more diverse France.

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Alaska in Winter: A Playground of Ice and Snow

Juneau, a popular cruise port in summer, becomes a deal-seeker’s base for skiing, skating, hiking and glacier-gazing in winter.

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Jerome Powell and the Fed Head for Another Collision with Trump

Rates may not come down as much or as quickly as had been expected, just as Trump — a self-declared “low-rate guy” — returns to the White House.

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Chappell Roan, Kai Cenat, Shannon Sharpe Are Among Our Breakout Stars of 2024

Across the arts world, these 10 performers broke away from the pack this year by channeling guts and grit into their work.

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How Empower Has Become Uber’s Rival in Washington D.C.

A company called Empower is trying to take on Uber, Lyft and local regulators as it piles up fines and draws new passengers to its service.

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Seeking Relief From Brain Injury, Some Veterans Turn to Psychedelics

Unable to find effective treatments at home, veterans with brain-injury symptoms are going abroad for plant-based psychedelics like ibogaine that are illegal in the U.S.

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‘Bali Nine’ Drug Smugglers Return to Australia

The men were the last Australians still imprisoned in Indonesia for trying to smuggle heroin in 2005, in a case that became a diplomatic flashpoint between the countries.

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Four Scenarios for Ukraine’s Endgame

The war is entering what could be its final phase. What happens next?

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Myanmar’s War Has Pushed Doctors and Nurses Into Prostitution

Nearly four years into a grinding civil conflict, the economy is in ruins, and people — even professionals with degrees — are desperate.

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