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Don’t Call It a Bachelor Pad. TikTok Says It’s a ‘Boy Apartment.’

Men with meticulously curated homes are going viral on TikTok, changing the way people think about male living habits.

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How the Right and the MAHA Movement Have Co-opted ‘Crunchy’

Once, eating whole foods and avoiding toxins was associated with a lefty worldview. Now, being a “crunchy mom” is more often about “health freedom.”

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The Once Booming Drug Town Going Bust Under Taliban Rule

Funding its war against the United States, the Taliban reaped millions from boom towns trading opium, heroin and meth. Victorious, the group crushed the trade, leaving ghost towns in its wake.

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Why Optimism for a Cease-Fire in Gaza Is Rising

The pace of peace talks has picked up, pushed by multiple factors, including wars in Lebanon and Syria that have seriously weakened Hamas’s allies and the election victory of Donald J. Trump.

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Who Will Be New Jersey’s Next Governor? It’s Wide Open.

At least 10 candidates are vying for attention in the competitive race, including two mayors, a far-right radio host and a former state senator known as “Ed the Trucker.”

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Suspect in Russian General’s Killing Detained Outside of Moscow

The suspect, a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, confessed to planting the bomb that killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov in Moscow, a spokeswoman for Russian prosecutors said.

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Seth Meyers Ridicules Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Workout Fashion

Reports said Kennedy exercised at a gym in jeans and hiking boots. “If you think that’s weird, wait until you hear every single other thing about him,” Meyers said.

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Pentagon Repatriates Malaysian Prisoners Who Pleaded Guilty to War Crimes

The prisoners were airlifted from Guantánamo Bay in a secret operation nearly a year after they admitted to serving as foot soldiers for the accused Indonesian terrorist leader Hambali.

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U.S. Agrees to Pay $116 Million to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims at California Prison

Lawyers for the victims said it was the largest deal of its kind reached with the federal Bureau of Prisons.

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U.K. Police Chiefs Were Too Slow to Respond to Summer Riots, Report Says

Police leaders waited too long — three days — to trigger a national mobilization to tackle the anti-immigrant violence that broke out in Britain this year, a report found.

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A 7-Eleven Heir’s $50 Billion Fight to Keep the Company in the Family

A battle for control of the chain shows how traditional business models embraced by family owners are clashing with a more shareholder-centric approach.

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Trump Picks Herschel Walker to Be Ambassador to the Bahamas

The president-elect tapped the former football star for the job two years after a failed run for a Senate seat in Georgia.

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House Republicans Call for Liz Cheney to Be Investigated Over Jan. 6 Committee Role

Ms. Cheney defended her work on the select committee in a detailed statement, and called the report “a malicious and cowardly assault on the truth.”

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Tax Preparer Known as ‘the Magician’ Bilked I.R.S. Out of $145 Million

A businessman in the Bronx falsified information on thousands of returns, committing one of the largest tax frauds in Department of Justice history, prosecutors said.

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Congressional Leaders Unveil Short-Term Spending Bill Tied to Disaster Aid

What started out as a simple stopgap measure to avert a shutdown for a few months became a magnet for more than $100 billion in emergency disaster and farm aid, plus a host of unrelated policy measures.

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Biden Administration Running Out of Time to Send Allocated Aid to Ukraine

Senior officials discussed U.S. plans to announce additional support for Ukraine, and spoke about casualties among North Korean troops sent to help Russia.

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Trump Mines Fraught Moment in Canadian Politics

The president-elect’s threat to impose major tariffs on Canadian goods and other pointed comments have tapped into a treacherous moment in domestic politics.

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Honda and Nissan Are in Talks to Deepen Ties and Possibly Merge

The automakers, Japan’s second and third largest, are said to be discussing a tie-up that could reshape the country’s industry.

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Done With Never Trump

There’s plenty to dislike and fear about Trump, but Never Trumpers overstated our case, defeating our purpose.

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How Elon Musk and Taylor Swift Can Resolve U.S.-China Relations

Trump will face a new China this time, one whose advanced manufacturing muscles have exploded in size, sophistication and quantity.

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George Santos, Disgraced Former Congressman, Still Wants Your Attention

After his lies and expulsion from Congress, and before his sentencing in February, George Santos chases the limelight with a party and a podcast.

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Sherrod Brown Signs Off in the Senate. For Now.

Ohio’s senior Democratic senator told colleagues that despite his defeat, he was not done with politics just yet.

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New Travel Protections For Passengers Flying With Wheelchairs

The Transportation Department has expanded the rights of airline passengers with mobility disabilities. The first changes will go into effect next month.

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Trump Mines Fraught Moment in Canadian Politics

The president-elect’s threat to impose major tariffs on Canadian goods and other pointed comments have tapped into a treacherous moment in domestic politics.

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Ukraine Said It Assassinated a Russian General in Moscow

Also, Elon Musk and SpaceX face national security reviews. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Gun Violence Around Schools Has Risen Since the Pandemic

But mass shootings remain a rare occurrence. Only a small fraction of the nation’s nearly 130,000 schools report gun incidents each year.

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Limits on Aid to Syria Threaten to Worsen the Country’s Humanitarian Crisis

Major obstacles could stymie Syria’s new leaders as they struggle to find some footing and improve the country’s living conditions.

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Trump Accuses Juror of Misconduct in New Move to Overturn Hush-Money Conviction

The president-elect’s latest attempt to overturn his Manhattan conviction was rebuffed by the judge overseeing the case, who called it “mere hearsay and conjecture.”

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Video Captures Blast That Killed Russian General Igor Kirillov

A video clip that recorded the assassination of Igor Kirillov, a high-ranking general, gives a few clues about the power and the placement of the explosive device.

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Luigi Mangione Charged With Murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing

A grand jury formally indicted Luigi Mangione in the killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare.

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