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Kansas Lawmakers Override Veto of Ban on Transition Care for Minors

Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, had vetoed the bill, but the Republican-controlled Legislature overwhelmingly supported it, following the lead of other conservative states.

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U.S. and Russia Pursue Closer Ties

Also, Mayor Eric Adams faces political peril. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded.

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.

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Vance’s Munich Disgrace

The vice president’s speech was a monument of arrogance based on a foundation of hypocrisy.

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Why Trump’s Bullying Is Going to Backfire

The scariest thing about what President Trump is doing with his tariffs-for-all strategy is that he has no clue what he is doing.

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Adams Taps Close Associate for Top Public Safety Job

The deputy police commissioner, Kaz Daughtry, replaces Chauncey Parker, a veteran prosecutor and law enforcement administrator who announced his resignation amid City Hall turmoil.

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What to Know About Leonard Peltier, Activist Released From Prison by Biden

Mr. Peltier’s murder conviction and two life sentences, stemming from a 1975 shootout with F.B.I. agents on a reservation, have been widely criticized.

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Zelensky Lashes Out at Trump for Excluding Ukrainians From Peace Talks

Left out of a meeting between American and Saudi officials, the Ukrainian leader also canceled a trip to Riyadh.

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Court Rules Against Andrew Cuomo’s Attempt to Dismantle Ethics Panel

New York’s highest court rejected the former governor’s push to undermine an ethics commission that had been investigating a $5.1 million book deal he received for a memoir.

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Bibas Children, Symbols of Hostage Crisis, to Come Home Dead, Hamas Says

Hamas said it would turn over the bodies of the boys, Ariel Bibas and his baby brother, Kfir, and their mother. Israel was expected to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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RSF Announces Plans for Breakaway Government in Sudan

Amid reports of new atrocities by their troops in Sudan, leaders of the Rapid Support Forces were cheered at an elaborate political event in Kenya.

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Family Files Claims Against U.S. for Washington Plane Crash

The filings over the collision of an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter last month appear to be the first such claim and signal the start of a long legal fight.

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Trump’s Revenge Now Includes His Takeover of the Kennedy Center

What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more country music.

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Native American Activist Leonard Peltier Released From Prison

Mr. Peltier was convicted in the killing of two F.B.I. agents. An order from former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will allow him to serve his remaining time under home confinement.

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Nike and Kim Kardashian to Launch ‘NikeSkims’ Brand in the Spring

The Skims founder will enter into a rare business deal with the sports apparel company.

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A Lonely Holdout Where Republicans Still Resist Trump: Utah

Bolstered by Mormon voters’ distaste for MAGA politics, the center-right is trying to reassert itself in a ruby-red state.

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Arctic Air Could Bring Dangerous Temperatures to Parts of the U.S.

And a winter storm could dump up to a foot of snow from the Central Plains to the East Coast.

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They’ve Been Waiting Years to Go Public. They’re Still Waiting.

Some tech companies are delaying or pulling their listing plans as the Trump administration’s tariff announcements and other changes cause market volatility and uncertainty.

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Hamas Says Remains of Israeli Captives Will Be Handed Over on Thursday

The militant group’s chief negotiator also said Hamas would increase the number of living hostages it would release on Saturday to six from three.

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Alexander Brothers Face More Lawsuits Accusing Them of Sexual Assault

Tal Alexander and Oren Alexander, once top real estate brokers, and their brother Alon Alexander are currently in jail awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.

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Pope Francis Will Miss Mass on Sunday Because of Poor Health

The Vatican said the pontiff, who is in the hospital with a “respiratory tract infection,” was resting and had eaten breakfast and read newspapers “as he usually does.”

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A Disagreement on Tariffs

We explain two competing views.

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Plane Flips Over in Toronto, and Migrants Trapped in Panama Hotel

Plus, meat raffles: like bingo, but with beef.

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Large Fire Erupts at Industrial Complex in Pennsylvania, Closing Schools

The building was evacuated and nobody was injured, the police said, but heavy smoke and the possibility of burning chemicals led officials to close local schools.

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When a Journey Home to Israeli-Occupied Lebanon Becomes Deadly

Thousands uprooted by the war in Lebanon have been unable to reach southern towns occupied by Israel, but some have tried anyway. For one man, the journey was deadly.

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C.I.A. Expands Secret Drone Flights Over Mexico

The covert program, begun during the Biden administration and stepped up by President Trump, is hunting for the location of fentanyl labs.

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Farewell, Justice Department Independence

I was ousted as a U.S. attorney for political reasons. The lessons we learned have been discarded.

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Under Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Some Migrants Are Being Sent to Panama

The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.

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Elon Musk Is Leading a ‘Hostile Takeover of the Federal Government’

His mandate under President Trump “truly is unprecedented in U.S. history.”

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The Gene That Made Mice Squeak Strangely

A new study suggests that the NOVA1 gene may have been a key player in the evolution of human language.

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