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SEIU Local 721 Workers Go on Strike in Los Angeles

The nation’s most populous county was already juggling legal liabilities, wildfire costs and threats to federal funding. Now its largest union is holding a 48-hour strike.

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Dramatic Video Shows a Speedboat Flipping Through the Air at 200 M.P.H.

A widely shared video of the Desert Storm Race on Lake Havasu in Arizona over the weekend showed the high performance boat flying through the air, doing flips.

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Harvard Promises Changes After Reports on Antisemitism and Islamophobia

The two reports, which run hundreds of pages, come at a difficult time for the university, which is suing the Trump administration over federal funding cuts.

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Trump Fires Biden Appointees, Including Doug Emhoff, From Holocaust Museum

“Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized,” Mr. Emhoff said in reaction to the removal of him and senior Biden White House officials from the board that oversees the museum.

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How Trump May Unintentionally Cut Carbon Emissions

Despite his administration’s lack of concern about climate change, a recession would give the atmosphere a break. At least in the short term.

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Illinois Town Grieves After Car Slams Through Building, Killing 4 Young People

The car veered off a road and through a field, crashing into a center where children were cared for after school. The dead ranged in age from 7 to 18.

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Mellon Foundation Announces $15 Million for Humanities Councils

The emergency funding came after the National Endowment for the Humanities canceled most existing grants, part of a pivot toward President Trump’s priorities.

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Mosque Killing Puts French View of Muslims Under Scrutiny

The victim was stabbed dozens of times last Friday while he was praying, and critics say officials were slow to call it a bias crime or show concern.

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Weinstein Accuser Tells Her Story of Coerced Sex for a Second Time

Miriam Haley, one of three women who prosecutors say were victims of Harvey Weinstein, testified at his retrial in Manhattan.

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Supreme Court Considers Suit Over F.B.I.’s Raid of the Wrong House

The legal questions were tangled, but some justices seemed incredulous at a government lawyer’s defense of a botched operation involving a battering ram and a flash-bang grenade.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings

The media organization said that the White House emailed three of the company’s five directors on Monday, telling them that their positions had been terminated.

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A Mother and Father Were Deported Under Trump. But What Happened to Their Daughter?

The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.

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Retailers Fear Toy Shortages at Christmas as Tariffs Freeze Supply Chain

Toy makers and stores are freezing holiday orders, predicting shortages and higher prices. Some are consulting bankruptcy lawyers, fearing their firms won’t survive.

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Power Outage in Spain and Portugal Creates a Day of Confusion

Even as electricity was restored across Spain and Portugal after a daylong blackout, residents tried to make sense of 18 hours of the “insanity.”

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Beyoncé Cowboy Carter Tour Review; The Star Remixes American History, and Her Own

The superstar’s new stage show turns reclamation, personal and musical, into joyful extravaganza.

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U.S. Eases Ban for Diplomats at Vietnam War Anniversary

The administration had said that no senior U.S. envoys could attend the events marking 50 years after the war’s end. On Tuesday, the U.S. consul general was seen at a reception for the anniversary.

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White House Attacks Amazon Over Idea of Showing Tariffs’ Cost

The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, attacked the retail giant over a report that suggested Amazon would highlight tariff-related price increases. Amazon said it was “not going to happen.”

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A Lawmaker Blasted a Hospital’s Super Bowl Ad. Then He Changed His Tune.

NYU Langone Health aired a commercial showcasing its doctors during the Super Bowl. A North Carolina congressman wondered if it was a waste of money.

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Ted Kaczynski’s Brother Wrote Him For Decades to Explain Why He Turned Him In

Ted Kaczynski, whose anti-tech rants are finding a new generation of readers, shunned the brother who called the F.B.I. in an effort to halt his campaign of violence.

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Torture and Secret C.I.A. Prisons Haunt 9/11 Case in Judge’s Ruling

Prosecutors have said they will appeal the decision, although they lost a similar appeal this year.

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Adidas Warns Sneakers Will Cost More in the U.S. as Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect

The chief of the German sportswear giant said that unpredictability surrounding the tariffs prevented the company from issuing a full-year forecast, but he predicted a price increase for American consumers.

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Trump Travels to Michigan to Mark 100 Days in Office

President Trump is trying to show his commitment to U.S. manufacturing at a moment when many are growing dissatisfied with his economic agenda.

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Deporting Americans?

Plus, the latest on the rising tensions between India and Pakistan.

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G.M. Withdraws Profit Forecast as Trump Tariffs Take a Toll

General Motors also said its profit in the first three months of the year fell 7 percent from a year earlier.

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Mark Carney Wins New Term as Canada’s Prime Minister on Anti-Trump Platform

The election was dominated by Mr. Trump and his relentless focus on Canada. Pierre Poilievre, the opposition leader, lost the seat he had held for 20 years.

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The Secret Deals Behind Trump’s Crypto Firm, and a Revenge Porn Ban

Plus, let’s hear your best sea gull.

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Cardinal Who Threatened to Crash the Conclave Now Says He Won’t

The Vatican said that Francis had stripped a convicted cardinal, Angelo Becciu, of his right to vote for the next pope. Cardinal Becciu maintains his innocence but said he would sit this one out.

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Pierre Poilievre, Canada’s Opposition Leader, Loses Seat in Parliament

It was a stunning upset for the Conservative Party leader, who was first elected in 2004.

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Canada Election: What to Know About Mark Carney and Liberals’ Win

The former central banker successfully convinced voters that he was the right candidate to confront President Trump’s trade war and threats to annex the country.

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Finnish Leader Warns Russia: ‘You Don’t Play With President Trump’

President Alexander Stubb of Finland, who has become an interlocutor in peace talks, says in an interview he doesn’t want Ukraine to suffer the same fate his country once endured.

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