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Oil Prices Slide Further on Plans to Increase Supply

U.S. oil prices fell to around $56 a barrel after the OPEC Plus cartel said it would bring more oil to market.

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Trump Says He Will Put 100% Tariff on Movies Made Outside U.S.

Declaring foreign film production a national security threat, the president said he had asked his top trade official to start the process of imposing a tax on Hollywood.

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Trump Says He Asked Mexico to Let U.S. Military In to Fight Cartels

President Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had raised the idea with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum, who rejected it.

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Romanian Nationalist Wins First Round of Presidential Voting

George Simion bucked a recent trend of voters around the world punishing candidates seen as friendly to President Trump.

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A New Trend in Global Elections: The Anti-Trump Bump

In voting in Canada and Australia, right-wing parties that borrowed from the MAGA playbook were punished. Elsewhere, President Trump is having a more complex impact.

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College Assistant Admissions Director Charged With Attempted Sex Trafficking

The authorities arrested Jacob Henriques, 29, after he had tried to solicit prospective and admitted students for sex, the Justice Department said. He worked for Emmanuel College in Boston.

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Will Hutchins, Gentle Cowboy Lawman in ‘Sugarfoot,’ Dies at 94

He starred in one of the westerns that dominated TV in the late 1950s. After losing traction in Hollywood, he became a traveling clown.

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80 Years After Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation, Witnesses Remember

The anniversary of the end of the Nazi era comes at a pivotal time for Germans. The last of the survivors, liberators and perpetrators are dying, as the far right is becoming more established.

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Justice Dept. Investigates Minnesota Prosecutor Office Over Race Policy

The department’s civil rights division said it was investigating the Hennepin County prosecutor’s office over a policy telling staff members to be mindful of “racial disparities” in plea negotiations.

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Highlights of Warren Buffett’s Life

Mr. Buffett, 94, was crowned the “Oracle of Omaha” because of smart investments he made as the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway. He also made some mistakes.

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Trump Says ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked About Due Process and Upholding Constitution

President Trump repeatedly said he didn’t know when asked in a TV interview whether every person on American soil was entitled to due process, as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.

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How Warren Buffett Changed the Way Investors Thought of Investing

The idea of “value investing” had long existed. But no one did it as successfully or for as long as he did.

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Days Before Conclave, Cardinals in Rome Pitch Messages to the Pews

Some papal contenders offered hints in Sunday Masses at what kind of pope they might want, or want to be.

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Cora Sue Collins, a Busy Child Actress in the 1930s, Dies at 98

She was in films with Greta Garbo, who became a friend, and Myrna Loy, Bette Davis and others. She ended her career after being sexually harassed.

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Trump Plays Down Talk of a Third Term, Backing Vance and Rubio

President Trump, who has frequently raised the idea of pursuing a third term in defiance of the Constitution, told “Meet the Press” that his vice president and his secretary of state were potential successors.

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Designers Do a Double Take at the Lettering on Pope Francis’ Tombstone

Irregularly spaced letters spelling “F R A NCISC VS” have caused a stir among typography nerds who specialize in spacing and fonts. One called them “an abomination unto design.”

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More American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine

A Patriot air-defense system is moving from Israel to Ukraine, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of getting Germany or Greece to send another.

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‘Believing’ and Belonging

We look at how people are searching for belonging.

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British Police Arrest Iranian Nationals in Counterterrorism Investigations

Seven Iranians were among eight men arrested in two investigations. Some of the detained were accused of preparing a terrorist attack on an unnamed site.

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At Least One Dead, Multiple Injured in Houston Shootings

Police said the incident occurred at a family barbecue in the southeastern part of the city when an uninvited guest began shooting.

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I Finally Have the Husband I Want, Now That He’s 66

Sometimes I wonder, “Why did we have to wait this long?”

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These Thinkers Set the Stage for Trump the All-Powerful

The administration reaches back to a European tradition of right-wing thought that favors explicitly monarchical and even dictatorial rule.

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What Effect Did Trump Have on Australia’s Election

The global turmoil wreaked by President Trump’s policies made him a factor in the election, bolstering the re-election of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Israel’s Total Blockade of Gaza Has Created ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions, Doctors Say

The effect of Israel’s total siege has become “catastrophic,” doctors say. Food, water and medicine shortages are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths.

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A Conclave Like No Other

More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a precarious time for the church.

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A Popemobile Used by Pope Francis Will Become a Mobile Clinic in Gaza

In his last months, Pope Francis blessed an effort to transform the vehicle he used when he visited the West Bank in 2014 into a mobile health clinic to treat Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.

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Who Is Gregory Abel, Warren Buffett’s Successor?

Mr. Buffett won renown and made billions as one of the most successful stock pickers of all time. Mr. Abel’s strengths lie more in running businesses.

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Francis Opened Discussions to Those Outside the Church Hierarchy. This Cardinal Would, Too

Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for his role as the secretary general of an advisory body of bishops.

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Trump Battles Universities, but Especially Harvard and the Ivy League

Beyond the politics is a brew of resentment and reverence that the president, an Ivy League graduate himself, has long harbored for a club that has never accepted him.

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Biden Aides Decided Against a Cognitive Test in Early 2024, Book Says

His White House advisers considered giving him such a test to prove his fitness for a second term, but they worried it would draw new attention to his age, according to a forthcoming book.

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