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Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab

Meta is making its first major minority investment in an outside company as it tries to catch up to a growing field of artificial intelligence rivals.

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Trump Steel Tariffs Expand to Hit Home Appliances Like Refrigerators and Dishwashers

The move is one of the first times this year that consumer products were specifically targeted with higher import taxes.

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House Approves $9 Billion in Funding Cuts Affecting NPR, PBS and Foreign Aid

The legislation, requested by the White House, would codify spending cuts pursued by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

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Owner of Dominican Club Whose Roof Collapsed Is Charged With Involuntary Homicide

After the collapse killed 236 people, an employee came forward with evidence the owners had been warned the roof posed a danger.

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Judge Signals Doubt About Trump’s Use of National Guard to Deal With Protesters

But Judge Charles Breyer also suggested he was unlikely at this point to restrict the use of active-duty Marines in California.

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After Abrego Garcia’s Deportation, a Maryland Pastor Regrets Supporting Trump

Most Americans have continued to support President Trump's push for deportations, but there are some early signs of cracks in his Latino support.

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Brian Wilson and Beach Boys’ Style Showed What California Living Looked Like

In Pendleton shirts and khakis, Mr. Wilson and the Beach Boys showed the world what easy Southern California living looked like.

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California Opens Investigation Into State Farm

The state’s insurance regulator says the volume of complaints against the company following this year’s catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles prompted the inquiry.

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Why the Pro-Palestinian Movement Is Featured at Some Immigration Protests

The forces stirring action on the streets this week have been led by labor groups. But the voices at some rallies represent a wide range of causes.

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Calif. Senator Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed After Interrupting Noem

Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was shoved out of a room and handcuffed after he disrupted Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, during a news conference.

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In Some Ozempic Households, the Weight Loss is Contagious

Patients taking the drugs are finding their families are benefiting, too.

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Air India Crash Survivor: ‘I Don’t Know How I Am Alive’

Viswash Kumar Ramesh, 38, who sustained multiple injuries, a doctor said, was the only passenger out of 242 people on board the plane to walk away.

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One Person Survived a Fiery Plane Crash in India

Also, federal agents handcuffed a senator and forced him to the floor. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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A Timeline of Iran and Israel’s Recent Attacks

Officials in the U.S. and Europe believe that Israel may be preparing another strike on Iran, even as nuclear talks between Washington and Tehran continue.

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Hundreds Dead in Air India Plane Crash

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. Dozens more on the ground perished as the plane exploded on the campus of a medical college.

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Trump Administration Sues New York Over Law Barring ICE From Courthouses

State lawmakers passed the ban in 2020 when President Trump in his first term escalated arrests of undocumented immigrants at state and local courts.

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Father Charged in Death of 2-Year-Old Boy Found in NYC’s East River

On Wednesday, police divers pulled the body of Montrell Williams from the East River.

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Chaos at Site of Air India Plane Crash

“We didn’t know what to do — it was like our brains stopped working,” said one intern who escaped the building after an Air India jet crashed, killing at least 260 people.

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Trump’s New ‘Apprentice’ Boardroom: The Oval Office

The stately room has long been a site of diplomacy. But the reality-star president often does not come there to make friends.

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G.O.P. Senators Want Fewer Cuts to Food Aid, Teeing Up a Fight with the House

Republicans whose constituents rely on nutritional assistance worry that cuts to those programs approved by the House will saddle their states with huge costs and harm low-income children.

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Brian Wilson Wrote the California Dream, but He Didn’t Live It

An artist nearly synonymous with Los Angeles made his name crafting songs playing up his home state’s beachy vibes. His inner life, however, was anything but sunny.

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Trump’s Immigration P.R. Campaign Enters a New Militarized Phase

The government’s visuals appear intended to persuade migrants without legal status to leave the country, while also making clear the administration will not tolerate resistance.

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Soaring Temperatures Threaten Crops, So Scientists Are Looking to Alter the Plants

Genetically altering crops may be key to helping them adapt to extreme temperatures. But shrinking funds and social acceptance stand in the way.

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Elizabeth Warren: Trump Is Right About This One Thing

The debt ceiling is a political cudgel that serves no economic function. It’s time to abolish it.

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How the 2020 George Floyd Protests Are Haunting Democrats in 2025

No longer demanding cuts to police budgets or straining to show solidarity with protesters, Democrats are taking a far more cautious approach.

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A Night Out for Trump at the Theater, With a Pocket of Dissent

Opening night of “Les Misérables” was meant to celebrate the president’s takeover of the Kennedy Center. But he also was forced to encounter his critics.

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What Caused the Air India Plane Crash?

Safety experts said investigators would be looking at why and how the plane started descending during its take off.

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Flights Grounded at Boston’s Logan Airport After JetBlue Plane Rolls Off Runway

A ground stop was in place at the airport, its operator said, after a JetBlue plane veered into a grassy area after landing. There were no injuries, an official said.

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Russian Scientist Released After Four Months in Federal Custody

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, still faces criminal charges for failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her suitcase.

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A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres.

Senate Republicans want to sell the land to build more housing in the West, but the idea is contentious even within their own party.

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