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Alternate Juror at the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: ‘I Understand’ the Verdict

A Manhattan man who did not deliberate but heard all 28 days of testimony said in an interview that he was not persuaded by the prosecution’s case.

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Explaining the Roll Cloud Spotted in Portugal This Week

A “roll cloud” spotted off the coast of Portugal looked like something out of a movie. Here’s the science behind it.

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Michael Madsen, Actor Known for ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Kill Bill,’ Dies at 67

He had the air of a throwback actor, a timeless Hollywood heavy who seemed to have stepped out of a 1940s film noir.

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Trump and Putin Discuss Iran and Ukraine in Phone Call

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A Potential Tropical Depression Brings Heavy Rain To Florida

The National Hurricane Center is tracking a “disturbance” that could intensify in the coming days.

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Appeals Court Lets Trump Remove Another Democrat From Independent Agency

The ruling cited a Supreme Court decision in May that allowed President Trump to sideline Democratic appointees from several other nonpartisan agencies.

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‘Trump Has Betrayed His Working-Class Voters’: What Our Conservative Writers Really Think of Trump’s Bill

Seven writers on the best and worst provisions in Trump’s bill.

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Top Russian General Killed in ‘Combat Operations’ Near Ukraine

Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov, promoted to deputy head of the Russian Navy just a few months earlier, died in an apparent Ukrainian strike.

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Extreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe

Power plant operators in Switzerland and France idled reactors so that discharged cooling water would not harm wildlife in already-hot rivers.

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Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Sentenced to Life in Assassination Plot

Edward Kelley had been convicted of plotting to kill the law enforcement officers who had investigated his case.

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E.P.A. Puts 144 Employees on Leave for Signing Letter Criticizing Trump

The letter had accused the Trump administration of politicizing, dismantling and sidelining the agency.

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‘The Old Guard 2’ Review: Uma Thurman vs. Charlize Theron

Uma Thurman joins the expanded cast in this sure-footed sequel to the action blockbuster about a team of immortal heroes.

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Hiring Held Steady in June as Employers Added 147,000 Jobs

The strength of the labor market suggests that the economy remains robust despite uncertainty caused by President Trump’s tariffs and geopolitical turmoil.

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In Europe, Economists See a Chance to Rise on the Global Stage

Central bankers who gathered in Portugal this week focused on ways that Europe could improve its competitiveness with the United States and China.

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They Planned Parties and Salsa Music for July 4th. ICE Raids Made Them Think Twice.

Some communities in the Los Angeles region canceled events over fears of immigration raids, as Latinos grapple with how, and whether, to celebrate Independence Day.

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4 Dead, 14 Injured in Chicago Shooting Outside River North Lounge

Gunfire from a passing car ripped into a crowd of clubgoers in the River North neighborhood, the police said.

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Solid Jobs Report Keeps Fed Rate Cuts at Bay

The latest labor market data reinforces the central bank’s wait-and-see approach to lowering borrowing costs, despite pressure from President Trump.

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Will Politics Derail America’s 250th Birthday Bash?

This week, President Trump will start the countdown to next summer’s Semiquincentennial with an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Not everyone wants to wave the flag his way.

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The Diddy Trial Is Over But My Mind Is Still Racing

But my mind is still racing.

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How Trump’s China Tariffs Are Jeopardizing America’s Fireworks Extravaganzas

The pyrotechnics industry relies heavily on Chinese fireworks imports and warns that this could be the last big bang Fourth of July.

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July 4 Weather Forecast Shows Heat and Storms Across the US

“Ideal” conditions are expected in the Northeast, but Florida and the Carolinas are warily eyeing a potential tropical system.

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Patricia Peterson, Innovative Fashion Editor at The Times, Dies at 99

She oversaw fashion coverage beginning in 1957, when hemlines made headlines. She later made groundbreaking ads for Henri Bendel with her photographer husband, Gösta Peterson.

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Mr. Big Is Alive and Well and Married in Vermont

The real-life inspiration for the famous toxic bachelor on “Sex and the City” left the Big Apple for the Green Mountain state.

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases Involving Transgender Athletes

The court announced it would hear challenges to state laws barring transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.

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E.P.A. Employees Are Invited to Adopt Soon-to-Be Homeless Lab Rats

The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.

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Jeffries Passes 4-Hour Mark in House Speech Opposing Trump’s Policy Bill

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, delayed a final House vote with an impassioned speech, saying he would take his “sweet time” assailing the measure.

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Tourists Evacuated as Crete Wildfire Spreads

Most of those fleeing the blaze were tourists as firefighters struggled against heavy winds to bring the flames under control.

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​North Korea Beach Resort Opens With Fanfare but No Foreigners

The Kalma Beach resort town, one of Kim Jong-un’s most ambitious projects aimed at attracting foreign tourists, may not draw the waves of visitors he wants.

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Trump’s Task as He Heads to Iowa: Selling His Bill to the American Public

President Trump has spent days cajoling Republicans to support his spending bill. He will also have to sell it to the public as Democrats focus on all the ways it helps the wealthy.

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Trump Wants the World to Squeeze Out China. He’s Starting With Vietnam.

An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.

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