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India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say
President Trump said last week that he would punish India if it did not cut off Russian oil imports, but he did not specify what the penalty might be.
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State cannabis regulators suddenly changed a rule governing how close dispensaries can be to schools, upending dozens of owners’ plans.
New York Times Top StoriesJudges Keep Restrictions on Los Angeles Immigration Arrests
An appellate panel upheld a finding that federal agents appeared to rely exclusively on race and other factors, such as speaking Spanish, in making arrests.
New York Times Top StoriesA Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds
An Oxford museum’s collection of objects taken from the Naga people includes human remains. What to do with them now is not a simple matter.
New York Times Top StoriesFlaco Jiménez, 86, Grammy-Winning Master of the Tex-Mex Accordion, Dies
Fusing traditional Tejano sounds with blues, rock and country, he recorded with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Ry Cooder.
New York Times Top StoriesJeannie Seely, Who Pushed Boundaries and Broke Hearts at the Grand Ole Opry, Dies at 85
She blazed a trail for women in country music with the candor of her songs and her bold fashion sense. She was also the first woman to host a segment on the Opry.
New York Times Top StoriesContractor Arrested in Connection With Death of Alabama 3-Year-Old in Hot Car
The child, who was in foster care, died on July 22 after being left in a vehicle. A contractor for the state’s Human Resources Department was charged with a felony on Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesAppeals Court Allows Trump Order That Ends Union Protections for Federal Workers
A famously liberal circuit court ruled in President Trump’s favor, authorizing a component of his sweeping effort to assert more control over the federal bureaucracy.
New York Times Top StoriesSenate Passes Its First Spending Bills, but Battles Lie Ahead
Overwhelming bipartisan passage of $506 billion in federal funding masked a bigger fight ahead over funding the rest of the government before a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.
New York Times Top StoriesArmy Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash
Light pollution from Washington, and even the passenger jet’s dim lights, might have contributed to difficulties spotting American Airlines Flight 5342 before the two aircraft collided on Jan. 29, Army experts said.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter D.C. Plane Crash, Air Traffic Controllers Were Not Tested for Alcohol
The F.A.A. has since been training on-call specialists to be snappier about administering alcohol and drug tests after a serious incident, an official said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Damaging Decision to Fire the B.L.S. Commissioner
The way the Bureau of Labor Statistics produces data is widely trusted. Firing the commissioner is damaging to that trust.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Fires BLS Commissioner, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged’
Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Is California So Chilly This Summer?
It’s been so cold in San Francisco, painters on the Golden Gate Bridge had to break out heaters.
New York Times Top Stories4 Dead in Anaconda, Montana, Bar Shooting; Police Search for Gunman
The police in Anaconda, Mont., identified the suspect and warned that he was believed to be armed.
New York Times Top StoriesNewsom Wants to Gerrymander California. Schwarzenegger May Disagree.
As governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state’s nonpartisan redistricting system. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pause it to help Democrats.
New York Times Top StoriesMichael Cardozo, 84, New York City’s Longest-Serving Chief Lawyer, Dies
As the city’s corporation counsel under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he defended stop-and-frisk policing and a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Fired the Agency’s Leader
Also, radioactive wasp nests were found in South Carolina. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Tense Hearing, Texas Republicans Defend Redrawn Political Map
The legislative hearing was part of a rapidly moving redistricting process, pushed by President Trump, that could see the map approved next week.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Some, Return of Presidential Fitness Test Revives Painful Memories
Generations of Americans who struggled to complete a pull-up in front of their classmates winced as President Trump announced that he was reinstating the annual assessment.
New York Times Top StoriesFed Governor Resigns, Giving Trump Opportunity to Shape Central Bank
The resignation comes as President Trump has openly pressured the central bank to lower interest rates and called for Jerome H. Powell, the chair, to step down.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza War Protesters Arrested at Offices of Schumer and Gillibrand
Dozens of demonstrators, calling for a flood of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, were arrested at the Manhattan offices of New York’s two senators.
New York Times Top StoriesStock Market Posts Worst Week in Months on Renewed Economic Fears
Data showing cracks in the U.S. labor market and President Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs shook investors around the world, weighing on stocks, the dollar and more.
New York Times Top StoriesSpaceX, NASA Launch Astronauts to Space Station as Clouds Stay Just Far Enough Away
After a scrubbed launch on Thursday, four astronauts lifted off from Florida and will dock at the International Space Station on Saturday.
New York Times Top StoriesFed Governor Steps Down Early, Giving Trump Opportunity to Appoint New Official
The resignation comes as President Trump has been openly pressuring the central bank to lower interest rates and calling for Jerome H. Powell, the chair, to step down.
New York Times Top StoriesCorporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down
The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Orders Nuclear Submarines Closer to Russia After Threats From Medvedev
In a social media post, the president described the move as a deterrent prompted by threats by a former Russian leader. It is unclear if any submarines did actually change position.
New York Times Top StoriesJury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash
Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 argued that the company’s Autopilot software should have avoided the crash.
New York Times Top StoriesIs Trump’s Economy Starting to Crack?
So far, Americans are experiencing costs but not the purported benefits of his attempt to remake the global economy.
New York Times Top StoriesD.C. Inquiry Shows How 3 Lives Intersected Before the Crash
Documents released in the inquiry into the deadly collision of a military helicopter and a passenger jet reveal a smart but shaky pilot, a wary instructor and an overwhelmed air traffic controller.