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Taxi Drivers Near $140 Million Settlement Over N.Y.C. Suspension Practices

New York City could grant payouts to some 20,000 taxi drivers whose professional licenses were summarily suspended without sufficient due process.

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At the Kennedy Center, Trump Puts His Pop Culture Obsession on Display

President Trump held forth about the nature of show business and his own tortured relationship with celebrity.

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Solomon Peña, Republican Ex-Candidate, Sentenced in Politically Motivated Shooting Plot

Solomon Peña, who lost a bid for a seat in the New Mexico Legislature in 2022, was found guilty in March of orchestrating the attacks against state Democrats.

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Canada Has Its Second-Worst Wildfire Season on Record

Thousands have been evacuated as quick moving wildfires burn in Eastern Canada.

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Behind Wall Street’s Abrupt Flip on Crypto

The reversal risks declawing a century of consumer financial protections and replacing the backbone of bank accounts.

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Ahead of Putin Meeting, Trump Shrugs Off Russian Threats in U.S. and Abroad

President Trump struck a remarkably unconcerned tone when asked to address the horrors of war, raising questions about whether he has the leverage to convince Vladimir V. Putin to agree to end the invasion in Ukraine.

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U.S. Pilot Stranded in Antarctica Says It’s ‘Isolating and Lonely’

Ethan Guo, a content creator, said that he has been effectively trapped at a Chilean base since June. The authorities had said he landed there without permission.

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Trump and Europe Settled on a Strategy for Talks With Putin

Also, Kabul could soon run out of water. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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Billy Howton, Top Green Bay Packers Receiver in the ’50s, Dies at 95

He retired as the N.F.L.’s leading career receiver but was soon surpassed. In retirement, he went to prison for bilking investors in an $8 million fraud.

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Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.

A video showed a man repeatedly calling a group of officers “fascists” before throwing a sub sandwich at one.

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Historians Alarmed by White House Plan to Oversee Smithsonian Exhibits

The Trump administration’s plan to, in effect, audit the content of Smithsonian museums drew criticism from groups that represent scholars and promote free speech.

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Mr. President, Stop Coddling Putin

Ukrainians are heroes. It’s time that Trump started acting like it.

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U.S. Alcohol Consumption Hits New Low, Poll Finds

The results signal a shift after a recent uptick in drinking among middle-aged adults in particular.

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Top Iranian Official Visits Lebanon as Hezbollah Bucks Calls to Disarm

The visit by Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s top security body, came as the Lebanese government moves to disarm Hezbollah, the militant group that has long been Tehran’s most powerful regional ally.

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What Putin Hopes to Gain From a Summit With Trump

The American leader has agreed to a meeting with the Russian president in Alaska on Friday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

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Why Economists Are Worried About Trump’s B.L.S. Changes

Most of us just accept that government economic data is the best possible estimate of the economy. That could change, and that would be bad for all of us.

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Trump Administration Can Withhold Billions in Foreign Aid, Appeals Court Rules

In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that foreign aid groups that sued to recover funds that President Trump froze cannot challenge the decision.

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U.S. Ethics Agency Warns Bessent Over Conflicts of Interest

The Treasury secretary has been slow to divest assets, including farmland, that he pledged to shed.

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Mario Paglino, 52, and Gianni Grossi, 54, Die; Designers Made Barbies Into Art

They transformed dolls into one-of-a-kind pieces that sold for thousands of dollars. A married couple, they died in a car crash in Italy.

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How Scientists Use Drones to Tag Sperm Whales

A new tagging method called tap-and-go allows researchers to gather more data on the health and behavior of whales, with less disruption.

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Some Democrats Panicked Over Mamdani. Obama Called Him.

Obamaworld seems interested in understanding Zohran Mamdani’s sudden rise to prominence.

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Trump Will Visit Kennedy Center to Announce New Honorees

The president has taken a strong interest in the Kennedy Center’s affairs ever since naming himself chairman in February, when he restocked its traditionally bipartisan board with loyalists.

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Hispanic Democratic Officials in Texas Plead Not Guilty to Voter Fraud

Texas’ attorney general, Ken Paxton, has now used his “election integrity unit” to indict 15 Latino Democrats under a 2021 statute that outlawed delivering ballots for other voters.

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Dozens of Migrants Drown Off Lampedusa, Italy

Sixty people survived after two boats with nearly 100 migrants capsized. The causes of the shipwrecks were not clear, Italian officials and U.N. agencies said. The death toll is likely to grow.

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U.K. Secretly Spent $3.2 Million to Stop Journalists From Reporting on Data Breach

After British authorities accidentally exposed information about 19,000 Afghans, the government sought a legal order preventing disclosure of the breach.

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Beyoncé Wins First Emmy for N.F.L. Halftime Show

The pop superstar received a costume design award for her Netflix football halftime performance tied to her “Cowboy Carter” album.

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Trump Warns of Economic Disaster if Court Strikes Down Tariffs

The president has crowed about the billions of dollars collected so far from tariffs. That money could be at risk if the White House loses the legal battle.

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What It Takes to Find Food in Gaza

Starvation has spread in Gaza, as the prices of basic goods have skyrocketed and getting aid is difficult and often deadly. Ashley Wu, a graphics reporter for The New York Times, explains the dire choices that many Gazans face, as Israel faces growing condemnation over the crisis.

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Ex-Governor Switches Back to Eric Adams in NYC Mayor’s Race

Former Gov. David Paterson, who had endorsed his successor, Andrew Cuomo, in the Democratic primary, said he believed Mr. Adams “would run the city the best.”

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Asphalt Burns and Heatstroke: Homeless in America’s Hottest City

As the summer heat becomes increasingly extreme in Phoenix, people who can’t escape the sun are suffering heat-related ailments of all kinds.

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