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Pennsylvania Couple Kept 5 Children in ‘Deplorable’ Conditions, Police Say

The children, between the ages of 5 and 14, were locked in a room that the authorities said “functioned as a dungeon,” with no beds and boarded-up windows.

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Trump Is Renaming the Defense Department the Department of War

The president is turning back the clock to the name the agency held until shortly after World War II.

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Trump Administration to End Security Programs Protecting European Allies From Russia

Ending the longstanding program is expected to impact hundreds of millions of dollars that have gone toward countries that border Russia.

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N.Y.C. Elections Board May Block Ballot Proposals on Housing

The City Council opposes the measures, which would curtail its power. The Board of Elections, appointed by the Council, could prevent voters from weighing in.

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U.S. Agents Raid Upstate N.Y. Plant and Detain More Than 70 Migrants

Local law enforcement officers helped federal agents carry out an immigration raid near Syracuse. Witnesses said the agents used police dogs in the raid and wielded crowbars to gain entry.

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Trump Officials Ask Military Lawyers to Serve as Immigration Judges

Emails sent out call for volunteers to take six-month assignments hearing asylum and deportation cases.

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New Congressional Map Clears First Hurdle in Missouri

A legislative committee took a first step to redraw the state’s congressional map in a Republican effort to gain a new seat.

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Melania Trump Has a Warning for Humanity: ‘The Robots Are Here’

The first lady has shown herself to be captivated by the wonders and dangers and opportunities of modern technologies.

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Barneys’ Gene Pressman Remembers Giorgio Armani

Fred Pressman respected no brand as much as the ultimate brand: quality. And that, Giorgio delivered in spades.

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Adams Considers Dropping Out of Race After Secret Meeting in Florida

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has told confidants that he would consider abandoning his re-election bid, despite his public denials.

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Senators Grilled R.F.K. Jr. On Vaccines

Plus, the life of Giorgio Armani. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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AI Influencers Like Lil’ Miquela and Mia Zelu Are Redefining Fame

Influencers like Lil’ Miquela and Mia Zelu have millions of followers and generate serious income, despite being created with artificial intelligence.

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Kavanaugh Acknowledges ‘Difficult Job’ of His Lower-Court Colleagues

Speaking at a judicial conference in Memphis, the justice expressed sympathy for the district-court judges whose rulings the Supreme Court has repeatedly paused.

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Quakes on Mars Reveal New Features of the Planet’s Interior

Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle and a solid inner core.

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College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers

After the Trump administration criticized the use of what it called “racial proxies,” the group behind the SAT shut down a way for universities to identify promising applicants from disadvantaged communities.

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Appeals Court Says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Can Stay Open

The court paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.

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The Armani Look

Few designers really change the way people dress. He did it twice.

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Kennedy Sounded Different on Agriculture Than He Did on Vaccines

Unlike his combative exchanges with senators about vaccines, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was conciliatory and accommodating about agriculture interests.

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Harvard Won Its Money Back, but Will It Actually Get It?

A judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law in canceling billions in federal funds for Harvard. Whether the money is returned matters for the rest of higher education.

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America’s War on Terror Comes to the Caribbean

The Trump administration seems to be betting that Americans are so inured to the war on terrorism that they’ll be indifferent to extrajudicial executions.

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Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah, U.S. Officials Warn

The United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states are pressuring Lebanon’s government to act decisively against the group.

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After Boat Strike, Rubio Says U.S. Will Help Other Nations “Blow Up” Crime Groups

The Trump administration aims to carry out more violent strikes against drug cartels, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he met with Ecuador’s president.

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Members of Congress Grasp for a Stopgap Deal to Avert a Shutdown

Republicans and Democrats agree they will need a temporary measure to fund the government past Sept. 30, but have yet to come to terms on what it should look like.

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5 Takeaways From RFK Jr.’s Senate Hearing

During often tense exchanges, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his positions on Covid vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and autism.

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Can Trump Just Do Whatever He Wants by Declaring Emergencies?

He’s exploiting a diabolical problem in our legal system to expand presidential power.

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Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers

The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.

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Justice Dept. Accuses California Utility of Negligence in Deadly Eaton Fire

Federal prosecutors say the January blaze that swept through Altadena, as well as another fire in 2022, were sparked by faulty equipment.

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Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Lisa Cook, Elevating Trump’s Claims

The move was instigated by Ed Martin, a Trump loyalist who has said it is legitimate for officials to publicly air criminal investigations into people targeted by the president.

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Epstein’s Victims Won’t Let Trump Push Their Story Aside

Trump’s recalcitrance isn’t enough to shatter his coalition, but it has created at least a few fissures.

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Northwestern’s President Will Resign After University Faced Republican Pressure

The president, Michael Schill, will step down after months of turbulence, including Trump administration cuts of $790 million to the university’s research funds.

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