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She Speaks Trump’s Language: Meet Ukraine’s New Prime Minister

The appointment of Yuliia Svyrydenko, a business-oriented official, shows how Kyiv is trying to persuade the Trump administration that working with the country can be lucrative, even in wartime.

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Video Games Have Become the Main Way Boys Socialize. Is That Bad?

They’ve become an important way to spend time with peers. But they’ve also become more addictive.

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Can This Isolated British Island Keep Its Economy Afloat?

The Isle of Wight, known for its beaches and a rock festival that featured Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, has had setbacks in manufacturing, but there have also been bright spots.

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Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.

Duke University kept a low profile. But it is the alma mater of Stephen Miller, a top Trump official who often criticized the school while he was a student.

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Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.

Duke University kept a low profile. But it is the alma mater of Stephen Miller, a top Trump official who often criticized the school while he was a student.

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140,000 N.Y.C. Students Are Homeless. Can the Next Mayor Change That?

The city’s housing crisis has contributed to an education crisis, with more children than ever living in temporary housing. They face dismal outcomes.

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Large Fire Burns at Chevron Refinery in El Segundo

It was not immediately clear what caused the blast. But the blaze, near Los Angeles, could be seen from miles away.

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2 Victims Named After Manchester Synagogue Terrorist Attack

Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were named as the two people killed Thursday outside the Heaton Park Congregation synagogue in northwestern England.

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On ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ Taylor Swift Has a Lust for Love (and Her Foes)

On her 12th original album, the pop superstar sounds hungry to embrace her future — but not until she attends to some unfinished business.

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A.I. Is Driving a Stock Market Rally in China, Too

Surging interest in artificial intelligence is generating huge gains for Chinese tech stocks like Alibaba, which has more than doubled this year.

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Taylor Swift Wears Bob Mackie’s Bejeweled Designs for ‘Life of a Showgirl’

Bob Mackie, whose bejeweled designs have appeared on a list of performers that now includes the singer, reflects on a role he has dressed many for.

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Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

Trump administration officials have issued several legal threats over ICEBlock, a popular app that allows users to alert others to the presence of nearby immigration agents.

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Trump Escalates Attacks on Democrats in a Government Shutdown Like No Other

Shutdowns are always unpleasant affairs. But President Trump has used his power in aggressive and strikingly personal ways.

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Texas Megachurch Pastor Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse

Robert Morris, the founder of Gateway Church, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations, admitted to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s.

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Paramount Nears a Deal to Buy Bari Weiss’s Free Press

Ms. Weiss, a co-founder of the site, would become editor in chief of CBS News, people briefed on the talks said.

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What Women Heard in Hegseth’s Remarks About Physical Standards

The defense secretary raised the issue suggesting women were getting into combat not because they met high standards, but because they were given a pass.

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Deadly Car Ramming and Stabbing at U.K. Synagogue Is Declared Terrorist Attack

The police identified the attacker as Jihad al-Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian descent. He was shot dead, the police said, after killing two people in Manchester, England.

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This City Was Forced to Overhaul Its Police Department. Crime Plummeted.

A federal judge said she was prepared to release Newark from a 2016 consent decree imposed after investigators found the city’s police routinely used excessive force and conducted unconstitutional stops and searches.

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Partisan Language Inserted Into Education Dept. Workers’ Automated Emails

The out-of-office responses from the accounts of employees on furlough cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats.

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Trump Asked Universities to Sign a Compact. Some See a Trap.

Trump officials want universities to sign on to conservative priorities to get special treatment. Some in higher education say agreeing would end academic freedom.

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Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

There seems to be no limit to the president’s odious attempts to control higher education.

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Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who was on administrative leave, alleged that the Trump administration had defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.

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Manchester Synagogue Attack Fuels Fears of Antisemitism in Britain

In the hours after an attack, a blanket of fear and grief fell over synagogues and Jewish community centers across the country.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Asks Judge for Mercy: ‘I Lost My Way’

The music mogul submitted a letter to the court ahead of his sentencing on Friday for his conviction on two prostitution-related counts.

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A Government Shutdown Silver Lining: Federal Workers Eat and Drink at a Discount

Washington watering holes and restaurants are showing solidarity and seizing an opportunity to draw in out-of-work government employees.

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American Soldiers in American Cities

Our Pentagon reporter explains how President Trump has tapped into a fear that resonates in many places around the world.

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Trump Decided the U.S. Is in a War With Drug Cartels

Also, the president promised cuts to “Democrat agencies.” Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Tesla Is Sued by Family Who Says Faulty Cybertruck Doors Led to Woman’s Death

A college student was trapped in a burning Cybertruck because electronic doors made it difficult for her to get out or be rescued, a lawsuit claims.

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‘A Crazy Moment’: Shock and Terror Spreads in Manchester Synagogue’s Community

Many Orthodox Jews who live in the area reacted with horror to an attack that killed two people and seriously injured three on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day.

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Veterans See Costs and Risks in Hegseth’s Military Rewind to 1990

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has identified real problems, veteran officers say, but by looking back 35 years for policy cues, he risks hurting, not helping, military readiness.

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