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Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science

The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago.

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Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

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Trump Has His Eyes on a Nobel Peace Prize. Will He Get It?

President Trump has coveted the prize for years. The winner will be unveiled 48 hours after President Trump announced a breakthrough in the Israel-Hamas war.

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The Gaza Cease-Fire Is Beginning to Take Shape

Also, New York’s attorney general was indicted. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Judge Dismisses Drake’s Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

The Canadian rapper sued for defamation and harassment, and accused the record company behind both artists of boosting his rival.

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What Is Indigenous Peoples’ Day and How Is It Celebrated?

Many cities and states are observing the day. President Trump has declared himself a supporter of Columbus Day.

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These Are the 10 Old Television Series Every Kid Needs to Watch

Here’s the list of ancient shows I inflict on my daughters. What’s yours?

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Mamdani Maintains 13-Point Lead as Cuomo Gains Ground After Adams’s Exit

While former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo benefited from Mayor Eric Adams’s departure, Zohran Mamdani still enjoyed a sizable lead in the Quinnipiac University poll.

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Ruth Weiss, Who Chronicled Apartheid After Fleeing the Nazis, Dies at 101

Her life and work were shaped by confronting injustice in South Africa and Germany. “Blacks under apartheid — Jews under the swastika. Was it all that different?” she asked.

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Democrats Are Increasing Inequality

When it comes to education policy, Republicans are now kicking Democrats in the butt.

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Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

The United States finalized a $20 billion lifeline for Argentina that will benefit Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s allies.

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How Jared Kushner, a Self-Described ‘Deal Guy,’ Helped Broker a Gaza Breakthrough

Trained in New York City real estate, the president’s son-in-law had a single goal: Get to a yes first, and hash out the details later. “It’s just different being deal guys — just a different sport,” he said.

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Crypto Investor Known as ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Reaches Deal With Prosecutors

In the Trump administration’s latest example of dialing back cryptocurrency enforcement, Roger Ver agreed to pay about $48 million to end a tax fraud case.

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Ukraine Visit Leaves Lasting Mark on Times Editor

A visit to The New York Times’s Kyiv bureau stayed with an editor based in Manhattan. So too did the air alert app that is widely used to warn civilians of Russian military activity.

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Trump Baselessly Claims He ‘Took the Freedom of Speech Away’ From Flag Burners

The president said he had made flag burning a crime punishable by a year in prison. But such a claim contradicts both Supreme Court precedent and the text of an executive order he signed.

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A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips?

An executive of a Singaporean firm called Megaspeed socialized with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Now the company is being scrutinized by U.S. officials for its ties to China.

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Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., Wily Texas Oilman, Is Dead at 101

He made billions selling energy with his Coastal Corporation, courted presidents and dictators, and eventually went to prison for paying kickbacks to the Iraqi government.

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Man Charged With Fatally Beating 64-Year-Old at Subway Station

A 25-year-old man attacked the victim on Tuesday at the Jay Street-MetroTech subway station in Brooklyn, according to the police. The two men did not appear to know each other.

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Democratic Alarm Over an Unbound Trump Fuels Shutdown Standoff

The threat of rising Obamacare premiums has been Democrats’ main focus in the public debate, but the president’s defiance of laws, norms and congressional constraints has helped hold them together in opposition.

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Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association, broke with Texas, saying, “Oklahomans would lose their mind” if Illinois sent troops to their red state.

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Bats Catch Migratory Birds and Eat Them in Midair

For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude.

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Why Arguments About Free Speech Don’t Apply to the Riyadh Comedy Festival

Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia.

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Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., Wily Texas Oilman, Is Dead at 101

He made billions selling energy with his Coastal Corporation, courted presidents and dictators, and eventually went to prison for paying kickbacks to the Iraqi government.

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Another Guilty Verdict After Appeal in Gisèle Pelicot Rape Case

One of the dozens of men convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot appealed his verdict, but a French court again found him guilty.

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Who Are the Hostages Believed Alive in Gaza?

Israel says 20 living hostages are held by Hamas, set for release in a prisoner exchange together with the remains of those who died. Here’s what we know about them.

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In N.J. Governor’s Race, Energy Costs Have Become a Central Issue

Energy costs have become a central issue in the governor’s race between Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican, and Representative Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat.

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Modi Rosenfeld Is Gay. He’s Religious. His Comedy Career Is Booming.

Mordechi Rosenfeld, known as Modi, already has the synagogue crowd. Now he wants the “Goyim, gays and theys,” too.

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Government Shutdown Scrambles Some Home Sales in Flood Zones

When the government shut down, so did the federal flood insurance program, forcing some buyers into the costly private market.

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Who Can Afford Three Kids in New York City?

The number of city households with three or more children has dropped by nearly 17 percent over the past decade as families struggle with the cost of child care and rent.

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10 Months Later, Russia Admits Deadly Downing of Azerbaijani Plane

President Vladimir Putin’s rare acknowledgment of a Russian military mistake came as relations have deteriorated between the two former Soviet states.

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