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Rama Duwaji, Zohran Mamdani’s Wife, Could Become the New York’s First Lady Before Her 30th Birthday

Rama Duwaji moved to the city to pursue a career in art, met a guy named Zohran Mamdani online, married him, and now could become the city’s first lady before her 30th birthday.

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The Destructive Legacy of California’s Zombie Fires

Blazes that firefighters thought had died but then later came roaring back to life have become increasingly common, heightening scrutiny of how first-responders put out wildfires.

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South Carolina Bar Shooting Leaves at Least 4 Dead, Sheriff Says

Four people were in critical condition after an early-morning shooting that left at least 20 people injured on Sunday in St. Helena, S.C., according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.

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Rethinking Bruce Springsteen’s Difficult Years

A film argues that an American icon may have made his best music in some of his lowest moments.

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Overnight Violence Between Afghanistan and Pakistan Threatens a Wider Conflict

Isolated confrontations have intensified over the past week into the sharpest escalation of violence between the two countries in years.

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How a Trump Judge Exposed the Trump Con

Dishonest presidents should be entitled to no deference at all.

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What Ted Lasso, the Bhargava Gita and Derrida Can Teach Us About Ourselves

Our culture is amok with binaries. We have two major parties, just two, and they are forever opposed.

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A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?

Israel’s advocates fear that its conduct of the war has cost it the support of an entire generation of U.S. voters.

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Israelis and Palestinians Await Hostage-Prisoner Swap With Relief and Elation

Under the first phase of the new cease-fire deal, all living hostages in Gaza are expected to be released in the next 24 hours in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

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Social Media Restrictions and 2-Day Internet Shutdown Rattle Afghanistan

A telecommunications blackout and restrictions on social media have further isolated Afghans who rely on the internet as a lifeline.

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Air Traffic Controllers Reject Credit for Ending the Last Shutdown

Controllers missing work was widely cited as the reason the last shutdown came to an end. But that assumption might have been overblown, according to controllers, aviation safety experts and congressional aides.

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‘Really Big’ Cascadia Earthquake Could Trigger San Andreas Fault Activity

The disaster caused by a predicted large earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could be compounded by shaking along the San Andreas fault in California, scientists warned.

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Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

Federal layoffs and an end to diversity initiatives have weakened a historically strong labor market for Black workers.

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Trump Is Blowing Up Boats Off Venezuela. Could Mexico’s Cartels Be Next?

U.S. strikes on boats that President Trump says are drug smugglers have unsettled America’s biggest trading partner, where powerful criminal groups produce and smuggle drugs.

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Arson That Seemed Spontaneous in Nepal Could Have Been Deliberate

A New York Times investigation points to a coordinated campaign of destruction during last month’s unrest. An official inquiry is underway but answers are growing harder to find.

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Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?

There is little information in court filings about the dozen plaintiffs who challenged the state’s voting map as an illegal racial gerrymander.

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She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.

In rural Texas, just 40 miles apart, a paramedic and a former small-town mayor got caught up on two sides of a digital “civil war.”

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What’s the Deal With All Those FanDuel Ads?

Peter Jackson, the chief executive of Flutter Entertainment, FanDuel’s parent company, is fighting for attention as online gambling spreads across the United States.

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San Francisco Wants to Destroy a 96-Year-Old’s Defining Artwork

The maligned sculpture — “weird,” “odd,” “bizarre” — is no longer a working fountain or a skateboarding mecca. But its supporters consider it an important city symbol.

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Orban’s ‘Propaganda State’ in Hungary Is Starting to Show Cracks

The Hungarian leader has secured power by keeping control over the news media. Now, a political opponent is starting to show the limits of his tactics.

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Inside the Closed-Door Meetings of the N.F.L.’s Billionaire Owners

Every three months, closed-door meetings of the billionaires who own N.F.L. teams become displays of status, beefs and sometimes Trump-induced headaches.

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Bolivia Pushes to Reclaim the Coca Leaf From the Stigma of Cocaine

Long criminalized as the raw material for cocaine, coca is woven into Bolivian life. The government is lobbying the U.N. to ease international restrictions.

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When Mental Illness Shapes Life-or-Death Transplant Decisions

Patients’ mental health problems can make transplant decisions even more fraught.

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At Least 1 Dead and 3 Injured After Shootings at Mississippi Universities

The shootings at historically Black institutions occurred within about 24 hours of three other shootings across rural Mississippi that left at least eight people dead.

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Will Paul Biya of Cameroon, the World’s Oldest President, Win Again?

President Paul Biya of Cameroon would be nearly 100 years old by the time he completed his eighth term, but he has promised that “the best is still to come.”

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China Detains Dozens of Members of Underground Church

The church’s pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, turned Zion Church into one of China’s largest unofficial congregations, even as government pressure on Christianity increased.

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Diane Keaton: A Life in Pictures

On and off the screen, the star with a distinctive fashion sense was a singular presence.

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Diane Keaton:A Life in Pictures

On and off the screen, the star with a distinctive fashion sense was a singular presence.

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She Knows Soviet Tyranny, and Says the ‘Red Man’ Wants More War

After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the revival of its violent, anti-democratic ways.

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How Diane Keaton’s ‘Annie Hall’ Look Was Integral to Her Art

Though she downplayed it, her role in creating the outfits of “Annie Hall” made her the author of a fascinating career.

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