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Rick Cotton, Head of the Port Authority, Is Stepping Down

Mr. Cotton oversaw the rebuilding of LaGuardia Airport and several other major infrastructure projects in the New York City region.

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Why Crypto’s Slide Is Rattling Wall Street

Bitcoin and other digital tokens have lost more than $1 trillion in value in recent weeks, raising concerns about a wider market fallout.

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Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81

The Grammy Award-winning singer died of pneumonia, his wife said. His 1972 starring role in “The Harder They Come” helped bring reggae to a wider audience.

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Dharmendra, Bollywood Leading Man, Dies at 89

In a career spanning nearly seven decades and more than 300 productions, the actor became one of India’s best known and most versatile screen stars.

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Negotiating Peace in Ukraine

We explain the Trump administration’s latest push to end the war.

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Trump’s Deadline for Ukraine, and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Abrupt Resignation

Plus, a new crash-test dummy.

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Trump Welcomes A.P.’s Photographers. Its Reporters? Not So Much.

The White House now has conflicting approaches for Associated Press journalists as it fights the news service in court over access to presidential events.

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His Right Foot: One Tiny Drawing for Sale, Maybe by Michelangelo

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?

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Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen Star in a Love Story, Onscreen and Off

Married for three decades, the actors get together as characters in the second season of “A Man on the Inside.”

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Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture US Ties

A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.

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Cory Booker on What It Takes to Believe in America Again

“If America hasn’t broken your heart, you don’t love her enough,” the New Jersey senator argues.

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A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy

After Oakland, Calif., reneged on a contract allowing coal shipments, a Kentucky company went under. Courts say the city must now pay hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Carville: How About a Sweeping, Aggressive, Unvarnished Platform of Pure Economic Rage

Democrats also have to shed the last vestiges of woke.

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Why a Man With U.S. Ties Fought for Russia in Ukraine

Col. Andrei Demurenko’s war story began at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., at a moment of hope and peace. It ended with a mortar blast in Ukraine.

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The Best Baseball Team Behind Bars

The San Quentin Giants’ opponents are impressed. But what about the parole board that decides the players’ fate?

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America’s Caregivers Are in Crisis

Caregivers are at the brink of despair.

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Billionaires Have a Bigger Role in Higher Education Under President Trump

A new set of billionaires with an interest in higher education has helped oust college presidents and even assisted the Trump administration in its effort to overhaul the industry.

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These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates

Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room.

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U.S. and Ukraine Expected to Press on With Peace Plan Talks

Washington and Kyiv said that “highly productive” discussions over a proposal to end the war with Russia would continue. But details remained unclear.

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Why Europe and the United States Are Still Haggling on Trade

While the two sides reached a broad agreement months ago, American officials will visit Brussels this week to discuss the details. Europe has a wish list, but so does the United States.

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X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts

Online sleuths quickly found that some accounts posting about U.S. politics, including those in support of the MAGA movement, appeared not to be based in the United States.

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Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows

As frustrations among corrections officers mount, abusive treatment of inmates is rising and becoming more vicious, records and interviews show.

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Why Are Guards Using Force More Often in New York’s Prisons?

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality.

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Trade Chaos Causes Businesses to Rethink Their Relationship With the U.S.

From Sweden to Brazil, six small companies talk about how they are communicating with their U.S. customers amid uncertainty over Trump’s changing tariffs.

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How One German Toymaker Made Money Despite U.S. Tariffs

A combination of strategic planning, good timing and a long-awaited product helped the maker of electronic story boxes weather the onset of tariffs.

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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82

A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention.

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Former News Anchor Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Pandemic Fraud

The former anchor, Stephanie Hockridge, who once worked for a Phoenix station, participated in an elaborate scheme that illegally obtained more than $63 million.

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Israel Military Commanders Punished Over Hamas Attack Mistakes

About a dozen people were told they face dismissal or discipline for mistakes tied to the deadly Hamas-led attack that set off the war in Gaza.

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Mamdani’s Meeting With Trump Scrambled the MAGA-Sphere

Prominent conservative influencers had different interpretations as they processed the meeting on podcasts and in social media posts.

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Donald Glover Says He Had a Stroke That Prompted Him to Cancel His Tour in 2024

The rapper and actor, who performed in Los Angeles on Saturday, said doctors had also discovered a hole in his heart, prompting him to cancel his world tour.

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