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Tech Support Scammers Stole $85,000 From Him. His Bank Refused a Refund.

A retired lawyer lost the money in a tech support scam, a type of online fraud that is surging. Citibank said it couldn’t recover the funds, which criminals wired from inside his account.

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How Power Cuts Are Affecting Ukrainians

Russia has been targeting energy infrastructure in Ukraine, leaving multiple cities without electricity. Kim Barker, who’s been covering the war, gives us a glimpse into the daily life of Ukrainians living with power cuts.

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Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit

Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.

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The Fine Art of Managing Christie’s

As more people tune in for the “theater” of high-end auctions, Bonnie Brennan is trying to convert them into clients.

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How Philadelphia is Addressing Crime and Safety Through Environmental Design

Environmental design interventions play a subtle role in helping the city reduce gun violence.

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Our Book Critics on Their Year in Reading

Alexandra Jacobs, Jennifer Szalai and Dwight Garner look back at the books that, as Jacobs writes, “bonked me on the head this year.”

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Harold Hamm, Oklahoma Oil Tycoon, Allies With Trump to Reshape U.S. Energy

Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.

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Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.

When teachers do assign whole books, they often choose from a stagnant list of classics.

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Thailand Says Trump Call About Cambodia Conflict Is Set for Friday

President Trump’s planned intervention comes as the hostilities entered their fifth day and appeared to escalate, and while Thailand moves toward early elections.

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King Charles to Speak About His Cancer in Televised Message, BBC Reports

A video of the king discussing his “recovery journey” will air on Channel 4 on Friday, British media reported. He was diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer last year.

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Mamdani Will Be New York City’s First Soccer-Mad Mayor

Zohran Mamdani isn’t just a superfan. Until recently, he was a key player on the Talking Headers, a rec-league team where he was known as Z.

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Jimmy Kimmel Takes a Swipe at Trump’s ‘Gold Card’

The new visa for rich foreigners had Kimmel rethinking the Statue of Liberty’s inscription: “Never mind your poor and tired. Give us a million bucks — you’re in.”

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Life and Death in India’s Air Apocalypse

For hundreds of millions of Indians, toxic winter air poisons bodies, constricts lives and wears down spirits.

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Reddit Sues Australian Government to Block Social Media Ban

The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children’s rights.

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China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips

For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.

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Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely.

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Stuck in Quicksand, a Hiker in Utah Has His SOS Answered

Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches National Park.

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‘Storm Highway’ Forecast to Send More Rain to Washington and British Columbia

Just as this week’s floodwaters in the Pacific Northwest begin to recede, forecasters warn, another storm will approach the West Coast.

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Trump Signs Executive Order to Neuter State A.I. Laws

The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

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Key Takeaways After Indiana Lawmakers Defy Trump’s Redistricting Push

President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.

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What to Know About Trump’s Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela

The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump’s military pressure campaign against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.

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Republicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes

The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.

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U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector

The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.

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Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants

A Thursday ruling said the Trump administration cannot eliminate the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program without Congress.

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Affordable Care Act Subsidies Are Set to Expire

Also, Indiana Republicans rejected Trump’s redistricting push. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Do Kwon, Crypto Entrepreneur Who Caused 2022 Crash, Sentenced to 15 Years

Do Kwon, who designed the virtual currencies Luna and TerraUSD, which plunged in 2022, had pleaded guilty to fraud.

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Bay Area Gas Explosion Injures 6 and Starts Fire in City of Hayward

A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses.

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S&P 500 Reaches Record High as Stocks Reverse Downturn

The S&P 500 edged higher as investors shrugged off concerns over Oracle’s earnings. It was just enough.

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D.L. Coburn, Playwright With a Solo Hit, ‘The Gin Game,’ Dies at 87

His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.

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America Is Entering Its Third Civil War

Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”

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