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Blast Kills Three in Moscow Near Site of General’s Car Bombing

Two police officers died in the explosion, the authorities said. Earlier this week a car bomb killed a military commander in the same area of Russia’s capital.

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Chasing an Economic Boom, White House Dismisses Risks of A.I.

The administration has downplayed concerns — from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble — as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth.

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ICE Sweeps Into Ohio, Stirring Fear Among Somalis and Other Immigrants

After Mayor Andrew Ginther of Columbus said that its policy prohibited local cooperation on immigration enforcement, Elon Musk called him a “traitor.”

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The Year America Blew Up the Process

The 2025 revolt against process signaled the final collapse of a powerful idea that once promised to hold the country together.

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A Christmas Argument That Ended in Harmony

Standing together on behalf of those who flee oppression is a very Christmas thing to do.

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The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’

Volleying questions with the table tennis champ Marty Reisman, an inspiration for Timothée Chalamet’s new film, showed that he was a character in his own right.

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The Deposed Assad Henchmen Plotting to Retake Syria

Hacked communications and a social media analysis reveal how former regime leaders are trying to arm fighters and exert influence as far away as Washington.

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‘Stranger Things’ Creators Break Down Their Latest Influences

With a new batch of episodes arriving on Christmas Day, Matt and Ross Duffer discuss the sometimes obscure movie and video game references in the final season so far.

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‘Stranger Things’ Creators Break Down Their Latest Influences

With a new batch of episodes arriving on Christmas Day, Matt and Ross Duffer discuss the sometimes obscure movie and video game references in the final season so far.

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A Father and Son’s $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Larry and David Ellison didn’t always have a close relationship. Now they’re one of the most intriguing partnerships in business.

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The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?

Since the cease-fire took effect, Israel says it has targeted only militants. But death can come for Gazans while on a family outing or sleeping in a tent.

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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Fulfills Its Promise

After winning an Emmy, Stephen Colbert spoke about creating a “show about love.” In its homestretch, “The Late Show” is fulfilling that promise.

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Did We Underestimate Kate Hudson?

For years she was pigeonholed as a rom-com star. Her turn as a blue-collar mom with a love of Neil Diamond just might vault her back to the Oscars.

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Mail Carriers Keep Making the Rounds, Despite a Murky Future

As the much-derided agency loses billions, postal workers quietly, and sometimes heroically, serve their communities.

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Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals

Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves.

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Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals

Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves.

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Zelensky Opens Way to Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace

The offer was the closest Mr. Zelensky has come to addressing the thorny territorial disputes in Donetsk that have repeatedly derailed peace talks.

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China Is Shifting Its Nuclear Forces to Swifter Footing, Pentagon Says

The country’s production of nuclear warheads has slowed, but its missiles may be poised to strike back fast in case of an attack, an annual assessment found.

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$100 for a Cab to the Airport? It May Soon Get Worse.

The Port Authority is preparing to increase the charge for drivers to pick up and drop off passengers at the airports.

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Australian State Passes ‘Extraordinary’ Gun, Protest Laws After Bondi Attack

While the new restrictions on firearms have broad support, new police powers to crack down on some protests were criticized as limits on civil liberties.

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Thailand, Attacking Cambodia, Says Its Target Is the Scam Industry

Thai warplanes have bombed compounds where people are forced to defraud others online. Rights activists say trafficking victims’ lives are at risk.

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19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors

The coalition of states seeks to stop a Trump administration effort to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide such care.

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Lawmaker Returns to Migrant Center Where She Clashed With U.S. Agents

Representative LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat, called on immigration officials to close Delaney Hall in Newark, calling detainees’ food and medical care inadequate.

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Mamdani Names Fire Commissioner, but Comments From the Former One Linger

Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore to be fire commissioner, weeks after the former commissioner, Robert S. Tucker, resigned, citing Mr. Mamdani’s views on Israel.

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Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered

The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored.

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A Democrat, a Republican and a Supermarket Baron Go to ‘Marty Supreme’

A “Marty Supreme” showing took a political turn when John Catsimatidis, who has a small role in the movie, invited both Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican rival, Bruce Blakeman.

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Palm Beach Rallies Behind a Restaurant Manager Held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

After nearly two weeks in detention, José Gonzalez, the popular host of an upscale restaurant, returns home.

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Mamdani Named His Fire Commissioner. Then Adams Did Too.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore, the former chief of New York’s E.M.S., as the first openly gay person to lead the Fire Department.

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DOJ Releases Another Batch of Epstein Files: Key Takeaways

The new documents — nearly 30,000 in all — contain hundreds of references to President Trump and include different versions of Jeffrey Epstein’s will.

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Youth Hostels, Blood Banks, Yoga: How One Far-Right Network Spread Across the World

Far-right mobilization is not an inevitable consequence of the precariousness of our times.

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