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Colleen Keating, CEO of Planet Fitness, on Gen Z and Strength Training

Colleen Keating, chief executive of Planet Fitness, wants them to do it in a “judgment-free zone.”

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For Mamdani, a Break With the President Just Three Days Into His New Job

New York City’s newly elected mayor planned to spend Saturday announcing a pedestrian safety plan. Then President Trump brought a captured foreign leader to his doorstep.

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Subway and Bus Fare Rises to $3 in New York City on Sunday

Fares will also increase on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, as will tolls at several of the city’s bridges and tunnels.

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Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Talk of Athens

The former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., and the former wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, is working hard and pushing deals with American business interests. She’s also up late at parties.

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How Trump Fixed On a Maduro Loyalist as Venezuela’s New Leader

Nicolás Maduro balked at a gilded exile. U.S. officials then saw a more pliant option in his vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, known for stabilizing Venezuela’s economy.

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This Is What Venezuelans Really Want

We have long faced a brutal paradox: an absent yet omnipotent state.

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China’s Russian Town Has Log Cabins and Cyrillic Signs, but No Russians

Enhe was once home to thousands of ethnic Russians. Under Xi Jinping’s push for ethnic unity, little remains beyond nostalgia and props for tourists.

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Heavy Rain and King Tides Cause Flooding in California

Highways were blocked and a regional airport shut down on Saturday when the latest in a long run of drenching rainstorms coincided with especially high tides.

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A Pardon and a Prosecution in New York Show Trump’s Personal Geopolitics

The facts in the cases of Nicolás Maduro and Juan Orlando Hernández are strikingly similar. The men’s fates are not.

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Is It Legal for U.S. to ‘Run’ Venezuela After Maduro’s Capture? Here’s What to Know.

The operation revives disputes over the legality of the 1989 Panama intervention, enhanced by President Trump’s vow to “run” Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro’s formal status as president.

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Inside ‘Operation Absolute Resolve,’ the U.S. Effort to Capture Maduro

The tactically precise operation successfully extracted Mr. Maduro with no loss of American life, a result heralded by President Trump amid larger questions about the legality and rationale for the U.S. actions in Venezuela.

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On a Brooklyn Boulevard, Mamdani Revives a Project Hampered by Scandal

The bike-lane project, a source of corruption charges during the Adams administration, will be finished as planned in Greenpoint, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

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How a New York Times Reporter Got a Phone Interview With Trump After Maduro’s Capture

How did a New York Times reporter reach the president right after he announced that the United States had captured Venezuela’s leader?

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Trump Shares Photo of Captured Nicolás Maduro, Blindfolded and Handcuffed

The Venezuelan president and his wife were flown out of Caracas by helicopter to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, a warship taking them to New York.

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To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It

His administration just decapitated the country’s leadership; he’s now responsible for what comes next there.

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Trump Shared an Image of Maduro Blindfolded and Handcuffed

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One Week Without Smartphones on a College Campus

A student-organized “tech fast” at St. John’s College thrust young people headfirst into a world of chalkboard-based communication. (On that note: Has anyone seen Eliza?)

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An ‘Avoidable Tragedy’: The Hazards That Led to the Swiss Fire Disaster

The fire that killed at least 40 people in a Swiss bar on New Year’s Day was made more likely by apparent flaws in the site’s design and management, experts say.

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Hannah Dugan, Wisconsin Judge Convicted of Obstructing Immigration Agents, Resigns

Hannah C. Dugan, a state court judge, was convicted by a jury in federal court. Wisconsin lawmakers called on her to resign from the bench.

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Managers of Swiss Bar Are Suspected of Negligence in Deadly Fire, Police Say

Swiss authorities say the fire was probably sparked by small fireworks on champagne bottles that ignited foam insulation on the bar’s basement ceiling.

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Trump Celebrates Capture of Nicolas Maduro in New York Times Phone Interview

In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant” but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.

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Donald Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise

We know that Mr. Trump’s warmongering violates the law.

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Can We Really Afford to Let Health Care Get Any Worse?

With Trump’s health care cuts, I traveled to Ohio, Mississippi and Alabama — and encountered devastated families bracing for even more difficult challenges.

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Dementia Made My Mom a Poet

I often wonder if I tried hard enough to understand my mother as she lost her memory.

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An Operation in Venezuela

President Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, following a “large-scale attack.”

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Trump Celebrates Capture of Nicolas Maduro in New York Times Phone Interview

In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant" but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.

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Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew

Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found.

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Why Security Guarantees Are So Crucial, and Thorny, for Ukraine

While Kyiv has reported progress in negotiations, and is accelerating talks in the coming days, major questions remain unresolved about which countries will provide what kind of security for how long.

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Why Haven’t Trump’s Tariffs Had a Bigger Impact?

Steep import taxes have raised prices and affected U.S. businesses, but not quite as much as expected. A new report offers some reasons.

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5 Workouts for Complete Beginners

Looking for a new fitness routine this January? Start here.

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