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Will I Have to Download a New TikTok App? And Other Big Questions About The Deal.

The popular short form video app has a new corporate structure in the United States, which could result in some changes for the 200 million Americans who use TikTok.

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Here’s Who Just Bought TikTok

Several big companies and investment firms are part of the new American TikTok. Many have ties to one another and President Trump.

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ICE Demands More Access to Minnesota Inmates. But It’s Complicated.

The Trump administration said it would ease its immigration operation in Minnesota in exchange for broader access to inmates. Local leaders say they already cooperate significantly.

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Man Accused in $100 Million Jewel Heist Is Deported, Thwarting Trial

The move comes as ICE seeks to deport more people charged with crimes, sometimes before their cases are resolved.

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F.A.A. Says Helicopter Restrictions Imposed After D.C. Crash Will Stay

The agency said that expanding the restrictions and making them permanent were urgent steps for avoiding another crash.

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Dallas County Exonerates Black Man Who Was Executed in 1956

An all-white jury convicted Tommy Lee Walker of rape and murder, relying on inadmissible evidence and a coerced confession that he immediately recanted, county officials said.

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TikTok Strikes Deal to Split Off an American Version, Ending Long Legal Saga

The Chinese parent company for the popular video app said it had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new American TikTok to avoid a ban in the United States.

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Nazis, Soviets and Trump: America’s Fixation With Greenland

The idea that Greenland is essential to the United States has returned with a vengeance in the Trump era.

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Driving in Winter? Follow These Expert Tips to Arrive Safely.

A storm is expected to bring hazardous driving conditions to much of the United States this weekend. Stay home if you can, but those who must travel should take it slow.

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Big Insurers Try to Shift Blame for High Health Costs to Hospitals and Drug Makers

At two congressional hearings, lawmakers slammed executives of major companies, saying they were failing to rein in the cost of medical care for consumers.

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European Leaders Scramble to Find a Path Forward With Trump

Also, Jack Smith defended his decision to prosecute Trump. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Mark Carney Says Firmly That ‘Canada Doesn’t Live Because of the United States’

The Canadian prime minister spoke after returning from the World Economic Forum where he urged middle powers to team up in resisting President Trump.

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RFK Jr. Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked

A planned U.S.-funded study of a hepatitis B vaccine drew widespread condemnation from researchers. Now the host country says it cannot proceed.

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Trump to Expand ‘Mexico City’ Abortion Rule to Include D.E.I. and Gender

The policy has traditionally been aimed at keeping organizations that receive U.S. tax dollars from performing or promoting abortion as a method of family planning.

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House Rejects Measure to Bar Military Force in Venezuela

In a tie vote, the House defeated an effort to prohibit the president from using the U.S. military in Venezuela weeks after the raid he ordered that captured the country’s leader.

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House Passes Spending Package Over Democratic Revolt on ICE

Approval of the package, which would fund a wide swath of government agencies, brings Congress closer to meeting a Jan. 30 funding deadline.

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James Bernard, a Founding Editor of a Hip-Hop ‘Bible,’ Dies at 58

One of the most influential voices of the seminal magazine The Source, he chronicled rap’s rise and its explosion into the cultural mainstream.

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Chicago Jury Acquits Immigrant Accused in Bovino Murder-for-Hire Trial

Prosecutors said a Chicago carpenter had offered a bounty for killing Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official. Defense lawyers said he was just sharing a social media post.

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4 Takeaways From Jack Smith’s Testimony Before Lawmakers

In his remarks, the former special counsel repeatedly denied that he had acted out of partisan animus and bemoaned the Trump administration’s efforts to go after the president’s perceived enemies.

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Why iPhone and Android Weather Apps Are Freaking Out About Winter Storm Forecasts

A foot of snow in New York? Two feet? Well, it’s complicated.

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New York Could See Its Biggest Snowfall in Years

The National Weather Service warned of “considerable disruption to transportation and daily life” from Sunday into Monday.

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Barron Trump Called U.K. Police After Witnessing Woman ‘Getting Beat Up’ on Video Call

The details of an emergency call made by President Trump’s youngest son to the London police last year emerged during a trial this week.

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An Emboldened Trump’s Whipsaw Approach to the World

He says there’s a method to the madness. But European allies wonder whether the United States is reliable anymore.

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Zelensky Laces Into Europe, Saying It Must Step Up or Be Left Behind

The Ukrainian leader’s speech in Davos, Switzerland, was one of his most scathing critiques of his closest allies.

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E.P.A. Revives Plan to End Testing on Animals by 2035

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, revived a plan created during the first Trump administration to end the testing of chemicals on mammals.

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Appeals Court Weighs Trump’s Effort to Use War Power for Deportations

Some Fifth Circuit judges questioned the government’s claim that courts must defer to the president’s finding of an “invasion” by Venezuela.

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Trump Administration Cuts Off Funding for Fetal Tissue Research. Again.

The prohibition halts support for projects both inside and outside the N.I.H. President Biden had restored funding after an earlier ban by President Trump during his first term.

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Quick! What Are Your Dating Rules?

Advice abounds on how, when and whom to date. What are your best rules for navigating early romance?

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Why Trump’s Reversal on Greenland Still Leaves Europe on Edge

Andrew Ross Sorkin, editor at large of DealBook, describes how leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos remain on edge after President Trump, for now, backed down from threats of using tariffs or military force to gain Greenland.

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Trump Sues JPMorgan for Closing His Bank Accounts for Political Reasons

The lawsuit, citing “political discrimination,” said the banking giant told President Trump shortly after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol that it would close his accounts.

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