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TikTok Updates Its Terms and Conditions in the U.S.

The changes came after the app’s Chinese parent company spun out an American entity to run TikTok in the United States.

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Couple Receive $200,000 Settlement After ‘Pungent’ Indian Food Complaint

The University of Colorado, Boulder, denied liability in the civil rights lawsuit, which the couple filed after a comment about a dish that one of them was heating in an office microwave.

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Defending His Absence in House, Hunt Celebrates Casting a Vote

House leaders were forced to rush Representative Wesley Hunt, Republican of Texas, to the Capitol with a police escort to avoid an embarrassing defeat on the floor.

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Bovino Says Border Patrol Agents Are ‘Experts in Dealing With Children’

A picture of a 5-year-old detained by federal authorities near Minneapolis rocketed around the internet and has become an avatar of outrage.

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Trump’s Push to Take Greenland Holds Promise and Peril for Putin

If the United States under President Trump starts acting as if it’s Russia, where does that leave President Vladimir V. Putin?

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Hochul and Sherrill’s Fight Over Port Authority Leadership Delays Garcia’s Confirmation

In her first week as governor of New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill is playing hardball to get her choice approved for a key role in Port Authority leadership.

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Airlines Cancel Hundreds of Flights In Anticipation of Powerful Winter Storm

Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights over the weekend in anticipation of frigid weather and ice and now across much of the country.

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Trump Wants to Build More U.S. Military Bases in Greenland. How Many Are There Now?

The U.S. once maintained more than a dozen. Now it has one. President Trump wants more.

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What Happened At the Funeral For Fashion Designer Valentino

The designer Valentino Garavani, who died on Monday at 93, was celebrated in Rome, a city that he “embodied,” according to its mayor.

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For His Next Act, Darren Walker Is Heading to Hollywood

Anonymous Content, a production company whose top investor is Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective, has named Darren Walker as president and chief executive.

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Trump Wants U.S. Investment in Venezuela, but Sanctions Still Complicate It

With tight business restrictions still in place, companies may find it challenging to even assess what opportunities exist for them in the South American nation.

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For Greenland Tourism, Trump’s Interest Creates Uncertainty

Bookings to the island increased last year, and there are plans for two new airports. Threats from President Trump may change that.

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Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional, Rejecting Decades of Science

Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.

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The Whipple Building Is at the Center of Minnesota’s Immigration Drama

Just outside Minneapolis, the Whipple Building houses offices, a detention center and a courthouse — and has become the home base for immigration agents and protesters alike.

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Ryan Wedding, Canadian Ex-Snowboarder Accused of Running Drug Ring, Is Arrested

Ryan Wedding, 44, who competed in the Winter Olympics in 2002, has been charged with murder and with smuggling cocaine into the United States.

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Why Polls About ICE and the Shooting of Renee Good Are So Hard to Parse

Numerous surveys in recent weeks have addressed ICE and the aftermath of her shooting in Minneapolis. The results are more complicated than they might seem.

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Can Max Greyserman Achieve Golf Greatness by Thinking Like a Wall Street Trader?

Max Greyserman is trying to climb to the top of the PGA Tour by using lessons from his father’s time as a quant.

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A Republican Vaccine Defender Fights to Hang On

Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician, reluctantly voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. It didn’t appease President Trump.

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5 Arrested in Shooting of Indiana Judge Steven Meyer and His Wife

Three people from Indiana and two from Kentucky are in custody, officials said. The judge, Steven Meyer, and his wife were injured but are recovering.

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A Timeline of TikTok’s Evolution, From Dances to BookTok to the Supreme Court

What started as “the dance app” became the center of political clashes, legal battles and a widely watched business deal. Here’s how it got here.

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Democrats Seek Maxwell Prison Visit, Citing Preferential Treatment

House Democrats told the attorney general that more than a dozen whistle-blowers had come forward with reports of Ghislaine Maxwell receiving perks in prison.

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Low Rates Sound Great. But a Trump Fed Could Cause a Painful ‘Sugar High.’

Dropping rates more than conditions warrant would stimulate the economy in the short term but could lead to trouble, our columnist says.

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Trump Says U.S. ‘Armada’ Is Heading to Iran

President Trump said the United States was “watching Iran” and sending a naval force there, despite also saying this week that his threats had halted executions.

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The Message Behind Trump’s Lawsuit Against JPMorgan

The president’s legal efforts against the Wall Street giant and Jamie Dimon, its chief executive, have put Corporate America on edge.

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Trump’s Afghanistan War Claim About NATO Soldiers Draws Backlash From UK Politicians

President Trump said that NATO soldiers stayed “a little off the front lines” during the conflict. In Britain, which lost 457 soldiers in the war, the response was swift.

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An Antarctic Mission to Recover a Robot’s Data

In the unforgiving polar wilderness, scientists go to great lengths to safeguard the devices that gather precious data.

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Trump Says He Bruised His Hand on a Table

The president also said he was prone to bruising because of the high dose of aspirin he has taken daily for three decades.

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Portland, Maine, Feels Like a Small Town — And ICE Isn’t Welcome

The influx of federal agents this week has been hard for locals to ignore. Many are expressing their resistance to the immigration crackdown.

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A Big Storm

We explain what you can expect in the winter weather this week.

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3 Things to Know About the TikTok Deal, and a New Protest Tactic in Minnesota

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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