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Lauryn Hill Will Lead Grammy Tribute to Roberta Flack and D’Angelo

The artist, who dominated the awards in 1999, will return to the Grammy stage to honor an inspiration and a collaborator.

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U.S. allies in the Middle East have been pressing for weeks to prevent a conflict with Iran.

Diplomats in the region have spent weeks trying to prevent a confrontation that they say risks a wider conflict.

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Most N.Y.C. Storm Victims Believed to Have Died After Cold Exposure

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that seven of the 10 people who died during the cold weather showed signs of cold exposure. One man was found dead just steps from a hospital.

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South Africa Cancels Release of ‘Melania’ Documentary

The distributor, which was set to release the film on Friday, said it had canceled the theatrical premiere because of “recent developments,” but declined to specify.

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F.B.I. Agents Search Georgia Election Center

A spokesperson for the F.B.I. confirmed the search, but declined to provide further details.

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Trump Officials’ Use of ‘Domestic Terrorist’ in Minnesota Shootings Doesn’t Match Legal Reality

The Trump administration has used the term as a cudgel against political adversaries, especially this month to defend immigration officers who had killed two protesters in Minneapolis.

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Silver Prices Are Surging Even Faster Than Gold

Silver has risen roughly 60 percent this month alone. What is going on?

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Amazon’s $35 Million ‘Melania’ Promotion Has Critics Questioning Its Motives

The tech giant is spending $35 million to promote its film about the first lady, far more than is typical for documentaries.

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Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Massive Armada’ and Presses a Set of Demands

U.S. and European officials say they have put three demands in front of the Iranians, including a permanent end to all enrichment of uranium.

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How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis

Our reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later was our Kabul bureau chief, looks at the battlefield technology used for an immigration arrest at a home in Minneapolis.

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Iraq’s Nominee for Prime Minister Rejects Trump Threats

Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a former prime minister, was nominated to lead Iraq once again, but President Trump said he would cut U.S. support if that went ahead.

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Camping on Thwaites Glacier

After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the weather would let them.

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The Laws Designed to Protect My Son Could Very Well Kill Him

We thought America would keep him safe.

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With AlphaGenome, Researchers Are Using A.I. to Decode the Human Blueprint

AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery.

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After Russian Strike Kills Five, Train Sheds Burned Cars and Carries On

One Ukrainian passenger, who escaped injury after stepping out of a carriage for a cigarette, recalled carrying a bloodied woman away from the burning train.

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Stephen Miller Suggests Federal Agents May Have Diverted From ‘Protocol’ Before Minneapolis Shooting

The comments by Mr. Miller, the influential White House deputy chief of staff, appeared to be a shift after days of blaming Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by federal agents.

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What Americans Really Mean by ‘Affordability’

A few key necessities are driving dissatisfaction, particularly among the young, our poll finds.

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Minneapolis May Be Trump’s Gettysburg

The White House has failed to achieve either its strategic or its tactical goals in Minnesota.

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Five Questions for Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair

Succession drama, legal intrigue and political independence: These are top issues that DealBook would ask of the Federal Reserve chairman.

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Putin, Still Harboring Assad, Welcomes New Syrian Leader to Moscow Again

President Vladimir V. Putin and President Ahmed al-Sharaa are looking to build ties after the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

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Welcome to Spain

Today we look into a country that’s handling the issue of undocumented migrants in a starkly different way.

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Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs

The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs while pouring resources into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.

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Iran Killed Thousands of Protesters. Here Are Five of Their Stories.

“He went out for freedom,” said the cousin of one of those who was killed when Iranian authorities mounted a deadly crackdown on protests across the country.

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Democrats Push to Impeach Kristi Noem, and Ilhan Omar Is Attacked in Minneapolis

Plus, the woman who helped make GPS possible.

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In Kherson, Ukraine, Every Step Outside Risks Death by Drone

Russian attacks on civilians in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, have forced important aspects of life to go underground, offering a vision of a postapocalyptic future.

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Fed Meeting Comes at Pivotal Moment for Central Bank’s Independence

The Trump administration has unleashed a barrage of attacks on the Federal Reserve, including a criminal investigation into its chair, Jerome H. Powell.

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What to Watch as the Federal Reserve Meets

The central bank is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday after a series of reductions in the latter half of 2025. The big question is how long the pause will last.

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These Democrats Want Clinton to Answer for Epstein. Good.

As Democrats work to regain the public trust and to shed their image as the party of elites, they cannot be seen as treating elites in their party as above the law.

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Sundance Film Festival Says Goodbye to Park City, Utah

“It’s hard not to feel a disturbance in the force,” said Ethan Hawke, whose acting career took off after his early movies appeared at the Utah festival in the 1990s.

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Who Will Win the Best Actor Oscar?

In an exceptionally strong field, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Michael B. Jordan and Wagner Moura each have a way to triumph.

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