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Who’s Supposed to Clear the Snow From New York City’s Street Corners?

Three days after the city’s biggest snowstorm in years, many New Yorkers are still scaling mounds of snow and ice. Cleaning it up is a shared responsibility.

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Sergey Brin Spends $20 Million on California Political Effort Amid Wealth Tax Debate

Sergey Brin donated $20 million to a new political drive aimed at solving California’s housing crisis, spurring other billionaires to pitch in. Their efforts may also help ward off a wealth tax.

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Jury Awards $30 Million to Man Who Accused Teacher of Sexual Abuse

The man, now 44, said he was repeatedly sexually abused when he was a child at a school in Newark in the 1990s.

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Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders

A federal judge said ICE had disobeyed more judicial directives this month than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

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5 Key Takeaways from Josh Shapiro’s Memoir ‘Where We Keep the Light’

Politically pointed and heavy on his Jewish faith, the book already has Democrats talking.

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Agents Who Shot Alex Pretti Are Put on Leave

Also, the F.B.I. searched a Georgia election center. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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Why the NORAD Cold War Pact Between the U.S. and Canada Is News

The State Department clarified comments made by the U.S. Ambassador to Canada that NORAD would be “altered” if that country did not purchase American F-35 jets.

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Mamdani Blames Rivals for Leaving New York With a ‘Poisoned’ Budget

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the only way to close a more than $12 billion budget gap was to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations.

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Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Speak at Saudi Business Forum

The Democrat and the hard-right commentator found at least one thing to agree upon as they spoke at a conference in Riyadh.

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Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Plot to Kill Iranian Dissident

Carlisle Rivera became the third person to be sentenced for playing a role in trying to kill Masih Alinejad, an activist and a critic of the Iranian government.

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Attack on Ilhan Omar Follows Years of Trump’s Targeting Her

President Trump has spent years demonizing and dehumanizing the Somali-born Democrat from Minnesota, fueling escalating threats against her.

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Who Is the Man Who Sprayed Liquid on Representative Ilhan Omar?

Anthony J. Kazmierczak frequently posted online about conservative issues. He told a neighbor that he was going to get arrested at an event hosted by Ms. Omar.

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Meta Forecasts Spending of at Least $115 Billion This Year

That would be a major jump from the $72 billion that the Silicon Valley tech giant shelled out last year, as it aims to compete in the artificial intelligence race.

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Microsoft Continues to Spend Big on A.I. While Profit Jumps 60 Percent

The company said on Wednesday that revenue in the most recent quarter was $81.3 billion, but its share price dropped more than 5 percent in after-hours trading.

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How to Bring Back the American Dream

Some of the best coaches we can find to help struggling children escape poverty may be other children and their families.

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Tens of Thousands in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana Without Power After Storm

Across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, hundreds of power lines and poles remained damaged after freezing rain and low temperatures coated much of the region in ice over the weekend.

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Tesla Profit Slumps, but Investors May Not Care

The electric vehicle maker’s shares are near record highs as Wall Street focuses on the company’s plans for robots and self-driving cars.

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Republicans Gave ICE a Slush Fund. Democrats Want to Limit It.

The sweeping domestic policy law that Republicans muscled through Congress last year made ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in the country, with no strings attached.

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Chinese National Heng Guan Who Documented Uyghurs’ Repression Wins Asylum

Heng Guan, a Chinese national, will not be released immediately, as Homeland Security said it was reserving the right to appeal.

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After Winter Storm, New York Uses Hot Tubs to Melt the Snow

With no warm weather expected any time soon, the city’s snow piles require mechanical intervention.

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The Havoc That One Disgruntled Student Can Wreak on a University

If college education is merely a transaction, educators — and facts — are vulnerable.

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For Minneapolis’s Native Americans, a New Fight Echoes a Bitter History

The crackdown on unauthorized immigrants is resonating deeply among the Dakota and other tribes, as residents confront what they call a federal occupation of their land.

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Unions Sue FEMA Over Work Force Cuts They Say Threaten Readiness

The suit argues that the recent dismissals and plans for further cuts violate laws designed to preserve the disaster response agency’s independence and capabilities.

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Federal Officers Who Fired at Pretti Placed on Leave

A Border Patrol agent and a Customs and Border Protection officer have been on leave since Saturday, according to a Department of Homeland Security official.

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Landslide Leaves Town in Sicily Perched on a Cliff’s Edge

“We are in a movie, in a horror film,” said a resident of Niscemi, where a widening chasm is threatening the town’s historic center.

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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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