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LA Olympics Chief Keeps Low Profile in Milan Games After Appearing in Epstein Files

Casey Wasserman, who is leading preparations for the 2028 Summer Games, has expressed “regret” after messages he exchanged with Ghislaine Maxwell decades ago surfaced.

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TrumpRx Is Set to Go Live on Thursday

The government website is meant to connect Americans with drug companies to buy prescriptions directly with their own money. It is not clear how many patients will save money.

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The Louvre Thieves Dropped This Priceless Crown. Now It Looks Like This.

Empress Eugénie’s crown was left lying on the sidewalk after the Louvre Museum heist in October. The museum has now released pictures of the damage.

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How to Survive a Fall Through the Ice

The cardinal rule? Don’t panic. You actually have more time than you think to self-extricate or wait for help to arrive, an expert said.

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Congress Nixes Visas for Afghan Partners, Closing Off a Key Path

President Trump froze a program to allow Afghans who had worked with American troops to come to the United States. Now Congress has quietly scrapped the visas, leaving little hope of reviving them.

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Why Building Alone Won’t Solve the Housing Crisis

An imbalance in the kind of housing getting built and rising insurance costs are impeding housing progress, according to two new reports.

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Woman Charged With Assaulting 3 Muslims in Brooklyn, Including Girl, 12

A 34-year-old Staten Island woman has been arrested and charged with hate crimes in connection with attacks that happened in a span of 11 minutes.

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Trump’s Migrant Detention Pipeline Extends From Minnesota to El Paso

Immigrants apprehended in Minnesota are being sent to a gigantic West Texas detention center where lawyers and detainees say conditions are deplorable, then released in El Paso to find their way home.

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The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained

Katie Britt is uniquely positioned to reason with the Trump administration — when she chooses to speak up.

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Epstein Often Gifted Luxury Fashion to Curry Favor, Files Show

Goyard wallets, Apple Watches and cashmere sweaters were just some of the items sent to friends and associates.

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What Restrictions Are Democrats Demanding for Immigration Agents?

Democrats say they will not support a spending bill to keep the Homeland Security Department running without new restrictions on federal agents.

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Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Starts New Hunger Strike in Prison

The rights activist Narges Mohammadi is protesting her continued detention, her family said. She was arrested again in December after being given leave from prison for medical treatment.

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Dozens of Earthquakes Have Rattled San Ramon, California

San Ramon, Calif., has been rattled by dozens of small earthquakes in recent months. Even in a region used to regular shaking, it’s been a lot.

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Starmer Apologizes for Ex-Ambassador Mandelson’s Epstein Ties

Newly released documents detailed connections between the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson, who was picked to be the U.S. envoy by the British prime minister, Keir Starmer.

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The Epstein Files

We look into the relationships powerful people had with the convicted sex offender.

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A 60-Year Arc at The Washington Post, From Watergate to the Weather

Martin Weil, one of hundreds being laid off at The Post, has worked on local news there since 1965, witnessing the paper’s rise and now retrenchment.

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Major Nuclear Arms Treaty Expires, and Federal Prosecutor in Minnesota Says ‘This Job Sucks’

Plus, Savannah Guthrie makes a plea to her mother’s abductor.

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Silver Is So Pricey That the World’s Largest Jeweler Is Switching to Platinum

Pandora, known for its charm bracelets, is trying to reduce its exposure to the volatility in silver prices, the latest setback for a company also facing wary consumers and steep tariffs.

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Jimmy Kimmel Hints ‘Melania’ Box Office Was a ‘Rigged Outcome’

Late night hosts were skeptical of a $7 million opening weekend for the new Amazon film about the first lady.

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Bad Bunny Means a Breakthrough for Puerto Rican Athletes, Too

Puerto Rican football players are thrilled that Spanish will resound at the Super Bowl. “The stage is bigger than the N.F.L. itself,” one lineman said.

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‘It’s Collective Punishment’: Iran Exacts Heavy Price on Protest Supporters

The authorities are making mass arrests, seizing assets and hunting down doctors who treated protesters. Some Iranians keep showing defiance anyway.

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Trump Brings Out the Worst in Everyone

Us included.

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William Shatner Pitches Raisin Bran in Super Bowl Commercial

WK Kellogg is promoting Raisin Bran with William Shatner during the big game as cereal sales decline. It’s also tapping the latest health and wellness trend.

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Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Activists won the legal battle. Are they losing the culture war?

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Surge in Immigration Cases in Minnesota Pushes Prosecutors and Judges to Brink

Remarks by a prosecutor opened a revealing window onto how the courts in the state are buckling under the weight of a deluge of cases arising from the Trump administration’s campaign.

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All’s Fair in the Snow Parking Wars

Calling dibs on the parking spot you shoveled after a blizzard tends to be a respected tradition in northern cities, but a spate of confrontations is a reminder of just how precious a spot can be.

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How Trump Brought the Fight Over American History to Philadelphia

The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?

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Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on the Empty Propaganda of ‘Melania’

Glamour, silence and a very big hat.

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Jessie Diggins is the Olympian Testing the Limits of Endurance

Jessie Diggins has become the best-ever American cross-country skier because of what she pushes her body through.

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2026 Winter Olympics Guide: How to Watch, Schedule, and Top Events

The best athletes in the world on snow and ice get their quadrennial moment this month at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy.

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