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Iran Detains Opposition Leaders Following Talks with Trump Administration

The detentions of politicians from Iran’s opposition follow mass arrests and a string of repression tactics aimed at preventing further anti-government unrest.

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Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Review: A History Lesson Full of Puerto Rican Pride

The superstar showcased Puerto Rican pride during a 13-minute set that turned a global opportunity into an intimate, personal performance.

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Here’s What to Know About the Los Angeles Mayor’s Race

The week leading up to the filing deadline saw candidates dropping from the field and a surprise last-minute challenge to the incumbent mayor, Karen Bass.

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Tisch to Name Leaders of Catholic and Black Churches as N.Y.P.D. Chaplains

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the Rev. A.R. Bernard are to be announced as co-heads of the Police Department’s chaplains’ unit.

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Trump Criticizes Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar who has denounced ICE, celebrated Latino heritage in his largely Spanish-language performance.

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The Death Toll in Ukraine

We are covering the latest from the war.

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How Japan’s Leader, Sanae Takaichi, Rescued Her Party from the Abyss

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, harnessed her personal popularity and a shift to the right among voters to achieve a record election win.

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The New Way Trump Allies Are Offering Access to the President, and the Flood of U.S. Ammo to Mexican Cartels

Plus, Super Bowl and Olympics highlights.

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Jimmy Lai’s 20-Year Sentence Follows Beijing’s Playbook on Dissent

The sentence for the media mogul, along with long prison terms for his editors, shows how Hong Kong enforces Xi Jinping’s red lines with a new severity.

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San Francisco Teachers Begin Strike, Closing School for 50,000 Students

The strike closed public schools for more than 50,000 students in the city and had no end date. Health care costs are a key issue in negotiations.

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Best and Worst Moments

The Puerto Rican superstar’s set included cameos, stunts and powerful statements.

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Hollywood Braces for New Round of Labor Talks

The last time writers and actors negotiated contracts, in 2023, dual strikes froze the industry.

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Respite From Wind-Driven, Bone-Chilling Cold Weather Is in Sight

Wind chills below zero were expected to persist across parts of the Northeast and New England on Monday but should finally ease, forecasters said.

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Is the King Cake Baby Jesus?

Does the popular figurine represent Jesus or the Crescent City’s typical joie de vivre?

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Vietnam’s Leader Has New Power, and He’s in a Hurry

To Lam is a former security chief who carved his way to prominence and relishes the good life. He has promised to make Communist Vietnam rich and influential.

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A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho

Wilder, Idaho, prided itself on comity. Then federal agents stormed a racetrack outside of town in October, and the reverberations are still shaking the community.

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We Legalized Marijuana. Now We Must Regulate It.

Given the growing harms from marijuana use, American lawmakers should do more to regulate it.

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What We Can Learn From Southern Red States About Education

Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana traditionally were America’s educational basement, but now they are showing blue states a way forward.

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Apple Daily Sentences Show a New Era of Media Peril in Hong Kong

Two editors and an opinion writer from Jimmy Lai’s now-shuttered newspaper were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, a significant escalation in media prosecution in the once freewheeling city.

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Tisch to Name Leaders of Catholic and Black Churches as N.Y.P.D. Chaplains

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the Rev. A.R. Bernard are to be announced as co-heads of the Police Department’s chaplains’ unit.

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Jerrold Nadler Has Picked a Successor. Will That Matter to Voters?

The retiring congressman hopes his endorsement will carry Assemblyman Micah Lasher past a crowded primary field, including a Kennedy.

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Takeaways From the Second Week of the Alexander Brothers Trial

The judge denied a request for a mistrial and jurors heard from a woman who accused one of the brothers of filming her when she was a minor. The sex-trafficking trial resumes on Monday.

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Andrew Farkas Called Jeffrey Epstein “Blessing” as the Two Did Deals

Andrew Farkas has repeatedly played down ties to Jeffrey Epstein. But they swapped business favors in the Virgin Islands, and in nearly 2,000 emails, the two expressed admiration for each other.

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‘You Cannot Feel Remotely Sorry for the Patriots’: Opinion Writers Tackle the Super Bowl

Super Bowl LX is in the books. An Opinion round table breaks down the game, the entertainment — and the commercials.

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Death, Undocumented

A decade or so after the peak of Europe’s migrant crisis, one of the busiest and deadliest entry points to the continent has devolved from crisis to something more chronic.

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Five Years After Myanmar Coup, ‘Even Hope Has Become a Risk’

The country’s cities have been spared the violence of a hard-fought civil war. But as the economy has hollowed out, many urbanites have become desperate.

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In Pakistan, a Kite Festival Returns to Troubled Skies

The vibrant celebration, banned for two decades, brightened the eastern city of Lahore, where residents face alarming levels of air pollution and political restrictions.

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After M23 Takeover, Goma Carries Violent Memories and Signs of Hope

A year after a rebel takeover, residents of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, carry violent memories and signs of hope.

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From Fishing Nets to Furniture: Turning Ocean Plastic Into Usable Products

A brother-and-sister team in Spain started a sustainable business model recycling old and damaged nets into stadium seating and decorations.

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Bad Bunny Delivers Joyful Super Bowl Halftime Show

Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin joined the Puerto Rican musician in a show that celebrated Latino heritage and was performed mostly in Spanish. His appearance had become a political flashpoint amid his criticism of ICE.

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