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‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up

In their first sit-down interview, Michael and Susan Pretti avoided recriminations and recalled the son that Michael called “an exceptionally kind, caring man.”

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Man Is Charged in 2021 Acid Attack Against Woman on Long Island

Terrell Campbell, 29, was charged with assaulting Nafiah Ikram outside her home. Mr. Campbell later described the assault in a rap lyric, prosecutors said.

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Ford Says Electric Vehicle Losses Will Continue for Three More Years

Ford Motor reported a big loss for 2025 because of its troubled electric vehicle division, which it has significantly scaled back.

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Baboon Sibling Rivalry Suggests Monkeys Feel Jealousy Like People

Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention to a younger brother or sister.

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F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine

The vaccine maker’s shots involve the successful mRNA technology used in the Covid vaccines. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broadly rejected the method, canceling millions of dollars in research projects.

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Pentagon to Send 200 Troops to Nigeria

The troops will help train Nigerians to fight militants, but will not be involved in combat. U.S. forces have been assisting local soldiers with identifying potential terrorist targets.

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Mexican Cartel’s Seized Ammunition Is Traced to U.S. Army Plant

About 137,000 .50-caliber rounds have been seized since 2012, and of those, 47 percent came from a plant in Kansas City, Mo., Mexico’s defense secretary said.

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Russia Further Restricts Telegram, Escalating Internet Clampdown

The throttling of the communication app, used by more than 100 million Russians, endangers what remains of the country’s free internet.

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Britney Spears Sells Her Song Catalog

The pop hitmaker, who hasn’t released a new album in 10 years, sold the rights to her music to Primary Wave.

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Before Trump Blasted U.S.-Canada Bridge, Owner of Competing Span Lobbied Administration

A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada, officials said.

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The Left Needs a Sharper A.I. Politics

The future may put progressive theories of work and human nature to the test.

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Don Lemon Hires Federal Prosecutor Joseph H. Thompson in Minneapolis Church Protest Case

Facing charges over his role at a church protest, Mr. Lemon, a journalist, retained a veteran litigator who recently resigned from the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota.

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Peter Attia’s Ties to Epstein Spark a Backlash From Doctors

What started as a rebuke of Dr. Attia has become a discussion about his credentials, longevity medicine and whom patients should trust.

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New Video Shows a Masked Figure at Nancy Guthrie’s Door

Also, Republicans have a huge cash advantage. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Lutnick Acknowledges Traveling to Epstein’s Island

The commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, acknowledged at a Senate hearing that he and his family visited Jeffrey Epstein on his private island.

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show and the Everyday People Who Made It Authentic

A priest from Sacramento. A bar owner from New York. A taquero from Los Angeles. Puerto Rico came alive at the Super Bowl because of hundreds of non-famous performers.

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Jimmy Lai and the Future of Freedom

The West has abandoned dissidents as a public cause.

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Bulgaria Is at the Heart of Europe’s Harsh New Approach to Immigration

This former military barracks in Bulgaria has become a symbol of the E.U.’s increasingly strict policing of its borders — and of what may come next.

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YouTube Argues It Isn’t Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial

The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.

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Climate Change Is Erased From Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence for Judges

After Republican criticism, a group that offers professional resources to judges withdrew a climate science chapter from its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.

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Congress Quietly Used Funding Law to Try to Rein In Trump on Spending

Dozens of measures sprinkled throughout the recently enacted spending package seek to tie the Trump administration’s hands on funding, an act of quiet bipartisan resistance to efforts to trample congressional power.

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Seven People Died at Private Homes in NYC Cold Snap, Officials Say

It was not immediately clear whether any of the buildings in question had faulty heating systems.

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Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated With Election Denier in Trump White House

A newly unsealed affidavit showed that a criminal investigation into the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked.

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Michigan Judge Rebukes Justice Department’s Effort to Obtain Voter Data

The ruling from a Trump-appointed federal judge is the third in recent weeks to reject the administration’s demand for voters’ personal data from nearly every state.

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Behind the E.P.A.’s Rush to Repeal the Endangerment Finding

The agency is racing to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight global warming. Experts say the goal is to get the matter before the justices while President Trump is still in office.

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Epstein Files Reveal Efforts to Build Ties With Russian Officials, Including Putin

New documents detail Jeffrey Epstein’s efforts to foster strategic, sometimes reciprocal relationships with Russian officials.

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A.I. Personalizes the Internet but Takes Away Control

The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the future of the internet and its lifeblood, digital advertising.

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Mamdani Hires Groundbreaking Computer Scientist as Chief Tech Officer

Lisa Gelobter, whose work helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu.

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Hamas Would Keep Some Weapons Initially in Draft Gaza Plan

Israel is unlikely to withdraw its troops from the enclave before Hamas and other militant groups lay down their arms.

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NLRB Dismisses Case Brought by Fired SpaceX Employees

The National Labor Relations Board, having accused the company of unfair retaliation in 2024, now says it has no jurisdiction over Elon Musk’s space company.

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