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Liza Minnelli: What, Specifically, Makes Her an Icon

The things that make Liza Liza.

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Who Are the Men Accused of Bringing Homemade Bombs to Gracie Mansion?

A high school senior and a recent graduate, both from the Philadelphia suburbs, were charged by federal prosecutors with trying to support a terrorist group.

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iPads in Kindergarten, YouTube on Breaks: The School Screen-Time Battle

Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. Now, the debate has shifted to the classroom.

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Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system.

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Fiscal Crunch Presents a First Big Policy Challenge for Mikie Sherrill

Ms. Sherrill will present her first budget as New Jersey governor in Trenton on Tuesday, and with it a robust preview of her policy priorities.

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Late Night Scolds Trump Over Gasoline Prices

“You can lie about many things in American life, but one thing you can’t lie about is gas prices,” Late Night host Seth Meyers said. “Everyone sees it.”

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So Much for the Donroe Doctrine

President Trump’s efforts to force the Western Hemisphere into alignment will keep falling short.

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U.S. Solar Installations Fell in 2025 as Trump Attacked Clean Energy

More solar energy was added to U.S. grids than any other technology, but the amount installed fell by 14 percent, according to a new report.

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Missile in Deadly Iranian School Strike Appears to Be U.S.-Made, Photos Taken by Iran Show

Iranian state media posted mangled remnants it claims were from the Feb. 28 attack in Minab. An analysis shows they have the markings of a missile made by American manufacturers

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Who Is Balendra Shah, The Rapper Set to Be Nepal’s Next Prime Minister?

Balendra Shah’s party won a landslide in the election that followed Nepal’s Gen Z revolution. His style is pugnacious.

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Trump’s War in Iran, and Rising Gas Prices, Collide With Midterm Agenda

The attack on Iran has led to a surge in energy prices at a moment when the cost of living is a major issue heading into the fall elections.

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Trump Seeks to Calm Oil and Gas Markets but Says Iran War Will Go On

The president said the U.S. could accompany tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary to keep oil flowing. “We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough,” he said.

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Two Supreme Court Justices Debate Handling of Trump Emergency Cases

In a rare joint appearance, Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett M. Kavanaugh offered sharply different views on how the court should handle emergency requests.

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Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been spare in his remarks following the attempted bombing at Gracie Mansion and arrests of two men who said they were motivated by ISIS.

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Epstein’s Remote Zorro Ranch Is Searched by New Mexico Investigators

Some of the disgraced financier’s victims have said they were trafficked at the property south of Santa Fe, where the nearest neighbors are miles away.

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Lawmakers Pressure Hochul to Raise Taxes in New York

The State Assembly and Senate are each calling for the state to raise taxes, piggybacking on a push by Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City.

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Talent Agent Ari Emanuel Launches His Own Podcast, ‘Rushmore’

Hollywood’s archetypical agent has been showing a very different side of himself as a host of a video podcast called “Rushmore.”

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Oil Prices Will Remain High as Iran War Continues

While officials look for ways to ease oil shocks, experts say higher prices will likely persist until traffic through the Strait of Hormuz returns.

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Meteorite Crashes Through Roof in Germany After Fiery Light Show

The fireball from space was spotted by a network of sky-watching cameras in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Germany.

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Alexander Brothers Found Guilty of All Counts in Sex-Trafficking Trial

The verdict comes more than a month after the trial began in Federal District Court in Manhattan where the jury heard weeks of emotional and often graphic testimony.

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Monti Rock III, Gleefully Untalented ‘Tonight Show’ Favorite, Dies at 86

He couldn’t sing, dance or tell funny stories. But Johnny Carson loved him and his persona: a D-list star clinging to celebrity.

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Iran War Sends Tremors Through the Global Economy

Also, a giant mirror could soon be sent into space. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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Bombing Iran to Rubble Won’t Give It Life

Only when the U.S.-Israeli bombing of Iran comes to a halt, without destroying the state, can the Iranian people sort out their fate.

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Alexander Butterfield, Who Revealed Nixon Tapes in Watergate Scandal, Dies at 99

“There is tape in the Oval Office,” said Mr. Butterfield, a former White House aide, in testimony that rocked the Watergate hearings and led to the president’s resignation.

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2 Teen Mariachi Musicians Released From ICE Detention

Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas led a delegation of Democrats to a South Texas detention center to press for the release of the brothers and their family.

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3 Prosecutors Are Running U.S. Attorney’s Office Unlawfully, Judge Rules

The ruling, which found that the three-person leadership team in New Jersey’s federal prosecutor’s office was illegal, will again throw the direction of the office into question.

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France Is Sending a Large Naval Force to the Middle East

President Emmanuel Macron said the warships would help protect France’s allies and French citizens in the region, and could be part of a force to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

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An Amish Avatar and an A.I. Monk Are Pitching Supplements on Social Media

Influencers have long hawked supplements on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Increasingly, the influencers are fake.

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U.S. Reaches Tentative Deal Ending Prosecution of Turkish Bank

Court papers submitted as part of the agreement with Halkbank, which was accused of doing business with Iranian entities, said Turkey’s assistance “was instrumental” in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire.

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Iran’s New Supreme Leader Represents a Choice: Defiance

Iran’s new supreme leader has been selected not to break with the regime but to preserve it.

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