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Pro-Palestinian Activists Rally in Support of Freed Columbia Protester

After speaking alongside city officials in Paterson, N.J., Leqaa Kordia, who was recently released after a year in ICE detention, led a crowd in chants of “globalize the intifada.”

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At NYC Airports, Long TSA Lines and Frustrated Travelers

The shortage of checkpoint workers created lines of at least three hours at LaGuardia Airport. Many passengers doubted ICE agents were the solution.

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How the G.O.P. and Democrats Are Talking About the Surge in Gas Prices

Republicans have largely been on defense against Democratic criticism. Here are five arguments advanced by figures in both parties.

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For ‘Buffy’ Fans, Nicholas Brendon’s Xander Was a Complicated Everyman

The actor, who died on Friday, was a fan favorite on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” even as his character mixed quiet heroism with hostility toward the show’s women.

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Heat Wave in California and Other Western States Wilts a More Air-Conditioned U.S.

In recent years, more homes have added air-conditioning, something that may come in handy this week as some areas are expected to see temperatures 40 degrees above normal.

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Taylor Frankie Paul and the Downfall of the ‘Bachelor’ Empire

As competing dating shows flaunt modern norms, the ABC franchise finds itself mired in scandals and stymied by its traditional approach to love.

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Israel’s Missile Defense Under Scrutiny After Iranian Attack

Two missiles landed hours apart, wreaking havoc in two towns near a heavily guarded nuclear site in the Negev Desert.

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French Local Elections Are Yardstick for Far Right. Initial Results Are Mixed.

France’s municipal elections ended on Sunday evening. Full results were not expected for hours, but the first projections suggested the far right may not have made major gains.

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Meteorite Crashes Through Roof of House Near Houston

No one was injured, but a woman was startled on Saturday when a meteorite pierced the roof of her home, ricocheted off the floor and struck a bedroom ceiling.

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Trump Says He Is the ‘Least Racist’ President. But His Term Echoes a Grim Past.

Woodrow Wilson’s presidency has taken on new resonance among historians and critics of President Trump, particularly when it comes to race.

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J. Michael Bishop, Nobel Prize Winner for Cancer Research, Dies at 90

He helped discover cancer-causing genes. Later, as chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, he led a major expansion.

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Christopher Columbus Statue Is Installed on White House Grounds

The statue of the explorer, a replica of one that protesters toppled in 2020, was placed outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

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Israel Thought It Could Spur Rebellion Inside Iran. That Hasn’t Happened.

President Trump’s hopes that an Israeli plan to ignite an internal uprising against Iran’s theocratic government could bring the war to a swift end have so far been dashed.

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Why More U.S. Officials Should Go to China

Seeing China firsthand can sharpen U.S. policy, reveal Chinese strengths and weaknesses and reduce costly miscalculations.

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Anti-Muslim Comments by G.O.P. Congressman Reflect a Rising Trend

On Capitol Hill and in Nashville, comments by Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee have sown division and underscored a growing tolerance on the right for Islamophobia.

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The ‘Hunger Games,’ Hamptons-Style: Hiring a Private Chef for Summer

On New York’s eastern shore, the wealthy are already competing to secure a chef for the season.

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Attack on a Sudan Hospital Kills Dozens, Head of W.H.O. Says

The group’s director general said 13 children were among those killed in the latest violence in the Darfur region, and he decried the targeting of health care facilities in the civil war.

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A Meteor Exploded Over Ohio. Then the Hunt for Meteorites Began.

After a seven-ton fireball exploded above the Cleveland area, a group of meteorite hunters descended too, in the name of science — and possibly cash.

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ICE to Help TSA at Airports Amid Partial Shutdown, Trump’s Border Czar Says

Tom Homan, President Trump’s chief border official, said plans were being drawn up to send immigration and customs agents to U.S. airports.

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Israel Orders Military to Intensify Demolitions in Southern Lebanon

Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed troops to destroy more bridges and buildings in southern Lebanon, stoking worries that Israel could expand a military-controlled buffer zone there.

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Introducing the Robot Umpire

We explain a technological change that’s about to transform baseball.

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In Odesa, Dressing Up Is Living

In Odesa, the older generation continues to dress up, showing people’s determination to carry on despite the blows of history.

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Gas Prices Have Risen More Than 30% in Some States in Weeks Since Iran War Began

Across the South and Southwest, where price hikes have been the most severe, drivers have lamented how the increased costs have cut into their budgets.

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They Want to Stop Paying Taxes as a Protest. There Are Consequences.

Some tax resisters withhold a symbolic amount, but those who willfully refuse to file or pay could face civil or criminal penalties.

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How the Supreme Court Could Change Voting by Mail

The Supreme Court is ruling on whether ballots received after Election Day should be disqualified. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti explains how a Supreme Court ruling could affect hundreds of thousands of Americans in rural and urban areas.

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The Supreme Court Could Make it Harder to Vote by Mail in the Midterms

The Republican National Committee wants to toss ballots arriving after Election Day. Critics say thousands of votes — a majority cast by Democrats — are at stake.

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Don Lemon on Trump, Minnesota and Streaming on YouTube

A Minnesota church protest made the former anchor a star again — and a target for the Trump administration.

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The End of the Free-Range ‘Stand by Me’ Childhood

What a 40-year-old movie told me about childhood today.

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Whims. Impulse. Memes. Lies. America Shouldn’t Fight a War Like This.

America shouldn’t fight a war like this.

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As War Disrupts India’s Gulf Ties, Economy Faces ‘New Broadside’

Generations of Indian workers and businesses have turned the Arab side of the Gulf into a vital appendage of their own country.

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