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For Western Oil Companies, War in Iran Means Bigger Profits, and Risks

American and European oil and gas companies are expected to earn a lot more as prices surge but are worried about the future.

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Air Traffic Audio Appears to Show Tower Was Dealing With Incident Before Crash

Several minutes after the collision, a controller told the pilot of a Frontier jet that “we were dealing with an emergency earlier,” according to audio reviewed by The New York Times.

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Why the BTS Comeback Concert Was a ‘Disaster’ for Some Businesses

The turnout for the K-pop titans’ show was much lower than projected by officials, hitting the bottom line of some restaurants. Shares in the group’s management company also fell.

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Lilias Folan, Who Brought Yoga to Middle America, Dies at 90

With her bright leotards and soothing, welcoming tone, she helped to demystify a discipline that many Americans in the 1970s viewed as a counterculture practice.

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Carbon Capture Technology Is Helping This Pub Make Beer

A pub in California is pulling carbon dioxide from the air to carbonate pints. If the business model works, it could give the broader carbon-capture industry a boost.

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What’s It Like to Be Back in Print After 20 Years? A Bit Odd.

Nancy Lemann published her first novel at 28. Then came “the doom.” Now she’s back in the spotlight, and not exactly comfortable with it.

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‘Stop Truck 1, Stop!’: Air Traffic Audio Captures Moment Before Crash

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Oil Prices Tumble and Stocks Rise as Trump Backs Off Threats to Iran Infrastructure

Investors braced for a fourth week of market turmoil caused by the war in the Middle East

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Trump Is Digging Up Washington. Can Lawsuits Stop the Bulldozers?

As the president develops plans to fundamentally alter the White House, the Kennedy Center and other sites, federal lawsuits are beginning to catch up.

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Jeff Webb, Who Built a Competitive Cheerleading Empire, Dies at 76

Through Varsity Spirit, the company he established in 1974, he turned cheerleading into a multibillion-dollar juggernaut and exerted control over almost every aspect of it.

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London Arson Attack on Jewish Ambulance Service Investigated as Hate Crime, Police Say

The city’s main police force said it was investigating fires that struck four ambulances as an antisemitic hate crime.

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Markets Rally as Trump’s Iran Deadline Is Deferred

Stock futures rose and oil prices fell after President Trump cited “very good and productive” talks with Iran over ending the war.

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Deadly Plane Crash at LaGuardia Airport: What We Know

Two pilots were killed and dozens of others were injured when a regional jet collided with a fire truck on the runway.

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Death by Paper

We examine a new innovation in drug smuggling.

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Lionel Jospin, France’s Former Prime Minister, Dies at 88

As a Socialist prime minister, Mr. Jospin introduced a national 35-hour workweek and oversaw the replacement of the franc with the euro.

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A Deadly Collision at LaGuardia Airport, and Trump’s Ultimatum to Iran

Plus, chasing meteorites for money.

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Sidelined by War With Iran, Gaza Residents Remain in Limbo

The new war has led to panic buying and a surge in food prices for Gazans as they try to recover from Israel’s two-year offensive against Hamas.

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A Choice of Deadly Drones Is Only a Few Clicks Away for Ukrainian Troops

Ukraine has created online marketplaces to let units select their own drones, a break from generations of standardized and centralized weapons procurement.

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Takeaways From the Times’s Inside Look at the C.D.C.

Many current and former employees say the actions of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are undermining the agency’s role in safeguarding public health.

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In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Concerns

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, recently took possession of more than 650,000 ballots as part of a fraud probe. Election officials say his investigation is baseless.

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Energy Attacks in War on Iran Could Turn Economic Shock Into Long-Term Damage

A new phase targeting oil and gas infrastructure in the Persian Gulf threatens to hurt businesses and customers around the world for months or even years.

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We Shouldn’t Want a World Run by Prediction Markets

Prediction markets teach us to look at the future as gamblers, rather than as citizens.

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Canada May Need to Lean on the US as Military Threats in the Arctic Rise

For the past seven decades, Canada has been the junior partner in a military agreement with the United States to protect the Canadian Arctic.

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Justices to Hear Challenge to State Mail-in Ballot Law

The case focuses on Mississippi’s mail-in ballot law, but the outcome could upend similar rules in more than a dozen states and territories.

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Review: On ‘Arirang,’ BTS Is Too Big to Fail. But Not Too Big to Succeed.

The K-pop superstars’ new album, “Arirang,” comes with huge commercial expectations. The group made room for artistic experimentation, too.

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How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems With Women

The Wall Street titan Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $170 million for what he said was tax and estate work. But his services went beyond that.

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Chuck Schumer: What the SAVE Act Would Really Do

Republicans want to pretend it’s a voter ID bill.

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Born Abroad and Fearful of ICE, Adoptees Try to Prove They Belong

Up to 200,000 people adopted as children from abroad are vulnerable to deportation by an administration searching for problems with their citizenship.

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Canada’s Military Wants to Prove It Can Defend the High Arctic

Canadian soldiers transported M777 howitzers to the High Arctic to show their ability to fight in an increasingly contested part of the world. It did not go as planned.

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When Voters Worry About ‘Affordability,’ Many Point to Health Care

Democrats have had limited political success running on the Affordable Care Act, even with its relative popularity. Now President Trump’s health care cuts may have given the issue new resonance.

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