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Oscars Will Move to a Venue Outside Hollywood

The event will be held in downtown Los Angeles starting in 2029 as part of a deal between the academy and AEG, a developer of entertainment venues.

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Trump Administration Begins Investigations Into Three Medical Schools

The Justice Department’s demands for admissions-related data from Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego, represent a flex of federal power.

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European Allies Worry Russia Is Preparing to Deliver Drones to Iran

The drones are an improved version of a weapon that Iran sent to Russia for use in its war in Ukraine.

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Trump Eyes White House Treaty Room for Latest Renovation Project

President Trump is making new plans in one of the most significant renovations in the history of the White House.

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Mortgage Rates Jump Again as Iran War Effects Ripple Through Housing Market

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States hit 6.38 percent, the fourth increase since the war began.

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Dash Crofts, of the Soft-Rock Duo That Sang ‘Summer Breeze,’ Dies at 87

Seals & Crofts had a number of Billboard Top 20 songs in the 1970s before their chart topper brought them global fame.

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Roman Catholic Churches See a Surge of New Converts

Bishops are trying to understand what’s behind the wave. People joining the church described their reasons as highly personal.

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Four Problems for Trump in Birthright Citizenship Case

The president must confront a 1952 federal law, the possibility that millions will lose their citizenships, stateless foundlings and a fluid future.

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Under Carney, Canada Finally Hits NATO’s 2% Spending Target

Trump and other American presidents have criticized Canada for failing to meet the alliance’s military spending minimum of 2 percent of gross domestic product.

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How Can America Be So Miserable When It’s So Rich?

The just resentments of a shrinking middle class.

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After Wooing Trump With Deals, Pakistan Gets a Seat at the Table

Steve Witkoff, a diplomatic envoy, used the Board of Peace to announce an agreement that could raze a Pakistan-owned Manhattan hotel. Now the country is involved in negotiating peace talks with Iran.

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Cannonball with Wesley Morris: ‘Love Story’ Is Actually a Horror Story

The nightmare began when she said, “I do.”

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South Dakota Governor Signs Bill Requiring Citizenship Proof to Vote

The law, which mirrors national Republican priorities, requires newly registered voters to show that they are U.S. citizens in order to cast a ballot in state or local races.

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Binance Under Fire After Reports That $1.7 Billion in Crypto Flowed to Iran

The world’s largest crypto exchange is under fire after investigators found accounts moving $1.7 billion to Iranian entities. Clues about those accounts were in plain sight for over a year.

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Local Opposition Is Slowing A.I. Data Centers. Wall Street Has Noticed.

Tech companies are running into resistance from neighbors and may not be able to build at the pace they promised investors.

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Damaged Runway at LaGuardia Reopens After Plane Wreckage Is Removed

Officials expect the airport in New York to be fully operational later on Thursday. One of its two runways had been closed since Sunday, when a jet hit a truck, killing two pilots.

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The Strait of Hormuz Closed Because Iran Is Using the U.S. Playbook

Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz by raising risks for ship operators. In doing so, it has taken lessons from American financial policy.

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Russian Lawmakers Go to U.S. for First Time Since Invasion of Ukraine

The State Department had to lift sanctions on Russian lawmakers invited by a Kremlin-friendly member of Congress.

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Europe Heads for Another Energy Shock in a Vulnerable State

The region’s stores of natural gas are running at the lowest level in years, and filling them up is increasingly daunting as the U.S.-led war in Iran pushes up prices.

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Zelensky Says U.S. Is Conditioning Ukraine’s Security Guarantees on Donbas Surrender

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that President Trump “still chooses a strategy of putting more pressure on the Ukrainian side.”

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The Kennedy Center Is Giving Bill Maher the Mark Twain Prize

The annual award that recognizes merit in humor is going to the satirist and talk show host who has been critical of President Trump and political correctness.

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Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender Athletes in Women’s Events

Kirsty Coventry, the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee, has frequently spoken about what she says is the need to protect women’s competitions at the Olympic Games.

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‘Lethality’ Used to Be a Pentagon Buzzword. Now It’s a Worldview.

It’s blunt instead of vague, brash instead of evasive, bold instead of cautious. And yet the word obfuscates as much as old defense jargon.

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After ‘Sausage Making,’ European Lawmakers Approve U.S. Trade Deal

The agreement that President Trump struck with the European Union has cleared a major hurdle that delayed it for months.

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How to Turn a Chicken Egg Into a Drug Factory

A biotech start-up is testing a novel way of efficiently producing pharmaceutical drugs.

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War in Iran Will Push U.S. Inflation Above 4 Percent, O.E.C.D. Forecast Says

Higher energy prices and uncertainty over the war in the Middle East will boost inflation and weigh on economic growth, a new forecast says.

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Savannah Guthrie Says Mother’s Abduction Was Probably a Ransom Attempt

Her interview on the “Today” show came more than 50 days after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was taken from her home near Tucson, Ariz.

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U.S. Military Kills 4 People in Boat Strike in Caribbean

At least 163 people have been killed in the Trump administration’s campaign against suspected drug smuggling.

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Is Big Tech Facing a Big Tobacco Moment?

Back-to-back courtroom losses have put technology giants, including Meta and Google, in uncertain territory as they face lawsuits and bans on teen users.

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Snapchat Investigated in Europe Over Child Safety Policies

Regulators in Brussels accused the social media platform of maintaining a weak age-verification system, and steering younger users toward inappropriate experiences.

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