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Global Food Supply Faces a Dangerous Bottleneck as Iran War Persists

Fertilizer prices are climbing as a result of disruptions in the Middle East, putting global food supplies at risk.

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Energy Crisis Forces India’s Eateries to Adapt

A small street stall and a big restaurant chain in India rethought how to cook after the war in the Middle East squeezed their supply of liquified petroleum gas.

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Did Scientists Just Detect an Exploding Black Hole?

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory.

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United Airlines Flight Avoids Collision With Military Helicopter in California

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating after a helicopter crossed into the path of United Airlines Flight 589.

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Will Iran Break Trumpism?

The right-wing thinker Christopher Caldwell believes the Iran war is the end of Trumpism. Is he right? What was Trumpism in the first place?

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Savannah Guthrie Is Returning to ‘Today’

NBC said that she would return as an anchor of the show on April 6, a little more than two months after the disappearance of her mother.

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Humpback Whale Is Freed After Days Stranded Off German Beach

In an unexpected breakthrough, the 40-foot mammal swam to deeper water on Friday morning through a channel that rescuers had dug for it.

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Your Suck-up Chatbot

We explain the implications of A.I. being so sycophantic.

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How the Iran War Is Costing the Economy Its Buffers

As the U.S.-Israeli campaign enters a second month, analysts see a growing toll. One forecast predicts oil hitting $200 a barrel.

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U.K. Police to Reinvestigate Sex Crime Allegations Against Andrew Tate

A police force in England said it would look again at allegations against the influencer from 11 years ago. Mr. Tate was not charged in the case and denies any wrongdoing.

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Rubio Expected to Press Allies Over Strait of Hormuz at G7 Meeting

The meeting in France is slated to discuss efforts to stop the war in the Middle East, end Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile development, and reopen maritime trade routes.

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The View of the War From a Florida Gas Station

Since the start of the war in Iran, the average price of gas in the United States has climbed by nearly a dollar.

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A Breakthrough for T.S.A. Funding, and How the War in Iran Will Hit Grocery Prices

Plus, the Friday news quiz.

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Senate Votes to Fund Most of D.H.S. in Bid to End Partial Shutdown

The bill excludes funding for ICE and the Border Patrol but restores it for federal airport security workers. The House could consider the package on Friday.

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UAE and Qatar Arrest Hundreds Over Online Videos of Iranian Attacks

The authorities have made a wave of arrests to stop people posting footage of strikes, citing security risks. Experts also see a fear of damage to the countries’ image as safe havens.

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Republicans Know This War Is Going Badly

Never before has America arrived at the threshold of a quagmire so quickly.

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Want More ‘Love Story’? Read These Books Inspired by the Kennedys and ’90s New York.

If the TV show has you craving 1990s glam, upper-crust romance and doomed dynasties, these books have got you covered.

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‘No Kings’ Protests Across U.S. Cities: What We Know

Thousands of demonstrations against the Trump administration are scheduled to take place in cities and towns across the country on Saturday.

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Europeans Are Angry at Trump, but Often Forgiving of Americans

A generation ago, foreign fury over the Iraq invasion often blurred into anti-Americanism. Now, some Europeans seem ready to distinguish between the president and the American people.

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Where Might the Iran War Hit Your Wallet? Start With Raspberries.

It takes a lot of fuel to produce this delicate fruit, which can be a sensitive barometer as oil costs rise.

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9 Fateful Seconds at LaGuardia Airport

After a fatal collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck on a runway, attention has focused on why the truck didn’t heed frantic calls to stop.

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Resurgent Inflation Tests Faith in Fed’s Willingness to Tame It

The war in the Middle East risks worsening an inflation problem that the Federal Reserve has struggled for years to subdue.

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Tracking the Early Vote in Virginia’s Redistricting Referendum

Voters in Virginia will decide on April 21 whether to redraw the state’s congressional map. Turnout is even higher, thus far, than it was in last year’s governor’s election.

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The Iran War is Revealing the Messy Middle of Our Renewable Energy Transition

When the world map of literal power changes, the political hierarchy shifts, too

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As Kennedy Takes on Food Policy, Companies Push Back

Though the health secretary falsely claimed a victory in a recent podcast, a federal proposal to review all new food ingredients is still in the early stages and drawing fierce opposition.

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Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s highly unusual decision to remove officers from a one-star promotion list has spurred allegations of racial and gender bias.

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Can We Settle Your Music Debate? Of Course We Can.

Popcast is here to answer your questions. (And to tell you who’s right.)

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It’s Elon Musk’s World Now

Is Muskism the new Fordism?

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Will ICE Change Under Its New Leader?

Markwayne Mullin, the new homeland security secretary, has promised a different approach, but how much change is likely? Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz describes what we know.

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In Maine, Many Older Women Prefer the Younger Man for Senate

Women in their 60s and beyond will likely play a key role in choosing which Democrat will face Senator Susan Collins: Gov. Janet Mills, 78, or Graham Platner, 41.

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