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Omaha Police Fatally Shoot Woman Who Cut 3-Year-Old Boy With Knife at Walmart

The woman forced the child, who was sitting in a cart, and his babysitter out of the store at knife point. She had the boy when police arrived, the department said. The shooting is under investigation.

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Trump’s Quest for More Sway Over Fed Faces Fresh Hurdles

Jerome H. Powell’s term as chair of the Federal Reserve ends on May 15, but it appears increasingly likely that he will stay on in some capacity at the central bank after that.

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Yale Report Finds Colleges Deserve Blame for Higher Education’s Problems

A 10-member committee offered a brutal assessment of academia’s role in creating the forces challenging American colleges and universities.

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‘We Cannot Lose Sight of Ukraine.’ Europeans Promise More Aid to Kyiv.

The focus in recent weeks has been on the conflict in Iran, but European leaders said it was crucial to keep aid flowing to Ukraine.

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Ad Companies Settle With F.T.C. Over Claims of Harm to Conservative Sites

WPP, Dentsu and Publicis settled claims they colluded on policies to combat misinformation, denying ad revenue to publishers on the right.

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SantaCon Leader Ran His Own $1 Million Con Game, U.S. Says

Stefan Pildes “siphoned” more than half of the money donated over five years for the event, a raucous New York City bar crawl promoted as a charitable event, prosecutors said.

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Claudia Sheinbaum’s War on Crime in Mexico Faces a Grim Reckoning: 133,000 Missing People

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico is under pressure to end one of her country’s most painful tragedies: the disappearance of more than 133,000 people.

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Debt Alarms Ring as Countries Rack Up More Emergency Spending

Amid signs of a prolonged period of high energy costs, policymakers are urging restraint as governments open up the public till to protect households and businesses.

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Stocks Approach Record High as Wall St. Looks Beyond War

Investors appear to be treating an end to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran as a foregone conclusion.

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Floodwaters Rise in Michigan as Cheboygan Dam Remains Threatened

A levee breach near Cheboygan has already forced evacuations. Engineers were monitoring dams taxed by rain and snowmelt.

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Paris Man Wins $1.2 Million Picasso Painting in Charity Raffle

A Parisian software salesman entered a charity raffle and came away with a piece of history: “I have some paintings, but not like a Picasso.”

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‘Giant’ Revisits Roald Dahl’s Antisemitic Comments: What to Know

Mark Rosenblatt’s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children’s book author, draws from Dahl’s comments over the years.

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Amid Iran War, Companies Look to Extend a Record Profit Run by Raising Prices

Higher inflation is leading companies to raise prices without sacrificing margins.

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That Meeting You Hate May Keep A.I. From Stealing Your Job

As artificial intelligence makes many tasks easier, the human work of cajoling, arm-twisting and reassuring appears to be rising in importance.

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What Is ‘Jagged Intelligence’ and How Can It Reframe the AI Debate?

A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well can help predict what jobs it may replace.

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As Los Angeles Rebuilds, a Surge of Experimentation

Across the city’s fire zones, there’s a surge of experimentation — collective rebuilding, catalog homes and new technologies that are safe and reduce costs.

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Trump’s Go-To Justification for Contentious Decisions: National Security

The administration has invoked national security in a variety of matters, including the White House ballroom and offshore wind farms, drawing rebukes from some judges.

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Trump Breaks With Meloni, Italy’s Leader, Amid Dispute Over Pope and Iran

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was once considered one of President Trump’s closest European allies. Their friendship now appears in danger.

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In Defense of Dumb Dogs

Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK.

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Trump Increased Tax Refunds, but a Political Challenge Still Looms

While last year’s tax law has raised the average I.R.S. refund, the boost is less than the White House expected — and may not have much impact on voters.

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It’s Tax Day

We’re looking at who is filing and what they’re paying.

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The Republicans Who Disapprove of the War, and a Wave of College Closures

Plus, will the World Cup bring tourists back to the U.S.?

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A Progressive Group Rolls Out a Campus Competitor to Turning Point

More Perfect Union, a left-wing media organization, hopes to win back young voters and build a new generation of college influencers with its More Perfect University program.

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Trump Is in Over His Head

This is not a man in control of himself.

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Thousands of N.Y.C. Doormen Seeking Better Pay Are Set to Vote on Strike

It would be the first walkout by the apartment building workers in more than three decades.

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New York Calls for Accountability for Firm Accused of Ignoring Assaults

The state comptroller said the real estate brokerage eXp, two of whose former agents have been accused of sexual assault, should fix its company culture instead of moving to Texas.

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Why It’s Crucial We Understand How A.I. ‘Thinks’

For us to trust it on certain subjects, researchers in the growing field of interpretability might need to learn how to open the black box of its brain.

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Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan Have a Generational ‘Beef’

The actors play a married couple on the brink in the second season of the Netflix anthology series.

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11 Electric Cars Worth a Look as Gas Prices Soar

The war in Iran has auto shoppers sizing up electrics. Many strong cars are on the market, and there are bargains to be had when buying used.

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Sister Mary Kay and the Waning Days of the Sisters of Charity

An influential order of nuns decided to complete its mission when the last sister dies. The only question left is how to finish well.

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