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Retracing Henry Knox’s Revolutionary War Trek Across the Wilderness

In 1775, George Washington sent Henry Knox, a Boston bookseller, to fetch 60 tons of artillery. We followed Knox’s route to see how the country has changed.

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The Empty Nesters Opting for R.V. Life

With little tethering them to home, some empty nesters are taking to the road.

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After Stumbles, Technology Meant for Self-Driving Cars Finds a Second Act

After a crush of promises in 2016 that autonomous cars would soon rule the road, companies whose tech underpinned them have shifted to other industries, like managing shipyards and city traffic.

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Tornadoes in Mississippi Damage More Than 1,000 Buildings

State officials were assessing the damage from a storm that ripped through the region overnight. At least four people suffered minor injuries.

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Mamdani Wants Free Buses for All. The City Council Has Different Ideas.

Rather than making city buses free for all riders, elected officials and transit advocates are pushing to expand a transit program for low-income New Yorkers.

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Will New York Freeze the Rent? A Panel Will Cast Its First Vote.

The panel that regulates rents for nearly one million apartments is set to weigh in on potential increases for the first time since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office.

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N.Y.C. Schools Could Lose 153,000 Students in Next Decade, Study Finds

A confluence of factors is causing public schools in New York and across the country to experience dramatic reductions in enrollment.

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Late Night Isn’t Buying Trump’s New ‘Skirmish’ in Iran

After Trump used the terms “miniwar” and “excursion” to describe the conflict in Iran, Jimmy Kimmel predicted that the president would next call the war “a tiff. It will be a $200 billion tiff.”

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5 Takeaways From the Last Televised California Governor Debate

Candidates debated housing and insurance policy in the first half, then furiously attacked one another at the end.

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Trump Keeps Saying He Wants to Leave NATO. Maybe He Already Has.

For the NATO deterrent to work, Europe and Russia both have to believe that America is coming.

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Starmer Braces for Local Election Losses Amid New Era of UK Politics

Polls predict historic losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on Thursday as anti-immigrant Reform U.K. makes gains, and a new era of multiparty politics takes shape.

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Starmer Faces a Major Test in a Set of UK Elections: What to Know

Local elections in England, and parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales, take place on Thursday. The governing Labour Party is expected to do very badly.

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The ‘Perfect Storm’ Hanging Over Britain’s Public Debt

Bond investors are expected to scrutinize the results of critical local elections on Thursday as the war in the Middle East adds inflation pressure on the government.

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War and Energy Shortages Boost China’s Influence in Asia

The war in Iran has left China’s neighbors appealing for help, handing Beijing the kind of sway it has long sought.

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Howard Lutnick Grilled by Lawmakers Over Epstein Ties

The commerce secretary appeared for hours in a closed-door session on Wednesday with the House Oversight Committee

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Judge Says F.B.I. Can Keep 2020 Election Records Seized From Georgia

The ruling is the latest in a saga driven by President Trump’s desire for redemption in the state, which he lost in 2020. The county is likely to appeal.

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Susan Collins Says She Has Long Had a Benign Tremor

The Republican senator from Maine, running for re-election at age 73 in one of this year’s top Senate races, made the disclosure after mounting online scrutiny on the left.

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A Scaled-Back Celebration for Public Servants ‘in Trauma’

The Trump administration has eliminated more than 350,000 federal jobs. But an annual effort to inspire talented people to serve the public continues.

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Anthropic’s C.E.O. Says It Could Grow by 80 Times This Year

The chief executive, Dario Amodei, said the rapid growth had exponentially increased the start-up’s need for more computing power.

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Health Authorities Monitor Hantavirus Cruise Passengers in United States

People in at least three states are being monitored after being on the ship. None have shown symptoms, officials said.

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Here’s what to know about the California governor race.

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Elon Musk’s Confidante Shivon Zilis Is Cast as His Inside Source at OpenAI

Shivon Zilis worked closely with Elon Musk while she was on OpenAI’s board. Her ties to the world’s richest man were detailed in a landmark trial on Wednesday.

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Trump’s Gyrations on the War Leave Even Rubio Out of Sync

The administration’s latest shifts on the status of the conflict show how treacherous it is to speak for a president who cultivates an erratic style.

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Purported Epstein Suicide Note Is Released

A federal judge released the note on Wednesday, which Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate said he found in a graphic novel. The New York Times has not authenticated that Mr. Epstein wrote it.

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The Boxing Match That Killed a Police Recruit

A Massachusetts State Police cadet, already hobbled from a previous bout, raised his hand to take on a more skilled fighter, and investigators say no one stopped him. Four people face charges.

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‘The Book of Mormon’ Will Close for 2 Weeks After Fire

The long-running musical, one of Broadway’s biggest hits, will be closed through at least May 17 after an electrical fire in its lighting booth.

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Giuliani Is Pursuing Health Care Through 9/11 Program, Lawyer Says

The former New York City mayor, who is improving after a serious case of pneumonia, suffers from a respiratory condition linked to his exposure to toxins at ground zero, his spokesman says.

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Trump’s Indiana Victory Shows His Enduring Grip on Core Republican Supporters

Low approval ratings? MAGA divisions? The president was able to turn out party loyalists in an Indiana primary to help him oust Republican state lawmakers who had crossed him.

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Iran Is Reviewing a U.S. Peace Proposal

Also, Ted Turner died at 87. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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Air-Conditioning Is in Short Supply as Asia Swelters

From classrooms to crowded buses, people across South and Southeast Asia are adjusting to life with less cooling — or none at all — as the war in Iran drives an energy crunch.

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