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Rubio, in Video, Urges Cubans to Align With Trump Administration

In a rare direct address, Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed the former leader Raúl Castro for the country’s longstanding electricity and resource shortages.

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Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block Trump’s Payout Fund

The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.

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Trump’s Slush Fund Will Reward Criminals. Americans Will Pay for It.

The president’s corruption and subversion of democratic tradition risk becoming the norm.

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San Diego Mosque Shooting Follows Alarm About Rising Islamophobia

Muslims pointed to a rise in overt hatred online, political attacks and harassment in the months before the killing of three people outside an Islamic center.

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A Founder of e.l.f. Cosmetics Gave Up the High Life to Be a Catholic Priest

A mystical encounter 12 years ago led Scott Vincent Borba, a founder of E.L.F. Beauty, on a journey that will culminate this week, when he is ordained as a Roman Catholic priest.

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Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies at 86

Often voted the “brainiest,” “funniest” and “most eloquent” member of the House, he was also the first to come out voluntarily and helped normalize being openly gay in public office.

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Timmy the Whale Got Stranded Off the German Coast. Then Things Got Weird.

A humpback that became stuck in the Baltic seemed to unite a nation in hope. Rescue efforts followed, and then finger-pointing.

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Harvard Caps A’s as Selective Colleges Attack Grade Inflation

Faculty members overwhelmingly approved a limit on the number of top grades they can give to about a fifth of their undergraduate classes.

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Massachusetts Police Will Pause Recruit Training to Fix Academy’s Flaws

State police officials say they need time to carry out recommendations made by an outside team after a trainee died in a police academy boxing match.

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A May-December Romance for 2 Fifth Avenue Hawks

The last mate of Pale Male, a celebrity hawk, has returned to their Upper East Side address with a new partner, and a baby chick has been seen.

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They Graduated Into the ‘Bleakest Job Market.’ Now It’s Their Children’s Turn.

The New York Times profiled young job seekers in 1991. Today, their own children are entering a work force in flux.

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James Murdoch Buys Half of Vox Media

The media scion is buying Vox Media’s podcast network, New York magazine and Vox.com for more than $300 million.

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The Growing Anxiety Over AI, Jobs and the Future

Layoffs linked to artificial intelligence are rattling workers and college graduates, stoking concerns worldwide that are showing up in polls.

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Children of Radicals Write to Understand Their Legacies

Zayd Ayers Dohrn and Harriet Clark on activism, violence, guilt and trying to make sense of their “incomprehensible” early days.

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Iran Threatens to Strike Beyond the Middle East if the U.S. Resumes Attacks

The warning was issued as President Trump and Vice President JD Vance say progress is being made toward a deal, while keeping open the threat of renewed strikes.

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Killing in Japan Stirs Fears of Tokuryu Crime Rings

Four teenage boys were arrested in the killing of a woman at her home. The police say they might have been directed by a new type of transient criminal network known as tokuryu.

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Who’s Writing This?

We look at the expanding role of A.I. in our lives.

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Head of W.H.O. Defends Its Response to Ebola Outbreak

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said criticism of the World Health Organization may have reflected a “lack of understanding” about how the agency works.

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New Immunity for President Trump, and an Audacious Plan for Regime Change in Iran

Plus, Tesla’s big bet on big rigs.

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2 Wildfires Near Los Angeles Prompt Evacuations

More than 7,000 people east of the city had been forced to evacuate as of Wednesday morning, and more than 39,000 others faced evacuation orders or warnings.

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Candidates Backed by Trump, Ocasio-Cortez Triumph in Key House Primaries

The president’s preferred candidate ousted an incumbent in Kentucky, while a Democratic primary in Pennsylvania was a win for the democratic socialists.

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Prison to Pardons to Payouts: Jan. 6 Rioters Are Elated at Trump Compensation Fund

The possibility that people who ransacked the Capitol could get money from the government they attacked is the latest head-spinning twist in President Trump’s effort to rewrite the history of Jan. 6.

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Faulty Part in UPS Plane Crash Was Often Overlooked, Witnesses Say

Investigators suggested that infrequent maintenance requirements, among other issues, appeared to contribute to the faulty part that caused the crash, which killed 15 people last year.

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Trump’s Spring Revenge Tour Routed G.O.P. Foes. But Fall Headwinds Loom.

He has used his sway with his base to oust wayward Republicans more than he has made inroads with the independents his party needs to defeat Democrats in November.

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Hatred of Israel and the Degradation of the West

Feeding narratives to the credulous isn’t speaking truth to power.

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Is the Bond Market Signaling Danger? Or Opportunity?

Interest rates for long-term Treasury bonds have surged to levels last seen in 2007, before the great financial crisis.

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High Gas Prices Are Squeezing America’s Food Banks

The organizations that feed millions were already dealing with cuts, inflation and more people seeking help. Now the war in Iran is forcing groups to make hard choices.

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A Homeowner Built Townhouses in a Jersey City Backyard

As YIMBYs and NIMBYs debate where to build housing, a project in Jersey City, N.J. shows how seemingly irreconcilable sides can find common ground.

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Raffensperger Loses in Primary for Georgia Governor

In his campaign for Georgia governor, Mr. Raffensperger found that G.O.P. voters still blamed him for Mr. Trump’s 2020 loss.

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Older People Are Still Underrepresented on TV, but Shows Like ‘The Boroughs’ Are Helping

While older people are still underrepresented on TV, the characters that are there have become richer and more multidimensional.

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