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A.I. ‘Employees’ Might Disrupt Work in Unexpected Ways

Scholars say the “unknown unknowns” of using artificial intelligence in the workplace may be undermining the technology’s advertised benefits.

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Liberals Are Preaching Moral Values. What Took Them So Long?

Until recently, the language of morality belonged to social conservatives. But the history of liberalism suggests that values have been at its core all along.

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Parents Can’t Give Their Kids Everything. Siblings Can Help.

There are virtues in growing up in a pack.

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For These Teens in Mexico, Soccer Is Life. Now, the Cartels Want In.

In Celaya, Mexico, local cartels have turned soccer fields into bloody battlefields as they have co-opted a local league for teenagers as their latest business endeavor.

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Oil Prices Rise on Possible Deal to Suspend Attacks in Gulf

Oil prices edged higher after an American official said the U.S. and Iran had agreed to halt attacks in a key shipping lane, raising hopes that hostilities would not escalate.

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Deep Under the Rubble, Rescuers Find an 11-Year-Old Boy Alive

A Colombian rescue team worked for six hours to recover the child, Moises, from under nearly 10 feet of rubble in La Guaira. His rescue was captured on video.

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A.I. Is Strangling Our Economy

So much money is being poured into A.I. that the rest of the economy is starting to suffer.

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Bill Maher Set to Receive Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center

Mr. Maher, a frequent critic of President Trump, is receiving a top comedy award at the institution that once bore the president’s name.

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Philippe Stern, Heir to the Patek Philippe Watch Brand, Dies at 88

In an era of electronic timepieces, he marketed $40,000 handmade watches as status symbols, breathing new life into a struggling industry.

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In Venezuela, a Community Comes Together to Search for Earthquake Survivors

Volunteers in a middle-class neighborhood in Caracas used drills, picks and hammers to break through concrete, trying to find anyone in need of rescue.

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‘Supergirl’ Falters at the Box Office, Testing DC Studios’ Reboot

Overall, ticket sales for the weekend were up 21 percent from last year. But the expensive “Supergirl” debuted as a disappointing second, with an estimated $38 million.

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Iran Risks Peace Talks With U.S. to Maintain Leverage Over Strait

Iran sees its control over the Strait of Hormuz as critical leverage in peace talks with the United States. It seems willing to risk the cease-fire to maintain that power.

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Pride March Caps Joyous New York June, but Anxiety Tempers Hope

The annual celebration began Sunday in a city where many in the L.G.B.T.Q. community are optimistic about their local leaders but face continued challenges from the Trump administration.

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Three Firefighters Die as Wildfires Ravage Utah and Colorado

The firefighters died in a blaze in Colorado. Fires have swept the arid border region after a warm winter produced less snow than normal.

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A ‘Heat Dome’ Could Bring Triple- Digit Temperatures to the Midwest and Eastern U.S.

Forecasters warned that temperatures could break records in some areas. The heat is expected to last into the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

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A ‘Heat Dome’ Could Bring Triple- Digit Temperatures to the Midwest and Eastern U.S.

Forecasters warned that temperatures could break records in some areas. The heat is expected to last into the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

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Three Firefighters Die as Wildfires Ravage Utah and Colorado

The firefighters died in a blaze in Colorado. Fires have swept the arid border region after a warm winter produced less snow than normal.

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Trump Wants to Own the Nation’s 250th Birthday. States Have Their Own Plans.

As partisan tensions swirl around festivities in Washington, red and blue states alike are leaning into complex history — and their own stories.

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Rats, Leaks and Broken Elevators: Repair Backlog Plagues Federal Buildings

After decades, deferred maintenance totals an estimated $50 billion. But getting repair funds from Congress is a laborious process.

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Dear Diary

We celebrate 50 years of Metropolitan Diary.

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If These Celebrities Are Democracy’s Last Hope, We’re in Trouble

When speaking up actually means risking something, for once, it is more necessary than ever.

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The Hamptons’ Essential Luxury Good: Human Labor

The people who want to visit can’t function without the people who have to live there.

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Two Earthquakes Hit Venezuela: What to Know About Death Toll, Damage and Rescue Response

Back-to-back quakes in northern Venezuela killed more than 1,400 people and set off an agonizing search for survivors. It was the latest ordeal for a country beset by economic and political turmoil.

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As Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal, His Sons Stand to Profit

An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten.

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Kazakhstan’s Leader Deepens U.S. Ties, Saying Trump Was ‘Sent by Heaven’

The Central Asian nation is aggressively courting President Trump’s Washington to counterbalance its powerful neighbors, Russia and China.

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Venezuela Government Accused of Politicizing Quake Relief

Critics say the country’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to exploit the tragedy for her political benefit. Her supporters accuse the opposition of doing the same.

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What Life Is Like in Dahiya Amid a Hezbollah-Israel Truce in Lebanon

Dahiya, a sprawling area and Hezbollah stronghold, is stirring back to life amid a tense truce with Israel. “This war has brought so much loss,” one resident said.

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Colorado’s Primary for Governor Pivots to Trump and Who Will Fight Him

The Democratic primary on Tuesday is likely to decide the next governor, and Senator Michael Bennet, once seen as a shoo-in, is in a dogfight with Attorney General Phil Weiser.

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White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Protect Federal Workers From Unfair Firings

Behind the scenes, the Trump White House went to extensive lengths to advance its theory of executive power, potentially giving the president remarkable leeway to install loyalists at nearly every echelon of government.

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How Polymarket Traders Revolted Over One Silly Syllable

How one silly syllable ignited a bitter dispute over the nature of reality on Polymarket.

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