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Residents of Spanish Towns Caught in Fierce Blazes Recount Harrowing Escapes

Many say communication was chaotic and even nonexistent as flames tore through the area, taking 12 lives in one of the deadliest wildfires on record in Spain.

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Zelensky Announces Leadership Shuffle as War Turns in Ukraine’s Favor

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s prime minister, Yuliia Svyrydenko, would step down amid a broader shake-up in Ukraine’s senior leadership.

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Tim Scott and Other South Carolina Leaders Mourn Lindsey Graham

The senator had sometimes struggled to maintain support from his party’s most right-wing voters. But leaders paid tribute to his wit and stalwart support of South Carolina.

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Lindsey Graham Was Facing Re-election in November. What Happens Now?

South Carolina law suggests his death triggers an Aug. 11 special Republican primary election, and the state’s governor can appoint a replacement to serve out the rest of his term, through early January.

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Cold Plunging

A writer reflects on the healing powers of trying new things.

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Tributes Pour In for Senator Lindsey Graham

Mr. Graham’s sudden death on Saturday prompted a wave of tributes for an outsize and often divisive figure in U.S. foreign policy for two decades.

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Trump’s Corruption Stains, From Texas to Maine

Something is wrong if vice is all them and virtue is all you.

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Seneca’s Solution to the Crisis of Attention

Devote your attention to one idea a day.

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Fitness Influencers Are Not Making Men More Fit

Manosphere fitness influencers are the wrong model. Health requires looking at life as a whole, not as an exercise in “optimization.”

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Hard-Liners in Iran Want to Keep Fighting America

With much of their leadership killed in the war, Iran’s conservatives have sought to fill the void and intensify the fight against the United States.

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Inside Herat, Where a Taliban Campaign Targets a Cosmopolitan Outpost

Afghanistan’s leader has exerted full control over a city that once enjoyed looser social norms, even under Taliban rule.

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Trump Sought an Iran War Exit. Putin Pushed On in Ukraine. Now Both Are Stuck.

The Iran and Ukraine wars underline the common limits of military force in achieving political ends, but also the differences between a dug-in Russian president and a vacillating American one.

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How an Election Fight in Arizona Could Affect the Nation’s Midterms

A bitter struggle between Maricopa County’s Republican-dominated Board of Supervisors and a Trump-allied official over control of elections has ramifications far beyond Greater Phoenix.

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How a Gang of Thieves Pulled Off a Multimillion-Dollar Data Center Heist

The world’s most valuable assets are stored on rows of servers in giant, anonymous buildings. And they can be stolen.

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Younger Voters Are Propelling the Democratic Socialist Surge in New York

Age seemed to be the predominant factor in the Democratic Socialists of America’s primary wins in House races in New York City.

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The Democratic Socialists Winning Elections Far From New York City

They won Democratic state legislative primaries in Buffalo and Syracuse, showing how the party’s messaging and ground game can work outside New York City.

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Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, Dies at 71

Mr. Graham died of a “brief and sudden” illness on Saturday evening, his office said. He served in the Senate for more than two decades.

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The World Is Cutting Ties With America. It’s Already Costing Us.

When other countries cut ties, Americans pay.

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Serena Williams Is Back. Thank Goodness.

Until Serena Williams announced her return to tennis at 44, I never realized how much I needed her.

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As India Erases Its Colonial Past, Delhi’s Elite Feel Targeted

India’s government wants to shut down Delhi’s Gymkhana Club, which the prime minister calls a vestige of colonialism. Some members suspect a different motive.

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How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies

Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.

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Toronto Police Search For Active Shooter After 2 Killed at Street Festival

The shooting disrupted a weekend Latino celebration where hundreds had gathered on Saturday evening.

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Black Hawk Helicopters Rescue Hundreds From Summer Camp During Floods

The National Guard evacuated campers after flooding in Missouri that reminded some families of the devastating floods at Camp Mystic in central Texas last year.

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White House Directed Patel to Oversee Investigation Involving Times Reporting

The F.B.I. director spent about eight hours at the White House Friday focused on the effort, which led to the subpoenaing of several Times reporters who wrote about the security of Air Force One.

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At Vigil, Sons of Man Killed by ICE in Houston Call for Accountability

The sons of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo recalled their father’s love of soccer and said they would “continue to keep fighting for him.”

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How Will Maine Democrats Replace Graham Platner? Here’s What to Know.

Mr. Platner’s withdrawal from a marquee Senate race, under pressure from his party, has set in motion an unusual competition to become the new nominee.

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Trump’s Posts on Singing Somali Schoolchildren Stir Anger in Minnesota

The state’s large Muslim and Somali communities expressed indignation after the president reposted a video of a kindergarten promotion ceremony, including comments noting the girls were in hijabs.

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Videos Shed Light on Pursuit Before ICE Killing in Houston

Surveillance footage obtained by The Times shows ICE agents driving aggressively in unmarked vehicles, but the moment of the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo remains murky.

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We Returned From China. We Realized Our Century’s Biggest Challenge.

A.I. demands a populist approach that treats the technology as a public project.

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Inside the Secret Factory That Supplies Ukraine’s War Drones

With its mass-produced and inexpensive A.I. powered war machines, the German start-up Helsing SE illustrates a profound shift in military spending.

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