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F.B.I. Searches Houston ICE Shooting Van for Drugs

Federal investigators believe illegal drugs were inside the vehicle, though the immigration agents involved in the encounter do not appear to have known that.

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Meet Earth’s Newest Monkey. (And Check Out Its Orange Lips.)

It is only the fifth new African monkey identified as a new species in the past 75 years.

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Flash Flood Emergency Is Issued in Texas After Days of Pounding Rain

Roads were turning to rivers on Wednesday as emergency officials in towns around San Antonio raced to rescue people who had been stranded.

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Canada Wildfire Air Pollution and Heat Wave Combo Pose Heightened Health Risks

Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health risks.

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Treasury to Begin Minting $1 Gold Trump Coins Featuring President’s Face

Critics question whether the coins are legal and argue that President Trump is using the currency to celebrate himself.

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New Jersey Couple Aids Meteorite Discovery After it Crashes Through Their Roof

A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom.

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How Worried Should You Be About Cyclospora?

Don’t stop eating fruits and vegetables.

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Our Top Editor on Subpoenas of Times Journalists

The Trump administration issued subpoenas to reporters who wrote about security concerns involving the new Air Force One. Joe Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times, responds to what he calls a “naked attempt to intimidate” the newspaper.

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Superagent? Obviously. Secret Weapon in 2028? Maybe.

Ari Emanuel’s empire has grown beyond Hollywood to include the U.F.C., WWE and some key figures in the manosphere. That could work out well for his brother Rahm Emanuel.

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U.S. Strikes Hit Greater Tunb Island in Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had attacked Iranian cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb, one of several small islands in the Strait of Hormuz subject to a decades-old territorial dispute.

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When Originalism Jumped the Shark

Has the court learned nothing?

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Trump Endorses Mike Lindell, MyPillow Founder, for Minnesota Governor

He is a close ally of President Trump and has been a leading proponent of the election denial movement, which falsely claims that voting machines are often rigged.

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War Risk for Businesses Will Mean Higher Prices No Matter What Happens

Doing business in a more dangerous and unpredictable world will cost more, pushing up the price of everything from food to electronics.

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‘The Odyssey’ Review: Passion in Every Frame

Few directors close the divide between the art film and the blockbuster like Christopher Nolan.

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Elon Musk Funds Vivek Ramaswamy’s Bid for Ohio Governor Despite Their DOGE Clashes

Elon Musk gave $5 million to back Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for Ohio governor, seemingly moving past tensions around the effort to downsize the federal work force.

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Wildfire Smoke Spreads Across the Northeast as Temperatures Spike

A heat dome is responsible for miserably high temperatures, and it’s also helping to push smoke from wildfires to the east.

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Goldman’s Former Top Lawyer Calls Epstein a ‘Masterful Liar’

Kathryn Ruemmler, the former general counsel of Goldman Sachs, testified on Wednesday in a closed-door congressional hearing investigating Jeffery Epstein.

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He Thought He Had to Break Out of Brooklyn. Instead, He Celebrates It.

As a child, Michael McLeer wanted to be like John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” and leave the neighborhood. Was it a tragedy that changed his mind?

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Wildfires Rage in Ontario as Smoke Affects Toronto’s Air Quality

Air quality in Canada’s largest city was at times the worst in the world on Wednesday, as wildfires across Ontario sent smoke drifting into New York City and beyond.

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Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus

The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.

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House G.O.P. Releases Budget to Unlock $95 Billion for Iran War and SAVE Act

The plan faces a rocky path amid Republican divisions and would pave the way for votes months before the midterm elections to fund a war that polls show is deeply unpopular.

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Australia to Impose Energy and Water Guardrails on Data Centers Amid A.I. Boom

The country will also seek to protect the rights of creators of work used to train artificial intelligence models, as it aims to impose parameters on the growing industry.

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Trump Pressures ICE to Resume Traffic Stops After Agency Pulls Back

Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered its officers on Tuesday to halt most vehicle stops across the country after they shot two people over the past week.

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Biden Will Release Memoir Just After the November Midterms

The former president announced that the book, “Promise Me, America,” will come out on Nov. 17, and will cover the tumultuous events of his presidency as well as his re-election bid.

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The Big Questions About Jeffrey Epstein: What The Times Has Learned

Here is what we know about the sexual predator whose secrets spurred an international reckoning over money, power and complicity. Check back for updates.

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What to Know About Todd Blanche’s Order Granting Trump Immunity From I.R.S. Audits

Acting attorney general Todd Blanche’s decision to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits is set to be a central issue in his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

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California Weather Shift Brings With It a Risk of Unhealthy Heat and Wildfires

Wednesday will bring some of the hottest temperatures of the year, and fire experts are warning of combustible conditions throughout the state.

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U.S. Presses China to Free American Seismologist Accused of Spying

President Trump has urged Xi Jinping to release the scientist, Youlin Chen, the man’s family says. Dr. Chen studied the detection of North Korean nuclear tests.

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Fatal Encounters

We look at shootings by federal immigration agents.

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Oil Prices Tick Higher as U.S. Reinstates Iran Blockade

The United States reinstated its blockade on Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz and shipping slowed to a crawl amid the renewed warfare in the critical waterway.

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