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Mike DeWine: Only Trump Can Pull Off Immigration Reform

It could be his Nixon-goes-to-China.

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Minnesota’s Democratic Senate Primary Pits Angie Craig Against Peggy Flanagan

The Senate primary race in Minnesota will be the latest test of left-wing energy in the party, in a state that was convulsed by the Trump administration’s deadly immigration crackdown this winter.

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How Small, Independent Newspapers Are Still Finding Readers

In a world of failing newspapers, free weeklies like The Chronicle of Glens Falls, N.Y., are still finding readers. All it takes is owners who do absolutely everything.

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Waymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its ‘Edge Cases.’

As Waymo deploys more driverless cars to 15 U.S. cities and counting, its vehicles keep encountering new and unexpected situations that they have no script to handle.

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Iran Insists Strait of Hormuz Will Stay Closed Until Trump Agrees to Demands

A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that talks with Oman on shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz were “separate” from discussions to fully reopen the waterway.

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At Edinburgh Fringe, It’s Time for Comedy, Stunts and Even a Few Owls

As the festival brings thousands of shows to the Scottish city, there’s also plenty of merriment out on the streets.

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A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students

As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.

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I, Spied

We’re looking at the little black cameras that are causing a national uproar.

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Meta Unveils ‘Open Source’ Version of Its Most Powerful A.I. Model

The release of Muse Glimmer, a model that can be freely downloaded and modified, is likely to intensify a debate over whether A.I. should be restricted or not.

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How Cameras Can Track Every Car in the U.S., and Iran’s Catch-22

Plus, a drying river reveals Nazi-era vessels.

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With ‘The Galloping Cure’ in Edinburgh, Missy Mazzoli Tackles the Opioid Crisis

The composer Missy Mazzoli, driven by personal loss, has turned America’s overdose epidemic into a dark, fantastical allegory.

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Ukrainian Drone Attack Kills 13 Deep Inside Russia

A strike on an industrial center in Tatarstan marked one of the deadliest attacks on Russian territory since the start of the war.

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At Edinburgh Fringe, Amanda Knox Takes the Mic to Reclaim Her Story

In a solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Knox is trying to turn her tabloid infamy into stand-up humor, despite an intense backlash.

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Inside the Left’s Playbook for Winning Elections

Progressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party. Their tactics show a different way to succeed.

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What the Hallmark Channel Knows About Love

For 25 years, it’s helped big-city gals find love with hometown hunks — and distracted the rest of us when we need it most.

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Southern Iran Bears Brunt of U.S. Bombing

While fighting has abated in much of Iran, near-constant U.S. airstrikes in Qeshm island and other southern spots have upended lives and livelihoods.

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A.I.-Driven Chip Crunch Leads to New Rush of Lobbying in Washington

As data centers gobble up memory chips, other industries that need the components, including electronics companies like Apple and medical device makers, are asking for government help.

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His Book Says He Planned Tupac’s Murder. Now He Says It Was Fiction.

Duane Davis’s book boasted of his role in the killing of Tupac Shakur. The memoir, which he now disavows, has become prime evidence in his murder trial, which starts this week.

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I’ve Seen How A.I. Changes Young People’s Social Lives

A.I. has become a kind of social sealant, filling the gaps in young people’s relationships.

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This Is the Winning Formula for Democrats in Red States

Just shy of 44 with boyish good looks, Rob Sand is very much a moderate, but he has a withering critique of the political establishment in this country.

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Private Equity Is Stuck With 33,575 Unsold Businesses

Even amid a booming deal-making environment, private equity firms are unable to exit a growing number of investments at values their investors require.

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Why Are So Many People Upset About Flock Cameras?

Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups.

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How Shania Twain Won Over Gen Z

The pop-country megastar is still thrilling young audiences and influencing a new generation of musicians.

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Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t.

In Texas, there’s one thing liberals and conservatives agree on: They don’t want cameras trained on their cars.

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The Surprising Truth About Instagram’s VHS Dates Videos

VHS Dates advertises itself as resurfacing lost dating service videotapes from the 1980s. The account’s followers have been genuinely touched.

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A.I. Cheating Threatens the Value of Online Degrees

As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.

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America Is Atomizing

A nation of us versus them and them and them.

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An Expert in Traffic Jams Has a Scary Idea: What if the Cars Turn on Us?

Sam Schwartz, a former New York City traffic commissioner, thinks autonomous vehicles are the future. But his book, “Autokill,” imagines a world where they go very wrong.

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Ben Jones, ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Actor and Congressman, Dies at 84

He played the mechanic Cooter Davenport on the hit television series before serving two terms as a Democratic congressman from Georgia.

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What America Owes to Afghan Women

Five years after giving up on Afghanistan, America still has a responsibility to the country’s women.

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