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How One Woman With a Very Rare Disease Secured a Clinical Trial

Through sheer determination, Neena Nizar has become the first patient in a clinical trial testing a treatment for her disease — one so rare it affects just 30 people worldwide.

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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?

Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.

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Murder Drops to Historic Lows in Baltimore

After decades of notoriously high murder totals, Baltimore and the people whose work entails dealing with the city’s most violent crimes are adjusting to a new reality.

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How Islamophobia Moved From the Fringe to the Mainstream in Texas

Muslim communities have been growing for decades, particularly around Dallas. Now, conservatives want to roll up the welcome mat.

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Preserving Hanji, the Ancient Korean Craft of Papermaking, in Ohio

Aimee Lee learned to make hanji with Korean masters. Now she practices their traditional technique in the United States.

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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea

In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.

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Bread Rations. Endless Blackouts. How Much More Can Cubans Endure?

Governments can afford to keep playing the waiting game. Ordinary Cubans cannot.

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Hayden Panettiere, Star of ‘Nashville’ and ‘Heroes,’ Dies at 36

In May, she published a memoir after a tumultuous decade that involved depression, substance abuse, losing custody of her daughter and stints in rehab.

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U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War

President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.

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‘Posh George,’ the Convicted Fraudster in Nigel Farage’s Inner Circle

Scrutiny over the gifts and support provided by George Cottrell to Mr. Farage, the Reform U.K. leader, will continue even after he won last week’s special election in Clacton.

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As China Hunts for Scientific Talent, the US Makes It Easier

Young researchers have long come to the U.S. for academic training, but a combination of Chinese money and U.S. restrictions is shifting the balance.

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China Wants Its Data to Power the World’s A.I.

China is exporting more than A.I. models. It wants its data to influence the world’s chatbots, raising fears that Beijing’s narratives will spread with the technology.

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Mamdani Speaks Mandarin to Promote Broadway, and Gets Good Reviews

Mayor Zohran Mamdani released videos in three languages to highlight a program that offers free theater tickets to high school students. His Mandarin earned some praise.

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Kushner Meets With Hamas to Advance Trump’s Gaza Plan

The president’s son-in-law met the Palestinian militant group’s leaders in Egypt, officials said. He will soon see Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader.

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Zale Parry, Aquatic Hollywood Star and Early Acid Tripper, Dies at 93

A diving feat landed her on the cover of Sports Illustrated and led to a film and TV career. She also took part in one of the first LSD studies.

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Top Admiral Praises Sailors but Concedes Hardships After Visit to U.S.S. Lincoln

Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, acknowledged the difficulty of the carrier’s nearly nine-month deployment but said mental health issues were lower than on other vessels.

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Indiana Prepares for More Rain After Days of Deadly Storms

Since last week, hazardous weather has caused seven deaths, forced people from their homes and required some to be rescued by boat. The region was at risk for more flooding on Sunday.

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What We Know About the Storms Battering the Midwest

A lingering weather system has brought severe flooding and intense winds — including a few tornadoes — to Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, killing at least eight.

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Tommy John, Pitcher Who Gave His Name to Career-Saving Surgery, Dies at 83

After tearing an elbow ligament, he underwent a risky procedure and returned at his best, changing baseball and giving new hope to injured players.

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As Lala Lashes Hawaii, the Atlantic Hurricane Season Remains Calm. So Far.

An El Niño weather pattern is expected to limit activity into the fall, providing a stabilizing force.

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It’s a Crowded Place With Some of the City’s Trickiest Traffic

A fatal accident has drawn attention to New York Harbor, a popular destination where not everyone necessarily knows the rules — or follows them.

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Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General

The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.

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He’s Awkward. He’s Sticky. He’s the Best Superhero.

If you want or need any superhero right now, you’re better off with Spider-Man.

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A Shooting at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto Exposes a Neighborhood’s Guns-for-Hire Network

A shooting at a U.S. Consulate has thrust a neighborhood with a troubled past into the center of an emerging criminal phenomenon: young guns for hire as gig workers in the underworld economy.

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AIPAC Targets Progressive Democrat in Race to Replace Swalwell

Two Democrats are in a runoff to replace Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress in April. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is spending heavily against a progressive candidate.

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Bot Meets Bot

Are we ready for a world where machines are mostly talking to each other?

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Ocasio-Cortez Rewrites the Rules

The representative is fusing her body and mind on the public stage to show us what real female power can look like.

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Friends Wanted Me to Cut Off My Father. They Were Wrong.

Many queer people are going no contact — cutting off their families for myriad reasons. It’s not always the right answer.

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As Iran War Turns Into Economic Battle, a New U.S. Strategy Recalls Old Ones

The United States and Iran are poised to blow past a deadline they had set themselves to broker terms on peace and Iran’s nuclear program.

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Could El-Sayed Cost Democrats Michigan?

Not all progressives are equal: Candidates of the activist left typically don’t perform as well as other Democrats.

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