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Hayden Panettiere’s Death Caused by Overdose of Fentanyl and Other Drugs

Ms. Panettiere, who starred in “Heroes” and “Nashville,” died last month at the age of 36. Her death was ruled accidental.

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Mathematics Isn’t Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why.

In our field of applied mathematics, the long, human process of trial and error — not just the solutions themselves — is often what has led to progress.

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Trump and Xi to Discuss A.I. Risks and Competition at US-China Summit

Artificial intelligence is on the agenda when leaders from the United States and China meet this week. But with little consensus on a path forward, expectations are limited.

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Tech-Utopian Movement Praxis Says It Has Found a Home in Uruguay

After a sprawling world tour, Praxis, a New York-based, crypto-backed “digital nation,” has signed a deal to build a physical city in Uruguay.

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Climate Catastrophe Is Still on the Table

Harrowing temperature increases remain unnervingly possible.

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What’s Next for Paramount

Hollywood watchers believe the studio prevailed over states seeking to block its deal for Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s now free to reshape the media industry.

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Global Oil Price Drops Below $100 a Barrel

Investors anticipated that a damaged Saudi Arabian pipeline may be close to reopening, allowing more oil from the region to reach world markets.

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The Other Victims of China’s Church Crackdown

Cherie Geng is trying to free her husband, a pastor, who was among dozens of church members detained by the Chinese police. At the same time, she must rebuild her life in exile.

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Talk of the Town

The conversation about A.I. is at a fever pitch.

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Why Xi Is Coming to Washington, and White House TV Feeds Go Dark

Plus, the man who helped put bugs on the menu.

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Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin

A video analysis finds that a federal immigration officer was standing to the side of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez’s car when the officer apparently fired through the rear passenger window. But the events surrounding the shooting remain murky.

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Trump Makes Republicans More Racist and Democrats Less So

The president is recasting the U.S. government as an instrument of prejudice.

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The ‘Kid’ Takes Over: David Ellison Becomes a Hollywood Colossus

With Paramount and Warner Bros. under his control, Mr. Ellison will be “the Hollywood equivalent of Superman, Caesar and Midas combined.” But challenges remain.

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What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks

OpenAI, Google and others recently disclosed breaches by their artificial intelligence models that amplified concerns about the advancing capabilities of the technology.

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The National Book Awards Are No Longer National

The National Book Awards longlists are a study in tedious political orthodoxy.

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Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? Here’s What She Said.

In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run.

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Many Democrats Are Avoiding Kamala Harris. Abdul El-Sayed Is Welcoming Her.

The former vice president wants to help her party in the midterms, but not many are taking her up on the offer. Except for the Senate nominee in Michigan, who will appear with her on Tuesday.

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What’s Behind Bessent’s Boasts About the U.S. Bond Market

By one measure, U.S. government bond markets have posted negative returns, but markets in others countries have experienced steeper losses.

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The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.

Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation.

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How Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk

The White House has labeled critics terrorists, attributed violence to a left-wing conspiracy and investigated unions, nonprofits and other groups in a battle over free speech.

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New Hope for Diagnosing C.T.E. in Brain Injured Patients

Scientists are developing imaging techniques and blood tests that one day may enable doctors to identify the disease definitively in living patients.

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‘I Was Sold a Bill of Goods’: Americans and the Distrust Election

Americans have a pervasive sense they are being lied to. That has created an unpredictability in politics unseen since Donald Trump said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing voters.

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The Urgent Mystery of Where Viruses Hide

Some viruses appear to vanish when outbreaks dissipate, only to emerge again. Scientists don’t always know which animals they lurk in — and how to stop them from spilling back over.

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As Computers Take the Driver’s Seat, Experts Worry About Safety

Self-driving systems are getting so good that drivers may overestimate the technology and not be prepared to respond when something goes wrong.

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Typhoon Dujuan Brings Record Rain to Japan, Killing 5 People

More than 74,000 people remained under evacuation orders in the Tokyo region as authorities warned of landslides and floods.

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Late Night Responds to Trump’s White House Press Ban

“Have you tried presidenting better?” Jon Stewart said after Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying he was tired of their “negative stories.”

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They Had No Connection to Costa Rica. America Sent Them There Anyway.

The Trump administration’s policy of deporting migrants to third countries is undermining a bedrock notion of international law for the past 75 years.

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Book Review: “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,” by Charles Spencer

“Swan Song,” Charles Spencer’s memoir of Lady Diana, is full of love and vengeance.

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Earl Spencer Book Blasts Diana’s Treatment by UK Royal Family

The decades have not lessened Earl Spencer’s anger over the House of Windsor’s treatment of the former Princess of Wales. King Charles comes in for special vitriol.

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Takeaways From Charles Spencer’s Memoir, “Swan Song,” About Princess Diana

Nearly 30 years after Princess Diana died, her brother has written a book about her life, her marriage to Prince Charles and the suffering she endured at the hands of the tabloid press.

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