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FlyDubai Passenger Who Helped Subdue Pilot Describes Stabbing Attack in Cockpit

A passenger on a flight to Tel Aviv on Wednesday said he watched in horror as the plane’s pilots tumbled out of the cockpit, locked in a bloody brawl.

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Newsom, Eager for a Higher Perch, Climbs the Golden Gate Bridge

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California scrambled up a bridge cable before signing a bill at the top of the south tower.

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What New York’s Rape Laws Mean for the Cornell Case

State law makes it harder to prosecute when victims drank willingly. The prosecutor in the Cornell case said that kept him from charging students accused of sexual assault.

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Hegseth Talks Tough as Republican Doubts About His Leadership Grow

Pete Hegseth has held onto his job by projecting a tough guy image, but his relationship with Republican lawmakers has never been worse.

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In Wooing Wavering Hispanic Voters, Trump Talks ICE, His Ballroom and Himself

President Trump veered off the topic at hand during a White House reception for Hispanic Heritage Month.

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Cornell Students Question Greek Life Culture After Sexual Assault Claim

With their university under fire in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit, students are having difficult conversations about Greek life, campus rituals and the possibility for lasting changes.

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Plane to Israel Narrowly Averts Disaster

Also, a Kelvin wave is heading to California. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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A Bloody Attack on a FlyDubai Plane Headed to Israel, and a Terrifying Plunge

“I don’t deserve to die like this,” said one passenger on Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The motive of the cockpit stabbing remains unknown, officials said.

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Senator Marsha Blackburn Sues Over Jack Smith’s Subpoena During Trump Inquiry

The lawsuit, brought by Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, tests the reach of the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause.

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OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC

Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.

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Trump’s Voluntary A.I. Policing Echoes What Biden Did. But Is It Enough Today?

President Trump’s plan to let A.I. companies police themselves comes amid mounting examples that they are failing to put safeguards on the technology.

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Salah Sarsour, Islamic Leader in Wisconsin, Can Be Deported, Judge Rules

Salah Sarsour, a vocal supporter of Palestinian rights who leads the state’s largest Islamic group, says the case is politically motivated and plans to appeal the decision.

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Justice Dept. Tries to Rebuke Federal Judges for Speaking to The Times

Judge Patrick J. Schiltz had warned that the administration’s actions “created a grave threat to the rule of law.” The attorney general accused him of “obvious bias.”

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Bruno Kramm, German Goth Musician Who Moonlighted in Politics, Dies at 58

When he wasn’t playing with the groundbreaking dark-wave band Das Ich, he was a prominent figure in his country’s fight for online free speech and digital privacy rights.

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I Thought Things Had Gotten Better. The Cornell Case Breaks My Heart.

How could so little have changed?

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Hegseth Summons Troops for a ‘State of the Force’ Address

The gathering comes as the defense secretary is facing precarious times as the public face of the Trump administration’s unpopular war against Iran.

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America Used to Be Cool. What Happened?

The world order is changing. So is the United States’ place in it.

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Democrats Block Stock-Trading Bill, Denying the G.O.P. a Pre-Midterm Win

A Republican measure to limit, but not bar, congressional stock trading faltered in the Senate as Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. bid to show progress on an issue that has rankled voters.

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Chi Phi Says It Acted Quickly in 2024 to Expel Cornell Members Named in Sexual Assault Lawsuit

The national organization of the Chi Phi fraternity at the center of a Cornell University sexual assault lawsuit explained publicly for the first time how it handled the episode.

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Legal Immigrants Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Trump’s Bill

Many immigrants without green cards will no longer be eligible for the health insurance program for low-income people.

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Fed’s Watchdog Finds No Misconduct or Illegal Activity in Costly Renovations

A new report by the Federal Reserve’s independent inspector general concluded that a nearly $2.5 billion construction project was poorly managed but made no referrals to the U.S. attorney general.

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UK Believes Iran Played a Part in RAF Fairford Air Base Incident, Burnham Says

The British prime minister, Andy Burnham, said there were “strong indications” Iran played a part in the events at R.A.F. Fairford on Sunday, without providing details why.

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Congress Set to Leave Washington for the Midterms With No A.I. Progress

Senate Democrats were expected on Wednesday to block a measure that would encourage, but not require, states to protect consumers from power rate hikes as a result of data center growth.

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Another Day of Pounding Rain Raises Flooding Fears in Texas

Texas had a dry summer, and rain on Wednesday could run off the arid ground like water on concrete.

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Panic and Heroics on FlyDubai Flight: ‘We Felt That This Was It’

A routine flight turned terrifying when a violent altercation broke out inside the cockpit and the aircraft dropped 17,000 feet in two minutes. Passengers subdued a knife-wielding attacker.

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F.T.C. Investigates OpenAI and Anthropic Over Potential Consumer Harms

The agency will examine whether A.I. labs have broken federal laws prohibiting companies from unfair and deceptive practices.

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E.E.O.C. Sues Harvard for Data on Diversity in Hiring Practices

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit asking a judge to compel the university to provide information on hiring practices that it said discriminated against white men.

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Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology

100 Zeros, a collaboration between Google and Range Media Partners, aims to give the tech giant a foothold in movies, TV and emerging forms of entertainment.

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FlyDubai Flight to Israel Diverted After Clash Between Pilots: What We Know and Don’t Know

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said one pilot stabbed another and may have attempted to crash the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The plane landed in Saudi Arabia and all passengers were safe.

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Court Pauses Execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee’s Lone Woman on Death Row

Christa Pike tortured and murdered a classmate in 1995. She had been set to die on Wednesday, the first woman executed in the state in 200 years.

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