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Justice Department Exposed Cooperating Witnesses in Epstein Files

26 février 2026 à 21:44
The disclosure is the latest example of how the urgent push to release the files led to the government publicizing information it would normally keep under wraps.

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Several defendants mentioned in the Epstein files conducted what are known as proffer sessions at 500 Pearl Street, the address of the federal district courthouse in Manhattan.

Serial Stowaway Is Said to Be Arrested After Sneaking Onto a Plane Again

26 février 2026 à 21:21
Svetlana Dali was detained in Milan after she boarded a United flight without a ticket, according to two people. She was convicted last year of doing the same thing.

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

Svetlana Dali was detained in Italy after she boarded a flight at Newark Liberty International Airport without a boarding pass.

Teresa de Lauretis, Coiner (and Critic) of Queer Theory, Dies at 87

26 février 2026 à 21:13
She came up with the term as the title of a 1990 conference but saw its later popularity as a little superficial.

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Teresa de Lauretis in 2015. The debut of “queer theory” as a term came in the title of an academic conference she organized and in an associated issue of a feminist journal.

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to End Protections for Syrian Migrants

26 février 2026 à 21:05
The president has sought to end the program, known as Temporary Protected Status, for various migrants as part of his mass deportation efforts.

© Nicole Tung for The New York Times

A destroyed mosque in Darayya, near Damascus, last year. The U.S. government initially put protections in place for migrants from Syria in 2012, citing the “extraordinary and temporary conditions” in the country resulting from “a brutal crackdown” by former President Bashar al-Assad.

C.D.C.’s New Acting Director Draws Unexpected Praise From Agency Staff

26 février 2026 à 21:02
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who was appointed to the role last week, has offered to publicly endorse vaccination, in particular the measles vaccine, winning over some agency employees.

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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, is also serving as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Incompetence of Trump 2.0

26 février 2026 à 21:00
President Trump’s top officials are often portrayed as cunning political strategists. But too often, it’’s their carelessness and incompetence that put Americans at risk — and citizens are paying the price, argues Times Opinion’s editor, Kathleen Kingsbury.

What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals

26 février 2026 à 20:58
Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there.

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An artist’s rendering of a human skull, at left, and a Neanderthal skull. Most people alive today carry a bit of Neanderthal DNA in their genome, the result of interbreeding tens of thousands of years ago.

Bird Losses Are Accelerating, New Study Finds

26 février 2026 à 20:00
Scientists studying data collected over more than three decades found accelerating losses. Their research offers clues about the causes.

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The steepest losses in the study, from 1987 to 2021, were seen in Florida, Texas, Louisiana and Arizona.
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