Vanderbilt Commodores quarterback Diego Pavia called on President Donald Trump to make an executive order to increase the College Football Playoff field.

Mother demands justice after Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera found dead on Austin balcony. Police say no foul play, but suspicious details emerge.

New research reveals that social isolation increases dementia risk by 47% in older adults. The study shows that a lack of social contact is a major neurological threat.

Plus, the race to save music history.

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The president will meet with the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to advance a deal meant to end a long war in eastern Congo.

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Advisers to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appear poised to make consequential changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The New York Times, explains how this change could affect vaccine accessibility.

The Israeli government authorized 22 settlements in May, the largest expansion in decades, and Palestinian families are now being forced from their homes.

Antonio Reynoso’s bid to replace Representative Nydia M. Velázquez will most likely be contested by a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America.

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Shop owners say the thieves who took 990 pounds of snails must have been escargot cognoscenti.

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Bipartisan congressional oversight is underway, but for now is focusing on narrow details about one missile instead of broader legal issues.

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More than a year before the Trump administration granted asylum to the Afghan immigrant, the volunteer’s emails raised concerns that he was unraveling.

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The federal vaccine panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is likely to decide on Thursday that the shots should be delayed for infants whose mothers test negative for the virus.

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President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.

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Many of the year’s best series seemed to be in conversation with one another, including “Severance,” “The Pitt,” “Andor,” “Pluribus,” “The Lowdown” and others.

The health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his vaccine agenda.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul received nearly $250,000 for her re-election campaign from donors eager to have her sign a bill that would regulate the A.I. field in New York.

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As Trump steps up his crackdown, our reporters explain what’s happening.

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Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when all newborns began receiving the shot. An influential panel is scheduled to vote Thursday on eligibility for the vaccine.

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Logan Paul shared what it was like facing John Cena before the star’s final WWE match and hints he may crash the event, while also commenting on President Donald Trump’s potential appearance.

The 34-year-old brought up three figures for the first time in 30 innings down under

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Grisly discovery made at former home of Dwight William Rhone in San Diego. The person of interest is already being investigated over a 2023 roadside homicide

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Ben Stokes’ side eye redemption at the iconic Brisbane stadium after a humiliating first Test loss to Australia inside two days

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Moldovan police have warned the public ‘not to touch or attempt to transport fallen drones’

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Dawn Sturgess was killed by the Russian nerve agent, while a police officer and a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned

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