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Aujourd’hui — 15 janvier 2025NYT

Neil Gaiman Responds to Explosive Report of Sexual Assault

15 janvier 2025 à 02:33
“I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone,” said the best-selling author in response to allegations in New York magazine.

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Neil Gaiman, the acclaimed author of “Coraline,” “American Gods” and several other fantasy classics, has denied multiple allegations of sexual assault.

5 Takeaways from Hochul’s State of the State Address

15 janvier 2025 à 01:41
Child care, housing costs and public safety were the New York governor’s top issues as she outlined her policy plans for the year and for a re-election fight in 2026.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address seemed to have an undercurrent of political themes that may come into play when she faces re-election in 2026.

Hegseth Earned $6 Million From TV, Books and Paid Speaking Fees

15 janvier 2025 à 00:30
Financial reports show the potential defense secretary’s pay from past speaking and writing, some of which provided fodder for senators during his confirmation hearing.

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Most of Pete Hegseth’s income during the past two years was the $4.6 million that he made at Fox, according to a financial disclosure.

Jack Smith’s Accountability Effort Ends With More Freedom for Trump

15 janvier 2025 à 00:30
The Justice Department now enters a second Trump administration with less authority to pursue a president than it has had in half a century.

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Jack Smith departs the most important prosecutor job in the country over the past two years without having secured a conviction of Donald J. Trump.

New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.

15 janvier 2025 à 00:30
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

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The commission suggested measuring the waist to determine if a person has excess body fat — more than 34.6 inches for a woman indicates too much fat as does more than 40 inches for a man. But other experts say such measurement are often done incorrectly.
Hier — 14 janvier 2025NYT

Depose Maduro

14 janvier 2025 à 23:44
Combine a powerful incentive and a credible military threat to dislodge him and his cronies.

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Pete Hegseth Dresses for Defense

14 janvier 2025 à 22:45
The nominee for Secretary of Defense wore his patriotism on his sleeve during his confirmation hearing — and his belt, his socks, and his pocket square.

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South Korea President Yoon Is Detained for Questioning Over Martial Law

15 janvier 2025 à 03:04
Yoon Suk Yeol became the first South Korean leader to be detained while in office, ending a tense standoff between his supporters and the authorities.

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A motorcade took President Yoon Suk Yeol away from his residence in Seoul on Wednesday morning. He will be questioned about his declaration of martial law last month.

Biden Will Remove Cuba From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism

14 janvier 2025 à 21:17
The decision is the latest in a series of conflicting U.S. approaches to Cuba by different administrations.

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People lining up outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana. Removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism would typically raise expectations of normalized relations between Washington and Havana.

House Passes Bill to Bar Trans Athletes From Female School Sports Teams

14 janvier 2025 à 21:04
Republicans’ decision to push through the measure early in the new Congress indicated their belief that the issue is politically potent for them. Its future in the Senate is uncertain.

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Republicans presented the legislation as a way to level the playing field for female athletes, while Democrats said it would lead to an invasion of privacy for young girls.

Starbucks Reverses Its Open-Door Policy for Bathroom Use and Lounging

14 janvier 2025 à 20:16
Starbucks said visitors to the coffee shops would be required to buy something in order to use the restroom or stay in the store, as the company’s new chief executive responded to a decline in sales.

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Starbucks this week reversed a policy it introduced in 2018 that allowed people to linger in its coffee shops even if they had not bought something.

Can the Only Grocery Store in a Rural Michigan Town Stay Independent?

14 janvier 2025 à 11:00
The owners of Honor Family Market are ready to retire. A buyer would face the tight margins of a small business and competition against the giant chains and discount stores.

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Honor Family Market is the only grocery store in the town of Honor, Mich., and one of a shrinking number of independent grocers left in the United States.

Saudi Arabia and Sports Network DAZN Close to Deal

14 janvier 2025 à 17:50
A unit of the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund would pay more than $1 billion to buy into DAZN, in the latest sign of its sports ambitions.

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DAZN has been acquiring sports rights for years, and losing billions of dollars in the process.

Capital One Is Accused of Cheating Customers Out of $2 Billion

14 janvier 2025 à 17:08
Federal regulators said in a lawsuit on Tuesday that the giant bank deliberately underpaid savings account interest, even as rates rose.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Capital One, accusing the bank of “cheating millions of customers out of more than $2 billion in interest.”

For These Teenagers in Ukraine, Hope Arrived at the Stage Door

14 janvier 2025 à 17:00
The students in a summer acting course performed a play set in America, called, “It’s okay!” And it gave them hope that their lives would be OK, too.

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Rehearsing the original play “It’s okay!” in Kyiv, Ukraine, in August. From left, Solomia Cherepushko-Zagrebelna; Sasha Suchyk; Alisa Pazushko; and an acting teacher.

Mississippi Police Use Tasers Freely, and Injuries Follow

14 janvier 2025 à 12:48
A lack of state standards leaves Mississippi police and sheriff’s departments on their own to decide when to use stun guns, and many give officers a free hand.

Vivian Burks in Walnut Grove, Miss. She was shocked with a Taser multiple times during an encounter with the police last summer. “I just thought that they were going to kill me,” she said.

Hochul Proposes Cutting Income Taxes for Middle-Class New Yorkers

14 janvier 2025 à 21:33
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State speech responded to the voter dissatisfaction that became evident in November, especially regarding affordability and crime.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to help pay for New York City to have a police officer on every overnight subway train over the next six months.

Why Oil Industry Jobs Are Down, Even With Production Up

14 janvier 2025 à 21:55
The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago.

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Drilling in the Permian Basin in West Texas. The U.S. oil and gas industry is tightening its belt, raising the specter of job losses.
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