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index.feed.received.today — 12 avril 2025NYT

Military Judge Throws Out Sept. 11 Case Confession as Obtained Through Torture

12 avril 2025 à 01:33
The critical question of whether the prisoner’s 2007 interrogations could be used at his capital trial has shadowed the case for years.

Ammar al-Baluchi at Guantánamo Bay in 2024 in an image provided by his lawyers. He is accused of sending money and providing other support to some of the hijackers who carried out the Sept. 11, 2001, attack.

For Taiwan’s Small Exporters, the Uncertainty’s as Bad as the Tariffs

12 avril 2025 à 06:01
The island’s many small factories have thrived by being frugal — and flexible. But President Trump’s unpredictability is testing their limits.

Alex Tang, right, employs about a dozen people at Aegis CNC, which makes manufacturing equipment in Taichung, Taiwan. He does not export directly to the United States, but many of his customers do.

Boeing Helped Power Russia’s Economy. Could It Return?

Moscow is hinting that the company would be welcome back as part of a thaw under President Trump. Industry skepticism runs deep.

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Rossiya Airlines Boeing 747 airliners at Moscow’s main international airport in 2021. Boeing shut its operations in Russia months later, after the invasion of Ukraine.

After L.A. Fires, Edison Wants to Bury Power Lines in Altadena and Malibu

12 avril 2025 à 04:56
Southern California Edison is echoing calls from homeowners to move spark-prone electrical equipment underground. Company officials estimated the cost at more than $650 million.

© Stephen Ross Goldstein for The New York Times

Transmission towers in Eaton Canyon in Altadena, Calif. Southern California Edison, an electric utility, said it planned to bury power lines in fire-prone areas.

Judge Says One DOGE Member Can Access Sensitive Treasury Dept. Data

12 avril 2025 à 03:17
Nineteen state attorneys general had sued to block Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing Treasury systems that include Americans’ bank account and Social Security information.

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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, team has been seeking access to the Treasury Department’s systems and data.

Menendez Brothers Win Ruling in Bid for Resentencing

12 avril 2025 à 03:07
The men, who killed their parents in 1989, are pursuing several efforts to be released after decades in prison.

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Mark Geragos, a lawyer for Erik and Lyle Menendez, speaking in Los Angeles on Friday, after a judge cleared the way for additional hearings in the brothers’ bid to be resentenced.

Mikal Mahdi Executed by Firing Squad in South Carolina

12 avril 2025 à 00:37
Mikal Mahdi’s execution came about a month after the first person in state history was killed in such a manner. Before that, no person had been killed by a firing squad in the United States in 15 years.

© South Carolina Dept. of Corrections, via Associated Press

This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state’s death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair.

Joseph Boskin, Scholar of Humor and April Fool’s Prankster, Dies at 95

12 avril 2025 à 00:04
To oblige an eager reporter, he invented a story about the holiday’s origin. He didn’t realize it would turn out to be his “Andy Warhol moment.”

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Joseph Boskin in his Boston University office in 1999. His credentials as an authority on humor got him involved in one of the kookiest episodes in the annals of April Fools’ tomfoolery.
index.feed.received.yesterday — 11 avril 2025NYT

Bond Market is Upended by Trump’s Tariffs

11 avril 2025 à 23:29
In the usually steady government bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury has risen to about 4.5 percent from less than 4 percent at the end of last week.

© Rod Lamkey Jr. for The New York Times

The price of government bonds, issued by the U.S. Treasury, fell on Friday, while yields rose sharply.

Investigation Into Hudson Helicopter Crash Just Getting Underway

11 avril 2025 à 23:22
Investigators for the National Transportation Safety Board said it would most likely be some time before a cause of the crash that killed six people could be determined.

© <br>Yuki Iwamura/Associated Press

Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters: “Everything is on the table — we don’t rule anything out.”

Five More Big Law Firms Reach Deals With Trump

11 avril 2025 à 23:02
Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.

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Kirkland & Ellis is one of the law firms that recently reached a deal with the White House to provide free legal work to causes that President Trump supports.

Trump Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians

11 avril 2025 à 21:28
More than 10,000 people will be put on track for deportation in May and June as a result of the Department of Homeland Security’s action.

© Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

A shelter for refugees in Portland, Maine, one of many such facilities across the country for people fleeing instability in their home countries.

Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?

11 avril 2025 à 19:20
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

© Patrick Semansky/Associated Press

Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy can check out copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler but not “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou.

EU Countries Go on Tariff Defense

11 avril 2025 à 18:49
The uncertainty of higher tariffs has spurred Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain to announce financial lifelines for businesses and workers. More countries are expected to follow.

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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain, left, and President Xi Jinping of China meeting Friday in Beijing.
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