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N.Y.C. Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

New York City has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation. But Monday’s mass shooting showed their limits, security experts said.

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A police investigator examined the car left behind by the gunman, who drove across the country before he entered a Manhattan office building on Monday and began shooting.
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University of California Settles With Jewish Students Over U.C.L.A. Protests

Jewish students and a professor said the university had allowed a hostile protest. After the settlement was announced, the Department of Justice separately said it had found the university violated civil rights laws.

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Pro-Palestinian students at U.C.L.A. also sued the university after a violent encounter at the protest encampment.
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After Park Avenue Shooting, Anti-Muslim Disinformation Spread Rapidly

Once it became clear that the only Muslim involved in the attack was one of the victims, right-wing commentators sought to shift the focus to Zohran Mamdani.

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In the first hours after the shooting at 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan, when it was still unclear what exactly had happened, disinformation swirled on social media.
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Every Vote Counts in Brooklyn. Even Those Cast by Dead People.

The New York Times found several questionable absentee ballots that were tallied in a Republican City Council primary, including one from a dead woman.

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The New York City Board of Elections on Tuesday certified the results of a Republican primary for a City Council race in Brooklyn that included more than two dozen suspicious ballots.
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The Familiar Suicide and Final Wish of the N.Y.C. Gunman

Shane Tamura is not the first former football player to shoot himself in the chest and request that his brain be examined.

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A neuropathologist will study slices of Shane Tamura’s brain to determine if he had C.T.E. Above, Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University presenting her findings in 2017 from her examination of another former football player, Aaron Hernandez of the New England Patriots.
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Trump Says Epstein ‘Stole’ Underage Victim from Mar-a-Lago Spa

President Trump acknowledged that Jeffrey Epstein recruited one of his victims, Virginia Giuffre, from Mar-a-Lago, and distanced himself from the allegations: “By the way, she had no complaints about us.”

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President Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One about Jeffrey Epstein.
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Why Airdrops in Gaza Are Seen as a Risky Last Resort

Parachuting aid is expensive and inefficient, experts say, noting that at least five people in Gaza were killed in airdrop accidents last year.

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A Jordanian C-130 military aircraft dropping humanitarian aid over northern Gaza last year.
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How the E.U. Wooed Trump With Flashy but Flimsy Numbers

The Trump administration has been talking up provisions of its deal with the European Union that would secure hundreds of billions of dollars in investments.

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President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, on Sunday.
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Top Lawyer for National Security Agency Is Fired

A far-right conspiracy theorist had amplified criticism of the lawyer and her previous work.

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The National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md., in 2013. April Falcon Doss was appointed as the agency’s general counsel in April 2022, during the Biden administration.
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How to Watch Twin Meteor Showers Peak on the Same Night

The Southern Delta Aquarids and Alpha Capricornids are not the best showers of the summer, but they reach their peak on the same night.

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A meteor streaking across the night sky in Sydney, Australia, in late July 2022, during the peaks of the Southern Delta Aquarids and the Alpha Capricornids showers.
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Novo Nordisk, Ozempic Drugmaker, Sees Stock Plunge 20% After Profit Warning

Novo Nordisk slashed its financial forecasts as it struggled to fight off competition in the United States. It also named a new chief executive, who highlighted the “urgency” of the moment.

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The share price of Novo Nordisk, the maker of the weight-loss drug Ozempic, has plummeted.
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UK Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood In September, Unless Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire is Reached

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government would act unless there was a truce, citing the “intolerable” humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain last month. “Because of a catastrophic failure of aid, we see starving babies, children too weak to stand — images that will stand with us for a lifetime,” Mr. Starmer said of the situation in Gaza on Tuesday.
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How Europe’s Leaders Coaxed Trump on Gaza and Ukraine

A tactic of deference and praise, along with a studied attempt to avoid any public blowups, coaxed President Trump into changes on key issues like Gaza and Ukraine.

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President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Aberdeen, Scotland, on Monday.
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