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The Washington Post Eliminates Its Sports Department

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Par :Benjamin Mullin
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The Post is laying off or reassigning all the reporters and editors in its sports section, days before the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics in Italy.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

Washington Post leadership announced major layoffs within the newsroom.
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Jersey City Faces a Stunning Budget Deficit, Report Shows

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Par :Tracey Tully
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The city’s new mayor, James Solomon, is blaming his predecessor, Steven Fulop, who just became the head of an influential business advocacy group in New York City.

© Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

Mayor James Solomon of Jersey City said on Wednesday that the city’s budget deficit amount to $255 million, more than it spends annually on police and fire services.
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Dutch Queen Joins the Military

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Par :Koba Ryckewaert
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Queen Máxima of the Netherlands enlisted as a reservist, the Royal House said, because the country’s security “can no longer be taken for granted.”

© Dutch Ministry of Defense

A photograph released by the Royal House showing Queen Máxima of the Netherlands during military training in Breda on Wednesday.
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Mickey Lolich, Detroit’s Hero of the 1968 World Series, Dies at 85

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Par :Richard Goldstein
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Pitching for the Tigers, he notched three complete-game victories in defeating the St. Louis Cardinals for the championship, earning the Series’ M.V.P. honors.

© Associated Press

Mickey Lolich was on the mound for the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the 1968 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
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Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors

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Par :Andrew Jacobs
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The A.M.A.’s announcement followed a similar recommendation from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Other medical groups argued for a more personalized approach.

© Jim West/Alamy

Two major medical organizations have now endorsed age limits on gender-related surgery for teenagers struggling with gender dysphoria.
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Google Plans to Double Spending Amid A.I. Race

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Par :Tripp Mickle
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Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185 billion.

© Lucia Vazquez for The New York Times

A Google ad in Times Square.
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In Forcing the Clintons to Testify on Epstein, Comer Sets a New Precedent

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Par :Annie Karni
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The Republican chairman’s successful targeting of a former president who faces no charge of wrongdoing was the sort of tactic typical in an autocracy where leaders fear being jailed when they are out of power.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, at the Capitol on Tuesday, had been trying for months to get Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
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New York and New Jersey Resolve Fight Over Port Authority Control

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Par :Patrick McGeehan
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The board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will vote this week to confirm Kathryn Garcia as the executive director and Jean Roehrenbeck as the deputy executive director of the agency.

© Cindy Schultz for The New York Times; James Estrin/The New York Times

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill each nominated an executive director to lead the Port Authority.
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Mamdani Chooses a Liberal Jewish Leader to Run Antisemitism Office

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Par :Sally Goldenberg and Eliza Shapiro
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Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of the New York Jewish Agenda, shares Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel’s treatment of Gaza, but supports its right to exist as a Jewish state.

© Kent J. Edwards for The New York Times

Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to keep the Office to Combat Antisemitism, which was created by his predecessor, Eric Adams.
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Mamdani Will Endorse Hochul for Re-election This Week

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Par :Nicholas Fandos
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s support could lend a jolt of progressive energy to the governor’s campaign and further cement their once-unlikely partnership.

© Anna Watts for The New York Times

Though initially skeptical of one another, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul began a series of conversations last year that have since blossomed into a full partnership.
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San Francisco Bay Area Is Skeptical ICE Won’t Target the Super Bowl

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Par :Soumya Karlamangla
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Federal officials said ICE would not conduct enforcement raids in the region this week. But leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area have passed “anti-ICE” ordinances, and activists have planned rapid response efforts nonetheless.

© Minh Connors for The New York Times

Protesters stood outside the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Monday to make a statement against ICE enforcement.
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Supreme Court Clears Way for California Voting Map

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Par :Abbie VanSickle
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The state’s Republican Party had asked the justices to step in and block the new congressional maps, which give an advantage to Democrats, before the midterms.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Sorting ballots at a processing center in City of Industry, Calif., after the special election in November that asked the state’s voters to approve a new congressional map.
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Educators Sue to Keep Immigration Agents From Schools and Bus Stops

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Par :Sarah Mervosh
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The lawsuit is challenging a Trump administration policy allowing federal agents near locations such as schools, churches and hospitals.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Members of the security team for the school district in Fridley, Minn., monitored neighborhoods near local schools during dismissal last week amid heightened federal immigration enforcement activity.
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