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Peng Peiyun, 95, Dies; Official Renounced China’s One-Child Policy

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Par :Chris Buckley
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She was given the “hardest job under heaven”: upholding birth limits enforced by often brutal local officials. She came to support softening the policy, then abolishing it.

© via Peng Peiyun Family

Put in charge of imposing birth limits on Chinese couples, Peng Peiyun, a mother herself, worked to relax the policy by appealing directly to the country’s leaders.
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Man Shot in ICE Confrontation in Maryland, Officials Say

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Par :Jazmine Ulloa and Charlotte Dulany
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Federal and local officials said the man, an immigrant from Portugal, tried to flee and harm agents. He and another man were hospitalized after a vehicle they were in crashed.

© Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner, via Associated Press

A shooting in Glen Burnie, Md., involving a U.S. Immigration and Customs officer left two people hospitalized. They were in stable condition, according to ICE.
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After a Plane Crashed in the Texas Fog, 2 Stories of Rescue

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Par :Mark Walker
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A plane from Mexico was on a medical mission on Monday when it crashed into Galveston Bay, and two men on the water that day helped save two lives.

© Sky Decker Jr., via Associated Press

Multiple people responding to a plane crash near Galveston, Texas, on Monday.
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Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry

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Par :Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow
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The Energy Department ordered two coal-burning power plants to remain open, and the Environmental Protection Agency gave utilities more time to tackle toxic coal ash.

© Carlos Barria/Reuters

Chris Wright, the energy secretary, ordered that two Indiana coal plants, scheduled to close soon, keep running until early 2026.
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Immigrant Nurse Is Among 2 Dead in Pennsylvania Nursing Home Explosions

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Par :Chris Hippensteel · Jack Healy and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
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Muthoni Nduthu was one of two killed by explosions at an eastern Pennsylvania facility that was plagued by poor ratings, citations and fines from the federal government.

© Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer, via Associated Press

Two people were killed when two explosions tore through a nursing home in Bristol Township, Pa., on Tuesday afternoon.
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In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel

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Par :Michael S. Schmidt · Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender
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It is the latest twist in the marquee battle of the administration’s campaign to rein in colleges and universities it views as too liberal.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

An exchange between Linda McMahon, President Trump’s education secretary, and Alan M. Garber, Harvard University’s president, has complicated efforts by the White House and Harvard to end the marquee battle.
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Mail Carriers Keep Making the Rounds, Despite a Murky Future

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Par :Steven Kurutz
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As the much-derided agency loses billions, postal workers quietly, and sometimes heroically, serve their communities.

© Arin Yoon for The New York Times

A postal worker in Kansas delivers mail to a central hub. The United States Postal Service has cut costs by decreasing the number of home deliveries in recent years.
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How Service Dogs Help Treat Veterans’ PTSD

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Par :Simar Bajaj
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There’s research suggesting that these four-legged “battle buddies” can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. But shortages and long wait times pose barriers.

© Jeff Swensen for The New York Times

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Crypto for Christmas? Gen Z-ers Are Cautiously Open to the Idea.

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Par :Kailyn Rhone
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Despite recent volatility in the crypto market, younger generations are still open to receiving digital currencies as gifts.

© Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times

Wyatt Johnson, 22, lost money when his portfolio in Solana, a cryptocurrency, dropped by half. Despite that, he’s still open to receiving crypto as a Christmas gift.
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How a Scholar Nudged the Supreme Court Toward Its Troop Deployment Ruling

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Par :Adam Liptak
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Accepting an argument from a law professor that no party to the case had made, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a stinging loss that could lead to more aggressive tactics.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

National Guard members at an immigrant processing and detention center in Broadview, Ill., in October.
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Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs

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Par :Peter Eavis
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Recent U.S. actions against ships near Venezuela may embolden other countries to seize or detain ships, legal experts said.

© 2025 Planet Labs, via Reuters

The U.S. government seized the Skipper, an oil tanker, in the Caribbean Sea this month after obtaining a warrant from a federal court.
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Long Carrier Deployment Projects Strength in U.S. Pressure Campaign on Venezuela, and Carries Costs

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Par :John Ismay and Eric Schmitt
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The U.S.S. Ford has been deployed for six months, now in the Caribbean as part of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela. Maintenance woes and strains on sailors will likely mount.

© Jonathan Klein/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford in the North Sea in September. Neither the Navy nor the Pentagon has said when the ship’s deployment in the Caribbean will end.
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