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Before Fatal UPS Plane Crash, Engine Brace Had Cracked, Safety Agency Says

The cargo plane was taking off from Louisville earlier this month when it crashed moments after becoming airborne, killing the three crew members and 11 people on the ground.

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Smoke rising above the UPS cargo plane crash site near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 4.
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Democrats Raise Concerns Over Allied Curbs on Intelligence Sharing

Britain’s limits on sharing information reflect growing unease among partner nations over the legality of the U.S. strikes on boats purportedly carrying drugs.

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Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said the loss of intelligence from Colombia could have real effects.
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Miss Hall’s Students Accused a Teacher of Sexual Abuse, But Prosecutors Won’t Charge Him

Despite evidence of sexual abuse by a Massachusetts teacher, prosecutors said no criminal conduct occurred. Now survivors are trying to change consent laws they say “offered cover” to their abuser.

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Administrators at Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield, Mass., apologized to students and alumnae for sexual misconduct by teachers and staff members that was documented in an investigative report.
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Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work

A pair of organ works that scholars believe were written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were premiered in Leipzig this week and added to the composer’s official catalog.

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The two pieces were premiered by Ton Koopman and given their own numbers in the catalog of Bach’s works: BWV 1178 and BWV 1179.
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Iran Withdraws From Deal for International Nuclear Inspections

Iran’s foreign minister said his country would halt plans for a reinstatement of nuclear inspections at a time of heightened concern over Iran’s enriched uranium.

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The Natanz Enrichment Facility in Iran after American airstrikes struck it in June. A U.N. nuclear watchdog agency has been unable to inspect the country’s nuclear facilities.
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Over $1.8 Million in Immigration Fines

A class-action suit accuses the Trump administration of weaponizing civil penalties to force undocumented migrants to self-deport through enormous penalties.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducting a street raid in New York last month. Some migrants have been assessed a $1,000 daily fine for being illegally present in the United States.
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Trump Was Not Invited to Cheney’s Memorial Service

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a once-powerful Republican, turned on Mr. Trump last year by announcing he would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died earlier this month, said in 2024 he would not support his party’s presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, and would instead vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.
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September Jobs Report Injects More Uncertainty Into Fed’s December Decision

Policymakers at the central bank are at odds over the need to cut interest rates for a third straight meeting, as inflation picks up again and the labor market slows down.

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Incomplete data has major implications for the Federal Reserve officials debating whether to lower interest rates again.
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Justice Democrats Re-Emerge in New York to Try to Unseat Espaillat

The group, which powered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s rise in 2018, is backing Darializa Avila Chevalier’s bid to unseat Representative Adriano Espaillat.

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Darializa Avila Chevalier, who helped lead protests against the Israel-Hamas war at Columbia University, is making her first run for public office.
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Tennessee House Race Rivets Democrats and Worries Republicans

Still the favorites, Republicans have grown nervous about a House special election that could show whether the political environment continues to shift leftward.

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Aftyn Behn, a Democrat, is facing off against Matt Van Epps, a Republican, in a House special election for a district in Tennessee that President Trump won by more than 22 percentage points last year.
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Did Nvidia Do Enough to Chill A.I. Bubble Fears?

The chipmaker at the center of the artificial intelligence boom reported blowout results. But that hasn’t resolved some key questions behind the tech rally.

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Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s C.E.O., told jittery investors that he sees no sign of an A.I. bubble.
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To Meld A.I. With Supercomputers, National Labs Are Picking Up the Pace

A.I. has added urgency to the U.S. national laboratories that have been sites of cutting-edge scientific research, leading to deals with tech giants like Nvidia to speed up.

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The Aurora supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Ill.
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C.D.C. Website No Longer Rejects Possible Link Between Autism and Vaccines

A previous version denied a link between vaccines and autism. It now echoes the doubts about that conclusion voiced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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The current C.D.C. webpage states: “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
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Walmart Sales Rise as Shoppers Look For Savings

The retailer increased its guidance for the year, anticipating more price-conscious shoppers would flock to its stores.

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Shoppers outside a Walmart in Teterboro, N.J., in April.
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Power and Wealth in New York

We’re looking at two local stories that have national implications.

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and New York City’s police commissioner, Jessica Tisch.
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