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Navalny Vomited and Convulsed in Prison Before Dying, His Wife Says

The organization founded by Aleksei A. Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent political opponent, presented what it called new information to support its claim that he was poisoned.

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The grave of Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny on the first anniversary of his death, in Moscow in February.
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Robert Redford and Paul Newman Defined a Cinematic Era

Though the two leading men starred in only two films together, their collaborations led to a lifelong friendship that had its prickly moments.

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Robert Redford, left, and Paul Newman in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
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What to Know About ‘Hate Speech’ and the First Amendment

There has been a lot of talk from Trump administration officials about punishing speech. Here is what the law says.

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“Speech is powerful,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in 2011. “It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and inflict great pain.”
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Georgia Election Official Who Defied Trump Enters Governor’s Race

Brad Raffensperger, the two-term Republican secretary of state, joins a primary that also includes the state’s lieutenant governor and attorney general.

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Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, announced on Wednesday that he was running for governor.
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Times Square Casino Proposal Is Voted Down After Mounting Opposition

The $5.4 billion Caesars Palace Times Square and another casino rejected on Wednesday, the Avenir, were among eight proposed gambling facilities under consideration for the New York City area.

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The Times Square proposal could not overcome a surge of resistance from local residents and, in particular, theater owners and producers.
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At Home and on the Seas, Trump Expands Use of American Force

His first term focused on America’s rival superpowers. Now the emphasis is on homeland defense and troops on city streets.

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President Trump signed an order on Monday to send federal resources to Memphis, including the National Guard.
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How Christophe Cherix Welcomed a Cuban Master Back to MoMA

Cuba balked at lending the museum work by Wifredo Lam, but the new director threw his firepower into assembling a global survey.

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Christophe Cherix, MoMA’s new director, far left, with Beverly Adams, a curator, and their team installing Wifredo Lam’s “Grande Composition.”
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Trump’s Birthday Call to Modi Raises Hopes in India for a Trade Deal

The call coincided with a visit by U.S. trade officials to the country, which just weeks ago was hit with a 50 percent tariff on all imports to the United States.

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President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at the White House in February. Trade negotiations have continued since the spring despite geopolitical tensions.
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U.S. Government to Invest $75 Million in Ukraine’s Minerals

The investment will ease fears in Kyiv that Washington is pulling back from Ukraine’s war effort. It also underscores the mercantile nature of the U.S.-Ukrainian alliance under President Trump.

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A uranium mine in Pervozvanivka, Ukraine. The investment announcement could help attract badly needed capital to sustain the country’s war economy.
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Israel Pounds Gaza City as Fears Mount for Those Inside

With hundreds of thousands of Palestinians still in the city, the Israeli military said it was opening another temporary evacuation route. The U.N. warned that food supplies in northern Gaza would soon run out.

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Palestinians fled Gaza City along a coastal road on Tuesday.
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