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How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work

The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.

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James Tomlinson, 9, playing a game on a phone in Melbourne, Australia.
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Bruce Blakeman Jumps Into Race For Governor of New York

Mr. Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, faces a bitter Republican primary showdown with Representative Elise Stefanik. The winner will likely face Gov. Kathy Hochul in the fall.

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Bruce Blakeman, 70, is a political force on Long Island and an ally of President Trump.
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Supreme Court Struggles With How to Insulate the Federal Reserve From Politics

The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

President Trump has mused about trying to fire Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, but he has not followed through. Indeed, no president has sought to remove a member of the Fed board without cause.
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Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ

The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age, a trend economists say could be pushing up some prices.

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In tests in four cities across the country, nearly 200 volunteers checked prices on 20 grocery items on Instacart. They found differences in item after item.
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A Key Question for the Supreme Court: What About the Fed?

The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

President Trump has mused about trying to fire Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, but he has not followed through. Indeed, no president has sought to remove a member of the Fed board without cause.
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Three Years After Dobbs, the State Divide Over Abortion Deepens

The state divide over abortions has only deepened since the Supreme Court decision. But research shows the number of abortions has climbed.

© Julia Rendleman for The New York Times

Choices, one of three clinics providing abortion services in Carbondale, a small town in southern Illinois, last week.
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Supreme Court Is Asked to Take Another Ax to Campaign Finance Limits

The case centers on efforts by Republican officials to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.

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In 2010, in the landmark case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court struck down legal limits on independent political spending by corporations and unions.
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Canada’s Northwest Territories Diamond Mines Are Closing

After decades of growth driven by diamond mining, Canada’s Northwest Territories are facing the closure of three major mines and wondering: What’s next?

© Pat Kane for The New York Times

The A418 pit at the Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mine in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories was closed to mining activity in 2022 and is being filled with processed kimberlite and water as part of Diavik’s agreement to remediate the landscape back to as close to its original form as possible.
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Wrenching Pain, a Severe Infection: An ICE Detainee Is Ordered Released

A judge blamed “deliberate indifference” for the illness of a man held by immigration officials. Across the country, several courts have blasted conditions in U.S. facilities.

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Javier Tomas Muñoz Materano, 23, was transferred to eight immigration detention facilities. Along the way, he began displaying symptoms of a serious infection.
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In Thailand and Cambodia, Taking Shelter (Again) as Fighting Reignites

Hundreds of thousands of people fled a deadly border conflict, the authorities said, some sheltering at a racetrack in Thailand and some near temples in Cambodia.

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A Thai resident who fled clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, using a cellphone while taking shelter in Buriram Province, Thailand, on Tuesday.
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Honduras Issues Warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández

The attorney general said he had asked Interpol to detain Juan Orlando Hernández, who was freed from a U.S. prison last week.

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Juan Orlando Hernández was president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022 and was convicted on drug-trafficking charges in the United States last year.
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Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders

The Christmas display, which replaces Jesus, Mary and Joseph with a sign saying “ICE Was Here,” has drawn criticism from Catholic leaders and immigration officials.

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A Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Mass., displays a sign reading “ICE Was Here” in the spot where Jesus, Mary and Joseph would normally be.
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Top N.Y. Cannabis Official Resigns as Major Investigation Is Dropped

Gov. Kathy Hochul demanded the resignation of the head of New York’s Office of Cannabis Management following the withdrawal of a case against a Long Island-based company.

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Omnium headquarters in Hauppauge, N.Y., earlier this year. It is unclear why a case against the company was withdrawn.
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DeSantis Designates CAIR, Muslim Advocacy Group, a ‘Terrorist Organization’

The executive order from the Florida governor came after another Republican governor, Greg Abbott of Texas, issued a similar declaration last month.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis’s order comes after another Republican governor, Greg Abbott of Texas, issued a similar declaration against the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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