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On Valentine’s Day, consider the ways in which we’re sticking to established paths — and the places where we yearn to deviate.
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How ICE Failed to Justify the Shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis

The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Federal agents, law enforcement and protesters clashed after an immigration agent shot Julio C. Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis on Jan. 14.
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Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

The F.A.A., citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new technology being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.”

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Steve Feinberg, center, the deputy secretary of defense, during a meeting at the Pentagon in July.
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T.S.A. Workers Brace for Another Shutdown They Didn’t Cause

As Congress leaves town without funding their department, airport security officers wonder, “How many more times am I going to be able to do this?”

© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

The shutdown is especially hard for T.S.A. employees this time around, because many are just recovering from the financial strain they suffered during last year’s 43-day shutdown.
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Harris Sold Email List to D.N.C., Then Paid Off 2024 Debts

The national party, which is nearly $100 million behind its G.O.P. counterpart, bought the list for $6.5 million.

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Kamala Harris raised $6.5 million by selling her email list of millions of supporters to the Democratic National Committee.
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Olympic Figure Skating Is a Young Woman’s Sport. Deanna Stellato-Dudek Wants to Change That.

Deanna Stellato-Dudek, a Canadian pairs skater, is trying to make history at the Olympics — despite a training accident a week before the Games.

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Ms. Stellato-Dudek poses in the Oscar de la Renta skating dress she expects to wear for her long program. Each of its more than 200,000 glass beads was triple-knotted by hand.
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New Research Absolves the Woman Blamed for a Dynasty’s Ruin

A Chinese king’s infatuation with a woman was seen as the reason that a golden age collapsed. Evidence suggests climate change and internal strife played bigger roles.

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Researchers digging to unearth remnants of what is believed to have been a fortified gate guarding an entrance to the capital of the Western Zhou dynasty, near Hejia Village, China, in December.
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How China Built a Chip Industry, and Why It’s Still Not Enough

More than a decade into Beijing’s push for self sufficiency, Chinese firms are producing fewer, lower-performing chips than their foreign competitors.

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The Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation complex in Shanghai. The Chinese government has spent more than $150 billion on its push to make cutting-edge chips at home.
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Casey Wasserman Will Sell Entertainment Agency Amid Epstein Files Fallout

Casey Wasserman, a Los Angeles entertainment executive and the head of the 2028 Olympic Games, has lost clients since his emails with Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced.

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The most recent trove of Epstein documents include flirtatious messages between Casey Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime companion, while Mr. Wasserman was married with a young family.
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Department of Homeland Security Shuts Down, Though Essential Work Continues

Though funding for the department ran out early Saturday, officials said its essential functions would continue.

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During previous shutdowns, the Transportation Security Administration saw a spike in resignations because employees were required to report to work without being paid.
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Consultants Offered Epstein Access to Top N.Y. Democrats if He Donated

Dynamic SRG repeatedly, and apparently unsuccessfully, asked the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to donate to House races, Justice Department records show.

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Once a prominent donor to Democratic politicians, Jeffrey Epstein appears to have largely stopped giving money to campaigns after he was convicted of sex crimes in Florida in 2008.
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Florida Couple Arrested After Pickleball Match Turns Into a Brawl

The couple, who were banned for life from a country club in Port Orange, Fla., face felony battery charges after the fight, which involved 20 people, the authorities said.

© Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

Three people were injured during the fight at the Spruce Creek Country Club, and one of them was transported to a hospital, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said.
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At Munich Summit, European Leaders Agree With Trump: The Old World Order Is Over

At the Munich Security Conference, U.S. officials softened their tone but not their message: Europe should pay its own way. European leaders increasingly agree.

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President Emmanuel Macron of France, Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
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Who Is Jeremy Carl, Trump’s Nominee to Lead the State Department?

Jeremy Carl, President Trump’s nominee to lead the State Department’s outreach to international organizations, had a rough confirmation hearing, but he stood by his views on “whiteness.”

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Jeremy Carl, nominee to be an Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., this week.
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