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China Suspends Export Controls on More Critical Minerals

The changes would make it easier for American firms to obtain key minerals, delivering on what the White House said the two countries had agreed to at last month’s summit.

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People working at a tungsten factory at Zhongshan, China, in 2017.
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America Isn’t Cool Anymore

Pop culture exports have long been a potent source of American soft power. What happens when the U.S. is no longer the global capital of cool?

© Christa Jarrold

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Spain’s True-Crime Capital Is Fed Up

A decades-old killing in a tiny village in a northern mountain town has turned the village into a destination for true-crime enthusiasts, creating a headache for remaining residents.

The 1995 killing of Josep Montané was the third in Tor, Spain, in 15 years. A journalist was fascinated, and now the town is a destination for others who are, too.
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Exercising Is the Worst

Exercise has never been fun, but our expectations for physical performance, what it means to be healthy, and what it means to age have gotten too high.

© Stephan Dybus

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Heavy Rain Expected in California After Spell of Unusually Warm Weather

Areas across the state could record anywhere from one to five or more inches of rain. The Sierra will get some snow.

© Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press

Customers at a Los Angeles cafe late last month took advantage of the pleasant weather to dine outdoors. Temperatures in the city could reach 90 degrees on Monday.
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Worries Increase on Second Day of Flight Cancellations

Disruptions to air travel on Saturday were modest, but officials and passengers were bracing for worse as the government shutdown continued.

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Passengers waiting at Denver International Airport on Saturday.
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Black South Carolina Residents Say Re-Routed Penn Center Parade Feels Like Erasure

The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing.

© Donaven Doughty for The New York Times

The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade on St. Helena Island has been scaled back, after years of traffic complaints.
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Gavin Newsom, Eyeing 2028, Tries to Mess With Texas

Celebrating his recent redistricting victory, the California governor swooped into a state led by a Republican rival and sent the latest signal about his presidential ambitions.

© Annie Mulligan for The New York Times

“We can shape the future here in Texas,” Gov. Gavin Newsom of California told a crowd of Democrats on Saturday in Houston.
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Merck PCSK9 Pill Results Point to Extremely Low Cholesterol Future

The drug targets the PCSK9 protein, and could give millions of people a more affordable option to reduce their heart disease risk.

© Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Merck, which first introduced statins to the world nearly 40 years ago, announced that its new pill helped reduce heart attack and stroke rates in high risk patients by 20 percent in a year.
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How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Congressional Republicans celebrated the signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July. The legislation provided roughly $4 trillion in tax cuts.
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Live From New York: Zohran Mamdani’s Got Jokes

New York City’s next mayor showed during the campaign that he has a sharp sense of humor. Keeping things light at City Hall could be trickier.

© Amir Hamja for The New York Times

Zohran Mamdani won attention for his affordability platform, but undergirding his message was a sense of hope, joy and humor.
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John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74

He was shot in 1970 by the National Guard during a student protest over the Vietnam War that left four dead in Ohio. A photo of him lying on the ground and bleeding made the cover of Life magazine.

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The Ohio National Guard opened fire on antiwar protesters at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. John Cleary, lying on the ground, was a bystander when he was shot in the chest. Four students were fatally shot and nine others were wounded during the incident.
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At Least 4 Dead After Driver Slams Into Crowd Outside a Tampa Bar, Police Say

The crash left 11 people injured. The police said they chased the vehicle after trying to pull over a reckless driver, who sped off and then lost control.

© Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times, via Associated Press

The driver was earlier involved in a street race a few miles away and sped off, leading to a police chase through Tampa, Fla., before the driver lost control and crashed, officials said.
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A New Generation of Gamblers Searches for Help

The sports betting boom has drawn in millions of young men. Are recovery efforts for problem gamblers lagging behind?

© Rachel Woolf for The New York Times

Zach Everett realized he had a gambling problem after moving to Colorado, which had legalized sports betting apps. But he struggled for years to find a path to recovery that worked.
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Inside Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelans: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.

In March, the U.S. government sent more than 200 Venezuelan men to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
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