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4 Arrested Over Disruption of Israeli Orchestra’s Concert

Several audience members shouted or lit flares as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Paris. After the concert, the ensemble received 10 minutes of applause and played the Israeli national anthem.

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A small fire broke out in the concert hall after an audience member lit a flare during an Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performance in Paris on Thursday night.
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Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation

The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.

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Antisemitism Task Force Severs Ties With the Heritage Foundation

The move comes as the venerable conservative think tank is roiled by turmoil caused by its leader’s defense of a Tucker Carlson interview with a white nationalist.

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Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, drew criticism for defending Tucker Carlson’s mostly friendly interview with Nick Fuentes, an avowed racist antisemite.
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Tony Harrison, British Poet of the Working Class, Dies at 88

His work examined the tensions between his country’s social and economic strata, as well as his roots in postindustrial Leeds.

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The poet Tony Harrison in 2008. He was celebrated for writing about the miners, mechanics and shopkeepers of his native Yorkshire, in north-central England.
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Japanese Automakers Warn of Billions in Tariff Losses

Toyota, Honda and Nissan forecast big hits to their profits from higher tariffs that they acknowledged were likely ‘here to stay.’

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A Honda dealership in Irvine, Calif. The company blamed lower profits on higher tariffs, calling it “the new normal.”
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Why Germany Is Still Divided When It Comes to Russia

Many East Germans are more sympathetic toward Moscow than their western compatriots, reflecting decades of Soviet ties and disillusionment since reunification.

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Part of the wall that used to divide West and East Germany before reunification in 1990. Cultural divides, especially over views about Russia, remain.
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The Job Market Is Cooling but Not Collapsing, According to Private Data

The federal government shutdown canceled a second straight jobs report, but private data sources suggest the labor market has weakened modestly since summer.

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A job fair in Chicago last month. Historically, when unemployment has begun to rise, it has done so quickly.
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The Fed’s Recent Rate Decisions Have Been Divisive. It Is Likely to Get Worse.

The last three policy votes have featured some form of dissent, as officials grapple with how to weigh a softening labor market and resurgent inflation.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, center, said recently that policymakers at the central bank held “strongly differing views” about whether to proceed with another interest rate cut.
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Mass Layoffs Are Scary, but Probably Not a Sign of the A.I. Apocalypse

Despite fears that Amazon and other employers are already replacing workers with bots, the A.I. transition is likely to play out differently.

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The Seattle headquarters of Amazon, which said that because of artificial intelligence, “we need to be organized more leanly, with fewer layers.”
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As Idaho Grows Ever Redder, Boise Worries About Its Isolation

Two city councilors won re-election on Tuesday, though their support for a pride flag at City Hall had sparked challenges from the right. Still, Idaho’s deep embrace of President Trump has the city worried.

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The Idaho State Capitol in Boise, where fiercely conservative lawmakers are passing laws that encroach on Boise’s independence.
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Russian Jailed for Placing Tiny Antiwar Signs in a Market Says She Would Do it Again

Freed in a major prisoner swap, Aleksandra Skochilenko said “the values of freedom of speech, of peace, could be more important than spending even 10 years in jail.”

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Aleksandra Skochilenko, during a musical jam session she organized in Berlin in September, has just published a memoir, “My Prison Trip.”
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Mamdani Has a One-Bedroom Flat. He Could Move to a 226-Year-Old Mansion.

Five bedrooms. A ballroom. A full-time chef. The official mayoral residence in New York City could not be more different from Zohran Mamdani’s current home.

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Gracie Mansion sits at the top of Carl Schurz Park, abutting the F.D.R. Drive, and offers sweeping views of the East River from its summertime veranda.
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