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Kast’s Victory in Chile Is Another Win for Global Right-Wing Movement

José Antonio Kast, who was elected president on Sunday, is the latest conservative to rise to power promising strict law and order measures.

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Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republicano party and his wife Maria Pia Adriazola celebrating following the 2025 presidential election runoff in Santiago, Chile on Sunday.
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Trump’s Cuts Hobbled US Labor Board, Leaving Festering Disputes and a Power Struggle

Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.

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The Washington headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board, which is down to a single member. In the interim, California and New York want to strengthen their boards.
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Trump’s Diversity Rollback Ends Crucial Aid for Deafblind Children Like Annie Garner

A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals.

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Casey and Leah Garner with their daughter, Annie, at their home in Reedsburg, Wis.
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The Turbulent Times of Friedrich Merz

The new chancellor believes the world needs a stronger Germany. He is still navigating how to do it.

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With Prices Soaring, Can New York Survive as a Mecca for the Arts?

The number of artists living in the city has declined after growing sharply between 2004 and 2019. Almost 50 arts venues have closed in the past five years.

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People rummage through fabrics at Materials for the Arts, a warehouse in Long Island City, Queens, that processes six million pounds of donated art materials a year.
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What We Know About Rob Reiner and His Death

The director’s family said that he and his wife, Michele, had died on Sunday. The police said they had found two bodies at the Reiner home in Los Angeles.

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Police officers outside the home of Rob Reiner in Brentwood, Calif., on Sunday night.
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Jimmy Lai Faces Up to Life in a Hong Kong Jail After Guilty Verdicts

Jimmy Lai, the publisher of a popular tabloid, was convicted of national security charges on Monday after spending decades supporting the city’s vanquished pro-democracy movement.

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Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. Mr. Lai, who has been behind bars for five years, received guilty verdicts in a national security trial on Monday.
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China Approaches First Investment Decline in 3 Decades

A broad measure of investment fell more than 10 percent in November, continuing a recent reversal and signaling the depth of China’s property crisis.

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A residential complex being built by Vanke in Nanjing, China. Vanke is the latest developer in financial distress as property investment has plunged.
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How the Bondi Beach Community Rushed to Help Shooting Victims

I lived and worked around Bondi for years. The emergency response tells you everything you need to know about the area.

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A family embraces at a flower memorial by a lifeguard tower on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Monday.
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Jeanette Winter, Who Told Children About Artists’ Lives, Dies at 86

Her picture books found models of perseverance and imagination in figures like Emily Dickinson, Georgia O’Keeffe and Benny Goodman.

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Jeanette Winter in 2017. She was the writer, illustrator or both of more than 65 children’s books, many of them biographies of great artists.
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U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows

The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.

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A U.S. Air Force air-to-air refueling tanker took off from an airport in St. Croix in late November. A similar type of aircraft nearly collided with a JetBlue flight on Friday over the Caribbean, according to air traffic control radio communications.
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José Antonio Kast Elected President of Chile

José Antonio Kast has promised to reverse Chile’s recent surge in violent crime. He also says he will deport undocumented migrants.

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José Antonio Kast with supporters after voting in Paine, Chile, on Sunday.
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His Job Is to Make the Subway Accessible. His Own Life Fuels His Work.

Quemuel Arroyo, the New York transit system’s chief accessibility officer, has used a wheelchair for half his life. He understands how difficult it is to navigate the subway.

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Quemuel Arroyo lobbies for billions of dollars to build new subway elevators, knowing that two-thirds of stations do not have them.
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