Extreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe

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3 juillet 2025 à 20:01

Power plant operators in Switzerland and France idled reactors so that discharged cooling water would not harm wildlife in already-hot rivers.

The Beznau Nuclear Power Plant in Switzerland, one of two nuclear stations shut down in the past week.

E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump

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Par :Maxine Joselow

3 juillet 2025 à 19:55

The letter had accused the Trump administration of politicizing, dismantling and sidelining the agency.

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Sentenced to Life in Assassination Plot

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Par :Alan Feuer

3 juillet 2025 à 19:51

Edward Kelley had been convicted of plotting to kill the law enforcement officers who had investigated his case.

Rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Hiring Held Steady in June as Employers Added 147,000 Jobs

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Par :Sydney Ember

3 juillet 2025 à 19:38

The strength of the labor market suggests that the economy remains robust despite uncertainty caused by President Trump’s tariffs and geopolitical turmoil.

In Europe, Economists See a Chance to Rise on the Global Stage

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Par :Eshe Nelson

3 juillet 2025 à 18:03

Central bankers who gathered in Portugal this week focused on ways that Europe could improve its competitiveness with the United States and China.

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, on Tuesday at the bank’s forum in Sintra, Portugal, which had a sense of calm amid the chaos in the world.

They Planned Parties and Salsa Music for July 4th. ICE Raids Made Them Think Twice.

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Par :Jesus Jiménez

3 juillet 2025 à 18:00

Some communities in the Los Angeles region canceled events over fears of immigration raids, as Latinos grapple with how, and whether, to celebrate Independence Day.

Bell Gardens, Calif., canceled its Independence Day party, a tradition for much of the past 30 years.

4 Dead, 14 Injured in Chicago Shooting Outside River North Lounge

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Par :Mitch Smith · Julie Bosman and John Yoon

3 juillet 2025 à 17:33

Gunfire from a passing car ripped into a crowd of clubgoers in the River North neighborhood, the police said.

Officers at the scene of the shooting in downtown Chicago late on July 2, 2025.

Solid Jobs Report Keeps Fed Rate Cuts at Bay

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Par :Colby Smith

3 juillet 2025 à 17:12

The latest labor market data reinforces the central bank’s wait-and-see approach to lowering borrowing costs, despite pressure from President Trump.

Will Politics Derail America’s 250th Birthday Bash?

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Par :Jennifer Schuessler

3 juillet 2025 à 17:10

This week, President Trump will start the countdown to next summer’s Semiquincentennial with an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Not everyone wants to wave the flag his way.

The Diddy Trial Is Over But My Mind Is Still Racing

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Par :Wesley Morris · John White · Elyssa Dudley · Austin Mitchell · Kate LoPresti · Lisa Tobin and Efim Shapiro

3 juillet 2025 à 17:05

But my mind is still racing.

How Trump’s China Tariffs Are Jeopardizing America’s Fireworks Extravaganzas

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Par :Alan Rappeport

3 juillet 2025 à 16:29

The pyrotechnics industry relies heavily on Chinese fireworks imports and warns that this could be the last big bang Fourth of July.

Patricia Peterson, Innovative Fashion Editor at The Times, Dies at 99

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Par :Penelope Green

3 juillet 2025 à 16:04

She oversaw fashion coverage beginning in 1957, when hemlines made headlines. She later made groundbreaking ads for Henri Bendel with her photographer husband, Gösta Peterson.

Patricia Peterson in 1963. At The New York Times, she documented a changing culture as it was expressed through fashion. “That was what was so exciting,” she said. “It wasn’t just Seventh Avenue or Paris, it was life around us.”

Mr. Big Is Alive and Well and Married in Vermont

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Par :Jacob Bernstein

3 juillet 2025 à 16:02

The real-life inspiration for the famous toxic bachelor on “Sex and the City” left the Big Apple for the Green Mountain state.

Ron Galotti, perhaps best known as the inspiration for Mr. Big in “Sex and the City” left the New York media world for 50 acres in Vermont.

E.P.A. Employees Are Invited to Adopt Soon-to-Be Homeless Lab Rats

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Par :Hiroko Tabuchi

3 juillet 2025 à 15:58

The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.

He Made Green-Wood Cemetery a Destination for the Living

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Par :John Leland

3 juillet 2025 à 18:31

Richard J. Moylan has overseen a transformation of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn in his nearly 40 years as president. Now he’s ready to retire.

Richard J. Moylan got a job cutting grass at Green-Wood Cemetery during law school in the 1970s. He stayed until last week.

What to Know About the Heat Wave in Europe

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Par :Lynsey Chutel · Nazaneen Ghaffar and Amelia Nierenberg

3 juillet 2025 à 16:23

Some parts of Western Europe were starting to cool off as the extreme heat that has gripped the continent moved east.

Fans were used to keep people cool at a restaurant near the Piazza di Spagna in Rome on Monday.

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases Involving Transgender Athletes

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Par :Abbie VanSickle

3 juillet 2025 à 16:01

The court announced it would hear challenges to state laws barring transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.

The justices’ decision to hear the cases involving student athletes signals that they are willing to delve back into the culture war over transgender rights.

Hakeem Jeffries Breaks Record in Hourslong Speech Opposing Trump’s Policy Bill

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Par :Michael Gold and Matthew Mpoke Bigg

3 juillet 2025 à 19:49

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, delayed a final House vote with an impassioned speech that lasted nearly nine hours.

Representative Hakeem Jeffries spoke out against the domestic policy bill ahead of the vote in the House.

Greece Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 1,500 People From Island of Crete

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Par :Lynsey Chutel and Niki Kitsantonis

3 juillet 2025 à 17:52

Most of those fleeing the blaze were tourists. Firefighters struggled against heavy winds to bring the flames under control.

More than 200 firefighters battled a blaze in the Greek island of Crete, but their work was made more difficult by heavy winds and rugged mountain terrain.

How Will Trump Sell His Big Policy Bill to the American Public?

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Par :Tyler Pager

3 juillet 2025 à 15:31

President Trump has spent days cajoling Republicans to support his spending bill. He will also have to sell it to the public as Democrats focus on all the ways it helps the wealthy.

President Trump has told Republicans he wants to sign the bill by Friday.

Trump Wants the World to Squeeze Out China. He’s Starting With Vietnam.

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Par :Alexandra Stevenson

3 juillet 2025 à 14:46

An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.

Goods for export loaded on a container at a logistics hub in Yiwu, China, China has used Vietnam and other neighboring countries to circumvent American tariffs on its goods.

Where Do Israel-Hamas Truce Negotiations Stand?

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Par :Adam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer

3 juillet 2025 à 14:13

Hamas wants to ensure that the latest cease-fire proposal has sufficient guarantees that negotiations will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war.

Displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Gaza City last month.

Wall Street’s New Obsession (and Dilemma): Tokenizing Companies

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Par :Andrew Ross Sorkin · Bernhard Warner · Sarah Kessler · Michael J. de la Merced and Danielle Kaye

3 juillet 2025 à 14:09

Robinhood is the latest to offer investors a novel, and potentially risky, investment opportunity: crypto that’s meant to give exposure to the likes of OpenAI.

Robinhood is looking to shake up investing again — this time with the so-called tokenization of private companies.

Israel and Syria in U.S.-Brokered Talks to End Border Conflict, Trump Envoy Says

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Par :Ben Hubbard

3 juillet 2025 à 13:19

Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, says Washington is facilitating the discussions and prioritizing economic development over nation-building in the Middle East.

Thomas J. Barrack Jr., third from left, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, is in his first diplomatic job at age 78.

Sizing Up the Debt

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Par :Evan Gorelick

3 juillet 2025 à 17:47

We explain how economists evaluate the national debt.

The debt clock in New York City. The number above includes $29 trillion held by investors, as well as the trillions more that the U.S. government itself holds.

The Final Vote, and the Sean Combs Verdict

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Par :Tracy Mumford · Will Jarvis · Ian Stewart · Jessica Metzger and Olivia Bensimon

3 juillet 2025 à 12:00

Plus, Lululemon vs. Costco.

Speaker Mike Johnson in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Diogo Jota, Liverpool Soccer Star, Dies in Car Crash at 28

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Par :Ali Watkins

3 juillet 2025 à 16:33

Mr. Jota and his brother André Silva died in Spain, the authorities said. The crash came two weeks after the Portuguese player’s wedding.

Diogo Jota, a Portuguese soccer star, played for Liverpool of the English Premier League.

The Pope Returns to Castel Gandolfo for Summer. And There Will Be Tennis.

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Par :Elisabetta Povoledo

3 juillet 2025 à 11:33

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, leaving the town a bit bereft.

Tourists posing for photos in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, in June. The pope’s planned return has “given the town a spark,” said an owner of a bar in the town’s main square.

What’s Next in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial?

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Par :Julia Jacobs and Ben Sisario

3 juillet 2025 à 11:02

The music mogul remains in custody after he was convicted on two counts of transporting prostitutes. A judge will determine his prison sentence at an unspecified date.

Though Sean Combs and his lawyers were jubilant after he was acquitted of the most serious charges he faced, he still awaits sentencing for two felony convictions.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Winning Defense: He’s Abusive, but He’s Not a Racketeer

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Par :Julia Jacobs and Ben Sisario

3 juillet 2025 à 17:16

In defusing much of the government’s case, lawyers for the music mogul did not dispute that he did bad things. They disputed that they matched the crimes he was charged with.

The defense lawyers representing Sean Combs left the courthouse pleased after he was acquitted of the most serious charges in his sex-trafficking case.

After Mamdani Mania, the Next Democratic Test Comes to Tucson

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Par :Jack Healy

3 juillet 2025 à 11:02

Adelita Grijalva remains heavily favored to win the House seat of her late father, Raúl Grijalva, but youthful challengers and tired voters are asking why change is so hard for Democrats.

Daniel Hernandez, a Democratic congressional candidate, meeting with a supporter, Beatrice Torres, while door-knocking last month in Tucson, Ariz.

What Are Republicans Thinking With Such a Reckless Bill? Maybe This.

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Par :Noah Millman

3 juillet 2025 à 11:01

A tax move from the Reagan era might explain what’s going on now.

‘There’s Just Too Much Lawlessness’: Three Legal Experts on an Embattled Supreme Court

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Par :Kate Shaw · William Baude and Stephen I. Vladeck

3 juillet 2025 à 11:01

Grading how the Supreme Court has done so far in Trump 2.0.

Democrats Denied This City Had a Gang Problem. The Truth Is Complicated.

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Par :Ted Conover

3 juillet 2025 à 11:01

Trump’s claim that Venezuelan criminals took over Aurora, Colorado, became a rationale for his immigration crackdown. What really happened there?

The Edge at Lowry apartment complex in Aurora, Colo., where shootings and other crimes attracted national attention in August 2024.

How Drinking Alcohol Affects You in Older Age

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Par :Mohana Ravindranath

3 juillet 2025 à 11:00

Alcohol can present health problems for even light or occasional drinkers.

The Site of the Jonestown Massacre Is Opening to Tourists

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Par :Genevieve Glatsky and Federico Rios

3 juillet 2025 à 11:00

Both American survivors of the mass suicide and murder and Guyanese have criticized the tour. But defenders say the site offers important lessons.

Mamdani’s Win Has Put Buses in the Spotlight. Should They Be Free?

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Par :Stefanos Chen

3 juillet 2025 à 09:00

The lowly New York City bus is getting new attention thanks to Zohran Mamdani’s vow to make the service free for all. But can free also mean fast?

Queens is an especially bus-dependent borough.

Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks: Where to Watch in NYC

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Par :Taylor Robinson

3 juillet 2025 à 09:00

The Macy’s celebration, replete with 80,000 firework shells and 11 new pyrotechnic effects, returns to the East River after heading over to the Hudson in 2024.

Last year, the Macy’s fireworks display returned to the Hudson River for the first time in over 10 years. This year, it’s back on the East River.

Can Indonesia Afford Prabowo’s Free School Lunch Program?

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Par :Muktita Suhartono

3 juillet 2025 à 06:17

Indonesia’s president promised free meals for every student in the country. But unemployment is rising, and some analysts say he’s making matters worse.

Students in Cimahi, Indonesia, having lunches that were provided by the government. President Prabowo Subianto calls the program an investment in Indonesia’s future.

Tax Cuts Now, Benefit Cuts Later: The Timeline in the Republican Megabill

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Par :Tony Romm · Andrew Duehren · Margot Sanger-Katz · Brad Plumer and Daniel Wood

2 juillet 2025 à 23:47

Republicans deferred some of their most painful spending cuts until after the midterm elections.

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