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Police Raid in Rio de Janeiro Leaves Over 130 Dead

The death toll in Rio’s deadliest police operation in history rose to 132 people, the state authorities say, sparking outrage and a reckoning.

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The bodies of people killed during the raid.
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Bloomberg Gives $1.5 Million to Pro-Cuomo Super PAC

Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, had stayed out of the race since backing former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s failed Democratic primary campaign.

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Michael R. Bloomberg spent more than $8 million backing Mr. Cuomo during the Democratic mayoral primary, which Zohran Mamdani won by nearly 13 points.
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Prosecutors Who Called Jan. 6 Attackers a ‘Mob of Rioters’ Are Punished

The prosecutors were put on leave after filing a sentencing memo in the case of a man who showed up armed near the home of former President Barack Obama.

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The prosecutors had requested a sentence of 27 months in prison for a man who was found guilty of weapons offenses in a 2023 case.
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Ex-Illinois Deputy Convicted in Fatal Shooting of Sonya Massey

Sean Grayson was charged with murder in the 2024 death of Sonya Massey, who was holding a pot of hot water when she was shot at her home near Springfield, Ill.

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Body camera video released by Illinois State Police shows Sonya Massey, left, talking with former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson outside her home near Springfield, Ill., on the night she was killed.
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Five Houses Collapse in North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Stormy weather, strong winds and erosion have swept away more than a dozen houses on the barrier islands since mid-September.

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Sixteen homes in North Carolina’s Outer Banks have collapsed in the past six weeks because of storms and erosion.
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Kat Abughazaleh, Democratic Congressional Candidate, Among ICE Protesters Indicted

Six people, including the congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, were indicted by a grand jury in Chicago. Ten others were arrested on charges stemming from California protests.

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Kat Abughazaleh, a Democratic candidate for Congress, outside an I.C.E. processing facility in Broadview, Ill., in September.
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2 Louvre Heist Suspects Have ‘Partially Admitted’ to the Crime

The Paris prosecutor overseeing the case said the two men face 15 years in prison for stealing some of France’s crown jewels, while two other suspects have yet to be caught.

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Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor in charge of the case, said on Wednesday that the suspects were traced through DNA samples left on objects at the scene or later found by police.
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F.B.I. Opposes Push for Gabbard to Take Lead on Counterintelligence

The F.B.I. made the disclosure in a pointed letter that underscored broader concern over a House bill that would give more authority to Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence.

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An F.B.I. letter voiced objections to a handful of counterintelligence functions that the office of Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, would effectively take over under a House bill.
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As Both Sides Remain Dug in, What Can Break the Government Shutdown Impasse?

Significant milestones over the next few weeks could shuffle the status quo. For now, both sides remain dug in as the closure heads into a fifth week.

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Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are eyeing Obamacare open enrollment and off-year elections as moments that could create political anxiety to shake the status quo.
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Judge Sentences Men Who Tried to Kill Iranian Activist to 25 Years

Prosecutors said that Rafit Amirov and Polad Omarov were working for an Iranian general when they stalked Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn. She has sought women’s rights in the theocracy for years.

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“I have to watch over my shoulder,” Masih Alinejad told the court on Wednesday.
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