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Representative Eric Swalwell Will Run for California Governor

Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, is likely to emphasize his history of fighting President Trump, an approach that many Democratic voters say they want their elected officials to take.

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Representative Eric Swalwell is the latest Democrat to announce he will run for California governor.
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Mexico Wins Miss Universe Pageant Marred by Scandal

Fátima Bosch was crowned in Thailand on Friday. The competition got off to a rocky start this month when she briefly walked out after being scolded by an organizer.

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Mexico's Fátima Bosch was named Miss Universe on Friday.
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After Syria’s 14-Year Civil War, a Search for Victims Leads to Mass Graves

More than 100,000 people disappeared during the 13-year civil war. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government faces the challenging task of exhuming remains from scores of burial sites.

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A trench at the Najha cemetery near Damascus, Syria. The area is believed to hold a mass grave.
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Anxiety Over A.I. Spending Returns to Global Markets

A sharp reversal in Asian stocks, after a rally fueled by Nvidia’s strong earnings, underscores how fears of an A.I. bubble are driving broad market swings.

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The Kospi index in South Korea fell more than 3 percent in early trading in Asia on Friday.
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Frida Kahlo Portrait Sells for $55 Million, Setting Her Auction Record

The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in the Mexican artist’s life as her health and marriage deteriorated.

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Bidding for Frida Kahlo, “El sueño (La cama),” or “The dream (The bed),” at Sotheby’s auction house in Manhattan. It sold for $55 million at auction Thursday night, breaking the artist’s record.
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Missouri Judge Who Wore Elvis Wig in Court Agrees to Resign

Judge Matthew E.P. Thornhill also talked about politics and played Elvis songs in court, a judicial commission said.

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“Elvis was a super talent,” Matthew E.P. Thornhill, a circuit judge in St. Charles County, Mo., said last year in a local television interview. “If I just had Elvis’s hair, I’d be unstoppable.”
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U.S. Ambassador to Canada Channels Harsh Trump Tone

Pete Hoekstra’s bluntness is seen as undiplomatic by Canadian officials and interpreted as a way for the Trump administration to turn up the heat as trade talks drag on.

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Pete Hoekstra, the American ambassador to Canada, speaking in Banff, Alberta, in September.
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U.S. Manufacturers to Benefit as GE Appliances Shifts Production

The company, now owned by a Chinese conglomerate, is investing $150 million in 19 American suppliers across 10 states.

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Assembly at a GE Appliances plant in Louisville, Ky., in August. The company on Thursday announced contracts with suppliers in 10 states, as part of an effort to bring production back to U.S. soil.
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Mamdani Urges D.S.A. Not to Endorse a Challenger to Jeffries

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani argued that an endorsement of a left-leaning ally, Chi Ossé, would hurt his efforts to secure mainstream Democratic support for his proposals.

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Zohran Mamdani, right, has tried to privately persuade Chi Ossé, left, not to challenge Representative Hakeem Jeffries. On Wednesday, he went public with his efforts.
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