After False Earthquake Alert in Nevada, Lawmakers Demand Answers on How it Was Sent

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13 décembre 2025 à 02:00

The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles away last week.

The outskirts of Reno, Nev. Last week an early warning system set off a false alarm for an earthquake nearby.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public

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Par :Ryan Mac

13 décembre 2025 à 01:55

A sale of insider shares at $421 a share would make Mr. Musk’s rocket company the most valuable private company in the world, as it readies for a possible initial public offering next year.

The SpaceX launchpad in South Texas in June 2024. The company said in a letter to employees on Friday that it could go public in 2026.

Behind the Venezuelan Opposition Leader’s Daring Escape to Oslo

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Par :Karoun Demirjian and Simon Romero

13 décembre 2025 à 01:55

An American firm with experience in special operations spirited María Corina Machado, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, out of the country in a secretive land, sea and air operation.

María Corina Machado spent the last year hiding from President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela’s regime.

National Guardsman Who Was Shot in D.C. Making ‘Extraordinary Progress,’ Doctor Says

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Par :Pooja Salhotra

13 décembre 2025 à 01:41

Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who suffered a head wound in the shooting near the White House last month, has moved from acute care to rehabilitation.

A memorial in honor of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe in Washington.

Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers

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Par :Roni Caryn Rabin

13 décembre 2025 à 00:45

A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended.

A breast cancer awareness event in Seville, Spain, in October.

Rescuers Work to Evacuate Flooded Areas of Washington

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Par :Matthew Cullen

13 décembre 2025 à 00:33

Also, T.S.A. is giving passenger data to immigration agents. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Rescue crews in Burlington, Wash., on Friday.

In Trump’s Justice Dept., Failing in Court Might Be Better Than Bucking the Boss

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Par :Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer

12 décembre 2025 à 22:02

Thursday demonstrated an emerging reality for President Trump: Commanding the Justice Department is not the same as controlling the justice system.

The White House was served a legal rebuke this week when federal grand jurors in Alexandria, Va., rejected the Justice Department’s push to indict Letitia James, the New York attorney general, on mortgage-related charges for the second time in a week.

In Florida’s Panhandle, a Hearing on School Vaccine Mandates Gets Heated

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Par :Patricia Mazzei and Brendan Farrington

13 décembre 2025 à 00:48

The hearing was the first concrete step toward repealing some of the state’s vaccine requirements. Rolling back others would require legislative action.

Larry Downs Jr., of Pensacola, Fla., speaks against childhood vaccine mandates at a public hearing held by Florida’s Department of Health on Friday in Panama City Beach, Fla.

For Republicans, Trump’s Hands-Off Approach to Health Care Is a Problem

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Par :Luke Broadwater

13 décembre 2025 à 00:23

The prospect of soaring health care costs could exacerbate Americans’ feelings about affordability, an issue that President Trump has tried to downplay. But Democrats plan to keep the issue front and center.

President Trump said Thursday night that he may soon start negotiating with Democrats to lower health care costs.

Amid Fractures on the Right, Tucker Carlson Continues His Attacks

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Par :Jesse McKinley

13 décembre 2025 à 00:00

On Theo Von’s show this week, Mr. Carlson lashed out at a major supporter of the president, the F.B.I. and “unimpressive, dumb, totally noncreative people” leading the nation.

Tucker Carlson did not mention President Trump by name in his attacks on Theo Von’s podcast, but his broadsides were the latest evidence of a deepening divide in Republican politics.

F.D.A. Approves Two New Drugs to Treat Gonorrhea

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Par :Andrew Jacobs

12 décembre 2025 à 23:34

The sexually transmitted disease has become increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea.

Phil Upchurch, Jazz Guitarist and Sideman to Stars, Dies at 84

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Par :Alex Williams

12 décembre 2025 à 23:03

A self-taught session man extraordinaire, he played with a constellation of stars, including Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan and Dizzy Gillespie.

Phil Upchurch in 1983, playing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague. Although he was known for his versatility across multiple genres, he considered himself a jazz player — albeit one with his own vision.

Scenes From Washington After a Week of Torrential Rain and Flooding

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Par :The New York Times

12 décembre 2025 à 23:00

More than 100,000 residents were told to leave their homes across Washington State this week as rivers overflowed.

Rescue crews from Spokane combed through floodwaters near SR-20 in Burlington, Wash., on Friday.

Canadians Rush to Buy Stockpiles of Boycotted U.S. Liquor

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Par :Michael Levenson

12 décembre 2025 à 22:58

Four Canadian provinces are selling off the American liquor they pulled from shelves in protest over President Trump’s tariffs. Some bourbon drinkers are thrilled.

American alcohol products were removed from store shelves in much of Canada when U.S. tariffs against the country went into effect in March.

T.S.A. Is Providing Air Passenger Data to Immigration Agents for Deportation Effort

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Par :Hamed Aleaziz

12 décembre 2025 à 22:45

The Transportation Security Administration is providing passenger lists to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders.

In a Hamlet Built on Forbidden Love, a Cyclone Buried It All

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Par :Mujib Mashal · Pamodi Waravita and Atul Loke

12 décembre 2025 à 22:00

Three generations of a family built their homes and lives in Sri Lanka’s highland tea country. The biggest storm in decades wiped out their hamlet in a landslide.

Villagers carrying bodies for burial at a cemetery in Kandy in Sri Lanka.

Harvard Replaces Leader of Health Center Said to Have Focused on Palestinians

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Par :Mark Arsenault

12 décembre 2025 à 21:54

The center at the university’s public health school was also a focus of the Trump administration after having been examined in a Harvard antisemitism report earlier this year.

The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard’s public health school will have new leadership. An interim was named in the meantime.

Transportation Dept. Threatens to Withhold Funds From N.Y. Over Noncitizen Licenses

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Par :Karoun Demirjian

12 décembre 2025 à 21:15

The Trump administration gave New York 30 days to pause issuing all non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses, among other demands, or risk losing $73 million in highway funds.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said New York’s commercial driver’s license standards represented “a systematically grossly unacceptable deviation from federal safety regulations.”

‘Did We Do That?’ Gen Z Protesters Help Tip Balance Against Bulgaria’s Leaders

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Par :Lara Jakes and Boryana Dzhambazova

12 décembre 2025 à 20:38

Young Bulgarians turned out in protests that helped unseat their government. Whether that will translate into higher turnout in upcoming elections is up to them.

Demonstrators in Sofia, Bulgaria, rallying against the government.

Alvin Holsey, Admiral Who Oversaw Boat Strikes Off Venezuela’s Coast, Retires

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Par :Eric Schmitt

12 décembre 2025 à 20:38

The admiral had abruptly announced that he would step down as the head of the U.S. Southern Command. His departure leaves several issues about the strikes unanswered.

Adm. Alvin Holsey, right, became the latest in a line of at least two dozen military leaders, many of them people of color and women, who have left their jobs this year.

Germany Accuses Russia of Sabotage, Cyberattacks and Disinformation

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Par :Christopher F. Schuetze

12 décembre 2025 à 19:59

The German foreign ministry’s announcement, which Russia denied, was the latest suggestion of growing Russian aggression in Europe.

People lining up to vote in federal elections in eastern Germany last February. A spokesman for the German foreign affairs ministry said Friday that Russia spread misinformation about major candidates in the general election this year.

For 2 Hours, a Soccer Match Offers Palestinians a Rarity: Joy

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Par :David M. Halbfinger · Bilal Shbair and Fatima AbdulKarim

12 décembre 2025 à 15:11

The national soccer team made it to the knockout stages of the Arab Cup for the first time, uniting fans from Gaza to the West Bank to Cairo to Arab cities in Israel.

Thomas L. Friedman Says We’re in a New Epoch. David Brooks Has Questions.

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Par :David Brooks · Thomas L. Friedman and Derek Arthur

12 décembre 2025 à 11:02

Two columnists debate this strange moment.

The Fine Art of Managing Christie’s

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Par :Jordyn Holman

12 décembre 2025 à 11:01

As more people tune in for the “theater” of high-end auctions, Bonnie Brennan is trying to convert them into clients.

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