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Stabbing Near Chabad Headquarters Investigated as a Possible Hate Crime

A dispute on a Brooklyn street appeared to explode after the perpetrator accosted the victim with antisemitic statements, the police said.

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The violence took place in the heart of a Crown Heights, just steps from the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, a globe-spanning sect of Hasidic Judaism.
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Top Republican Examining Boat Strike ‘Satisfied’ With Military Mission

After viewing video of a follow-up strike, Republicans largely had confidence in the Pentagon’s legal rationale while Democrats questioned its legality.

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Representative Mike Rogers, Republican of Alabama, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in July. He leads the House Armed Services Committee, which oversees the military.
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Nearly $900 Million Flowed in Secret to Help Harris and Trump in 2024

The main dark-money group backing Kamala Harris and Joe Biden raised a staggering $613 million last year, while its pro-Trump counterpart brought in $275 million, new filings show.

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Both Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris benefited heavily from so-called dark money in 2024, but Democrats leaned more on the practice of funneling money through nonprofit groups that do not have to disclose their donors.
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Oscars Reach Deal With YouTube

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that it had reached a deal with YouTube for exclusive rights to the show starting in 2029.

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Conan O’Brien speaks onstage during the 97th Academy Awards in March.
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N.Y. Governor Will Sign Right-to-Die Bill for the Terminally Ill

Gov. Kathy Hochul cast the measure in unusually personal terms, saying she had felt “the pain of seeing someone you love suffer and feeling powerless to stop it.”

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Gov. Kathy Hochul said she had agreed to sign the bill after adding amendments intended to protect New Yorkers from being pressured into life-ending decisions.
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ICE Arrests Disrupt Schools, Prompting Fear Among Families

President Trump’s immigration crackdown has at times resulted in arrests near schools, setting off concerns among parents, educators and students.

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Parents say they have grown concerned about taking their children to school, worried that they could be detained or that their children could witness violent arrests.
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Tankers Under Sanction Are Only a Subset of Fleet Moving Venezuelan Oil

The scope of President Trump’s blockade against ships carrying oil from Venezuela was not clear on Wednesday.

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An oil tanker docked at Cardón Refinery in Venezuela, in 2021. More than 400 tankers have moved Venezuelan oil or related products since 2019, and these vessels are part of a bigger fleet of ships that trade oil illicitly.
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Senate Passes Defense Policy Bill, Clearing It for Trump

The legislation authorizes $900 billion for the Pentagon, provides a pay raise for troops, and has some measures to reassert congressional oversight.

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Army troops participating in a parade in Washington in June. The bill includes a pay raise of 3.8 percent for military personnel.
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Appeals Court Allows National Guard to Remain in D.C., for Now

A three-judge panel voted unanimously to allow troops to stay in the capital for the duration of the appeal, citing the city’s unique legal status.

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National Guard troops in Washington in August. A lower court judge had ordered that the troops be removed from the city, but the appeals court previously stayed the ruling while it considered the matter.
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National Center for Atmospheric Research to Be Dismantled, Trump Administration Says

Russell Vought, the White House budget director, called the laboratory a source of “climate alarmism.”

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National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., is responsible for many of the biggest scientific advances in humanity’s understanding of weather and climate since its founding in 1960.
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How the Rhinelander Trial Scandalized the Jazz Age

Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s original sin.

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Alice Rhinelander, center, with her sisters in the courtroom during the annulment trial.
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Gil Gerard, Star of TV Series ‘Buck Rogers,’ Dies at 82

He was best known for playing the title character in “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” which ran on NBC from 1979 to 1981.

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Gil Gerard as Buck Rogers, Erin Gray as Wilma Deering and Thom Christopher as Hawk in a 1981 episode of “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.”
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Greenpeace’s Fight With Pipeline Giant Exposes a Legal Loophole

A court filing by a group with deep ties to the pipeline company Energy Transfer raises questions about the growing use of amicus briefs in litigation.

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Energy Transfer pipes for the Dakota Access Pipeline in a staging area in Worthing, S.D., in 2015.
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