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Welcome to Spain

Today we look into a country that’s handling the issue of undocumented migrants in a starkly different way.

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Harvesting nectarines in Spain.
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Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs

The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs while pouring resources into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.

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Amazon’s headquarters campus in Seattle.
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Iran Killed Thousands of Protesters. Here Are Five of Their Stories.

“He went out for freedom,” said the cousin of one of those who was killed when Iranian authorities mounted a deadly crackdown on protests across the country.

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Bijan Mostafavi and Zahra Bani-Amerian with their sons Danial and Davoud. Bijan, Zahra and Danial, pictured left in this photograph, were killed in the protests that have rocked Iran over the past month.
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Fed Meeting Comes at Pivotal Moment for Central Bank’s Independence

The Trump administration has unleashed a barrage of attacks on the Federal Reserve, including a criminal investigation into its chair, Jerome H. Powell.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, has spend much of the past month under siege from President Trump.
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What to Watch as the Federal Reserve Meets

The central bank is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday after a series of reductions in the latter half of 2025. The big question is how long the pause will last.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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Sundance Film Festival Says Goodbye to Park City, Utah

“It’s hard not to feel a disturbance in the force,” said Ethan Hawke, whose acting career took off after his early movies appeared at the Utah festival in the 1990s.

“What I will miss most is my youth,” the actor Ethan Hawke said about the Sundance Film Festival’s leaving Park City. “The streets are full of memories.”
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After Naval Drills With Iran, South Africa Faces New U.S. Attacks

The exercises were the second time in six months that President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to be blindsided by his own military regarding relations with Tehran.

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An Iranian vessel leaving Simon’s Town Naval Base in South Africa on Jan. 13 during preparations for joint drills with members of the BRICS group of emerging economies, including China, Russia and Iran.
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How We Tracked Down Thousands of Police Misconduct Files

Freedom of Information requests led to the discovery of varied offenses by officers around New York State.

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Starting in 1976, New York State, by law, kept most police personnel records secret. But when the law was repealed in 2020, many departments began making their records available.
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How the Online SAT May be Vulnerable to Cheating

Sites in China are selling test questions, and online forums offer software that can bypass test protections, according to tutors and testing experts raising alarms.

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A student taking a practice SAT test.
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Loose Rules Let New York State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious Misconduct

New York State troopers used the badge to settle personal scores and elicit favors. Still, they remained on the job, an investigation found.

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State Police troopers are often brought in to aid local law enforcement in serious cases. But disciplinary files revealed a lack of scrutiny when the department policed its own.
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Virginia Judge Blocks Democrats’ Efforts to Redraw Congressional Maps

Democratic leaders vowed to appeal the lower court ruling, which found that the legislative process behind the redistricting push was improper.

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The Virginia General Assembly convened earlier this month for a new session that included a vote on redistricting and an address by the state’s new Democratic governor, Abigail Spanberger, who greeted legislators, below, as she entered the chamber.
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Man Rushes Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis Town Hall and Sprays Her

A man who had been sitting in the front row rushed at the Democratic representative and sprayed her with a strong-smelling liquid. He was removed by security and later booked into jail.

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A man rushed toward Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, and sprayed liquid on her on Tuesday night in Minneapolis. Security officials tackled him.
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The Rise and Fall of South Korean First Lady Kim Keon Hee

Kim Keon Hee is the first former presidential spouse in South Korea to be convicted on a criminal charge. Her downfall began after her husband declared martial law.

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Kim Keon Hee, South Korea’s former first lady, arrived for her first hearing on corruption charges at Seoul Central District Court in September.
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Republicans Shift Tone After Killings, Criticizing Trump’s Immigration Push

With the president signaling a pivot in his crackdown, G.O.P. lawmakers have felt freer to express concern. But it’s not clear what they are willing to do about it.

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Republicans in Congress have starkly shifted their tone on the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown, conceding that something must change.
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