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New U.S. Boat Strike Kills 3 in the Caribbean

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Par : Carol Rosenberg
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The attacks since early November had specifically targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean.

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This image from a video provided by the U.S. military shows what it says was a kinetic strike on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea.
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Trump Erased the Endangerment Finding. Here Come the Lawsuits.

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Par : Karen Zraick
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The battle is expected to reach the Supreme Court, which is far more conservative today than it was when the measure was established.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

President Trump announced on Thursday that his administration would scrap the endangerment finding.
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Navalny Was Poisoned With Frog Toxin, European Governments Say

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Par : Lynsey Chutel and Anton Troianovski
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Traces of the toxin were found in the body of the Russian dissident Aleksei A. Navalny, who died in prison two years ago, five governments said in a joint statement.

© James Hill for The New York Times

Aleksei A. Navalny in his office in Moscow in 2014. He was President Vladimir V. Putin’s most prominent political opponent when he died in a Russian prison in 2024.
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How Peter Biar Ajak, a Sudanese Peace Activist, Was Caught Plotting a Coup

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Par : Ephrat Livni
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Peter Biar Ajak, a democracy advocate, was convicted of conspiring to buy and export weapons for a revolt in South Sudan.

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Peter Biar Ajak after returning to the United States in 2020. A federal court in Arizona sentenced him to prison last week after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. weapons export laws.
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Open Road

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Par : Melissa Kirsch
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On Valentine’s Day, consider the ways in which we’re sticking to established paths — and the places where we yearn to deviate.
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How ICE Failed to Justify the Shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis

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Par : Mitch Smith and Hamed Aleaziz
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The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Federal agents, law enforcement and protesters clashed after an immigration agent shot Julio C. Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis on Jan. 14.
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Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

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Par : Karoun Demirjian · Kate Kelly · Eric Schmitt and Tyler Pager
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The F.A.A., citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new technology being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.”

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Steve Feinberg, center, the deputy secretary of defense, during a meeting at the Pentagon in July.
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T.S.A. Workers Brace for Another Shutdown They Didn’t Cause

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Par : Eileen Sullivan and Christine Chung
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As Congress leaves town without funding their department, airport security officers wonder, “How many more times am I going to be able to do this?”

© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

The shutdown is especially hard for T.S.A. employees this time around, because many are just recovering from the financial strain they suffered during last year’s 43-day shutdown.
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Harris Sold Email List to D.N.C., Then Paid Off 2024 Debts

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Par : Shane Goldmacher
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The national party, which is nearly $100 million behind its G.O.P. counterpart, bought the list for $6.5 million.

© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

Kamala Harris raised $6.5 million by selling her email list of millions of supporters to the Democratic National Committee.
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Olympic Figure Skating Is a Young Woman’s Sport. Deanna Stellato-Dudek Wants to Change That.

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Par : Vanessa Friedman
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Deanna Stellato-Dudek, a Canadian pairs skater, is trying to make history at the Olympics — despite a training accident a week before the Games.

© Nasuna Stuart-Ulin for The New York Times

Ms. Stellato-Dudek poses in the Oscar de la Renta skating dress she expects to wear for her long program. Each of its more than 200,000 glass beads was triple-knotted by hand.
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New Research Absolves the Woman Blamed for a Dynasty’s Ruin

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Par : Andrew Higgins
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A Chinese king’s infatuation with a woman was seen as the reason that a golden age collapsed. Evidence suggests climate change and internal strife played bigger roles.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Researchers digging to unearth remnants of what is believed to have been a fortified gate guarding an entrance to the capital of the Western Zhou dynasty, near Hejia Village, China, in December.
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How China Built a Chip Industry, and Why It’s Still Not Enough

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Par : Meaghan Tobin
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More than a decade into Beijing’s push for self sufficiency, Chinese firms are producing fewer, lower-performing chips than their foreign competitors.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

The Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation complex in Shanghai. The Chinese government has spent more than $150 billion on its push to make cutting-edge chips at home.
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Casey Wasserman Will Sell Entertainment Agency Amid Epstein Files Fallout

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Par : Shawn Hubler · Ben Sisario and Emmanuel Morgan
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Casey Wasserman, a Los Angeles entertainment executive and the head of the 2028 Olympic Games, has lost clients since his emails with Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced.

© Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The most recent trove of Epstein documents include flirtatious messages between Casey Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime companion, while Mr. Wasserman was married with a young family.
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Department of Homeland Security Shuts Down, Though Essential Work Continues

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Par : Madeleine Ngo
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Though funding for the department ran out early Saturday, officials said its essential functions would continue.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

During previous shutdowns, the Transportation Security Administration saw a spike in resignations because employees were required to report to work without being paid.
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Consultants Offered Epstein Access to Top N.Y. Democrats if He Donated

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Par : Jay Root and Bianca Pallaro
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Dynamic SRG repeatedly, and apparently unsuccessfully, asked the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to donate to House races, Justice Department records show.

© Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post, via Associated Press

Once a prominent donor to Democratic politicians, Jeffrey Epstein appears to have largely stopped giving money to campaigns after he was convicted of sex crimes in Florida in 2008.
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Florida Couple Arrested After Pickleball Match Turns Into a Brawl

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Par : Neil Vigdor
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The couple, who were banned for life from a country club in Port Orange, Fla., face felony battery charges after the fight, which involved 20 people, the authorities said.

© Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

Three people were injured during the fight at the Spruce Creek Country Club, and one of them was transported to a hospital, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said.
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