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Venezuela Passes Amnesty Bill Denounced by Some as ‘Unjust’

The bill may bring the release of hundreds of political prisoners. But many critics say the legislation, passed after major pressure from the Trump administration, raises concerns.

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Families gathered last month for a vigil outside El Rodeo I, a prison east of Caracas, Venezuela.
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Investigators Blame NASA and Boeing for Starliner Failures

Technical and oversight problems left two astronauts aboard the International Space Station for months longer than had been expected.

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The Boeing Starliner spacecraft that carried the astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station, seen on July 3, 2024.
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A Lonely Baby Monkey Wins Hearts, and Even a Few Friends

Legions of fans from around the world have been cheering on Punch, a 7-month-old macaque who had been struggling to socialize at a zoo outside Tokyo.

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Punch with his plush companion at Ichikawa City Zoo.
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Blue Owl Capital Sets Off New Fears About the Private Credit Industry

The lender’s announcement that investors would no longer be able to ask for a set amount of money back from its funds prompted worries about the private credit industry.

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Blue Owl Capital, the large private lender, has amassed nearly $300 billion in investor money.
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Police Investigate ICE Arrest of a Man Who Suffered Severe Head Injuries

The police in St. Paul, Minn., are investigating an arrest last month during the immigration crackdown. The man has said he was beaten by agents. ICE asserted that he ran into a wall.

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Alberto Castañeda Mondragón told The Associated Press that he was in a friend’s car at a shopping center in St. Paul, Minn., when immigration agents pulled him from the car.
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Trump’s Board of Peace Promises Billions for Gaza, With Few Details

At the inaugural meeting of his new organization, President Trump also endorsed a divisive foreign leader and heard an attack on his former prosecutor, Jack Smith.

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Nine Board of Peace member countries have agreed to contribute more than $7 billion to the Gaza rebuilding effort, President Trump announced Thursday.
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Doug Moe, 87, N.B.A. Coach as Freewheeling as His Style of Play, Dies

A former college All-American touched by scandal, he was irreverent and unpredictable as he piloted his fast-paced Nuggets and Spurs.

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Doug Moe coaching the Denver Nuggets in 1985. A sports journalist’s dream, he was once fined by the N.B.A. front office for throwing water on a referee.
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The Former Prince Andrew Is Arrested

Also, Trump hints at the possibility of military action in Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in a photo from last year.
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Warming Climate Can Increase Avalanche Risk, Studies Show

Research has pointed to the dangers of heavier and wetter snowfall, even as the number of snowy days decreases overall in California’s Sierra Nevada.

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Motorists stranded on Interstate 80 near Camp Spaulding, Calif., on Thursday.
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Why Prosecutors in Sex-Crime Cases Often Turn to Trafficking Laws

Lawyers build cases around these laws because the statutes are broad and use language that can encompass a variety of crimes, according to experts.

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Federal prosecutors often turn to sex-trafficking laws for strategic reasons.
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Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From Department Premises After Reports of Sexual Assaults

At least two female staff members said Dr. Shawn DeRemer had touched them inappropriately at the agency in Washington.

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Allegations against Dr. Shawn DeRemer, the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, were raised as part of an investigation by the Labor Department’s inspector general.
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Trump Plays the Peace Game

To anyone who spent time in the old U.S.S.R., President Trump’s newly hatched “Board of Peace” evokes worrying echoes.

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Man Convicted of Murder in Fatal Beatings of 4 Homeless Men

Randy Rodriguez Santos attacked five homeless men in New York City in 2019, killing four of them in a span of minutes.

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Randy Rodriguez Santos, center, being arraigned in Manhattan Criminal court in 2019. A jury found him guilty of murder in the deaths of four homeless men.
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