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Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields: A New Feminist Music Festival Takes Shape
At the first Daisy Chain Fields festival, the 23-year-old pop star presented a cross-generational v…
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Lionel Messi’s Retirement From Soccer Sparks Heartbreak Across Argentina
Lionel Messi’s retirement from the national soccer team, though widely expected, sparked fears of a…
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What to Know About Deadly Flash Floods in Nepal and Tibet
A massive landslide and glacial collapse may have caused catastrophic flooding even without heavy r…
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Nepal Turns to Mass Burials, as Thousands Remain Missing from Floods
Only a fraction of the over 2,500 missing are turning up among the dead, underscoring a bleak reali…
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How Not to Announce a Measles Death
Josh Shapiro announced two measles deaths. Things went downhill fast.
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As Deadly Flash Flooding Batters Nepal, Some Fear ‘the Entire Himalayas Are Melting’
A glacier unleashed a deadly flood earlier this week. For local trekking guides and climbers, the m…
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Milo Yiannopoulos, Right-Wing Agitator, Deported Home to U.K.
Mr. Yiannopoulos, an early supporter of President Trump and vocal supporter of mass deportations, w…
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Judge Again Denies Trump’s Request to Move Hush-Money Case to Federal Court
The ruling, from Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, blocks President Trump’s quickest path to overturning …
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Controversy Erupts Over Pennsylvania Measles Deaths
The conflict, which largely falls along political lines, centers on the details of one of the death…
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When My Father Told Me He Wanted a Gun, I Knew Everything Had Changed
It’s time to reframe the debate.
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A Question for the Formerly Woke
Before a Woke 2 takes over, let the proponents of its predecessor explain how and why they’re movin…
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Summer Weather in L.A. Was Perfect. Then Came Humidity and Mosquitoes.
Warmer water off the coast has made things slightly swampy for residents used to a succession of sp…
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Iran War Weighs on Virginia Beach Voters in Key House Race
The conflict with Iran is uniquely salient to the Virginia Beach voters deciding which party will w…
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Supreme Court Ruling on Mail-in Voting Could Add to Election Confusion
The limits on mail-in voting may not go into effect by November, with at least one state vowing to …
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Congress Needs to Stop Trump’s Tariff Madness
Mr. Trump is breaking the law. Congress and the judiciary need to respond.
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Big Food Is Winning the War for America’s Diet
The federal government was supposed to release a definition of ultraprocessed foods. What happened?
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Los Angeles Dodgers Owner’s Troubles Roil Insurance World
Federal investigations of Mark Walter’s business empire have put a spotlight on private-equity-owne…
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Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Think A.I. Is Good for Music
The hit-making duo turned tech moguls also have thoughts about why corporate America isn’t collabor…
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An Ancient Sumerian Solution to Our $40 Trillion Deficit
In the ancient world, debt forgiveness was a regular tool to control the economy. Why have we forgo…
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Is Andy Beshear of Kentucky the Next Bill Clinton?
A Democratic governor popular in a state that glows red offers lessons for winning working-class vo…
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‘It’s Been Terrible’: Thousands in Indiana Remain Without Power
Gov. Mike Braun called on the local utility to “match the urgency” of Gary area residents who have …
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Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Refused
In an interview, Jamieson Greer, Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of the trade offer …
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Desperation Mounts in Indiana After 10 Days Without Power
Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, a city where a third of residents live below th…
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Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle
The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival informatio…
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Why I’ve Spent My Summer Haunting Cemeteries
In an increasingly morbid world, we can learn from graveyards.
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Woman Arrested in Plot to Bomb New York State Capitol
Federal prosecutors say the woman met with an F.B.I. informant several times to plan an attack on t…
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What Will It Take to Fix New York’s Housing Shortage?
A draft report from the city estimates that 700,000 new units would need to be built over the next …
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As More Americans Turn to Cannabis, Problem Use Is Increasing
A growing number of Americans report they are unable to quit or cut down.
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How to Find Your Daughter’s Therapy-Speak Less Traumatizing
Step 1: Take it seriously, not literally.
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Humans Love Having Pets. Seems Like Some Other Primates Do, Too.
We aren’t the only animals that like to take care of other species. A new study finds that the root…
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Elizabeth Smart Is Rethinking the True-Crime Podcast
Her abduction as a child became a national story. In a new true crime podcast, Smart speaks to surv…
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Indiana Prepares for More Rain After Days of Deadly Storms
Since last week, hazardous weather has caused seven deaths, forced people from their homes and requ…
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‘I’m Not Ashamed of My Face-Lift’
The Opinion contributing writer Molly Jong-Fast is not about to feel bad about her face-lift.
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What We Know About the Storms Battering the Midwest
A lingering weather system has brought severe flooding and intense winds — including a few tornadoe…
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Central Synagogue Attack Rattles Jewish New Yorkers
The police said a man on Friday night struck a congregant at the prominent Upper East Side synagogu…
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Democrats Make South Carolina the First Contest in 2028 Presidential Primary Calendar
The party’s membership finalized the new order for the first six states to winnow the candidate fie…
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Jason Arday, Cambridge Professor Accused of Plagiarism, Reported Dead
The British police said a man had been found dead at a home linked to Mr. Arday, who resigned after…
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How Jane Schoenbrun Has Fun With Horror (and Chicken) at Camp Miasma
The director discusses a key scene from “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” featuring Hannah Ei…
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Female Afghans Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule
Decrees restricting women’s rights to study, work, travel and act independently now threaten to dam…
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worrie…
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Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Antisemitism Case Against Harvard
The government argued the university had not done enough to combat antisemitism during campus prote…
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Trump’s Immigration Policy Echoes 1920s Crackdown, but This Time Congress Isn’t Involved
U.S. leaders limited immigration amid economic and social turmoil. Historians see similarities to T…
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Prediction Firms Are Flagging Insider Traders. Many Will Not Face Charges.
The agency that polices the industry does not have the staffing, the legal tools or the will to bro…
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Trump Sues New York and Other States Over In-State Tuition for Migrants
The administration’s lawsuits, which included Connecticut and Vermont, challenged the legality of g…
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How Abdul El-Sayed Can Win Michigan
A swing-state Democratic Senate nominee needs to keep saying this: Jews have a right to a Jewish ho…
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Images Emerge From Quake-Battered Colombia
The most powerful temblor in a decade struck in a Pacific Coast region, killing over 100 people.
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Medical Breakthroughs Are a Thrill. Then Comes the Hard Part.
The Trump administration has dismantled the agency that ensures that research makes its way into me…
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Should N.Y. Bathhouses Be Allowed to Offer Space for Sex?
Two state lawmakers have proposed repealing a health code that prohibits establishments like bathho…
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A Democrat Sounds the Alarm on Christian Nationalism in Congress
Representative Jared Huffman of California, the only self-declared “humanist” in Congress, writes i…
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Hunter Biden Says His Father’s Cancer Is Worsening
In an interview with the BBC, Mr. Biden said that former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s prostate …