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What We Know About Iran Shooting Down a U.S. Drone
The two countries disagree about where the drone was shot down: over international waters or in Iranian airspace.
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What we know about Iran shooting down a U.S. drone
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Senate Blocks Trump Administration’s Arms Sales to Gulf Nations in Bipartisan Rebuke
The Senate blocked the sale of billions of dollars of munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in a sharp and bipartisan rebuke of the Trump administration’s attempt to circumvent Congress.
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Breaking News: The Senate voted to block weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, a bipartisan rebuke of President Trump that he’s likely to sidestep with a veto
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She’s 103 and Just Ran the 100-Meter Dash. We (Naturally) Asked for Life Advice.
“As I get older, I feel like I only have so many 100-yard dashes left, and I don’t want to waste them in practice,” Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins said.
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At 103, Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins said she doesn’t worry too much about training. "As I get older, I feel like I only have so many 100-yard dashes left and I don’t want to waste them in practice."
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The Unspoken Agenda at the Xi-Kim Meeting? Could Be Messaging Trump
A state visit between the leaders of China and North Korea comes as each is locked in a dispute with the United States, and both are looking for leverage over President Trump.
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Breaking News: China's leader, Xi Jinping, landed in North Korea to meet with Kim Jong-un. The rare visit comes as both men are locked in disputes with the U.S.
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Hit by Ransomware Attack, Florida City Agrees to Pay Hackers $600,000
Riviera Beach, Fla., authorized its insurer to pay a Bitcoin ransom to hackers who have paralyzed the city’s computer systems for three weeks.
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The leaders of Riviera Beach, Florida, met this week for an extraordinary vote to pay nearly $600,000 in ransom to hackers who paralyzed the city’s computer systems
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Boarding Now: Parents of Children With Nut Allergies
Airlines must permit some parents — or passengers with nut allergies themselves — to preboard in order to wipe down seats, federal regulators said.
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Airlines must permit some parents — or passengers with food allergies themselves — to preboard in order to wipe down seats, federal regulators said
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Jamal Khashoggi Was My Fiancé. His Killers Are Roaming Free.
Washington hasn’t done enough to bring the murdered Saudi columnist’s killers to justice.
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Hatice Cengiz writes, "If Jamal and his principles have any humanitarian and moral worth, this is the time to speak up. To support the struggle for democracy in the Arab world, isn’t it crucial to speak up against his violent death?"
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Nxivm Trial: Leader Convicted After Trial Exposed Sex Cult’s Sordid Inner Workings
Keith Raniere set up a harem of sexual “slaves” who were branded with his initials and kept in line by blackmail.
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Breaking News: The leader of the sex cult known as Nxivm was convicted in a trial that exposed abuse, the branding of women and other sordid inner workings
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Reparations Are Rare in America, but They Have Been Paid Before
With a renewed focus on reparations for slavery, what lessons can be drawn from payments to victims of other historical injustices in America?
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There's no direct template for reparations for descendants of enslaved African-Americans, but Americans have received compensation for historical injustices before. Here's a look at what happened in those cases.
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E.P.A. Finalizes Its Plan to Replace Obama-Era Climate Rules
The new measure will very likely prompt a flurry of legal challenges. If upheld in court, it could tie the hands of future presidents on global warming.
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The EPA has finalized its plan to replace Obama-era climate rules. It could tie the hands of future presidents on global warming.
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18 Questions. 21 Candidates. Here’s What They Said.
We asked 21 Democratic candidates the same 18 questions. Watch their answers.
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There are a lot of Democrats running for U.S. president. It’s confusing, we know. That’s why we tracked down 21 of them and asked them the same 18 questions. They agree on a lot, but from income equality to climate change, there were telling differences
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Does anyone deserve a billion dollars? Amy Klobuchar and Kamala Harris said America should be a place where you could achieve the unimaginable. Kirsten Gillibrand bluntly said "no one" does. And Bernie Sanders denounced "grotesque" levels of inequality. nyti.ms/2Xl1xXb pic.twitter.com/fDbZ5l1n5U
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Five NY1 Anchorwomen Sue Cable Channel for Age and Gender Discrimination
The women, including Roma Torre, say their careers were derailed after Charter Communications bought New York’s hometown news station in 2016.
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5 anchorwomen sued the cable channel NY1, claiming age and gender bias. They said the network tried to push them off the air for younger hosts.
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Four to Face Murder Charges in Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Investigators said on Wednesday that three Russians and one Ukrainian would be tried in the Netherlands in March, whether they were present or not.
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Breaking News: International prosecutors accused several men with close ties to Russia of shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.
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Number of People Fleeing Conflict Is Highest Since World War II, U.N. Says
“We have become almost unable to make peace,” the high commissioner for refugees said, as the global population of those displaced by conflict reached 70.8 million last year.
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The number of people fleeing violence is the highest recorded since World War II, according to a new U.N. report
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The Evangelical, the ‘Pool Boy,’ the Comedian and Michael Cohen
Jerry Falwell Jr. defied expectations when he supported Donald J. Trump in 2016. Now details are emerging about behind-the-scenes maneuvering before the endorsement.
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An evangelical, a “pool boy,” a comedian and Michael Cohen: The surprising story of the run-up to Jerry Falwell Jr.’s endorsement of Donald Trump.
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Khashoggi Killing Inquiry Should Look Into Saudi Prince’s Role, U.N. Expert Says
A U.N. expert said that the death was “an extrajudicial killing” by the Saudi state, and that Prince Mohammed bin Salman was at least aware of the operation.
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Breaking News: A United Nations expert called for an investigation into the Saudi crown prince in the killing of the dissident Jamal Khashoggi.
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Global Economic Growth Is Already Slowing. The U.S. Trade War Is Making It Worse.
President Trump’s trade war is stirring uncertainty, weighing on manufacturing and disrupting increasingly delicate global economic growth.
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Global economic growth is already slowing. The U.S. trade war is making it worse.
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Soaring Temperatures Speed Up Spring Thaw on Greenland’s Ice Sheet
Temperatures in Greenland have been as much as 40 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, helping fuel a pulse of melting across much of the ice sheet surface.
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Melting at the surface of Greenland's mile-deep ice sheet last Wednesday was the most extensive, at 275,000 square miles, or about 45% of the surface— a record early date for such extensive melting
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Mark Esper, Named as Acting Defense Secretary, Brings Military Background to the Job
Mr. Esper is likely to face questions over his longtime role as a lobbyist for a big military contractor. But Republicans embraced his appointment.
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Mark Esper was elevated from his job as Army secretary to be acting defense secretary, becoming the third person to lead the Pentagon under President Trump
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New York to Approve One of the World’s Most Ambitious Climate Plans
The state would pledge to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with all its electricity coming from carbon-free sources.
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New York State is set to pass one of the most aggressive climate plans in the world, a move that could radically affect cars, homes and businesses
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