| Astronaut James Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13, Dies at 97
- He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom Hanks in the movie “Apollo 13.”
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:35:09 +0000
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| Suspect in Deadly Montana Bar Shooting Is Captured, Official Says
- An Army veteran wanted in connection with the killing four people at a bar in the town of Anaconda was taken into custody on Friday after an eight-day manhunt.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:32:48 +0000
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| Trump Just Shrugs as Kennedy Undermines His Vaccine Legacy
- President Trump’s laissez-faire approach is notable, given that the development of the Covid vaccine was seen as one of his first term’s most notable achievements.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:31:57 +0000
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| The Smithsonian Changes Its Description of Trump’s Role on Jan. 6
- The National Museum of American History removed some details of the charges President Trump faced when it replaced a display about his two impeachments.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:54:42 +0000
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| Trump Is Removing Billy Long as the I.R.S. Head 2 Months After He Was Confirmed
- Billy Long, a former Republican congressman, will no longer serve as the tax agency’s head. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will oversee the agency as acting commissioner, according to a U.S. official.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:52:12 +0000
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| Mexico’s President Says U.S. Forces Are Unwelcome in Her Country
- The Mexican government thought it had turned a corner in cooperating with the Trump administration on combating the cartels, having launched an aggressive crackdown of its own.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:52:04 +0000
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| Appeals Court Blocks Judge Boasberg’s Contempt Inquiry Into Trump Officials
- The case involves deportation flights to El Salvador and whether the administration ignored the judge’s order that they return to the United States.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:43:32 +0000
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| Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels
- The president has ordered the Pentagon to use the armed forces to carry out what in the past was considered law enforcement.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:36:15 +0000
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| Texas Attorney General Moves to Oust Democrats From Office Over Walkout
- Democratic lawmakers maintained their walkout to thwart a Republican gerrymander, prompting Ken Paxton to ask the state’s supreme court to remove 13 of them from their seats.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:33:57 +0000
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| Vance and Lammy Mix Fishing and Foreign Policy at UK Estate
- JD Vance and his family are spending two nights at the country residence of the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, with whom he has a somewhat unlikely friendship.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:24:05 +0000
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| Russian Strikes Kill 3 in Ukraine, Which May Be Left Out of Peace Talks
- “Here on the ground, we don’t feel any real changes from all these high-level meetings and statements,” a soldier said.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:16:06 +0000
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| Possible Planet Spotted Around Alpha Centauri A by NASA’s James Webb Telescope
- Astronomers found strong evidence that a gassy Jupiter-size world is orbiting one of three stars in the stellar system closest to our own.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:50:55 +0000
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| Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding
- The Trump administration has ended about $500 million for the Los Angeles-based university. The president said he wanted nearly double that to restart the flow of funds.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:32:19 +0000
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| Seven Ticks Hitched Very Long Rides to Connecticut
- The nonnative species from Europe, Latin America and Eastern Africa reached the United States by latching on to travelers, a study by researchers in the state shows, offering clues about how ticks spread in a warming world.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:05:19 +0000
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| India’s Modi Left Soul-Searching After Failed Courtships of Xi and Trump
- The collapse of the prime minister’s high-stakes efforts to transform ties with the world’s two superpowers has exposed the limits of India’s leverage.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:01:10 +0000
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| New Jersey Synagogue Burns to Ground as Rabbi and Family Escape
- Congregation Beth El in Rutherford, more than a century old, was destroyed. The mayor said there was no indication of arson so far.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:42:20 +0000
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| Texas Redistricting Fight: Is Any of This Legal?
- Democrats have left the state, the Republican governor and attorney general have vowed to remove them from office, and a senator has called in the F.B.I.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:39:41 +0000
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| War of Words Erupts Between Colombia and Peru Over Island in Amazon
- Both nations claim Santa Rosa de Yavarí, a tiny island of just 3,000 people that sits in the Amazon River, more than a thousand miles from their capitals.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:18:39 +0000
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| ‘Hunting Wives,’ a Raunchy and Pulpy Drama, Is Netflix’s Most Popular Show
- The drama has all the ingredients of a binge-watch: culture wars, murder and sex.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:08:15 +0000
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| Putin Briefs Leaders of China and India on Talks With U.S. on Ukraine
- President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may be seeking to build support among countries that have backed Moscow or remained neutral in the conflict.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:44:03 +0000
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