| Jackie Bezos, Jeff Bezos’ Mother and an Early Amazon Investor, Dies at 78
- Ms. Bezos and her husband invested about $245,000 in Amazon when the online bookstore was in its first year.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:51:34 +0000
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| China’s Economy Slows Broadly Even as Exports Keep Rising
- Officials blamed U.S. “protectionism” for the dismal July data, but growth was likely held back by real estate and new policies aimed at slowing factory investments.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:05:59 +0000
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| Trump Is Not Likely to Hand Ukraine to Putin in Alaska
- Russia’s president has long insisted that Ukraine will be his. But his obsession may cost Russia more than he has bargained for.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:00:05 +0000
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| A Cloud Forest in Ecuador Is Crying for Help
- Ecuador’s ecological progress is threatened by a series of reforms steamrolled by its young populist president, Daniel Noboa.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:00:05 +0000
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| Bondi Tightens Trump Administration’s Grip on D.C. Police and Names ‘Emergency’ Commissioner
- The attorney general cleared the way for the police to aid in immigration enforcement and named an “emergency” commissioner, setting the stage for a conflict with local authorities.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:49:02 +0000
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| Draft of ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Suggests RFK Jr. Won’t Push Pesticide Regulations
- The report is not final, but indicates good news for the food and agriculture industries.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:47:33 +0000
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| Man Fleeing an Immigration Raid Dies After Running Onto an L.A. Freeway
- The man was hit by a vehicle. It happened about a month after an immigrant fell from a greenhouse and later died following a raid in Ventura County.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 03:08:09 +0000
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| Adams Pushes to Force Drug Users Off NYC Streets
- As he runs a long-shot third-party bid for re-election, Mayor Eric Adams is proposing an aggressive approach, favored by conservatives, of combating open drug use.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 02:53:38 +0000
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| In Reversal, Toronto Film Festival Will Screen Documentary About Oct. 7 Attack
- Organizers said they had addressed concerns that led the festival to cancel screenings of the Israeli film, which includes footage of atrocities recorded by Hamas fighters.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 02:04:17 +0000
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| Eric Adams Vetoes Bill to Raise Wages for Instacart Workers
- The City Council is likely to override most of Mayor Eric Adams’s recent vetoes. Still, the mayor seems eager for a fight over bills affecting grocery delivery workers and street vendors.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 01:55:16 +0000
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| Were Carrie Bradshaw and Her Friends the Last Nice Rich People on TV?
- “And Just Like That …” showed New Yorkers awash in luxury. But Carrie and her friends lived with money, not necessarily for it — one of the reasons we’ve been drawn to them for decades.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 01:40:04 +0000
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| Newsom Kicks Off California Redistricting Campaign and Calls for Special Election
- The governor kicked off his campaign for a proposition asking California voters to approve a new congressional map, a move that comes with both opportunity and risk.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 01:34:18 +0000
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| ‘And Just Like That …’ Series Finale Recap: My Everything
- The “Sex and the City” revival ended on an empowering but bittersweet note for Carrie and the crew … and also with Barry White.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 01:33:04 +0000
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| Judge Halts White House Effort to Defund Schools With D.E.I. Programs
- The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollars from schools that did not comply.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 01:15:54 +0000
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| Treating Chronic Pain Is Hard. An Experimental Approach Shows Promise.
- A guitarist in a death metal band was one of several people who found that personalized deep brain stimulation eased their pain and helped them reduce pain medication.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:54:33 +0000
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| Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally
- The armed and masked agents assembled outside a museum where the governor was speaking in what Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called “a provocative act.”
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:42:51 +0000
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| Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump
- In a petition, alumni, faculty and members of the public asked Harvard to stand up to the White House. The school has signaled a willingness to pay $500 million to restore research funds.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:42:04 +0000
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| PBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts
- The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:56:29 +0000
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| What Hurricane Models Say About Tropical Storm Erin
- The storm’s likely path is coming into focus, but a lot can still change. Here’s what the forecasters look at.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:50:53 +0000
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| Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin
- The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:33:37 +0000
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