| 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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| 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 20:13:04 +0000
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| 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 20:12:26 +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 Attorney General Ken Paxton to ask the State Supreme Court to remove 13 of them from their seats.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:08:28 +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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| Stephen Miran, Trump’s Temporary Pick at the Fed, Could Have a Lasting Effect
- Stephen I. Miran may spend only a few months on the central bank’s board of governors, but in that time he can influence the discussions around interest rates and who will become the institution’s next leader.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:14:48 +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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| 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 19:03:01 +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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| Seed Oils Are Fine, Really
- Nutrition science demonizing individual foods or ingredients is often based on flawed science and misses the bigger picture.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:36:30 +0000
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| Appeals Court Ends Judge Boasberg’s Contempt Inquiry of Trump Officials
- The case involves deportation flights to El Salvador and whether the administration ignored the judge’s verbal order that they return to the United States.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:19:13 +0000
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| Canyon Fire in Ventura County Prompts Evacuation Orders for Thousands
- The Canyon fire grew within hours to almost 5,000 acres as it spread into Los Angeles County, officials said.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:12:50 +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 14:35:44 +0000
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| Truck Companies Sour on California’s Strict Clean Air Rules
- A deal designed to force compliance with tougher emissions standards is at risk after the Trump administration intervened.
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:19:19 +0000
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