| The U.S. Is Auctioning a Seized Russian Yacht. Will Anyone Buy It?
- The Justice Department said the yacht, Amadea, was worth at least $300 million when it was seized in 2022 from a Russian oligarch. It’s unlikely to sell for that price.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:43:34 +0000
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| Newsom Held an Event in L.A. Federal Immigration Agents Showed Up Outside.
- 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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| Phil Knight, Ex-Nike Chief, and His Wife Pledge $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center
- Oregon Health & Science University said the couple’s donation would be the largest single gift to a higher-learning institution in the United States.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:24:28 +0000
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| He Was Lost. Could a Shooting Range Like Thunder Ranch Help Him Find Himself?
- Thunder Ranch is one of the best-known shooting schools in American gun culture, offering firearms as a way to change your life when all else fails.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 23:36:08 +0000
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| Revisiting Carrie Bradshaw’s Apartments in ‘Sex and the City’ and ‘And Just Like That’
- The end of “And Just Like That …” means the end of a real estate portfolio that includes a cozy Upper East Side studio and a grand Gramercy townhouse.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 23:29:42 +0000
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| In L.A., Fear of ICE Raids Put the First Day of School On Edge
- Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their children were safe at school.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 23:20:57 +0000
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| Judge Blocks 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.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 23:13:09 +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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| 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 22:33:36 +0000
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| Texas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Congressional Map
- The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:08:58 +0000
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| As Trump Seizes D.C.’s Police, Critics Say He’s Undercut Its Ability to Fight Crime
- The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than $1 billion.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:00:32 +0000
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| Trump Sought to Minimize Expectations for Putin Talks
- Also, an experimental treatment for chronic pain showed promise. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:42:42 +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.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:33:17 +0000
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| Fact-Checking Trump’s Epstein Defenses
- In the face of mounting discontent over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump has turned to deflection, denial and downplaying.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:05:09 +0000
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| America’s New Segregation
- To be one nation, we have to embrace ground-up social change.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:00:06 +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.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:44:51 +0000
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| A 500-Year-Old Receipt for Supplies to Conquer an Empire Is Returned to Mexico
- The document describes payments made for expedition supplies, and was signed by Hernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztecs.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:41:37 +0000
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| Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88
- A cognitive scientist, she used the language of computers to explore the nature of human thought and creativity, offering prescient insights about A.I.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:36:35 +0000
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| With ‘Zohran’s Law,’ Cuomo Wants to Limit Who Can Live in Rent-Stabilized Homes. How Would That Work?
- Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal is a dig at Zohran Mamdani, his main opponent in the mayor’s race, but it could upend the housing search for middle-income New Yorkers.
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:27:42 +0000
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