| Measles Cases Spike in South Carolina
- The outbreak has now spread to more than 300 people, most of them children.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 23:25:08 +0000
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| Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
- The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during President Trump’s second term.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 23:17:45 +0000
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| U.S. Hiring Continues at Modest Pace, but Weaknesses Are Evident
- The unemployment rate fell in December, but job growth across 2025 was the lowest in five years.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 23:17:05 +0000
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| Prosecutor Asks for Owner of Swiss Bar Hit by Deadly Fire to Be Detained
- The request came after hours of questioning of the bar’s co-owners. Some 40 people died in the fire that broke out during a New Year’s celebration.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 23:12:38 +0000
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| Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91
- Without her parents’ knowledge, her portrait was entered as a prank in a contest in 1935 to represent the ideal Aryan infant — and she won.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:52:27 +0000
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| Mamdani’s First Big Move to Help Renters Is Dealt a Blow by Court
- Summit Properties USA won an auction on Friday to buy more than 5,000 apartments out of bankruptcy from the Pinnacle Group despite City Hall’s efforts to intervene.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:50:04 +0000
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| Mamdani Condemns Slurs and Pro-Hamas Chant at Heated Queens Protest
- Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators hurled threats at each other outside an event promoting real estate sales in Jerusalem. The mayor said those actions had “no place in our city.”
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:41:33 +0000
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| Minnesota Leaders Say ICE Shooting Investigation Should Include State Agents
- Federal authorities, who have launched an immigration enforcement blitz in Minnesota, said they will re-examine thousands of refugee cases in the state.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:38:23 +0000
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| RFK Jr.’s Dietary Guidelines Face Criticism for Conflicts of Interest
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had promised that his panel, which released new guidelines this week, would have no “conflicts of interest.”
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:34:06 +0000
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| A Look at Iran’s Antigovernment Protests
- Protests have rocked Iran in recent weeks, and the country’s supreme leader has threatened to escalate a crackdown on demonstrators. Erika Solomon, our bureau chief for Iran and Iraq, discusses what’s fueling the protests with our senior writer Katrin Bennhold.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:29:36 +0000
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| Federal Officials Identify Pair Shot by Border Patrol in Portland, Ore.
- The shooting during a traffic stop, a day after the killing of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent, generated angry denunciations by local officials.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:13:08 +0000
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| With Missile Strike on Ukraine, Putin Delivers a Warning to Europe
- A nuclear-capable missile fired into Ukraine near Poland sent a message to Europe days after its leaders agreed to postwar security guarantees, Russian analysts said.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:09:05 +0000
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| Mamdani Responds Cautiously After the Police Kill 2 People in One Night
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not call the shootings justified, but said New York Police officers were placed in “incredibly difficult and dangerous circumstances.”
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:45:15 +0000
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| Jobs Report Shows U.S. Hiring Slowed One Year Into Trump’s Second Term
- As economists pointed to some of the president’s policies to explain the latest Labor Department data, White House aides sought to make the case for optimism in the new year.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:39:15 +0000
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| GOP Seeks Some Distance From Trump as Midterm Election Year Opens
- The vote to open a war powers debate, a pair of attempted veto overrides and a split on health care suggested a greater appetite among Republicans to challenge the president.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:23:21 +0000
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| Trump Is Threatening Greenland and Europe
- Any attempt to seize Greenland from Denmark would fatally undermine the world’s most successful military alliance.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:59:19 +0000
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| Christopher Raia to Be FBI Deputy Director After Bongino’s Departure
- Even as the selection of a career agent, Christopher G. Raia, leaves an unusual three-person leadership structure in place, it returns a career agent to the second highest-ranking post.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:34:47 +0000
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| Trump Seeks New Powers to Pressure ‘Underperforming’ Weapons Makers
- In an executive order, President Trump is aiming to punish defense contractors that don’t deliver weapons quickly enough.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:58:46 +0000
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| Iran’s Supreme Leader Vows to ‘Not Back Down’ as Protests Swell
- After days of fierce protest, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused protesters of trying to “please” President Trump. Iranian authorities signaled further crackdowns on the demonstrations.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:45:08 +0000
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| Trump Is Making a Power Play in Latin America. China Is Already There.
- China built a dominant strategic position in the region as the leading lender and trading partner. It is watching President Trump’s next moves closely.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:33:15 +0000
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