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Adam Liptak

Supreme Court Insists on Reams of Paper for Case Briefs in Digital Age

The court’s rules require many litigants to submit 40 copies of their briefs, resulting in millions of pages printed each term. Critics call the process outdated and wasteful.

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Kenneth Chang

Fiona the Pregnant Sea Reptile’s Fossil Hints at the Birth of a New Ocean

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.

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Livia Albeck-Ripka

Tropical Storm Chantal Floods Parts of North Carolina

The storm, which made landfall on Sunday, caused significant flooding that closed roads and stranded drivers. It is heading northeast.

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MaryAnn Tierney

Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America’s Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying

With each passing day, the federal government is becoming less prepared to face the next big disaster.

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Jason Zengerle

The Ruthless Ambition of Stephen Miller

The Ruthless Ambition of Stephen Miller

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Claire Cain Miller

Where Are the Men in Boys’ Lives?

Jobs working with children are largely done by women, leaving many boys, especially in low-income areas, with few men as role models.

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Daneel Knoetze and John Eligon

South African Police’s Frequent Use of Torture Echoes Apartheid’s Brutality

A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police force accused of staggering abuses.

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Victoria Kim and Livia Albeck-Ripka

Erin Patterson Is Found Guilty of Murder in Australia Mushroom Poisoning Case

Three people died in 2023 after eating beef Wellington made by Erin Patterson, whose subsequent trial gripped the country.

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Constant Méheut and David Guttenfelder

Ukraine Turns to Fishing Nets to Catch Russian Drones

With their dense mesh, the nets can tangle drone propellers. It’s a simple but effective countermeasure that reflects how low-tech means can blunt high-tech weapons in the war.

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Constant Méheut, Olha Konovalova and David Guttenfelder

Ukrainian Troops Struggle to Hold the Line on the Eastern Front

Kyiv is defending Kostiantynivka from Russian drone attacks. The embattled city is a gateway to Ukraine’s last major defense in the Donetsk region.

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Charlie Smart, Melanie Bencosme, Gabriel Blanco, David Jouppi, James Surdam and Valentina Caval

How the Assad Regime Built a Mass Grave in Syria

Months after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to understand how the Assad regime hid the bodies of the people it had made disappear.

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Tyler Pager

Trump Says Musk Is ‘Off the Rails’ With America Party Effort

The tech billionaire’s effort to create a new political party, called the America Party, comes amid a ramped-up feud with the president over his new domestic policy law.

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Elizabeth Williamson and Gabriela Bhaskar

From Food Aid to Dog Chow? How Trump’s Cuts Hurt Kansas Farmers.

Kansans created Food for Peace, for 70 years a font of rural income and pride. Now at least one grain broker is trying to sell grain that once fed the world as dog food.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Julie Creswell

RFK Jr.’s Battle Against Food Dyes Hits a Roadblock: M&M’s

The health secretary has used peer pressure to persuade food makers to nix synthetic dyes. The candy industry is holding out, arguing American consumers like bright sweets.

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Meaghan Tobin, Amy Chang Chien and Xinyun Wu

Can Taiwan Really Disconnect Its Economy From China?

Momentum is building in Taiwan to lessen its business dependency on China, its biggest trading partner. Doing so will not be easy.

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Ian Austen

Canada Shipping Natural Gas to Asia as It Looks Beyond the US for Trade

A tanker is headed to South Korea with a first shipment of liquefied natural gas from Canada, which hopes to reduce its export reliance on its neighbor.

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Ana Swanson

Trump Keeps Foreign Countries on Edge as Tariff Deadline Nears

The president is again threatening higher tariff rates on a dozen foreign nations, as a deadline elapses this week for making trade deals.

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Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Ian Stewart, Jessica Metzger, Edgar Sandoval and Jon Chase

The Agonizing Search in Texas, and a Looming Trade Deadline

Plus, what your TV knows about you.

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Samuel Rocha IV, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Rick Rojas

Up Against Time, a Desperate Search Presses Ahead

Officials, emergency crews and volunteers in Central Texas were holding out hope for finding survivors of the flash flooding, as the death toll climbed.

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