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Tammy LaGorce

A Hollywood Actress Finds a Farm, and Her Leading Man, in the Midwest

Torrey DeVitto, whose father was Billy Joel’s drummer and mother is Stevie Nicks’s best friend, is a famous actress in her own right. She found love with Jared LaPine in Kalamazoo, Mich.

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Yan Zhuang

Flooding and Landslides in Japan

One person is dead and seven others are missing in Noto Peninsula, Japanese news media reported. The region is still recovering from a catastrophic earthquake.

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Mujib Mashal and Pamodi Waravita

Marxist Leads Presidential Vote as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis and crushing hardship for many people.

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Christopher F. Schuetze

Brandenburg State Elections: What to Watch For

The far right and far left are poised to make significant gains in state voting on Sunday, possibly affecting the stability of the national government in Berlin.

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Yan Zhuang

Birmingham, Ala., Shooting Kills Four, Injures Dozens

Multiple gunmen shot into a group of people in a popular entertainment district, the local police said. The authorities are still looking for the shooters.

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Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi: Kamala Harris’s Love of Cooking Could Help Make Her a Great President

The candidate is a proud cook, and cooking is a way to connect.

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Michael Walzer

Israel’s Pager Bombs Have No Place in a Just War

Israel is using the tactics of the terrorists it condemns if it indeed was behind the wave of pager and walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon.

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Nicholas Kristof

In Darfur, Rape Is Driving Famine

At the U.N., will President Biden and other world leaders stand up for the victims or for the countries fueling war, rape and hunger?

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Robert Langellier

We Are Running Out of Firefighters at a Perilous Time

Now would be a good time for Congress to pass a federal spending bill to make a permanent pay increase a reality.

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Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden

Macron Appoints Cabinet as He Seeks to Move France Out of Political Impasse

The government still faces two challenges in the coming weeks: the risk of a no-confidence vote and a tight budget deadline.

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Catherine Porter

A French Fair as Workers’ Paradise, Feting Cuisine, Music and Communism

The Fête de l’Humanité, a blend of Burning Man, Woodstock and a political convention, attracts the masses with bands, lectures and food, but here K.F.C. is C.F.K.: Communist Fried Kitchen.

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Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Chelsia Rose Marcius

Venezuelan Gang’s Path to U.S. Stokes Fear, Crime and Border Politics

Tren de Aragua’s emergence in New York City and elsewhere has led law enforcement officials to strategize how to stem the gang’s growth.

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Ben Sisario and Julia Jacobs

Drugs, Sex, Baby Oil: The ‘Freak Offs’ at the Core of Sean Combs’s Troubles

Prosecutors say the sexual encounters in hotel rooms were coercive and abusive and are the heart of their sex trafficking case. The music mogul’s lawyers call them consensual.

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Wesley Parnell and Ed Shanahan

N.Y.P.D. Understated Woman’s Wound in Subway Shooting, Lawyer Says

Kerry Gahalal, who was struck when officers shot a knife-wielding man at a Brooklyn station, was not simply “grazed” as officials said, according to a lawyer for the woman’s family.

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Stephen Merelman

Interim N.Y.P.D. Commissioner Says Federal Agents Searched His Homes

Thomas G. Donlon, who recently took the interim role after Edward A. Caban resigned under a cloud, said the authorities had seized material unrelated to the Police Department.

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Katie Rogers

The Politics of Motherhood Become a Campaign-Trail Cudgel

The presidential race has exposed a fault line in American political culture over the deeply personal decision to have children.

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Robert Draper

Harris Cracked Down on Violent Offenders, Showed Leniency on Less Serious Crime

Her record as a prosecutor navigating both paths has left her open to criticism that she either betrayed liberal ideals or prioritized them over law and order.

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Adam Rasgon

Israel’s Military Closes Al Jazeera’s Office in the West Bank

The Israeli authorities have been putting pressure on the local operations of the network, saying its coverage threatens national security.

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Lara Jakes

For Israel, Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Take a Back Seat to Military Force

After years of failed deals and tit-for-tat violence, neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians believe their adversaries will ever negotiate in good faith.

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