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Victor Mather

Why Are Buffalo Bills Fans Giving to the Charity of a Ravens Player?

A charitable drive for diabetes research in the name of the Ravens receiver Mark Andrews, who missed a pivotal play in a game against the Buffalo Bills, has raised more than $100,000.

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Aurelien Breeden

French Crypto Entrepreneur and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping

David Balland, a founder of Ledger, a prominent cryptocurrency company, and his wife were freed after a 48-hour police search. Ten people have been arrested.

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Amanda Holpuch

Seven Police Officers Are Shot While Responding to Suicide Call in Texas

The officers went to an apartment in San Antonio and were shot by a barricaded man, who was found dead, the authorities said.

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Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman and Aaron Boxerman

U.S. Security Contractors Going to Gaza to Oversee Truce, Officials Say

The contractors have been enlisted to do weapons checks on vehicles carrying displaced Palestinians back to their homes in the north under the terms of the new cease-fire.

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David French

Donald Trump Is Running Riot

Anyone wondering whether the president was going to pick up from 2017 or 2021 can stop wondering.

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David Brooks

How Trump Will Fail

The problem with populism is that it doesn’t work.

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Alexandra Alter

The Dalai Lama Shares Thoughts on China and the Future in a New Book

The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.

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Benjamin Mullin

CNN Cuts Jobs and Shuffles TV Lineup as It Enters New Trump Era

Mark Thompson has promised to reinvent CNN since he arrived in 2023. Now, he is remaking the network’s TV lineup and its work force.

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Liam Stack

100,000 Ducks to Be Killed After Bird Flu Strikes Long Island Farm

The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said.

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Mark Landler

What Prince Harry’s Settlement Means for Him and for Britain’s Royal Family

Harry won an apology and damages from Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids. Could the lawsuit’s end also help heal the rift with his brother, William, and his father, King Charles III?

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Pam Belluck and Emily Bazelon

New Research Finds Potential Alternative to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

The research could further complicate the polarized politics of abortion because the drug in the study is the key ingredient in a pill used for emergency contraception.

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Anatoly Kurmanaev and Constant Méheut

Ukraine Is Losing Fewer Soldiers Than Russia — but It’s Still Losing the War

Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.

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Joe Rennison

S&P 500 Hits Record High Amid Strong Earnings and Easing Inflation Concerns

Corporate earnings are coming in strong. Investors are also seeing the Trump administration take a less aggressive approach to tariffs than some had expected.

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John Branch and Ruth Fremson

Devotees of Mt. Bachelor Ski Area Are Working to Take Their Mountain Back

Devotees of Mt. Bachelor are putting together a bid to rescue the ski area — and their way of life — from the titans of the industry.

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Kyle Buchanan

Biggest Oscar Snubs and Surprises 2025: Sebastian Stan, Fernanda Torres and More

Sebastian Stan’s Trump portrayal is also rewarded after the film had a hard time getting distribution, while Marianne Jean-Baptiste was overlooked.

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Ginia Bellafante

How Oscar Nominee ‘Anora’ Subverted the Brooklyn Cinderella Story

A sex worker in a romantic comedy isn’t new. How the Oscar-nominated film uses immigrant Brooklyn to subvert the genre? That’s different.

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Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling

‘Emilia Pérez’ Leads the 2025 Oscar Nominations With 13 Nods

“The Brutalist” and “Wicked” secured 10 nominations apiece in a year with a wide-open best picture race. Acting nominees include Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Adrien Brody and Timothée Chalamet.

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Jan Hoffman

Sacklers Up Their Offer to Settle Purdue Opioids Cases, With a New Condition

A group of 15 states have reached a tentative new deal that would require them to set aside hundreds of millions of dollars from the settlement in a legal-defense fund for the family.

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Peter Baker

Trump Vows to Release Records on Kennedy and King Killings

President Trump told security agencies to develop plans to make public all documents related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Helene Cooper

Trump Pulls the Military Back Into the Political and Culture Wars

The removal of a portrait of Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from a Pentagon hallway was among the president’s early actions.

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