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Andy Newman

How New York City Routinely Fails to Pay the Nonprofits It Relies On

The city owes at least $1 billion to nonprofits for more than 7,000 unpaid invoices, according to a new report. The organizations provide critical services to vulnerable New Yorkers.

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Mike Ives

Police Foil Plot to Attack Lady Gaga Concert in Brazil

Her free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach was not disrupted. The police said a group had planned to attack it with improvised explosives.

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Cade Metz and Karen Weise

A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful

A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why.

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Salman Masood

Pakistan’s Most Powerful Man Steps Out of the Shadows to Confront India

The army chief, Gen. Syed Asim Munir, who usually works behind the scenes, has been shaping Pakistan’s tone in the crisis over Kashmir with his own tough talk.

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Jack Goldsmith

It’s Not Just Trump. The Presidency Has Become Too Powerful.

Many of the current efforts to expand the powers of the White House build on the excesses of recent Republican and Democratic presidents.

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Gail Collins, Bret Stephens, Aaron Retica and Derek Arthur

Gail Collins and Bret Stephens: A Last Conversation

After eight years of weekly chats, one more for the road.

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John Koblin

Is This Late-Night TV’s Last Gasp?

The talk shows are one of the few TV genres that haven’t made the leap to streaming. Their future may instead look a lot like a podcast studio.

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Julia Jacobs

Sean Combs Jury to Decide if He Led an Entourage or a Criminal Enterprise

Selection of jurors is to begin Monday in a federal case that accuses the music mogul of deploying his employees to help him commit crimes.

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Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Isabel Kershner

Why the Italian Who Leads the Church in Jerusalem Is a Contender to Be Pope

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may give him an edge.

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Andrew Higgins

Cardinal Erdo of Hungary Is a Favorite of Conservatives to Become Pope

The archbishop is a standard-bearer for those in the church who favor a return to traditional rules and doctrine after Pope Francis.

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Ruth Graham

As Conclave Nears, Catholics Wonder if New Pope Will Support Latin Mass

In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope.

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Elisabetta Povoledo

Survivors Urge Cardinals to Discuss Sex Abuse Crisis in Choosing Next Pope

Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ruinous issue for the Roman Catholic Church.

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Kirsten Grind

Elon Musk, His 16-Foot Wall and the Feud With His Texas Neighbors

Residents of an upscale enclave outside Austin, Texas, learned the hard way what it’s like when a multibillionaire moves into the mansion next door. Some of them have started a ruckus over it.

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Vanessa Friedman

Inside the Most Politically Charged Met Gala in Years

The party and its related exhibition, about Black male style, land in a moment when anything to do with race and diversity is under added scrutiny.

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Kwame Anthony Appiah

Our Idea of Happiness Has Gotten Shallow. Here’s How to Deepen It.

We used to have a very different understanding of what it means to live well.

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Constant Méheut and Daria Mitiuk

A Push to Remove Symbols of Imperial Russia Divides Odesa, Ukraine

A push to rename streets and remove statues associated with imperial Russia is dividing Odesa, whose identity is tied up in its history.

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Meaghan Tobin

China’s Garment Factories Face a Tipping Point After New Tariffs

As a U.S. tax loophole ends, the apparel makers that sell to America are forced to consider alternative markets or cheaper locations in and outside China.

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Michael D. Shear

Netanyahu Says Pounding Gaza Again Will Finish Hamas. Not Everyone Agrees.

It is not clear how the Israeli prime minister’s plan to add tens of thousands of soldiers will fundamentally alter a dynamic seen over 18 months of conflict.

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Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger

The Trump Family Cashes In, and Why Chatbots Are Wrong More Than Ever

Plus, 200 snake bites later…

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Jennifer Schuessler

Trump and Harvard Both Want ‘Viewpoint Diversity.’ What Does It Mean?

The administration has accused the university of lacking viewpoint diversity. Harvard is fighting its demands, but embracing the vague term.

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