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Ukraine Says It Has Stepped Up Its Drone Game, Again

The Ukrainian military says its new weapon system, which launches antiaircraft missiles from a remote-controlled speedboat, has brought down two Russian jet fighters.

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The Magura V7 unmanned marine vehicle being presented at an undisclosed location last month in Ukraine.
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What to Know About the Immigration Protests in Los Angeles

President Trump on Saturday ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops to California after demonstrations against a series of raids on workplaces.

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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies maintained a cordon during a standoff by protesters and law enforcement.
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Southern Baptists to Vote on Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage

Motivated by their success in reversing Roe v. Wade, conservative Christian activists have a new target in Obergefell v. Hodges. They see early signs of promise.

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James Obergefell, center, the plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, after the Supreme Court ruling in 2015 that legalized gay marriage.
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Russian Drone Swarms Test a Volunteer Air-Defense Unit Near Kyiv

On a “hot night,” when Russia tries to overwhelm Kyiv’s air defenses, Ukraine relies not only on Patriot missiles, but on civilians wielding searchlights and vintage guns.

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A Russian airstrike on Friday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia has launched hundreds of drones and decoys across Ukraine since the end of May.
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Sean Combs and the Sweater Defense

In a high-stakes, high-profile trial, every detail — and piece of knitwear — matters.

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Mr. Combs in 2007, presiding over one of the annual “White Parties” held on his East Hampton estate.
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How to Watch the 2025 Tony Awards

The ceremony, at Radio City Music Hall, will be broadcast on CBS starting at 8 p.m. Eastern, and livestreamed for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers.

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After taking place last year at Lincoln Center, in the David H. Koch Theater (above), the ceremony is returning to Radio City Music Hall.
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Law Enforcement Officials Struggle to Fulfill Trump Promises Rooted in Conspiracy Theories

Top leaders at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. are struggling to fulfill Trump campaign promises often rooted in misinformation and conspiracy theories.

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Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the F.B.I., have been tasked with making good on promises to reveal deep-state secrets — or at least show how hard they are trying.
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They Went to Syria to Fight With Rebels. Now Some Are Joining the New Army.

Thousands of foreign fighters fought alongside the Syrian rebel groups that toppled the Assad dictatorship. Many plan to stay, despite the qualms of the United States and some Syrians.

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A man from Turkestan, who fought with the Syrian rebels who ousted the Assad regime, at his shop in Binnish, Syria. He is one of many foreign fighters whose future is in limbo.
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Takeaways From Graduation Speeches by Trump, Taraji P. Henson and Others

The New York Times studied videos of addresses posted online, including those by President Trump, Kermit the Frog and a slew of celebrity speakers. Here is a look at key themes that emerged.

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What a speaker says on a graduation stage now reaches an audience far larger than the crowd that day. Keynote commencement speakers this spring included the actor Gary Sinise, the actor Taraji P. Henson and Vice President JD Vance.
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Trump’s Battle With Harvard Is Familiar to a University the Right Forced into Exile

A school founded by George Soros fled Hungary after it was targeted by an authoritarian leader. Academics at the school say President Trump is using a similar playbook against Harvard.

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Central European University in Vienna was founded by George Soros in part to help Eastern Europe transition to democracy.
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Gas Stations Like Wawa and Sheetz Keep Expanding, Spurred By EVs

As gas stations prepare for more electric vehicles to be on the road, they’re getting bigger. That has created tension in some communities.

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Sheetz, a gas station chain with over 700 locations and is on average about 6,000 square feet, has been leading the trend that bigger is better.
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King Charles ‘livid’ as royal family’s cherished Christmas tradition faces cancellation: expert

King Charles is said to be “livid” that he won’t exactly get Christmas cheer this year. The Sun recently reported there is a potential shortage of pheasants at the monarch’s Sandringham Estate, which could affect the chances of a full shooting calendar this winter. It is known as one of the monarch’s favorite pastimes during...

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The Potato Eaters review – a descent from visceral dread into full-blown terror

Lazzaretto Vecchio, Venice
On the site of a hospital for leprosy patients, audience members are invited to wander in near darkness among twitching body bags into a choreographed scene of ritualised tyranny

There are strong Death in Venice vibes to the setting of Romeo Castellucci’s site specific production at the Venice Biennale Teatro. The show, by the Italian writer-director and his company, inhabits its own island – a long, lizard-like colony. The audience boards a shuttle and skims across the water to arrive at a building that was once a lazaretto – a hospital for leprosy patients. Associations with fatal infection and social isolation are chillingly resonance of the Covid pandemic. But as you wander into this disturbing promenade piece, things turn chilly in more ways than one.

The building’s interior is stripped of its skin so that its brick and rafters lie bare, and there is a low electronic rumble of sound along its corridors which is as disquieting as the near darkness. Windows are boarded up, as if deliberately concealing activity inside. Further along, there are bags lying in empty rooms that at first look empty but which twitch with still-living and breathing bodies inside them.

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© Photograph: Andrea Avezzu

© Photograph: Andrea Avezzu

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