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Crane Collapses on Expressway Outside Bangkok, Killing at Least 2

The deadly episode came a day after a crane fell on a moving train in northeastern Thailand, killing at least 32 people.

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The site where a construction crane collapsed onto a highway in Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand, on Thursday.
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Frank Dunlop, 98, Dies; Director Gave Theater a Free-Spirited Spin

In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” (the Who took the stage at one point) before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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The theater director and company leader Frank Dunlop in 1977. “Ideas, plans, suggestions issue from him like lava,” one critic said.
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Senate Republicans Block Effort to Check Trump’s War Powers in Venezuela

G.O.P. leaders succeeded in pressuring fellow senators who initially supported the measure that would have limited President Trump’s military authority in Venezuela.

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Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, reversed himself on the war powers resolution, saying that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump convinced him that it was not needed.
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Au Pair Testifies of Lurid Plot in Virginia Double-Murder Trial

Juliana Peres Magalhães wrapped up testimony on Wednesday in the case against Brendan Banfield, her former lover, who is accused of killing his wife and another man.

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Juliana Peres Magalhães is escorted into the courtroom before continuing her testimony in the trial of Brendan Banfield in Fairfax County, Va., on Wednesday.
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Immigration agents shoot man in Minneapolis as tensions in city run high

Minnesota city says it’s aware of a shooting as residents continue to reel in aftermath of Renee Nicole Good’s killing

Federal immigration agents shot a man on Wednesday evening during an enforcement action in Minneapolis, according to multiple sources in networks of legal aid and observer groups.

In a statement posted online, the city of Minneapolis said it was aware “of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in north Minneapolis” and was working to confirm additional information. What led to the shooting and the identities of those involved have not yet been released.

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© Photograph: John Locher/AP

© Photograph: John Locher/AP

© Photograph: John Locher/AP

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Venezuelan Immigrants Urge Appeals Court to Restore Deportation Protections

The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for about 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants, part of a broader effort to curb avenues for immigrants to remain in the United States.

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A Border Servant Corps worker helped a Venezuelan woman who had just crossed the border at El Paso in 2024.
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