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Flash Floods Are the ‘Hardest Kind’ of Disaster to Prevent, Experts Say

Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.

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Flood-damaged homes lining the river in Chiva, near Valencia, Spain, in November. A flood alert system was in place but was not immediately activated.
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Tariffs or Deals? Trump Seems Content With Punishing Levies.

The president’s supporters portray him as a top dealmaker. But, at least for now, far more trading partners have gotten stiff tariffs than trade deals.

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Even when President Trump strikes trade deals, double-digit tariffs are often left in place, with more levies on foreign products on the way.
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Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Ban Faces New Peril: Class Actions

In last month’s decision limiting one judicial tool, universal injunctions, the court seemed to invite lower courts to use class actions as an alternative.

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The federal courthouse in Concord, N.H. A federal judge in the state opened a new front in the battle to deny President Trump’s effort to redefine who can become a citizen.
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Tracking Devices Were Removed From N.Y.P.D. Vehicles at Chief’s Request

Federal prosecutors investigating Jeffrey Maddrey, who resigned over sexual abuse accusations, learned of the request during an investigation into overtime misuse in his office.

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Jeffrey Maddrey’s home was searched by federal agents in January. He was the New York Police Department’s third-highest-ranking officer.
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How to Panic Italians? Jack Up the Price of Espresso.

Prices for coffee beans have risen, but in a country where coffee drinking is a ritual, customers demand cheap espresso. That has left coffee bars in a bind.

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A cup of espresso at the Lavazza Museum in Turin, Italy. Executives from Lavazza and Illy have warned for more than a year that higher coffee prices are most likely here to stay.
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The Danger of a Stock Market Melt-Up

Traders have repeatedly shrugged off President Trump’s disruptive tariff wars and fiscal policy, pushing U.S. stock prices back into expensive territory, our columnist says.

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A New York County Will Let Officers Wear Masks When Working With ICE

Nassau County, which recently barred residents from wearing masks in many circumstances, will allow police officers to wear them during immigration enforcement and other actions.

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Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, said the new policy was meant to protect police officers’ safety.
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Columbia and Trump Near a Deal, With School Possibly Paying Millions

In return, the White House would restore some of the more than $400 million in federal research funding it canceled, according to people familiar with ongoing discussions.

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Columbia University was the first to be punished by the Trump administration with a freeze on research funding for allegedly tolerating antisemitism.
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Google Hires Top A.I. Leaders From Windsurf, Which OpenAI Was Courting

In a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to buy, as the battle to dominate artificial intelligence escalates.

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Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind, the company’s A.I. division, at a developer conference in May. Google is bringing on more A.I. talent.
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration Tactics in L.A. Immigration Raids

A federal judge temporarily halted the administration from making indiscriminate arrests based on race and denying detainees access to lawyers, in a lawsuit that could have national repercussions.

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The initial rulings represented a sharp rebuke of the tactics that federal agents have employed in and around Los Angeles during raids, which have entered their second month.
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Farmworker Dies After Fleeing a Federal Raid in Southern California

During a chaotic raid in Ventura County on Thursday, the worker fell from a greenhouse at a cannabis farm, suffered spinal and skull injuries, and died on Friday.

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Federal agents blocked people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a licensed cannabis farm on Thursday, near Camarillo, Calif.
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Heat Warnings Issued for Parts of Eastern Canada

Warnings were issued for southern Ontario and southwest Quebec as hot and humid weather is expected to linger through Thursday.

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Montreal is under a heat warning on Saturday and Sunday. Hot and humid weather is expected to linger in eastern Canada and southern Ontario and Toronto until Thursday.
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Man Had 14 Toucans Stashed in His Volkswagen Dashboard, U.S. Says

Carlos Abundez, 35, is facing federal smuggling charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery. The birds, a threatened species, were in stable condition.

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Carlos Abundez of San Ysidro, Calif., is charged with smuggling 14 live, bound Keel-billed toucans that the authorities said were hidden inside the dashboard of his Volkswagen Passat.
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Mark Snow, Who Conjured the ‘X-Files’ Theme, Is Dead at 78

It took a misplaced elbow, a quirk of Los Angeles geography and some whistling from his wife to produce one of television’s most memorable melodies.

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The composer Mark Snow in 2005 at his home recording studio in Connecticut. He tallied more than 250 film and television credits in a long and prolific career.
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