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Heavy Rains and Floods Threaten California on Christmas Day

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Par :Francesca Regalado
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Much of Southern California remained at risk of potentially deadly floods on Thursday, as heavy rains showed little sign of easing through the week.

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A view of Downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. On Christmas Day.
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Pope Leo Surprises St. Peter’s Crowd Before Christmas Eve Mass

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Par :Steve Kenny
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Pope Leo XIV greeted the soggy faithful in St. Peter’s Square in both English and Italian and apologized that there wasn’t enough room in the basilica for them all.

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Pope Leo XIV, center, performed the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Wednesday.
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With Airspace Closed, a Lonely Christmas for Many Venezuelans

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Par :Annie Correal
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The holidays usually bring home huge numbers from the Venezuelan diaspora. But this year, after international airlines halted almost all service, many people are spending Christmas alone and on edge.

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Most foreign flights into and out of Simón Bolivar International Airport, the main airport serving Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, have been canceled.
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‘Carol of the Bells’ Once Filled the Air Here. Now It’s Only Bombs.

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Par :Constant Méheut and Olha Konovalova
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Mykola Leontovych, the Ukrainian composer of the famed festive song, lived in the eastern city of Pokrovsk. Months of Russian assaults have erased most tributes to his life there.

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A statue of the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych outside a park in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, in August last year, a few days before it was relocated for safekeeping.
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Trump Says ‘Housing First’ Failed the Homeless. Here’s What the Evidence Says.

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Par :Jason DeParle
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The Trump administration has sought to move away from the model, which supporters call “evidence based” but opponents consider overly permissive.

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Few aid policies have been studied as extensively as Housing First, and supporters’ faith that it is “evidence based” lends the debate special intensity.
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With Trump in Power, Democrats Try to Redefine Themselves as Disrupters

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Par :Lisa Lerer
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Since President Trump’s rise, Democrats have served as defenders of a political system many Americans believe is broken. Now the party is trying a new approach.

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“The Democratic Party should be leading, rather than just saying: ‘No, no, no. Status quo, status quo,’” Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, left, said in May. Next to her on the Capitol steps is Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey.
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After Suffering in Israeli Prison, a Gaza Detainee Comes Home to More Pain

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Par :Bilal Shbair and Isabel Kershner
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Haitham Salem spent 11 months held by Israel without charge and said he endured beatings and abuse. He was released as part of the cease-fire deal, longing to return to his family.

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Haitham Salem, a Palestinian electrician, at a camp for displaced people in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, in December.
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K-Pop in 2025: What ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ and NewJeans Tell Us About the Genre

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Par :Jon Caramanica
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The genre peaked in terms of global awareness with “KPop Demon Hunters,” while the industry’s most promising new act was mired in a legal morass.

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Danielle from NewJeans onstage in Hong Kong in March. The group had hoped to kick off a new era with a fresh start, but remains in its old recording contract.
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They Were Supposed to Protect Young Workers. Instead, They Cashed In.

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Par :Amy Julia Harris
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Profit-seekers co-opted America’s premier cultural exchange program, the J-1 visa, which brought young people to work in the United States. Some sponsors charged thousands in fees.

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The State Department has allowed private sponsor organizations to exercise enormous amounts of control over the J-1 visa cultural exchange program.
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He Was Locked Up in a Psych Ward. It Helped Him Get His Life Together.

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Par :Andy Newman
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Lamar Brown went through a rigorous program at a New York State psychiatric hospital aimed at stopping the “revolving door” for homeless people with mental illness.

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Lamar Brown in Riverside Park, near his Manhattan apartment, in September. He moved to the apartment last year after a lengthy stay at a hospital program for people with histories of mental illness and homelessness.
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The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’

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Par :Matt Flegenheimer
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Volleying questions with the table tennis champ Marty Reisman, an inspiration for Timothée Chalamet’s new film, showed that he was a character in his own right.

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Marty Reisman won 22 major table tennis titles over the course of a colorful career.
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Pope Leo Surprises St. Peter’s Crowd Before Christmas Eve Mass

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Par :Steve Kenny
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Pope Leo XIV greeted the soggy faithful in St. Peter’s Square in both English and Italian and apologized that there wasn’t enough room in the basilica for them all.

© Andreas Solaro/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Pope Leo XIV, center, performed the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Wednesday.
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Winner in Arkansas Takes $1.817 Billion Powerball Jackpot

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Par :Dan Watson
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A single ticket drawn Wednesday night won the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever.

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An advertisement for Powerball in Manhattan on Monday. On Christmas Eve, one Powerball ticket in Arkansas delivered a gift worth $1.817 billion.
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​North Korea Unveils the Completed Hull of What It Calls a Nuclear Submarine

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Par :Choe Sang-Hun
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The debut followed the North’s first test of a new surface-to-air missile and the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered attack sub for a port call in South Korea.

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A photograph provided by North Korean state media on Thursday showed the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visiting the manufacturing site of what it said was a nuclear-powered submarine, at an undisclosed location.
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What Parents in China See in A.I. Toys

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Par :Jiawei Wang
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A video of a child crying over her broken A.I. chatbot stirred up conversation in China, with some viewers questioning whether the gadgets are good for children. But the girl’s father says it’s more than a toy; it’s a family member.
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