Elon Musk Is South African. It Explains a Lot.

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Par :William Shoki

28 février 2025 à 07:00

His worldview is inseparable from his rearing in apartheid South Africa.

Judge Says Trump Administration Memos Directing Mass Firings Were Illegal

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Par :Zach Montague

28 février 2025 à 05:27

A federal judge in California ordered the retraction of the memos. He suggested, but did not order, that the layoffs be stopped.

The Office of Personnel Management cannot order agencies to cut staff, the judge ruled.

Theater Ceiling Collapses During ‘Captain America’ Screening in Washington State

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Par :Hank Sanders

28 février 2025 à 05:02

Only two people were watching “Captain America: Brave New World” when the ceiling fell. Neither person was injured.

Biodiversity Talks in Rome End

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Par :Catrin Einhorn

28 février 2025 à 04:59

Delegates at global biodiversity talks in Rome agreed on a framework for monitoring environmental commitments and other measures.

The talks in Rome this week were a continuation of a global biodiversity summit held last year in Cali, Colombia.

Office Closures and Relocations Part of Trump’s Plan for Large-Scale Layoffs

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Par :Eileen Sullivan

28 février 2025 à 03:26

The newly released requirements for agencies to move forward with mass cuts to the federal work force have employees even more on edge.

Supporters sent off former employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development as they gathered their personal belongings from the Reagan Building in Washington on Thursday.

Number of Trans Troops Far Lower Than Estimated, Pentagon Figures Show

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Par :Dave Philipps

28 février 2025 à 02:37

The Defense Department said 4,240 service members, or about 0.2 percent of those in uniform, have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. Previous estimates had put the number at triple that figure.

The Trump administration has cited the cost of medical care as one of the reasons for banning transgender soldiers from serving.

Former L.A. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley Appeals Her Dismissal

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Par :Claire Moses and Shawn Hubler

28 février 2025 à 02:21

The appeal came less than a week after Mayor Karen Bass removed the chief from her job. She blamed her for a lack of preparation as a blaze destroyed the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Kristin Crowley, the former chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, earlier this month.

Starmer Offers Trump a Plea and a Promise Over Ukraine

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Par :Michael D. Shear and Shawn McCreesh

28 février 2025 à 01:46

During a visit to the White House by the British prime minister, President Trump refused to to pledge U.S. military support for a peacekeeping force for Ukraine.

‘Epstein Files’ Release, Hyped by Pam Bondi, Falls Short of Expectations

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Par :Matthew Goldstein and Glenn Thrush

28 février 2025 à 04:33

The release of flight logs and Jeffrey Epstein’s contact list by the attorney general was met with criticism from those who had expected the documents to reveal new information.

Several conservative influencers were offered a preview of the documents hours before they were released publicly.

Chicago Teen Killed Six People Over Nine Months in 2020, Prosecutors Say

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Par :Michael Levenson and Simon J. Levien

28 février 2025 à 00:56

The Cook County prosecutor said Antonio Reyes was 16 when he fatally shot the first of six people, targeting “complete strangers” in all but one of the killings.

“We have six lives and who knows how many he may have been responsible for?” Larry Snelling, the superintendent of the Chicago police, said at a news conference on Wednesday.

Mass Layoffs Begin at NOAA

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Par :Christopher Flavelle · Austyn Gaffney · Camille Baker and Ana Swanson

28 février 2025 à 00:50

The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offices in Silver Spring, Md. About 13,000 people work at the agency.

At London Fashion Week, Street Style Turned Heads

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Par :Simbarashe Cha

26 février 2025 à 11:02

Outfits on and off the runways at London Fashion Week offered loads of inspiration.

A swishy bob was the icing on top of these chocolaty layers.

Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections

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Par :Mitch Smith

28 février 2025 à 00:33

If signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Republican-backed measure would eliminate state civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.

Advocates for L.G.B.T.Q. rights said Iowa would become the first state to remove broad protections for transgender people if the governor signed the bill.

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World

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Par :Stephanie Nolen

28 février 2025 à 03:42

Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

Women listen to a public health educator during an mpox awareness campaign at the Muja camp for the internally displaced near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year.

Mexico Released Dozens of Cartel Figures Into U.S. Custody

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Par :Matthew Cullen

27 février 2025 à 23:53

Also, Southeast Asia’s scam centers keep flourishing. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

Republican Men and Women Are Changing Their Minds About How Women Should Behave

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Par :Michael Tesler · John Sides and Colette Marcellin

27 février 2025 à 23:51

The men and women of the G.O.P. are changing their minds about how men and women should behave.

Air Traffic Control Trainees to Get Raise of 30 Percent

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Par :Mark Walker

27 février 2025 à 23:48

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the increase to almost $23 an hour is intended to boost recruitment and retention.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy spoke of the need for trainees to earn “a wage that can allow them to live while they’re going through school.”

Francis’ Illness Raises a Hard Question: Who Governs if the Pope Can’t?

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Par :Neil MacFarquhar · Jason Horowitz · Elisabetta Povoledo and Emma Bubola

27 février 2025 à 23:32

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses uncomfortable, unanswered questions about Vatican decision-making.

Praying for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on Wednesday.

With Trump, Alliances Come With Strings Attached

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Par :Luke Broadwater

27 février 2025 à 23:01

President Trump has little use for America’s traditional alliances, and tends to evaluate U.S. relationships according to whether countries are contributing economically to the United States.

Invading Russian forces have left large swaths of Ukraine, including Pokrovsk, in ruins. President Trump is close to signing a deal to share in the profits from Ukraine’s natural resources, a draft of which contains only vague references to protecting Ukraine.

We Can Achieve Great Things

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Par :David Brooks

27 février 2025 à 23:00

Progressives, who believe in using government to do good things, have built a system that renders government incompetent.

How Trump’s Cabinet Scrambled to Respond to Musk’s DOGE Email

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Par :Michael D. Shear · Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt

27 février 2025 à 22:40

Behind the scenes, cabinet secretaries compared notes as they tried to figure out how to respond to a directive from President Trump’s most powerful adviser without angering the president.

Tulsi Gabbard, left, and Kash Patel were among the administration officials who discussed how to respond to Elon Musk’s demand over the weekend.

Trump Team Tightens Control Over Government Lawyers Who Might Say ‘No’

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Par :Charlie Savage

27 février 2025 à 21:41

At the Justice Department and the Pentagon, the administration is curtailing the ability of lawyers to raise internal objections to the president’s use of power.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former midlevel Army infantry officer, has long exhibited a hostile view toward military lawyers.

The Case Against Greenpeace Puts a Spotlight on Native History

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Par :Karen Zraick

27 février 2025 à 19:39

Indigenous activists behind protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline say a lawsuit against Greenpeace is trying to rewrite their role and history.

Tesla Fires a Manager Who Criticized Elon Musk on Social Media

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Par :Jack Ewing · Ryan Mac and Kate Conger

27 février 2025 à 22:34

The employee objected to a post on X by Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive and a top adviser to President Trump, that referred to Nazi leaders.

A manager at Tesla was fired for criticizing a social media post by Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive, that used the names of Nazi leaders in wordplay.

Meet the Trans Troops the Trump Administration Is Barring

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Par :Dave Philipps

27 février 2025 à 22:26

Officers and enlisted. Combat veterans and recent recruits. Transgender service members say their military experience has looked nothing like the portrayal of them in the political arena.

Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost ‘Match of the Century,’ Dies at 88

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Par :Dylan Loeb McClain

28 février 2025 à 02:08

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention reduced them to pawns in a wider drama.

Boris Spassky in 1973, a year after he lost to Bobby Fischer in a match that drew worldwide attention.

Mexico Releases Cartel Operatives, Including Rafael Caro Quintero, Into U.S. Custody

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Par :Alan Feuer

28 février 2025 à 00:11

The handover of so many significant cartel figures was one of the most important efforts by Mexico in the modern history of the drug war to send traffickers to face charges in U.S. courts.

Getting hold of Rafael Caro Quintero, a founding member of the Sinaloa drug cartel who was convicted in Mexico of masterminding the 1985 murder of an agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, has been a priority for the agency.

OpenAI Unveils GPT-4.5 for More ‘Natural Conversation’

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Par :Cade Metz

27 février 2025 à 21:53

The new technology, called GPT-4.5, signifies the end of an era for OpenAI.

OpenAI said GPT-4.5 would be the last version of its chatbot system that did not do the “chain-of-thought reasoning” it had been relying on.

Trump’s Tariff Threats Revive Interest in $44 Billion Alaska L.N.G. Project

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Par :River Akira Davis

27 février 2025 à 17:06

As the president pressures countries to buy more American energy, Asian officials and investors are reconsidering a hugely expensive plan stalled for decades.

ConocoPhillips oil pipelines on the North Slope of Alaska. Given the ecological sensitivity of the region, the Biden administration had a number of protections aimed at shielding it from drilling.

How Trump’s Changes to U.S. Gender Policy Could Affect Your Passport

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Par :Juno Carmel

27 février 2025 à 11:03

President Trump’s order abolishing the “X” marker and recognizing only birth sex has caused confusion and anxiety for trans, intersex and gender-nonconforming travelers.

A White House policy shift has left trans and gender-nonconforming Americans facing a confusing process to apply for and renew passports.

Ione Skye Was an Enigma in Her 1990s Heyday. Now She’d Like a Word.

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Par :Dina Gachman

27 février 2025 à 11:01

In her new memoir, the actress known for movies like “Say Anything” and “Gas Food Lodging” talks about Hollywood, bisexuality and the trappings of Gen X fame.

“I did so many jobs just to be a working actor and I used to be kind of embarrassed,” Skye said. “Now I’m like, it’s so cool I did Lifetime movies because Lifetime movies are amazing.”

Mexico Captures Notorious Drug Kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero

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Par :Oscar Lopez

16 juillet 2022 à 15:31

Rafael Caro Quintero, an accused drug cartel leader, was convicted of killing Enrique Camarena, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, and was wanted by the F.BI.

Rafael Caro Quintero, center, was convicted of orchestrating the 1985 torture and killing of Enrique Camarena, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was working undercover in Mexico.

Trump Says Canada and Mexico Tariffs Will Start March 4, Plus an Increase on China

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Par :Ana Swanson

27 février 2025 à 20:37

The president also said he would impose an additional 10 percent tariff on China as he tries to force other countries to take more action on drug shipments.

Cargo trucks arriving from Mexico at an inspection facility in San Diego this month.

Betsy Arakawa, a Classical Musician and the Wife of Gene Hackman, Dies at 65

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Par :Jonathan Wolfe

27 février 2025 à 20:20

As the spouse of a two-time Oscar winner, she avoided interviews and stayed off social media. But in private, she typed up Mr. Hackman’s novels and helped edit them.

Betsy Arakawa met Gene Hackman in the 1980s when she was working part-time at a fitness center in Los Angeles and trying to make it as a classical musician.

Earth to Barnard College: Enough

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Par :Bret Stephens

27 février 2025 à 19:59

After more than a year of incessant rule-breaking by pro-Palestinian protesters, including this week, the school has to take more decisive action.

Rose Girone, Oldest Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 113

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Par :Remy Tumin

27 février 2025 à 19:32

She fled Nazi Germany in 1939 with her husband and baby only to be forced into a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai. Still, she would often say, “Aren’t we lucky?”

Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Others Mourn Gene Hackman

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Par :Annie Aguiar

27 février 2025 à 19:28

A two-time Academy Award winner and a dogged Everyman in many of his roles, Hackman was remembered by collaborators and co-stars after his death.

Gene Hackman played flawed Everymen, inflexible patriarchs and inspirational mentors.

Putin Praises Trump for Working to Thaw U.S.-Russia Tensions

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Par :Nataliya Vasilyeva

27 février 2025 à 18:31

“The first contacts with the new American administration give us some hope,” the Russian president said in televised comments on Thursday.

A picture made available by the Kremlin of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia speaking at the annual meeting of Russia’s intelligence agency, in Moscow on Thursday.

A Loan-Scorned Socialite Reported Her Warhol Stolen. A Tempest Ensued.

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Par :Jesse McKinley

27 février 2025 à 21:12

It was not a theft, Hamptons police ruled, but acrimony erupted after a lender decided it could not arrange a loan, but that a painting used as collateral would still need to be sold to cover its costs.

Libbie Mugrabi outside her home in Sag Harbor, N.Y. She is in a bitter dispute with a lender that accepts works of art as collateral for loans.

Israel’s Military Lays Out Its Oct. 7 Hamas Attack Failures

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Par :Isabel Kershner

27 février 2025 à 18:10

The highly anticipated public findings, the first from its internal inquiries into the devastating Hamas-led attack, do not apportion individual responsibility, though officials said that may come later.

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