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What We Know About How the Minnesota Assassination Case May Unfold

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Par :Pooja Salhotra and Ernesto Londoño
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Both state and federal officials are pursuing murder charges against a man they say killed a state lawmaker and her husband. A federal case could lead to the death penalty.

© Tim Gruber for The New York Times

A makeshift memorial for State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, began to form outside the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul earlier this week.
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Trump Called for Iran to Surrender

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Par :Matthew Cullen
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Also, a New York City mayoral candidate was arrested by ICE agents. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

Tehran on Sunday.
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House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains

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Par :Tony Romm
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The updated findings from the Congressional Budget Office amounted to the latest dour report card for the president’s signature legislation.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

In response to estimates showing that the policy bill would yield limited growth, administration officials have sought to discredit experts while presenting a more optimistic view of the president’s economic agenda.
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Iran Is Preparing Missiles for Possible Retaliatory Strikes on U.S. Bases, Officials Say

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Par :Julian E. Barnes · Farnaz Fassihi · Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
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American commanders have put troops on high alert throughout the region as fears of a wider war grow.

© Richard A. Brooks/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The U.S.S. Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in 2024. The carrier is currently steaming in the Arabian Sea. Iranian allies or proxies are expected to resume attacks on U.S. ships in the region if the United States joins Israel’s campaign.
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Prison Kitchen Job Apparently Helped Ex-Police Chief Escape, Officials Say

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Par :Mark Walker
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A job in a prison kitchen apparently helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief serving time for murder and rape, plot his escape by fashioning a makeshift police uniform, Arkansas prison officials said.

© Arkansas Department of Corrections, via Associated Press

The authorities believe that Grant Hardin, a former small-town police chief convicted of murder, used his law enforcement knowledge to create a makeshift uniform to escape from a prison in Arkansas.
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Supreme Court Justices Disclose International Travel and Book Deals

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Par :Abbie VanSickle
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Annual financial disclosures revealed some of the perks of being on the Supreme Court, including international teaching and book sales.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

The financial disclosures of Supreme Court justices offered a window into some of the perks of being part of the nation’s highest court.
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Mayor Karen Bass Lifts Curfew in Downtown L.A.

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Par :Shawn Hubler and Jesus Jiménez
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Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles ended a curfew that began last Tuesday when federal agents, local police officers and protesters clashed on the streets.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles said the seven-day curfew had been a success, and had helped protect stores, restaurants and residents.
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What to Know About Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Weapons Program

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Par :Lara Jakes
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Since shortly after it was founded in 1948, Israel has been intent on building a nuclear program to ensure its survival.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at United Nations General Assembly last year. Experts believe that Israel has been expanding its secretive nuclear program.
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Alfred Brendel, Bravura Pianist Who Forged a Singular Path, Dies at 94

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Par :Daniel Lewis
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With little formal training but full of ideas, he focused on the core classical composers, winning over audiences (though not every critic) worldwide.

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Alfred Brendel performing his final New York concert, at Carnegie Hall, on Feb. 20, 2008. He was virtually self-taught. “I never had a regular piano teacher after the age of 16,” he said.
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California Bill Would Bar Officers From Wearing Masks

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Par :Jonathan Wolfe
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The proposal comes as immigration raids by masked officers have touched off protests in California and elsewhere across the country.

© Sinna Nasseri for The New York Times

Masked National Guard troops outside a federal building in Los Angeles this month.
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Book Review: ‘Not My Type,’ by E. Jean Carroll

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Par :Alexandra Jacobs
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Her lawyers urged that she keep her testimony short. With legal victories in hand, she’s sharing her life story, and what it was like on the stand.

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E. Jean Carroll’s “Not My Type” is both a memoir and a scrapbook of the two trials in which she accused President Trump of sexual assault and defamation.
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Obama Steps Back Into the Public Eye Amid Political and Global Unrest

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Par :Lisa Lerer
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He will appear on Tuesday evening in Hartford, Conn., alongside the writer Heather Cox Richardson, at a time of deep volatility for his party, the country and the world.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Former President Barack Obama has shied away from offering running commentary on politics or on President Trump.
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Visitors Break Crystal Chair in Sit-and-Run at Italian Museum

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Par :Claire Moses
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They came. They sat. They left.

© Palazzo Maffei Museum, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A handout video still taken from CCTV footage released by Palazzo Maffei museum on Monday, showing two tourists after breaking a crystal-covered chair in Verona, Italy.
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Was Basketball Invented in Herkimer, NY? The Human Calculator Thinks So.

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Par :Dan Barry
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The official story is that Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield, Mass., in 1891. But what about the teenager tossing cabbages in upstate New York a year earlier?

© Patrick Dodson for The New York Times

Scott Flansburg, who left his childhood home of Herkimer, N.Y., to gain fame as the so-called Human Calculator, thinks his hometown might have a claim on the origins of basketball.
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S&P 500 Nears a Record, But Can the Rally Last?

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Par :Joe Rennison
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Investors have seemingly shrugged off trade tensions and geopolitical turmoil, but the gains in the stock market don’t tell the whole story.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

After sliding almost 19 percent from its peak in February, the S&P 500 began to rally on April 9.
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Florida’s House Speaker Stood Up to DeSantis, and Shifted the Power Dynamics

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Par :Patricia Mazzei
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For years, legislators bent to the will of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Daniel Perez, the Republican speaker, said his goal this session was “to be a coequal branch of government.”

© Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press

Daniel Perez, the Republican speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, clashed with Gov. Ron DeSantis over the course of the legislation session.
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Senate Republicans Propose Key Tax Tweaks to House Bill

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Par :Tony Romm
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Party lawmakers proposed changes to the tax code that could offer the greatest benefit to businesses.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

The legislative text released by the Senate Finance Committee on Monday mirrors in broad strokes the effort the House adopted.
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Russia Stands Aside as Israel Attacks Iran

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Par :Paul Sonne
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Analysts say the Kremlin is prioritizing its own war against Ukraine, as well as its relations with Gulf nations that don’t want to see a stronger Iran.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

Smoke from an Israeli attack on an oil refinery rose over Tehran on Sunday.
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Trump Offers Mixed Messages on Israel-Iran War

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Par :Adam Rasgon
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President Trump’s contradictory comments left Israelis and Iranians trying to understand whether and how the U.S. would intervene.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump’s contradictory messages during the biggest conflict between Israel and Iran in history have confused Israelis, Iranians, and the broader Middle East.
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They Said She Was Home-Schooled. She Said She Was Locked in a Dog Crate.

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Par :Sarah Maslin Nir
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A teenage girl fled her home last month after what she said was years of abuse. Prosecutors called what had happened to her “beyond heinous.”

© Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

An 18-year-old girl who said she had been abused for years fled to the home of a neighbor in Blackwood, N.J., last month. She said she had been kept in a dog crate.
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Is Fake Grass Safe? A Manufacturer Sues to Stop a Discussion.

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Par :Hiroko Tabuchi and Ken Belson
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Four experts were sued for defamation ahead of a seminar where they planned to talk about research into the potential health risks on playgrounds and sports fields nationwide.

© Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg

Artificial turf is used as a low-maintenance alternative to grass and is now installed on thousands of fields around the country.
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China’s Spy Agencies Are Investing Heavily in A.I., Researchers Say

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Par :Julian E. Barnes
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A new report comes amid rising concern about how China will use new tools to power covert actions, as Western intelligence services also embrace the technology.

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The offices of DeepSeek in Beijing. DeepSeek is thought to be among the A.I. models that China is using.
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Trump Says Macron ‘Always Gets It Wrong’ as They Clash Over Mideast

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Par :Roger Cohen
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In an angry post on social media, President Trump suggested that President Emmanuel Macron of France was a publicity seeker with no clue about American plans in the Israel-Iran conflict.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Emmanuel Macron of France has disagreed with President Trump over Israel, Gaza, Ukraine and now, it seems, Iran.
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The Israel-Iran Conflict

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Par :Jonathan Weisman
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Israel doesn’t believe in diplomacy when it comes to Iran. But military intervention has its problems, too.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

In Tehran.
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