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Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs

For every 20 positions, there’s one qualified candidate, says one manufacturing chief executive. Some of President Trump’s policies are likely to exacerbate the problem.

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A factory that makes copper products in Louisville, Ky. The pool of workers who are willing and able to perform manufacturing tasks in the United States is shrinking.
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The Curtain Drops on Improv Theater for the New York Police

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said a staffing crisis kept her from letting officers participate in a Brooklyn theater group that began after the death of Eric Garner, who died after a police officer put him in a chokehold, in 2014.

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Terry Greiss, executive director of the Irondale Ensemble Project, a theater company, sits alone on a stage where police officers have performed.
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Nearly 150 Report Being Jabbed With Needles at French Music Festival

France’s Interior Ministry reported that 145 people said they had been stabbed with needles at festival events across the country.

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An outdoor performance on the banks of the Seine river in Paris on Saturday was part of the annual Fête de la Musique celebration.
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As Black New Yorkers Move Out, N.Y.C. Politics May Be Reshaped

Housing affordability and quality-of-life concerns are pushing longtime Black New Yorkers out of the city, underscoring Democrats’ challenges with their base ahead of the mayoral election.

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A Democratic mayoral forum at St. Paul Community Baptist Church in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn. The rising costs of housing are fueling some voters’ discontent with Democrats they have long supported.
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Supreme Court to Hear Rastafarian Prisoner’s Suit Over Shaved Dreadlocks

Damon Landor, whose faith requires him to let his hair grow long, said guards threw a court ruling in the trash before holding him down and shaving his head to the scalp.

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The question the justices agreed to decide is whether a 2000 religious freedom law allows suits against prison officials for money.
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Vera Rubin Telescope Quickly Found 1,200 New Asteroids

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a mysterious Planet Nine.

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The Vera Rubin Observatory in Cerro Pachón, Chile, last month.
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U.K. to Ban Palestine Action Group as Terrorist Organization

The British government announced plans to proscribe Palestine Action after members broke into a military air base.

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A protest in support of the activist group Palestine Action in London on Monday. The government said it would formally submit a ban to Parliament next week.
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Were the U.S.A.I.D. Cuts ‘Efficient?’

When President Trump took office, U.S.A.I.D. was one of the first agencies to be dismantled in the name of efficiency. Amy Schoenfeld Walker, a New York Times reporter and graphics editor who has been tracking the foreign aid cuts and restorations since they began in February, shares what she’s learned through her reporting.
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Quién es Hugo Aguilar Ortiz, que presidirá la Suprema Corte de México

Hugo Aguilar Ortiz se ha convertido en una de las figuras indígenas más visibles de México y en un símbolo de la reestructuración del poder judicial impulsada por el partido gobernante en el país.

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Hugo Aguilar Ortiz es el recién elegido ministro presidente de la Suprema Corte de México.
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Democrats to Protest Trump’s Takeover of Kennedy Center With Pride Event

“This is our way of reoccupying the Kennedy Center,” said Jeffrey Seller of “Hamilton,” who was asked to stage the invite-only concert hosted by five senators.

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Five senators are planning the Monday night concert to celebrate gay pride. They have rented the Justice Forum, a lecture hall in the Reach, part of a recent Kennedy Center expansion project.
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Villages Evacuated on Greek Tourist Island as Wildfires Rage

More than 190 firefighters were battling three wildfires on Chios in the Aegean Sea, which authorities are investigating as arson.

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Firefighters battling a large wildfire in Karyes, a village on the island of Chios, Greece, on Sunday.
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Compass Sues Zillow, Accusing Site of Gate-Keeping Home Listings

Compass, the real estate brokerage, claims that Zillow, the website that has 227 million unique visitors a month, has conspired to maintain a monopoly over digital home listings.

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A battle over how homes are listed online has grown increasingly raucous in recent months, and now Compass and Zillow, two of the biggest players in the industry, are on opposite sides of a lawsuit.
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Inside Trump’s Decision

The Times pieced together the days and hours leading up to President Trump’s decision to strike Iran. It’s a story of diplomacy, deception and a secret that almost got out.

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A B-2 bomber returns to Missouri.
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Where Does Iran Go Now?

While foreign wars may expose autocratic fragility, they rarely create the conditions necessary for democratic change.

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Iranians at a demonstration against the United States and Israel on Sunday in Tehran.
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Iran’s Nuclear Dreams May Survive Even a Devastating American Blow

Through revolution and upheaval, the program has become intertwined with the country’s security and national identity.

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A billboard showing a variety of missiles in Tehran last year. Iran’s nuclear program has become ingrained in the country’s identity since it began in the late 1950s.
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Zelensky Arrives in U.K. After Russian Attack on Kyiv Kills at Least 8

The Ukrainian leader met with King Charles III on Monday and was set to meet with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, after the latest in a series of intensifying Russian strikes.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky and King Charles at Windsor Castle on Monday. Concerns are growing in Kyiv that Russia’s assaults are drawing less attention as global focus shifts to the Israel-Iran war.
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G.O.P. Can’t Include Limits on Trump Lawsuits in Megabill, Senate Parliamentarian Rules

The Senate parliamentarian rejected a measure in Republicans’ domestic policy bill that could limit lawsuits seeking to block presidential orders.

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Republicans are pushing the bill through Congress using special rules that shield legislation from a filibuster, depriving Democrats of the ability to block it.
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Judge Orders Abrego Garcia Released on Smuggling Charges Before Trial

The order to release Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from criminal custody as he awaits trial was a rebuke to the Trump administration. But he is likely to remain in immigration custody.

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Demonstrators gathered during the arraignment of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia this month in Nashville.
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Officials Concede They Don’t Know the Fate of Iran’s Uranium Stockpile

Both Vice President JD Vance and Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, acknowledged questions about the whereabouts of Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade nuclear material.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Sunday.
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Fred Smith, Billionaire Founder of FedEx, Is Dead at 80

His vision for how to ship packages overnight led to not just a new company, but also a new sector of the world economy and a now-familiar English verb.

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Fred Smith in 2012. He conceived the business model for FedEx while he was in college, and became celebrated as one of the great business minds of his time.
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3 Dead in Central New York After Severe Storms Lash the Area

Three people, including 6-year-old sisters, were killed after trees fell on homes during severe weather that struck early on Sunday, officials said.

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Two sisters were killed when a tree fell through this house in the Town of Kirkland in New York on Sunday.
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Syria Church Bombing Kills at Least 20 in Damascus

The attack on a Greek Orthodox service made clear the challenges facing Syria’s new government in a country long pitted by sectarian divides.

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People sought to help on Sunday after an attack on the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria.
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How Iran Might Strike Back

Among the most likely options are asymmetric or terrorist attacks, although the time frame is impossible to gauge.

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Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi.
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Tesla Begins Limited Robotaxi Service in Austin

The vehicles will have safety monitors and may not operate in bad weather, making them more restricted than the fully autonomous vehicles promised by Elon Musk.

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The latest Tesla Model Y, which according to Elon Musk will be capable of operating as a Robotaxi once the technology has been perfected.
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Trump Picks a Side on Entering the War in Iran, for Now

Even as he announced the strikes on Iran, President Trump appeared to be rapidly trying to get himself back to the middle by insisting the operation was a one-off.

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Journalists watched from the White House briefing room on Saturday night as President Trump addressed the nation from the East Room.
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Boat Capsizes on Lake Tahoe, Leaving 6 Dead

A large wave overturned a 27-foot-long boat on Saturday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Two people remained missing.

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A boat capsized Saturday on the southwest side of Lake Tahoe after strong winds created powerful waves.
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Israel Recovers Bodies of Three Hostages Held by Hamas in Gaza

The retrieval of the bodies of three Israelis taken hostage by Hamas jolted Israelis’ focus back to a conflict that had been overshadowed by the escalating crisis with Iran.

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Ofra Keidar, the woman whose face is on the large central poster at this demonstration in Tel Aviv, was among the hostages whose bodies were recovered.
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Will Iran Decide to Retaliate Against the U.S.?

The nation’s supreme leader may choose to back down after a first round of retaliation, or prefer martyrdom and building a nuclear weapon.

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A demonstrator in Tehran on Friday with photos of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a march condemning Israel’s attacks on Iran.
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Vera Rubin’s Legacy Lives On in a Troubled Scientific Landscape

A powerful new telescope will usher in a new era of cosmic discovery, but in a political climate vastly different from when it was named for a once overlooked female astronomer.

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Vera C. Rubin, the astronomer for whom the new observatory is named, circa 1985. In the 1970s, she and a colleague discovered what would come to be known as dark matter.
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Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D.

The rapid dismantling of the global aid agency remains one of the most consequential outcomes of President Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government, showing his willingness to tear down institutions in defiance of the courts.

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Within two weeks of President Trump’s return to the White House, U.S.A.I.D. was on the cusp of oblivion.
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Arkansas May Not Be Ready for a ‘Healing’ Anti-Abortion Monument

A design for the state’s official “Monument to Unborn Children” was chosen in 2023. But it remains unbuilt as the debate over abortion grinds on.

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The location where the “Monument to the Unborn” was supposed to be placed behind the State Capitol in Little Rock, Ark.
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An Actor, a Bookseller and a Chef Walk Into a Voting Booth

We asked scores of well-known New Yorkers from a broad spectrum of the city to give us their ranked-choice ballots for mayor. Here’s what some told us.

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Sarah Sherman, Lynn Nottage and Ilana Glazer, from left to right.
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‘An Existential Threat’: Food Banks Brace for Fallout From Trump Cuts

New York City food banks aren’t sure how they will survive the administration’s funding cuts, which could also affect the programs they turn to for help.

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A volunteer grabbed bags of fruits and vegetables to hand out at the Food Bank For NYC Community Kitchen and Pantry in Harlem. Demand has soared with cuts looming.
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Andrew Cuomo’s Complicated Legacy in New York City

Mr. Cuomo, the front-runner in the mayoral race and former governor, has a long — and, his critics say, mixed — record handling important issues in the city.

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Andrew Cuomo often points to his nearly 11-year record as governor as evidence of his qualifications to be mayor.
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Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for NYC Mayor

The former president’s endorsement came as Letitia James, the state attorney general who supports Andrew M. Cuomo’s mayoral rivals, criticized the former governor over harassment allegations.

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Before Andrew Cuomo, left, was governor of New York, he served under President Bill Clinton as the federal housing secretary.
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Far-Right Party Tries to Expand Its Appeal in Germany’s West

To reach voters outside its Eastern heartlands, the AfD is putting a new gloss on its anti-immigrant message — while sticking with its agenda.

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Duisburg has long been at the heart of Germany’s steel industry. The site of one former steel plant is now an urban park.
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Europe Is Finally Ready to Spend More on Defense. The Hard Part Is How.

After a yearslong debate over NATO spending, European nations are poised to commit more funds to deter Russia. Now the region must decide how to unify its fragmented manufacturing.

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A production line for small-caliber ammunition made by the defense technology company Mesko in Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland. Europe is realizing that it must be able to defend its own backyard.
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With Military Strike His Predecessors Avoided, Trump Takes a Huge Gamble

President Trump is betting the United States can repel whatever retaliation Iran orders, and that it has destroyed the regime’s chances of reconstituting its nuclear program.

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President Trump said Saturday that if Iran does not turn to peace, it will suffer “tragedy” greater than it has to date.
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In Final Push for Mayor, Lander Appears With 2 Cuomo Accusers

The campaign event by Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller running for mayor, came as Andrew Cuomo, the front-runner, appeared with the mother of a murder victim.

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Brad Lander, far left, stands next to Lindsey Boylan, with Charlotte Bennett to the far right. The two women lodged sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo.
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Mahmoud Khalil Returns to New York After Months in Detention

The Trump administration remains committed to deporting Mr. Khalil, a Columbia graduate and leading figure in the pro-Palestinian protest movement.

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Mahmoud Khalil was met at Newark Liberty International Airport by his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, their son and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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