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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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Windy Conditions Fan Forsyth Fire in Utah

The Forsyth fire in Utah threatened a small community in the state’s southwest corner. Farther west, the Conner fire burned rapidly near Lake Tahoe.

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The Forsyth fire burning through the Pine Valley area in Washington County, Utah, on Thursday.
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Influencers Step Onto Center Stage at Cannes

Big brands are increasingly courting social media stars, who descended on a major annual festival in France to pitch themselves to advertisers.

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Coco Bassey, a creator with hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, paid her own way to the Cannes Lions advertising festival.
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Why Israel Had to Act

The Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel showed the need for Israel to pre-empt threats against it rather than react defensively.

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Ukraine Warns Teenagers the Enemy Is Inside Their Phones

Ukraine’s security service is holding classes at high schools to alert teenagers of Russian efforts to recruit them.

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A lecturer from the Security Service of Ukraine leading a presentation for 10th-grade students at a high school in Lviv, in western Ukraine, on Russian schemes that try to recruit young people for minor sabotage or espionage.
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A.I. Sludge Has Entered the Job Search

Candidates are frustrated. Employers are overwhelmed. The problem? An untenable pile of applications — many of them generated with the help of A.I. tools.

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Recruiters say they are seeing a surge of résumés that they suspect have been generated using ChatGPT.
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Who’s the Mad King Now?

George III learned the hard way not to unleash troops on his people.

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Season Opener

It’s the first full day of summer. Make sure you don’t miss a minute of it.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Planning for His Possible Assassination, Picks Successors

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not only picked replacements in his chain of military command in case they are killed in Israeli strikes, he has also named three senior clerics to replace him should he, too, be slain.

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People marching under a mural of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Friday in Tehran.
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Trump Says He Wants to Fund More Trade Schools. Just Not These.

The Job Corps program has long been the subject of debate, but it is now also a point of contention in the administration’s efforts to pull back the social safety net.

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Evan Simpson was studying to become a medical assistant at a Job Corps center in Iowa before the Labor Department ordered a shutdown.
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Drought Is Hurting Global Food Supplies

Staples including wheat, beef and coffee are all being affected by the lack of rainfall. In some cases, prices are climbing to record highs.

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Drought-ravaged Shaanxi Province in China last month.
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A White Nationalist at University of Florida Wrote a Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.

The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.

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The granting of an academic award to a white supremacist who wrote a law school paper promoting racist views set off months of turmoil on the University of Florida campus.
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Endures Despite Release of Targeted Students

An effort to expel students the administration says are a national security threat has given way to a broad campaign that touches many corners of American life.

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“The Trump administration are doing their best to dehumanize everyone here,” Mahmoud Khalil said after he was released.
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N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary May Hinge on Early Voters as Heat Wave Looms

Primary Day turnout will also be a factor in a race that could come down to whether Andrew Cuomo’s union supporters and paid staff can fend off Zohran Mamdani’s volunteer army.

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Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign has relied on tens of thousands of volunteers, with some of them gathering for a recent canvassing effort in the East Village.
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BTS Is Back Together. Does It Still Rule K-Pop?

Suga is the last member of the wildly popular band to complete his national service. After more than two years apart, the challenge is to rekindle the magic.

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How South Korea Became a Cultural Powerhouse

With BTS poised to reunite, “Squid Game” returning and a Broadway show winning awards, the Korean cultural wave keeps on rolling.

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A fan event in Brooklyn on Friday to publicize the third season of “Squid Game.”
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Harvard and Trump Restart Talks to Potentially End Bitter Dispute

Details about the discussions emerged after President Trump said the two sides, which have been locked in court battles for weeks, might reach a settlement soon.

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Among other conditions, the administration wanted Harvard to establish “merit based” hiring and admissions policies, and to see the influence of its faculty curbed.
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A Doctor Posted Video of Their Decapitated Baby. They Were Awarded $2.5 Million.

A Georgia couple hired a pathologist to do an autopsy after their first child died during childbirth. They accused him of posting images of the baby on Instagram without their consent.

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Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr. in 2024, the year after their first child died during a botched delivery. The couple accused a pathologist of posting video from the autopsy without their permission.
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U.K. Heat Wave Leaves Britons Looking for Ways to Stay Cool

As high temperatures have become more common in recent years, some people are adjusting, including by investing in air-conditioners.

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A spectator covered her face during the Queen’s Club Championships tennis tournament in London on Friday.
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Vance Blames L.A. Violence on California Democrats and Disparages Padilla

Vice President JD Vance said during a Los Angeles stop that Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass had encouraged protesters to engage in violence. He also criticized Senator Alex Padilla and called him by the wrong name.

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Vice President JD Vance at a press event outside a federal mobile command center in Los Angeles on Friday.
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As N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary Nears, Money Talks as Mamdani Walks

Zohran Mamdani, who is second to Andrew M. Cuomo in the polls, was rebuffed in his bid to raise his spending cap. It did not stop his seven-mile trek down Manhattan.

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The mayoral candidates Brad Lander, left, and Zohran Mamdani rode electric Citi Bikes from Park Slope to Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Friday.
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Dodgers Pledge Aid to L.A. Families Affected by Trump Crackdown

Pressed by Angelenos, including a large Latino fan base, the Dodgers promised support but stopped short of denouncing ICE raids that have outraged much of the metropolis.

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Demonstrators at Dodger Stadium on Thursday protested raids on immigrants in the Los Angeles area.
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An Iran Deal in Two Weeks? Hard to Achieve, Even if Trump Really Wants One.

Negotiating with Tehran is time-consuming and difficult under the best of circumstances. And it remains unclear whether President Trump’s 14-day clock is more than a way to buy time for military preparations.

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President Trump made clear to reporters on Friday that he is interested largely in the coercive part of coercive diplomacy.
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How Trump Treats Black History Differently Than Other Parts of America’s Past

Since taking office in January, President Trump has tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination by de-emphasizing that history or at times denying that it happened.

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Cora Masters Barry, a former first lady of the District of Columbia, and Melanie L. Campbell, chairwoman of the Power of the Ballot Action Fund, join hands in prayer outside the National Museum of African American History and Culture last month.
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People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug

Most in a small group of patients receiving a stem cell-based infusion no longer needed insulin, but the drug may not suit those with more manageable type 1 diabetes.

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A person’s conventional supplies for treating type 1 diabetes. A single infusion of a new treatment, called zimislecel, may have cured 10 out of 12 people with the most severe form of the disease.
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Where Trump and Newsom’s Fight Over the California National Guard Stands

A volley of court rulings has made the legal path unclear in a case challenging President Trump’s use of troops in Los Angeles. For now, the president has retained control of the state militia.

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It’s been nearly two weeks since President Trump made the rare decision to call up National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
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Anne Burrell Memorial Service Attended by Food Network Stars

The Food Network chef, who died Tuesday at 55, was remembered in a star-studded service that sent her off with a singalong.

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Guests made their way to a memorial service for the Food Network host Anne Burrell on Friday.
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Buzzy Publisher Started by TikTok’s Owner Abruptly Shuts Down

8th Note Press informed writers and agents that it is abruptly shutting down and returning publication rights to authors.

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Authors had hoped that 8th Note Press, owned by ByteDance, would take advantage of TikTok’s ability to transform books into best sellers.
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Lou Christie, ‘Lightnin’ Strikes’ Pop Crooner, Is Dead at 82

A late-1960s throwback to the days of clean-cut teen idols — he called himself “the missing link” — he rode his gymnastic vocal range to a string of hits.

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The singer Lou Christie in 1972. He hit his stride as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and other groups were starting to shatter the handsome-teen-crooner archetype he represented, but he held his own.
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Insurers Pledge to Ease Controversial Prior Approvals for Medical Care

Major companies had faced mounting pressure to stop denying or stalling authorization of coverage for treatments and prescriptions.

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Among the most important promises from insurers would speed decision-making so a patient could leave a doctor’s office knowing if a procedure or test would be paid for.
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Hundreds of Federal Workers at Voice of America Receive Layoff Notices

The terminations are the latest attack on the federally funded news networks, including Voice of America.

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Kari Lake, a senior adviser for the agency that oversees Voice of America, notified Congress earlier this month that her agency intended to eliminate most positions at the agency.
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Terry Louise Fisher, a Creator of ‘L.A. Law,’ Dies at 79

She channeled her experiences — and frustrations — as a Los Angeles prosecutor into an award-winning career as a television writer and producer.

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The writer and producer Terry Louise Fisher with Steven Bochco in 1987. The two created the long-running TV series “L.A. Law."
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Supreme Court Finds Retired Firefighter Cannot Sue for Disability Discrimination

In a tangled decision, the justices ruled against a disabled firefighter who sued her former employer for refusing her health benefits after she had retired.

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One section of the Americans With Disabilities Act specifies that it is illegal to discriminate in compensation because of a disability. The justices wrestled with whether the section included retirees.
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‘Justice Will Prevail,’ Mahmoud Khalil Says as He Goes Free on Bail

Mr. Khalil, a Columbia graduate, had been held in Louisiana for over three months as the Trump administration sought to deport him. A judge found reason to believe it was retaliation for his pro-Palestinian speech.

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Mahmoud Khalil walked out of the detention center in Jena, La., shortly before 7 p.m. local time.
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Putin Does Not Rule Out Capturing Key Ukrainian City

Moscow has hoped to mend relations with the United States while continuing to wage war in Ukraine, but Mr. Putin’s insistence on pushing his offensive has come at a diplomatic cost.

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Walking through debris at the site of a Russian strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on Friday.
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How Vera Rubin Telescope Scientists Will Deal With 60 Million Billion Bytes of Imagery

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will make the study of stars and galaxies more like the big data-sorting exercises of contemporary genetics and particle physics.

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William O’Mullane, the associate director of data production at the observatory. “We produce lots of data for everyone,” he said. “So this idea of coming to the telescope and making your observation doesn’t exist, right? Your observation was made already. You just have to find it.”
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A Potential Strike on Iran Tests Trump’s Propensity to Play to Both Sides

President Trump has excelled at letting supporters hear what they want to hear. But Iran has upended that strategy.

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The war in Iran is exactly the kind of Middle East entanglement that President Trump’s anti-interventionist base believed he was bitterly opposed to, because he said he was.
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Supreme Court Rules Fuel Producers Can Challenge California’s Limits on Car Emissions

The 7-to-2 decision stressed that it did not address the merits of the dispute, and concerned only whether the producers had standing to sue.

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Created under the 1970 Clean Air Act, the California waiver has for decades allowed the state, which has historically had the most polluted air in the nation, to enact tougher state-level clean air standards than those set by the federal government.
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Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn

Republicans plan to terminate billions of dollars in clean energy tax credits. Experts say that will mean more greenhouse gas emissions and more dangerous heat.

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Last year, the hottest on record, was the first calendar year where the global average temperature exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex-Assistant Says Mogul Told Staff to ‘Move Like SEAL Team 6’

Brendan Paul testified that his duties for Sean Combs involved getting drugs, setting up hotel rooms for sexual encounters and handling routine tasks.

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Brendan Paul, who is testifying under an immunity deal, is the only Sean Combs aide known to have been arrested in connection with the federal investigation into the music mogul’s conduct.
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Fed Governor Calls for Rate Cuts as Soon as July

Christopher J. Waller, who was appointed by President Trump, said the central bank should not wait for the labor market to weaken.

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Christopher J. Waller, a Federal Reserve governor, said he did not share the central bank’s assessment that tariffs and other headwinds could cause prices to rise and growth to slow.
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You Only Get Married a Few Times. Why Not Go All Out?

As the Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sánchez nuptials approach, a look at how second weddings went from low-key to lavish.

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Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It

To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague, which has attracted the ire of President Trump.
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In Harlem, a Juneteenth Celebration Revels in the Rhythms of Jazz

Music and dancing filled the streets Thursday night as residents turned out for the fourth annual Big Band Jubilee.

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After a brief downpour delayed the festivities, a large crowd packed the streets to celebrate Juneteenth and the Harlem Renaissance.
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Forced to Wait for Trump, Israel Faces Strategic Dilemma in Iran

The Israeli military needs American help to destroy a key nuclear site in Iran. Waiting for that help comes with risks for Israel.

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Israel’s air defense system intercepting missiles from Iran over Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The longer Israel waits for President Trump’s decision on an American attack on Iran, the greater the strain on Israel’s defenses.
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