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Several Killed in Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility

The fire broke out on Sunday in the city of Fall River, a state official said. The exact number of victims was unclear.

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Firefighters outside Gabriel House, an assisted living facility in Fall River, Mass., on Sunday evening.
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Trump Is Expected to Announce New Weapons Pipeline for Ukraine

Under the plan, other NATO countries would buy U.S.-made arms, then give them to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia. NATO’s secretary general was set to meet Mr. Trump on Monday.

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Firefighters on the scene of a Russian attack on a neighborhood next to a military recruitment center in Odesa, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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China Is Buying Appliances and iPhones. What Happens When the Subsidies Stop?

Shoppers are taking advantage of a $42 billion government trade-in program aimed at boosting spending. But in recent weeks, some cities have started to cut back on the subsidies.

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A shopping area in Beijing. Confronting a trade war with the United States, China’s government has poured $42 billion this year into a consumer trade-in program.
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King Charles III Will Host Trump for U.K. State Visit in September

Buckingham Palace confirmed the dates of President Trump’s trip to Britain, which will be his second state visit.

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In February, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain gave President Trump an invitation from King Charles for a state visit.
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Samuel Abt, Tour de France Writer for 30 Years, Dies at 91

He wrote about the elite cycling race for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune. He said he was smitten by the Tour from the first day.

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Samuel Abt in 2001. An editor for several newspapers before joining The New York Times, he went to Paris to work for The International Herald Tribune. There that he discovered the beauty of bicycle racing,
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Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions Recorded With Autopen

Donald J. Trump and his allies have begun investigations to support their claims that Joseph R. Biden Jr. was incapacitated and his staff conspired to take presidential actions in his name.

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Toward the end of his term as president, Joseph R. Biden Jr. reduced the sentences of nearly 4,000 federal convicts and pre-emptively pardoned dozens of politically prominent people he saw as potential targets of vindictive criminal investigations by his successor.
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Excerpts From The Times’s Interview With Biden on Clemency Decisions

The former president said he “made every single one of those” decisions and that Republicans were questioning them because “they’ve done so badly” and wanted to shift the focus.

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Toward the end of his presidency, Joseph R. Biden Jr. granted large batch commutations to reduce the sentences of three categories of federal convictions.
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Texas Floods Bring Grief and Prayer to Local Churches

At services in the stricken Hill Country and elsewhere, ministers spoke Sunday morning about sorrow and solace, community and hope, as more rain beat down.

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Worshipers at Kerrville Church of Christ heard a sermon on Sunday about how deeply the community had been affected by the July 4 flooding.
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Ex-Secret Service Director Denies She Failed to Send Agents to Protect Trump

Kimberly A. Cheatle, who resigned after Donald J. Trump was grazed by a bullet as a candidate a year ago, pushed back against findings in a Senate report released on Sunday.

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Kimberly A. Cheatle, the former Secret Service director, disputed a report’s claim that she lied during congressional testimony last year.
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Macron Increases Military Spending, Saying Freedom Is Threatened

“You have to be feared in this world,” President Emmanuel Macron said, preparing France for an era in which it may no longer be able to count on the U.S.

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President Emmanuel Macron of France delivering a speech to army leaders in Paris on Sunday.
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South African President Opens Corruption Inquiry of Police Leader

The police minister was suspended amid allegations that he had protected figures with ties to a criminal syndicate, adding pressure on the country’s embattled government.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, who has been facing turmoil from within his coalition government, announced on Sunday that he was forming a commission to investigate allegations against Senzo Mchunu, the country’s police minister.
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How Trump’s Latest Tariff Threat Risks Deeper Damage to Europe’s Economy

Economists had already downgraded growth for the European Union, and the new duties would hit industries there especially hard. Companies are looking for ways to blunt the impact.

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Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said on Sunday that European Union officials had decided to hold off on imposing any countermeasures to the latest U.S. tariff threats.
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