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The Kurosawa You May Never Have Heard Of

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Par :Carlos Aguilar
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The great Japanese genre director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, whose latest film is “Cloud,” has mastered the cinema of psychological fright. Here’s why you should watch his work.
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James Gunn Didn’t Want to Make ‘Superman.’ What Changed His Mind?

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Par :Kyle Buchanan
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His hit reboot is meant to kick off years of new projects from the rebranded DC Studios. But for a long time, Gunn couldn’t figure out the character.

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Taking on directing duties while helping oversee a studio has been a challenge for the filmmaker.: “I always want to do more. That’s been difficult, finding at least some boundaries.”
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What Life Is Like for Four Young Adults Supporting Their Aging Parents

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Par :Charlotte Cowles
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Most young adults don’t expect to support their aging parents. Here’s what happened when four people had to.

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Rebecca Danigelis had to move in with her son, Sian-Pierre Regis, left, and his partner, Sam Moll, five years ago when she was laid off. The three lived together until recently.
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Wall Street Wants to Make Private Markets a Little More Public

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Par :Ian Frisch
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As value grows in private markets, fund managers, brokerage houses, and savvy start-ups are building products that aim to expand access to them.

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Robinhood is trying to make it easier for more people to invest in private companies.
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When Getting Fired Is Only the Beginning for Federal Workers

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Par :Eileen Sullivan
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One thing is clear from a reporter’s conversations with laid-off federal workers this year: The cuts have been anything but straightforward and efficient.

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Martin Basch was initially laid off from his federal job in February, but the move wasn’t official until May.
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Who Gets to Wear a Mask?

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Par :Ginia Bellafante
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The tension over masked federal immigration agents expanded on Long Island, where police officers are now permitted to mask up — but no one else is.

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Masked federal agents have become a routine sight at immigration courts in Manhattan.
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Syria Declares Cease-Fire After a Week of Upheaval

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Par :Euan Ward
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Sectarian-tinged clashes left hundreds dead and attracted Israeli military intervention. A U.S. envoy said Israel and Syria had agreed to a truce.

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An aerial view of Sweida, Syria, on Saturday.
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Gaza Health Ministry Says Israeli Military Killed 32 Near Aid Site

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Par :Patrick Kingsley · Bilal Shbair and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad
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The latest deaths add to U.N. figures showing that more than 670 Palestinians have been killed since May near sites built under a new Israel-backed aid system.

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Mourners at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Saturday with the bodies of two people killed near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site.
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Open Season

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Par :Melissa Kirsch
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The popular notions of summer fun and the things we actually feel like doing can sometimes be at odds with each other.
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Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death

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Par :Reid J. Epstein and Shane Goldmacher
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An audit being conducted by the D.N.C. is not looking at Joe Biden’s decision to run or key decisions by Kamala Harris’s team, according to six people briefed on the report.

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A Democratic audit of the 2024 election is said to be focusing less on the Biden and Harris campaign and more on how outside groups supported the effort.
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Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?

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Par :Orlando Mayorquín and Pooja Salhotra
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The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them.

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Members of the military presented an American flag on Friday to firefighters and relatives of Michael Phillips, the chief of the volunteer fire department in Marble Falls, who is among those missing from the floods.
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How a Sequoia Capital Partner’s Mamdani Posts Dragged the Firm Into Politics

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Par :Mike Isaac and Ryan Mac
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Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups, has long stayed above the fray. But one partner’s post about Zohran Mamdani set off a chain reaction.

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Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital, in Washington in April. This month, he posted inflammatory statements online about the New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
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