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Amazon Pares Back Free Shipping Perk on Prime

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Par :Karen Weise
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The e-commerce giant is ending a program that let Prime members share free shipping with a family member who lives somewhere else. Here’s what to know.

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Amazon is ending its Prime Invitee program, which allowed Prime Members to share their free, fast shipping perk with someone outside their household.
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Sure, Rats Are Everywhere. But Inside a Baby Stroller in Central Park?

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Par :Christopher Maag
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City data actually suggest that rat sightings are declining. But horror stories are everywhere, and one rat in a stroller is enough to set off a panic.

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A rat at the Diana Ross Playground in Central Park. Rats have proliferated in several Upper West Side playgrounds.
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Google Search Monopoly Ruling Sends Signal for Big-Tech Antitrust Cases

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Par :Steve Lohr
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A federal judge ordered steps in the search monopoly case that will restrain Google but not break it up, signaling a cautious antitrust approach by courts.

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The Google search case is one of five pending antitrust suits by the Justice Department or the F.T.C. against big tech companies: Amazon, Apple, Meta and Google, twice.
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F.D.A. Official Overruled Scientists on Wide Access to Covid Shots

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Par :Christina Jewett
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The agency’s staff scientists pointed out how Covid was still unpredictable and posed a threat to toddlers, but the official decided to restrict shots only to children with risk factors.

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Dr. Vinay Prasad disagreed with staff at the F.D.A., wanting to narrow Covid vaccination approvals to people younger than 65 who have health conditions that put them at risk for severe disease.
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N.Y. Attorney General Sues Far-Right Group VDARE for Misusing Funds

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Par :David A. Fahrenthold and Alan Feuer
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The suit says the nonprofit’s leaders — who helped bring anti-immigrant ideas into the G.O.P. mainstream — used donor money to buy a castle-like home.

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Peter and Lydia Brimelow, leaders of the anti-immigration nonprofit VDARE, are being sued by Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, for allegedly misusing funds to purchase a medieval-style castle in West Virginia.
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Snubbing RFK Jr., States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines

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Par :Emily Baumgaertner Nunn
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California, Oregon and Washington said they would work together to review scientific data, saying the C.D.C. could no longer be trusted. But Florida said it would abolish all vaccine mandates.

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Federal policies on vaccines have been changing rapidly since Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, became secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Putin Takes His ‘Limo Diplomacy’ to China

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Par :Valerie Hopkins
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Rides in his hulking bulletproof Aurus with the Indian and North Korean leaders offered the Russian leader an ideal setting for deepening ties.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia exiting his Aurus limousine in Beijing on Tuesday.
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Venezuela, Drug Boats and Trump’s Latest Claim: What to Know

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Par :Genevieve Glatsky
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The Trump administration says Venezuela is sending vast amounts of cocaine to the United States. Venezuela’s role in the drug trade is overstated, experts say.

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The U.S. Navy warship USS Sampson in Panama City on Tuesday.
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Trump Team Urges G.O.P. to Rebrand Signature Policy Law

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Par :Annie Karni
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Top campaign officials told House Republicans they should rebrand the measure the president dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” in a nod to its unpopularity with voters.

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The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, is one of several veterans of President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign urging a rebrand of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
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White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind

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Par :Maxine Joselow · Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer
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The effort involves several agencies that typically have little to do with wind power, including the Health and Human Services Department.

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A damaged turbine at Vineyard Wind, the country’s second large-scale offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, prompted the closure of several beaches to swimmers when it broke last year.
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The Met Opera Turns to Saudi Arabia to Help Solve Its Financial Woes

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Par :Javier C. Hernández
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The Met, which has withdrawn $120 million from its endowment since the pandemic, reached a lucrative deal to perform in Saudi Arabia for three weeks each winter.

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The deal with the Met comes as Saudi Arabia expands its cultural footprint, including in opera. The King Fahad Cultural Center in Riyadh hosted the premiere of an Arabic-language opera last year.
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Federal Courts Slow to Fix Vulnerable System After Repeated Hacking

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Par :Mattathias Schwartz
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After a 2020 breach thought to be Russia’s work, the courts told Congress that they would harden a system storing sealed documents. Five years later, the system was hacked again.

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The unique culture of the judiciary, which can tilt toward tradition over innovation, has led it to move more slowly than a private company or other branches of government might.
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John E. Sununu Is Exploring a Senate Run in New Hampshire

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Par :Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher
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The former senator has been out of office for more than 15 years, but his last name is synonymous with Republican politics in a state where party leaders see a chance to flip a seat.

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Former Senator John E. Sununu in 2007. Mr. Sununu has been out of office for more than 15 years, but his family has long been a formidable political dynasty in New Hampshire.
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Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines

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Par :Emily Baumgaertner Nunn
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Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Federal policies on vaccines have been changing rapidly since Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, became secretary of Health and Human Services.
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