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Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks

A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.

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Between one to five billion pounds of formaldehyde is produced in the United States each year for a wide range of industries and products, including composite wood and other building materials, plastics, pesticides and even some hair straightening treatments.
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Louvre Heist Was Caught on Film, Officials Say, Rebutting Earlier Account

Investigators said that a security camera recorded thieves preparing to burgle the Louvre, but that guards didn’t watch the feed in time. The museum’s director had previously said the camera was facing the wrong way.

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French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre, in October.
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What Could Thwart the Texas G.O.P. From Picking Up 5 House Seats in Midterm Elections

Republicans redid their voting maps so they could flip those seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that goal is far from guaranteed.

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Downtown Seguin in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, part of the new voting map that state lawmakers adopted. The district is expected to be closely contested in next year’s midterms.
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Denied Federal Disaster Aid, a Town in Trump Country Feels Forgotten

FEMA rejected requests for federal assistance, twice, after devastating floods in western Maryland, part of a larger pattern of making communities pay for their own disaster recovery.

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Spring flooding in Allegany County, Md., caused an estimated $33.7 million in damage.
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As the Price of Beef Soars, Restaurants Are in ‘Code Red’ Mode

Midpriced steakhouses and fine-dining establishments are trying to figure out how to cover their rising costs without scaring away customers.

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Restaurants that specialize in steak, like Halls Chophouse in Charleston, S.C., are feeling the same sticker shock from beef prices as consumers in grocery stores.
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Yemeni Separatists Set Sights on Houthi-Controlled Capital

The Southern Transitional Council has seized control of parts of Yemen over the past week, with ambitions to create a “south Arabian state.”

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Soldiers loyal to the Southern Transitional Council, a separatist group, in Aden, Yemen, on Tuesday.
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She Was Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, Then Wrote a Rom-Com About It

Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal into a 133-page novella.

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At an event in London in June, Sophie Kinsella said, “I’m so overwhelmed, yet again, by my lovely readers and by the lovely response that I get to what I do. It surprises me every time.”
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Trump’s Interest in Warner Bros. Deal Weighs On Justice Department

President Trump’s unusual decision to involve himself in the government’s review of the deal puts his antitrust chief in an awkward position.

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Gail Slater is in charge of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, which is expected to handle the government’s review of a Warner Bros. deal.
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A History of U.S. Military Action in Latin America

The United States’ history in the region includes several about-faces, contradictions and missteps.

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U.S. troops in Veracruz, Mexico, in April 1914, as part of a blockade of the city’s port.
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Judge Grants Request to Unseal Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Records

The ruling could lead to the most expansive look yet at the federal investigation of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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The ruling followed a similar decision in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, who conspired with Jeffrey Epstein in his sex-trafficking scheme and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
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Tony Dokoupil Is Named Anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’

He replaces John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois in one of the most high-profile decisions of Bari Weiss’s early tenure as the network’s editor in chief.

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Tony Dokoupil is a veteran TV journalist who joined CBS as a correspondent in 2016.
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Sophie Kinsella, ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Author, Dies at 55

Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping.

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The British author Madeleine Wickham in 2024. Under the pen name Sophie Kinsella, she wrote nine “Shopaholic” novels, which sold tens of millions of copies and were translated into dozens of languages.
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Why Markets Are Getting Anxious About the Fed

The central bank is widely expected to lower its benchmark lending rate on Wednesday. But investors are worried about what comes afterward.

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The shadow of President Trump could loom over Jay Powell, the Fed chair, at today’s meeting.
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