Gambinos and Other NYC Mob Families Are Still in Business

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24 octobre 2025 à 01:03

Four of the city’s five Mafia families were part of a high-tech scheme that netted $7 million, prosecutors said, by fleecing high rollers at illegal poker games.

New York City’s organized crime families have become less visible, but they remain alive and well, investigators say.

Trump Calls Off Federal Operation in San Francisco

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Par :Heather Knight · Soumya Karlamangla and Shawn Hubler

24 octobre 2025 à 00:55

President Trump said he had halted a planned federal deployment of immigration agents to the city. It was not clear what that meant for the rest of the Bay Area.

People rallied on the steps of the San Francisco City Hall after President Trump called off a planned federal deployment in the city.

NBA Gambling Scandal: What We Know

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Par :David Waldstein

24 octobre 2025 à 00:43

Two indictments detailed schemes involving sports betting and rigged poker games, prosecutors said. The link was current and former N.B.A. players and coaches.

Chauncey Billups, the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, was among the former and current N.B.A. basketball players who were arrested on Thursday in connection with two illegal gambling investigations.

Here Are the Defendants Named in the N.B.A. Gambling Indictments

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Par :The New York Times

24 octobre 2025 à 00:27

More than 30 people were charged in what prosecutors said was a gambling scheme involving N.B.A. players and coaches.

Federal and local law enforcement officials announced on Thursday dozens of arrests into what they described as illegal gambling schemes.

Ruth A. Lawrence, Doctor Who Championed Breastfeeding, Is Dead at 101

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Par :Michael S. Rosenwald

24 octobre 2025 à 00:24

As a pediatrician, she helped elevate breastfeeding from a medical afterthought to a specialty of its own. As a mother of nine, she practiced what she preached.

N.B.A. Figures Charged in Gambling Schemes

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Par :Matthew Cullen

23 octobre 2025 à 23:59

Also, Trump halted his plan to send federal agents to San Francisco. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

Damon Jones, Chauncey Billups, and Terry Rozier

The U.S. and Europe Are Trying New Ways to Pressure Russia

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Par :Neil MacFarquhar

23 octobre 2025 à 23:44

For the first time in his second term, President Trump is imposing new sanctions, but they may not shift the course of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The headquarters of the Russian oil giant Lukoil in Moscow on Thursday.

Trump’s Sanctions on Russian Oil Sector Ratchet Up Economic War

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Par :Alan Rappeport

23 octobre 2025 à 22:25

After months of restraint, President Trump’s move to blacklist Lukoil and Rosneft will hit Russia where it hurts.

The moves to impose new sanctions demonstrate the extent of President Trump’s frustration with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds

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Par :David Brooks

24 octobre 2025 à 00:10

Yes, Trump is assaulting democracy, but what worries me more is what has happened to the rest of us — the loss of the convictions and norms that undergird democracy.

A protester near an ICE building in Portland, Ore.

Trump Opens ANWR to Oil Drilling

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Par :Maxine Joselow

23 octobre 2025 à 22:37

The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.

The 1002 Area of the Arctic wildlife refuge on Alaska’s north slope in 2018.

Archbishop of U.S. Anglican Church Is Accused of Sexual Harassment

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Par :Ruth Graham

23 octobre 2025 à 23:51

Another leader in the breakaway denomination has been accused of responding slowly to accusations of abuse and grooming against a lay leader.

The accusations against Archbishop Stephen Wood came amid continuing turmoil in the small denomination, including the ecclesiastical trial of a bishop and other accusations of mishandling abuse.

Trump’s Ballroom Project Claims 123-Year-Old East Wing

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Par :Elisabeth Bumiller

23 octobre 2025 à 23:34

Mourners are outraged over President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom. Others say it was time for change.

An undated photograph of the entrance to the East Wing of the White House.

Kim Kardashian Announces Brain Aneurysm Diagnosis. Here’s What to Know.

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Par :Alexandra E. Petri and Dani Blum

23 octobre 2025 à 23:35

About one in every 50 people has an unruptured brain aneurysm. It was not clear whether Ms. Kardashian had experienced symptoms.

Kim Kardashian during a meeting at the White House last year. Ms. Kardashian has previously promoted full-body M.R.I. scans, despite doctors warning that these scans may not be useful for every patient.

Construction Worker Dies in Fall at NYC Site for Hudson Tunnel Project

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Par :Camille Baker

23 octobre 2025 à 20:49

The man, who was working at a site at Hudson Yards in Manhattan, fell 60 feet into a pit below, according to the New York Fire Department.

Trump Says Israeli Annexation of West Bank Land ‘Won’t Happen’

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Par :Isabel Kershner

23 octobre 2025 à 21:34

Vice President JD Vance also called symbolic votes in Israel’s Parliament to take territory a “very stupid political stunt.”

An Israeli settler outpost in the northern West Bank, last year.

U.S. to Investigate China’s Compliance With 2020 Trade Deal

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Par :Ana Swanson

24 octobre 2025 à 00:34

The trade case is coming at a pivotal moment, before a meeting next week between President Trump and China’s leader.

An investigation by the Trump administration could be a U.S. effort to gain leverage before a meeting between President Trump and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping.

A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes

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Par :Simon Romero · Prior Beharry and Federico Rios

23 octobre 2025 à 20:42

The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.

Cumana in Trinidad and Tobago, where two bodies washed ashore.

Trump Pardons Changpeng Zhao, Founder of the Crypto Exchange Binance

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Par :David Yaffe-Bellany and Kenneth P. Vogel

23 octobre 2025 à 20:06

Changpeng Zhao, the richest man in crypto, had admitted to money-laundering violations that allowed terrorists and other criminals to move money on Binance.

Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and former chief executive of Binance at the Token 2049 event in Dubai in April.

‘Brother Wang,’ Accused of Being Drug Cartel Fixer, Is Arrested in Cuba

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Par :Paulina Villegas

23 octobre 2025 à 20:06

Zhi Dong Zhang, who escaped house arrest in Mexico this summer, is accused of supplying cartels with fentanyl from China, smuggling and money laundering millions under the alias “Brother Wang.”

Havana in 2023. Zhi Dong Zhang was detained in Cuba after having escaped Mexico, where he was accused of helping lead a vast criminal network.

Staghorn and Elkhorn Coral Are Functionally Extinct Off Florida, Researchers Say

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Par :Catrin Einhorn

23 octobre 2025 à 20:00

Elkhorn and staghorn coral are now functionally extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any significant role in their ecosystem.

Bleached and dying elkhorn coral at Looe Key Reef, off Big Pine Key in Florida, during an ocean heat wave in 2023.

Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On

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Par :Catie Edmondson

23 octobre 2025 à 19:25

A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers.

An aide places a sign on a lectern at the Capitol on Thursday, before a news conference with House Republican leadership. The House is in recess.

Trump Supporters Are Uneasy About Military Actions Against Venezuela

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Par :Edward Wong

23 octobre 2025 à 19:17

Some conservative policy advisers and commentators, including Laura Loomer and Stephen K. Bannon, are raising questions about the administration’s policy in the region.

“There’s supposed to be incentives for ending wars and conflicts around the world,” the far-right activist Laura Loomer said.

The Next Economic Bubble Is Here

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Par :Ross Douthat · Victoria Chamberlin and Sophia Alvarez Boyd

23 octobre 2025 à 22:05

OpenAI is worth more than Goldman Sachs. Here’s what that means for the economy.

Stavros Halkias Wants a Career. Will His Fans Let Him Have One?

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Par :Dan Brooks

23 octobre 2025 à 11:02

The comedian is pivoting from online notoriety to mainstream roles. It’s harder than it looks.

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