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Lawrence Krauss, Martin Nowak: The Professors Who Stayed Close With Epstein

Even as the disgraced financier’s crimes were revealed, newly released emails show how academics at top universities stuck by Jeffrey Epstein, often seeking his help and offering it in return.

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Lawrence Krauss asked Jeffrey Epstein for advice when he was facing sexual harassment allegations in late 2017. Mr. Krauss was a professor at Arizona State University at the time.
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Saturn’s Rings Seem as if They’re About to Disappear: Here’s Why

During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.

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Saturn’s rings, observed by the Cassini spacecraft. They will be all but invisible when viewed from Earth on Sunday.
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The Moon Was an Inside Job

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun.

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Artist’s impression of the collision between the early Earth and Theia, with the sun in the far distance, roughly 100 million years after the formation of the solar system.
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The Fate of Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly Is Now in a Judge’s Hands

A judge queried lawyers about whether a breakup made sense during closing arguments on how to fix the tech giant’s dominance in online advertising.

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Judge Brinkema’s decision could restructure Google’s business as the company races to develop better artificial intelligence than its rivals and successfully weave the technology into its suite of products.
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To Many Ukrainians, U.S. Peace Plan Looks Like ‘Capitulation’

While the White House has cautioned that the proposal is still in “flux,” its contours reflect maximalist demands made by Russia throughout the war that Ukraine has consistently rejected.

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A Ukrainian artillery unit firing at Russian targets in the Zaporizhzhia region, last month.
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Cassidy Got Pledges From RFK Jr. on Vaccines. They Haven’t Stuck.

Before casting a crucial vote for the health secretary, the top Senate Republican laid out several specific commitments he had secured, some of which appear to have been breached.

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Senator Bill Cassidy during a committee hearing on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be health secretary in February.
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Satellite Data Reveals How the U.S. Navy Is Deployed Near Venezuela

The Times identified nearly 100 locations traversed by naval vessels across a two-and-a-half-month period to determine what the military pressure campaign against Venezuela looks like at sea.

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The guided-missile destroyer Gravely leaving a port in Trinidad and Tobago in late October. It is among several U.S. Navy vessels sailing near the coast of Venezuela.
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RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website

In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.

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It is highly unusual for a health secretary to personally order a change to scientific guidance, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the language adjustment on the C.D.C. website.
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Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Had ‘Disturbing’ Call After Khashoggi’s Murder, Lawmaker Says

Representative Eugene Vindman of Virginia said he reviewed a classified transcript of the 2019 conversation that would “shock” Americans.

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Representative Eugene Vindman, center, with Hanan Elatr Khashoggi, the widow of the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and Representative Jamie Raskin at the Capitol on Friday.
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A Colossal, Hidden Pile of Trash Ignites Outcry in Britain

The discovery of a mountain of garbage near a highway is the latest example of what experts say is a growing problem of criminal organizations profiting from illegal dumping.

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A large pile of illegally dumped waste accumulated next to the River Cherwell near Kidlington, England, on Sunday.
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Top Fed Official Boosts Odds of a December Rate Cut

John C. Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said the central bank had scope to lower borrowing costs “in the near term.”

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John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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