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Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Shooting of Jets Player Kris Boyd

Weeks after the shooting, Frederick Green, 20, was taken into custody near Buffalo and brought back to Manhattan, the police said.

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Kris Boyd was shot outside a Manhattan nightclub just after 2 a.m. on Nov. 16, after a group of men approached him and three friends and a fight ensued.
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Brigitte Macron’s Slur Against Feminist Protesters Prompts an Outcry in France

Brigitte Macron used a slur to criticize protesters who had interrupted a show by a French comedian accused of rape in 2021, in a case that was dismissed.

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Brigitte Macron, wife of President Emmanuel Macron of France, jokingly vowed to protect the comedian from the protesters, and used a slur, a video showed.
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Why the A.I. Boom Is Unlike the Dot-Com Boom

Silicon Valley is again betting everything on a new technology. But the mania is not a reboot of the late-1990s frenzy.

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Ben Horowitz, a major A.I. venture capitalist, in 2019. “The clearest sign that we are not actually in a bubble is the fact that everyone is talking about a bubble,” he said.
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In L.A., $750 a Month to Live in a Backyard Storage Unit

A landlord crowded tenants into his house and yard without running water or power. One, determined to find an alternative, was up against the city’s housing crisis.

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“I’m just kind of done living like this,” Junior Estrada said.
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Trump Administration Fights Roadblock to Pursuing Comey Case

The battle preceded the department’s looming decision over whether — and how — to bring new charges against James B. Comey.

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A ruling by a federal judge over the weekend has temporarily blocked prosecutors from gaining access to a crucial trove of evidence they used to bring charges against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, in late September.
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Judge Says Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Records Can Be Unsealed, Citing New Epstein Law

The ruling cited a law signed last month by President Trump requiring the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Jeffrey Epstein was indicted on sex-trafficking charges in July 2019 and found dead in his jail cell the following month; his death was ruled a suicide.
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How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work

The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.

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James Tomlinson, 9, playing a game on a phone in Melbourne, Australia.
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Nvidia’s China Lobbying Wins Big. But the True Payoff is Less Certain.

President Trump’s move fulfills a major goal of the chipmaker. But the move faces opposition in Washington — and uncertainty in Beijing.

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Lobbying efforts by Jensen Huang, C.E.O. of Nvidia, appear to have paid off in a big way.
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Trump Eases Limits on Nvidia Exports to China at ‘Critical Moment’

President Trump said Nvidia can export some chips. But years of U.S. restrictions have propelled China to make everything it needs for advanced A.I.

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Nvidia has argued that blocking access to its chips has only spurred Chinese companies to improve faster.
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Supreme Court Struggles With How to Insulate the Federal Reserve From Politics

The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.

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President Trump has mused about trying to fire Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, but he has not followed through. Indeed, no president has sought to remove a member of the Fed board without cause.
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