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World
U.K. Home Secretary Is Fired Days After Article Attacking Police
Suella Braverman, a divisive figure seen as a champion of the hard right, had accused London’s police force of bias in an incendiary opinion article not signed off by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
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US
Major Freeway Near Downtown Los Angeles Is Closed Indefinitely After Fire
All lanes on a part of Interstate 10 remained closed a day after two nearby storage yards were engulfed in flames. Officials are investigating the cause of the fire.
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World
Tens of Thousands March in France Against Antisemitism
The demonstrations in Paris and other cities came amid a rise in tensions in France over the Gaza war and a surge in antisemitic incidents.
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Newyork
I’ve Seen It: Maduro Could Lose Venezuela’s Presidential Election
Nicolás Maduro has been in power for 10 years in Venezuela. In that decade, he has overseen a period of economic collapse, corruption, a sharp increase in poverty, environmental devastation and state repression of dissidents and the press. This has ...
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World
Kremlin’s Onetime Pick to Be Ukraine’s Puppet Leader Is Shot in Crimea
Oleg Tsaryov, a pro-Russian businessman and former lawmaker, was said to have been wounded in the attack. Moscow had planned to set him up as head of government in Kyiv if its invasion had succeeded.
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US
Cornel West’s Improvisational Run for President: ‘It’s Jazz All the Way Down’
Is the celebrity professor’s candidacy a wild variable in the 2024 presidential campaign or performance art? Yes, he says.
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Newyork
In a Democratic District, Can a Party Defector Get Elected?
A contest between two New York City councilmen, Justin Brannan and Ari Kagan, will measure how strong the rightward shift is in southern Brooklyn.
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Newyork
What Awaits Mike Johnson
After spending three weeks plumbing the depths of a chaotic power vacuum, House Republicans seem to have finally found their man. And while the selection of Representative Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, as speaker offers immediate relief from ...
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Newyork
New York City Has a Bold Plan to Fix Its Housing Crisis. Will It Work?
A new plan unveiled this month aims to make way for new housing and ease the pressures that drive up rents and home prices. Whether it will work is less clear.
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US
‘5 Families’ and Factions Within Factions: Why the House G.O.P. Can’t Unite
The Republican free-for-all for speaker reflects a web of overlapping blocs that have made the party nearly ungovernable.