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‘Someone’s Going to End Up Dead’: Settlements Over Fatal Astroworld Concert
A trial had been set to hear evidence that organizers of a 2021 Travis Scott concert knew the crowd was too large and ignored pleas to stop it as 10 people were crushed.
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Apple’s New iPad Ad Leaves Its Creative Audience Feeling … Flat
An ad meant to show how the updated device can do many things has become a metaphor for a community’s fears of the technology industry.
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Johnson Survives Greene’s Ouster Attempt as Democrats Join G.O.P. to Kill It
Republicans and Democrats banded together to block a motion by the right-wing Georgia congresswoman to remove the speaker.
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Houston Police Chief Departs Amid Inquiry Into Suspended Cases
The abrupt retirement of Chief Troy Finner followed months of scrutiny into 260,000 crime reports, including for sexual assault, that were suspended for a “lack of resources.”
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Judge’s Decisions in Documents Case Play Into Trump’s Delay Strategy
Judge Aileen Cannon has given sober consideration to arguments that some experts say should have been promptly dispensed with, leaving a backlog of pretrial issues without a trial date in sight.
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Google Unveils A.I. for Predicting Behavior of Human Molecules
The system, AlphaFold3, could accelerate efforts to understand the human body and fight disease.
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Georgia Court Will Hear Appeal of Ruling That Kept Prosecutor on Trump Case
The decision to hear the appeal reopens the possibility that Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, could be disqualified from prosecuting Donald Trump and 14 allies over efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Berkeley Schools Superintendent to Testify Today on Capitol Hill
Three leaders of major public school systems will appear before members of a House committee looking into claims of antisemitism in schools.
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Chicago Would Like Everyone to Stop Talking About 1968
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago understands the comparison to 1968. Once again, the city is gearing up to host a late-summer Democratic National Convention amid a backdrop of fury and antiwar campus protests from the party’s younger, leftist flank ...
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Watery, Peaceful, Wild: The Call of the Mangroves
It was a sunny afternoon in February at the height of the high season on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, but my partner, Aaren, and I were far from lounging on a white-sand beach, snorkeling over a coral reef or strolling among the Easter-egg ...
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