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July Retail Sales Notch Biggest Drop in Over a Year

The data for July showed the biggest drop in more than a year, as American households face the economic strains brought on by persistent inflation...

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A Timeline of the Luigi Mangione Cases

The shooting of a health care executive in December 2024 led to a sprawling manhunt, and two complex and interwoven cases....

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Heat Is Hammering Europe, Again. Here’s What That Looks Like.

Extreme temperatures and repeated wildfires are pushing infrastructure to the limit and testing the continent’s resolve....

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Russell Fry Backs Darline Graham in South Carolina Senate Runoff Amid Trump Pressure

The president has been focused on the race since the death of Lindsey Graham in July. Ms. Graham, the late senator’s sister, is competing against Representative Ralph Norman in a runoff on Aug. 25....

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Stolen Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Works Are Recovered, Police Say

The Italian military police said that art collectively valued at more than $10 million had been found five months after being taken in a nighttime heist near Parma....

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Mamdani’s ‘Bro’ Culture in City Hall: Sports, Memes, Nicknames for All

As much as Zohran Mamdani’s team runs on leftist idealism and social media hits, its style of governing also relies on humor, sports references and pop culture....

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An Unlikely Emergency Appeal to the Supreme Court From a Dog Named Bruce

A last-ditch filing this week came on behalf of a dog that a judge found to be “vicious” and shows how the court’s emergency docket has been growing....

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More Wildfires and Extreme Heat Roil Europe, but Relief Is on the Horizon

Another day of near record heat baked the continent on Friday, but temperatures could retreat to seasonal averages in the coming days....

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Kevin Rideout, American Missionary Kidnapped in Niger, Is Released

Kevin Rideout, a pilot, had been abducted from his home in the country’s capital, Niamey, last fall. His mission organization said he was in “good health” after his release....

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Russia Campaigned to Derail Moldova’s Pro-Western Government

In Moldova, Moscow paid Orthodox priests, conducted a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps on election interference — all in an effort to derail the Western-leaning government....

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As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope

The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said....

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Ocasio-Cortez Can Run. Can She Win?

She will run as a woman but unlike how every woman before her was forced to run....

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Farage Wins Special U.K. Election That He Initiated, as Expected

Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K., won the parliamentary by-election in Clacton. Count Binface, his costumed main rival, came second....

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Afghan Women Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule

Decrees restricting the rights of women and girls to study, work, travel and act independently now threaten to damage Afghanistan permanently, experts say....

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American Missionary Kidnapped in Niger Said to Be Released From Captivity

The release of Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot who was seized in Niger’s capital last fall, has been a priority for the White House....

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California Ignored Sexual Abuse of Women in Prison, Justice Dept. Says

A Justice Department report released on Thursday found that inmates at two state-run women’s prisons routinely had their rights violated. State officials say they have already put reforms in place....

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41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants In the United States

Our favorite choices for seafood from Sonora, carnitas from Michoacán, chalupas from Puebla and so much more....

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Deaths of 3 ICE Detainees Prompt Questions About Medical Care

Immigrants at Delaney Hall in Newark have complained about health services. Federal officials defended the treatment provided there and elsewhere....

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What to Know About Luigi Mangione’s Court Cases and Potential Plea Deal

Mr. Mangione faces federal charges of stalking that resulted in the death of a health insurance executive. A guilty plea could close the federal case — and complicate a separate state murder trial....

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Trump’s Immigration Spies

And California asks, “Are Jews an ethnic group?” Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday....

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California May Let Residents Choose ‘Jewish’ as an Ethnic Identifier

A bill would allow Jews to identify themselves as an ethnic group on state forms. Supporters argue it’s a step toward acknowledging the complex nature of Jewish identity....

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Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Antisemitism Case Against Harvard

The government argued the university had not done enough to combat antisemitism during campus protests. A judge called the incidents “isolated and episodic.”...

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