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  1. Pentagon Identifies Soldier Killed in Iran War as Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:25:29 -0000

    Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, the 17th service member to be named, was killed during the disposal of a drone in northern Iraq.
  2. Zelensky Dismisses Ukraine’s Top General After Protests

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:39:09 -0000

    The move followed the firing of a popular defense minister, who had clashed with the general over how to fight the war.
  3. Trump Officials Withhold $1 Billion in Medicaid Funds From California and Minnesota Over Suspected Fraud

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:31:12 -0000

    The administration accused California and Minnesota of fraudulent activity in their public health insurance programs.
  4. Trump Pushes Chinese Election Threat, but Files Show Russia’s Heavy Hand

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:27:44 -0000

    Intelligence documents that the White House released to back up President Trump’s claims about China highlight Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections.
  5. Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply?

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:03:33 -0000

    The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”
  6. What the Cyclospora Outbreak Reveals

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:52:11 -0000

    Warming is expected to fuel the spread of food-borne pathogens. We might not be prepared.
  7. A Family’s Daring Escape From North Korea

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:02:12 -0000

    Their resolve for freedom hardened during the pandemic, when they lived through a crippling food shortage and were forced to witness frequent public executions.
  8. What Happened When Meta Used A.I. to Ban Accounts on Facebook and Instagram

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:46:01 -0000

    Users said the technology mistakenly deleted their accounts. To resolve the issue, they still had to rely on A.I.
  9. OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:27:31 -0000

    The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.
  10. Google Releases Three New Gemini A.I. Models

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:38:58 -0000

    The models include one that is the company’s most powerful and another that is fine-tuned for cybersecurity, as Google competes with rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic.
  11. How Republicans Turned Olive Garden Into a Voter ID Talking Point

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:25:38 -0000

    Republicans claim that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It’s not that simple.
  12. Error Led to 400 Noncitizens Voting in New Jersey, Governor Says

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:19:21 -0000

    A 2023 software glitch at the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission led to roughly 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote during the Murphy administration, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced.
  13. Troy Jackson Tightens Hold on Democratic Senate Nomination in Maine

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:42:09 -0000

    State Democrats released a ballot for their nominating convention on Saturday that includes Mr. Jackson and two long-shot candidates with little public support from delegates.
  14. India’s Young Protesters Are Bloodied but Unbowed

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:24:25 -0000

    A day after police forcibly broke up demonstrations, thousands returned to the protest site in New Delhi to keep pushing for action over the country’s failings in education.
  15. ‘Too Rare to Care’? A New Center for Rare Diseases Hopes to Change That

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:52:06 -0000

    A new nonprofit wants to streamline gene therapy for diseases often avoided by pharmaceutical companies — making treatment more like a routine procedure than a bespoke drug.
  16. The Best Genetic Risk Tools Don’t Work Equally for Everyone

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:07:44 -0000

    Genetic prediction models are poised to revolutionize medicine. But because they have been trained on European DNA, they threaten to widen health care disparities.
  17. Inside the Fight to Rid South Africa of Black Immigrants

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:00:20 -0000

    As immigration surges in the country, activists are going to extreme lengths to expel foreign nationals, often taking the law into their own hands.
  18. 3 Myths Fueling Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in South Africa

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:00:05 -0000

    As the nation convulses with protests and violence, data and research suggest that some of the biggest arguments against foreigners don’t stand up against the facts.
  19. Restaurant Review: Chez Panisse and Bar Panisse in Berkeley

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:42:57 -0000

    The Bay Area farm-to-table classic changed the American restaurant scene. Now it has opened a dynamic new place right next door.
  20. Tornado Watch Issued for New York and Other Northeast Areas as Storms Bring Heavy Rain and Winds

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:47:36 -0000

    New York was under a tornado watch, and forecasters warned that flash flooding was possible into the evening.
  21. NYC Businesses Brace for More Flooding With Severe Storms in the Forecast

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:41:04 -0000

    Some businesses in low-lying areas of New York City have developed routines to keep their goods and customers dry.
  22. Tropical Storm Warnings Issued as Bertha Moves Along the Gulf Coast

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:03:00 -0000

    Bertha, the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to drop heavy rain in the region this week.
  23. Meet Jimothy, the Seattle Raccoon Who Is Taking Over the Internet

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:16:17 -0000

    The stout raccoon, which has a spinal condition, is “an example to all of us that you don’t have to be perfect to be loved,” a Seattle City Council member said.
  24. Call the Veep, Agent Mulder!

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:00:06 -0000

    Have the “space Jews” come to get us at last?
  25. Trump, Netanyahu and Putin Have All Blundered Into Dead-End Wars

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:37:50 -0000

    The quick-fix fantasies of the world’s strongmen.
  26. Mamdani’s Version of DOGE Tries to Put a New Spin on Efficiency

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:24:17 -0000

    The mayor’s version has sought to include public input as it formulates changes to the New York City Charter aimed at streamlining the government.
  27. The End of the Aqueduct Racetrack

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:09:12 -0000

    The closure of the scrappy New York landmark is just one of the signs that U.S. horse racing is running out of track.
  28. Florentina Holzinger’s Naked Ambition

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The artist’s extreme use of the body has caused viewers to puke, faint, and leave her shows. At the Venice Biennale, though, her vision has made her a star.
  29. María Corina Machado’s Opposition in Exile

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Venezuelan politician hoped to become her country’s leader with help from the U.S. The Trump Administration had other priorities.
  30. One Man’s Quest to Fix Every Deadly Guardrail

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In 2016, Steve Eimers’s daughter died when she hit a defective guardrail. Then he learned that the country was full of them.
  31. How Biden Enabled Israel’s Aggression Toward Gaza—and Iran

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Top officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu.
  32. Trump’s War on Journalists

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The recent subpoenas of reporters make clear that the President is trying to threaten the press. Few protections are in place to stop him.
  33. Donald Trump’s Election-Fraud Bait and Switch

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:13:15 -0000

    The President promised “really, really big news” before his prime-time speech. But the declassified, heavily redacted documents he delivered felt more like Pam Bondi’s bogus Epstein binders than any true revelation.
  34. Donald Trump’s Ad-Lib Strategy on Iran

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The President promised to end what had been a quarter century of forever wars in the Middle East. Now the U.S. is mired in an intractable conflict of his own making.
  35. How Ukraine Brought the War to Russia

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Long-range drone and missile strikes on Russian soil have shifted the balance of the conflict—will they be enough to end it?
  36. The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
  37. How Political Is This Supreme Court?

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:57:53 -0000

    The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.
  38. Do Netanyahu’s Domestic Opponents Offer a Real Alternative?

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:51:53 -0000

    Moshe Tur-Paz is one of many centrist Israeli politicians criticizing Donald Trump’s deal to temporarily stop the war with Iran.
  39. Is Putin Finally Feeling Pressure?

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:50:54 -0000

    The Russian President is facing growing domestic discontent after a series of successful attacks by the Ukrainian Army, including a major attack on Moscow.
  40. Can Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism Save the U.K.’s Center Left?

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With a populist touch, and a focus on affordability and raising up left-behind communities, Britain’s new Prime Minister has drawn comparisons to Zohran Mamdani.
  41. Method Beats Madness at the World Cup Final

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:45:00 -0000

    Spain stood for Europe, the industrial heart of modern soccer, while Argentina, a great but flawed team, was fuelled by myth.
  42. How Worldy Is the World Cup?

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:44:17 -0000

    With every tournament, the possibility of a genuine surprise is shrinking.
  43. Spain’s Beautiful Balance

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:07:32 -0000

    Lamine Yamal, the team’s wunderkind, is thrilling, but discipline and patience have seen them through to the final.
  44. Arizona Gubernatorial-Primary Map: Live Results

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The G.O.P. is picking a nominee to challenge the state’s Democratic incumbent governor, Katie Hobbs, and a Republican congressional race is upended by allegations of sexual impropriety.
  45. How Mudlarking Became London’s Hottest Hobby

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Searching for ancient objects in the Thames used to be a niche pastime. Then came Instagram, permits, and a desperate desire for connection with the past.
  46. I Won’t Cry for You, Argentina

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The team is headed back to the World Cup final, but one lifelong fan has fallen out of love.
  47. Democratic Schadenfreude and the Latino Vote

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump’s once strong approval rating among Latinos has collapsed, but Democrats can’t count on their support.
  48. V.A.R. and the Rise of Our New Tech Overlords

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The World Cup replay system has fostered a very contemporary kind of paranoia about who controls the machines.
  49. Donald Trump’s Needless War with Iran Is His Biggest Economic Blunder

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the midterm elections approach, gas prices have started to rise again, and the President’s poll ratings are in the cellar.
  50. The Remaking of Lindsey Graham

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:30:19 -0000

    Once a harsh critic of Donald Trump, the South Carolina senator became one of the President’s most dependable allies—a sign of what it takes to remain influential in today’s Republican Party.
  51. An O.M.B. Plan to Defund Science—and Anything Trump Doesn’t Like

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Under a new proposal, Administration officials could deny government grants to any group or project on the ground that it didn’t fit the President’s agenda.