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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Why did the right choose to fight censorship with censorship, and why — as a side effect of that fight — did it also become the home of America’s worst cranks, grifters and conspiracy theorists?” our columnist, David French, writes.

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People-watchers, trainspotters and our critic A.O. Scott agree: Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” is one of the shortest great poems in English.

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The movie “Filipiñana” pits a country club’s members against its staff, using a golf course to explore the Philippines’ deep divides over land and class.

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The deadly floods that swept through Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday erased more than 25 miles of roads and washed away 40 suspension bridges, officials said, stranding a quarter of a million Nepalis and knocking out phone and power lines.

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Breaking News: The Trump administration acted illegally when it labeled Anthropic a security risk and blacklisted it, a federal judge ruled.

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L.A. residents accustomed to a succession of splendid days during the summer are now facing something unusual: humidity.

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A visit near the border with Tibet revealed the effects of the catastrophic flooding that carried away entire villages on Wednesday in just minutes. Our correspondent, Anupreeta Das, witnessed the rescue operation and the damage. nyti.ms/4gzUq3z

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A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Boston safely diverted to Detroit after the captain of a Boeing 757 became ill.

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A fire that occurred overnight on Thursday outside the Toronto home of Salma Zahid, a Liberal member of Canada’s Parliament, is under investigation for possible arson, the police said.

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Officials in New Hampshire said a man used the rescue truck as a weapon, nearly striking emergency responders who were trying to save his rural house.

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A man climbing a mountain in the Sierra Nevada in California on Saturday was stranded for roughly eight hours, his body shaking as he balanced on a six-inch ledge at an elevation of 10,600 feet, before a dramatic rescue.

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Former President Barack Obama will headline a fund-raiser for House Democrats on Sept. 10 in New York with Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader, as money has been a top concern for Democrats headed into the fall midterm elections.

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Peter Cullen, a voice actor best known for bringing to life Optimus Prime in the “Transformers” franchise and Eeyore in “Winnie the Pooh” cartoons, died on Wednesday. He was 85.

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The FDA approved updated Covid vaccines on Thursday, clearing the way for manufacturers to ship doses to pharmacies and doctors’ offices. But criteria set by the agency and a legal dispute could complicate access for some people.

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It's easy to make a pretty good beet salad, but this one makes the leap into greatness. nyti.ms/4qFlYJO

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President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. Like his order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, it most likely requires only federal entities to recognize the change. It does not have to be recognized by other countries.

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In lawsuits across the U.S., red and blue states have united to take on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, setting up a courtroom battle that will determine whether Americans can use them to bet on sports, politics and virtually everything else.

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Two recently released studies have suggested menopause hormone therapy may protect against Alzheimer’s disease, adding fodder to one of the fiercest debates in women’s health.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com For so long, Big Tech has had legal protections that have made it nearly impossible to hold the companies liable in court, Julia Angwin writes in a guest essay. “Now, we are finally stumbling our way into an era of accountability.”

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Breaking News: White House construction may have contributed to President Trump’s helicopter’s close call with a jet over Washington this month, investigators said.

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A series of firings and feuds initiated by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has left the U.S. Army with a leadership vacuum as it struggles to deal with a new kind of war in the Middle East, one dominated by cheap, deadly drones and missiles.

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