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Only three ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday as traffic in the crucial waterway slowed to a near halt, according to data from a firm that tracks maritime traffic.

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Oil prices have fallen from their peak after weeks of war have choked off the Persian Gulf, but gasoline prices are likely to descend more slowly. Here's why.

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After record-high temperatures across the Northeast last week, freeze watches were in place on Monday. What’s going on?

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain will face Parliament on Monday afternoon as his government reels from revelations that Peter Mandelson, his pick to be ambassador to the U.S. early last year, initially failed security vetting.

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For the past decade, the Supreme Court has relied on a rushed and secretive system to make major rulings. A New York Times investigation brings to light the precise moment when that system began. Listen to “The Daily.”

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The Trump administration on Monday is set to take its first steps toward returning more than $166 billion collected from tariffs that were struck down by the Supreme Court in February. Here's what to know.

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A major, 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Here's a map of the quake and aftershocks.

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Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to head back to Pakistan for another round of in-person negotiations with Iran after failing to secure a deal just over a week ago. Here's what to know.

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Listen to “The Headlines,” which brings you the biggest stories of the day from the New York Times reporters who are covering them, all in about 10 minutes.

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Oil prices were sharply up on Monday after Iran said it would retaliate for a U.S. attack and seizure of an Iranian cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz. Follow live updates.

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Tsunami warnings were issued in Japan after a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

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The U.S. military attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, killing three people. The strike raised the death toll to at least 180 in the campaign by the U.S. against people it accuses of smuggling drugs at sea.

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The gunman who killed eight children in Louisiana, including seven of his own, had mental health problems, his family said.

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Four government investigators, two from the United States and two from Mexico, were killed in a car accident in Chihuahua while viewing newly discovered drug labs.

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The military said it had disabled an Iranian-flagged cargo ship after it ignored repeated warnings to stop, amid a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. Marines boarded the ship and seized it.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com "In the 250th year of American independence, Washington is still applauded for preserving America from lifetime presidents. That wasn’t his intention," H.W. Brands writes, adding: "Political office was driving him mad."

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The change of seasons is almost always accompanied by the tedious task of putting seasonal clothes in storage. We asked four experts to share their advice for storing clothing so it stays clean, organized, and free of bugs. nyti.ms/4mUGqEF

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The Trump administration’s relentless bullying ignores a central lesson from classical antiquity: Athens’s shift from benevolent hegemony to malevolent empire paved its road to ruin,” Stewart Patrick writes.

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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said on Sunday that gasoline prices in the U.S. had probably peaked but acknowledged that they could remain elevated for months, undermining President Trump’s earlier claim that high fuel prices would be “short-term.”

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A humanoid robot named Lightning won a half-marathon for robots (and humans) on Sunday in Beijing, finishing faster than any person in history.

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A Michigan gas station clerk helped save a 16-year-old girl who entered his store and mouthed the word “help” after a man had kidnapped her at gunpoint on her way to school last week, the authorities said.

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Tangy and salty and colorful, the scuttlebutt sandwich vibrates with flavor: hard-boiled egg, pickled beets and carrots, olives, capers, herbs and feta mingle on pillowy focaccia. nyti.ms/4vzmOtk

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The U.S. and Iran on Sunday exchanged accusations of cease-fire violations as the Strait of Hormuz remained largely closed after a tumultuous weekend of conflicting statements and reported attacks on ships.

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Breaking News: Bulgarians voted decisively for a new coalition that pledged to crack down on entrenched corruption, polling agencies reported.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “If you take an already grandiose man,” our columnist David French writes, “and fill him with a sense of divine purpose, you can uncage a tyrant.”

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When Syrian billionaires needed to clear a path for a development project last summer despite U.S. sanctions, a Republican congressman made a suggestion: “Make it a Trump National Golf Course.” The exchange illustrates the blurring of lines between business and family affairs in Trump’s second term.

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Bulgarians turned out in large numbers for national elections on Sunday, demonstrating the energy for change that brought down the government with mass protests in December.

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Breaking News: The U.S. military attacked an Iranian cargo ship trying to get past the American blockade of Iranian ports, President Trump said. Follow live updates.

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Don Schlitz, the prodigious songwriter whose credits include Kenny Rogers’s “The Gambler,” Randy Travis’s “On the Other Hand” and many other chart-topping country hits, most of them from the 1980s and ’90s, died on Thursday. He was 73.

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On sidewalks and subway cars, posters have popped up urging New Yorkers to boycott this year’s Met Gala over the tech billionaire Jeff Bezos’ involvement in the event.

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