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The comedian and actor Mary Beth Barone talked to Wirecutter about a "Dishwasher Dad." Plus, we talk about the other red flags she looks out for when meeting someone or seeing their house for the first time. nyti.ms/455TbnI

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What are the best thrillers published since 2000? We sent ballots to hundreds of writers of every kind of crime fiction, as well as librarians, editors, critics and more to decide. Explore the full list. nyti.ms/3TBby1f

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary race for Senate in Michigan on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, defeating Haley Stevens, a four-term moderate. This victory signaled liberal voters’ anti-establishment mood and shifting sentiment against Israel. nyti.ms/4hgCOvS

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Breaking News: Democratic primary voters ousted Representative Shri Thanedar of Michigan, nominating Donavan McKinney, a democratic socialist.

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From @theathletic.com: Aaron Rodgers spoke out about Dr. Anthony Fauci. Sophie Cunningham weighed in about transgender athletes. Caitlin Clark chose not to respond. Athletes can't win on social media, our columnist writes. "The hypocrisy is at once comical and frightening."

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Breaking News: The progressive Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, a victory for the left in a crucial state.

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On “Modern Love,” Sam Graham-Felsen describes how he went from being a boy with a wealth of deep friendships to finding himself feeling lonely as an adult, and what he did to bring friendship back into his life.

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From @theathletic.com: A day after Aaron Rodgers called former top U.S. health official Dr. Anthony Fauci an “absolute coward,” Fauci’s attorney fired back: “Aaron Rodgers doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He should stick to football.”

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How did you do in Connections today? Players must select four groups of four words without making more than three mistakes. nyti.ms/4wbC8vt

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Russia and Ukraine are producing ever larger numbers of innovative aerial weapons, hoping for a breakthrough as ground combat is largely frozen.

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News analysis: Soon after President Trump announced a new plan last week to deliver peace and security in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave instead experienced a spike in deadly Israeli bombings, which threatened to undermine hopes for long-awaited progress.

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An acrimonious and expensive Democratic Senate primary in Michigan that divided the party remained unresolved early Wednesday, with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, clinging to a narrow lead over Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate. nyti.ms/4bPACIf

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Russia launched a blistering ballistic missile attack on Kyiv and its suburbs before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow takes advantage of Kyiv’s depleted air defenses.

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A California man was arrested at the Trump National Golf Club near Los Angeles over the weekend after he was found with a loaded firearm and was seen taking photographs of the property on multiple occasions, the authorities said.

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An unsecured police database revealed how China uses vast amounts of private data like facial recognition and travel logs to track foreigners.

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In China, disputes between smokers and nonsmokers are becoming more visible as a younger generation increasingly refuses to suffer secondhand smoke in silence.

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Ahead of the release of her debut Netflix special "Galaxy Brain," the comedian Mary Beth Barone sat down with Wirecutter to sift through some of the most egregious red flags a date could exhibit, from changing their sheets only once a month to not having a single condiment in their fridge (shudder).

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“Before you try to spike my cortisol, just know that I’m having a Jack Johnson summer.” The singer-songwriter Jack Johnson’s frozen-in-time anthems, odes to going with the flow, are the soundtrack to a summer of “hopecore.”

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Missouri voters cannot weigh in on whether to keep congressional district boundaries that were redrawn to benefit Republicans, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said on Tuesday, even though opponents of the new map had gathered thousands of signatures seeking a statewide vote.

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The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s top diplomat in the U.S., according to a senior U.S. official, deepening a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.

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William Lawrence, a grass-roots organizer and climate activist, defeated two moderate candidates in the Democratic primary for a battleground House district in Michigan on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, scoring another victory for the party’s progressive wing.

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The CDC has linked six additional states to a large outbreak of cyclosporiasis associated with iceberg lettuce, according to a CDC official familiar with the investigation.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, held a narrow lead over Rep. Haley Stevens, a centrist, in a contentious Michigan Democratic Senate race that remained competitive as results continued to be tallied late on Tuesday. Follow live updates.

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This footage shows a dolphin carrying the dead body of her 2-week-old calf. Learn more about this mother, whom researchers have named Fraggle, and what scientists say about such expressions of grief in animals: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/s...

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See results and maps from the 2026 Kansas primary elections here.

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Rep. John James, a two-term congressman from Detroit, on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for governor of Michigan, The Associated Press said. James, who was endorsed by President Trump, is expected to face a competitive general election race as Republicans seek to flip Michigan’s governorship.

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Kansas Democrats have defied political gravity for eight years by holding the governor’s office in one of the country’s most reliably Republican states. Primary voters on Tuesday selected Cindy Holscher as the candidate to try to keep that seat in Democratic hands, according to The Associated Press.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Nicaragua’s regime already oversees virtually every institution capable of influencing electoral outcomes, writes Gioconda Belli. “So why abandon even the fiction of free elections?”

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As they cast ballots in the Democratic Senate primary, voters outside Michigan polling stations shared their concerns about health care, employment and affordability. See live results and maps here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Votes were being tallied in four states holding consequential primary elections on Tuesday. See live results and maps from the Washington elections here.

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