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The president of Taiwan voiced “high hopes” that President Trump would approve $14 billion in arms orders for the island, downplaying concerns raised last month when Trump suggested U.S. military support for Taiwan was negotiable.

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The average price of U.S. gasoline fell below $4 a gallon for the first time in months, after Iran and the U.S. signed a preliminary agreement to cease hostilities for 60 days and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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Voters in Makerfield, an electoral district in northern England, will go to the polls for a special election, and the outcome of the race has the potential to reshape Britain. Here's what to know.

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Oil prices fell and stocks rose on Thursday after Pakistan’s leader announced that the agreement between the U.S. and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would take effect immediately.

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A proposed wealth tax on billionaires in California is headed to the ballot this November unless its opponents strike a deal.

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A member of Iran’s medical team says the World Cup team endured delays, multiple security searches and a rushed exit, frustrating players and officials.

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The police in Kansas City said they were searching for a man suspected of committing five roadway shootings that left one person dead. The attacks took place just before the city’s first World Cup match on Tuesday night.

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The Knicks have accepted an invitation to visit the White House and celebrate their first championship in more than 50 years, said James Dolan, the team’s owner. The Knicks would become the first NBA team to visit the White House in President Trump’s tenure.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “‘Voter fraud’ is not about fraud,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “It is about who votes and how. It is about the breadth and scope of the political community.”

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Thousands of Los Angeles residents were told to stay indoors on Wednesday afternoon as firefighters battled a fire that ripped through a cold-storage warehouse.

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Tropical Storm Arthur dissipated almost as quickly as it formed on Wednesday, but meteorologists’ concerns about it will linger much longer as flooding rains that began on Sunday will spread across the Gulf Coast for the rest of this week.

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The New York Police Department will deploy more than 10,000 of its ranks to a ticker-tape parade and ceremony for the Knicks on Thursday morning, the largest assignment of officers to a planned event in the city’s history, the department said.

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Daveigh Chase, an actress known for voicing the character of Lilo in the hit animated film “Lilo & Stitch” and for her deeply unnerving turn as the child villain Samara in the horror movie “The Ring,” has died. She was 35.

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Tornadoes were reported in Illinois and Wisconsin on Wednesday evening as intense storms roared across the Midwest, delivering bursts of heavy rain and large hail and generating damaging winds that snapped trees and power lines.

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From @theathletic.com: Ghana started their World Cup campaign with a win after beating Panama 1-0 with a 95th-minute goal.

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An 18-year-old tourist from India died in a fall from a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park after the horse bolted.

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New Yorkers will descend on Lower Manhattan on Thursday morning to celebrate the Knicks. Here’s what you should know if you are one of them.

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The Trump administration said it will pay an energy developer $765 million to cancel four more offshore wind projects.

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Store-bought Thai curry paste is a delicious convenience that can be further enhanced with just a few fresh ingredients. Serve the curry over rice or spoon it onto flour tortillas and eat it as a burrito. nyti.ms/4vNUiDD

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Two of Hope Reeves’ sons have recently become U.F.C. fanatics. “I did wonder, one Saturday night, and not for the first time, how this could have happened: my angelic sons transfixed, gleeful, even, at this gaudy brutality,” she writes in a guest essay.

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From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: World Cup contenders England beat Croatia 4-2 in the best match of the tournament so far. nyti.ms/4owNQ1k

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From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: U.S. government officials say they are working to get the mother of Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha to the U.S. so that she can be at the World Cup. Vozinha has said visa issues stopped his mother from witnessing his heroics in person. nyti.ms/4effCfv

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From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: A superb Jude Bellingham goal at the start of the second half saw England take the lead for the third time. Croatia's goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic is keeping Croatia in the game almost single-handedly.

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Rex Heuermann, the serial killer who admitted in April to murdering eight women in the Gilgo Beach killings on Long Island over roughly two decades, was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison. nyti.ms/4uKnvP3

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