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A deal between NextEra Energy and Dominion would come as demand for power is soaring, largely because of the rapid growth of A.I. data centers.

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For decades, Peter G. Neumann criticized the computer industry’s lax attitudes toward both computer security and individual digital privacy. And he developed solutions.

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The president of Taiwan said that weapons sales from the U.S. remained a crucial element for maintaining peace and stability in the region after President Trump suggested a multibillion dollar weapons deal with the island could be used as a “negotiating chip” with China.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “We are the first college class of the A.I. era — ChatGPT arrived on campus about two months after we did,” writes Theo Baker, a graduating senior at Stanford. “For all of us, A.I. has permanently changed how we think and behave.”

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The world we’re moving into will look more like the one before the modern era than like the one we grew up in,” Katya Ungerman writes. “It will be saturated with the supernatural. Everyone will believe in something. The question is in what.”

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A secretive reputation management firm was tasked with downplaying a client’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein. It didn’t work.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Our Republic will have to be rescued by people who voted for Trump three times, alongside people who resisted him from Day 1,” our columnist David French writes.

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The Republican Senate primary in Louisiana has narrowed to two candidates after the incumbent, Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict President Trump in his impeachment trial five years ago, was defeated. Here's what to know about Rep. Julia Letlow and State Treasurer John Fleming, who are in a runoff.

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Israel spent over a year preparing a covert site in Iraq for its operations against Iran, regional officials say. Iraqi officials later confirmed the existence of a second base.

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Since Israel captured the West Bank in 1967, over 700,000 Israelis have settled there. In recent years, settler violence against Palestinians has grown common. The Israeli military and police have routinely failed to stop the violence and often intervene for the settlers, our investigation found.

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Two military planes collided in midair on Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Face Base in Idaho, according to a witness and videos shared on social media. At least four parachutes were deployed before the planes crashed.

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As Americans feel deep economic strain from the President Trump launched in Iran, his actions and words have opened him up to accusations that he is either out of touch with — or indifferent to — the lives of everyday Americans.

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When their mother died, Edward and George DeGrange were sent to an orphanage for Black children in New Orleans. Edward eventually moved to Chicago, where he lived as a white man. George, whose skin was darker, stayed behind. This is how an American secret unfolded across generations. trib.al/vdZVA5d

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A California dairy company, Straus Family Creamery, has issued a recall for five ice cream flavors, warning customers that some tubs may be contaminated with metal. No injuries have been reported, the company said, and that the recall was issued in an “abundance of caution.”

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A batch of severe thunderstorms in central portions of the U.S. are expected to continue through Sunday, before peaking with the most widespread and impactful conditions. Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas face the greatest risk of extreme weather, with the worst expected on Monday.

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President Trump’s push to oust Republican lawmakers who have crossed him claimed its most prominent name yet in Louisiana: Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to impeach Trump in 2021. The loss showed Trump's dominance in his party, even as views about Trump could be a major GOP liability in the midterms.

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This weekend, thousands of people will join a nine-hour prayer rally that will feature members of President Trump's cabinet and aims to crystallize the narrative that the nation’s founding was an intentionally Christian project, a framing disputed by many scholars.

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President Trump promised at his inauguration to “bring prices down.” But that was January 2025, more than a year before the White House would forge ahead with an agenda that has sent inflation roaring back, testing the patience — and the finances — of a cost-wary American electorate once again.

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The Swiss watchmaker Swatch closed dozens of its stores on Saturday as vast crowds lined up to attempt to snag Royal Pop pocket watches from its collaboration with the luxury timepiece maker Audemars Piguet.

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Alex Saab, a billionaire tycoon close to Venezuela’s deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, was extradited to the U.S. on Saturday, Venezuela’s government said. U.S. prosecutors have accused Saab of enriching himself through lucrative government contracts.

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Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna on Saturday after a nail-biting finish in which it triumphed at the last second over Israel, whose participation in the contest has been a source of strife for the competition’s organizers and many fans.

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This weekend's "Saturday Night Live" featured Will Ferrell with James Austin Johnson as President Trump in a sendup of "A Christmas Carol." Paul McCartney provides the music. Here's an episode recap.

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The spread of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is a global health emergency, the WHO announced. The designation is intended to prompt member countries to prepare for the virus’s spread and to share vaccines and other resources needed to contain the outbreak.

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Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on Saturday lost his Republican primary and the chance to seek a third term, after President Trump targeted him for defeat in retaliation for voting to convict him in his impeachment trial five years ago for inciting insurrection.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The Voting Rights Act, currently under direct threat from the Supreme Court, “was conceived, crafted and passed in order to further realize American democracy,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “And it was, itself, the product of an explosion of democratic energy.”

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Breaking News: The World Health Organization said the spread of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda was a global health emergency.

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Every short for "Saturday Night Live" is its own new mini-production. These "pretape" sketches (fake ads, music videos and other shorts) go from a writer’s imagination to TV in a few days. They have been part of "SNL" since the beginning. Here's a behind-the-scenes look.

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Breaking News: Senator Bill Cassidy lost his primary in Louisiana, underscoring the durability of President Trump’s grip on the Republican Party.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “What A.I. can’t do — yet — is the stuff that makes us human: empathy, emotion, psychology, critical thinking,” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes about why the liberal arts may be undergoing a renaissance.

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