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The Barber Shop Blackstone bar in Omaha, Nebraska, is now known as the Censored Shop Blackstone, after a state board told the owners to change the name because they're not licensed barbers. The establishment is suing the state in federal court.

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Even Alex Murdaugh didn’t think he would get his murder convictions overturned, and it is not clear when another trial would take place. But both prosecutors and defense lawyers said they would be forced to revise their legal strategies.

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Starbucks will eliminate 300 corporate jobs in the U.S. and close four regional offices as part of its turnaround effort, the company said on Friday.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The secrets of one of the architects of the religious right are being revealed, our columnist David French writes. One of the secrets is that they weren’t really secrets.

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For years, the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has held an iron grip on power. Abbas has now found another way to extend his influence: He has been positioning his son for a senior leadership role in Fatah.

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Here's a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.

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There has been rampant speculation online about whether the Chinese government changed the transliteration of Marco Rubio’s name to overlook sanctions. But that theory is wrong.

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The United States and China will discuss guardrails on artificial intelligence, including establishing a protocol for keeping powerful A.I. models out of the hands of nonstate actors, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

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They were shackled and sent to Congo by the Trump administration. Now they face a dangerous choice: Go back to Latin America or stay in Africa.

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Photos: President Trump boarded Air Force One on Friday afternoon to leave Beijing as a crowd chanted and waved flags, after two days of high-stakes meetings with China’s leader, Xi Jinping.

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Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said he expected China to agree to purchase more than $10 billion in U.S. agricultural products.

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The future of warfare is being written in Ukraine, and Mykhailo Fedorov, the country's 35-year-old defense minister who is four months into his job, is one of its authors.

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President Trump said that China had agreed to order 200 Boeing planes, potentially lifting the fortunes of the American jet manufacturer. However, the Chinese side has not made any announcements regarding whether it has agreed to purchase aircraft from Boeing.

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President Trump met with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at a secretive Beijing compound that few outsiders ever enter.

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For two leaders at odds on many fronts — Taiwan, trade, rare earth resources — the meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping suggested they wanted the rivalry to be more friendly than not. Their body language stood in stark contrast to Trump’s harsh criticism of China at home.

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The candidates for California governor have become increasingly combative as they enter the final stretch before the June 2 primary. Here are five key moments from what was likely the last televised debate.

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President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, emphasized stability as they met for a second day in Beijing, albeit without clearly resolving any major points of contention on trade, the war in Iran or other issues.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Federal policy that rolls back support for harm reduction “reflects the misguided belief that protecting people’s health during drug use enables continued addiction and deters recovery and that harsher consequences spur abstinence,” Maia Szalavitz writes.

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In this vegetarian main inspired by Indian dal, lentils are cooked with an aromatic blend of Thai spices — fresh ginger, turmeric, red curry paste and chile — then simmered in coconut milk until fall-apart tender.

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In contrast to his rhetoric about China at home, President Trump spoke in conciliatory terms with Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The cruelty of high fuel prices isn’t just about the cost, but also about the unequal burden it places on American households,” Jeff Colgan writes.

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The University of Chicago will provide free tuition to students of families earning less than $250,000 a year.

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Richard Glossip, a former death row inmate in Oklahoma whose decades-long challenge to his conviction prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution and grant him a new trial, was released from prison on Thursday for the first time in nearly 30 years.

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The leader of Taiwan was able to outwit China and pull off an audacious journey to get to southern Africa.

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