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As the World Cup final approaches, take a moment to appreciate the beautiful symmetries of humanity’s favorite truncated icosahedron: the soccer ball.

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On Thursday, the FDA approved a new pill called enlicitide that can lower cholesterol levels substantially more than statins alone. The drug is expected to go on the market in the coming weeks. Here’s what to know.

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Breaking News: A major, 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Mexico’s Pacific coast near the Guatemala border.

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Global stocks tumbled on Friday after a sell-off in technology shares amid growing investor unease around the eye-popping spending on artificial intelligence.

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Hundreds of Rohingya, the persecuted minority group from Myanmar, set off in search of a better life weeks ago, but news of their boats sinking only emerged recently. More than 500 people are feared dead.

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Breaking News: Andy Burnham was installed as the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, a final step before becoming prime minister on Monday.

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Documents released by the Trump administration to support the president’s claims of election vulnerabilities did not back up his most aggressive statements. Here are takeaways from Mr. Trump’s prime-time speech.

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Wildfires burning across Canada and Minnesota on Thursday blanketed thick smoke across the Midwest and New England. Here’s what to know about the smoke, the air and the forecast.

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Andy Burnham is set to become the leader of the Labour Party and Britain’s 59th prime minister. His path to 10 Downing Street included a pivotal nearly decade-long stint as mayor of Greater Manchester. Here's what to know.

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

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Japan’s Parliament on Friday banned the desecration of the national flag, part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s efforts to bolster patriotism and shift politics further to the right.

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Britain has become accustomed to shuffling through prime ministers at a rapid pace and is now poised to have its seventh leader in a decade. But the transition still requires a few steps.

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President Trump started his speech on Thursday evening by outlining a series of claims about China’s attempts to acquire American voter data, portraying the alleged activity as a historic scandal. But China’s efforts to collect that data have been broadly known for years.

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Federal and local authorities are conducting a criminal investigation focused on the former sheriff of New York City and his possible involvement with one of the world’s largest tobacco companies.

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Movie star looks, slow-motion sequences and operatic emotion have made the World Cup must-see viewing. "Cannonball" host Wesley Morris and his guest, Pablo Torre, discuss the tournament's many spectacles. nyti.ms/44ysoQA

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Cyclosporiasis has been linked to iceberg lettuce that Taylor Farms supplied to Taco Bell, two officials said.

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If your air quality is bad and you don’t have an air purifier, this temporary fix may help mitigate the conditions in the meantime: nyti.ms/4plB3ze

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As they near death, some dementia patients recover mental faculties assumed to be long lost. Researchers want to know why.

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A Kentucky jury ordered the manufacturer of a gun kit to pay about $104 million in damages after an 18-year-old who bought the kit through its website used the assembled handgun to take his own life.

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See maps of where smoke is traveling and how harmful the air has become.

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Drawings show the columns that buckled in a Manhattan building called for extra steel plates, but engineers said they appeared to be missing.

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After years of claiming the 2020 election, which he lost, was “rigged,” President Trump is set to deliver an address and press his unsubstantiated claims about U.S. elections. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3RBSIX7

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com In President Trump’s prime-time speech on Thursday evening, “there are a number of ways he can muddy the waters by abusing the powers of the presidency. He’s done it before,” Representative Jim Himes writes.

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The Navy’s top official said that there would be no consequences after a Blue Angels fighter jet buzzed a packed beach in Pensacola, Florida, this week, causing beach gear to scatter.

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These fudgy s’mores bars have three layers: crispy graham cracker bottoms, satisfyingly chewy brownie centers and toasted marshmallow tops. They couldn’t be simpler to make. nyti.ms/44rHQhm

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Smoke from wildfires raging in Canada choked much of the northeastern U.S. and the Upper Midwest on Thursday, darkening skies and making it unhealthy, or even hazardous, for millions of people to breathe.

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