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Breaking News: The Pentagon made public what it called “never-before-seen” files on UFOs. The initial images are murky and show what could be anything.

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Strands is a word search with a unique twist. Can you uncover the theme? Play here: nyti.ms/42HsULj

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From @theathletic.com: Meet Karl-Anthony Towns’ biggest fan — Kathleen Reinhard is the mother of a Marine killed in Afghanistan. “I don’t think she realizes that she made a big impact on my life,” Towns said. “I still think of her son all the time.” nyti.ms/4nijdfH

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Already having faced an energy crisis five years ago, more European consumers believe they are “one Trump-ignited war away” from crushing costs.

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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/4u1Dhpb

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A former sheriff’s deputy was found guilty of reckless homicide on Thursday for the fatal shooting of an Ohio man in 2020, a rare criminal conviction for a police-involved killing.

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The new biopic about Michael Jackson was the result of a yearslong effort to resurrect the reputation of the king of pop, despite the accusations of sexual abuse that have surrounded him for decades. On "The Daily," our reporter discusses the new playbook for rewriting the past.

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Breaking News: The U.S. added 115,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.3%, a solid reading for the labor market.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Despite the unsettling parallels to the early days of Covid-19, when cruise ships were among the first sites to be hit, the risks from this virus are quite different,” Caitlin Rivers writes in a guest essay about hantavirus.

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Cornell University’s trustees announced on Thursday that they would investigate an April incident in which the president, Michael Kotlikoff, bumped into students with his car after a debate over the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

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A Minneapolis man pleaded guilty on Thursday to assaulting a federal official by using a syringe to squirt vinegar at Representative Ilhan Omar during a town-hall meeting this year.

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For more than a year, opinion polls have indicated that Reform U.K., the right-wing populist party, was Britain’s most popular party as its leader, Nigel Farage, imitated President Trump’s anti-immigration agenda and railed against the Labour government. Now, it’s looking increasingly official.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on Friday with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, after weeks of deteriorating relations between their governments over the war in Iran and President Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV.

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Pakistan has been trying to help end the war in Iran, but that effort is now creating problems with one of its longtime partners, the United Arab Emirates. Pakistani workers say they are now being sent home from the rich Persian Gulf country en masse.

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Listen to “The Headlines,” which brings you the biggest stories of the day from the New York Times reporters who are covering them, all in about 10 minutes.

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South Africa’s highest court ruled on Friday that President Cyril Ramaphosa should face an impeachment inquiry in Parliament over a scandal involving a theft on his farm, dealing a potentially grave blow to his political future.

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Taiwanese lawmakers on Friday approved $25 billion in special funds to buy missiles and other weapons from the U.S., ending the deadlock ahead of a summit between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart.

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Early results from Thursday’s elections in Britain offered grim news for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Follow live updates.

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President Trump insisted late Thursday that the cease-fire with Iran was holding, even after the U.S. said it had attacked Iranian military sites in retaliation for strikes on U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Follow live updates.

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

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The FBI said on Thursday that a gunman acted alone when he shot and killed three people and injured 15 others in an Austin bar, though the attack in March may have been prompted by “specific personal triggers and grievances” related to the Iran war.

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Early results from Thursday’s elections in the U.K. offered grim news for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Follow along for the latest updates.

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A volcanic eruption in Indonesia on Friday killed at least three hikers and left several others missing, setting off a search and rescue mission to evacuate climbers from the area, officials said.

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Philip Caputo, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose best-selling, disillusioning memoir, “A Rumor of War,” about leading a Marine platoon through the sniper-riddled and booby-trapped jungles of Vietnam, entered the canon of wartime literature, died on Thursday.

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Oil prices climbed and stocks across Asia fell on Friday after the U.S. said it had struck Iranian military sites in retaliation for Iran firing on U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. nyti.ms/4euu5ER

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Since Soviet times, the “May Holidays” have heralded the arrival of spring in Russia. But this year, the mood is hardly festive.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com There are many reasons to block the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros., Mark Ruffalo and Matt Stoller write. But first, Hollywood must overcome its “deep, ugly and pervasive fear of speaking out.”

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Even after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump insisted the cease-fire was still in effect and dismissed the Iranian attacks as a mere “trifle.”

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The State Department said it would review the 53 Mexican consulates in the U.S., the latest sign of growing tensions between the Trump administration and one of its most important foreign allies.

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