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A shooting early Sunday that started at a bar in Austin, Texas, and left three people dead, including the shooter, is being investigated by the FBI as a potential act of terrorism, the authorities said. Fourteen others were injured in the shooting. nyti.ms/4753rha

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President Trump said on Sunday the U.S. intends to sustain its assault on Iran for weeks, and his administration expected more U.S. casualties. “Three is three too many as far as I’m concerned," he said. “If you look at projections, they do projections, it, you know, it could be quite a bit higher."

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The United States is stronger when anti-American dictators have solid reasons to fear our wrath,” our columnist Bret Stephens writes.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “I know from personal observation that Mr. Trump does not seek a prolonged conflict with Iran,” writes Kenneth McKenzie, who was the 14th commander of U.S. Central Command. “I do believe that there are worse things than war, though.”

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At least 115 people, most of them likely children, were killed in a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Iran on Saturday, health officials and state media said. It was not immediately clear which country hit the school. Our reporters are trying to confirm details of the attack. trib.al/HxXybV9

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “No matter what he thinks, Trump is not a king,” our columnist David French writes. “But by taking America to war all on his own, he is acting like one.”

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The BAFTAs didn’t mention racist slurs when the audience was told that a man with Tourette’s might make “involuntarily noises.” His condition was also not raised in planning discussions, or during backstage preparations that night, according to two people who work with the ceremony’s presenters.

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News Analysis: Even if the Islamic Republic does not fall, the massive U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran is likely to have strategic consequences in the Middle East comparable to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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The eight oil-producing countries in the group known as OPEC Plus said on Sunday that they would increase oil production by 206,000 barrels a day in April, which could help mitigate the impact on oil prices of disrupted shipments in the Middle East.

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Airstrikes in the Middle East have prompted heightened security measures in New York City. On Saturday, the NYPD said it enhanced its patrol presence at sensitive locations, including diplomatic and religious sites.

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“We were all in danger.” Two survivors of the avalanche that killed nine skiers in the mountains near Lake Tahoe last month — the deadliest avalanche in modern California history — shared what happened that day in interviews with The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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“We are so full of joy.” Speaking to from Iran, a 25-year-old woman recounted the mix of joy and hope that took hold after news broke that the country’s supreme leader had been killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes. Read more about the reaction in Iran: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/w...

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The U.S. and Israel pressed on with attacks on Iran on Sunday, while Iran launched retaliatory missiles and drones, as a worsening conflict in the Middle East entered a second day. Follow live updates. trib.al/NtURDl8

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “It is natural to hope that the decapitation of this regime could lead to the end of Iran’s theocracy,” the editorial board writes. “Yet it is also important to consider the context — and the long-term risks that it creates for both Iran and the United States.”

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Aside from Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, none of his associates have been criminally charged in the U.S. Millions of pages of Justice Department records help explain why, and how Epstein was able to act with impunity for so long. trib.al/Jw3IVYj

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Maersk, a large shipping company, said on Sunday that it was going to stop sending some of its vessels through the Red Sea, a sign that the conflict between Iran and the U.S. and Israel is reverberating through global supply chains.

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President Trump said that he was open to speaking to Iran’s new leadership and that they want to do so on the second day of U.S. and Israeli attacks on the country, even as Iran unleashed retaliatory strikes against Israel and other countries in the region that included American military bases.

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At least 22 people were killed in Pakistan on Sunday as thousands gathered across the country to denounce U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, including 10 who died as crowds tried to storm the U.S. Consulate in Karachi.

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If you’ve scrolled skin-care TikTok lately, you’ve probably seen people "slugging" Aquaphor on their faces before bed. The word occlusive keeps getting tossed around as if it’s a type of moisturizer. It’s not. nyti.ms/40x7Wxo

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The CIA had been tracking Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for months before the U.S. and Israel launched Saturday’s attack on Iran, according to people familiar with the operation. Here is what we know about the intelligence sharing between the countries leading up to the killing of Iran’s supreme leader.

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This weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” addressed the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. Connor Storrie of “Heated Rivalry” hosted, and the episode featured cameos by U.S. Olympic hockey stars. Here’s a recap.

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Large crowds poured into the streets of Iran and cities across the world to celebrate, grieve and protest the death of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on Saturday during a U.S.-Israeli attack. trib.al/FMHGlO0

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Israel and Iran launched a new wave of opposing attacks on Sunday morning, as a worsening conflict in the Middle East entered a second day and Iran vowed to avenge the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, its longtime supreme leader. Follow live updates.

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Breaking News: Three U.S. troops were killed in action and five others were seriously hurt, the Pentagon said, announcing the first American deaths in President Trump’s war with Iran. Follow live updates.

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This guide is for people who sit for the majority of the day and find that sitting in these seats is an uncomfortable or painful experience. nyti.ms/4aXBI3g

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Is regime change in Iran realistic? What happens now in the Middle East? Four Times Opinion writers discuss in the wake of Ayatollah Khamenei’s reported death.

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Two people were killed and 14 others were injured early Sunday when a gunman opened fired at a bar in Austin, Texas, officials said. The police killed the suspected shooter.

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In Opinion None of the Republican Senate candidates in Texas “are going to come out and say ICE raids are bad, Trump is bad — they’re not going to do that,” Chad Hasty, a radio talk-show host in Lubbock, says. “So for primary voters, it comes down to: Are these candidates going to support Trump?”

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The Iranian government vowed on Sunday that it would retaliate for the attacks that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s longtime supreme leader and an implacable enemy of Israel and the United States, as attacks on the country entered a second day.

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