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Pope Leo XIV met privately with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican on Thursday morning, days after President Trump escalated his attacks on the pontiff, who has consistently criticized the U.S.-Israeli-led war in Iran.

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When Spirit Airlines shut down over the weekend, it brought an end to a company that had revolutionized air travel in the U.S. with its ultra-low-cost approach. On "The Daily," our reporter discusses why Spirit unraveled and whether those problems could spread to other airlines.

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The U.S. was waiting on Thursday for Iran to convey its response to the latest American proposal to end the war, after public messages from top-ranking officials on both sides suggested a burst of behind-the-scenes diplomatic activity. Here's the latest.

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Florida has created a new U.S. history course that advances a more conservative interpretation of the nation’s story. It focuses on the Protestant faith of the founders, argues that the U.S. Constitution is an antislavery document and recommends a textbook written explicitly to build patriotism.

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A Dutch flight attendant is being tested for the hantavirus at a hospital in the Netherlands after she came into contact with someone infected with the virus, the Dutch health ministry said on Thursday.

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President Trump will host President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil at the White House on Thursday, at a moment of a fragile truce following a tense year of U.S. tariffs and public insults between the leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s largest nations. Here's what to know.

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The price of gasoline has gone up around 50% in the U.S. since the war in Iran began, but that average can mask big differences across the country. Here's what to know.

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A set of elections across Britain today is likely to spell steep losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Here's what to know.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Personally, I’d be delighted if the files were accompanied by an actual alien,” Neil deGrasse Tyson writes about the upcoming release of government files on aliens and UFOs. “Alive or dead or undead. Preferably alive. Is that too much to ask for?”

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The National Weather Service is struggling to recover from last year’s deep staff cuts, raising doubts among some meteorologists about whether the agency is ready for severe storms or hurricane season, which starts next month.

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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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Germany's intelligence agents have privately warned of the potential of hybrid attacks from Iran-linked groups since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. But political leaders, including Chancellor Friedrich Merz, have publicly played down the risk.

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The CEO of Anthropic said on Wednesday that his company had planned for growing about 10 times as big this year, only to reach a growth rate that could make it 80 times as big this year instead.

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

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Four women and nine children who are family members of men suspected of fighting for Islamic State arrived in Australia from detention camps in northeast Syria after a yearslong controversy over their fate.

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Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms ripped through Mississippi, damaging more than 1,000 buildings, toppling trees and injuring at least four people.

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Even once the Strait of Hormuz reopens, long weeks will pass before a tanker’s oil reaches any consumers. And the month-long journey cannot be meaningfully sped up.

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Oil prices were little changed on Thursday as investors struggled to parse conflicting and rapidly shifting signals from Iranian officials and the Trump administration over the war and possible peace talks.

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As the war in Iran drags on, China has deepened its influence with fuel-starved neighbors in Asia, offering to ease shortages while pushing its renewable energy technology.

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Candidates for California governor discussed housing and insurance policy in the first half of an hourlong debate, then furiously attacked one another at the end.

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With millions of voters set to cast ballots in a set of elections across Britain on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces his biggest — and most perilous — electoral test since he led his Labour Party to a general election victory in 2024.

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The state police in Illinois said they were examining the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez last summer during a Chicago-area crackdown on illegal immigration.

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A federal judge in Georgia ruled that the federal government did not have to return 2020 election records seized by the FBI. The ruling is the latest in a saga driven by President Trump’s desire for redemption in the state.

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Federal agents and local police officers conducted several raids around Los Angeles in a drug enforcement operation that authorities said was targeting a network of fentanyl and methamphetamine dealers.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Using GLP-1 injections for preventable diet-related diseases in children is a sign of a collective failure to shield the most vulnerable members of our society from the environmental catastrophe that brought us to this point,” Julia Belluz writes.

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A personal watercraft struck an adult gray whale that had just breached off Vancouver, British Columbia, on Monday, according to local officials and a video of the collision that was posted online.

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At just over four feet tall, Gabi became South Korea’s first robot monk when it joined the Jogye Order, the country’s largest Buddhist sect. The robot is the latest effort by the country’s monks to show the modern relevance of Buddhism.

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