The New York Times

The New York Times

U.S. forces likely bombed an Iranian elementary school on Feb. 28 during an operation targeting a nearby military base, a New York Times analysis suggests. It is the deadliest known episode of civilian casualties since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran — and no side has yet taken responsibility.

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Breaking News: The House blocked a measure seeking to limit President Trump’s war powers in Iran, in a mostly party-line vote.

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News Analysis: President Trump has calculated he can launch military operations abroad with the loss of few American lives and minimal disruption to the economy. The opening days of the war in Iran are challenging that assumption.

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There are two main reasons to take up the chore of cleaning your bookshelves. First (and this should appeal to you, fellow book lover), it is for the health of your books. nyti.ms/47d8jkq

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"Kiss All the Time. Disco Occasionally." is Harry Styles’s first album in four years. His success has arguably reopened the floodgates for male pop stars, who have been making their way back to the Hot 100, the critic Shaad D’Souza writes.

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Pokémon Company International pushed back against the White House’s repeated use of its intellectual property after the Trump administration published a “Make America Great Again” meme that used characters like Pikachu and Magikarp.

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Following last year’s Gen Z-led revolution, Nepalis voted on Thursday for a new government. A millennial rapper and former mayor is aiming to lead the country, six months after the old guard was ousted. nyti.ms/3MOGMit

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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s time as governor of California is ending — he cannot run again because of term limits. With no clear successor, the contest to replace him is wide open. Here is an overview of the candidates.

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James Talarico, the state lawmaker who won the Democratic Senate primary in Texas, took aim at billionaires in his victory speech on Wednesday and said the country’s true divisions were between its haves and have-nots.

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When South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, visited the Oval Office last year, he expected to correct President Trump’s false claim that white South Africans were being targeted and killed because of their race. He said in a New York Times interview that the meeting turned into an “ambush.”

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The U.S. and its allies have long considered Iran’s Navy a serious threat, and President Trump has said that destroying the country’s naval forces is a core objective of the U.S. military campaign. Here’s why.

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Iranian Kurdish forces, based in Iraq, are preparing armed units that could be sent into Iran, potentially with U.S. support, in an insurgency that would open a new front against the Iranian government. Here is what to know about the Kurds.

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Israel abruptly announced it was temporarily closing the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City for wartime safety concerns, police said. The closure was the latest blow for Muslims from Israeli-imposed measures at the disputed and volatile site.

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Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked for a third time a spending bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, insisting that they would not approve the measure without new curbs on immigration enforcement even amid President Trump’s war in Iran.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Sonny Burton is not a killer. No one disputes this. Yet he has spent nearly half his life on death row,” Elizabeth Vartkessian writes. “Unless Kay Ivey, the governor of Alabama, decides to commute Mr. Burton’s sentence, the state is set to kill him on March 12.”

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When the McDonald’s CEO, Chris Kempczinski, posted a video of himself trying a new menu item last month, it was not the burger he was promoting that drew attention. It was how he was eating it.

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After calling the U.S. State Department hotline with questions about how to get home from Dubai, a Texas resident said that the agent told her to “stop ranting and raving” and hung up. She's one of the thousands of travelers stranded by fighting in the Middle East. nyti.ms/3OP63tn

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Breaking News: Kristi Noem has been fired as homeland security secretary by President Trump, who picked Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to replace her. Follow live updates. trib.al/znvv0xP

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Despite long being treated as a pariah by the West and isolated by U.S. sanctions, Iran had maintained ties with a range of countries, including Turkey, India, Russia and China. Yet in this war, their support is mostly rhetoric.

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Breaking News: Two dozen states sued President Trump to stop his 10% tariffs on most imports.

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If the war in Iran continues — as President Trump has foreshadowed — the economic drag could become much heavier and the cost to U.S. taxpayers much greater. Here are the ways Americans may feel the effects.

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Sen. Tim Sheehy, Republican of Montana, helped Capitol Police officers forcibly remove the antiwar protester Brian McGinnis — a Marine Corps veteran and a Green Party candidate for Senate in North Carolina — from a Senate hearing on Wednesday. The physical struggle was captured on video.

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Jonathan Groff will be departing this month from “Just in Time,” the popular biomusical at Broadway’s Circle in the Square. In portraying Bobby Darin, a chart-topping pop singer of the 1950s and ’60s, Groff has completed his ascendance to full musical stardom.

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Rigatoni alla zozzona combines the ingredients of the four pasta dishes for which Romans are famous: amatriciana, cacio e pepe, carbonara and gricia. nyti.ms/4cxjrfH

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NBC said on Thursday that Savannah Guthrie, the longtime “Today” anchor, plans to return to the NBC morning show at some point. Guthrie has not been a part of the show since early February, when her mother, Nancy, went missing.

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From @theathletic.com: The first Winter Paralympics took place in Sweden in 1976 with just 200 participants. In Italy, there are now 665 athletes representing more than 50 nations.

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The actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal has always been fascinated with the darker side of sex and love. On “The Interview,” she discusses why she returns to those themes in her work, and what it’s like to be the rare female director helming a big studio film.

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