Man Found Dead at Burning Man, Prompting Homicide Investigation

The victim, whose identity was unknown, was found “lying in a pool of blood” on Saturday night, officials said.

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Hard-Nosed Sheriff Who Inspired ‘Walking Tall’ Movie Killed His Wife, Inquiry Says

Buford Pusser, who was portrayed in the 1973 hit movie, led people to believe that his wife was ambushed by his enemies, cold-case investigators in Tennessee said.

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Boy Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ Prank in Houston

The police in Houston detained a person after a 10-year-old boy who had knocked on a door was shot on Saturday night, officials said.

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Hiker Is Found Dead in Wyoming After Being Missing for a Month

Grant Gardner’s body was found by a climbing team on Wednesday in Bighorn National Forest, a week after the authorities called off a search.

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What to Know About Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Socialism

Opponents of the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City have derogatively called him both a socialist and a democratic socialist to make a dent in his lead in the polls.

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New York’s Very Rich Reel Over the NYC Mayoral Race and Mamdani’s Lead

“The Hamptons is basically in group therapy about the mayoral race.”

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Pro-Palestinian Protesters at the Venice Film Festival Raise Gaza War

In the days leading up to the festival, hundreds of film professionals signed an open letter demanding that the star-studded event take a stance against the crisis in Gaza.

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At Least 70 Drown Off Mauritania After Boat Capsizes

Around 150 people boarded a boat in Gambia that was thought to have been headed for Europe. The boat capsized after traveling about 380 miles.

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Iowa’s Joni Ernst Will Not Seek Re-election, Putting a Competitive Senate Seat in Play

Democrats still face an uphill fight to win in Iowa and retake the majority in the closely divided Senate.

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London Man Admits to Wave of Sexual Assaults Over 3 Years

Xu Chao, 33, could face a “lengthy” prison sentence, the judge said. Most of his victims have not been identified.

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Trump and Democrats Float Unusual Midterm Conventions

Both parties appear to be weighing gatherings that would gin up excitement for candidates in 2026 — and give a major platform for ambitious politicians hoping to lead the parties in 2028.

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‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Getting an A.I. Glow Up.

The classic film was “enhanced” using A.I. tools so that it could be an immersive experience at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

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Trump Raises the Stakes

The president has raised the stakes.

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Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force

The journalist Radley Balko explains the mechanisms Trump is using to create a personal army.

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Longest-Running Rafiki Says Goodbye to ‘The Lion King’

After more than 9,000 performances as the shaman in the Broadway show, Tshidi Manye prepares to hang up her baboon costume.

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All the Things Trump Thinks He Owns

The White House is not the president’s property. Neither is the Smithsonian. Nor Washington itself.

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Penn Station Renovation Will Begin in 2027, Officials Say

Sean P. Duffy, the federal transportation secretary, laid out the ambitious goal at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon.

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Trump Is Trying to End Fed Independence

If the courts allow Trump to get away with firing Lisa Cook, the Fed will be stripped of its insulation from political pressure.

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Jonathan Karp to Step Down as Head of Simon & Schuster

Jonathan Karp, the chief executive since 2020, will oversee a new imprint that publishes six books year.

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House Republicans Seek Review of D.C. Crime Data

A G.O.P. request for information and interviews comes amid Trump administration claims that crime in the capital is worse than it appears.

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Sinaloa Cartel Founder Known as El Mayo Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking

Ismael Zambada García will spend life in prison. He had been charged with running a criminal network that sold cocaine, heroin and other illegal drugs.

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Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Apple Over Claims It Favors OpenAI

Mr. Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, claimed that its Grok chatbot app was being artificially suppressed in Apple’s App Store.

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China Looms Large as South Korea’s President Meets With Trump

Washington’s increasing focus on Beijing is straining the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States.

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Trump’s Stunning Attack on Mail-In Ballots

The president and his allies should not be trusted to ensure the integrity of the vote.

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How to Make Sense of Trump’s Voting Rights Chaos

Just how can we tell which of Trump’s moves matters?

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Police Release Names of 5 Killed in Tour Bus Crash Near Buffalo

Those killed in the accident on Friday ranged in age from 22 to 65 and included three people from New Jersey, a Chinese student at Columbia University and a person from India.

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Why Epstein’s Furious Grip on Washington Holds

It isn’t just members of the MAGA faithful who are feeling let down.

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Tour Bus Crashes in Western New York, Injuring Passengers

The crash, which occurred about 30 miles east of Buffalo, caused multiple injuries and shut down part of one of western New York’s main highways, officials said.

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Brent Hinds, Lead Guitarist of Metal Band Mastodon, Dies in Motorcycle Crash

Mr. Hinds, 51, was found unresponsive late Wednesday after an S.U.V. appeared to slam into the motorcycle he was riding near downtown Atlanta, the authorities said.

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Trump’s Attacks on Fed Overshadow a Critical Moment for the Central Bank

The president’s calls for Lisa Cook, a Fed governor, to resign are diverting attention from economic issues as top central bankers from around the world gather in Jackson, Wyo.

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As Adams Tries to Run on His Record, Scandals Keep Swirling Around Him

Mayor Eric Adams of New York has sought to argue that his first-term wins have earned him the right to serve a second. But he cannot shake the stench of corruption around his administration.

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More Adams Associates and Supporters Are Said to Face Corruption Charges

Among those expected to surrender in the coming days are a close friend of Mayor Eric Adams whom the mayor installed in a powerful city position.

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Russia Demands Role in Guaranteeing Ukraine’s Postwar Security

European and Ukrainian officials call the idea ludicrous, showing the large gaps in peace negotiations.

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A 1990 Measles Outbreak Shows How the Disease Can Roar Back

To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia.

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OpenAI’s GPT-5 Launch Causes Backlash Due to Colder Responses

When OpenAI released a new version of ChatGPT, people were quick to protest its colder responses. Acknowledging the emotional attachment with chatbots, the company quickly backtracked.

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From Unstable Ground, an Old Church Rolls to a New Home

Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has jeopardized the ground below a beloved church. Thanks to a feat of engineering, it is on the move.

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These Majestic Seabirds Never Stop Pooping

Streaked shearwaters keep a very regular rhythm throughout their daily foraging flights, shedding about 5 percent of their body mass every hour.

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Joe Caroff, Who Gave James Bond His Signature 007 Logo, Dies at 103

A quiet giant in graphic design, he created posters for hundreds of movies, including “West Side Story” and “Manhattan.” But his work was often unsigned.

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$800 for a Credit Card? Why Your Premium Cards Will Cost More.

Credit card companies and airlines are in a race for customers who spend the most money — and that is making it harder for many other customers to score deals and perks.

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A Lifelong Party of ‘Puzzle-Making Tomfoolery’

In 1978, Jerry Slocum assembled the first International Puzzle Party in his living room. Now it’s a global event.

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Pence Welcomes Trump’s D.C. Deployment of the National Guard

Former Vice President Mike Pence said he wished President Trump “would have done more” on Jan. 6, but supported the recent decision to deploy troops to Washington.

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An Arts District Helped Make Asheville a Destination. Its Recovery Is Slow Going.

Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene severely damaged the popular River Arts District, the rebuilding process continues in a gradual manner.

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Trump Bows to Putin’s Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fire, Deadlines or Sanctions

The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.

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Tristan Rogers, ‘General Hospital’ Actor, Dies at 79

Mr. Rogers became a fixture on the daytime television show as Robert Scorpio, a spy who became a police commissioner.

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Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans Is Indicted, Her Lawyer Says

LaToya Cantrell has been under a corruption investigation that has cast a shadow over her final term as mayor. The specific charges were not immediately clear.

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As Trump Tightens Hold on Kennedy Center, Top Theater Producer Resigns

Jeffrey Finn, a Broadway producer who has overseen theater programming at the Washington venue since 2016, will leave next month.

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D.C. Police Move to Share Limited Information With Federal Immigration Officials

Chief Pamela A. Smith’s order effectively serves as a carve-out to how the department enforces a broader ban that prohibits the local police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Epstein Defenses

In the face of mounting discontent over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump has turned to deflection, denial and downplaying.

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A Timeline of What We Know About Trump and Epstein

Donald Trump was friendly for at least 15 years with Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire financier and convicted sex offender who died in jail in 2019.

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Plan to Add 9,500 Homes to Midtown Expected to Get City Council Approval

The plan would open a swath of Manhattan, including the garment district, to residential development.

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Beyoncé Wins First Emmy for N.F.L. Halftime Show

The pop superstar received a costume design award for her Netflix football halftime performance tied to her “Cowboy Carter” album.

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Dozens of Migrants Drown Off Lampedusa, Italy

Sixty people survived after two boats with nearly 100 migrants capsized. The causes of the shipwrecks were not clear, Italian officials and U.N. agencies said. The death toll is likely to grow.

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South Korea’s Ex-First Lady Kim Keon Hee Is Arrested on Corruption Charges

Kim Keon Hee, accused of accepting Chanel bags and other items as bribes, is the only former first lady in the country to have been put behind bars. Her husband has also been jailed on insurrection charges.

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Blown Away by Bubble Art

Performers are delighting crowds with bubble blowing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, using a mixture of dish soap, water and lube — and occasional acrobatics.

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Space Rock That Punched Through Roof Almost Struck Resident

Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth as part of a mysterious daytime fireball in late June missed striking a man near Atlanta, a researcher has found.

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Senator Gallego Brings a Message of Hope for Democrats to Iowa

Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona won his seat last year by outperforming national Democrats among Hispanic voters and men. He wants the party to listen to listen to his message as it regroups.

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Alyson Stoner, a Former Disney Star, Writes a Tell-All. Sort Of.

Alyson Stoner has much to say about their years acting for Disney and Nickelodeon. They’re careful how they say it.

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Petunia Wins the Ugliest Dog Contest by Being Loved, Not by Looking Perfect

Rescued from neglect, the hairless bulldog claimed the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest title on Friday but her prize came long before the competition results were announced.

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Ousted F.D.A. Vaccine Chief Returns to Agency

Dr. Vinay Prasad’s rehiring was an unusual instance of a federal official targeted by the right-wing activist Laura Loomer being brought back into the Trump administration.

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What’s Behind the Thailand-Cambodia Conflict

A series of border skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia escalated into a military conflict in July that killed dozens of people and rattled the region. As negotiations take place, Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times’s Southeast Asia bureau chief, talks to Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the International desk, about the context behind the evolving dispute.

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‘Hunting Wives,’ a Raunchy and Pulpy Drama, Is Netflix’s Most Popular Show

The drama has all the ingredients of a binge-watch: culture wars, murder and sex.

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Seven Ticks Hitched Very Long Rides to Connecticut

The nonnative species from Europe, Latin America and Eastern Africa reached the United States by latching on to travelers, a study by researchers in the state shows, offering clues about how ticks spread in a warming world.

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2 Dead After Helicopter Crashes Onto Barge in Mississippi River

The crash, which happened near the border of Missouri and Illinois, closed a bridge into Illinois.

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Swiss Businesses Fear Trump’s 39% Tariff Will Create ‘Worst-Case Scenario’

Goods shipped from the country face a 39% tariff in the U.S., which companies warn will have dire consequences if President Trump cannot be quickly dissuaded.

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Cuomo Tells Business Leaders He Doesn’t ‘Personally’ Want to Fight Trump

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s remarks about President Trump came just before The Times’s disclosure that he had spoken to Mr. Trump about the race.

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Rains and Broken Roads Complicate Flood Rescue in Indian Himalayas

About 190 people have been rescued so far, officials said, but they warned that the death toll could rise.

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4-Day Manhunt Yields No Confirmed Sighting of Montana Suspect

The man accused of fatally shooting four people in a bar disappeared into a rugged forest. An official said the search for him was law enforcement’s “top focus.”

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Ghislaine Maxwell Opposes Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Papers

The disgraced financier’s former companion said disclosure would harm her legal rights. “Jeffrey Epstein is dead,” her lawyers wrote. “Ghislaine Maxwell is not.”

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F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats

It was unclear how the agency would respond. Democratic lawmakers left the state to stop Republicans from redrawing district maps to their advantage.

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Ion Iliescu, Who Steered Romania After Revolution, Dies at 95

As a three-term as president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of brutality during the revolt that put him in power.

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Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds

A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half.

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What Is Cardiac Amyloidosis?

A quiet revolution in care is helping patients with cardiac amyloidosis, a form of heart failure that long stumped doctors.

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Avoiding Ultraprocessed Foods Might Double Weight Loss

In a new trial, people consumed more calories and had more cravings when they ate ultraprocessed foods.

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Canada Wildfires Cause Poor Air Quality for Toronto, Minneapolis and New York

Wildfires burning in Canada were causing unhealthy air quality across parts of North America on Monday.

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Third Child in Sailing Camp Dies After Barge Hit Boat Off Miami Beach

Six people, including a camp counselor, aboard a sailboat were thrown into the water after the collision on Monday, the authorities said.

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Boeing Workers Who Make Fighter Jets Are Set to Strike

About 3,200 machinists in St. Louis are poised to walk off the job after failing to reach an agreement on wages and retirement benefits.

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Ann Harris, Who Edited a Stack of Best Sellers, Dies at 99

Her hits included “The Exorcist” and “The Thorn Birds,” as well as autobiographies of Betty Ford and Warren Buffett.

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Production Manager Is Killed in Accident at Jacob’s Pillow, Authorities Say

Jacob’s Pillow canceled weekend programming as staff members grieved the death of Kat Sirico, who was moving staging platforms that toppled, the authorities said.

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Dragon Bravo Fire Grows to Largest Wildfire in the Continental U.S.

The fire in Grand Canyon National Park has grown to more than 100,000 acres amid dry weather and a weak monsoon season in Arizona.

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David Rendall, Tenor Who Suffered 2 Operatic Mishaps, Dies at 76

He appeared regularly at the Metropolitan Opera and sang in major European opera houses, but a stage accident in 2005 nearly ended his career.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Sells Astronomer Like She Sells Goop

Why do we buy whatever it is that she is selling?

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D.C. Inquiry Shows How 3 Lives Intersected Before the Crash

Documents released in the inquiry into the deadly collision of a military helicopter and a passenger jet reveal a smart but shaky pilot, a wary instructor and an overwhelmed air traffic controller.

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