 | Trump Holds Off on Major War Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns |
Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions in the Middle East. | |
| Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One |
A New York Times investigation found that President Trump?s push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features. | |
| Military Families Express Outrage After Pentagon Lowers Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War |
The change in the number to 14 from 18 this week has prompted scrutiny over the Defense Department?s accounting and reporting practices. | |
| Hundreds of Thousands Flee Fires in France and Spain as Help Pours In |
Nearly 300,000 have been told to evacuate or take shelter as major fires edged closer to Madrid and Bordeaux. | |
| Conditions for European Wildfires Created by Summer of Extremes |
The wildfires are scorching parts of France and Spain that had already faced unusually hot and dry summers. | |
| Wildfire Smoke Chokes Skies in Spain and France |
Hundreds of thousands of people, residents as well as vacationers, were forced to evacuate or told to remain indoors. | |
| Car Plows Into Crowd at Berlin Pride Event in Suspected Terror Attack |
The police said a suspect was involved in local Islamic groups and that there was a ?strong suspicion? it was an act of terrorism. At least one person was killed and 16 injured. | |
| Troy Jackson Picked to Replace Platner as Democratic Nominee in Maine Senate Race |
Mr. Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, clinched the nomination at a hastily arranged state party convention. | |
| After Democratic Shake-Up, Susan Collins Holds Enormous Cash Edge in Maine |
Republicans are pouring huge sums behind the Maine senator through a web of billionaire-funded super PACs. Troy Jackson, picked as the new Democratic nominee, has a lot of catching up to do. | |
| Appeals Court Upholds Blocks on Trump Order Restricting Mail Voting |
The ruling on Saturday was the latest rebuke to President Trump?s attacks on mail-in voting. The government says it may take the case to the Supreme Court. | |
| Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I. |
Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the rest of the tech industry over whether ?open-source? models from China should be freely available or restricted. | |
| Sally the Robot Was Coming to a New York School. Then the Plug Was Pulled. |
Students helped design the A.I.-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage. | |
| Blockbuster I.P.O.s Are Creating New Millionaires. Philanthropies Want a Cut. |
As start-ups like Anthropic and OpenAI prepare to go public, nonprofits are hoping for a secondary giving windfall from the new tech ultrawealthy. | |
| Karl-Anthony Towns Knows the Knicks? Win Was Bigger Than Basketball |
New York?s star center on playing for his mom, Patrick Ewing, generations of emotional fans ? and himself. | |
| Ukraine Is Fighting for Freedom. Freedom Is for Everyone. |
The legal gap for gay Ukrainians has always been unbearable. Then the war with Russia seemed to make the disparity untenable. But the gap remains. | |
| Gen Z Fell Out of Love With Work. I Don?t Blame Them. |
For Gen Z college graduates, the way millennials lived out their ambitions no longer makes sense. | |
| 20 Years After Its Own Outbreak, an Ugandan Town Beats Back Ebola |
The Bundibugyo Ebola virus takes its name from this small town, where it was first discovered in 2007. Now, the species has returned to eastern Congo, halting life on a busy border. | |
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