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A Tren de Aragua Leader Is Killed in a Joint Strike, U.S. and Venezuela Say

A strike this week in Venezuela killed a gang leader known as Niño Guerrero who was wanted in the United States, officials in both countries said.

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President Trump said the operation had been conducted in close consultation with the new Venezuelan government.
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What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak

Aid agencies are racing to help health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The virus is known to have killed at least 140 people, but the true toll may be far higher.

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Disinfecting a path last month outside a hospital in Mongbwalu, a mining town at the center of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Wages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy.

As Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, workers are facing higher prices and fears of A.I.-driven job losses.

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Times Square on Friday, when Elon Musk’s SpaceX went public on the Nasdaq exchange.
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With a Deal Seemingly Close, the U.S. Faces an Iran More Willing to Withstand Pressure

The war has produced regime change, but Iran’s new leaders are more willing to take risks and believe they have already absorbed the worst that America and Israel can deliver.

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Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in April at a government-organized march in Tehran.
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Despite US Help, Little Oil Has Gone Through Strait of Hormuz

President Trump said more than 200 commercial vessels had safely traveled through the strait. That’s still far fewer than before the start of the war.

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Global stockpiles of oil continue to decline as vessels remain stuck, unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
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David Hockney and the Bliss of Not Standing Still

“As important as the boys and the pools and the light,” a memoirist writes, “the most important thing was becoming the driving.” It would inspire an obsession with moving focus into the future.
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Has There Ever Been a Crazier Sports Moment for New York? Actually, Yes.

In the spring of 1994, the World Cup arrived, the Knicks were great and so were the Rangers. And in the middle of it all, an infamous White Bronco chase.

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Just as the World Cup arrived in New York, the 1994 Knicks made a run the N.B.A. finals, hunting their first championship in decades. Sound familiar?
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New Yorkers Are Going on the Road With the Knicks for Game 5

One resale site said that more than 48 percent of its tickets to the game in San Antonio had been sold to people from New York and New Jersey.

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Knicks fans at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio for Game 2 of the N.B.A. finals last week.
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Anthropic Blocks Foreign Nationals from Using Its Mythos and Fable A.I.

The San Francisco company said on Friday night that the federal government ordered the suspension of the two A.I. systems, citing national security concerns.

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Anthropic’s Mythos A.I. model has raised worries that it could be used to attack computer networks.
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Trump Administration Says It Will Restart Asylum and Immigration Processing

The response came after a federal judge rebuked officials for failing to immediately comply with the order he issued last week.

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An immigration court in New York in May. More than a million applications for asylum and immigration had ground to a halt under Trump administration policies.
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Gene Shalit, Film Critic Bristling With Hair and Puns, Dies at 100

One of the nation’s most recognizable characters, he delivered his wacky commentary for more than 40 years on the “Today” show.

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Gene Shalit in 1980. With his handlebar mustache, bushy hair, black horn-rimmed glasses and extravagant bow ties, he was one of the nation’s most recognizable characters.
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Kennedy Center Begins Removing Trump’s Name From Facade

The arts institution followed a judge’s order to take down President Trump’s name after seeking a 12-hour extension, attributing the delay to thunderstorms.

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On Friday night, workers constructed scaffolding near President Trump’s name on the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire. Who Was the First Billionaire?

John D. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became America’s first billionaire in 1916. Like Elon Musk’s ascension, the milestone made headlines.

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John D. Rockefeller Sr., in Lakewood, N.J., in 1933. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became a billionaire in 1916.
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Afghans Hold Rare Public Protests Against Taliban Rules

The United Nations said it was “deeply concerned” about the arrests of dozens of women, and reported that two people were killed in protests organized to support them.

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In Herat, Afghanistan, on Monday.
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Despite Trump Claims, Spencer Pratt Seems to Accept L.A. Mayor Results

President Trump said the loss was an example of election fraud, but Mr. Pratt did not entertain that idea. Instead, he plans to wind down his campaign but keep attacking the two Democrats who advanced.

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“I didn’t get in this for political power, I got in this to expose this corrupt machine, and nothing’s changed,” Mr. Pratt said. “ I don’t have a campaign laws hamstringing me now. It’s war.”
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