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Israel Says It Killed a Hamas Militant Involved in Yarden Bibas Kidnapping

Mr. Bibas, his wife and their two small children were abducted and taken to Gaza. Only he survived.

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Israeli hostage Yarden Bibas are handed over to the Red Cross as part of the hostage exchange deal between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza, in February.
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Will Putin meet with Zelensky to end the Ukraine war?

The Kremlin is keeping its options open, but analysts said the Russian leader would probably only meet with his Ukrainian counterpart to accept a capitulation.

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President Vladimir V. Putin in Anchorage on Friday. The Russian leader “appears to have decided that the time for real diplomacy has come,” one analyst said.
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Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Accuse Trump Administration of Vindictive Prosecution

It was the second time that Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have sought to hold the Trump administration accountable over its handling of his expulsion to El Salvador and its aftermath.

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Lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia leaving court in Nashville last month after a hearing.
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Attacker Stabs Colorado Park Ranger and Flees

A manhunt was underway for the attacker as the ranger was airlifted to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after the episode at Staunton State Park, the authorities said.

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Law enforcement officers searching for the man who attacked a wildlife ranger at Staunton State Park in Colorado on Tuesday.
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Without U.S. Troops in Ukraine, Would a 'Security Guarantee’ Deter Russia?

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President Trump and Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, in Scotland, in July. Mr. Starmer has talked about assembling a force drawn from a “coalition of the willing” to maintain security in a postwar Ukraine.
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Manhunt Underway After Texas Jail Mistakenly Releases Inmate

The release of a man who had been serving a five-year sentence for assault is the second time the jail has released someone prematurely this year.

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The Harris County jail in Houston. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an inmate who was mistakenly released early Sunday morning.
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Trump Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Former and Current Officials

The move is the latest effort by the Trump administration to shift the public’s attention to the 2016 election.

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Voters casting their ballots in Brooklyn in November 2016. The Trump administration has been trying to shift the public’s attention to the 2016 election and away from questions about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Texas Rep. Nicole Collier Slept on the House Floor in Protest

Nicole Collier, a state representative, slept in the Capitol rather than agree to police surveillance imposed by Republicans after a Democratic walkout. “I am resisting,” she said.

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State Representative Nicole Collier, a Fort Worth Democrat, at right, in the State House chamber on Monday.
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Guerre en Ukraine : pour les soldats ukrainiens au front, la paix reste inconcevable, même après le sommet de Washington

Au lendemain du sommet de Washington, qui a réuni les Européens et le président ukrainien autour de Donald Trump, les discussions se poursuivent mardi 19 août. Mais pour quels résultats tangibles ? Il est encore très difficile de le dire à cette heure. Reportage au front, dans le Donbass, où les Ukrainiens ne sont pas prêts à abandonner les armes.

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How Europe Learned to Speak So Trump Would Listen

The leaders of Germany, France, Britain and other supporters of Ukraine have come together in exceptional ways to help sway the U.S. president.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine with President Trump and European leaders at the White House on Monday.
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Trump Wants Universities to Show Him the Money, or No Deal

President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion.

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Harvard University is poised to spend $500 million on vocational and educational programs.
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A ‘Dexter’ Obsessed Man Highlights a Gap in British Law

Inspired by the TV serial killer, Jacob Power wrote out detailed murder plans and dug graves. Still, prosecutors could not charge him with attempted murder.

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A screen grab from security camera footage released by the Thames Valley Police showed Jacob Power inside The White Hart Inn in Hamstead Marshall, England, in November.
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Once a Source of Life and Renewal, Monsoon Brings Death to Pakistan

With villages swept away and Pakistan’s largest city assailed by monsoon floods, climate change has brought a catastrophic new normal to the country.

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The funeral for Abdul Samad’s mother in Beshonai, a village in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan, on Monday.
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Richard Lee, Activist Who Founded a Pot ‘University,’ Dies at 62

After he was paralyzed in an accident, his use of marijuana for medical purposes led him to become one of the nation’s most influential cannabis activists.

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Richard Lee spoke at a news conference in Oakland, Calif., in 2010 to bring attention to Proposition 19, a measure to legalize marijuana in California. He became a national face of the legalization movement when he spent more than $1.3 million of his own money to support the proposition.
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Pirro Orders Office to Maximize Criminal Charges on Street Arrests

The instruction amounts to a declaration that the understaffed U.S. attorney’s office will seek to ramp up criminal charges arising from the president’s takeover of law enforcement in the capital.

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A new directive from Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, comes as hundreds of federal agents are deployed in the city.
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No Tariff Exemption for European Wine and Spirits, at Least for Now

As the text of a trade agreement comes together, European Union negotiators haven’t persuaded the Americans to cut alcohol tariffs to zero.

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As the United States and the European Union move closer to a final trade agreement, it looks like alcohol will be subject to a 15 percent tariff.
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National Guard Troops in Washington Stick to Tourist Areas

The number of troops in the city is expected to grow. But Army officials appear to be trying to keep them on the sidelines of President Trump’s mission.

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