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How Did the Number of People Missing After Texas Floods Drop So Drastically?

Last week, officials said 97 people were missing in Kerr County. Now, it’s down to three. The drop is substantial, but such wild fluctuations can happen after disasters.

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A memorial for the victims of the floods in Central Texas.

Should ICE Agents Be Allowed to Wear Masks? It Depends Whom You Ask.

Los Angeles’s mayor said Sunday that masked immigration agents helped create a “reign of terror.” ICE’s director said agents could wear masks to “keep them and their families safe.”

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A federal immigration officer in Manhattan wearing a face covering last week.

Republicans and Democrats Call for More Information on Epstein Case

Members of Congress from both parties said they wanted to see more files released, while President Trump has encouraged his base to move on.

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President Trump has encouraged his base to move on from Jeffrey Epstein.

Faint Signs of Life Appear in Effort to Halt Ukraine War

Ukraine’s president proposed reviving talks brokered by the Trump administration, which seemed stalled a month ago.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine’s proposal to revive peace talks came after President Trump agreed to facilitate the transfer of air defense weapons to Ukraine and threatened to impose sanctions on Russia’s trading partners.

Jean-Pierre Azéma, 87, Dies; Chronicled French Collaboration With Nazis

He was among the historians who challenged national myths about the compromises his country made after being occupied by Germany in World War II.

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Jean-Pierre Azéma in 2011. A French historian and writer, he helped destroy the postwar myths that the collaborationist wartime Vichy regime had done what it could to resist the occupying Germans.

Jake Larson, D-Day Veteran and TikTok Star, Dies at 102

Mr. Larson, the last survivor of a unit that stormed Omaha Beach in 1944, shared his memories on social media where he amassed a wide following.

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Jake Larson with his Legion of Honor medal, awarded by France, at his home in Martinez, Calif., in 2019.

Calls for Japan’s Leader to Resign as His Party Faces Election Defeat

Exit polls suggest a major loss for the Liberal Democratic Party in parliamentary elections, but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is vowing to stay on.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, center left, after the parliamentary elections at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday.

Passenger Ship Fire Kills at Least 3 People in Indonesia

The fire happened aboard the KM Barcelona 5 in the waters of North Sulawesi Province in Indonesia on Sunday morning, officials said.

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In this photo made from a video released by Indonesia’s rescue agency, a rescue ship approaches the KM Barcelona 5 after it caught fire on Sunday.

An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files

A former Jeffrey Epstein employee said that she told the F.B.I. in 1996 and 2006 about what she considered a troubling encounter with Donald J. Trump.

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Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s club in Palm Beach, Fla., in 1997.

Justin Fulcher, a Top Aide to Pete Hegseth, Leaves the Pentagon

Justin Fulcher, an adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, said in a statement that he had planned to work in the federal government for only six months.

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Several senior officials at the Pentagon have recently left the Defense Department’s top ranks.
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