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In Yellowstone, Migratory Bison Reawaken a Landscape

A recent study hints at the potential benefits of restoring bison to an ecosystem.

© Jacob Frank/National Park Service

Bison grazing near the Roosevelt Arch of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont. Yellowstone is home to the last migratory herd — migratory bison are otherwise functionally extinct in their former range.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Walks a Political Tightrope as Rubio Visits Mexico

U.S. pressure to crack down on corrupt politicians has squeezed President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico ahead of her meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

© Luis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times

For months, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, has tried to manage two complex relationships at the same time: Mexico’s with the United States and her own with her powerful party at home.
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The Communist Warrior Stranded for Decades in an ‘American Colony’

Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die.

© Woohae Cho for The New York Times

Ahn Hak-sop at his home in Gimpo, South Korea.
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Dan Kleban Joins Maine Democratic Primary, Seeking to Unseat Senator Susan Collins

Dan Kleban enters a crowded Democratic primary as party leaders wait for Maine’s Democratic governor, Janet Mills, who is “seriously considering” a run for Senate.

© Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald, via Getty Images

Dan Kleban at his brewery, the Maine Beer Company, in 2019. He said Americans were “feeling that no matter how hard they work, even if they play by the rules, the system’s rigged against them.”
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Missouri Legislators To Start Special Session on Redistricting

The lawmakers, led by a Republican majority, are expected to consider new maps that would help Republicans gain another seat in Congress. They already hold six of the state’s eight congressional seats.

© Christopher Smith for The New York Times

The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
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What We Saw at a Job Fair for ICE

As ICE ramps up for more deportations under President Trump, Nicholas Nehamas, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times, talks with applicants at an ICE recruitment fair in Texas.
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"Pour les Chinois, il ne s'agit pas de renverser l'ordre international, mais de le subvertir de l'intérieur", affirme l'ancien ambassadeur Claude Blanchemaison après la rencontre entre Xi Jinping, Vladimir Poutine et Kim Jong-un

L'ancien ambassadeur de France en Russie et en Inde Claude Blanchemaison est l'invité du "10 minutes info" de franceinfo mercredi 3 septembre. Il revient sur la rencontre au sommet entre Xi Jinping, Vladimir Poutine et Kim Jong-un.

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Trump Says U.S. Attacked Boat Carrying Venezuelan Gang Members, Killing 11

The vessel was transporting illegal narcotics through international waters to the United States, the president said.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

President Trump signed a still-secret directive in July instructing the Pentagon to use military force against some Latin American drug cartels that his administration has labeled “terrorist” organizations.
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Wildfire Destroys Buildings in Gold Rush Town of Chinese Camp

Fires, likely sparked by lightning strikes that hit California early Tuesday, razed over 9,000 acres in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, officials said.

© Noah Berger/Associated Press

The 6-5 Fire burned across a road in Chinese Camp, a community in Tuolumne County, Calif., on Tuesday.
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Years After Japan’s Nuclear Disaster, People With Cancer Seek Answers

A survey has found hundreds of thyroid tumors, but Japanese officials say they are unrelated to the Fukushima meltdowns. Now they face a lawsuit.

© Ko Sasaki for The New York Times

This woman was a middle schooler in 2011 when the Fukushima nuclear meltdown occurred, about 40 miles from her home. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer a few years later.
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