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Suspect in Macklemore Robbery Also Stole From Sports Stars, Prosecutors Say

Patrick Maisonet’s targets in the Seattle area included the baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki and the former football star Richard Sherman, officials said.

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The Seattle home of the rapper Macklemore was robbed in June.
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Kim Jong-un Leaves Beijing With Big Diplomatic Wins

Mr. Kim’s presence at a Chinese military parade was a sign of his growing geopolitical ​leverage and that North Korea was being accepted as a de facto nuclear power.

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Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, leaving after meeting with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing on Thursday. It was their sixth summit.
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"Sur le terrain" du 4 septembre 2025 : "Coalition des volontaires" pour l'Ukraine, à quoi faut-il s'attendre ?

Dans cette dernière partie, Loïc de la Mornais s'intéresse à la guerre en Ukraine. Alors qu'Emmanuel Macron a annoncé, jeudi 4 septembre, que 26 pays s'engagent "à déployer, comme force de réassurance, des troupes sur le sol, en mer et dans les airs" en cas de cessez-le-feu, comment ce soutien à l'Ukraine pourrait-il se traduire ? Une séquence à retrouver dans l'émission "Sur le terrain" diffusée entre 21h et 23h sur la chaine info, canal 16.

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With Trump and Ukraine, Europe’s Leaders Are Playing a Long Game

Leaders on the continent are trying to show the U.S. president that they are serious about laying the groundwork to end the war — and that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is not.

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The parking lot of an apartment block in the area of Kharkiv, Ukraine, after Russian aerial bombs exploded in July.
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A Right-Wing Wave in Britain Produces a Teenage Civic Leader

As Reform U.K. meets for its annual conference, the experience of its youngest municipal leader, George Finch, shows a party trying to combine caution and provocation.

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George Finch, left, leader of Warwickshire County Council, appearing at a news conference alongside Reform U.K.’s leader, Nigel Farage, last month.
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Thailand Ex-Premier Thaksin Shinawatra Abruptly Leaves Country

Mr. Thaksin flew to Dubai days before a verdict that could send him to prison. He said he would be back in time for the hearing.

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Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok last week. His political dynasty is in a diminished state.
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett Argues Her Own Case, and the Court’s, in New Book

In a new book, Justice Amy Coney Barrett asks for faith in the Supreme Court but reveals very little.

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“My office doesn’t entitle me to align the legal system with my moral or policy views,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett writes in her new book, “Listening to the Law.”
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Health Dept. Plans Vaccine Poll Run by Trump Ally’s Firm

The no-bid contract was published amid Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to move the nation’s health infrastructure away from some vaccines.

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The polling firm, HarrisX, is part of Stagwell, a marketing company led by Mark Penn, a vocal supporter of President Trump’s and an adviser on polling.
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Venezuelan Jets Fly Over U.S. Navy Ship in Show of Force

The flyover took place two days after the United States carried out a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that U.S. officials said was carrying drugs.

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The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer Jason Dunham in the Red Sea.
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Venezuelan jets flew over a U.S. Navy ship in a show of force.

The flyover took place two days after the United States carried out a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that U.S. officials said was carrying drugs.

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The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer Jason Dunham in the Red Sea.
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Biden Has Surgery to Remove Skin Cancer Lesions

Three months earlier, former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had a diagnosis of an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the National Bar Association’s 100th Annual Awards Gala in July.
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Trump Is Exploring Ways to Take Over the Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum

It was unclear exactly how the federal government would take control of the site in Lower Manhattan. As a candidate, Mr. Trump offered a preview of one potential option.

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Officials said the discussions have been preliminary and exploratory, and it was unclear exactly how the federal government would take control of the site in Lower Manhattan.
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Donna Adelson Convicted in Murder of Dan Markel, a Florida Law Professor

A jury found Donna Adelson guilty of murder in the 2014 death of her former son-in-law, Dan Markel, a Florida law professor. She is the fifth person to be convicted in the high-profile case.

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Donna Adelson was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation of murder on Thursday.
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At Harvard, Judge’s Ruling on Funding Gives Students One More Thing to Ponder

Many students were cautiously hopeful after a judge said the Trump administration could not freeze research funding to the university. But they also had other things on their minds.

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The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
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Trump Administration to End Security Programs Protecting European Allies From Russia

Ending the longstanding program is expected to impact hundreds of millions of dollars that have gone toward countries that border Russia.

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President Trump during a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, in June.
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Trump Officials Ask Military Lawyers to Serve as Immigration Judges

Emails sent out call for volunteers to take six-month assignments hearing asylum and deportation cases.

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The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to use military lawyers as temporary immigration judges in the Justice Department’s immigration courts.
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New Congressional Map Clears First Hurdle in Missouri

A legislative committee took a first step to redraw the state’s congressional map in a Republican effort to gain a new seat.

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Missouri Democrats listened as State Representative Dirk Deaton, a Republican, spoke during a committee hearing on redistricting on Thursday.
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Melania Trump Has a Warning for Humanity: ‘The Robots Are Here’

The first lady has shown herself to be captivated by the wonders and dangers and opportunities of modern technologies.

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“The robots are here,” Melania Trump said at a White House event on Thursday. “Our future is no longer science fiction.”
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Move to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid

The judge expressed deep skepticism of the administration’s arguments that it had the power to withhold funds appropriated by Congress.

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U.S.-funded food aid arriving in South Sudan in 2023. Last week, the White House told Congress that it intended to cancel $4.9 billion that lawmakers had appropriated for foreign aid programs.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Removal of FTC Commissioner

A federal appeals court had reinstated the commissioner, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, saying she was fired ‘without cause.’

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The Trump administration is trying again to remove Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission.
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Kavanaugh Acknowledges ‘Difficult Job’ of His Lower-Court Colleagues

Speaking at a judicial conference in Memphis, the justice expressed sympathy for the district-court judges whose rulings the Supreme Court has repeatedly paused.

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Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh called trial-court judges “the front lines of American justice” while addressing the annual Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference in Memphis on Thursday.
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College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers

After the Trump administration criticized the use of what it called “racial proxies,” the group behind the SAT shut down a way for universities to identify promising applicants from disadvantaged communities.

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Supporters of affirmative action protested near the Supreme Court in 2023.
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Former F.B.I. Spy Hunter Compromised China Inquiry, Watchdog Says

The Justice Department’s inspector general disclosed new details about the extent of misconduct by a top F.B.I. counterintelligence official, Charles McGonigal.

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Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty in 2023 to working secretly for a Russian oligarch and to other crimes, and is now serving a six-and-half-year prison sentence.
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Quakes on Mars Reveal New Features of the Planet’s Interior

Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle and a solid inner core.

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A cutaway illustration of the modern Martian interior. A meteor striking one side of the planet’s surface, left, creates seismic waves that are detected by NASA’s InSight lander, right.
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Appeals Court Says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Can Stay Open

An appeals panel paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.

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The immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades.
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Harvard Won Its Money Back, but Will It Actually Get It?

A judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law in canceling billions in federal funds for Harvard. Whether the money is returned matters for the rest of higher education.

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A court ruling this week was a victory for Harvard in its fight with the Trump administration, but the battle between the two sides is most likely not over.
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Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah, U.S. Officials Warn

The United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states are pressuring Lebanon’s government to act decisively against the group.

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Hezbollah supporters marching during Ashoura, a Shiite Muslim holiday, near Beirut in July.
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Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah, U.S. Officials Warn

The United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states are pressuring Lebanon’s government to act decisively against the group.

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Hezbollah supporters marching during Ashoura, a Shiite Muslim holiday, near Beirut in July.
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"J'ai vu le funiculaire arriver, complètement hors de contrôle" : une journée de deuil national décrétée au Portugal après le déraillement qui a fait 16 morts à Lisbonne

Le Portugal reste sous le choc, jeudi 4 septembre, au lendemain d'un accident dans le plus célèbre funiculaire de Lisbonne, l'un des emblèmes de la ville, qui a déraillé mercredi. Il s'est écrasé sur un immeuble après avoir dévalé une pente. Le choc a été d'une violence inouïe, engendrant 16 morts et une vingtaine de blessés, dont une Française.

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