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Judge Ends Federal Oversight of Teamsters

Par : Rebecca Davis O’Brien
The union and federal prosecutors agreed that organized crime groups had been rooted out of union operations, the judge wrote.

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Sean M. O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union.
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Trump Taps Army Engineering Official as Acting Secretary

Par : Chris Cameron
The move came days after the resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll, who had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the purge of top generals in the Army.

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Adam R. Telle, the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, will take over as the acting Army secretary.
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Trump to Break Ground on Arch Before Getting Approval

Par : Luke Broadwater and Emily Badger
Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.

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President Trump has said that the 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery must be taller than the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
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Lawyer’s Attempt to Oust a Holdout Juror Threw Clancy Case Into Disarray

Par : Maia Spoto and Mark Arsenault
The five-week trial looked set to end on Thursday, until the jury sent a note saying that one of them refused to recognize the proper definition of reasonable doubt.

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Judge William Sullivan during deliberations of the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy on Thursday in Plymouth County Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass.
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Missouri Supreme Court Delivers Win for Democrats in Redistricting Case

Par : Mitch Smith
The court said a map redrawn to benefit Republicans could not be used in November and said voters should decide on the new boundaries. The state attorney general vowed to appeal the decision.

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The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
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Slava Veder, Whose Camera Captured a Defining Vietnam Homecoming, Dies at 99

Par : Jeré Longman
His Pulitzer-winning photograph, “Burst of Joy,” documented an Air Force pilot’s reunion with his family after five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

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Slava Veder in 2008 holding his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph, “Burst of Joy.”
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Proposal for White House Visitor Screening Center Advances

Par : Aishvarya Kavi
A federal panel again paved the way for one of President Trump’s construction projects, even as it heard opposition to another proposal to fence in a park north of the White House.

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The entrance to the proposed screening center would be in Sherman Park, southeast of the White House.
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JD Vance Says He Wouldn’t Call Iran Conflict a War

Par : Maggie Haberman
In the first White House press briefing since Karoline Leavitt left as press secretary, the vice president suggested that when the conflict would end was up to Tehran.

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Vice President JD Vance took questions from reporters in the White House press briefing room on Thursday, the first briefing held by any administration official there in several weeks.
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A judge suggests that Trump mail-in voting rules could cause ‘major disenfranchisement.’

Par : Zach Montague
Judge Indira Talwani said the Postal Service appeared to be trying a haphazard “experiment” with a new rule that could result in valid ballots being tossed.

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An official picking up a mail-in ballot drop box at the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton, Pa., in 2024.
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Mail Voting Limits

Par : Abbie VanSickle
The justices have been asked to weigh in again on the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail voting — this time on whether the plans violate the Constitution.

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Administration lawyers asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for a new rule that prohibits the Postal Service from delivering ballots to voters in states that do not share voter data with the federal agency.
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Man Is Sentenced in Explosion of Hyperbaric Chamber That Killed a 5-Year-Old

Par : Alena Cerro
The former safety manager of a Michigan alternative health care center will spend at least 19 months in jail in connection with the January 2025 death.

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Jeffrey Mosteller was handcuffed in an Oakland County courtroom at his hearing this week.
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Judge Suggests Trump Mail-In Voting Rules Could Cause ‘Major Disenfranchisement’

Par : Zach Montague
Judge Indira Talwani said the Postal Service appeared to be trying a haphazard “experiment” with a new rule that could result in valid ballots being tossed.

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An official picking up a mail-in ballot drop box at the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton, Pa., in 2024.
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Hillary Clinton, Meghan Markle, Lena Dunham and Others Pay Tribute to Gloria Steinem

Par : Johnny Diaz
After Ms. Steinem’s death at 92, celebrities and politicians reflected on her decades of activism for women’s rights and equality.

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Gloria Steinem “pushed open doors not just for herself, but for literally millions of women behind her,” Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and presidential candidate, said in a tribute on Thursday.
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Burning Man Draws an Older, Wealthier Crowd, Data Shows

Par : Neil Vigdor
Last year, just one in 10 festivalgoers was in their 20s, according to researchers. A decade ago, the same group represented nearly 30 percent of attendees.

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Only one in 10 attendees at the Burning Man festival was in their 20s, according to researchers.
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Los Angeles District Bans Most A.I. for Students

Par : Dana Goldstein
New York City announced a similar plan. The Los Angeles moratorium appears to go further with strict limits even for older students.

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The A.I. ban will go into effect for the current school year, even as the officials consider how to deploy A.I. in the future.
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Minneapolis Shooting Began During a Custody Exchange, Officials Said

Par : Christina Morales · Ernesto Londoño and Jeff Ernst
The gunman, who killed two people and wounded several others at an apartment building, died in an exchange of gunfire with the police, authorities said on Thursday.

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Law enforcement officers responding to a shooting in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday.
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ICE Agent Charged With Lying About Minnesota Shooting

Par : Ernesto Londoño and Mitch Smith
The charges are a rare instance of President Trump’s Justice Department accusing a federal agent of breaking the law while on the job.

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Federal agents near the scene of the shooting in Minneapolis in January.
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Travis Kelce’s New Ohio Home Has Neighbors Buzzing With Excitement About Taylor Swift

Par : Jessica Contrera
The wealthy enclave of Bratenahl, Ohio, has been aflutter after learning that Travis Kelce purchased a Lake Erie mansion.

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Bratenahl is a wealthy suburb on Lake Erie near Cleveland.
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A Woman Whose Case Resembles Clancy’s Just Won a Retrial

Par : Jenna Russell
The highest court in Massachusetts overturned Latarsha Sanders’s 2022 murder conviction after the trial judge excluded her medical records from the evidence.

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Last month, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts overturned Latarsha Sanders’s 2022 murder conviction on appeal and ordered that she be granted a new trial.
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‘We Can Understand Parts of Her Story’: Moms React to Clancy’s Experience

Par : Remy Tumin
Some moms are outraged and called for Lindsay Clancy’s conviction. Others watched with compassion, recognizing their own struggles with postpartum.

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Supporters of Lindsay Clancy outside of court on Wednesday.
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Is Letting Only Seniors Vote by Mail Unconstitutional?

Par : Adam Liptak
Federal appeals courts have split on the question, making Supreme Court review likely.

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A group of 18-year-old students registering to vote at what was then the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia on Jan. 15, 1954. Georgia extended the right even before the adoption of the 26th Amendment.
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Clancy’s Lawyer, Kevin Reddington, Became a Hero to Her Supporters

Par : Jenna Russell
The themes present in Lindsay Clancy’s trial are not unfamiliar to Mr. Reddington, a veteran defense lawyer.

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Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer, speaking to reporters outside Plymouth County Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass.
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Lindsay Clancy Was a Nurse Who ‘Always Wanted to Be a Mother’

Par : Jenna Russell
Witness testimony at Ms. Clancy’s trial detailed her life as a labor and delivery nurse with a growing family.

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Lindsay Clancy during her trial in Plymouth, Mass., earlier in August.
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Why Sinister ‘Cat in the Hat’ Videos Are Prompting Police Warnings

Par : Ali Watkins
Grainy, threatening footage of the Dr. Seuss character, seemingly made with A.I., have terrorized schoolchildren and set off investigations in several countries.
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How Courts Have Dealt With Postpartum Psychosis Cases

Par : Shaila Dewan and Pam Belluck
Defendants who claim to have had postpartum psychosis must meet a state’s definition of insanity to be found not guilty. The definitions of insanity vary.

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Andrea Yates, at center, was at first found guilty for killing her children, but later found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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After Trump Rift, Musk Begins Spending to Boost Republicans

Par : Theodore Schleifer
Mr. Musk plans to spend at least $100 million in more than a dozen competitive House and Senate races. The tech billionaire helped Donald Trump to victory in 2024.

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Elon Musk in May after a welcome ceremony with President Trump and China’s president, Xi Jinping.
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Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Recap: What to Know Before It’s Over

Par : Remy Tumin
A quick rundown of why she is on trial for murder and what’s at stake.

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Lindsay Clancy has been accused of murder in the 2023 deaths of her three children.
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92

Par : Katharine Q. Seelye
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

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Ms. Steinem at a rally in 1968. “The truth will set you free,” she liked to say, “but first it will piss you off.”
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Can the Lindsay Clancy Jury Break Its Deadlock?

Par : Jenna Russell
In general, juries that have repeatedly reported an impasse are unlikely to reach consensus. But sometimes, those asked by a judge to try harder do return a verdict.

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Lindsay Clancy is charged with first-degree murder in the strangling deaths of her three young children.
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ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says

Par : Alexandra Berzon · Katie Benner and Hamed Aleaziz
An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.

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Federal ICE agents outside Delaney Hall, in Newark in June.
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Religious Leaders Apologize for Appearing With Hindu Far-Right Group

Par : Sarah Chatta and Maya King
Progressive faith leaders said invitations to a breakfast and an event at Madison Square Garden did not say they were tied to the Hindu nationalist group R.S.S.

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The Hindu nationalist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh hosted a 100-year anniversary event at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
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