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Far Right Is Poised to Win in a German State, but Fight Over Power Won’t End There

State and federal leaders are trying to avoid sharing sensitive intelligence with the Alternative for Germany should it take power in a state’s elections next week.

© Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

The Alternative for Germany campaigning in Berlin on Wednesday. The party is expected to do well in another part of Germany in elections on Sept. 6., possibly enough to take power there.
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Unstable Manhattan Building Had More Damaged Columns Than Previously Known

Drawings obtained by The New York Times and reviewed by engineers show insufficient reinforcements on eight more steel columns than previously known at a Manhattan building.

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

More columns at the former Pfizer building had missing or insufficient reinforcement plates than was previously known.
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Germany Identifies a Plot After Finding a Weapons Cache, but Names No Culprit

Officials were careful not to point a finger, after revealing what they said was a plan for a political attack, at a time when a series of destabilizing actions have been blamed on Russia.

© Bernd Von Jutrczenka/DPA, via Associated Press

“This case shows that we are working on the assumption that the risk level is high,” Alexander Dobrindt, the German interior minister, said at a news conference on Friday.
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Hating Matcha, Yet Loving Life, Made Him a TikTok Star at 89

Werner Kalecinski is a social media sensation among young Germans. How did he go from heartbroken widower to partying on a yacht?

© Lena Mucha for The New York Times

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President Trump Takes Credit for Steep Crime Rate Declines

Violent crime rates, including murder, have dropped precipitously. The trend began before the president’s current term.

© Al Drago for The New York Times

President Trump at an event in Garden City, N.Y., on Long Island on Friday.
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