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Why Some People Are Using Apps to Make Friends
Apps that match personalities — for a price — have surged in popularity amid a loneliness epidemic....
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Can Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s Former CEO, Help Fix A.I.’s Gender Problem?
Marissa Mayer made her name as a pioneer at Google, then as chief executive at Yahoo. Now Mayer is entering the crowded marketplace for A.I. assistants — and hoping to draw in more women with a produc...
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Trump Administration Unlawfully Fired Maurene Comey, Judge Rules
Ms. Comey, the daughter of James B. Comey, was a trial lawyer for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, handling the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs....
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Brazilian Markets Convulse After Unexpected Election Result
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election victory prompted a sharp reversal in financial markets that had expected his opponent to win....
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Brazilian Markets Convulse After Unlikely Election Result
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election victory prompted a sharp reversal in financial markets that had expected his opponent to win....
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Meta and SpaceX to Raise Billions More to Fund A.I. Ambitions
The race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is consuming increasingly enormous amounts of cash at the biggest tech companies....
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Anthropic Reveals 14-Fold Increase in Growth as It Prepares for Blockbuster I.P.O.
The maker of Claude is on the verge of what could be the largest ever public listing, in a test of the A.I. industry amid questions about whether the boom can be sustained....
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Lula Defeats Bolsonaro for Brazil Presidency, in Blow to Latin America’s Right
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva triumphed over Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of the right-wing leader he defeated four years ago....
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U.S. Army Trains Apache Helicopter Pilots to Shoot Drones
The U.S. Army is training Apache pilots to shoot down drones as militaries around the world assess the efficacy of 20th-century technologies in a new era....
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Brazil’s Election Defies a Right-Wing Trend, and Trump’s Midterm Attacks Enter a New Phase
Plus, can a three-hour documentary lead the box office?...
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The Millions of Israelis in Netanyahu’s Corner
Despite three disastrous years for Israelis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s core support remains strong....
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I Went to India and Found It Has Lessons for Us All
Young people have revived the country’s glorious tradition of nonviolent dissent....
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Israeli Jews Across the Spectrum Face an Election of Fears
Supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have expressed intense anxieties about isolation abroad, security at home and the future of Israel’s identity....
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Is the Venice Soccer Team Ever Going to Be as Good as It Looks?
Venezia FC, a historically modest club, has become a fashion sensation. But its performance has struggled to match the off-field hype....
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In Islamophobic Rant, Trump Seeks to Stir Republican Base in Michigan
The president contended that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim, would “invite hordes of jihadis to our shores” as he sought to bolster the G.O.P. candidate in a tight Senate race....
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New Fight at Gritty Manhattan Park Is Over ‘Punk Rock’ Pull-Up Bars
The Parks Department has a $10 million plan to renovate the northeast corner of Tompkins Square Park, but fans of its workout bars want things to stay just as they are....
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How Obama and Trump Made their Cases in Dueling Midterm Speeches
At rallies this weekend, Mr. Obama and Mr. Trump delivered two starkly contrasting pitches, differing in style and substance....
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Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election
“It is clear that we have lost these elections,” Aleksandar Vucic said in a surprisingly early speech congratulating his opponents....
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In Texas Senate Race, Talarico Leans Into Growing Rivalry With Elon Musk
On the trail, James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee, has increasingly gone after Mr. Musk, a critic of his who has given big to a group aligned with the Republican candidate, Ken Paxton....
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Who Is María Corina Machado?
The Venezuelan opposition leader returned home from exile to a country firmly under American control. How are her relations with Washington?...
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Trump’s Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase
A lawsuit by the Justice Department challenging a potential narrow loss by the GOP Senate incumbent in Alaska reflects a new tactic by the president to try to shape the election results....
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María Corina Machado Returns to Venezuela
After nearly 10 months in exile, Ms. Machado, the Nobel laureate and leader of Venezuela’s opposition, returned to challenge leaders that have sidelined her and press for new elections....
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Saudi Arabia Reopens Riyadh Airport After Weeks of Houthi Attacks
The Houthis, an Iran-backed Yemeni militia, launched several deadly attacks on the airport this month and have threatened to strike it again....
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Could Lula Be on the Brink of Defeat in Brazil’s Election?
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist, faces an uphill battle for another term, in a high-stakes election that may reshape Latin America....
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A Day After Renewed Street Clashes in France, Relief and Anxiety Mix
While the police kept a lid on vandalism, the huge number of protesters, and France’s fraught politics, suggest unrest could grow....
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Introducing a New Way to Understand the Election: Times Voter Trends
A timely demographic story we’ve never been able to tell before....
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Public Colleges Are Passing the $50,000-a-Year Mark. For Locals.
At the University of California campuses in Berkeley, Irvine and Santa Barbara, students get an unwitting education in navigating the housing market....
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Netanyahu Won the Middle East and Lost the World
Both Israelis and Palestinians are trapped in the Netanyahu paradigm....
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Democrats Have Edge Across Four Key House Races in Pennsylvania, Polls Find
Democratic candidates are ahead in two, hold a narrow edge in a third and are tied in a fourth, new polling shows. The seats embody the fights playing out nationwide in the midterms....
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What to Know About Brazil’s Election as Bolsonaro Faces Off With Lula
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the leftist incumbent, and Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing challenger, face off in a narrow race that could redefine the future of Latin America....
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Iranians Face Anxious Wait as Threat of Attack Looms
The United States and Israel have drawn up plans to renew strikes against Iran, creating a sense of dread among war-weary residents....
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Italy’s Young Protesters Return to the Streets
Fed up with the political establishment and rising cost of living, demonstrators hoped to make their message heard after violence overshadowed protests last weekend....
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Elon Musk Says Ukraine Violated Starlink’s Rules
The comments were his first since the disruption in the country’s satellite service. Earlier, Ukraine said drones using Starshield, the Pentagon-funded service, were back to normal speeds....
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In Alaska, Some Early Voting Sites in Rural Villages Have Not Yet Opened
“There is no legal excuse” for the failure of 18 polling sites to open for early voting, a state lawmaker said....
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Unrest Erupts Again in France, but This Time, With Less Property Damage
After largely peaceful marches on Saturday, clashes broke out in the evening. But a large-scale police presence, 1,000 arrests and the rerouting of protest routes kept a lid on wholesale vandalism....
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Obama Issues Searing Attacks on Trump, Ramaswamy in Return to Campaign Trail
In his some of his most critical remarks in recent memory, the 44th president said the current administration was defined by “incompetence the likes of which we have not seen in modern times.”...
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Alaska Election Gambit Shows Justice Dept. Has Bowed to Trump’s Demands
With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the president’s instrument of unmediated executive power....
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She Planned to Protest Trump. She Didn’t Plan on Getting Punched.
Blake Miley yelled “fascist” as President Trump spoke at a midterm campaign rally. The violence that followed “was not right,” she said....
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Why Democrats Could Find It Hard to Win the Senate Despite Their Strong Polls
Democrats are increasingly optimistic about the midterms. But they are being outspent by Republicans. And they are trying to compete in states that favored President Trump by large margins....
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The Sorry State of the G.O.P. Candidate
Republicans are crude, craven, cruel. It’s not working anymore....
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5 Takeaways From Our Investigation of Trump’s Waivers for Polluters
Chemical plants and other industrial facilities had been required to curb their toxic emissions. A New York Times investigation shows how they got out of it....
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Israel Launches Crackdown in West Bank After Deadly Attack
The military demolished buildings and erected roadblocks in Hebron, the biggest city in the territory, a day after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers....
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Gina Hinojosa Believes She’s the One Who Can Finally Flip Texas
The Democratic nominee for governor on her appeal to MAGA voters and her refusal to engage in the “culture wars.”...
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New York Archdiocese Close to Settling Sexual Abuse Claims for Over $800 Million
The Roman Catholic archdiocese might now avoid bankruptcy by reaching a settlement with 1,300 people who said they had been abused by clergy members and lay leaders....
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How Defiant Youth Are Testing India’s Idea of Democracy
Four takeaways from India’s protest movement, at a moment when democracies around the world are under pressure....
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Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans, Officials Say
The U.S. government has ordered diplomats and other federal employees to leave Saudi Arabia. It is also drawing down staff at other missions in the region....
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Justice Dept. Demands That California Counties Help Identify Noncitizen Voters
Election officials across the state received letters from the agency saying if they fail to comply, they “risk significant federal scrutiny.”...
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