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Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S. New research finds that the death rate among Black youths soared by 37 percent, and among Native American youths by 22 percent, between 2014 and 2020, compared with less than 5 percent for white youths.nytimes.com
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University Graduation Season Gets Underway Amid Ongoing Protests Ohio State, Indiana University and Northeastern also have commencement ceremonies, all happening on the heels of clashes between protesters and the police.nytimes.com
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Rishi Sunak’s Dismal Task: Leading U.K. Conservatives to Likely Defeat After 14 years of Conservative government, Britain’s voters appear hungry for change. And Prime Minister Rishi Sunak seems unable to persuade them otherwise.nytimes.com
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Sadiq Khan Re-elected Mayor of London in Latest Win for Labour Party Mr. Khan defeated a right-wing rival who focused on crime and cars, his victory another ominous sign for Britain’s ruling Conservatives ahead of a general election.nytimes.com
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Outsiders Were Among Columbia Protesters, but They Dispute Instigating Clashes City officials have blamed “external actors” for escalating demonstrations at Columbia University and elsewhere, but student protesters reject the claim.nytimes.com
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A Texas Town’s Germanfest Was Split by a Battle Over Beer Muenster, Texas, has hosted a German-heritage festival for nearly 50 years. But then some locals rebelled.nytimes.com
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Photos: See Scenes of the Kentucky Derby Photos of the Kentucky Derby, which is marking its 150th anniversary.nytimes.com
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The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t Know Three terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator.nytimes.com
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From Free Speech to Free Palestine: Six Decades of Student Protest The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s.nytimes.com
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Family Values or Fighting Valor? Russia Grapples With Women’s Wartime Role. Russian military efforts to recruit women from prisons and civilian life have clashed with President Vladimir V. Putin’s conservative agenda.nytimes.com
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Israel, Gaza and the Law on Starvation in War A complex legal question became more pressing after a statement from the U.N. human rights chief.nytimes.com
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Parts of Gaza Are in Famine, World Food Program Chief Says The remarks by Cindy McCain do not constitute an official declaration of famine, but she said the assessment was based on “what we have seen” on the ground.nytimes.com
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Prom Tornadoes, parades, speeches and more stories from high school’s big night.nytimes.com
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What Medical Stories Do We Trust? How vaccine injuries and long Covid test our partisan beliefs.nytimes.com
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The Deep, Tangled Roots of American Illiberalism Our biggest mistake would be to believe that Trumpism is a historical exception.nytimes.com
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How Does the World See the U.S. Campus Protests? Abroad, some have praised the demonstrations. Others call the crackdowns evidence of American hypocrisy, or of a nation coming apart.nytimes.com
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Just What Kind of a Third-Party Candidate Is R.F.K. Jr.? Categorizing previous third-party bids helps us understand where he fits in and where he might wind up.nytimes.com
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Jerry Seinfeld Can No Longer Be About Nothing The comedian, long beloved for his apolitical riffs, has been wrestling with what it means to be Jewish amid the Israel-Hamas war. Not everyone is pleased.nytimes.com
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Tesla Pullback Puts Onus on Others to Build Electric Vehicle Chargers The automaker led by Elon Musk is no longer planning to take the lead in expanding the number of places to fuel electric vehicles. It’s not clear how quickly other companies will fill the gap.nytimes.com
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Graduation season gets underway amid tensions on campus with ongoing protests. Ohio State, Indiana University and Northeastern have graduation ceremonies this weekend, all happening on the heels of clashes between protesters and the police.nytimes.com
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As States Resist Federal Gender Rules, Schools Are Caught in the Middle Conservative state governments are forbidding school districts from doing what the Department of Education says they must, under new Title IX regulations on students’ gender identity.nytimes.com
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Politics Without Trump? His Youngest Fans Barely Remember It. Democrats call Donald J. Trump dangerous. Republicans see him as revolutionary. For young Trump voters, he is just normal.nytimes.com
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How Scammers Are Stealing Money From Food Stamps Recipients Thieves are using skimmers to drain millions in food stamps and other public benefits from the neediest Americans.nytimes.com
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Insulin Cost Is a Key Campaign Issue for Biden President Biden says lowering the cost of insulin for seniors is among his proudest domestic policy achievements. He now faces the challenge of selling it to Americans of all ages.nytimes.com
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The Bleak Life in Captivity of Niger’s Deposed President, Mohamed Bazoum Nine months after a coup in Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, an ally of France and the U.S., remains locked in the presidential residence, cut off from contact with anyone but his doctor.nytimes.com
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Donald J. Trump’s Scandals Captivate the Court, but Hush-Money Case Hangs on Dry Details Prosecutors started their criminal case against Donald J. Trump with eye-catching and lurid stories, but the heart of the matter is invoices and ledger entries.nytimes.com
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Was the Stone Age Really the Wood Age? Neanderthals were even better craftsmen than thought, a new analysis of 300,000-year-old wooden tools has revealed.nytimes.com
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Drones Changed This Civil War, and Linked Rebels to the World Consumer technologies are altering the course of the battle in Myanmar, and rebel drone units are taking notes on Ukraine and other conflicts.nytimes.com
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Henry Cuellar, Texas Representative, and His Wife Indicted on Bribery Charges Mr. Cuellar and his wife are accused of accepting bribes from a bank in Mexico City and an oil and gas company owned by Azerbaijan. He has maintained they are innocent.nytimes.com
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Dartmouth Professor’s Arrest During Protests Stirs Anger and Debate A video showing Annelise Orleck, 65, being taken to the ground intensified criticism of the decision by the college’s president to call in officers.nytimes.com