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Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash
Light pollution from Washington and the passenger jet’s dim lights might have contributed to difficulties spotting American Airlines Flight 5342 before the collision on Jan. 29, Army experts said.
Read More »Trump Fires BLS Commissioner, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged’
Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data.
Read More »Before D.C. Crash, Fates of 2 Pilots and Air Traffic Controller Entwined
Documents released in the inquiry into the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River on Jan. 29 reveal new details about three people whose decisions shaped the outcome of the disaster.
Read More »What J.M.W. Turner Saw, and What We Still Can See
In the 250 years since the artist was born, the natural world he loved so much has changed. But he still reminds us to look with truth, clarity, and feeling.
Read More »States Have More Data About You Than the Feds Do. Trump Wants to See It.
Critics fear that personal data might be used to monitor immigrants and political foes, and to spread false tales of fraud.
Read More »Trump Administration Cuts UCLA Funding Over Claims of Antisemitism, Chancellor Says
The university is the latest to be targeted by the federal government over accusations that it has not done enough to fight antisemitism on campus.
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Read More »Trump Envoy Witkoff Is Set to Visit Gaza as Aid Crisis Deepens
Steve Witkoff is set to visit the enclave on Friday amid growing pressure on Israel to ease the hunger crisis. Hamas said the trip would be a “propaganda show.”
Read More »With Epstein, Trump Betrays His Brand. His Supporters Notice.
Trump’s handling of the Epstein issue runs counter to the sense that he is an outsider fighting against a hostile class of insiders.
Read More »Mary Gaillard, Who Broke a Ceiling in Subatomic Research, Dies at 86
Overcoming discrimination in a mostly male preserve, she did groundbreaking work that showed experimentalist physicists where and how to look for new particles.
Read More »Manhattan Has More Secure Buildings Than Most Cities. That Wasn’t Enough.
Decades of threats have heightened security in New York City. But Monday’s attack in a Park Avenue office building shows the limits of preparedness.
Read More »Virginia Education Board Could Oust George Mason’s President
Republicans have attacked the president, Gregory Washington, over his support for diversity efforts at the university, Virginia’s largest public institution.
Read More »Corruption Scandal Puts Mexico’s President on Defense Against Trump
Mexico’s president, battling U.S. accusations that the cartels have gripped her government, is facing a scandal in which two former officials are on the run and their old boss is now a top senator.
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The largest shifts come from geopolitical disruptions that put pressure on the mechanisms of the global economy.
Read More »A Former Rolling Stone Says the Met Has His Lost Guitar. The Museum Says No Way.
Representatives for Mick Taylor, the Rolling Stones’ former guitarist, said the Les Paul was stolen from him decades ago. The museum says he never owned it and has not made a claim.
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As Zohran Mamdani gets within striking distance of becoming New York’s first Muslim mayor, he is drawing fire from supporters of India’s populist prime minister, who accuse him of being anti-Hindu.
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“I wanted something decent,” said a woman at a shelter near Ukraine’s border with Russia. “But this is how it turned out.”
Read More »Kamala Harris Tells Colbert She Wants a Break From Public Office
The former Democratic nominee for president explained why she did not run for California governor in her first interview since leaving office as vice president.
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