| Mamdani Suggested UK Should Return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond. Here’s the Back Story.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York suggested that Britain should return the gem, a symbol of colonial plunder. Here’s the back story.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:34:40 +0000
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| Oil Prices Hit a New Wartime High as Iran Standoff Shows No End in Sight
- The longer the disruption to Middle East fuel supplies lasts, the risk grows that higher energy costs will feed into broader inflation that could dent economic growth.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:34:26 +0000
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| Trump and Putin Talk, and Ukraine Shrugs
- More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have stopped hoping they will.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:07:08 +0000
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| What the Voting Rights Act Decision Means, and Hegseth’s Heated Testimony
- Plus, chatbots told scientists how to make bioweapons.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:08 +0000
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| Attacks on Jewish Targets in Europe Suggest Hybrid Warfare
- Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:18:04 +0000
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| Democrats Regret Creating Independent Redistricting Commissions After Supreme Court Ruling
- A decade ago, the party sought independent redistricting commissions. Now, in an era of extreme gerrymandering, such efforts could slow Democrats as they try to keep up with Republicans.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:04:46 +0000
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| Some Black Southerners Say Voting Rights Ruling ‘Missed the Mark’
- Veterans of the civil rights movement and others said the Supreme Court decision felt like a bleak end to decades of gains in Black representation in the region.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:04:45 +0000
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| In Blow to Voting Rights Act, Supreme Court Embraces Claim of Racial Progress
- The majority said the law was a victim of its own success and no longer needed. Dissenters responded that Congress should make the call.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:04:38 +0000
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| Iranians Live With Pain and Powerlessness, Beneath a Smooth Veneer
- After months of upheaval, many are attempting to get on with their lives while quietly grappling with grief, economic stress and a loss of hope.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:04:27 +0000
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| The U.S. Military Was Losing Its Edge. After Iran, Everyone Knows It.
- Somehow, the weaker nation is in the stronger negotiating position.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:04:06 +0000
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| A Way to Slow Down ‘Super-Speeders’ Who Keep Breaking the Law
- City and state officials want speed-limiting devices installed in the cars of drivers who get more than 16 speeding tickets in a year, in hopes of preventing injuries and deaths.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:03:27 +0000
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| The A.I. Fear Keeping Silicon Valley Up at Night
- The people building A.I. fear that we have only a short time before advanced A.I. disrupts the labor force.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:02:41 +0000
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| High-Profile Squatting Incidents Are on the Rise Across the Country
- States are responding to a rise in high-profile squatting cases, in luxury homes and public housing alike.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:01:29 +0000
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| Forest Service Research Labs Are Closing
- A research lab in Washington State tracks ecological changes in a warming climate and provides scientific guidance for forest managers. It is one of 57 such facilities being shuttered.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:01:06 +0000
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| Minimal Comfort Feeding Is a New, Controversial Approach in Late Dementia
- Some consider the regular feeding of late-stage dementia patients to be nonnegotiable. Others see it as extending life unnecessarily.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:00:11 +0000
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| J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79
- A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:52:13 +0000
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| Police in Australia Were Warned of Terror Risk Before Bondi Attack, Report Says
- A Jewish security group told police an attack on the community was “likely” because of heightened antisemitism, days before December’s mass shooting in Sydney.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:26:15 +0000
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| British Royals Crisscross Manhattan in Brief Visit Packed With Photo Ops
- King Charles III and Queen Camilla laid flowers at the Sept. 11 memorial before stopping by an urban farm, the New York Public Library, a business event and a gala.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:17:12 +0000
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| Josh Johnson Gives King Charles Props for His Comedy Chops
- “You know, I’ve always wondered what white Def Jam would be like,” Johnson said after King Charles cracked a few jokes at the White House.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:09:43 +0000
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| Rising Fuel Prices Could Force Excruciating Choices on Economic Policies
- The European Central Bank and Bank of England were expected to hold interest rates steady on Thursday while searching for signs of possible longer-term damage.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:01:12 +0000
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