| Rare Tornadoes Hit New York City as Storm Drenches Mid-Atlantic
- Tornadoes appeared in Queens and on Long Island as flooding disrupted traffic on some highways. A tornado was also confirmed in Delaware.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:43:14 +0000
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| Why Do We Keep Imagining a New Civil War?
- Art doesn’t predict the future, but it can be an early warning system.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:04:14 +0000
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| Giorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways
- The Italian prime minister is leading what will soon be the longest-lasting government in the country’s postwar history. She shows herself by turns funny and fierce in a rare interview.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:04:12 +0000
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| Should You Invest in Bonds Right Now?
- High-quality bonds are still safer than stocks, but they have been swinging in value, so move cautiously, our columnist says.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:03:46 +0000
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| Spike in ‘Dark’ Oil Tankers in Gulf Raises Risk of Catastrophic Spills
- More vessels are navigating the Strait of Hormuz with their location devices turned off to evade attacks by Iran, adding to the threat of collisions.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:02:46 +0000
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| The China Shock 2.0
- China is winning the industries of the future. What should the U.S. do about it?
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:02:36 +0000
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| Flock Cameras. Canoodling Lawyers. How Much Surveillance Are We Comfortable With?
- Americans say they hate prying cameras. But they can’t look away.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:02:32 +0000
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| U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk
- Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search, called the government’s peering into people’s private lives “creepy.”
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:02:01 +0000
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| Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power
- In a rare interview, the onetime political outcast reflects on her route from “the uncomfortable side of history” to the threshold of leading Italy’s most durable postwar government.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:01:20 +0000
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| Book Review: ‘Life of M,’ by Rachel Cusk
- Though full of details that echo the life and career of Natalie Portman, “Life of M” remains chilly and abstract.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:14 +0000
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| How Harvard’s Epic Fight With Trump Is Costing the University
- The federal government has slowed Harvard’s funding, despite the university’s legal victories. The conflict is forcing hard choices on campus.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:05 +0000
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| Return of Harry and Meghan to U.K. Renews Questions About Their Security Fears
- The couple lost their publicly funded security after deciding to leave Britain in 2020, deepening their split with the royal family.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:55:29 +0000
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| Landmarks Panel Approves Designs to Replace Parking Lot With High Rises
- Local groups in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan opposed the plan, saying designs for two apartment buildings did not reflect the neighborhood’s historical character.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:11 +0000
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| N.Y. State Senator’s Former Aides Say She Double-Billed for Travel
- For years, Jessica Ramos used campaign money to pay for hotels and Amtrak tickets while also receiving state payments for travel, records and interviews show.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:09 +0000
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| Rosie O’Donnell Ends Late Night Stint With a Ditty to ‘Donny Boy’
- “It’s kind of weird to think he spent more nights with me this week than Melania,” O’Donnell said of President Trump on her last night guest-hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:44:38 +0000
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| Orban’s Office, Thrown Open, Is Not the Den Hungarians Expected
- The new government of Peter Magyar hoped to use the suite overlooking the Danube as evidence of an autocrat’s indulgence. The trappings fell short.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:01:10 +0000
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| The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran
- President Trump’s threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:58:51 +0000
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| On the Radio, Trump Has a Reunion (of Sorts) With Michael Cohen
- President Trump’s former personal lawyer tried to revisit the past in a radio interview. But this was not exactly a stroll down memory lane.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:30:44 +0000
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| Trump Announces a New Policy for a ‘Golden Age of Space Transportation’
- The policy aims to greatly increase the number of spacecraft launches and re-entries.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:03:35 +0000
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| How Big Tech’s A.I. Borrowing Binge Is Driving Up Bond Yields
- Analysts said the recent rise in Treasury yields partly reflected investor expectations that A.I.-driven growth could keep interest rates elevated.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:50:00 +0000
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