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Judge Says Trump May Not ‘Target’ People Involved in Federal Election Case
WASHINGTON — It took Judge Tanya S. Chutkan three rounds of written filings over the past six weeks and more than two hours of courtroom arguments this week to sort through the issues surrounding the gag order she imposed on former President Donald Trump.
As the Strike Wears On, Actors Turn to a Familiar Fallback Job
LOS ANGELES — In January, Francesca Xuereb took the leap many actors in Los Angeles dream of: She quit her serving job. After booking a recurring role in HBO Max’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls” and performing another for a forthcoming show on Peacock, she was meeting with producers and auditioning five or six times a week.
Jack Daniel’s Tweaks Its Brand, From Bland to Exclusive
Anton Coleman, an avid fan of American whiskey with several hundred bottles in his collection, lives on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee, less than an hour’s drive from Lynchburg, Tennessee, the home of one of the distilling world’s most famous names, Jack Daniel’s.
In Legal Peril at Home, Trump Turns to a U.K. Court for Vindication
LONDON — Donald Trump was thousands of miles away from the vaulted chamber in Britain’s Royal Courts of Justice on Monday. But his words echoed in a lawsuit he has filed in London against Christopher Steele, a former British spy whose dossier of unproven links between Trump and Russia caused a political uproar in 2017.
Climate Advocacy Group Plans to Spend $80 Million on Ads to Aid Biden
Climate Power, a liberal advocacy group, plans to spend $80 million on advertising to lift President Joe Biden’s standing on environmental issues and inform voters about the impact of legislation he signed last year.
In Alaska, a Road to Metals Needed for Clean Energy Could Also Cause Harm
A proposed 211-mile industrial road that would cut through pristine Alaskan wilderness to reach a planned copper and zinc mine would disrupt the way of life in Native Alaska communities, harm fish and caribou, and likely speed the thawing of permafrost, according to an environmental review released by the Biden administration Friday.
How 6 Italian Brothers Shaped the Story of New York
NEW YORK — Few people have shaped the streetscape of New York as prominently as the stone-carving Piccirilli brothers, six Italian immigrants who turned out one important public sculpture after another at their studio complex in the Bronx starting in the 1890s.
Known for His Pointed Questions, a 15-Year-Old Is Ejected From a GOP Event
It was the type of tough question a Republican presidential candidate might get on a Sunday morning talk show, only the person asking it was 15: Quinn Mitchell wanted to know if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis believed that former President Donald Trump had violated the peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021.
Poised for Attack, Israel Steps Up Calls for Gaza Residents to Leave ‘Battle Zone’
As Israeli troops massed near the border with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, fears of an imminent ground invasion created an exodus from northern Gaza amid a dire scarcity in the territory of water and other essentials. The United Nations said that nearly 1 million Gazans had fled their homes.
Exodus from North Gaza Displaces 1 Million
With its troops and armor inching closer, Israel continued to warn of further military operations in northern Gaza on Saturday while the United Nations reported that a mass exodus from the area had displaced nearly 1 million people amid a dire scarcity of water, fuel and other essential supplies.
How Kari Lake’s Tactical Retreat on Abortion Could Point the Way for the GOP
WASHINGTON — Kari Lake campaigned for governor of Arizona last year as a fierce ally of former President Donald Trump who was in lockstep with her party’s right-wing base, calling abortion the “ultimate sin” and supporting the state’s Civil War-era restrictions on the procedure.
California’s Ban on Red Food Dye Puts FDA’s Food Policies on the Spot
Thirty-three years after the Food and Drug Administration banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 in red lipstick and other cosmetics by linking it to cancer, California has become the first state to ban the chemical in food.
Gazans Flee to South as Israel Calls for 1.1 Million People to Evacuate
Frightened Palestinians, heeding Israel’s warnings to abandon their homes in northern Gaza, raced Friday to flee to the south of the blockaded coastal strip, as aid groups warned that the evacuation of more than 1 million civilians would have “devastating consequences.”
Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Worsens as Israel Prepares a Possible Invasion
TEL AVIV, Israel — Six days of Israeli airstrikes have left more than 300,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip homeless, with 2 million residents facing critical shortages of food, water and fuel, while Israeli troops prepared Thursday for a possible ground invasion after Hamas’ deadly assault last weekend.
Columbia University Closes Campus Before Israel-Hamas War Protests
NEW YORK — Columbia University closed its campus to the public on Thursday before a planned protest against the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, and one day after a 24-year-old Israeli student was beaten in front of a library on campus.
Trump Plans Return to NY Court for a Showdown With Michael Cohen
NEW YORK — Donald Trump plans to return next week to the New York courtroom where his civil fraud trial is slowly proceeding, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, a reappearance that is likely to bring him face-to-face with his former fixer Michael Cohen.
As Red States Curb Social Media, Did Montana’s TikTok Ban Go Too Far?
Many of the world’s largest consumer technology companies will be closely monitoring a federal court hearing in Montana on Thursday that could decide whether TikTok will have to stop operating in the state next year.
More Debris and Presumed Remains Recovered From Titan Submersible
More debris and presumed human remains have been recovered from the Titan submersible, the U.S. Coast Guard said, months after the vessel imploded, killing five people as they were descending into the deep to view the wreckage of the Titanic.
Smartphone Photos Are Getting Faker. Uh-Oh?
Smartphone cameras became extremely powerful over the last five years. Their leap in quality was largely driven by advancements in computational photography, a technology that uses algorithms, artificial intelligence and sensors to produce sharp, lifelike pictures. Now we all can shoot stunning images that rival the work of professionals.
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