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Pilgrims to Flood-Stricken Nepal Sought the Divine at Sacred Mountain

Par : Lauren McGaughy · Georgia Gee and Sejal Govindarao
For many, the trek to Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to find spiritual awakening.

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Many religious pilgrims head to the Nepal region to visit Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Floodwaters ravaged the area, leaving thousands unaccounted for and killing at least 675.
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Dolly Parton Was Shaped by a Small Rural Church. They’re Fading Away.

Par : Ruth Graham and Emily Cochrane
For many Americans, Ms. Parton represented an idealized style of faith: one centered in small rural congregations that prize community over ideology.

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The Robert F Thomas Chapel at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge Tennessee on Wednesday.
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Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From Voting By Mail

Par : Reid J. Epstein
A judge temporarily blocked the agency from refusing to deliver ballots in noncompliant states, which could disproportionately affect Democrats and many battleground elections.

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Stacked ballots in a processing center in City of Industry, Calif.
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Ed Markey Defends Transgender Athletes in Massachusetts Senate Race

Par : Reid J. Epstein
Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has emerged as a vocal defender of transgender rights as he tries to fend off a primary challenge from Representative Seth Moulton.

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“Trans athletes should be able to play,” Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts said in an interview this past week with The New York Times.
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This Governor Could Lose His Primary. A Bridge May Be to Blame.

Par : Jenna Russell
The closure of a crucial Rhode Island bridge for safety reasons in 2023, and the traffic nightmare that followed, have dogged Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary.

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Gov. Dan McKee, a Democrat seeking a second term in Rhode Island, is facing a close and heated primary showdown against Helena Foulkes.
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How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas

Par : Zach Montague and Mattathias Schwartz
For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.

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Judge Reed O’Connor in 2018. He has built a reputation as a conservative stalwart and became the chief judge of the Northern District of Texas last August.
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Azriel Blackman, Airline Mechanic for 80 Years, Dies at 100

Par : Richard Sandomir
With a career commemorated by Guinness World Records, he started as an apprentice in 1942 and worked on a panoply of propeller-driven and jet aircraft until he retired in 2022.

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Azriel “Al” Blackman, then 91, in 2017, the year American Airlines, his longtime employer, dedicated a Boeing 777-200 in his name.
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Milo Yiannopoulos, Right-Wing Agitator, Deported Home to U.K.

Par : Mack Liederman and Hamed Aleaziz
Mr. Yiannopoulos, an early supporter of President Trump and vocal supporter of mass deportations, was himself sent back to his home country, part of a long fall from right-wing grace.

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Milo Yiannopoulos at the U.S. Capitol in 2022.
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Baby Goats From a Traveling Petting Zoo Test Positive for Rabies

Par : Mark Walker
Farm Adventures of Harmony, N.C., owned the goats, state health officials said. It was unclear how many people might have been exposed to them since late July.

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North Carolina health officials urged anyone who came in contact with baby goats exhibited by Farm Adventures from July 28 through Aug. 27 to alert their local health department. Those goats, not pictured here, tested positive for rabies.
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Napa County Winery Worker Charged With Starting Pickett Fire That Damaged Grape Harvests

Par : Pooja Salhotra
The Pickett fire burned nearly 7,000 acres in California wine country last year, causing millions of dollars in losses.

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The Pickett fire burned in Napa County last year. Three winemakers have filed a lawsuit against the owner of a winery in the area.
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El-Sayed Apologizes for March Comment About Michigan Synagogue Attack

Par : Steve Friess and Tim Balk
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, faced criticism from Jewish Democrats after remarking, “hurt people hurt people.”

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic nominee for Senate, speaking to the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus on Saturday.
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An ICE Shooting, an Extradition Showdown and the Federal Case That Stalled

Par : Ernesto Londoño and Mitch Smith
Federal prosecutors planned to charge an immigration agent arrested in connection with a shooting in Minneapolis. Then the agent walked free.

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The scene where a Venezuelan immigrant was shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in January.
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Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa

Par : Miriam Jordan and Hamed Aleaziz
The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.

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The Central African capital of Bangui, in 2024.
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Teleprompter Operator Who Bet on Trump Speeches Is Ordered to Pay Fine

Par : Luke Broadwater
Gabriel Perez had access to the president’s speeches before they were delivered and was accused of placing unlawful wagers on words that would be spoken.

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Gabriel Perez, a former teleprompter operator for President Trump, before the start of a campaign rally in Iowa in 2024.
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One Democrat to Face Three Republicans for Alaska Governor

Par : Anna Griffin
The second-place finisher in a primary where the top four advance to the November ballot said he would drop out of the race so voters could coalesce behind a single Democratic candidate.
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Fact-Checking Senate Races in Georgia, Alaska and Texas

Par : Linda Qiu
Candidates’ attacks are focused on illegal immigration, faith and stock trading.

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A polling station in Cypress, Texas, in May.
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For LGBTQ Fans, Dolly Parton Inspired Their Wigs and Makeup, and Had Their Back Too

Par : Rick Rojas and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
Dolly Parton was an advocate for her L.G.B.T.Q. fans. She also understood them, a meaningful bond in places where such recognition was hard to find.

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A Dolly Parton tribute drag show at Mary’s, a longstanding gay bar in Atlanta.
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High Debt and Rising Prices Catch Up to Trump, as Midterms Near

Par : Tony Romm
To win in 2024, the president promised an economic course correction. Almost two years later, his agenda has made that fight even harder.

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A series of concerning economic snapshots for President Trump have been released over the past week.
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A MAGA Uproar Ensued After a Bill Was Given a Nick Shirley Nickname

Par : Laurel Rosenhall
A privacy measure for immigration aid workers became a free speech cause for backers of Mr. Shirley, a right-wing YouTube star. Democrats say the furor is fueled by misinformation.

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Nick Shirley, 24, has quickly become a hero in the MAGA movement as a YouTube influencer who has produced viral videos claiming to expose fraud in Democratic-led states.
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In Georgia, Jon Ossoff Courts Broad Appeal With an Anti-Trump Script for Senate Race

Par : Robert Jimison
Senator Jon Ossoff, the youngest sitting senator and the only Democrat seeking re-election this year in a state President Trump won in 2024, hasn’t moderated his message in his critical race.

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At rallies across Georgia this summer, Senator Jon Ossoff has delivered a series of blistering rebukes of the president and a challenger for his seat, Representative Mike Collins.
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With Shoppers Wary of Illness, Farmers Destroy Millions of Heads of Lettuce

Par : Soumya Karlamangla
After a drop in demand driven by a nationwide outbreak of cyclosporiasis, California growers are plowing lettuce back into the soil and laying off workers.
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Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Stanford Students Who Criticized Israel

Par : Chris Cameron
The ruling was a win for Stanford’s student newspaper, The Stanford Daily, and it followed another court victory for students targeted by the Trump administration last year.

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A lawsuit argued that student journalists had been forced to self-censor out of fear of government retaliation.
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Walmart to Pay $50 Million to Settle Opioid Lawsuit, US Says

Par : Ishani Desai
The resolution is part of an effort to hold retailers and pharmacists accountable for what the government says were their roles in the opioid epidemic.

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Walmart will pay $50 million to settle claims its pharmacies filled suspicious prescriptions for opioids, the Justice Department said.
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Police Make Surprise Discovery of Stolen Statue of Olympic Gymnast Sunisa Lee

Par : Ishani Desai
The St. Paul, Minn., police were investigating a report of gunfire when they found a bronze bust of Sunisa Lee, the gold medal Olympian, that was stolen last year.
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George Cave, C.I.A. Agent With a Role in Iran-Contra, Dies at 97

Par : Richard Sandomir
He worked throughout the Middle East before joining a secret team that tried to obtain the release of Western hostages in Lebanon in exchange for arms sent to Iran.
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For Trump, the Iran War Is Stuck Between Combat and Genuine Peace

Par : Peter Baker
The war has deteriorated over the past six months into Mr. Trump’s own version of a “forever war,” with no clear goals and no end in sight.

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President Trump has been unable so far to broker an agreement to end the war on satisfactory terms.
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For Trump, the Iran War Is Stuck Between Combat and Genuine Peace

Par : Peter Baker
The war has deteriorated over the past six months into Mr. Trump’s own version of a “forever war,” with no clear goals and no end in sight.

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President Trump has been unable so far to broker an agreement to end the war on satisfactory terms.
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James Roche, Embattled Air Force Secretary, Dies at 86

Par : Trip Gabriel
A former executive in the weapons industry, he led the Air Force amid reports of sexual assault at its service academy and a multibillion-dollar procurement scandal.

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James Roche at the Pentagon in October 2001. He was named Air Force secretary earlier that year after retiring from the Navy and working as a defense contracting executive.
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Hegseth Blocks Promotions of Four Army Officers as Purge Widens

Par : Greg Jaffe · Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
The turmoil has left a leadership vacuum in the Army at a moment when it is trying to find ways to defend troops against the threat posed by cheap drones.

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In 2026, Mr. Hegseth has removed at least 45 officers, selected by boards made up of peers, from promotion lists. More than half of those officers have been female or Black.
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Milo Yiannopoulos, a Right-Wing Provocateur, Is Arrested by ICE

Par : Chris Cameron · Hamed Aleaziz and Ken Bensinger
Mr. Yiannopoulos, a prominent early supporter of President Trump, was detained at the New Orleans airport. The Trump administration publicized his arrest and shared a mug shot.

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Milo Yiannopoulos at a rally in Baltimore in 2021.
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California Sues Trump Administration Over Offshore Wind Cancellation

Par : Heather Knight
The state is asking a court to reverse a Trump administration agreement and reinstate a planned offshore wind farm.

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A wind farm turbine off the coast of Block Island, R.I., in 2023. California was an early adopter of wind power, but offshore wind farms have so far been developed only on the East Coast.
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Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Halting Mail-In Voting Rules

Par : Zach Montague
The Postal Service appealed an emergency decision from Thursday that blocked it from changing its procedures for mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

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Workers sorted through ballots at a ballot processing facility in California last November.
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Trump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to Developer

Par : Shawn Hubler and Maxine Joselow
The proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed.

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Visitors walk through Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Ban on Transgender Troops

Par : Ann E. Marimow and Dave Philipps
President Trump issued an executive order barring transgender service members from the military as part of a broader attack on transgender rights.

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If the justices accept the case, they could schedule oral arguments during the Supreme Court’s term that begins in October.
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Autopsy Shows Man Killed by National Guard in Memphis Was Shot in Back

Par : Emily Cochrane
The death of the man after a confrontation with National Guard troops is under investigation. An autopsy by a medical examiner shows that he was shot in the back and declared it a homicide.

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An autopsy released this week shows that a man killed by National Guard members in Memphis was shot in the back.
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Trump Creates a Space Academy and Honors the Artemis Astronauts

Par : Luke Broadwater
President Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, which took a journey around the moon.

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President Trump referred to the astronauts, including Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman, as “fearless explorers.”
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$42 Million Abu Ghraib Jury Verdict Is Overturned on Appeal

Par : Mattathias Schwartz
A Fourth Circuit panel ordered the case to be dismissed, citing a new Supreme Court ruling limiting the ability of foreign citizens to sue in U.S. court.

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The Abu Ghraib prison, years after it returned to Iraqi control.
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Tank That Imploded at Washington Paper Plant, Killing 11, Was Known to Be Unsafe, Report Says

Par : Anna Griffin
A chemical disaster in Washington in May involved a tank that had been deemed at risk of failure nearly a year before, according to federal investigators.

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The aftermath of a chemical tank explosion at a paper plant in Longview, Wash.
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Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture

Par : Carol Rosenberg
Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the man accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, at Guantánamo Bay in January 2022 in a photo provided by his lawyers.
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For Once, a New York Jet Is Destined to Win Something

Par : Thomas Fuller
A House race in Arizona pits Jay Feely, a former Jets kicker, against Amish Shah, a former sideline doctor for the team. Jets fans in the district say it’s a welcome distraction from all the losing.

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Jets fans watching a preseason game at a bar this month in Scottsdale, Ariz., where two former members of the franchise are running against each other for a local House seat.
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Wyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election Monitoring

Par : Tim Balk
Governor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne.

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Governor Mark Gordon of Wyoming leads one of the most conservative states.
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With Term Winding Down, Pelosi Tries to Anoint a Successor

Par : Heather Knight
Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, has been working hard on behalf of Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor with a relatively low profile in California.

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Representative Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor, in the race for her congressional seat.
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A Town Council Turns to a Deck of Cards to Break a Tie

Par : Reis Thebault
Two candidates for Town Council in Gila Bend, Ariz., finished with the same number of votes. A century-old state law mandated breaking the tie with a game of chance.

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Patricia Riggs, the interim town clerk of Gila Bend, Ariz., declared Jesus Rubalcava the winner of the Town Council seat after a game of high-card draw with the opposing candidate, Athena Guerrero.
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