Russia and Ukraine to Hold U.S.-Mediated Talks in Riyadh: What to Know
March 24, 2025
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Russia and Ukraine to Hold U.S.-Mediated Talks in Riyadh: What to Know

Russian officials began a round of talks with representatives of the United States on Monday in Saudi Arabia, Russian state news agencies reported, following a similar meeting on…

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Columbia University’s Concessions to Trump Seen as a Watershed
March 22, 2025
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Columbia University’s Concessions to Trump Seen as a Watershed

Many professors saw it as surrender, a reward to the Trump administration’s heavy hand. Conservative critics of academia celebrated it as an overdue, righteous reset by an Ivy…

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L.A. approves first permits for rebuilding homes after Palisades fire
March 21, 2025
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L.A. approves first permits for rebuilding homes after Palisades fire

The city of Los Angeles has cleared the way for three Pacific Palisades homeowners to begin rebuilding on their properties. The approval of the projects, one to repair…

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Hugues Oyarzabal, Surfing Star Who Rode With a Camera, Dies at 39
March 21, 2025
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Hugues Oyarzabal, Surfing Star Who Rode With a Camera, Dies at 39

Hugues Oyarzabal, one of Europe’s most accomplished surfers and among the first to record spectacular feats from inside the curl of a wave using digital cameras, died on…

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Takeaways From the Kennedy Files
March 20, 2025
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Takeaways From the Kennedy Files

The release of about 64,000 documents about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday started a race to find a revelation, as journalists, historians and amateur…

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O.C. sheriff’s deputy is stabbed; suspect at large
March 19, 2025
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O.C. sheriff’s deputy is stabbed; suspect at large

Officials are searched for a transient man suspected of stabbing an Orange County sheriff’s deputy while she was conducting routine homeless outreach in San Clemente on Tuesday afternoon.…

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Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kills Over 400, in Breakdown of Cease-Fire
March 18, 2025
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Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kills Over 400, in Breakdown of Cease-Fire

Israeli forces launched deadly aerial attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, ending a temporary cease-fire with Hamas that began in January and raising the prospect of a…

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Trump Administration Revives Detention of Immigrant Families
March 17, 2025
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Trump Administration Revives Detention of Immigrant Families

For decades, detaining undocumented immigrant families has been a contentious enforcement tactic. Critics of “family detention” have said young children suffer in confinement. Proponents say that locking families…

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Killer says ex-lover had no role in her husband’s slaying
March 16, 2025
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Killer says ex-lover had no role in her husband’s slaying

To hear convicted murderer Robert Baker tell it from the witness stand, his ex-lover Monica Sementilli was never part of a conspiracy to fatally stab her famous hairstylist…

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Opinion | Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Mahmoud Khalil
March 16, 2025
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Opinion | Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Mahmoud Khalil

Columbia University is now the epicenter of the American culture war. The Trump administration is targeting a former Columbia student — and the university itself — as a…

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