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  • Soldiers in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in December, monitoring the sky to shoot down Russian Shahed drones using a 30-millimeter antiaircraft gun.

    Ukraine Sent Drone Experts to Protect U.S. Bases in Jordan, Zelensky Says

    By Kim Barker

    As the war in Iran spreads, Kyiv is eagerly offering its hard-won expertise and advanced technology to counter Iranian drones.

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    U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows

    By Malachy Browne and John Ismay

    The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

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  • Mojtaba Khamenei, center, the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in 2019.

    Iran’s New Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei’s Son, Is a Mysterious Figure

    By Farnaz Fassihi

    The succession of the slain leader’s son is seen as a signal of the Islamic republic’s defiance of Israel and the United States, and of continuity during crisis.

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  • Country Joe McDonald in 1981. The tone of the politics and social commentary in his songs could range from whimsical to snarky.

    Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84

    By Jim Farber

    One of the starring acts at Woodstock, he and his band, the Fish, came out of the Bay Area’s psychedelic rock scene. He went on to a long career as a solo artist.

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  • This image from a video provided by the U.S. military shows what it said was a strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday.

    U.S. Carries Out Another Boat Strike, Killing Six

    By Eric Schmitt

    The attack, in the eastern Pacific, was part of a continuing campaign by the U.S. Southern Command to target people suspected of smuggling drugs, and raised the overall death toll to at least 156.

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  • U.S. military personnel with a round of white phosphorus in Afghanistan in 2011.

    A Trump Order Protected a Weedkiller. And Also a Weapon of War.

    By Hiroko Tabuchi

    Citing national security, an unusual executive order gave protection to the herbicide Roundup. It also protected the U.S.’s only supply of a controversial, highly flammable munition.

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  • More than 60 firefighters battled the blaze after it began at a shop near Glasgow’s main train station on Sunday.

    Large Fire in Glasgow Forces Closure of Major Train Station

    By Yan Zhuang

    The blaze that started near Scotland’s busiest station was under control, but officials said they expected train service to be disrupted through Monday.

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  • Emir Balat runs as police officers approach and a homemade bomb starts to emit smoke outside Gracie Mansion on Saturday.

    U.S. Authorities Are Investigating Device Thrown Near Gracie Mansion

    By William K. Rashbaum, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Maria Cramer

    The device that emitted smoke during a protest near Gracie Mansion Saturday was designed to be deadly, three people with knowledge of the investigation said.

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  • J. Todd Inman of the National Transportation Safety Board during a Jan. 27 hearing on the midair collision that killed 67 people near Reagan National Airport the previous January.

    White House Removes Republican Member of N.T.S.B.

    By Karoun Demirjian

    J. Todd Inman, who was prominent in the investigation of the midair collision in Washington last year, said no reason was given for his firing two years into his term on the transportation safety board.

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  • Demonstrators in Istanbul showing support for Ekrem Imamoglu, then the mayor of Istanbul, last March after he was arrested.

    Is the Trial of Erdogan’s Top Rival More About Corruption or Politics?

    By Ben Hubbard, Gulsin Harman and Safak Timur

    Prosecutors accuse the former Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of leading a criminal scheme. His supporters say Turkey’s president is trying to eliminate a political foe.

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    Trump Is Making the U.S. More Vulnerable to Oil Shocks

    By Rosemary Kelanic

    America is a big oil producer. But its overreliance on crude — and the president’s efforts to keep it that way — mean times like these can hurt.

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    They Feel Bugs Inside Them. Doctors Don’t Know Why.

    By Alexandra Sifferlin

    Delusional infestation is one of the darkest embodiments of medical uncertainty.

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    The Former Coal Miner in the Middle of the A.I. Data Center Boom

    By Adam Satariano

    Josh Payne, the chief executive of Nscale, raised $2 billion from investors. Sheryl Sandberg, the former Facebook executive, is joining his board.

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    A Wink, a Nod or a Duck: The Secrets Behind Car Owners’ Secret Handshakes

    By Roy Furchgott and Kelsey McClellan

    It’s more than the Jeep Wave: Miatas can wink with their pop-up headlights, and Porsche owners have their own waves, but only for the right cars.

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