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Today — 19 September 2024NYT | Top Stories

Kentucky Highway Shooting Manhunt Ends After a Suspect’s Body Is Found

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By: Kate Selig and Hank Sanders
19 September 2024 at 09:43
Authorities said that remains were discovered near the site of the attack that left five people seriously wounded, concluding a 12-day search.

© Camden Mink/Mount Vernon Fire Department, via Associated Press

This image released by the Mount Vernon Fire Department shows traffic stopped during an active shooting on Interstate 75 north of London, Ky., in September.

NYPD Officials Defend Shooting on Brooklyn Subway That Wounded Bystanders

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By: Maria Cramer
19 September 2024 at 08:39
“We are not perfect,” said John Chell, the Police Department’s chief of patrol, as protesters gathered in Union Square.

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Police officials said they would release body-worn camera footage of a shooting on a subway platform where two bystanders were shot.

How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers

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By: Sheera Frenkel， Ronen Bergman and Hwaida Saad
19 September 2024 at 07:41
The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah phones that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse.

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Hezbollah supporters on Wednesday mourning the deaths of four comrades killed in the explosions.

Second Wave of Hezbollah Devices Explodes in Lebanon, Killing at Least 20

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By: Euan Ward， Aaron Boxerman， Hwaida Saad and Michael Levenson
19 September 2024 at 07:26
At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 others wounded, Lebanese officials said, a day after pagers exploded across the country and killed 12 people, in an attack widely attributed to Israel.

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Ambulances arriving after a device reportedly exploded during the funeral in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday for people killed when hundreds of pagers exploded across Lebanon a day earlier.

21 Juveniles Charged With Making School Threats in South Carolina

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By: Alexandra E. Petri
19 September 2024 at 07:36
The charges are part of a sprawling investigation into more than 60 threats targeting schools in 23 counties since a mass shooting on Sept. 4 in Georgia in which four people were killed at a high school.

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South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel.

House Defeats Mike Johnson’s Spending Bill as Government Shutdown Looms

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By: Carl Hulse
19 September 2024 at 07:07
Both Republicans and Democrats opposed the stopgap funding bill, which was tied to new rules requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.

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Speaker Mike Johnson plunged ahead with a short-term spending plan on Wednesday, despite bipartisan opposition.

Harris Warns of Mass Deportations and Detention Camps if Trump Is Elected

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By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs
19 September 2024 at 05:57
Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to build support among Latino voters as polls show Americans trust former President Donald J. Trump over Democrats on the border.

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Vice President Kamala Harris at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institutes’s annual leadership conference in Washington on Wednesday. She said that former President Donald J. Trump had “pledged to carry out the largest deportation, a mass deportation, in American history.”

Melania Trump Defends Nude Modeling Work as She Promotes Book

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By: Katie Rogers
19 September 2024 at 04:01
The former first lady called her past work a “celebration of the human form” in a video, the latest in a series promoting her memoir and appearing to reflect her deeply held beliefs.

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“Are we no longer able to appreciate the beauty of the human body?” Melania Trump asks in a video posted to her social media accounts.

Woman Burned After Hiking Off Trail at Yellowstone National Park

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By: Sara Ruberg
19 September 2024 at 05:04
The 60-year-old was walking with her husband and dog near a geyser when she broke through the ground into scalding waters on Monday afternoon, according to the National Park Service.

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A 60-year-old woman had walked off trail with her husband and dog near the Mallard Lake Trailhead at Old Faithful when she broke through the thin ground. She suffered serious burns on her lower leg.

Sean Combs Must Remain in Jail Until Trial After Judge Denies Bail Appeal

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By: Ben Sisario and Julia Jacobs
19 September 2024 at 06:00
The judge said Mr. Combs posed a risk of witness tampering and was a danger to the community while awaiting his sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial.

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A magistrate judge had originally denied Sean Combs bail, citing the prosecutors’ accusations of witness tampering and the serious nature of the sex trafficking charge.

Teamsters Won’t Endorse Trump or Harris in 2024 Presidential Election

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By: Jonathan Weisman
19 September 2024 at 04:18
The Teamsters president, Sean O’Brien, has shown an openness to former President Donald J. Trump, dividing the powerful union. Neither candidate will be the beneficiary of its considerable organizing muscle.

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Former President Donald Trump granted Sean O’Brien, the Teamsters president, a prime-time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention in July.

‘Survivor’ Season 47 to Feature Jon Lovett, a Former Obama Speechwriter

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By: Kellen Browning and Alexandra Berzon
19 September 2024 at 04:55
The show’s 47th season, which features Jon Lovett, a former Obama speechwriter, premieres Wednesday. But even in heated election years, presidential politics rarely intrudes.

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Electoral politics have rarely pierced the bubble surrounding “Survivor,” a reality television show that has spanned 25 years and 46 seasons.

Trump Floats an Array of Expensive Tax Cuts to Win Votes

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By: Andrew Duehren and Michael Gold
19 September 2024 at 05:11
Whether he is speaking to retirees, corporate executives or tipped workers, former President Donald J. Trump has made a habit of promising tax cuts that could cost trillions.

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Former President Donald J. Trump at a town-hall meeting in Flint, Mich., on Tuesday.

Titan Disaster Hearing Upends Earlier Expert Theories on Crew Deaths

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By: William J. Broad and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
19 September 2024 at 04:43
Two days of reporting and testifying by experts during a U.S. Coast Guard inquiry challenge the idea that the submersible’s passengers knew they were facing death.

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An image, released by the U.S. Coast Guard and Pelagic Research Services, of the tail cone of the Titan submersible resting at the bottom of the ocean.

Harvey Weinstein Faces New Sexual Assault Charge in Manhattan

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By: Hurubie Meko
19 September 2024 at 04:21
The disgraced Hollywood producer’s 2020 sex-crime conviction was thrown out, but he will be retried on those charges as well.

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Harvey Weinstein, who was taken into court in a wheelchair, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel in 2006.

Trump’s Talk of Prosecution Rattles Election Officials

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By: Nick Corasaniti and Alexandra Berzon
19 September 2024 at 03:24
The former president has long claimed, despite evidence to the contrary, that elections are corrupt. What if he carries through with threats to prosecute the officials who run them?

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Former President Donald J. Trump has said on social media that election officials believed to be “involved in unscrupulous behavior” will be investigated and prosecuted if he wins the White House in November.

An Ugly Divorce, Russia’s Richest Woman and 2 Dead in Moscow

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By: Ivan Nechepurenko
19 September 2024 at 04:17
The Russian businesswoman Tatyana V. Bakalchuk has been locked in a dispute with her estranged husband for months over the fate of her company, Wildberries.

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A Russian police officer blocking the entrance to the office building of the Russian retailer Wildberries, after an shooting there on Wednesday.

Floods Wreak Havoc Across Four Continents

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By: Austyn Gaffney and Somini Sengupta
19 September 2024 at 02:33
Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare?

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The swollen Elbe river in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday.

California Wildfires Pose Too Many Risks for Insurers, but These Residents Want to Stay

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By: Soumya Karlamangla
18 September 2024 at 21:00
In the San Bernardino Mountains, another wildfire has forced residents to flee, the latest reminder that they must accept the risks of climate change if they want to remain.

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Clouds and smoke near the Rim of the World Highway in Rimforest, Calif., on Tuesday.

As Texas Power Grid Faces New Strains, Renewables Help Meet Demand

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By: J. David Goodman
18 September 2024 at 23:16
Texas, the biggest oil-producing state, has turned to solar power and battery storage to see it through extreme weather. But with demand rising, much more power will be needed.

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A Jupiter Power energy center in Houston in August. The swift growth of battery storage as a source of power for the electric grid, along with the continued expansion of large-scale solar farms, could not have come at a better time for Texas.

Blinken Visits Egypt, but Skips a Stop in Israel

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By: Michael Crowley
19 September 2024 at 01:37
The secretary of state is making his 10th visit to the Middle East since the Oct. 7 attacks. Until now, he has met with officials in Israel each time.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s decision not to visit Israel partly reflects a deadlock in efforts to strike a cease-fire deal in Gaza.
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