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Today — 23 December 2024NYT | Top Stories

Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump’s Plan to Resume Federal Executions

23 December 2024 at 18:01
Those affected by the president’s action on Monday are still subject to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Three men will remain on federal death row.

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President Biden said the commutations were consistent with the standard he has imposed for halting executions “in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder.”

House Ethics Committee Is Expected to Release Report on Matt Gaetz’s Conduct

23 December 2024 at 18:03
Former Representative Matt Gaetz has been under investigation since 2021 over allegations that include sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.

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Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general last month.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Drug Ads on TV. It Wouldn’t Be Easy.

23 December 2024 at 18:00
Attempts to restrict pharmaceutical advertisements have failed many times over the years, often on First Amendment grounds.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the president-elect’s pick for health secretary, has repeatedly called for banning drug ads on TV.

Honda and Nissan Aim to Merge as Global Competition Bears Down

23 December 2024 at 18:30
Japan’s second- and third-largest automakers hope the $50 billion deal would help them catch up with Tesla and China’s BYD in electric vehicles and advanced software.

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Makoto Uchida, left, Nissan Motor’s president, and Toshihiro Mibe, the top executive at Honda Motor, at a news conference on Monday.

Trump and Biden, Make the Hostages Your Priority

23 December 2024 at 14:00
I was held captive in Gaza. Healing will only happen when all the captives have been brought home.

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A bird flies in front of contrails in the sky above Jerusalem, formed in the shape of a ribbon representing the plight of the hostages taken on Oct. 7 still held in Gaza.

Organized Looting Throws Gaza Deeper Into Chaos

23 December 2024 at 13:01
Gangs are filling a power vacuum left by Israel in some parts of southern Gaza, hijacking desperately needed aid for Palestinian residents.

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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entering Gaza via the Rafah crossing have become easy prey for organized gangs.

‘I Was Destroyed by It’: 4 Men on Abuse at Ireland’s Catholic Schools

23 December 2024 at 13:01
After decades of silence, dozens of older men are talking about the sexual abuse they suffered at schools run by religious orders. We spoke to four of them.

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“What isn’t always told is how your life is entirely ripped apart,” said Mark Vincent Healy, who attended St. Mary’s College, run by the Spiritans.

Trump Picks Callista Gingrich for Ambassador to Switzerland

23 December 2024 at 11:08
In announcing his choice of various envoys, including ambassador to Denmark, the president-elect again floated the idea of the United States acquiring Greenland.

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Callista Gingrich during the Republican National Convention in July. She is the wife of Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and a loyal ally to President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Trump Names His Picks for Top Pentagon Roles

23 December 2024 at 10:27
They include a billionaire investor who supported Mr. Trump’s campaign, a former official who froze aid to Ukraine and a former executive at Uber.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Defense Department picks, from left: Elbridge Colby, Mike Duffey, Stephen A. Feinberg and Emil Michael.

They Made Over $100,000 in Overtime. Now the N.Y.P.D. Is Cracking Down.

Commissioner Jessica Tisch has reassigned at least 29 officers. Some worked under Jeffrey Maddrey, a high-ranking official who was accused of demanding sex from a subordinate in exchange for overtime.

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Jessica Tisch, center, commissioner of the New York Police Department, transferred at least 29 officers into new roles. Some had made worked under Jeffrey Maddrey, right, who recently resigned.

Surfers Return for Rare Big Wave Contest in Hawaii

23 December 2024 at 12:12
The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational was held for just the eleventh time since its founding in 1984. Landon McNamara, a local of Oahu’s North Shore, won this year’s event.

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Only 45 competitors and 25 alternates were invited to this year’s Eddie. The list is a who’s who of top professional surfers and local legends.

Ron Eliran, Israeli ”Ambassador of Song,” Has a Bar Mitzvah at 90

22 December 2024 at 16:00
In 1947, Ron Eliran’s 13th birthday in the British Mandate for Palestine was canceled when authorities called a curfew. Now, 77 years later, he has officially become a man.

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Ron Eliran at his 90th birthday party, which turned out to be a surprise bar mitzvah.

Trump Previews Second Term in Sprawling Speech to Conservative Conference

23 December 2024 at 04:30
President-elect Donald J. Trump repeated false claims about immigration and the border, slammed diversity initiatives and discussed the Panama Canal in the 90-minute address.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump offered a triumphant view of his election victory in Phoenix on Sunday.

A 1,000-Year-Old Seed Grows in Israel

22 December 2024 at 14:00
For 14 years, scientists have been growing a tree akin to the Judean balsam — the source of the balm of Gilead — but with no modern counterpart.

Trump Picks a Former Treasury Official as His Top Economist

23 December 2024 at 02:17
Stephen Miran, who served during Donald Trump’s first term and now works at a hedge fund, has accused the Biden administration of manipulating markets.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump said he would pick Stephen Miran to lead the Council of Economic Advisers.

Letter Calling for Tracking People of Color Circulates in an Oregon County

23 December 2024 at 02:15
The letter, distributed in Lincoln County, Ore., tells community members to report people who may be undocumented, the sheriff’s office said.

© Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian, via Associated Press

Lincoln City, Ore., in Lincoln County, where the sheriff condemned a letter circulating in the coastal county that asks people to write down the license plates of cars that may be driven by immigrants.

Woman Dies After Being Set on Fire in Subway Car, Police Say

23 December 2024 at 08:37
The police said a man was taken into custody. The victim had been seated in a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning when a man set her on fire.

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Investigators at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn on Sunday after a woman aboard a subway car was set on fire and died.

From the Surf to the Sermon: The Christian Surfers of Costa Rica

A group of missionaries who surf have expanded to a remote part of Costa Rica, where people come from afar looking for the “perfect wave.” And maybe a little Jesus?

A surfer riding a wave during a sunset in June in Pavones, Costa Rica, which is home to the second-largest left-hand wave in the world.
Yesterday — 22 December 2024NYT | Top Stories

Campus Groups Try to Make Room for Middle-Ground Opinions on the Middle East

22 December 2024 at 18:00
Some college students and faculty members are seeking space for nuanced perspectives on the Israel-Hamas war on deeply divided campuses.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

Mikey Aboutboul, an Israeli-born senior at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Zahra Sakkejha, a Palestinian-Canadian and U.C.L.A. alumna.

Germany Searches for Motives in Christmas Market Attack

The authorities said they were struggling to understand the motives behind ramming a car into a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg, which left a 9-year-old boy among the five dead.

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A memorial on Saturday for victims of the attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.
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