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Today — 10 January 2025NYT | Top Stories

At Jimmy Carter’s Funeral, a Rare Image of Presidential Unity

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By: Vanessa Friedman
10 January 2025 at 03:08
President-elect Donald J. Trump becomes part of the club. Melania Trump joins the first ladies.

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President Biden, President-elect Donald J. Trump, and former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush honored the life of former President Jimmy Carter at the state funeral in Washington.

It’s September 2026, and the Pentagon Is Alarmed

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By: David French
10 January 2025 at 03:35
The effort to ban TikTok is not about what’s on the platform but about who runs it.

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House Passes Bill to Impose Sanctions on I.C.C. Officials for Israeli Prosecutions

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By: Karoun Demirjian
10 January 2025 at 03:15
The action put the measure on track for likely enactment given strong support for it among Republicans, who now control the Senate, and President-elect Donald J. Trump.

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Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in Paris last year. Congressional Republicans have been trying to crack down on the court since May, when Mr. Khan announced he was seeking warrants for Israeli leaders.

France Indicts Founder of Notorious Website Used in Pelicot Rape Case

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By: Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
10 January 2025 at 02:30
The site, coco.fr, was shut down in June after being linked to more than 23,000 sexual abuse and other cases in France alone, including the rape trial that shocked the country last year.

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Gisèle Pelicot leaving the courthouse in Avignon, France, after a hearing in November.

U.S. Steel Faces Stark Choices as Nippon Steel Merger Founders

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By: Santul Nerkar
10 January 2025 at 01:39
The onetime dynamo is fighting to revive a takeover by Nippon Steel. Other tie-ups could also face obstacles, and going it alone could force cutbacks.

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A U.S. Steel plant in Braddock, Pa. Without a merger partner, the company may sell off parts of its business.

Can Susie Wiles, Trump’s Chief of Staff, Survive?

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By: Elisabeth Bumiller
10 January 2025 at 01:34
As Ms. Wiles heads to Washington, the view in Trump World is that the president-elect’s closest aide and veteran strategist has a better chance than anyone.

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Susie Wiles has told President-elect Donald J. Trump that it is her intention to stay all four years as chief of staff. “I’m going to try my best and give it everything I have,” she said.

Germany Approves Tribunal to Decide Nazi-Looted Art Claims

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By: Catherine Hickley
10 January 2025 at 01:50
The new body will be easier to access and its decisions will be legally binding. But some lawyers and Jewish heirs are not happy with the reform.

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Germany’s culture minister Claudia Roth, center, said that the reform would enable Germany to better meet its commitment to “fair and just solutions” for Nazi-looted art claims.

France Indicts Founder of Notorious Website Used in Pelicot Rape Case

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By: Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
10 January 2025 at 01:23
The site, coco.fr, was shut down in June after being linked to more than 23,000 sexual abuse and other cases in France alone, including the rape trial that shocked the country last year.

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Gisèle Pelicot leaving the courthouse in Avignon, France, after a hearing in November.

Can Low Unemployment Last Under Trump?

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By: Talmon Joseph Smith
9 January 2025 at 23:59
Hiring has slowed, but joblessness remains at levels defying economic norms. Big policy changes under a new administration could test that resilience.

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A construction skills course provided by a charity to migrants last year in New York. Immigration policy changes could reduce hiring and labor supply in several sectors.

U.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surged

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By: Brad Plumer
9 January 2025 at 18:02
After staying flat for nearly two decades, electricity use is starting to rise again, and the boom in wind and solar power hasn’t kept pace.

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Construction of wind turbines for an offshore on the State Pier in New London, Conn., in November. The nation’s demand for electricity increased by roughly 3 percent in 2024.
Yesterday — 9 January 2025NYT | Top Stories

N.Y. Prosecutors Urge Supreme Court to Let Trump’s Sentencing Proceed

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By: Ben Protess， Kate Christobek and Adam Liptak
10 January 2025 at 02:25
The Supreme Court is now set to decide whether Donald J. Trump’s sentencing on 34 felony counts should take place on Friday as planned.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump’s last-ditch request to halt his sentencing on Friday was denied by the Supreme Court.

With Trump Arriving, Zelensky Urges Allies Not to ‘Drop the Ball’

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By: John Ismay
9 January 2025 at 23:07
In an impassioned address to officials from countries supporting Ukraine, Mr. Zelensky said ‘a new chapter’ would be starting for Europe and the rest of the world, requiring even more cooperation.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, on Thursday.

Eric Adams, Under Indictment, Makes His Case for a Second Term

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By: Emma G. Fitzsimmons
10 January 2025 at 02:36
In his fourth and potentially final State of the City speech, Mayor Eric Adams focused on making it easier to raise families in New York City.

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Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement ahead of the speech that New York City had recovered from the pandemic and was “better than ever.”

Why ‘Show Boat’ Is America’s Most Enduring, Unstable Musical

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By: Joshua Barone
9 January 2025 at 03:42
A revival called “Show/Boat: A River” joins a history of reimagining the musical that goes back nearly a century, to its first performances.

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From left, Paul Robeson, Irene Dunne, Hattie McDaniel and Helen Morgan in the 1936 film adaptation of “Show Boat.”

Hochul Seeks to Limit Private-Equity Ownership of Homes in New York

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By: Benjamin Oreskes
9 January 2025 at 16:00
Widespread purchases of single-family homes by institutional investors may be contributing to soaring housing prices and low vacancy rates across the country.

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The plan to limit corporate homeownership is one of several recent proposals from Gov. Kathy Hochul that are aimed at addressing New York’s affordability crisis.

Elon Musk Is Trying to Break Germany’s Quarantine on the Far-Right AfD

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By: Jim Tankersley
9 January 2025 at 21:23
Political leaders have shunned the Alternative for Germany. But on his social media platform X, Mr. Musk is pitching the party as mainstream.

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Elon Musk is hosting an interview with Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right party Alternative for Germany, on X, his social media platform.

Study Links High Fluoride Exposure to Lower I.Q. in Children

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By: Roni Caryn Rabin
9 January 2025 at 08:27
The results of a new federal analysis were drawn from studies conducted in other countries, where drinking water contains more fluoride than in the United States.

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Lebanon Elects Army Chief Joseph Aoun as President

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By: Euan Ward and Dayana Iwaza
10 January 2025 at 00:02
As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have now settled on Joseph Aoun, the leader of the military.

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Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, is considered by analysts to be widely respected and to have U.S. support.

National Day of Mourning for Jimmy Carter: What It Means, and What’s Closed

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By: Victor Mather
7 January 2025 at 04:02
Jimmy Carter, the only centenarian ex-president, died on Dec. 29. Here’s what to expect on Thursday.

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Leaving a package of peanuts at a statue of the peanut-farmer-turned-president Jimmy Carter in Atlanta.

‘It Was Biblical’: Ash and Flame Upend Life in Southern California

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By: Shawn Hubler
9 January 2025 at 22:46
Wind-whipped wildfire blew through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe, merging, psychically if not physically, into a kind of mega-catastrophe.

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