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Today — 24 January 2025NYT | Top Stories

Storm Eowyn Brings Fierce Winds to Britain and Ireland

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By: Nazaneen Ghaffar
24 January 2025 at 16:26
The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.

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Some forecast models are suggesting gusts between 100 and 120 miles per hour for the west coast of Ireland.

Did Ukraine Kill Its Own by Downing a Russian Plane? A Year Later, It Hasn’t Said.

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By: Cassandra Vinograd and Maria Varenikova
24 January 2025 at 13:01
Russia says Ukraine shot down a military transport carrying 65 captured Ukrainians. Ukraine has not confirmed its role, identified the bodies it received, or said how it happened.

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A still from a video released in January 2024 by the Russian Investigative Committee of it said was the crash site of an IL-76 military transport plane.

Firefighters Battle Growing Blaze Near U.S.-Mexico Border

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By: Orlando Mayorquín
24 January 2025 at 12:26
Officials said the fire, which had spread to more than 500 acres by Thursday night, was miles away from threatening any homes or buildings.

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The fire was spreading through the Otay Mountain Wilderness, a remote area with steep and rocky terrain.

In California Fires, Trump Blames Newsom for Withholding Water. Experts Disagree.

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By: Heather Knight， Catrin Einhorn and Christina Morales
24 January 2025 at 12:18
President Trump has blamed a lack of water during the Los Angeles fires on California decisions that benefit a small fish. Yet experts say he’s confusing different issues.

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Firefighters have battled multiple blazes this month in Los Angeles County. That included the Hughes fire, where water from a state reservoir, Castaic Lake, was used.

Trump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Biden Allowed In Temporarily

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By: Hamed Aleaziz
24 January 2025 at 12:51
A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people.

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Inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor building in Chicago on Thursday. Mr. Trump ordered the agency to shut down the Biden-era parole programs on Monday.

Bank of Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008

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By: River Akira Davis
24 January 2025 at 15:54
The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation.

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A shopping street in Osaka last week. Breaking away from a deflationary mind-set could help bolster spending by consumers in Japan.

Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts

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By: Claire Cain Miller， Kate Conger and Mike Isaac
24 January 2025 at 10:54
Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, attending the inauguration ceremony for President Trump. Instagram and Facebook are under scrutiny after Meta made changes to its speech policies.

$3,000 for a Used iPhone? If It Has TikTok, Maybe.

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By: Hank Sanders
24 January 2025 at 10:05
Phones with TikTok are being listed for eye-watering sums as the social media platform remains absent from app stores.

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As of Thursday, the TikTok app was not available for download on the iPhone or Android app stores.

Kash Patel, Trump’s FBI Pick, Sees Good in QAnon and Evil in the Bureau

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By: Devlin Barrett
24 January 2025 at 06:19
Kash Patel’s public comments on the QAnon conspiracy theory suggests he sees its adherents more as an audience to be courted rather than an ideology to follow.

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Kash Patel during Inauguration Day events on Monday. Many current and former F.B.I. agents balk at Mr. Patel’s apparent skepticism toward the government and embrace of unfounded theories of government cabals.

Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon

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By: Becky Ferreira
24 January 2025 at 03:54
Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

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An artist’s concept of an asteroid like the small near-Earth object 2024 PT5, whose orbit around the sun closely matches that of our planet and led to it being called a “mini-moon.”

Los Angeles Schools Reopen to Relief and Worry About Toxins

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By: Isabelle Taft and Alyce McFadden
24 January 2025 at 08:32
Many educators and families were thrilled to get back to some routines as a handful of schools reopened after weeks of closures. Others were worried about remaining dangers in fire-hit areas.

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The aftermath of the Palisades fire at the Marquez Charter Elementary School in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

‘Truck Stop Serial Killer’ Is Found Guilty of a Third Murder

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By: Neil Vigdor
24 January 2025 at 08:03
Bruce Mendenhall was convicted Wednesday in the 2007 killing of Carma Purpura, an Indiana woman with whom he had been speaking at a truck stop.

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Bruce Mendenhall, left, an Illinois truck driver, during a court hearing in Nashville, Tenn., in 2007. He was convicted on Wednesday of a third murder.

Rain Forecast for Southern California Could Bring Mudslide Risk Amid Fires

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By: Amy Graff， Jesus Jiménez and Austyn Gaffney
24 January 2025 at 07:28
Cooler, wet weather is forecast to bring moisture to the parched landscape and reduce the fire threat. But heavy rainfall could also trigger flash floods in burn scars.

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There’s a slight chance the rain could be on the heavier side, which could trigger flash floods and mudslides in places scarred by the fires.

The Dissonance of Climate Promises at Davos

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By: David Gelles
24 January 2025 at 03:38
C.E.O.s, policymakers and billionaires at the World Economic Forum’s conference have long pledged to fight climate change. Has it done any good?

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The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, opened on Monday, the same day that President Trump was sworn into office and withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement.

French Crypto Entrepreneur and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping

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By: Aurelien Breeden
24 January 2025 at 06:53
David Balland, a founder of Ledger, a prominent cryptocurrency company, and his wife were freed after a 48-hour police search. Ten people have been arrested.

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The gendarmes securing an area near the location where David Balland and his wife were kidnapped in France.

Trump Vows to Declassify Files on Assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK

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By: Peter Baker
24 January 2025 at 06:44
President Trump told security agencies to develop plans to make public all documents related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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President Trump has long indulged in conspiracy theories about the killing of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963.

Trump Pulls the Military Back Into the Political and Culture Wars

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By: Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
24 January 2025 at 09:46
The removal of a portrait of Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from a Pentagon hallway was among the president’s early actions.

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U.S. Army troops outside the White House on Tuesday, one day after President Trump’s inauguration.

100,000 Ducks to Be Killed After Bird Flu Strikes Long Island Farm

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By: Liam Stack
24 January 2025 at 06:36
The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said.

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Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, on Long Island, raises ducks with prized genetics and supplies restaurants throughout the Northeast.

How Oscar Nominee ‘Anora’ Subverted the Brooklyn Cinderella Story

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By: Ginia Bellafante
24 January 2025 at 05:28
A sex worker in a romantic comedy isn’t new. How the Oscar-nominated film uses immigrant Brooklyn to subvert the genre? That’s different.

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“Anora,” starring Mark Eydelshteyn and Mikey Madison, was nominated for six Academy Awards.

Violent Acts of Many Jan. 6 Rioters Pardoned by Trump Are Shown in Videos

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By: Alan Feuer and Dmitriy Khavin
24 January 2025 at 05:20
President Trump pardoned men who violently attacked police officers on Jan. 6 along with nearly 1,600 other people who had been charged in connection with the riot. But his grant of clemency did not erase the video evidence of their crimes.

S&P 500 Hits Record High Amid Strong Earnings and Easing Inflation Concerns

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By: Joe Rennison
24 January 2025 at 05:14
Corporate earnings are coming in strong. Investors are also seeing the Trump administration take a less aggressive approach to tariffs than some had expected.

U.S. Security Contractors Going to Gaza to Oversee Truce, Officials Say

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By: Patrick Kingsley， Ronen Bergman and Aaron Boxerman
24 January 2025 at 04:30
The contractors have been enlisted to do weapons checks on vehicles carrying displaced Palestinians back to their homes in the north under the terms of the new cease-fire.

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Palestinians heading back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

What Prince Harry’s Settlement Means for Him and for Britain’s Royal Family

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By: Mark Landler
24 January 2025 at 05:31
Harry won an apology and damages from Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids. Could the lawsuit’s end also help heal the rift with his brother, William, and his father, King Charles III?

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Prince Harry, who agreed on Wednesday to settle a long-running lawsuit with Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids over a phone hacking scandal.

City Council Takes Aim at Adams and Ally by Closing Lobbying Loophole

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By: Emma G. Fitzsimmons
24 January 2025 at 04:30
New York’s City Council passed a bill to limit top city officials from lobbying city agencies after leaving government. It was inspired by Frank Carone, an adviser to Mayor Eric Adams.

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Frank Carone, the former chief of staff to Mayor Eric Adams, started a lucrative consulting business after leaving City Hall.
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