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Today — 7 March 2025NYT | Top Stories

‘I’m Freaking Out’: New Texts Detail Key Minutes of Idaho Murders

Newly released messages reveal that two roommates in the home where four college students were murdered were alarmed by a masked person in the house that night.

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Investigators checking the house where four University of Idaho students were killed in Moscow, Idaho, in 2022.

Walgreens to Be Acquired by Sycamore Partners in $10 Billion Deal

7 March 2025 at 08:28
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance have lost about half their value in the past year, as the chain has faced pressure in its retail and pharmacy businesses.

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Walgreens has faced declining prescription reimbursements and falling sales at its retail locations for years.

Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting Perkins Coie

7 March 2025 at 06:57
The order against the firm, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign, represents an escalation of efforts to punish groups the president sees as aiding his enemies.

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President Trump’s order makes Perkins Coie, which did legal work for Democrats during the 2016 presidential campaign, the second law firm to be targeted for retribution.

U.S. and Ukrainian Officials to Meet Next Week About Path to End War

The officials plan to meet next week to discuss the first steps of an agreement, after President Trump cast doubt on U.S. support for Ukraine in recent days.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has made conciliatory gestures toward President Trump after a blowup in the Oval Office last week.

Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear

7 March 2025 at 07:50
After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which could limit the mission’s scientific accomplishments.

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An image beamed from the Intuitive Machines Athena lander as it approached the moon on Thursday.

What to Know About Measles Cases in New York and New Jersey

7 March 2025 at 07:36
Experts recommend vaccines as the best defense against the viral illness.

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People who receive both doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are 97 percent immune to the measles virus.

Unvaccinated New Mexico Resident Dies of Suspected Measles

7 March 2025 at 07:04
The patient tested positive for the infection, but state health officials could not confirm that it was the cause of death.

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Measles tests taken among patients with symptoms at Seminole Memorial Hospital in West Texas last month.

SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports With Unsuccessful Test Flight

7 March 2025 at 09:10
Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.

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Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89

7 March 2025 at 06:54
With Diller Scofidio + Renfro, he brought a conceptual-art sensibility to cultural landmarks like Lincoln Center and to innovative public spaces like Manhattan’s High Line.

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Ricardo Scofidio in 2007, several years after he and his wife, Elizabeth Diller, became the first architects to be awarded MacArthur “genius” grants. “I’m always a little shocked when people try to make me realize we’re a big firm doing big projects,” he said, “because that was not the goal.”

Defunded Aid Programs Are Asked by Trump Administration to Prove Their Value, on a Scale of 1 to 5

7 March 2025 at 06:18
A week after terminating thousands of contracts, the administration has sent questionnaires to those programs asking how their work benefits the U.S. national interest.

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Pete Marocco, left, the State Department official who has been overseeing cuts to U.S.A.I.D., arriving for a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.

Adnan Syed Will Not Return to Prison, Judge Rules

A judge reduced his sentence to time served in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, ending a case that drew widespread attention when it was dissected in the “Serial” podcast.

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Adnan Syed in 2022, after a judge vacated his murder conviction. His case was the subject of the first season of the “Serial” podcast in 2014.

There Is a Way Out in Ukraine

7 March 2025 at 06:41
It is by supporting Zelensky that we give ending the war a real shot.

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Some Insurers Pledge to Ease Burden on L.A. Fire Victims, but Others Say No

7 March 2025 at 05:33
Most insurance companies will not require policyholders to itemize lost belongings, though some major companies, including State Farm, have refused.

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In Altadena, Calif., a destroyed kitchen range is one of the few objects still identifiable in the ruins of the destroyed home.

Deadly Clashes Pose Test for Syria’s New Leaders

7 March 2025 at 05:07
At least 16 government security personnel were killed in a coastal region that was long a stronghold of the toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

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A member of the Syrian government security forces standing guard in Damascus on Thursday.

2 Texas Lottery Wins Prompt Investigations and Stir Public Outrage

7 March 2025 at 05:19
One jackpot winner spent $25 million on nearly every possible number combination, while another bought tickets through a third-party app.

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Jackpocket, a third-party app owned by DraftKings, suspended operations in Texas as state officials questioned the fairness of winning tickets purchased through courier services.

Trump and Johnson Push a Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert a Shutdown

Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging shutdown fight while giving President Trump more power to go around Congress and set funding levels himself.

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Speaker Mike Johnson has joined President Trump in pitching congressional Republicans on a stopgap spending bill.

State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas

American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.

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The reductions at the State Department are part of both President Trump’s larger slashing of the federal government and his “America First” foreign policy.

Is Eric Adams Running for Re-election? Signs Point to No.

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has taken few concrete steps to launch a serious re-election campaign, even as he faces a growing field of prominent challengers.

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With the Democratic primary less than four months away, Mayor Eric Adams has not held any campaign events or hired a campaign manager.

What to Know About the Status of the Eric Adams Corruption Case

7 March 2025 at 02:33
The government wants to drop the charges, a move that critics call a deal to secure the mayor’s help in deportations. A lawyer appointed by a judge is scheduled to weigh in.

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Paul D. Clement is a former solicitor general and has argued before the Supreme Court more than 100 times.
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