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Today — 9 January 2025NYT | Top Stories

Lebanese Lawmakers Choose a President After 2 Years of Gridlock

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By: Euan Ward
9 January 2025 at 20:54
Lawmakers elected Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, the first step in forming a government to lead a country recovering from economic crisis and a devastating war.

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Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, at the government palace in Beirut last month.

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 11:55
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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TikTok Case Before Supreme Court Pits National Security Against Free Speech

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By: Adam Liptak
9 January 2025 at 18:01
The court, which hears arguments on Friday in a challenge to a law banning the app, has issued varying rulings when those two interests clashed.

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The Supreme Court’s decision will determine the fate of a powerful and pervasive cultural phenomenon that has 170 million users in the United States.

TikTok Creators and Brands Are Bracing for a Potential Ban

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By: Sapna Maheshwari
9 January 2025 at 18:01
Billions in advertising flows through TikTok, which could be banned in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19. Brands and creators are racing to prepare.

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Many creators on TikTok are urging fans to follow them to alternate platforms if the app is banned.

Biden Administration Ignites Firestorm With Rules Governing A.I.’s Global Spread

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By: Ana Swanson and Tripp Mickle
9 January 2025 at 20:56
The tech industry is fighting new regulations, expected soon, that aim to keep the cutting-edge technology in the United States and allied countries.

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A data center in Ashburn, Va. The Biden administration has developed rules to determine where such facilities, which power artificial intelligence, are built and by whom.

Tim Walz Endorses Ken Martin, a Fellow Minnesotan, to Lead the D.N.C.

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By: Reid J. Epstein
9 January 2025 at 18:03
The Minnesota governor and 2024 vice-presidential contender became the highest-profile Democrat to back Mr. Martin, one of the front-runners vying to run the party’s national committee.

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Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, left, and Ken Martin, right, the chairman of the state’s Democratic Party, are longtime allies.

These Roadies Help Stars Rock ’n’ Roll All Night. They’re in Their 70s.

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By: Tim Sommer
9 January 2025 at 18:00
Some of the live music industry’s most respected and consistently working roadies, instrument techs and sound people have been on the job for half a century.

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Bob Czaykowski, a well-known sound man known as Nitebob, working the board for the band Lez Zeppelin.

Egypt Sees Its Refugees as a Scapegoat and an Opportunity

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By: Vivian Yee
9 January 2025 at 13:01
Palestinians, Sudanese and Syrians fleeing war have found a home in the country. But Cairo says newcomers are straining resources and is seeking financial help from the West.

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Selling Sudanese goods in Giza, Egypt, in September. Egypt’s relatively lax immigration rules have attracted foreigners of all kinds for decades.

U.S. Saw an Opportunity While It Pushed to Arm Ukraine

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By: John Ismay
9 January 2025 at 18:00
The White House seized a rare chance to undermine Russia and build up regional allies as it built a coalition to support the Ukrainians.

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Members of the Ukrainian National Guard preparing to fire from their position, near Selydove, Ukraine, last October.

Putin Gets a Snub in the Vast Wine Cellars of a Former Soviet Republic

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By: Andrew Higgins
9 January 2025 at 18:06
The Russian president celebrated his 50th birthday at a winery in Moldova. After the invasion of Ukraine, it moved the bottles he was given away from public view.

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Visiting the cellars of the Cricova Winery in Moldova. It has previously hosted world leaders including President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

Who Is Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Leader on a Path to Become Canada’s Next Prime Minister?

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By: Norimitsu Onishi
9 January 2025 at 18:03
Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, enjoys a commanding lead in the polls as Canadians look to the next general election.

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Pierre Poilievre and his Conservative Party have enjoyed a double-digit lead in the polls over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party.

Banks Are Racking Up Wins Even Before Trump Is Back in White House

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By: Jeanna Smialek
9 January 2025 at 18:01
Lobbying by banks helped torpedo a major proposal, and a top regulator announced this week that he would step down from a leadership role.

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The headquarters of Goldman Sachs in Manhattan. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House heralds an era of gentler bank oversight.

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.

Don’t Underestimate the Enduring Power of ISIS

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By: Jessica Stern
9 January 2025 at 14:00
The terrorist attack in New Orleans serves as a grim reminder that the group is still able to transform personal crises into public tragedy.

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A memorial on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

Fani Willis Asks Georgia Supreme Court to Review Decision Kicking Her Off Trump Case

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By: Danny Hakim
9 January 2025 at 12:59
In a filing late Wednesday, Fani Willis petitioned the Georgia Supreme Court to allow her to keep prosecuting Donald J. Trump over efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

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Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., petitioned the state’s high court to review a recent decision disqualifying her from prosecuting Donald J. Trump.

In the Palisades, an Evacuation Disaster Was Years in the Making

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By: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mike Baker
9 January 2025 at 10:35
Some Pacific Palisades residents said the community had long asked for more detailed fire preparation plans. When a fire raged through the community this week, gridlock ensued.

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A Los Angeles firefighter dragged a hose past cars in a neighborhood in the Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Alito Spoke With Trump Shortly Before Supreme Court Filing

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By: Adam Liptak
9 January 2025 at 10:19
The justice said that the call was a job reference for one of his former clerks and that the request to stay the president-elect’s sentencing did not come up.

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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. in 2023. He said he had not talked about the hush money case or any other legal proceeding with President-elect Donald J. Trump.

San Francisco Gets a New Mayor and an Emergency Plan for the Fentanyl Scourge

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By: Heather Knight
9 January 2025 at 08:40
Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, became the city’s 46th mayor on Wednesday and laid out a path to restoring the battered city’s luster.

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Daniel Lurie was inaugurated as San Francisco’s 46th mayor on Wednesday at Civic Center Plaza.

Port Strike Averted With Labor Deal Days Before Deadline

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By: Peter Eavis
9 January 2025 at 08:46
Dockworkers and employers on the East and Gulf Coasts had until Jan. 15 to reach a new agreement that settled differences over automation.

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Dockworkers picketed outside the Port of New Orleans in October.

SEIU Joins Forces With AFL-CIO Ahead of New Trump Era

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By: Noam Scheiber and Lisa Lerer
9 January 2025 at 08:00
A marriage between the service employees union and the A.F.L.-C.I.O. could better equip organized labor to deal with a less-friendly administration.

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The Service Employees International Union and the A.F.L.-C.I.O. said their partnership would help them push for changes that would make it easier for workers to join unions.
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