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Today — 10 January 2025NYT | Top Stories

Who Are the Victims of the Los Angeles Fires?

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By: Stephanie Saul， Mimi Dwyer， Shaila Dewan and Troy Closson
10 January 2025 at 20:53
At least 10 people died in fires raging across Los Angeles. Several of them lived near each other in the ravaged Altadena neighborhood.

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Firefighters responded to the Eaton Fire on Tuesday.

Los Angeles Wildfires Will Make a Serious Housing Shortage Worse

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By: Danielle Kaye and Conor Dougherty
10 January 2025 at 13:06
With so many people displaced and looking for rentals, the region’s housing options could grow even scarcer and more expensive.

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Charred rubble and destroyed homes left in the wake of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Constellation Energy to Buy Power Producer Calpine

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By: Rebecca F. Elliott
10 January 2025 at 21:47
Constellation Energy’s deal to buy Calpine is being driven by fast-rising demand for electricity in part by the technology industry’s investments in artificial intelligence.

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Calpine’s natural gas power plants, like this one in Richmond, Texas, are increasingly valuable because of the rising demand for electricity from data centers.

Kremlin Confirms Readiness for Putin to Meet Trump

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By: Ivan Nechepurenko
10 January 2025 at 20:43
The president-elect had said the Russian leader wanted to meet him to discuss the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin stopped short of that, saying it could only happen after he takes office.

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President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago Club, on Thursday. Mr. Trump has repeatedly said that he could resolve the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours after entering office, without saying how.

Israeli Hostage Declared Killed in Gaza as Fears for Captives Mount

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By: Aaron Boxerman
10 January 2025 at 20:25
Hamza Ziyadne, 23, was abducted in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel alongside his siblings and father, whose body was also recovered this week.

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A banner showing Youssef Ziyadne and his son Hamza in Rahat, southern Israel, on Thursday.

Federal Grand Jury Has Heard More Evidence in Case Against Mayor Adams

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By: William K. Rashbaum and Dana Rubinstein
10 January 2025 at 16:00
Prosecutors have presented additional evidence to a grand jury in the case against Eric Adams, his lawyer said in court papers, a sign new charges may be near.

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Prosecutors have presented additional evidence to the grand jury in the investigation of Mayor Eric Adams.

Firefighters Battle Large Blaze at Bronx Apartment Building

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By: Isabella Kwai and Lola Fadulu
10 January 2025 at 22:08
Two hundred firefighters and emergency medical workers responded to the fire early Friday. Seven people have been injured and many residents displaced.

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The fire at the six-story residential building in the Bronx was still not under control on Friday morning.

Rare Winter Storm Sweeps Across the South, Dumping Ice and Snow

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By: Judson Jones
10 January 2025 at 21:13
The storm was sweeping across a wide swath of the South on Friday, dumping a mix of wintry precipitation from Oklahoma to Georgia.

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Cars piled up on a snow-covered highway in Plano, Texas, on Thursday.

Supreme Court Rebuke of Trump on Sentencing Shows Its Divisions

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By: Adam Liptak
10 January 2025 at 11:12
Two Republican appointees, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett, joined the court’s three liberals in ordering the president-elect to face sentencing on Friday.

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The Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald J. Trump’s request to be spared from being sentenced for 34 felonies in New York.

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law That Could Shut Down TikTok

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By: Adam Liptak
10 January 2025 at 18:03
The justices are expected to rule quickly in the case, which pits national security concerns about China against the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.

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The Supreme Court’s decision will be among the most consequential of the digital age, as TikTok has become a cultural phenomenon that provides entertainment and information touching on nearly every facet of American life.

Can You Still Use TikTok if It’s Banned? What Users Should Know About the App.

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By: Eli Tan
10 January 2025 at 18:01
The social media app is likely to disappear from the app stores of Google and Apple right away. But it’s unclear if users will completely lose access.

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Without the ability for ByteDance to issue updates to TikTok, the app will likely degrade over time.

Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?

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By: Ben Casselman
10 January 2025 at 18:01
Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.

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“Economists need to do a better job about understanding the problems people care about,” said Jason Furman, a former adviser to President Barack Obama.

December Jobs Report Is Expected to Add Clarity After Erratic Months

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By: Lydia DePillis
10 January 2025 at 18:02
Without the gyrations caused by strikes and storms, the overall picture for the close of 2024 is expected to reflect steady growth.

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The December jobs report will be released Friday.

loupeWhat Dr. Ruth Left Behind

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By: Jennifer Schuessler
10 January 2025 at 22:09
Archivists from the Kinsey Institute are helping the family of the sex therapist Ruth Westheimer with a common quandary: How much of someone’s stuff do you keep?

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Books and memorabilia in the apartment of the sex therapist Ruth Westheimer, including one of her oversize dollhouses. “Her dollhouses are cluttered, just like her real house,” her son said.

With Hearings Imminent, Partisan Fight Escalates Over Trump Cabinet

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By: Carl Hulse and Karoun Demirjian
10 January 2025 at 18:03
Democrats are demanding that Republicans slow consideration of picks for the new administration until they can review background checks, as the G.O.P. faces major pressure to quickly confirm them.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has made a special appeal for Pete Hegseth, left, his choice for defense secretary, who is scheduled to appear before the Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

New York’s Chinese Dissidents Thought He Was an Ally. He Was a Spy.

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By: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
10 January 2025 at 18:00
Shujun Wang seemed to be a Chinese democracy activist, but an F.B.I. investigation showed just how far China will go to repress citizens abroad.

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Shujun Wang, a New Yorker convicted of acting as an illegal foreign agent for the Chinese government, in December.

Lebanon Turns a Political Page as Hezbollah’s Hold Is Weakened

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By: Christina Goldbaum
10 January 2025 at 18:02
A stinging defeat in war has left the once untouchable group on its most uncertain footing in years.

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A portrait of a Hezbollah cleric at a destroyed Ottoman-era market in Nabatieh, Lebanon, last month.

Venezuela’s Autocrat Detains U.S. Citizens As He Tightens Grip on Power

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By: Julie Turkewitz and Genevieve Glatsky
10 January 2025 at 18:01
President Nicolás Maduro will be sworn in for another six years on Friday, and he is hoping to use foreign prisoners to get his way on the global stage.

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President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, shown in July, has spent the last six months detaining foreigners, who experts say he plans to use as bargaining chips.

The Roller-Skating Economist You Can Thank for Congestion Pricing

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By: Ginia Bellafante
10 January 2025 at 16:00
Charging drivers to enter Lower Manhattan vindicates the lifelong mission of a Nobel laureate who, as it happened, died behind the wheel of a car.

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William Vickrey, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and father of congestion pricing.

Enron Is Back. Could This Possibly Be Real?

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By: Victor Mather
10 January 2025 at 04:32
One of the pranksters behind “Birds Aren’t Real” is back to revive a company synonymous with corporate malfeasance — it has merch and what it’s claiming is an at-home nuclear reactor.

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The Enron logo in front of the actual company’s building in Houston in 2002.

A Big Idea to Solve America’s Immigration Mess

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By: The Editorial Board
10 January 2025 at 18:00
Fixing America’s broken immigration system starts with acknowledging that the United States needs more people.

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China’s Central Bank Stops Buying Bonds as Deflation Fears Grip Economy

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By: Keith Bradsher
10 January 2025 at 17:58
The unexpected action is intended to tamp down a potential bubble in the bond market fueled by investors shunning riskier assets like stocks and real estate.

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The decision by the People’s Bank of China to stop buying bonds came less than a week after it said it would try to make ample money available for economic growth.
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