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Today — 18 April 2025NYT | Top Stories

Elaine Wynn, Who Built Wynn Resorts Empire in Las Vegas, Dies at 82

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By: Penelope Green
18 April 2025 at 06:36
She and Steve Wynn were known as the king and queen of Las Vegas. After their divorce, Ms. Wynn became a force in her own right.

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Elaine Wynn in an undated photo. “Elaine was an equal partner in the success of Wynn Resorts,” the lawyer Mary Boies said. “Steve was the money, and Elaine did the design and the people.”

Overlooked No More: Ethel Lina White, Master of Suspense Who Inspired Hitchcock

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By: Sarah Weinman
18 April 2025 at 06:03
A powerhouse of the genre, she published around 100 short stories and 17 novels, one of which was adapted into the acclaimed film “The Lady Vanishes.”

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Ethel Lina White in an undated photograph. She eschewed fame, telling one reporter: “I was not born. I have never been educated and have no tastes or hobbies.”

U.S. Indicts Luigi Mangione in Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

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By: Benjamin Weiser and Hurubie Meko
18 April 2025 at 06:22
Attorney General Pam Bondi moved forward aggressively and ordered prosecutors to seek the death penalty. Mangione also faces state charges in the Manhattan shooting.

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Luigi Mangione, accused of gunning down an insurance executive, has attracted a coterie of fervent supporters.

Senator Lisa Murkowski Makes Startling Admission as Trump Wages Retribution Campaign

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By: Annie Karni
18 April 2025 at 05:34
Lisa Murkowski, a longtime senator from Alaska and an independent voice in an increasingly tribal party, has been the rare Republican on Capitol Hill willing to criticize President Trump’s actions.

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Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, in the Capitol earlier this year.

What to Know About Eli Lilly’s Daily Pill for Weight Loss

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By: Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata
18 April 2025 at 05:24
Eli Lilly reported promising results from a study of its experimental oral drug that could rival popular injections to treat obesity and diabetes.

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Eli Lilly, the pill’s manufacturer, is not expected to announce a price tag for the drug until after it wins approval, as is typical for drugmakers.

Will the Elizabeth Street Garden’s Famous Fans Tank a Plan to Build NYC Housing?

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By: Dana Rubinstein and Mihir Zaveri
18 April 2025 at 04:24
The Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan was going to be razed to make way for affordable housing for older New Yorkers. Now the plan may be on hold.

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New York City officials could have evicted the Elizabeth Street Garden as early as March 24, but Randy Mastro, the new first deputy mayor, has asked them to stand down.

In 2014, Florida State University Reeled From Another Shooting

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By: Eduardo Medina
18 April 2025 at 05:10
The campus, where a gunman killed two people on Thursday, experienced another shooting over a decade ago that left three people injured.

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Investigating the shooting outside the Strozier Library at Florida State University in 2014.

Embattled Congestion Pricing Program Gets Boost From Federal Judge

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By: Stefanos Chen and Winnie Hu
18 April 2025 at 05:20
Judge Lewis J. Liman struck down several arguments in various lawsuits seeking to undo the New York City tolling program. Though weakened, the court cases continue.

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New York has said it will keep the congestion pricing toll cameras on despite pressure from the federal government and other opponents.

School Vouchers Won in Texas. Next Up, the Nation.

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By: Dana Goldstein and Sarah Mervosh
18 April 2025 at 04:53
Choice laws have now passed in every major Republican state. Congress and President Trump are now aiming at blue states that have resisted vouchers for decades.

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The Texas House passed a bill that would create a pathway toward universal eligibility for school vouchers.

Chris Van Hollen Turned Away From El Salvador Prison, in Seeking Visit With Abrego Garcia

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By: Robert Jimison
18 April 2025 at 04:50
Armed officials stopped Senator Chris Van Hollen from trying to visit the prison where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has been held for over a month.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen, with his hands on his waist, was stopped at a military checkpoint about a mile away from the prison in El Salvador where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is being detained.

Dual Orders Over Trump Deportations Edge Courts Closer to Confrontation With White House

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By: Alan Feuer
18 April 2025 at 05:56
The threat of investigations into whether the administration violated the judges’ orders comes as President Trump and his advisers are increasingly butting heads with the courts.

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Stephen Miller, President Trump’s chief policy aide, speaking in the Oval Office on Monday.

Trump Administration Says It Will Take Over Renovation of Penn Station

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By: Stefanos Chen and Patrick McGeehan
18 April 2025 at 04:51
The head of the federal Department of Transportation promised on Thursday to take away control of the project from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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New York’s Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan is one of the busiest transit hubs in the nation.

After Harvard, Liberal Donors and Groups Fear New Scrutiny From Trump

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By: Theodore Schleifer and Lisa Friedman
18 April 2025 at 03:31
Some worried liberal donors and the nonprofit groups they support are getting “legal teams on speed dial, crisis plans dusted off, reserves lined up.”

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The Trump administration has indicated that it might try to pull Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, in response to the school’s defiance of a list of demands.

U.S. Is Withdrawing Hundreds of Troops From Syria

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By: Eric Schmitt
18 April 2025 at 03:56
The end of the Assad era has reduced some threats, but the Islamic State has shown renewed strength in the country.

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A U.S. military convoy in northeastern Syria in January. The military is shuttering three of its eight small operating bases in the country’s northeast.

Trump Official Asked I.R.S. About Audit of President’s Friend Mike Lindell, the Pillow Entrepreneur

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By: Andrew Duehren
18 April 2025 at 03:38
A Treasury Department official wrote to the I.R.S. that Mike Lindell, the pillow entrepreneur, was “concerned he may have been inappropriately targeted.”

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Mike Lindell in February at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Meloni Meets With Trump, With Tariffs on the Agenda

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By: David E. Sanger
18 April 2025 at 02:44
Giorgia Meloni has come to the White House representing Italy, but in many ways on behalf of the rest of Europe.

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President Trump greeting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy outside the West Wing of the White House on Thursday.

Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis

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By: Teddy Rosenbluth
18 April 2025 at 02:44
Surges in Mennonite communities near the U.S. border may complicate containment efforts, experts say.

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A measles testing site in Seminole, Texas, in February. The outbreak that began in Texas is showing no signs of slowing. Cases have appeared in Ontario, Canada, and Chihuahua, Mexico.

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Trump Plan to End Birthright Citizenship

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By: Abbie VanSickle
18 April 2025 at 02:33
The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift a nationwide pause on the policy as lower court challenges continue.

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The Supreme Court affirmed the right to birthright citizenship in a landmark case in 1898.

LVMH’s Chief Counted Trump as a Friend. He Still Faces Tariffs.

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By: Liz Alderman
18 April 2025 at 02:31
The trade war has hurt the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy luxury empire. Bernard Arnault, head of the company, said a failure to strike a deal with President Trump would be “the fault of Brussels.”

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Bernard Arnault, head of LVMH, speaking about the luxury conglomerate’s financial results in Paris on Thursday. “Until the end of February, everything was going very well,” he told shareholders.

Democrats Step Up Trump Resistance as Base Hungers for More of a Fight

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By: Annie Karni
18 April 2025 at 01:54
Out of power in Congress, Democrats who were slow to fight back against President Trump are increasingly finding ways to do so. But activists want much more.

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A protest in support of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia this week. “People need to see leaders and organizers standing up and speaking with authority against what’s happening,” Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, said of fighting back against the Trump administration.

Discord App Exposes Children to Abuse and Graphic Content, Lawsuit Says

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By: Alyce McFadden
18 April 2025 at 01:10
The messaging platform misled parents about its safety settings and turned a blind eye to explicit content, New Jersey prosecutors said.

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Discord’s popularity and lax safety controls have made its users easy targets for predators, according to the lawsuit.

At Meta Antitrust Trial, Sheryl Sandberg Testifies About Competition and Instagram Deal

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By: Mike Isaac and Cecilia Kang
18 April 2025 at 00:44
In her second day on the stand of a landmark antitrust trial over Meta’s power, Ms. Sandberg, the former chief operating officer, also said the company faced plenty of competition from TikTok.

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Sheryl Sandberg, Meta’s former chief operating officer, testifying before the Senate in 2018.

Europe and America, at Odds Over Ukraine, Try Talking to Each Other

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By: Roger Cohen
18 April 2025 at 00:42
President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted a lunch with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s envoy, as European delegations converged on Paris.

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President Emmanuel Macron of France, left, meeting with Steve Witkoff, a Trump administration envoy; Marco Rubio, the secretary of state; and Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s minister for foreign affairs, at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Thursday.

Trump Threatens to Block Harvard From Enrolling International Students

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By: Hamed Aleaziz， Luke Broadwater and Stephanie Saul
18 April 2025 at 04:22
The Trump administration said Harvard must share detailed records about its foreign students, an escalation in the administration’s fight against prominent American schools.

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Harvard University has been in a standoff with the Trump administration over admissions and hiring policies.
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