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Trump Has Called for More Babies but Dismissed Fertility Experts

8 May 2025 at 05:29
The research team studying how to improve I.V.F. was a casualty of cutbacks at federal health agencies.

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Extracting cells from one- to seven-day-old embryos to check their viability in a fertility lab in Houston last year.

Trump Says U.S. Won’t Drop Tariffs Ahead of China Talks

8 May 2025 at 04:58
The Treasury secretary and trade representative plan to meet with Chinese officials this weekend to discuss trade and economic matters.

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President Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he would not reduce the tariffs he has imposed on Chinese goods ahead of trade talks between the two countries this weekend.

Helicopter Broke Apart Before Crashing Into Hudson River, Report Says

8 May 2025 at 05:21
A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board did not provide an explanation for the crash, which left six people dead.

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The helicopter’s rotor system and tail boom were recovered in about 30 feet of water, north of where its fuselage was found, the report said.

Trump Withdraws Surgeon General Nomination and Announces New Pick, Dr. Casey Means

8 May 2025 at 06:05
The president said on social media that he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, confirming that he had withdrawn the nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, his first pick, a former Fox News contributor.

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Clarence O. Smith, a Founder of Essence Magazine, Is Dead at 92

8 May 2025 at 05:31
As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation magazine directed at Black women.

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Clarence O. Smith in 1990. He spent 32 years at Essence magazine, primarily as its president in charge of marketing and advertising.

Detained Tufts Student Must Be Moved to Vermont, Court Rules

8 May 2025 at 04:35
Rumeysa Ozturk, an international student from Turkey, was detained in Massachusetts in March and later taken to Louisiana. The ruling said she must be transferred within a week.

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People rallied in support of Rumeysa Ozturk on Tuesday at Foley Square in Manhattan.

Pakistan’s Defense Minister Welcomes U.S. Help to Ease Tensions With India

8 May 2025 at 04:22
The comments from Khawaja Muhammad Asif came after India said its forces had struck nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir in response to a terrorist attack last month.

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Pakistani officials said at least 20 people were killed in the Indian airstrikes.

‘Taking Her Voice’: Hilaria Baldwin Revisits Her Accent Controversy

8 May 2025 at 04:25
In a memoir that tries to wrest control of her story, Ms. Baldwin says she was “canceled” via online sleuths who looked for inconsistencies in her Spanish accent.

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The memoir “Manual Not Included,” is Hilaria Baldwin’s latest foray into public life.

Waiting for the Smoke That Heralds a New Pope

As 133 cardinals were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel where they would vote for a new leader of the Catholic Church, the faithful and the curious gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

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The crowd in St. Peter’s Square reacts to the black smoke emanating from a Vatican chimney, indicating no decision has been made on a new pope.

India Strikes Pakistan After Kashmir Terrorist Attack: What We Know

India’s actions came in response to a deadly terror attack two weeks ago in Kashmir, a territory that it has long fought over with Pakistan.

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A soldier examines a building damaged by a suspected Indian missile attack near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, on Wednesday.

Ultraprocessed Foods Linked to Early Symptoms of Parkinson’s

8 May 2025 at 04:00
A new study did not prove that the foods caused the disease, but experts said it was a step toward understanding how food choices affect brain health.

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Researchers have found that people who eat a lot of ultraprocessed foods were more likely to develop early signs of Parkinson’s disease than people who consumed less of them.

Jim Dent, Long-Driving Golfer, Dies at 85

8 May 2025 at 00:38
Honing his skills on segregated courses, he became one of the few Black golfers in the pro ranks, following the lead of Charlie Sifford, Pete Brown and Lee Elder.

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Jim Dent learned to play golf on segregated golf courses in Georgia “He had no advantages growing up and was really a self-taught player,” a PGA Tour historian said, “one who learned the game by observing what he saw through caddying.”

India and Pakistan May Have an Off-Ramp After Their Clash. Will They Take It?

The question now, analysts say, is whether the two sides will claim victory as Pakistan asserts that it downed Indian jets and gauges the toll of India’s strikes.

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A building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, on Wednesday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Voting Fraud Charges

8 May 2025 at 02:52
A county judge, two City Council members and a former county election administrator are among Ken Paxton’s targets as he elevates his “election integrity” accusations to criminality.

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The office of the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, conducted raids last year as part of a sprawling voter fraud inquiry in Latino enclaves near San Antonio and in South Texas.

The C.E.O. of Detroit Axle Gave Trump’s Tariffs a Chance. Now He’s Nervous.

8 May 2025 at 01:36
The chief executive of Detroit Axle, which sells car parts that are mostly imported from China, is adjusting his business and hoping for a new trade deal.

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“We’re running into a crisis right now,” said Mike Musheinesh, the chief executive of Detroit Axle.

The Internet Can’t Resist the Conclave (the Real Thing)

8 May 2025 at 01:08
In a mix of fascination, irreverence and possible blasphemy, social media platforms have been flooded with videos and memes about the secretive gathering of cardinals in Vatican City.

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Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij at the Vatican on Monday. One of the world’s longest running elections will play out for a global audience awash in social media.

Hegseth’s Use of Passwords Raises New Security Concerns

Revelations about the defense secretary’s passwords came after he discussed details of planned U.S. airstrikes on a messaging app.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reused at least one password for different personal email accounts that was exposed in a cyberattack and made available on the internet.

Are We Headed for Recession? Economists Look Everywhere for Signs.

Mainstream measures have been slow to detect the impact of tariffs and uncertainty, leaving economists to scour earnings calls and private-sector data sources.

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Some economists argue that as tariffs push up prices, consumers will reduce their purchases, ultimately leading to layoffs and a recession.

Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid as G.O.P. Moderates Waver

The Republican speaker’s decision underscored the resistance in his party to politically painful reductions to the program, and drew a backlash from the hard right, which is demanding deep cuts.

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Speaker Mike Johnson said on Tuesday that House Republicans would not pursue one of the more aggressive options for cutting costs of the Medicaid program.

Syrian President Makes First Visit to Europe Since Assad’s Fall

The visit is a boost to Ahmed al-Shara’s attempts to bring Syria back into the international fold but comes amid continuing turmoil there.

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Ahmed al-Shara, Syria’s president, left, with President Emmanuel Macron of France at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Wednesday.
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