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Today — 10 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century

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By: Nadia Drake
10 May 2025 at 18:37
Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

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A cutaway diagram of the Venera 8 landing capsule, which launched at about the same time as Kosmos-482 and successfully completed its mission to Venus.

New York Pauses Sales of Popular Cannabis Vapes Amid Investigation

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By: Ashley Southall
10 May 2025 at 15:00
Regulators are looking into whether several cannabis companies are making illegal products for sale in New York. The products may be worth more than $10 million.

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Stiiizy cannabis vapes are among the items that have been pulled from shelves while the Office of Cannabis Management investigates.

Trump, Raking In Cash, Expands His Power in the G.O.P. Money World

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By: Theodore Schleifer and Shane Goldmacher
10 May 2025 at 17:01
His super PAC, which is said to have amassed $400 million alongside its nonprofit arm, has grown even more influential. And powerful groups for congressional Republicans are being stocked with Trump allies.

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President Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., has continued to raise vast sums of money even though he is a second-term president.

Lay Catholics Expected to Retain Big Role in Pope Leo XIV’s Church

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By: Motoko Rich
10 May 2025 at 17:03
When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value,” whether an archbishop or an unordained believer.

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When Pope Leo XIV gave his first address as pontiff, he called for a “synodal church,” indicating that he would continue the practice of listening closely to many voices.

Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Cards Are Sometimes the Only Performance Reviews We Get

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By: Janet Manley
10 May 2025 at 04:53
Once in a year, in May or June, parents get a window, or a fun-house mirror, into how their children feel they’re doing.

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Cards expressing appreciation give parents “a shot in the arm,” said Katina Papson, a mother and teacher. “Like, ‘You’re doing a good job, keep going.’” And sometimes, those shots are hilarious.

Putin Puts On Show of Defiance as Cease-fire Talks Drag On

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By: Paul Sonne
10 May 2025 at 17:01
Russia’s president used the celebration of victory in World War II to highlight the resources he has to keep fighting in Ukraine.

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The annual Victory Day Parade, in Moscow on Friday, signaled President Vladimir V. Putin’s ability to continue the war in Ukraine.

Europe Wants to Arm Ukraine, but It’s Losing a Race Against Time

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By: Lara Jakes
10 May 2025 at 17:34
President Trump’s insistence that the United States do less toward securing Europe means that allies, scrambling to arm themselves, have less to give to Ukraine.

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Men worked on drones in a basement in Ukraine. With American aid uncertain, Ukraine is expanding fighting units with domestically assembled exploding drones.

‘Paris Here I Come!’: The Story of a 1950s Guide for Black Travelers

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By: Dodai Stewart and Joann Pai
8 May 2025 at 17:00
In 1953, Ollie Stewart, a correspondent for The Afro-American newspaper, wrote a guidebook to the French capital aimed at Black travelers. Nearly 75 years later, his grandniece follows in his footsteps.

The sheer extravagance of the Alexandre III bridge, with its cheeky cherubs, smiling nymphs and gold accents, made it a destination in Ollie Stewart’s time and today.

New York Pauses Sales of Popular Cannabis Vapes Amid Investigation

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By: Ashley Southall
10 May 2025 at 15:00
Regulators are looking into whether several cannabis companies are making illegal products for sale in New York. The products may be worth more than $10 million.

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Stiiizy cannabis vapes are among the items that have been pulled from shelves while the Office of Cannabis Management investigates.

‘Sinners’ Box Office Success Could Put It in Hollywood’s Horror Hall of Fame

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By: Brooks Barnes
10 May 2025 at 17:00
The horror movie from Ryan Coogler is on a pace to collect at least $330 million in worldwide ticket sales, a level reached by few original films in the genre.

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Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners,” which could become the biggest original horror movie since “A Quiet Place” in 2018.

Rediscovered Thomas the Tank Engine Pilot Is Released

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By: Victor Mather
10 May 2025 at 02:16
The episode, from 1983, was found in storage by accident. It was restored and made available for viewing for the first time on Friday.

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The pilot episode of “Thomas & Friends,” featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, was filmed in 1983 and titled “Down the Mine.”

India-Pakistan Conflict Escalates Sharply With Attacks on Military Bases

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By: Salman Masood， Anupreeta Das， Mujib Mashal and Qasim Nauman
10 May 2025 at 17:28
Pakistan said it fired missiles at military sites in India, accusing India of targeting at least three of its air bases. India said it was responding to a wave of Pakistani attacks.

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Smoke rising after an explosion in Jammu, in the India-controlled part of Kashmir, on Saturday.

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Plans for Mass Layoffs and Program Closures

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By: Zach Montague and Eileen Sullivan
10 May 2025 at 11:57
An emergency ruling by a federal judge in California amounted to the broadest effort yet to halt the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal government.

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Protesters outside the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston rallied in March to protect the jobs of embattled federal workers.

Trump Calls for 20,000 Extra Officers to Help With Deportation Efforts

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By: Hamed Aleaziz
10 May 2025 at 12:07
The order, which would use state and local officers, among others, would represent an enormous expansion of immigration enforcement. But it is unclear how it would be paid for.

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Border Patrol agents processing a group of migrants in Sasabe, Ariz., in February.

Records Offer Glimpses Inside the Doomed Prosecution of Eric Adams

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By: William K. Rashbaum， Michael Rothfeld and Dana Rubinstein
10 May 2025 at 12:59
Federal prosecutors released sworn statements and other records detailing key moments in a corruption case that roiled New York City.

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Mayor Eric Adams of New York was facing corruption charges before the Trump administration’s Justice Department asked for the case to be dismissed.

This Is the Trade Conflict Xi Jinping Has Been Waiting For

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By: David Pierson
10 May 2025 at 12:01
For years, the leader of China has planned to make the world dependent on its exports and know-how. But the strategy has costs for his own country.

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When the Trump administration put huge tariffs on Chinese goods, Xi Jinping was able to go on the offensive.

With U.S. Trade Deal, UK Steel Industry Feels Some Much Needed Relief

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By: Stanley Reed
10 May 2025 at 12:00
The agreement to lift the 25 percent duty on steel exported to the United States provided some relief for struggling businesses, but uncertainties for the industry remain.

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Marcegaglia’s cavernous plant in Sheffield, England.

Chinese Factories Are Moving Manufacturing to Vietnam to Escape Trump’s Tariffs

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By: Alexandra Stevenson
10 May 2025 at 12:00
A movement of manufacturing to Vietnam that began in President Trump’s first term is accelerating as sky-high U.S. tariffs block Chinese exports.

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As orders become impossible to fulfill in China with tariffs of more than 145 percent, Chinese companies are trying to move manufacturing to Vietnam.

Leo Lived Here: The Price Goes Up for the Pope’s Childhood Home

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By: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Debra Kamin
10 May 2025 at 07:21
After Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected to become the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, offers began flooding in to buy this modest house outside Chicago, the real estate broker said.

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His new living quarters will be in the Apostolic Palace. But Pope Leo XIV once lived in this modest house on the south side of Chicago. The price has now jumped.

In Pope Leo, Some in MAGA Movement See an Antagonist

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By: Tim Balk
10 May 2025 at 11:44
While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born cardinal as the new pope, top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his similarities to Pope Francis.

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Laura Loomer, center, a far-right activist who holds significant sway with President Trump, described Pope Leo XIV as “anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist” in a social media post on Thursday.

How Macron Became a Close Zelensky Ally

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By: Catherine Porter and Constant Méheut
10 May 2025 at 12:01
The French and Ukrainian presidents have a particular bond, built on a common goal of protecting Ukraine and deflecting Russia.

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President Emmanuel Macron of France, right, and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine preparing to board a flight from a military airport near Paris in 2023.

Republicans Lay Out Early Plans to Extend and Expand Trump Tax Cuts

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By: Andrew Duehren
10 May 2025 at 11:32
House Republicans rolled out the first pieces of a roughly $4 trillion tax cut they hope to pass, including measures that would last just for President Trump’s term.

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Republicans have dedicated much of their energy on Capitol Hill to extending 2017 tax provisions set to expire at the end of the year.

Trump Officials Consider Suspending Habeas Corpus for Detained Migrants

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By: Karoun Demirjian
10 May 2025 at 17:12
Stephen Miller, a top aide, repeated a justification used in the immigration crackdown: that the country is fighting an invasion. But it is unclear if the president has the power to take such a step.

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Suspending habeas corpus is “an option we’re actively looking at,” Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, told reporters on Friday, adding, “A lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not.”

Mexican Mayor Implicated in Drug Cartel Ranch Inquiry

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By: Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Maria Abi-Habib
10 May 2025 at 09:22
The mayor of Teuchitlán is the first government official to have been arrested in connection with the case. Prosecutors accuse him of colluding with the cartel.

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The Izaguirre ranch in Teuchitlán, a village near Guadalajara. Attorney General Alejandro Gertz said last week that until recently the ranch had been used by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel for training and recruiting.
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