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Today — 11 September 2025NYT | Top Stories

Education Department Ends Grant Funding Worth $350 Million for Minority-Serving Colleges

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By: Michael C. Bender
11 September 2025 at 06:27
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the money supported programs that the administration believes unfairly support minority students.

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Linda McMahon said the Education Department would seek to “re-envision” the grant programs to continue supporting “underprepared or under-resourced students.”

Rosa Roisinblit, Who Championed the Missing in Argentina, Dies at 106

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By: Adam Nossiter
11 September 2025 at 05:25
She helped create the activist group Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, which sought to find relatives who had been killed or “disappeared” by the 1976-83 military dictatorship.

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Rosa Roisinblit waged a relentless search to find her daughter, Patricia Roisinblit, who was kidnapped by military henchmen in a 1970s-era dictatorship and was never seen again.

Russia’s Brazen Drone Incursion Into Poland Needs a Response

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By: Nicholas Kristof
11 September 2025 at 07:11
Putin’s move has to be considered a test, and the West needs to think about how to counter it.

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A house damaged by debris from a downed Russian drone in eastern Poland.

Norton Says Little as Bills to Clamp Down on D.C. Advance

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By: Annie Karni
11 September 2025 at 07:09
At a heated committee session on bills exerting more federal control of Washington, the 88-year-old delegate sat quietly, reading with difficulty from a script.

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The session on Wednesday was a fresh reminder of Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton’s frailty and limitations at a critical moment for her city.

Police Arrest Suspect in Death of Queens Couple in Burning House

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By: Maia Coleman
11 September 2025 at 07:07
The arrested man is Jamel McGriff, 42. Investigators believe he killed a couple in their 70s, one of whom was found tied to a pole.

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Frank and Maureen Olton, 76 and 77, were pronounced dead in their home by emergency medical workers.

House Passes Defense Policy Bill With Transgender, Diversity Restrictions

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By: Robert Jimison
11 September 2025 at 05:59
For the third year in a row, House Republicans pushed through a Pentagon policy measure that included conservative policy dictates.

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Despite the partisan nature of the final legislation, it included an effort backed by conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats alike to claw back Congress’s war powers.

New Jersey Is the Latest State to Expand Access to Updated Covid Shots

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By: Joseph Goldstein
11 September 2025 at 06:11
Pharmacists will be allowed to give the latest vaccines to anyone over 3, rebuffing federal efforts to limit the number of those eligible.

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In August, the Food and Drug Administration authorized updated coronavirus vaccines for only certain groups: those 65 and older, and younger people with underlying ailments that makes Covid more dangerous.

Trump Organization Is Poised to Lose Bid for Central Park Skating Rink

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By: Dana Rubinstein and Ben Protess
11 September 2025 at 04:43
President Trump’s company had tried to regain control of Wollman Rink, a city-owned property that it operated for more than three decades.

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Just before President Trump took office last winter, his company submitted a bid to regain control of Wollman Rink in Central Park.

OpenAI Signs $300 Billion Data Center Pact With Tech Giant Oracle

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By: Cade Metz
11 September 2025 at 04:31
The funding covers more than half of the A.I. data centers that OpenAI plans to build in the U.S. over the next several years.

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From right, Larry Ellison of Oracle, Masayoshi Son of SoftBank and Sam Altman of OpenAI announced their Project Stargate with President Trump at the White House in January.

The Subway Had Its Safest Summer in Years. The White House Shrugged.

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By: Stefanos Chen and Winnie Hu
11 September 2025 at 04:21
The U.S. Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, has called the subway crime-ridden, but Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said her message to him was, “We’ve got this.”

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Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday that public safety on the subway was on the rise.

Charlie Kirk, Right-Wing Force and a Close Trump Ally, Dies at 31

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By: Clay Risen
11 September 2025 at 05:43
The founder of Turning Point USA played a central role in organizing young voters and giving shape to the pro-Trump agenda. He was fatally shot during a speaking event in Utah.

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Charlie Kirk spoke at a Turning Point USA event in July 2024 in Palm Beach, Fla. He was a leading voice among a cohort of young conservative activists who emerged as Donald Trump gained power.

Witness’s Account of Charlie Kirk Shooting: ‘People Got Down in Waves’

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By: Mark Walker and Anushka Patil
11 September 2025 at 06:42
People in the crowd said that the shot was not very loud and that not everyone had immediately realized what was happening.

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A witness described a chaotic scene at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday when the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was shot.

Trump and Leaders Across Political Spectrum React to Charlie Kirk Shooting

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By: Richard Fausset
11 September 2025 at 04:36
Some politicians called for prayers, while some others immediately cast blame.

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Allison Hemingway-Witty reacts after the shooting at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

3 Students, Including Attacker, Shot at Colorado High School, Authorities Say

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By: Johnny Diaz and Alexandra E. Petri
11 September 2025 at 05:53
All three were in critical condition after the gunfire on the grounds of Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., which is southwest of Denver, according to the local sheriff’s office.

NASA Rover Findings ‘Could be the Clearest Sign of Life’ on Mars

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By: Kenneth Chang
11 September 2025 at 01:18
The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected by the Perseverance rover raises that possibility.

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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this image last year of a rock nicknamed Cheyava Falls. Irregular, millimeter-size “leopard spots” in the band of reddish soil caught the attention of scientists.

Trump’s Economic Agenda Hinges on the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling

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By: Tony Romm and Ana Swanson
11 September 2025 at 02:15
For the president, the power to issue limitless tariffs is at the heart of his second-term vision, from trade to foreign policy.

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President Trump and his top aides have long been aware of the risks to their aggressive trade strategy.

Military Enforces Calm in Nepal After Two Days of Chaos

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By: Bhadra Sharma， Alex Travelli and Thomas Fuller
11 September 2025 at 01:05
Leaders of a youthful protest movement that toppled a prime minister met with the military on Wednesday to discuss a path forward for the country.

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Nepali Army soldiers patrolling inside the Parliament house, which was set on fire by protesters, in Kathmandu, on Wednesday.

Mamdani Reflects on Life After 9/11 as a Muslim in New York City

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By: Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Tim Balk
11 September 2025 at 03:03
Ahead of the 24th anniversary of Sept. 11, Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner to be the city’s next mayor, spoke about the importance of honoring the victims and the persistent Islamophobia the attacks provoked.

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As the horrors of Sept. 11, 2001, unfolded, Zohran Mamdani, who was 9 at the time, was one of the countless New York City children who were picked up early from school.
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