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Today — 19 October 2025NYT | Top Stories

‘Don’t Touch My Retirement!’ Wins the Day in France

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By: Catherine Porter
19 October 2025 at 12:01
The country’s attachment to an early pension, seen as a fundamental right, forced a major concession by the government, allowing it to survive, for now.

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People demonstrating in 2023 in Bordeaux, France, against pension reform. Many had thought the fight over raising the retirement age was settled, but that was not the case.

Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in Santa Cruz. Again.

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By: Annie Roth
19 October 2025 at 04:44
Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine mammals and surfers.

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Two incidents of an otter seizing a surfboard in waters off Santa Cruz, Calif., have been reported this week.

How George Santos Won His Freedom

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By: Michael Gold
19 October 2025 at 06:53
On Friday evening, President Trump commuted the sentence of former Representative George Santos. “Good luck George, have a great life!” the president said.

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George Santos, the disgraced former congressman from New York, had pleaded for mercy for months before President Trump commuted his sentence on Friday.

Cuomo Tries to Tie Mamdani to Muslim Leader’s Anti-Gay Stance

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By: Benjamin Oreskes
19 October 2025 at 06:39
Andrew Cuomo, trailing in the New York City mayor’s race, sought to contrast his role in legalizing same-sex marriage with the views of some of Mr. Mamdani’s supporters.

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Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo campaigning in the Bronx on Saturday. Mr. Cuomo criticized his opponent Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani after Mr. Mamdani met with an imam who has opposed homosexuality.

What Will Winter Bring? NOAA Outlook May Offer Some Clues.

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By: Amy Graff
18 October 2025 at 17:30
Federal forecasters broke down the most likely scenarios around the United States this week.

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Piers are covered with snow during the start of a March 2024 blizzard in Lake Tahoe, Calif.

Santos’s Release Frustrates His Former Colleagues and Constituents

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By: Maia Coleman
19 October 2025 at 04:14
George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence. On Long Island, in his former district, some people called the decision an outrage.

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President Trump commuted the prison sentence of George Santos, the former Republican congressman, on Friday.

Santos in His Own Words: Pleading for Mercy and Promising a Comeback

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By: The New York Times
18 October 2025 at 23:55
George Santos, the disgraced former congressman who was released from federal prison on Friday, has been a columnist for a Long Island paper, including from behind bars.

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George Santos, the former congressman, wrote numerous columns for The South Shore Press before and during his time in prison. Many were in praise of President Trump.

For Prince Andrew, a Steady Fall From Grace Ends in a Hard Landing

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By: Mark Landler
19 October 2025 at 01:48
A parade of scandals tarnished the prince’s reputation, long before he gave up using his title as Duke of York on Friday.

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Prince Andrew will stop using his title, the Duke of York, another step in a long march of shame after accusations about his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Jury Awards $19.7 Million to 6 Bystanders in Denver Police Shooting

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By: Ashley Ahn
19 October 2025 at 03:14
The bystanders were injured when a Denver police officer fired, while facing a crowd of people, at an armed man outside a bar in 2022.

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Bailey Alexander, center, speaks alongside Willis Small IV, left, and Yekalo Wedewihet at a news conference in 2023. They were three of six bystanders injured during a police shooting in Denver in 2022. Christ Whitney, a lawyer, is at the center rear.

Venezuela Announces Sweeping Military Exercises as U.S. Escalates Pressure

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By: Genevieve Glatsky
19 October 2025 at 01:54
President Nicolás Maduro this week called on civilians to help the country defend itself, while his defense minister warned citizens to “prepare for the worst.”

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Members of a Venezuelan militia taking part in a military training exercise in La Guaira, Venezuela, this month.

Inside Israel’s Battle Over the Haredi Draft and Who Must Fight in Its Wars

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By: Joshua Leifer
18 October 2025 at 17:01
The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future.

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The Haredim have historically been exempt from serving in Israel’s armed forces, which has an otherwise compulsory draft for Jewish Israelis.

David Attenborough Becomes Oldest Daytime Emmy Winner at 99

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By: Derrick Bryson Taylor
19 October 2025 at 02:23
The British documentarian and naturalist beat the record set by Dick Van Dyke, who won a Daytime Emmy last year at 98.

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Sir David Attenborough in 2021. The award on Friday was also his first Daytime Emmy win.

Alison Rose, The New Yorker’s Femme Fatale, Dies at 81

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By: Penelope Green
19 October 2025 at 01:21
She started as the magazine’s glamorous receptionist and became one of its more singular writers. In one of her last articles, she memorialized her time (and lovers) there.

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Alison Rose in 2004. Her memoir, “Better Than Sane: Tales From a Dangling Girl,” grew out of a bombshell article about her time at The New Yorker.

U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

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By: Eric Schmitt， Charlie Savage and Carol Rosenberg
19 October 2025 at 03:41
Two men rescued by the U.S. military after it attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea were being sent to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador, President Trump said.

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A Navy guided missile destroyer docked near the entrance to the Panama Canal in Panama City last month. The United States has deployed warships, surveillance planes and an attack submarine to the region.

The Border Patrol’s Blueprint for American Cities

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By: Hamed Aleaziz， Jeremy Raff， Laura Bult， Thomas Vollkommer， Nick Hughes and Stephanie Swart
18 October 2025 at 17:02
The U.S. Border Patrol is expanding its mission to major cities across America, and building a splashy social media campaign to promote it. We joined them in Chicago — hundreds of miles away from the nearest foreign border — to observe how the agency’s mission has changed.
Yesterday — 18 October 2025NYT | Top Stories

Chen Ning Yang, Nobel-Winning Physicist, Is Dead at 103

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By: George Johnson
18 October 2025 at 21:11
He and a colleague, Tsung-Dao Lee, created a sensation in 1956 by proposing that one of the four forces of nature might violate a law of physics.

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The physicist Chen Ning Yang in 1963. Dr. Yang’s sense of mathematical beauty, his colleague Freeman Dyson said, “turns his least important calculations into miniature works of art.”

‘No Kings’ Protests Against Trump Draws Thousands Across the U.S.

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By: Corina Knoll
19 October 2025 at 03:38
Large numbers turned out at ‘No Kings’ rallies on Saturday that were scheduled in more than 2,600 cities and towns.

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An anti-Trump demonstration in New York in June. Protests were expected in more than 2,600 cities across the nation on Saturday.

Israeli Military Fires on Vehicle, Saying It Crossed Gaza Cease-Fire Line

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By: Aaron Boxerman
19 October 2025 at 01:18
Gaza’s rescue service said at least nine people, including several children, were killed in the strike in northern Gaza on Friday, underscoring the fragility of the week-old cease-fire.

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Palestinians walking past destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Thursday.

Ukraine Braces for New Talks Without the Leverage of New Missiles

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By: Constant Méheut
18 October 2025 at 18:43
President Trump backed off selling Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv, opting instead for talks with Russia. Still, Ukraine’s negotiating position has strengthened since the summer.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during his meeting with President Trump on Friday.

There Are Lessons From the Nixon Era in Trump’s Attempts to Freeze Spending

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By: Adam Liptak
18 October 2025 at 17:03
Half a century ago, Congress protected its power of the purse, and conservatives balked at letting presidents disobey lawmakers’ instructions.

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President Richard M. Nixon at a 1973 White House news conference, where he claimed the right to impound funds.
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