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Today — 8 November 2025NYT | Top Stories

Pfizer to Acquire Obesity Drug Start-Up Metsera in $10 Billion Deal

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By: Francesca Regalado
8 November 2025 at 15:48
The announcement of the deal signaled an end to the bidding war for Metsera between Pfizer and Novo Nordisk, the Danish maker of Ozempic and Wegovy.

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Pfizer’s deal to acquire Metsera came after a bidding war with the Danish company Novo Nordisk.

UPS and FedEx Ground MD-11 Cargo Planes After Louisville Crash

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By: Francesca Regalado
8 November 2025 at 15:44
The cargo airlines said they had taken the step to immediately ground the fleets on the recommendation of the plane’s manufacturer.

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A UPS MD-11 cargo plane at Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Ky., this week.

Trump Administration Appeals to Supreme Court to Block Order to Pay Full SNAP Benefits

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By: Tony Romm and Abbie VanSickle
8 November 2025 at 11:45
The temporary ruling by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, blocking a lower court order to fully fund the aid, added to the uncertainty around the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, provides aid to about one in eight Americans.

Inside China’s Quest to Defy Aging with Longevity Labs and ‘Immortality Islands’

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By: Andrew Higgins and Qilai Shen
8 November 2025 at 13:05
Longevity labs, “immortality islands” and grapeseed pills are part of China’s national project to conquer aging, despite sometimes shaky science and extravagant claims.

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Attendees trying out a cryogenic therapy room at a longevity and anti-aging conference in Shanghai in September.

Biden Warns of a ‘Very, Very Dark Moment’ as He Hits Out at Trump

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By: Reid J. Epstein
8 November 2025 at 12:30
The former president, now a far less popular figure in his party, appeared in Nebraska for an overtly political speech that slammed his successor.

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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was presented with a ceremonial quilt by Native American tribal leaders as he appeared on Friday night at a Democratic gala in Omaha.

The DNA Helix Changed How We Thought About Ourselves

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By: Carl Zimmer
8 November 2025 at 11:36
“The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we conceived of life itself.

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The x-ray crystallography by Rosalind Franklin in 1952 that assisted James Watson and Francis Crick in their discovery of the structure of DNA.

How Courts Have Ruled in Challenges to Trump’s National Guard Deployments

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By: Chris Hippensteel and Pooja Salhotra
8 November 2025 at 10:55
Federal courts across the country have heard legal challenges to the mobilization of troops in Chicago, Portland, Ore., Los Angeles and other cities. Here’s how judges have ruled, so far.

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National Guard troops on the National Mall in Washington in late August.

A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS

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By: Adam Nagourney， Heather Knight， Kellen Browning and Laurel Rosenhall
8 November 2025 at 10:37
As Ms. Pelosi announced her retirement, she was celebrated for her long tenure in Washington. But back home, she was remembered for showing up at a terrifying moment when others turned away.

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Nancy Pelosi announcing her candidacy for Congress in 1987.

Canada Culls Hundreds of Ostriches as a Court and a Kennedy Fail to Save Them

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By: Vjosa Isai
8 November 2025 at 09:15
The birds, exposed to the avian flu, were killed after Canada’s Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal and a rescue effort by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fell short.

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Dave Bilinski, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms in British Columbia, where hundreds of ostriches were ordered to be killed by the Canadian government.

Virginia Teen Narrowly Defeats His Former Civics Teacher in County Election

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By: Sopan Deb
8 November 2025 at 10:24
Cameran Drew, 19, defeated his former high school government teacher, Kenneth Bell, by 10 votes for a seat on the Surry County Board of Supervisors this week. There are no hard feelings.

Judge Blocks National Guard From Portland and Says Trump Overstepped His Authority

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By: Anna Griffin
8 November 2025 at 10:26
With her temporary block expiring, Judge Karin Immergut said the Trump administration had failed to prove that protesters were hampering President Trump’s policies.

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Law enforcement officers guarding a federal immigration center in Portland, Ore., during protests last month.

New York State Officials Approve Proposal for Controversial Underwater Gas Pipeline

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By: Hilary Howard
8 November 2025 at 08:16
The contentious proposal, previously rebuffed by state regulators who expressed environmental concerns, was deemed acceptable on Friday.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul has had to juggle the rising energy demands of New York and the state’s ambitious climate goals.

A Democrat Pushing 80 Confronts the Young(er) and Restless

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By: Jess Bidgood
8 November 2025 at 08:00
A fight brewing in Massachusetts could preview Democrats’ age battles.

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Senator Ed Markey and Representative Ayanna Pressley.

Prince Harry Apologizes to Canadians for Wearing an L.A. Dodgers Cap

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By: Rylee Kirk
8 November 2025 at 07:18
Harry, who referred to the episode as “Hat Gate,” was seen wearing the cap at a World Series game in Los Angeles between the Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, at a World Series game in Los Angeles last month. He apologized for wearing an L.A. Dodgers cap instead of a Toronto Blue Jays cap.

What to Know About Trump’s Transgender Passport Policy After Supreme Court Ruling

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By: Gabe Castro-Root
8 November 2025 at 06:16
A policy that requires passports to display a person’s sex assigned at birth will come into play during renewals and first-time applications.

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In Cozying Up to Trump, Leaders Hedge Their Reliance on Moscow and Beijing

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By: Anton Troianovski， Paul Sonne and Ana Swanson
8 November 2025 at 06:14
President Trump has made it easier for countries that are close to Russia and China to build ties with the United States. Those countries are embracing the opportunity.

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President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, with leaders of other Central Asian countries, at the White House on Thursday.

Trump Pardons Darryl Strawberry, Former Mets and Yankees Slugger

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By: Neil Vigdor
8 November 2025 at 05:44
The eight-time All-Star baseball player pleaded guilty in 1995 to one count of tax evasion. He was sentenced to six months of home confinement.

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The former baseball star Darryl Strawberry at Citi Field in Queens in 2023. Mr. Strawberry, an eight-time All-Star, said he got a call from President Trump telling him that he was pardoned.

Democrats Scale Back Shutdown Demands, but G.O.P. Digs In

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By: Catie Edmondson
8 November 2025 at 07:27
After weeks of stalemate, Senate Democrats said they were willing to reopen the government in exchange for a one-year extension of health care subsidies. Republicans ruled it out.

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“Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass a government funding bill that includes health care affordability,” Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said on Friday.

Pelosi Was Among the Most Notable House Speakers

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By: Adam Sella and Aishvarya Kavi
8 November 2025 at 05:06
The first woman to hold the post also made history as one of the most significant speakers in modern times.

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the first day of the 110th Congress in 2007.

The Farmers’ Almanac Succumbs to the Digital Age

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By: Thomas Fuller
8 November 2025 at 04:52
One of two major American almanacs is ceasing publication after more than two centuries of predicting the weather and offering tidbits of wisdom.

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The Farmers’ Almanac editor Sandi Duncan and the publisher Peter Geiger in Auburn, Maine, in 2011.

Leaders at COP30 Climate Summit in Belém Focus on the Rising Toll of Warming

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By: David Gelles and Brad Plumer
8 November 2025 at 03:00
“All we have to do is look outside,” one delegate said. “The sea rises, the coral dies.”

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World leaders posed for a photo on Friday at COP30, the United Nations climate conference in Belém, Brazil.

Did Trump’s Supreme Court Tariffs Brief Include a Strategic Blunder?

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By: Adam Liptak
8 November 2025 at 03:51
The justices are generally reluctant to take account of a president’s public statements. But extensive quotes from Mr. Trump in a key filing may change the legal calculus.

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President Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday.
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