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How the Army Caused Alarm in the Washington Skies Years Before a Fatal Crash

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Kate Kelly
An aged helicopter fleet and inexperienced pilots from nearby Fort Belvoir had raised “widespread concern” among local pilots before a midair collision killed 67 people.

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Helicopter helmets and a model of a Black Hawk helicopter on display in the home of Austin Roth, who served two decades in the Army, including as an instructor at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The helmet on the top left is one Mr. Roth used while assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion.

How the Army Caused Alarm in the Washington Skies Years Before a Fatal Crash

✇NYT | Top Stories
Kate Kelly
An aged helicopter fleet and inexperienced pilots from nearby Fort Belvoir had raised “widespread concern” among local pilots before a midair collision killed 67 people.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Helicopter helmets and a model of a Black Hawk helicopter on display in the home of Austin Roth, who served two decades in the Army, including as an instructor at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The helmet on the top left is one Mr. Roth used while assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion.

Trump’s Attacks on Rob Reiner and Others Characterize an Uninhibited 2nd Term

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Peter Baker
Many of President Trump’s supporters love his professional-wrestling style of leadership. But some of his recent attacks have sickened even some of his own political allies.

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Mr. Trump’s brash personality has been an element of his appeal to supporters, who find it bracingly authentic in contrast to cookie-cutter politicians.

F.D.A. Turmoil Keeps Spotlight on Its Commissioner

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Christina Jewett
The agency’s high-level turnover and conflicting policy decisions on drug oversight have fueled concerns about the leadership of Dr. Marty Makary.

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Dr. Marty Makary, the F.D.A. commissioner, has faced intense criticism as the agency undergoes top-level turnover in critical areas like drug approvals.

Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival

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Sharon Otterman
The New York City university has embarked on an overhaul that some professors and students say imperils its standing as a bastion of the liberal arts.

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Students and faculty members at the New School, including Danielle Twiss, a doctoral student studying Marxist political economy, rallied over budget cuts prompted by the university’s budget woes.

After the Louvre Heist, Museums Look for Lessons to Help Stop Thieves

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Graham Bowley
Museums and the consultants who advise them have been busy reviewing their own precautions in the aftermath of the brazen daylight break-in at the Louvre.

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A member of the security staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Experts say U.S. institutions are reviewing the Louvre heist to ensure they do not share similar vulnerabilities.

A Reddit Post Led to a Breakthrough in the Brown Shooting Investigation

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Ashley Ahn and Qasim Nauman
A Reddit user provided information that helped identify Claudio Manuel Neves Valente as not only the suspect in the campus shooting, but also the murder of an M.I.T. professor.

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A vehicle is loaded onto a tow truck outside the storage facility in Salem, N.H., where the Brown University shooting suspect’s body was found on Thursday.

Putin Reaffirms Broad Military Goals for Russia in Ukraine

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Ivan Nechepurenko and Paul Sonne
President Vladimir V. Putin spoke at an annual news conference that highlights his grip over Russia and often sets the Kremlin’s tone for the next year.

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President Vladimir V. Putin at his annual year-end news conference in Moscow, on Friday. He said Russia was not ready to settle the Ukraine conflict diplomatically unless its demands were met.

Britain Is Preparing for Attacks on Its Soil. Critics Say It Must Move Faster.

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Lizzie Dearden
As military officials sound the alarm over Russian hybrid attacks, the chair of Parliament’s defense committee said the government’s progress on ramping up home defense was “glacial.”

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British soldiers during an exercise in Smardan, Romania, in February. In June, the British government published a strategic defense review that said the country must move to “war-fighting readiness.”
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