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The Chicago Rat Hole Was Not Made by a Rat

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Jack Tamisiea
A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark.

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To put the rodent-shaped impression into context, a team of scientists measured mammal specimens in museum collections.

As Trump Hurls Fresh Threats and Insults, Hochul Has Mamdani’s Back

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Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Nicholas Fandos
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, appeared with Gov. Kathy Hochul for the first time since she endorsed him last month.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul appeared in Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s district for an event on Tuesday, where she vowed to fight President Trump’s threats to withhold federal funding from New York.

Trump Administration Guts Education Department With More Layoffs

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Sarah Mervosh， Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein
About a fifth of the agency’s remaining staff was affected, including employees working on special education, funding for low-income students and civil rights enforcement.

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An estimated 466 workers at the Education Department have been fired since Friday, and the breadth and depth of those cuts appeared to touch nearly all aspects of an agency that President Trump has vowed to eliminate.

Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

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Zachary Small
The visual artist Dread Scott, the playwright Lynn Nottage and others have organized a series of actions to unite the arts community against the Trump administration.

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Participants in the protests will include (from left, first row), Laura Raicovich and Jenny Polak; (second row) Kris Grey, Dread Scott, Lynn Nottage and Ras Dia; (third row) Julia Jordan, Shanti Avirgan, Annie Dorsen, Tony Gerber, Miguel Luciano, Jed Rothstein and Cassils; (fourth row) Accra Shepp, Hari Kunzru, Larry Krone and Daniel Bejar.

Jack Smith Calls Idea That Politics Infected Trump Prosecutions ‘Ludicrous’

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Glenn Thrush and Annie Karni
The former special counsel’s first extended remarks since resigning in January were released the same day House Republicans summoned him to testify.

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Jack Smith in Washington in 2023. In his remarks released on Tuesday, Mr. Smith painted a dire picture of the Justice Department’s future. “Nothing like what we see now has ever gone on,” he said.

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

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Devlin Barrett and Michael S. Schmidt
The departures of Todd Gilbert and his deputy in the Western District of Virginia show the pressure being brought on prosecutors to pursue the president’s perceived foes.

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Todd Gilbert, a Republican, was a longtime legislator in Virginia until he was sworn in as the top prosecutor for the state’s western district in July.

D’Angelo: 14 Essential Songs

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Jon Pareles
The soul singer, songwriter and producer, who died on Tuesday at 51, released three studio albums of meticulously constructed, vocally ambitious, genre-crossing music.

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D’Angelo onstage at Bonnaroo in 2012. He could be a one-man studio band in the mold of Prince and Stevie Wonder, or multitrack himself to simulate the collective yowl and cackle of Funkadelic or Sly & the Family Stone.

Dallin H. Oaks Named President of the Mormon Church

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Ruth Graham
The church, which has more than 17 million members around the world, had been officially without a leader since Russell M. Nelson died.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses seniority to determine succession. Dallin H. Oaks is 93.

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Boat Attack Near Venezuela, Trump Says

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Charlie Savage
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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President Trump aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. The administration has not explained how a boat in the southern Caribbean Sea posed an imminent threat of armed attack that could prompt a right to use force in self-defense.

Why Was the President of FIFA at the Gaza Summit?

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Tariq Panja
Gianni Infantino, the head of soccer’s global governing body, frequently appears alongside President Trump at events outside the realm of sports.

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The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, traveled to Monday’s Gaza summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at President Trump’s invitation.

A Furious Debate Over Autism’s Causes Leaves Parents Grasping for Answers

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Gina Kolata and Azeen Ghorayshi
The Trump administration’s embrace of unproven or debunked theories about vaccines and Tylenol has left doctors fielding questions from worried parents.

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LeVar Baxter, left, with his son Khalil, 21, who does not talk and cannot live independently. “I wanted to know if I had a gene that I’d passed on to Khalil,” he said.

How the U.S. and the Arab World Teamed Up to Seal the Gaza Deal

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Adam Rasgon， David M. Halbfinger， Natan Odenheimer， Ronen Bergman and Luke Broadwater
The cease-fire talks in Egypt showed that with pressure on Hamas and Israel, seemingly huge impediments could be overcome or set aside.

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President Trump and other leaders gathered on Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where mediators successfully pushed for a deal between Hamas and Israel the previous week.
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