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Suspect in Palisades Fire Pleads Not Guilty to Setting Blaze

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Jesus Jiménez
Prosecutors say Jonathan Rinderknecht deliberately set a fire in January that led to one of the most destructive blazes in California history. If convicted, he would face up to 45 years in prison.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

The Palisades fire in January grew to burn more than 23,000 acres, and it destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles. Twelve people died in the blaze.

A Girls Basketball Team Gives Up Its Title After Spotting a Scoring Error

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Alexandra E. Petri
The team in Oklahoma City forfeited its district championship earlier this year after the coach verified that a scoring error had incorrectly crowned them as winners.

© Miranda Kitchen

The girls high school basketball team of the Academy of Classical Christian Studies, displaying their districts trophy, before they returned it. Their coach, Brendan King, stood on the far right.

Tensions Mount as Agents, Including Gregory Bovino, Clash With Chicagoans

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Julie Bosman
Mr. Bovino, a Border Patrol leader, appeared to use tear gas during a confrontation with residents on Thursday. Plaintiffs in a suit over federal tactics say that violated a court order.

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Gregory Bovino, at center, with federal agents during a confrontation with residents in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on Thursday.

Trump Official Says U.S. Can House Migrants at All of Its Overseas Bases

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Carol Rosenberg
A Justice Department lawyer made the claim in response to a challenge to the administration’s use of the base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold detainees designated for deportation.

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Migrants being escorted off a military plane at the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, earlier this year. The Homeland Security Department has been using the base on and off in President Trump’s second term to house migrants awaiting deportation.

U.S. Charges N.B.A. Figures in Gambling Schemes That Tainted Games

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Santul Nerkar， Maria Cramer， Tania Ganguli and Jonah E. Bromwich
Terry Rozier, a Miami Heat guard, and Chauncey Billups, coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, were among those arrested. Two indictments spanned the worlds of professional sports, Mafia families and online betting.

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Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said one mark lost $1.8 million at cards.

U.S. B-1 Bombers Flew Near Venezuelan Air Space

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Eric Schmitt
The long-range B-1 bombers can carry up to 75,000 pounds of guided and unguided munitions, the largest nonnuclear payload of any aircraft in the Air Force arsenal.

© Daniel Cole/Reuters

Visitors wait to see inside a Rockwell B-1 Lancer during an airshow at the Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas, in April.

After Remark About Mamdani and Sept. 11, Cuomo Faces Democratic Rebukes

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Nicholas Fandos and Michael Gold
When a radio host suggested that Zohran Mamdani would celebrate another Sept. 11-style attack, Andrew Cuomo chuckled. Democrats denounced the exchange as Islamophobic.

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As Mayor Eric Adams, announced his endorsement of Andrew Cuomo for mayor on Thursday, he warned that Islamic extremism could harm New York as it has other countries.

NBA Gambling Scandal: What We Know

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David Waldstein
Two indictments detailed schemes involving sports betting and rigged poker games, prosecutors said. The link was current and former N.B.A. players and coaches.

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Chauncey Billups, the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, was among the former and current N.B.A. basketball players who were arrested on Thursday in connection with two illegal gambling investigations.

The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds

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David Brooks
Yes, Trump is assaulting democracy, but what worries me more is what has happened to the rest of us — the loss of the convictions and norms that undergird democracy.

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A protester near an ICE building in Portland, Ore.

Trump Opens ANWR to Oil Drilling

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Maxine Joselow
The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.

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The 1002 Area of the Arctic Wildlife Refuge on Alaska’s north slope in 2018.

Kim Kardashian Announces Brain Aneurysm Diagnosis. Here’s What to Know.

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Alexandra E. Petri and Dani Blum
About one in every 50 people has an unruptured brain aneurysm. It was not clear whether Ms. Kardashian had experienced symptoms.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

Kim Kardashian during a meeting at the White House last year. Ms. Kardashian has previously promoted full-body M.R.I. scans, despite doctors warning that these scans may not be useful for every patient.
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