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Did Cheating Accusations Have Anything to Do With the Death of a Daniel Naroditsky?

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Jesse McKinley， Dylan Loeb McClain and Jonathan Abrams
Daniel Naroditsky, a top American player with an online following, was found dead in Charlotte, N.C., after talking about being accused of cheating by a former world champion.

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Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster, in his home office in Charlotte, N.C., in 2022. On Monday, the news of his death stunned the chess world.

Canada-U.S. Tensions Stay on Baseball Field During Blue Jays-Dodgers World Series

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Shawna Richer
At Game 1 of the World Series in Toronto on Friday, overt politics were absent. Unity between the two nations was on display before the first pitch.

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Performers assembled into shapes resembling the American and Canadian flags before the start of Game One of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers, in Toronto on Friday.

June Lockhart, Beloved Television Mother, Dies at 100

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Anita Gates
She exuded earnest maternal wisdom and wistful contentment as a farm wife on “Lassie” and, later, as an interplanetary castaway on “Lost in Space.”

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June Lockhart with Lassie and his offspring on the set of the movie “Son of Lassie” in 1944. More than a decade later, she would join the cast of the “Lassie” television series.

In Letitia James Case, Some Black Women See Their Own Family Sacrifices

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Troy Closson and Jeffery C. Mays
The federal indictment of New York’s attorney general centers on a home she purchased for a relative. It is an act that rings deeply familiar to many.

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Lupe Todd-Medina, left, a Democratic strategist, and Tyquana Henderson-Rivers, a political consultant, said they are familiar with Letitia James’s impulse to help relatives. “I think it’s in our genetics,” Ms. Henderson-Rivers said.

Why a Chef in Brazil Couldn’t Stomach a Menu Request for a Prince’s Event

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Ana Ionova
He was asked to cater a climate event for Prince William and 700 guests. But omitting the famous Amazonian fish was like “asking Iron Maiden to play jazz.”

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The Earthshot Prize, an environmental award founded by Prince William, required a plant-based menu for a dinner in Rio de Janeiro next month. The Brazilian chef initially selected for the event, Saulo Jennings, was surprised to learn he could not serve Amazonian fish.
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