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Sophie Kinsella, ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Author, Dies at 55

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Sopan Deb
Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping.

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The British author Madeleine Wickham, who wrote under the name Sophie Kinsella, became a force in commercial fiction upon the 2000 release of “Confessions of a Shopaholic.”

I.M.F. Prods China, Gently, on Its Weak Currency

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Keith Bradsher
Caught between Beijing and the Trump administration, the International Monetary Fund offered mild criticism of China for relying too heavily on exports.

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Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the I.M.F., said on Wednesday that China’s currency should appreciate.

At Fed Meeting, Interest Rate Cut Expected Amid Divisions

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Colby Smith
The central bank is poised to lower interest rates on Wednesday even as a growing chorus of officials urge caution.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, has been able corral his colleagues to move as a cohesive group under complex economic conditions, but this meeting could be especially challenging.

Democrats Make a Fresh Push to Win State Legislatures

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Nick Corasaniti
The arm of the party that focuses on statehouses is targeting hundreds of seats and more than 40 chambers, according to a strategy memo, reflecting Democrats’ new optimism.

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The Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The state is one of several with Republican-controlled legislatures that Democrats are trying to flip.

Democrats Press to Expand House Map, Targeting 5 New G.O.P. Seats

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Shane Goldmacher
Four of the additions are for districts where President Trump won handily, but Democrats are feeling emboldened by election outcomes this fall.

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The seat of Representative Darrell Issa, a Republican whose California district Democrats redrew to lean Democratic, is among those added to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s list of “districts in play.”

Ryan Coogler on ‘Sinners,’ Chadwick Boseman and Why He Declined to Join the Academy

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Kyle Buchanan
The director on what he’s thinking of post-“Sinners,” how the loss of Chadwick Boseman affected him and why he turned down the invitation to join the academy.

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Coogler said he couldn’t engage with his work “as the kid whose dreams were to come to Hollywood and make movies. I have to engage with it as a professional shepherd of the story.”

Supreme Court Hears Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability

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Ann E. Marimow
The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests.

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Two decades ago, the Supreme Court barred the execution of people with mental disabilities as a violation of the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. But the court’s composition has changed since then.

Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner Says She Will Appear in Oslo After Missing Ceremony

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Simon Romero and Henrik Pryser Libell
María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, said she was on her way to Norway after living in hiding in her country, where officials have threatened her with arrest.

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Ana Corina Sosa, the daughter of the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, speaking at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on Wednesday in Oslo.

Trump Picked This Fight With Maduro. He Can’t Back Down.

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Ricardo Hausmann and Jose Morales-Arilla
If the Trump administration allows Nicolás Maduro to endure, it would signal that a criminal dictatorship masquerading as a state can stare down the United States and win.

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The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and the presidential candidate Edmundo González at a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, in July 2024.
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