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What Could Thwart the Texas G.O.P. From Picking Up 5 House Seats in Midterm Elections

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J. David Goodman
Republicans redid their voting maps so they could flip those seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that goal is far from guaranteed.

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Downtown Seguin in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, part of the new voting map that state lawmakers adopted. The district is expected to be closely contested in next year’s midterms.

Louvre Heist Was Caught on Film, Officials Say, Rebutting Earlier Account

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Ségolène Le Stradic
Investigators said that a security camera recorded thieves preparing to burgle the Louvre, but that guards didn’t watch the feed in time. The museum’s director had previously said the camera was facing the wrong way.

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French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre, in October.

Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks

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Hiroko Tabuchi
A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.

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Between one to five billion pounds of formaldehyde is produced in the United States each year for a wide range of industries and products, including composite wood and other building materials, plastics, pesticides and even some hair straightening treatments.

She Was Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, Then Wrote a Rom-Com About It

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Elisabeth Egan
Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal into a 133-page novella.

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At an event in London in June, Sophie Kinsella said, “I’m so overwhelmed, yet again, by my lovely readers and by the lovely response that I get to what I do. It surprises me every time.”

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 in 2024. Under the pen name Sophie Kinsella, she wrote nine “Shopaholic” novels, which sold tens of millions of copies and were translated into dozens of languages.

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.
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