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What We Know About the American Troops in Syria

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Jin Yu Young
The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country.

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U.S. Army soldiers gather before a patrol from a remote combat outpost in northeastern Syria in 2021.

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block

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Eshe Nelson and Ana Swanson
The U.S. government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.

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President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in September, after signing an agreement that pledged to extend research collaborations and deepen partnerships in the tech industry.

Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions

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Valerie Hopkins and Tomas Dapkus
The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and two opposition leaders, was part of a monthslong rapprochement between Washington and Minsk.

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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a Belarusian opposition leader, welcoming Ales Bialiatski, a political activist released by Belarus, as he arrived Saturday at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania.

DoorDash Deliverer Faces Tampering Charges Tied to Food Order

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Aimee Ortiz
The authorities said the woman, who was making a delivery for DoorDash, was captured on a doorbell camera spraying an unknown aerosol.

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A woman who was making a DoorDash delivery was charged with battery and consumer product tampering after she was seen in doorbell footage aiming a spray from a can in the direction of the food order, officials said.

MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.

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Hiroko Tabuchi
A split is emerging within Trump’s base as health activists accuse Mr. Zeldin of leading the agency to prioritize chemical industry interests over public health.

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Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, appeared with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Salt Lake City earlier this year. Recently, Mr. Zeldin has gone on a charm offensive.

Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School

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Adam Nossiter
She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists.

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Jo Ann Allen, left, and Minnie Ann Dickey at Clinton High School in Tennessee in September 1956, two years after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools.

3 Americans Killed in ISIS Attack in Syria, Trump Says, Vowing to Retaliate

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Abdi Latif Dahir， Christina Goldbaum， John Ismay and Eric Schmitt
Two soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed while supporting counterterror operations, the Pentagon said. They are the first U.S. casualties in Syria since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad.

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American Bradley fighting vehicles during a joint exercise in 2021 with Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria.
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