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A Harrowing Race Against Time to Find a Downed U.S. Airman in Iran

✇NYT | Top Stories
Greg Jaffe， Helene Cooper， Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes
For the Iranians, the Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down was possible leverage. For the U.S. military, finding him was a moral imperative.

© Social Media/UGC, via Reuters

An image shared by Iranian state television on social media purported to show the site of the U.S. aircraft destroyed during the mission to find a stranded airman in Iran.

Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran

✇NYT | Top Stories
Edward Wong
The president said he would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” Until this administration, American leaders had insisted they were trying to follow international law in war.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

President Trump wrote on social media that “all Hell will reign down” on Iran unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz.

Uber and Trial Lawyers Spar Over New Yorkers’ Auto Insurance Premiums

✇NYT | Top Stories
Benjamin Oreskes and Stefanos Chen
A powerful lawyers’ association is opposing a bill that would cap damages, but the ride-share company has spent millions lobbying state lawmakers to lower rates, some of the highest in the country.

© John Muggenborg for The New York Times

The ride-share company Uber has become a deep-pocketed foe of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, a trade group that has long wielded influence in state politics.
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