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California’s High Tides Set Records This Week. They’re Going to Get Higher.

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By: Amy Graff and Soumya Karlamangla
El Niño is expected to push this winter’s high tides even higher.

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In San Francisco, high tides at lunchtime flooded a plaza and parts of the sidewalk along the city’s eastern shore on Tuesday.
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Justice Dept. Steps Up Moves on Comey and Others as Midterm Elections Near

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By: Glenn Thrush · Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett
In some cases, court paperwork bears unmistakable signs of urgency — typos, unorthodox tactics and the signatures of the department’s senior political leadership.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche announcing the indictment of L. Louise Lucas, a prominent Virginia Democrat, on drug-trafficking charges last week in Norfolk, Va.
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Grand Jury Declines to Bring Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson

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By: Michael S. Schmidt · Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush
The rejection of the indictment was the latest extraordinary setback in President Trump’s wide-ranging campaign to go after his political opponents.

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The investigation of Cassidy Hutchinson was directed to the Justice Department’s civil rights division, which normally focuses on issues like police violence and election integrity.
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Alexander Brothers Sentenced to 30 Years Each for Sex Trafficking

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By: Debra Kamin and Kate Christobek
The three siblings used their wealth and influence to lure and sexually assault women for more than a decade. Eleven of the victims spoke on Tuesday before the brothers were sentenced.

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Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander were arrested in December 2024 and found guilty earlier this year of sex trafficking and other charges.
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Susan Saint James, Emmy Winner Who Starred in ‘Kate & Allie,’ Dies at 80

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By: Christine Hauser
In a long career, she was best known for starring opposite Jane Curtin in “Kate & Allie,” a 1980s sitcom about two divorced women raising three children in New York City.

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Susan Saint James in 2025. Kate McArdle, her character on “Kate & Allie,” was “a free spirit caught up in the radical movement” of the 1960s, a publicist said, while Allie (Jane Curtin) was a “traditionalist.”
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The Christian Influencer at the Center of Ken Paxton’s New Life

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By: Lauren McGaughy
The Texas attorney general has been silent about his relationship with Tracy Duhon, a New Orleans woman who has built a personal brand around faith and redemption.

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Flávio Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil for the U.S. After Election Defeat

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By: Ana Ionova · Edward Wong and Thayz Guimarães
Officials in Argentina said Mr. Bolsonaro entered the country by land then flew to Ecuador. Brazilian police had asked him to hand over his passports because of his links to an investigation.

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Flávio Bolsonaro in Brasília on Sunday after hearing early results in the election he lost to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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E.P.A. to Loosen Methane Rules for Oil Firms

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By: Brad Plumer
The Biden administration had sought to crack down on methane leaks, a big driver of climate change. Those rules are now being scaled back.

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An oil drilling operation in Carlsbad, N.M.
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European Leaders Split Over Phone Call to Putin

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By: Jeffrey Gettleman · Paul Sonne and Jeanna Smialek
The diplomatic outreach was part of an effort to push talks to end the war in Ukraine, though it was not welcomed by all European leaders.

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President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Moscow on Friday.
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Alex Pretti’s Parents Say Federal Government Is Silent on Investigation

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By: Ernesto Londoño and Jack Healy
The parents of the Minneapolis nurse who was fatally shot by federal agents in January said on Tuesday that the government had ignored and misled them.

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Steven Schleicher, a lawyer for Michael and Susan Pretti, Alex Pretti’s parents, appeared with them at a news conference in Minneapolis.
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Trump Explores Lifting Sanctions on Russia’s Flagship Investment Fund

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By: Anton Troianovski
The move would be the latest U.S. concession to Moscow as President Trump pursues economic incentives he hopes will secure an end to war in Ukraine.

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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s envoys, with Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, in Moscow last month.
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Serbian Students, Victorious and Leaderless, Go After the Media

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By: Andrew Higgins and Alisa Dogramadzieva
Supporters of the opposition movement that won Sunday’s election stormed the offices of a pro-government tabloid. Another news outlet apologized for years of “one-sided” coverage.

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Supporters of the Student List opposition bloc in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, on Monday, celebrating its victory in the national elections.
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Jane Schoenbrun’s First Novel is Another Exploration of Weird Pop Culture

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By: Eric Grode
The filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun envisioned a sci-fi TV series about a sinister video store. “Public Access Afterworld” is the ambitious 600-page result.
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Michigan Senate Race Drives Anxiety Among Jewish and Muslim Voters

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By: Jennifer Medina
More than elsewhere in the country, U.S. policy toward Israel is at the forefront of the race between Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed.

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The Department of Justice’s Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism held an event at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Mich., this month. Synagogues and mosques alike have security concerns.
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