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Bloomberg business
Fusion Gets $14 Billion Bet It’s More Than a ‘Science Project’

So far, scientists have pulled off energy-generating reactions only in laboratory settings, and the path there has been slow and costly. But companies say they’re getting rapidly closer to commercial ...

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New York Times business
Ottawa Senators moving on from Brady Tkachuk’s shadow: ‘You want guys to stick around’ (Gift Article)

Senators fans are struggling with the Tkachuk trade three months later. The organization is doing its best to move on.

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The Atlantic politicshealth
The Truths That Failed Jason Arday

Systemic, ritualized dishonesty undid the Cambridge professor.

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New York Times businesspoliticsworld
Ukraine’s Unexpected $27 Billion Budget Gap Rattles Europe (Gift Article)

An unexpected request from President Volodymyr Zelensky offered a stark reminder that the cost of the war will rise, challenging Europe.

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New York Times politicsbusiness
Musk Plans to Spend at Least $100 Million to Help Republicans in the Midterms (Gift Article)

Elon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November.

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The Atlantic culture
What September 11 Took From Me

There are some things time doesn’t heal.

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New York Times sports
Thierry Henry: Arsenal’s transfer window, Champions League and Cesc Fabregas, the manager (Gift Article)

Much is made of big-name transfers but, Thierry Henry argues, coachable players make the difference - as Arsenal and PSG showed last season

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The Atlantic politics
This Was a Good Sculpture

Washington, D.C., is full of cords of connection. By removing a Joel Shapiro work, the Kennedy Center severed one.

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New York Times sportspolitics
In Scotland, a (Very Posh) Summer Camp for Grown-Ups (Gift Article)

It’s the mix of lush adventures by day and elegant dinners by night that makes the luxury hotel Gleneagles, outside Edinburgh, so tempting.

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Bloomberg businesstechnology
US Says Alibaba, DeepSeek Have ‘Systematically’ Siphoned AI Models

US security agencies accused China’s top AI companies including DeepSeek and Kimi maker Moonshot AI of systematically extracting proprietary knowledge from American firms and warned Silicon Valley dev...

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New York Times culture
‘A Pyramid of Hate’: Why Racial and Religious Attacks Are Rising in Britain (Gift Article)

Islamophobic, antisemitic and racist crimes are being fueled by online disinformation, global instability and divisive political rhetoric, experts say.

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New York Times businesstechnologyentertainment
A.I. Music Giant Suno Tries to Play Nice With Record Labels (Gift Article)

Suno has drawn copyright lawsuits from the majors. Now it is releasing a version of its A.I. music generator trained in partnership with Warner Music.

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New York Times culture
Why This Small Dutch Town Is Teaching ‘Adolescence’ in School (Gift Article)

The Netflix series is seen as a way to kindle debate about gender roles and to confront online bullying.

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The Atlantic legalpolitics
How the Right Could Actually End Birthright Citizenship

The conservative legal movement doesn’t consider the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to be the final word on the Fourteenth Amendment. And it already has a playbook for overturning it.

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New York Times technology
Should Professors Teach More? Some Colleges Are Trying to Make Them. (Gift Article)

Schools and entire states are creating new rules forcing professors to teach more hours and show up at the office. At one university, professors quit in response.

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New York Times legalsports
Have Bears’ Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams found the key to unlock a new level of explosion? (Gift Article)

Johnson is determined to maximize his quarterback's rare talent to operate outside the pocket, and Bears players have bought in.

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New York Times cultureentertainment
Sara Bareilles Confronted Grief, and Found Herself (Gift Article)

Her new album, “Good Grief,” mourns friends including her Broadway co-star Gavin Creel, and her musical adaptation of the Meg Wolitzer novel “The Interestings” is about finding a different kind of ful...

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New York Times politicslegal
Read the “Nonnegotiable” petition (Gift Article)

A coalition of Michigan rabbis and Jewish leaders is launching a petition drive aimed at Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee.

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New York Times sports
Is Tony Romo coming back to CBS this season? Plus 6 more must-know NFL TV storylines (Gift Article)

Coming off an eventful offseason, here are seven of the most compelling and dominant media storylines in the NFL this season.

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New York Times cultureentertainment
Watch (and Hear) Emma Cline’s Buzzy New Novel Become an Audiobook (Gift Article)

We followed the audiobook production of Emma Cline’s Booker Prize nominee “Switzy” from start to finish to show you how it’s done.

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Medium culture
I Remember Where I Was on 9/11

It was the day that everything changed

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New York Times politics
Opinion | The Life That Rose From the Ashes of Ground Zero (Gift Article)

25 years after 9/11, life has proved stronger than death.

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New York Times sports
Mike Washington, Jalen Coker and more shocking fantasy football value plays for Week 1 (Gift Article)

Brad Evans reveals his five favorite plays in Week 1 among players who are sitting on benches in the vast majority of fantasy leagues.

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NRC cultureopinionworld
Impopulaire Trump negeert zorgen van de kiezer liever en dreigt zijn hele partij mee te sleuren

Congresverkiezingen VS: President Trump lijkt er de laatste weken alles aan te doen zijn Republikeinse partij grandioos te laten verliezen bij de midterms. Gaat hij op een partijconventie deze week de...

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NRC culturehealthworld
Opinie | Door Ariana Grande een eetstoornis toe te dichten, misken je de ernst van het echte probleem

Schoonheid: In de ophef rond het sterk vermagerde uiterlijk van popster Ariana Grande werden slankheidsidealen en eetstoornissen tegenover elkaar gezet. Dat is een valse tegenstelling, betogen Cato Be...

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New York Times politics
The Establishment Pulls Through: Five Takeaways from the New Hampshire Primaries (Gift Article)

The U.S. Senate race will feature familiar faces: former Senator John E. Sununu and Chris Pappas, a four-term congressman. Stefany Shaheen, a senator’s daughter, eked out a win in a House primary.

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Medium culture
Welcome To the Age of AI Brevity

More words does not equal better communication. Here’s what to do instead.

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NRC worldpolitics
Tv-recensie | Een omroep die wat ‘onhandig’ bezig is geweest

Tv-recensie: Er ligt een voornemen om Ongehoord Nederland uit het bestel te zetten. De omroep is niet ineens in standpunten van Hitler gaan geloven. Dat deden ze al. Het enige verschil is dat ze nu ee...

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New York Times culturetransportation
Should These Abandoned Tracks Become a Park or a Train Line? Or Both? (Gift Article)

A disused rail line in Queens could help reconnect the borough and add much-needed park space. A new report suggests that a plan to do both is possible, but it faces long odds.

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New York Times culturehealth
5 Simple Steps to Calm Yourself Down (Gift Article)

These techniques can help you handle the ups and downs of daily life.

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New York Times politicsworld
Europe Unites to Pressure Israel, Breaking With U.S. (Gift Article)

Britain once followed in France’s slipstream when it came to pressuring Israel. Under new leadership, it is spearheading opposition to Israeli settlements, risking American anger.

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New York Times opinionpolitics
Opinion | The Decade That Ruined Everything (Gift Article)

We are suffering the consequences of the conservative revolution that began in the 1980s.

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New York Times technology
Four-Hour Elon Musk Documentary by Alex Gibney Has Venice Premiere (Gift Article)

Much of what Alex Gibney’s documentary presents isn’t new. But in piecing it all together, he wants the viewer to take Musk seriously as a threat to democracy.

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New York Times politics
Trump’s Super PAC Is Tied to Mystery Group Spending $25 Million on Midterms (Gift Article)

The recently created Republican group is pumping cash into half a dozen key midterm races, with the largest amounts going toward Senate contests in New Hampshire and Alaska.

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New York Times science
In England — Yes, England — Tea and Cantaloupe Grow as the Climate Warms (Gift Article)

As British farmers confront intense heat waves tied to climate change, some are cultivating new crops rarely grown in their country.

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Wall Street Journal (Japan) politicscultureworld
ロンドン悩ますスーパーカー駐車違反、多くは外国人

高級地区は中東ナンバーのフェラーリやランボルギーニであふれかえっており、駐車違反切符が切られてもドライバーは支払おうとしない。

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New York Times technology
After Causing Delays for 9/11 Health Claims, Social Security Pledges to Do Its Job (Gift Article)

Lawyers say the Social Security Administration has for months not provided basic data to complete compensation claims for those sick and dying after exposure to debris from the Sept. 11 attacks.

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New York Times culture
How the Interborough Express Could Transform New York (Gift Article)

The new light-rail train, linking Queens and Brooklyn, would signal a shift in the city’s center of gravity, toward one less tethered to the office towers of Midtown.

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NRC cultureopinionworld
Opinie | Politiek, durf prioriteit te geven aan de ernstigste gevallen in de ggz

Wachtlijsten: Er wordt veel gedaan om de ggz-wachtlijsten terug te dringen, maar daarmee zijn de ernstigste gevallen niet geholpen, waarschuwen Christiaan Vinkers en Patrick Jeurissen.

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New York Times businesstransportation
Why Eagles OC Sean Mannion’s ‘beautiful mind’ matters more than new scheme (Gift Article)

“If I were to lock the three smartest people in the facility in one room, Sean would be there,” offensive tackle Jordan Mailata said.

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Medium sciencehealth
That Piping-Hot Coffee Habit May Be Hurting Your Esophagus

New research says the temperature of your food and drink, not just what’s in the cup, can raise your risk of esophageal cancer

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New York Times opinionpolitics
Opinion | The Trump Administration’s Latest War on Vulnerable Children (Gift Article)

Redistributing money from single working parents to married ones is not a pro-family policy.

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New York Times culture
A Newer Kind of Gene Editing Promises to Edit ‘Nurture’ Over ‘Nature’ (Gift Article)

Traditional gene editing rewrites DNA. But a new approach, called epigenome editing, aims to treat the molecular scars we collect throughout our lives.

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Medium culture
Readers: Do You Call It a ‘Sock-Drawer’ Book?

A teenager keeps it in their sock drawer with their cigarettes

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New York Times culturefood
Chile Chicken and Bean Guisado  Recipe • 5★ • 35 min

This brothy stew featuring buttery white beans and ground chicken captures the unmistakable flavors of Mexican chorizo in a tomato pan sauce spiked with vinegar and a hint of cinnamon. Ancho chile powder (made from sun-ripened, dried poblanos) adds fruity, spicy, smoky notes and remarkable depth, though any chile powder works well.

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New York Times sciencetechnologyculture
What the Newest Research on Wildfire Smoke Tells Us (Gift Article)

Scientists have found that people are being exposed to more toxins than previously known.

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The Atlantic culture
The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid

When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.

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New York Times politics
As He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented Workers (Gift Article)

Gov. Jim Pillen’s family business is one of the nation’s largest pork producers. As he seeks re-election, he has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda even though his farms have...

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New York Times health
Opinion | My Dad Died on Flight 93. I Miss the Way America Responded. (Gift Article)

My father died on 9/11, and a nation united behind my family, as well as others. We desperately need that sense of togetherness today.

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New York Times sports
Jimmy Kimmel Weighs in on Trump’s New Look (Gift Article)

Back from his summer vacation, the late night host wondered, “Is it possible to have a midlife crisis at 80 years old?”

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