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China Stockpiled Oil, and Now It Could Dominate the Energy Landscape
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9/17/2026 9:10 AM
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| The war with Iran revealed just how much influence the world’s biggest oil importer has over prices and other countries’ supplies of jet fuel, gasoline and diesel. |
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Global Economy Is Running Out of Wiggle Room
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9/17/2026 6:14 AM
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| Many countries blunted the most painful effects of the energy shock from the war in Iran. But prices remain elevated and risks are multiplying. |
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G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad Criticizing the Immigration Crackdown
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9/17/2026 12:07 PM
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| Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters. |
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Hasan Piker’s Comments Create Headaches for Abdul El-Sayed
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9/17/2026 1:28 PM
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| Under pressure, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan this week rejected Hasan Piker’s argument that the U.S. has caused more terror than Al Qaeda. |
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Can a Republican Become Governor of New York? Blakeman Makes His Case.
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9/17/2026 5:47 AM
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| Bruce Blakeman is trying to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, attacking her on the economy, crime and immigration by using Trump-like tactics and A.I. |
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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
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9/16/2026 5:12 PM
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| The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong. |
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Why Is It So Difficult To Regulate A.I.?
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9/17/2026 8:18 AM
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| There has been considerable debate over regulating the artificial intelligence industry, but much of that effort has stalled. Cecilia Kang, a technology reporter for The New York Times, explains why. |
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What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?
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9/17/2026 11:59 AM
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| “Alignment” is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at times, the systems have gone rogue. |
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A.I. Agents as ‘Co-Scientists’? This Lab Says They Could Speed Drug Research.
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9/17/2026 11:08 AM
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| A.I. is already a powerful tool for scientific discovery. Now, some biomedical researchers are teaching it to do even more. |
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Trump Blasts the Fed But Spares Kevin Warsh After Interest Rate Hike
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9/17/2026 10:16 AM
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| The president blasted the rest of the Fed — and kept up his demand for a cut — but spared Fed Chairman Kevin M. Warsh from the criticism. |
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Are Trump’s Official Papers His Personal Property?
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9/17/2026 9:04 AM
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| The administration argues that presidential papers are like those of Supreme Court justices. |
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The Face of London in the 1960s Is Living Her Best Life
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9/17/2026 10:35 AM
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| The face of London in the 1960s is living her best life at the age of 77. |
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RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
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9/17/2026 2:19 PM
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| The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.” |
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Trump Air Force One Photos Fuel Kennedy Center Demolition Speculation
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9/17/2026 12:10 PM
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| Images captured through the windows of Air Force One showed President Trump reviewing a poster with the title “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.” |
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Kennedy Center Closure Prompts Legal Fight Over Trump-Backed Renovation
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9/17/2026 1:31 PM
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| The federal judge denied a Democratic lawmaker’s request for an emergency hearing on the closure, which began on Tuesday. |
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Yemen War Intensifies as Houthi Militia Advances on Marib
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9/17/2026 12:49 PM
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| Clashes between Iranian-backed Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed government forces have been reported near oil-rich Marib Province. |
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U.S. Strike on Iranian School May Have Been War Crime, U.N. Report Says
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9/17/2026 1:14 PM
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| Mistakes that led to the deaths of more than a hundred children “went beyond negligence,” investigators said. They also cited a separate strike the same day that killed a reported 22 civilians. |
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Russia and China Veto U.S. Bid to Renew U.N. Monitoring of Iran Nuclear Program
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9/17/2026 12:34 PM
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| The conflict underscored the distance between world powers over the United States’ pressure campaign on Iran. |
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For a Border Tribe, Trump’s Wall Is a Betrayal: ‘They Want to Erase Us’
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9/17/2026 1:54 PM
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| An escalating confrontation on Native land southwest of Tucson threatens to upend decades of uneasy cooperation between the Tohono O’odham Nation and the United States. |
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How Trump’s New Green Card Policy Could Affect Immigrant Families
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9/17/2026 12:39 PM
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| The policy, set to take effect Friday, would give immigration officers broader authority to deny permanent residency to people using public benefits. |
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C.J. Huff Rebuilt Joplin’s Devastated Schools. Then Came the Backlash.
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9/17/2026 1:28 PM
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| A former superintendent in Joplin, Mo., is trying to apply what he learned to other shattered districts — and reckoning with the toll of the disaster on his own life. |
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The Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest
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9/17/2026 1:29 PM
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| Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more effective. |
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This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked
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9/17/2026 1:19 PM
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| The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found. |
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Gustavo Dudamel’s New York Era Has Begun. Try to Keep Up.
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9/17/2026 8:10 AM
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| The New York Philharmonic’s season started with a barnstorming tour of Manhattan to celebrate Dudamel’s arrival as music and artistic director. |
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Watching Bigots Erupt
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9/17/2026 9:55 AM
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Open Story
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| This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates. |
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The $15,000 Settlement That Destroyed My Father’s Life
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9/17/2026 9:44 AM
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| A 35-foot fall didn’t kill Michael Wagner. The nearly 18-year failure of the safety net did. Before he died, he recorded 694 videos explaining how. |
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Jon Kyl, Senator Known for His Skills Behind the Scenes, Dies at 84
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9/17/2026 10:34 AM
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| The Arizona politician rose to the second-highest position in the Republican-held Senate caucus thanks to his policy smarts and deft political sensibilities. |