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Trump’s Justice Dept. Targets Smaller Fraud Cases
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8/14/2026 2:02 AM
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| As the Trump administration drops charges against corporations and the wealthy, it is also taking aim at small-scale fraud cases, including against the operator of a weathered food truck in California. |
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Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals
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8/13/2026 1:34 PM
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| The practice would align the United States more closely with countries like China and Russia, where spy agencies have long relied on private-sector hackers to help with national security missions. |
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Concerns Grow Over Conditions on Aircraft Carrier, and Trump Pushes New Hacking Effort
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8/14/2026 3:00 AM
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| Plus, your Friday news quiz. |
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns
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8/13/2026 2:49 PM
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| The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worried about the crew’s well-being. |
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What to Know About Luigi Mangione’s Court Cases and Potential Plea Deal
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8/14/2026 5:04 AM
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| Mr. Mangione faces federal charges of stalking that resulted in the death of a health insurance executive. A guilty plea could close the federal case — and complicate a separate state murder trial. |
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Russia Campaigned to Derail Moldova’s Pro-Western Government
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8/14/2026 3:57 AM
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| In Moldova, Moscow paid Orthodox priests, conducted a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps on election interference — all in an effort to derail the Western-leaning government. |
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How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence
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8/14/2026 2:00 AM
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| Can our Book Review editor, Tina Jordan, guess thrillers from their first sentence? In this game we explore a few of the books from The New York Times’s “50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century” list; and learn a bit more about why opening sentences are so important to get people reading. |
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Readers Choose the Best Thrillers and Mysteries of the Century
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8/13/2026 1:30 PM
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| The backbone of the list: nine novels by Tana French, and five novels each from John le Carré, Kate Atkinson and Mick Herron. |
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Great Movie and TV Adaptations From 21st- Century Thrillers
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8/13/2026 2:08 PM
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| From “Slow Horses” to “Big Little Lies,” our list of great psychological thrillers, spy novels and crime fiction have inspired a heap of great adaptations. |
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Farage Wins Special U.K. Election That He Initiated, as Expected
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8/14/2026 4:56 AM
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| Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K., won the Clacton by-election with 63 percent. Count Binface, a novelty candidate, came second with 27 percent, a personal best. |
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Deaths of 3 ICE Detainees Prompt Questions About Medical Care
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8/13/2026 4:31 PM
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| Immigrants at Delaney Hall in Newark have complained about health services. Federal officials defended the treatment provided there and elsewhere. |
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As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope
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8/14/2026 2:07 AM
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| The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said. |
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More Wildfires and Extreme Heat Roil Europe, but Relief Is on the Horizon
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8/14/2026 3:38 AM
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| Another day of near record heat baked the continent on Friday, but temperatures could retreat to seasonal averages in the coming days. |
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Chatbots Are Pushing Us Toward a Post-Human Internet
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8/14/2026 2:00 AM
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| In matters of work, school and even romance, we turn to A.I. chatbots. But what happens when the bots begin talking to one another? |
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Afghan Women Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule
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8/13/2026 10:08 PM
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| Decrees restricting the rights of women and girls to study, work, travel and act independently now threaten to damage Afghanistan permanently, experts say. |
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An Unlikely Emergency Appeal to the Supreme Court From a Dog Named Bruce
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8/14/2026 5:08 AM
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| A last-ditch filing this week came on behalf of a dog that a judge found to be “vicious” and shows how the court’s emergency docket has been growing. |
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Gone in 20 Minutes: Half-Off Sushi Draws Throngs to New York’s Japanese Markets
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8/14/2026 3:42 AM
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| At a proliferating number of stores, discounts on items like sushi are offered after 8 p.m. To get the best meals, you have to be there early. |
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Is Ocasio-Cortez Ready for the Glass Cliff?
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8/14/2026 4:18 AM
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| She will run as a woman but unlike how every woman before her was forced to run. |
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Extreme Heat Is the New Normal
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8/14/2026 4:28 AM
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| Firefighters in Phoenix race to save lives in a city that’s only getting hotter. |
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Are Political Polls Accurate?
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8/14/2026 3:47 AM
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| We look at recent problems with political polling. |
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Jimmy Fallon Reacts to Karoline Leavitt’s White House Exit
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8/13/2026 10:34 PM
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| The “Tonight Show” host said President Trump had been surprised by the press secretary’s decision to step down. “She was like, ‘I wanted to wait for a good time but there hasn’t been one, so.’” |
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Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight
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8/14/2026 2:02 AM
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| The Trump administration pushed out thousands of veteran U.S. Forest Service staff. An ‘extraordinary’ fire season is testing those who are left. |