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Trump Is Urged to Act on Iranian Site Feared Impervious to Airstrikes
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4/17/2026 11:39 AM
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| Little is known about Pickaxe Mountain, but some experts say it illustrates the impossibility of relying on force alone to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb. |
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Oil Prices Fall Sharply After Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is Open
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4/17/2026 12:09 PM
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| But analysts said it was not clear how quickly the oil industry in the Persian Gulf would be able to get back to normal. |
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Stocks Extend Rally as Tensions Ease Over War in Iran
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4/17/2026 1:12 PM
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| The S&P 500’s rise on Friday caps a striking three-week streak, powered by investors’ optimism about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and strong corporate earnings. |
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Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-CIA Director John O. Brennan
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4/17/2026 12:18 PM
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| A career Justice Department lawyer, Maria Medetis Long, in Miami is said to have raised concerns about whether the evidence justified moving forward with a bid to prosecute John O. Brennan. |
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The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe
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4/17/2026 2:07 AM
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| Five years out of college, Samuel Samson has driven the Trump administration’s push to upend America’s postwar relationship with Europe. |
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Federal Appeals Court Opens Door to Moving Trans Inmates Under Trump Gender Order
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4/17/2026 1:22 PM
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| A three-judge panel gave a group of 17 transgender women a few weeks to seek further recourse in court before their transfer to men’s facilities could take effect. |
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Carney Courts Investors to Reduce Canada’s Economic Dependence on U.S.
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4/17/2026 11:47 AM
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| Prime Minister Mark Carney has set up a meeting and a new office to speed project approvals and make Canada more attractive to investors. |
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Lutnick Says Canada Trade Deal Needs to Be Reworked Ahead of Talks
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4/17/2026 11:45 AM
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| Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s commerce secretary, derided Canada’s trade strategy and said a North American deal needed to be reworked. |
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Aging in a Brightly Lit, Big City: Jay McInerney, With a New Novel
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4/17/2026 4:40 AM
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| In 1984, Jay McInerney was a famous, young, hedonistic novelist. Now 71, he is wistful as he wraps up his tetralogy about a couple whose city, and marriage, are tested by the pandemic. |
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Obama Urges Virginians to Vote ‘Yes’ on Redistricting Referendum
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4/17/2026 12:17 PM
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| Democrats may win a referendum to give their party more House seats, but they are growing concerned — in part because of TV ads that might confuse voters about where the former president stands. |
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Texas Democrat James Talarico Is Out-Raising His G.O.P. Opponents
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4/17/2026 6:59 AM
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| James Talarico, the Democratic nominee, has been amassing campaign cash as Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton still battle each other. |
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Lena Dunham Made Millennial Culture. Then She Was Undone by It.
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4/17/2026 11:19 AM
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| The era of “Girls” is long gone, but its creator still has much to teach us. |
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In ‘Famesick,’ Lena Dunham Diagnoses Celebrity, Illness and Herself
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4/17/2026 1:02 PM
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| This unusually unfiltered memoir takes us to the hospital, to therapy and to the sometimes hostile set of “Girls.” |
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Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits
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4/17/2026 10:34 AM
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| The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move environmental lawsuits out of state courts, to friendlier federal venues. |
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Starmer’s Credibility Just Took Another Body Blow Over the Mandelson Scandal
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4/17/2026 11:41 AM
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| Prime Minister Keir Starmer appears to have been kept in the dark repeatedly over Peter Mandelson, the Jeffrey Epstein associate — fueling an image of weakness. |
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Through A.I. Glasses-Powered Translation, Korea’s Theaters Hope for a K-Pop Moment
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4/17/2026 8:32 AM
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| Producers and the cultural authorities hope that technology can overcome a language barrier and take the country’s shows to the world. |
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How Do You Measure an A.I. Boom?
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4/17/2026 9:00 AM
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| A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems. |
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NYC Doorman Strike Averted After Agreement Is Reached With Building Owners
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4/17/2026 1:00 PM
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| The deal affects about 34,000 apartment building workers. The last time they had staged a walkout was in 1991. |
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Rescuers Try to Save Timmy, a Whale Stranded Off Germany
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4/17/2026 11:59 AM
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| A month of efforts to help a stranded humpback escape the Baltic Sea have culminated in a tourist and media spectacle, with no guarantee of success. |
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A Paris Court Just Rewrote the Rules of Corporate Morality
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4/17/2026 12:49 PM
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| The profit motive was on trial. The verdict was scathing. |
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Orban Lost. But Populism Is Very Much Alive.
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4/17/2026 12:22 PM
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| Critics of populists need to do more than thrive off the missteps of their opponents. |
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NJ Transit Confirms It Will Charge $150 for Train Tickets During the World Cup
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4/17/2026 12:19 PM
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| Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend matches at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey this summer, but most will not be allowed to drive there. |
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Midwest Forecast to See Strong Storms on Friday
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4/17/2026 12:31 PM
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| The Midwest has faced day after day of weather warnings this week. |
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Kanye West’s Concert in Poland Is Canceled Amid Furor Over Antisemitic Comments
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4/17/2026 11:48 AM
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| The announcement came a day after a government official said, “In a country marked by the history of the Holocaust, we cannot pretend that this is just entertainment.” |
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Bob Hall, First Wheelchair Champion of the Boston Marathon, Dies at 74
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4/17/2026 12:00 PM
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| His accomplishment in 1975 inspired thousands of disabled athletes to participate in races around the world. |