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‘This Is Going to Be Painful’: How a Bold A.I. Device Flopped

Humane’s Ai Pin was supposed to free people from smartphones, but sales have been slow. Now Humane is talking to HP and others about a potential sale.

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The Ai Pin on a display stand. — Kelsey McClellan for The New York Times

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Israeli Strike Kills Dozens at School Complex Where Civilians Sought Shelter

Israel said it had targeted Hamas operatives at a U.N. school-turned-shelter. Palestinian officials said the dead included women, children and older people.

The aftermath of an Israeli strike that killed dozens at a school complex in central Gaza where thousands of Palestinians were sheltering.
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Israel’s military said the strike, in Nuseirat, targeted Hamas operatives. Gazan authorities said 14 children and 9 women were among the dead.
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The bodies of at least 40 people were taken to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in the nearby city of Deir al Balah.
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The hospital was inundated with the dead and wounded.
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A U.N. official said that 6,000 Palestinians had been sheltering at the school complex.
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At play among downed power lines in Al Maghazi, in central Gaza, where Israel is combating what it says is a renewed Hamas insurgency.
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Israeli soldiers cleaning the gun barrel on a tank near the border with Gaza, on Wednesday.
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Gazans mourned loved ones who were killed in the strike on the school complex.

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Progressives Urge Biden to Push Harder on ‘Greedflation’

The moniker about corporate price increases has bolstered Democrats in the Senate. Some believe President Biden should lean in on the issue.

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President Biden stands holding a microphone in a small business in Philadelphia. Biden-Harris signs are on the wall behind him, and in front of the wall, a small group of people sits and listens. — Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

Trump’s Conviction Made These Voters Rethink Their Choice for President

Conversations with nearly 2,000 voters showed a small number had changed their minds about Donald Trump. Here’s what they said about why.

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Senator Tim Scott made a new push to woo Black and Hispanic voters.

Judge Orders Steve Bannon to Surrender for Prison Term by July 1

The Trump ally was convicted two years ago of contempt of Congress for not complying with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 panel. He faces a four-month sentence.

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A Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lies

Cindy Elgan has overseen elections in rural Nevada without incident for 20 years, but now even her neighbors wonder if she’s part of “the deep state cabal.”

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A woman with blonde hair and glasses sitting at a desk in an office. — Erin Schaff/The New York Times

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Crucial Witness in Hunter Biden Trial Gives Intimate Portrait of Drug Use

Hallie Biden, Mr. Biden’s ex-girlfriend and his brother’s widow, said he bought and smoked crack cocaine in the 48 hours after he bought a gun in 2018.

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Hallie Biden, wearing black sunglasses and a black blazer, walking. There are flowers in the foreground and background. — Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

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At 45, He Vies With Women Half His Age, Seeking an Olympic First

If Bill May makes the U.S. Olympic team, he will become the first man ever to compete in artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming.

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Biden Links Fight for Ukraine With Allied Effort on D-Day

In Normandy, President Biden argued that similar principles were at stake in both wars: the defense of freedom and a rules-based international order.

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A World War II veteran, Robert Persichitti, died at 102 while traveling to a D-Day event in France.

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D-Day at 80

Veterans of the pivotal battle of World War II are disappearing. Europe, facing new conflict, recalls what they fought for.

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Washington Post C.E.O. Promised Interview for Ignoring Scandal, NPR Says

David Folkenflik of NPR wrote that the offer, in exchange for agreeing to stop his coverage of a phone hacking scandal, was made “repeatedly — and heatedly.”

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Will Lewis, chief executive of The Washington Post. — Carlotta Cardana/Bloomberg

A Condemned Killer Thought, ‘This Is My Day to Die.’ Then It Wasn’t.

At 73, Thomas Creech is one of the few people to have survived a botched execution. Now he waits to see if Idaho will try again.

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A vehicle drives through the exit of the Idaho State Correctional Complex. — Kyle Green/Associated Press

Francis Ford Coppola: ‘You Can’t Be an Artist and Be Safe’

The filmmaker talks about the inspirations for the characters in “Megalopolis” and “The Godfather,” and responds to recent allegations.

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On a red-carpeted stage, Coppola is at a microphone presenting an award as George Lucas looks at him. Both are in tuxedos. Behind them is a huge blowup of an archival black-and-white image of Lucas and Coppola at a table together. — Sebastien Nogier/EPA, via Shutterstock

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Penn Bans Protest Encampments From Its Campus

The new rules at the University of Pennsylvania come on the heels of a nationwide wave of student activism against Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

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Several people walk by a barricaded area with tents and signs. — Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

The retiring chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley, has a message for protesters: Tone it down.

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Is this the end for mandatory D.E.I. statements at universities?

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Opinion

Mitch McConnell: We Cannot Repeat the Mistakes of the 1930s

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Frank Bruni

The Absolute Worst Argument for Why Trump Won’t Win

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An illustration featuring three donkeys wearing rose-tinted aviators against a green background. — Ben Wiseman

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Prison Time Is the Real Factor in the Trump Verdict’s Impact on 2024

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Maia Szalavitz

Why Miami’s Approach to Addiction Is Working

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Lee Wasserman

Vermont Takes On Big Oil. Will Other States Follow?

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Tom Wright and Kate Slevin

Kathy Hochul Just Upended a Lot More Than Congestion Pricing

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A colorful time-lapse photo shows taxis and other vehicles snarled in traffic as people crowd the sidewalks. — Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Mara Gay

Hochul’s Payroll Tax Is No Substitute for Congestion Pricing

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Caroline de Gruyter

It May Be Scary, but Europe Is Coming to Life

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Paul Krugman

Is the Fed Behind the Curve?

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Letters From Our Readers

Donald Trump, Crime and Punishment

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Charles M. Blow

The Beauty of Embracing Aging

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Ruth Whippman

Boys Get Everything, Except the Thing That’s Most Worth Having

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Bret Stephens

The Four Great Challenges Europe Is Facing This D-Day

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Lydia Polgreen

The World’s Largest Democracy Takes a Step in the Right Direction

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Frank Bruni, Josh Barro and Olivia Nuzzi

Donald Trump, Blocking Out the Sun

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Jamelle Bouie

The Truth of Trump Is Very Far From the Myth

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Narendra Modi’s India

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