Venezuelan Doctor Ezequiel Veliz in Texas Is Released From Detention

Dr. Ezequiel Veliz, a family physician who worked in an area that has a doctor shortage, was detained for 10 days. Another Venezuelan doctor remains locked up.

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Court Rejects Trump Administration Climate Lawsuit Against Hawaii

In a setback for federal efforts to thwart climate litigation, the judge ruled that the suit, which tried to block the state from suing oil companies, was too speculative.

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Former N.B.A. Player Is Expected to Plead Guilty in Gambling Scandal

Damon Jones, who spent more than a decade in the N.B.A., was accused of providing inside information about injured players to professional gamblers.

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A Baker, Cardamom Buns and Allegations of a $3.8 Million Scam

A baker at the Church of Sweden’s popular cafe in Midtown Manhattan was accused of swindling nearly $4 million from the church’s donations and bequests.

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Paris Man Wins $1.2 Million Picasso Painting in Charity Raffle

A Parisian software salesman entered a charity raffle and came away with a piece of history: “I have some paintings, but not like a Picasso.”

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3 Years After a Landmark Law, Some Pregnant Workers Still Don’t Get Basic Accommodations

Companies have denied requests from women asking to sit during work or take extra breaks, leading some of them to develop health complications or take unpaid leave.

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Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll

The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”

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World War II Veterans Say NATO Is Imperfect but Necessary

As President Trump renews threats to pull the United States from NATO, veterans reflect on the alliance that has existed more than 75 years.

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California Democrats Rushed to Back Eric Swalwell — and Quickly Abandoned Him

Representative Eric Swalwell, a Washington figure, was largely unknown in the California State Capitol. But influential groups began backing him for governor in the weeks before he was publicly accused of sexual assault.

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Trump Fires Board That Oversees Presidio in San Francisco

All six board members that oversee the national historic landmark were terminated, part of the administration’s efforts to reshape the federal bureaucracy.

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Sabrina Carpenter Apologizes for Mocking Arabic Call at Coachella

“I don’t like it,” the pop singer had said from the festival stage, after mistaking a celebratory Middle Eastern cry as a form of yodeling.

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