California’s Snow Is Melting, and It’s a Beautiful Thing

After several brutal years of fighting drought, California finally got the water that it has so sorely needed.

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Danny Masterson Convicted on 2 Counts of Rape in Retrial

The jury was unable to reach a verdict on a third count that the former star of “That ’70s Show” faced in a closely watched case.

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NASA UFO Panels Says It’s Pushing U.S. To Collect Better Data

A task force has not found any evidence that unidentified anomalous phenomena represent signs of extraterrestrial visits.

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Can McCarthy Pass the Debt Limit Deal and Keep His Job?

The House speaker attempted to strike a careful balance: he could lose conservatives’ votes but could not afford to reach a deal that so infuriated the far right that they would move to oust him.

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Trump Asks Judge in Hush Money Case to Step Aside

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump said the judge, Juan M. Merchan, has ties to Democratic causes and candidates.

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San Francisco’s Ousted District Attorney Has a New Job

A conversation with Chesa Boudin, who was rejected by voters last year, as he steps into a new role this week at U.C. Berkeley.

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The Politics of Delusion Have Taken Hold

The irrational element of partisan hostility has seemingly created a political culture resistant to correction or reform.

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How to Lower Deaths Among Women? Give Away Cash.

Mortality rates fell by 20 percent among women in countries that began cash transfer programs to the poor. Children also benefited.

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DeSantis Sets Sights on Iowa, Hoping It Slingshots Him Past Trump

After his much-maligned Twitter rollout last week, Ron DeSantis is joining the campaign trail, making a play for evangelical voters in the first-in-the-nation nominating state.

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Iowa Building Collapse: 5 Still Missing

Two of the people were thought to still be inside the six-story apartment building in Davenport. More than a dozen people were escorted from the building on Sunday, and nine were rescued.

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Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Has Dementia

The announcement by the Carter Center came just over three months after it said that Jimmy Carter, 98, had entered hospice care at the couple’s home in Plains, Ga.

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