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Columbia Protesters Erect Barricades After Taking Over Campus Building

The move came after students who had refused to leave a pro-Palestinian encampment were suspended. Columbia closed the campus to students who do not live there.

 

Pro-Palestinian protesters at a university in Northern California have forced a campus closure until May 10.

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Protesters occupy a Columbia building, Donald Trump complains about his lawyer and more.

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Europe’s Economic Laggards Have Become Its Leaders

More than a decade after painful austerity, Greece, Portugal and Spain are growing faster than traditional powerhouses like Germany.

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Sunlight illuminates an 18th-century former mosque behind a plaza bustling with people.

High interest rates in the U.S. are not crushing growth. A look at wealthier Americans helps explain why.

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Trump Prosecutors Poised to Lay Out Details of Hush-Money Deal

A banker involved in a payment to a porn star is expected back on the stand. The judge could also rule on holding Donald Trump in contempt of court.

 

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Trump, Venting About Lawyer in His Criminal Trial, Seeks More Aggression

Todd Blanche upended his career to represent Donald Trump and has been his favorite lawyer. But Mr. Trump has made him a focus of his episodic wrath.

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Inside a Navy Submarine Navigating the Arctic

A Times photojournalist embarked on a nuclear-powered attack sub to see how the Pentagon was training for a potential war below the frozen sea.

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Hydrogen Offers Germany a Chance to Take a Lead in Green Energy

A subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp, the venerable German steel producer, is landing major deals for a device that makes the clean-burning gas from water.

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U.N. Court Rejects Request to Halt German Arms Sales to Israel

The request, brought by Nicaragua, had potentially wide implications on whether countries supplying arms are liable for how they are used.

 

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Child Killed in Sword Attack in London, Police Say

A 13-year-old boy was killed and several people were hospitalized in a stabbing spree in northeast London, the police said. A 36-year-old man was arrested.

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How Rachel Khong Conjures Worlds, in Her Books and Beyond

She wrote her much-anticipated second novel, “Real Americans,” while also creating the Ruby, a co-working collective for writers and other artists.

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“Real Americans” follows three generations as they all fight for self-determination in their own way.

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Even as He Faces Prison Time, Binance’s Founder Plans a Comeback

Since pleading guilty to violating money-laundering rules, Changpeng Zhao, who ran the crypto giant, has networked across the U.S. to set up his next act.

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‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and ‘Stereophonic’ Tie for Most Tony Nominations

The Alicia Keys semi-autobiographical musical and David Adjmi’s behind-the-music play each picked up 13 nods.

 

Broadway opened 12 shows in nine days. Here’s what that looked like.

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What’s So Funny About a Dead Comedian?

Kenny DeForest was beloved among his fellow stand-ups. After his sudden death, they grieved — and asked an eternal question of comedy: Too soon?

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Ari Berman

How Michigan Ended Minority Rule

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These 12 Lawmakers Agree: It’s Time to Leave Congress

Elizabeth Spiers

That Strange Piece of Metal Origami Embodies All Elon Musk’s Flaws

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Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie

The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators

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Roger Rosenblatt

My Late-in-Life Friendship With Helen Vendler

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Patrick Healy

Patrick Healy

The Three Shows I’m Pulling for in the Tony Awards

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Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez in “Merrily We Roll Along.”
Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

Trump Is Flirting With Quack Economics

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Is Green Growth Possible?

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A Q&A About Latino Republicans

Here’s why more Latino voters find Donald Trump appealing.

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American lawmakers have tried for years to ban TikTok. What would such a move mean?

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