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Israel Strikes Another School Building as It Pushes On in Central Gaza

The attack, part of an offensive that Israel said killed dozens of militants, came a day after a similar strike that Gazan officials said killed dozens of civilians.

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People walk past, and peer up at, a building whose walls have been blown out, and where rubble lies everywhere on the floor. — Eyad Baba/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

This is what we know about Thursday’s strike on a school sheltering civilians that Israel said was used by Hamas.

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George Clooney complained to the White House about President Biden’s criticism of the International Criminal Court.

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U.S. Tightens Car Mileage Rules, Part of Strategy to Fight Climate Change

The shift, which could reshape the American auto market, is designed to encourage sales of electric vehicles and hybrids.

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A steady stream of cars and trucks navigate a tangle of elevated highways. — Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

Justice Thomas Acknowledges 2019 Trips Paid For by Texas Billionaire

Justice Clarence Thomas amended an earlier financial disclosure to include vacations to Bali and a California club paid for by the billionaire Harlan Crow.

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Justice Clarence Thomas sitting in an armchair and speaking. He is wearing a dark suit and a blue shirt with no tie. — Allison V. Smith for The New York Times

Senate Democrats are facing pressure from the left to open an inquiry into the Supreme Court.

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Bill Anders, Who Snapped ‘Earthrise’ While Orbiting the Moon, Dies at 90

He died when his small plane dove into the water north of Seattle. His 1968 photo of Earth, taken aboard Apollo 8, helped inspire the environmental movement.

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In William A. Anders 1968 photo, shot from space, the gray cratered surface of the moon appears in the foreground as the blue marble of the Earth, half hidden in the darkness of space that surrounds it, rises in the distance. — William A. Anders/NASA

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“Earthrise,” a photograph of Earth seen around the world, helped humans rediscover their planet.

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Hunter Biden Is on Trial, but All Eyes Are on the Biden Women

The women called to testify have at different times tried to support a man whose history of addiction continues to affect them.

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Hunter Biden’s daughter testified on her father’s behalf in his trial on gun charges.

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President Macron Hosts President Biden, Honoring a Not Always Easy Bond

The friendship between France and the U.S. endures. But tensions have mounted over the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and how Europe can leave America’s shadow.

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Brigitte Macron, Emmanuel Macron, President Biden and Jill Biden walk side by side on a blue carpet outside, trees and blue sky behind them. — Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Jordan Bardella, the New Face of France’s Right

A disciple of Marine Le Pen, the young National Rally leader seems poised to take his party to its best showing ever in European elections on Sunday.

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Washington Post Shake-Up Brings Fresh Eyes to an Old Scandal

The newspaper’s new publisher argued against coverage of British phone hacking. Instead, he has invited renewed scrutiny.

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An exterior view of the Washington Post building in Washington. — Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Washington Post Leaders Look to Quell Anxiety After a Tumultuous Week

Will Lewis, the chief executive, pledged to employees to “improve how well I listen,” while Matt Murray, the new editor, tried to reassure staff members.

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Alex Jones Seeks to Liquidate Assets to Pay Damages to Sandy Hook Families

But money to the families would fall far short of the more than $1.4 billion they were awarded for Mr. Jones’s lies about the 2012 school massacre.

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Alex Jones wearing a dark blue jacket and a light blue button-up shirt. — Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

Are These Really ‘the World’s 50 Best Restaurants’?

Our critic writes that this year’s selections are endurance tests, monuments to ego and — the most frightening words in dining — “immersive experiences.”

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Chefs in black chef coats work on wooden plant containers with greenery sticking out from the tops. — ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images

‘The Bachelor,’ but Make It Belgian Politics

A reality show called “The Conclave” put Belgium’s political rivals together in a medieval château for a weekend. Can they put aside their differences?

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Seven stone-faced politicians sit around a coffee table in an ornate room. — Bargoens/VTM

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‘The Time Has Come to Say Goodbye’: Pat Sajak Bids Farewell to ‘Wheel of Fortune’

The host thanked the show’s viewers and had special words for his co-star, Vanna White, before he signed off for the final time.

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A woman in an orange dress and a man in a brown suit smile on a game show stage. Behind them is a colorful sign that reads "Wheel of Fortune." — Sony Pictures Television

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Republicans Have a New Way of Looking at Crime

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The Pathologies of the Educated Class

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Hunter Biden’s Revolver Case Exposes Republican Hypocrisy

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Donald Trump’s Mob Rule

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The Editorial Board

New York Should Lead the Way on Congestion Pricing, Not Delay It

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The Slow Death of a Fabled Media Empire

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Jon Grinspan

The 19th-Century Club You’ve Never Heard of That Changed the World

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Peter Coy

Are American Workers’ Wages Really Lagging Behind Productivity?

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Paul Krugman

Why You Shouldn’t Obsess About the National Debt

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A Beloved Artist Supplants a Corporation on a Concert Hall Marquee

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New York’s Congestion Pricing System Could Have Been Saved

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The ‘Empty Suit’ of Trump’s Masculinity

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The Economic Theory That Explains Why Americans Are So Mad

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Kathy Hochul Just Upended a Lot More Than Congestion Pricing

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

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A Club Soccer Fight Intrudes on Euro 2024

The European Championship starts in a week. Our columnist asks, why then are the headlines about Manchester City?

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An Orange County judge halted the labor action by academic workers after the university system said the walkout was causing students “irreparable harm.”

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Jeannette Charles, Who Doubled for the Queen, Is Dead at 96

She bore a startling resemblance to Elizabeth II. In “The Naked Gun” and other movies, and in comedy sketches on TV, she wore the crown lightly.

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Jeannette Charles, a white-haired woman wearing glasses who strongly resembles Queen Elizabeth II, sits outdoors in a chair reading a book whose back cover, which contains a picture of her as the queen, faces the camera. She wears a blue dress with white dots. — Roger Crump/The Sun

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