A Heat Wave Hits New York Earlier Than Usual for a Second Year in a Row

Climate change is increasingly making weather extremes more common.

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4 Arrested After Pride Flags Are Slashed at Atlanta L.G.B.T.Q. Landmark

A group of six young men traveled to Atlanta before dawn and tore flags at a rainbow crosswalk, the police said. Two of them remain at large as the authorities consider hate crime charges.

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A Colorado County Shows Why Mike Lee’s Plan to Sell Public Land Failed

Senator Mike Lee hoped to sell millions of acres of federal land through President Trump’s policy bill, in part to ease housing costs. The opposition was bipartisan, in Congress and the West.

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House Conservatives Warn They Can’t Back Senate Bill to Enact Trump’s Agenda

Both President Trump and Senate Republican leaders are pressing for the House to accept their version of the sprawling domestic policy bill, but some right-wing holdouts are opposed to key pieces.

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How People Are Coping With the East Coast Heat Spike

A brutally hot day across the Eastern United States left residents struggling to find relief.

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JB Pritzker to Seek Third Term as Illinois Governor

Mr. Pritzker, a Democrat and billionaire hotel heir, has emerged as a vocal critic of President Trump and a possible presidential contender.

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Trump’s Cuts Could Leave the U.S. Exposed Amid a Heightened Threat From Iran

The president has slashed the federal bureaucracy and reoriented much of the national security apparatus to help with his immigration crackdown.

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Man in Jan. 6 Riot Ordered to Pay $500,000 to Family of Officer Who Later Killed Himself

A federal jury found that the man, David Walls-Kaufman, had assaulted Officer Jeffrey Smith, who later died by suicide.

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Man Charged With Helping California Fertility Clinic Bomber Dies in Custody

Daniel Park, 32, of Washington State, was found unresponsive Tuesday morning and was later pronounced dead at the hospital, the authorities said. No cause was given.

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Missing Bolts and Other Failures Caused Plane Panel to Blow Off, N.T.S.B. Says

A panel came off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 midair last year in an incident that was nearly disastrous but for the heroics of the crew, according to government investigators.

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