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Top-Gun Navy Pilots Fly at the Extremes. Their Brains May Suffer.

Top-Gun Navy Pilots Fly at the Extremes. Their Brains May Suffer.

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A confidential Navy program is studying whether intense fighter jet operations can cause devastating brain injuries in flight crews.


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California Man Is Charged With Drugging and Sexually Assaulting 9 Women

California Man Is Charged With Drugging and Sexually Assaulting 9 Women

Adeel Hassan
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The man, Michael DiGiorgio, is also charged with murdering one of the women, who died after being drugged, prosecutors said.


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Fire in Oakland Hills Prompts Evacuations as High Winds Threaten Spread

Fire in Oakland Hills Prompts Evacuations as High Winds Threaten Spread

Orlando Mayorquín
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Firefighters in Northern California were responding to a blaze that burned at least four buildings and 13 acres.


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These Americans Say They’ll Move Abroad if Their Candidate Loses

These Americans Say They’ll Move Abroad if Their Candidate Loses

Ronda Kaysen
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We spoke with Americans who are packing up and moving out.


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What We Know About the Execution Pending in the Shaken Baby Case

What We Know About the Execution Pending in the Shaken Baby Case

J. David Goodman
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With his execution on hold, Robert Roberson is set to testify at a Texas House hearing about his conviction, which was based in part on a questionable diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.


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Charges Are Dropped Against Deaf Black Man Who Was Punched by Phoenix Police

Charges Are Dropped Against Deaf Black Man Who Was Punched by Phoenix Police

Jesus Jiménez
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The man, Tyron Scott McAlpin, who also has cerebral palsy, was repeatedly punched and shocked with a Taser by the police during an arrest in August. The arrest is under investigation.


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In Michigan, Harris Makes Blue-Collar Pitch and Needles Trump as ‘Exhausted’

In Michigan, Harris Makes Blue-Collar Pitch and Needles Trump as ‘Exhausted’

Nicholas Nehamas, Michael Gold and Katie Glueck
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As the candidates campaigned in the battleground on the same day, Kamala Harris promised to “work with unions to create good-paying jobs.” Donald Trump was set for several stops around Detroit.


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Brown’s Ohio Ad Seizes on Moreno’s Unwise Remark About Abortion Rights

Brown’s Ohio Ad Seizes on Moreno’s Unwise Remark About Abortion Rights

Jazmine Ulloa
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Bernie Moreno, his Republican rival, said women older than 50 are “crazy” for caring about abortion rights. A series of Ohio women who fit that description have much to say in response.


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Why Harris Remains Unlikely to Break From Biden on Israel and Gaza

Why Harris Remains Unlikely to Break From Biden on Israel and Gaza

Katie Rogers and Erica L. Green
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Her advisers say the empathy she has expressed for Palestinians as vice president should not be confused with any willingness to break from U.S. foreign policy toward Israel as a presidential candidate.


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A Candidate for U.S. Senate Says He Was Shot in War. Was He?

A Candidate for U.S. Senate Says He Was Shot in War. Was He?

Mike Baker and Kellen Browning
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Tim Sheehy, a Republican running for U.S. Senate in Montana, says he has a bullet in his arm from Afghanistan. But new questions have been raised about his account.


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In Western North Carolina, Voters Consider Recovery From Helene

In Western North Carolina, Voters Consider Recovery From Helene

Eduardo Medina
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On the first day of early voting, residents of western North Carolina weighed which candidates would most help their yearslong recovery.


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In Swing Districts, Republicans Lean Into Anti-Crime Message to Court the Center

In Swing Districts, Republicans Lean Into Anti-Crime Message to Court the Center

Maya C. Miller
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Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican in a tough re-election race in Oregon, is using a law-and-order pitch to appeal to a broad swath of voters and blunt concerns about the G.O.P. agenda.


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Trump’s Claims That Blame Migrants: False or Misleading

Trump’s Claims That Blame Migrants: False or Misleading

Linda Qiu, Chevaz Clarke and James Surdam
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The Trump campaign has consistently pointed to unauthorized immigration as the cause of a series of problems it says plagues the country. That is rarely actually the case.


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Judge Releases Redacted Trove of Evidence in Trump Election Case

Judge Releases Redacted Trove of Evidence in Trump Election Case

Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage
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The former president’s legal team had objected to any release of material, saying it would amount to election interference.


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JD Vance and the Fight for Pennsylvania’s Catholic Voters

JD Vance and the Fight for Pennsylvania’s Catholic Voters

Elizabeth Dias
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Politics

The Republican vice-presidential nominee is the only Catholic on either national ticket. His politics resonate with many white conservative Catholics.


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