No Phones, Just Good Vibes on These Dance Floors

After club floors became stilted in the TikTok era, nightlife spaces in New York started to ban phones. “I’d rather live in the moment and feel the joy,” one reveler said.

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Japan’s Leader Gets Off to Rocky Start With China

Facing reprisals from Beijing for a remark over Taiwan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi must walk a fine line to prevent escalating the dispute without looking weak at home.

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Sanna Marin Led Finland Through Covid and Russian Threats. But She’s Famous for a Shimmy.

Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after leaving office, she’s trying to turn a scandal over a leaked dancing video into a battle cry.

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Adrien Nunez, the Brooklyn Basketball Star Who Became a Country Music Heartthrob

As a boy in Brooklyn, Adrien Nunez dreamed of playing in the N.B.A. He got close, but it turns out he had a gift for singing at the top of his lungs in his car.

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NJ Transit Cancels Service to and From Midtown Until Friday Morning

Passengers on the Midtown Direct lines were being dropped off at the Hoboken station because of a repair to a rail switch nearby.

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Justice Dept. Sues California Over College Benefits for Undocumented Students

The lawsuit is the third filed by the Justice Department against the state in a week.

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Representative Eric Swalwell Will Run for California Governor

Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, is likely to emphasize his history of fighting President Trump, an approach that many Democratic voters say they want their elected officials to take.

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Australia Adds Twitch to Social Media Ban for Teens

Twitch, a livestreaming service popular with gamers, joins nine other platforms that will be required to remove Australian users under the age of 16.

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After Syria’s 14-Year Civil War, a Search for Victims Leads to Mass Graves

More than 100,000 people disappeared during the 13-year civil war. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government faces the challenging task of exhuming remains from scores of burial sites.

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Survivors Describe Deadly Snowstorm in Chilean Patagonia

Five tourists, from Mexico, Britain and Germany, died Monday on a popular hiking trail in the Torres del Paine National Park.

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