Why Street Vendors Are Upset About a Ballot Measure

Proposition 2, which gives the Sanitation Department more authority to conduct sweeps of vendors, will hit immigrant vendors hard, an advocacy group said.

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How Some Voters Moved From Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump

For some young men in particular, the populist pitches from Mr. Sanders and Mr. Trump aligned with their attitudes about the ruling class.

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The Brave New World of A.I.-Powered Self-Harm Alerts

New technology alerts schools when students type words related to suicide. But do the timely interventions balance out the false alarms?

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A Century-Old Law’s Aftershocks Are Still Felt at the Supreme Court

In 1925, Congress let the justices choose the cases they would decide. That change “continues to prompt political contention and crisis,” a scholar argues.

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Ukraine Weighs Telegram Security Risks Amid War With Russia

The messaging app’s popularity has soared during the war with Russia, leading Ukrainian officials to increasingly weigh Telegram’s upsides against its security risks.

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E.P.A. Bans Perc and T.C.E., Two Chemicals Used In Dry Cleaning

The two solvents, known as Perc and TCE, cause kidney cancer and other ailments, and have been the subject of years of controversy.

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Israel Claims Credit for al-Assad’s Ouster, but Sees Risk in His Absence

For Israel’s leaders, Bashar al-Assad’s downfall was made possible by their recent assaults on Hezbollah, Iran and Syria, all of which weakened the Iran-backed axis.

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For residents of the Golan Heights, events in Syria offer relief and uncertainty.

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Desperate Haitians Who Fled to the Dominican Republic Are Being Sent Back in Cages

Relations between the neighboring countries on the island of Hispaniola have long been frosty. They are now complicated by up to 10,000 deportations a week.

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Syria Live Updates: Rebels Who Toppled al-Assad Face Stark Challenges

The fighters who forced Bashar al-Assad into exile began the complex task of governing the Syrian capital. New York Times reporters entering the country saw relics of the deposed regime on the highway from Lebanon.

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