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A Ragtag Network of Activists Is Piercing Iran’s Digital Barricades

Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout, smuggling in Starlink systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.

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Israel and Arab Nations Ask President Trump to Refrain From Attacking Iran

Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel asked the president to postpone any planned attack. Israeli and Arab officials fear Iran could retaliate by striking their countries.

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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Gives Trump Her Peace Prize

The opposition leader María Corina Machado gave the prize to President Trump at the White House. The Nobel Committee has said that the honor is not transferable.

Venezuela’s Interim Leader Balances Maduro’s Script With Trump’s Demands

In her State of the Union address, Delcy Rodríguez echoed her predecessors’ fiery rhetoric but tried to hew to President Trump’s agenda.

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Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

Reports from the police and fire departments show that Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE agent, had two gunshot wounds to her chest and one to her forearm.

 

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The Supreme Court Might Have Pointed Trump Toward the Insurrection Act

By refusing to let President Trump deploy National Guard troops in Illinois under an obscure law, the justices may have made him more apt to invoke greater powers.

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Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip

Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling further behind their global peers.

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The Best Sports for Longevity

All forms of exercise help you live longer, but some activities come with extra benefits.

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Taiwan Reaches Trade Deal With Trump and Pledges More U.S. Chip Factories

The United States agreed to lower tariffs on Taiwanese goods from 20 to 15 percent, while Taiwan says it will invest in more chip manufacturing in the U.S.

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What Did the White House and Denmark Agree to on Greenland? Depends Whom You Ask.

The two sides contradicted each other in public about what they had agreed to this week as President Trump continued to demand U.S. ownership of Greenland.

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The Hard Truth of Weight-Loss Drugs: You Probably Need Them Forever

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Most Americans don’t want to stay on weight-loss drugs long-term, and stop taking them within a year. But research has repeatedly shown that quitting means gaining back the weight.

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Medical authorities like Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for one, have suggested that the drugs are a temporary bridge, not a long-term tool.

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But weight-loss drugs really are forever drugs. Stop taking them, and you’ll almost always gain back the weight you lost.

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This month, a study showed that the average person who used weight-loss drugs returned to their starting weight around a year and a half after stopping them.

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Doctors are caught in a de facto experiment, trying to modulate between patients’ desires to go off the drugs and the reality that they will probably gain weight when they do.

As Megadeth Counts Down to Extinction, Dave Mustaine Opens UpThe heavy metal pioneer is going out his way, with a final album and tour.

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