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How a Bird’s Habitat Can Change Its Song
For the Bachman’s sparrow, whether a song is passed to the next generation could depend, in part, on the wind and trees.
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A truck crash released 20 million bees. Local beekeepers rushed to save them.
Texas officials told people to stay indoors, but volunteers raced to the scene with their beekeeping gear, risking stings to save as many bees as they could.
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Advertisers Are Good at Getting Human Attention. Can They Stand Out to A.I.?
At Cannes Lions, marketers grappled with how to influence A.I. chatbots.
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Renewed Strikes Threaten Setback to Shipping Recovery in Persian Gulf
The attacks came after traffic through the Strait of Hormuz had reached the highest levels since the start of the U.S. war in Iran.
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Colette Shulman, Soviet Analyst With On-the-Ground Insights, Dies at 94
She arrived in Moscow in 1955, two years after Stalin’s death, and spent several years as a journalist covering major events and ordinary Soviet lives.
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Watergate Today as a Blip of a Story? Vance Might Not Be Entirely Wrong.
Nixon’s offenses were not a deep-state invention. But in the age of Donald Trump, and in a fractured media environment, voters have become more inured to political scandal.
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Colorado Supreme Court Delay Threatens Democratic Redistricting Effort
Both parties are awaiting a decision on the validity of ballot proposals to redraw Colorado’s maps ahead of 2028. Democrats say each day without a ruling puts the proposals at risk.
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Jeffries Faces Steep Test as Far Left Builds Strength in Congress
The victories of Darializa Avila Chevalier and other anti-establishment candidates are changing the face of House Democrats, posing a challenge for their leader.
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What to Watch in Louisiana’s Republican Senate Runoff
Saturday’s election will be the latest test of President Trump’s influence in G.O.P. contests.
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Chaos Came to CBS News. What’s in Store for CNN?
The tech scion David Ellison is close to completing a merger that would put the legacy broadcaster and the 24-hour cable news network under the same roof.