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U.S. Inflation Cools Ahead of Fed Meeting

Prices rose 3.3 percent in the year through May, a slowdown in inflation that Federal Reserve officials will consider as they meet to set interest rates.

Buyers Snap Up Aging and Empty Office Buildings for Deep Discounts

Bargain hunters are getting discounts of up to 70 percent, a sign of the pain in the real estate market.

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This is how interest rates affect savers and borrowers.

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Here’s what to watch as the Federal Reserve meets.

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U.S. Expands Sanctions on Russia as G7 Leaders Gather

The Biden administration is taking new measures to stop China from helping Russia sustain the war. U.S. officials hope European nations will follow.

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Ukraine said it shot down most of a barrage of Russian missiles and drones.

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Why Senate Democrats Are Outperforming President Biden in Key States

Democrats have leads in battleground states, but strategists aligned with both parties caution that the fight for Senate control is just starting.

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Senator Tammy Baldwin, wearing a denim shirt, stands in front of a building on a dairy farm in rural Wisconsin. — Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Representative Nancy Mace won her South Carolina primary, dealing a blow to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s revenge tour.

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The House will vote on whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt.

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A Senate matchup is set in the battleground state of Nevada.

Jerry West, One of Basketball’s Greatest Players, Dies at 86

He was a sharpshooting, high-scoring Hall of Fame guard for the Lakers and later an executive with the team. His silhouette became the N.B.A.’s logo.

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Jerry West playing for the Los Angeles Lakers in a game against the New York Knicks in 1972. He was being guarded by the Knicks guard Walt Frazier. — The New York Times

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BREAKING

Southern Baptists Reject Tighter Ban on Women in Pastoral Posts

The church will not add language to its constitution saying “only men” could be affirmed “as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.”

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Convention delegates, seen from the rear, holding voting cards in the air. — Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times

ANALYSIS

Convictions of Hunter Biden and Donald Trump Put the Justice System on Trial

Despite the partisan uproar, two juries appeared to seriously weigh the evidence and deliver verdicts. The system seemed to work as it was supposed to.

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Hunter Biden, wearing a dark suit and tie with an American flag pin, walking into court. Out of focus behind him is a police car. — Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Content on Hunter Biden’s laptop, revealed by The New York Post, came back to haunt him.

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The Great Read

The Rage, Secrecy and Pain of a Family Torn Apart by Addiction

A Delaware family sees itself in the Hunter Biden story.

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Kim Jones sits in her living room covered in shadows. She wears a yellow t-shirt and jeans.

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The Miniature Secrets of Championship Rings

Adding more diamonds isn’t enough. One jeweler is wowing sports teams with reversible faces and detachable compartments.

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A man in a suit displays eight gaudy rings as he raises his hands toward his face. — Rosie Marks for The New York Times

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Blinken Calls Some Hamas Changes to Cease-Fire Proposal ‘Unacceptable’

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. would keep pushing Israel and Hamas “on an urgent basis” to reach a deal.

A Palestinian Professor Spoke Out Against the War. Israel Detained Her.

The investigation has prompted a debate inside Israel about the repression of free speech and academic freedoms since the war began.

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A woman dressed in a denim shirt stands in a defendant’s box flanked by a man and a woman in uniform. — Mahmoud Illean/Associated Press

Hezbollah launched more than a hundred rockets into Israel after a militia commander was killed in an Israeli strike.

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3 Days in Space Were Enough to Change 4 Astronauts’ Bodies and Minds

An examination found that they experienced modest declines in cognitive tests, stressed immune systems and genetic changes within their cells.

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Astronauts inside a space capsule in microgravity. One of them at right holds a device up to her eye with her left hand while she taps at a smartphone with her right — SpaceX

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European Union Hits E.V.s From China With Extra Tariffs of Up to 38%

Leaders in Brussels, Washington and beyond are trying to curb China’s electric vehicle ambitions amid trade tensions and fears of a flood of Chinese cars.

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Cars on a busy road in an urban city. — Felix Schmitt for The New York Times

Here’s what to know about Europe’s extra tariffs on Chinese electric cars.

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Dessa holding her neck with her eyes closed. All of the photographs in this article are in black-and-white. — Thea Traff for The New York Times

Who Am I Without My Voice?

I was a singer heading out on tour. Losing my voice was terrifying — but it ended up teaching me everything about myself.

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Opinion

Bret Stephens

The Most Courageous Thing That Joe Biden Can Do

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Jessica Grose

Young Women Are Fleeing Organized Religion. This Was Predictable.

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An illustration of several women walking away from the silhouettes of several church steeples. — Eleanor Davis

Thomas B. Edsall

Trump Would Be Long Gone if Only We Could …

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Mairav Zonszein

Israel’s North Is Burning

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Paul Krugman

American Optimism Comes for the Economy

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David Quammen

Our Desire for Inexpensive Food Is Putting Us in Danger

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A tiny plastic cow. — Steffanie A. Padilla

David Wallace-Wells

If Not in New York, Then Where?

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Emily Holzknecht

You Decided to Become a Mother. What Happened Next?

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The OpinionsAudio

I’m a Conservative. We Need to Make the Environment Nonpartisan.

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Letters From Our Readers

Hunter Biden’s Conviction, and a Family’s Pain

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Anna Marks

Happy Pride Month, Martha-Ann Alito!

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Patti Davis

One Thing Everyone Is Missing About Hunter Biden’s Case

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Michelle Goldberg

The Gay-Bashing Email Splitting Colorado’s Republican Party

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Lina Lyte Plioplyte

You’re Not Talking About Periods Enough. We’ll Start.

J. Bradford DeLong

To Understand Elon Musk’s Descent, Look at His $46 Billion Pay Package

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Jamelle Bouie

There’s a Reason Trump Has Friends in High Places

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The MorningNewsletter

The Force Shaping Western Politics

We explain why immigration is affecting European and U.S. politics, and what may happen next.

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Student Loan Bills Are Dropping Next Month for Many, but There’s a Hiccup

The Education Department has not finished recalculating payments for millions of borrowers, forcing loan servicers to put many loans into forbearance.

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Ancient Genomes Reveal Which Children the Maya Selected for Sacrifice

Thousand-year-old DNA from Chichén Itzá offers eye-opening details of the religious rituals of ancient Maya.

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White House Announces Strategy to Keep Edible Food Out of Landfills

The government will look at ways to extend the shelf life of foods and to create more composting, as well as urge companies to donate more food.

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