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• Garden Grove Chemical Tank Could Be Inching Toward Explosion, Authorities Say
  Firefighters still have few options to prevent a tank of toxic chemicals in Garden Grove, Calif., from leaking or exploding.
• A Lull in Fighting Gave Time to Bury Their Dead
  In the relative calm of the early days of a cease-fire, there were heart-rending scenes as people exhumed their loved ones from temporary...
• Iran and U.S. Officials Signal Progress as Cease-Fire Hangs in Balance
  As people across the Middle East braced for the possibility of renewed fighting, officials from both sides said there were signs that...
• Garden Grove Chemical Plant Crisis: What to Know and Evacuation Map
  Firefighters continue to cool a chemical storage tank with water to prevent it from breaching or exploding. Some 40,000 residents near...
• Husband of Prominent New York Gallerist Convicted in Murder-for-Hire Plot
  Brent Sikkema, who championed artists like Kara Walker, was found stabbed to death in his apartment in Brazil in 2024 amid divorce...
• Israeli Strikes Pummel Lebanon, Killing Medics Amid Fragile Truce
  Saturday’s strikes damaged a main hospital in the Lebanese city of Tyre, as funerals for paramedics killed a day earlier were held.
• The Moms Delivered for Trump. Now He’s Scamming Them.
  The moms are not happy.
• Trump’s Pursuit of a Partnership With China Raises Concerns in India
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio has a “gargantuan task” during his visit to Delhi: defuse tensions over President Trump’s anti-India...
• U.S. Ebola Travel Ban Faces Criticism From Congo Health Officials
  Kinshasa residents continue to pack markets, bars and public transportation, despite growing international concern about the spread of...
• Now Is Not the Time to Play Political Make-Believe
  Voters want to dictate which offices their preferred politicians hold, what positions they take, and even where and how they live. It is...
• White House Tells Congo’s Soccer Team to Isolate, Citing Ebola Outbreak
  The team, now in Belgium, must isolate there for 21 days or risk being denied permission to come to Houston for the World Cup, an...
• Track Changes
  It’s a holiday weekend, three days to ease from one seasonal mind-set into the next, even if it feels too soon.
• Nicolas Cage Made Himself a Legend. Then He Had to Live With It.
  The iconic actor on becoming a meme, a myth and larger than life.
• Trump, Defiant After Bad Week, Pushes Ahead on Politically Unpopular Ideas
  President Trump continues to act like he’s politically all-powerful, even in the face of indications that he is not.
• ‘A Total Nightmare’: Voices From a Moscow Hit by Ukrainian Drones
  Residents who experienced attacks in recent days were shaken deeply by the conflict coming home to the capital region, the seat of the...