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Travelers Stranded After Power Outage Closes Heathrow Airport in London
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What to know if your Heathrow flight was canceled or diverted.
March 21, 2025, 7:54 a.m. ET2h ago
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A backup generatorâs failure raises questions about Heathrowâs contingency planning.
March 21, 2025, 7:09 a.m. ET3h ago
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âA million moving piecesâ: What happens when a hub like Heathrow closes.
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What We Know About the Closure of Heathrow Airport
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âWe Are Stuckâ: Heathrow Shutdown Creates Havoc for Travelers
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Pentagon Lashes Out After Report Musk Would Get Secret Briefing on China
The access would be a major expansion of Elon Muskâs government role and highlight his conflicts of interest. President Trump denied that China would be discussed.
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Judge to Consider Block on Use of Wartime Law to Deport Venezuelans
A hearing today could also include some discussion about the Justice Departmentâs repeated recalcitrance in responding to the judgeâs demands.
2 min read
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âIt Sounds Strange, Doesnât It?â Trump Muses About Gutting the Education Dept.
3 min read
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U.S. Says Decision to Turn Back French Scientist Had Nothing to Do With Trump
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Chinaâs Government Is Short of Money as Its Leaders Face Trump
Tax revenues have fallen, leaving the government with less money to help consumers or exporters as Beijing braces for President Trumpâs tariffs.
5 min read
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âWho Will Come to Invest?â Chinaâs Attacks on Panama Canal Deal Alarm Hong Kong
Beijingâs threat to stop a tycoonâs sale of his ports business has dealmakers wondering if they can still operate without political interference.
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In Germany, âOrphanedâ by U.S., Shock Gives Way to Action
No country in Europe is as much a product of enlightened postwar American diplomacy. Now adrift, it has begun to reckon with a new world.
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Russian Energy Sites Burn as Kyiv and Moscow Trade Accusations of Blame
Russia and Ukraine are preparing to discuss a potential cease-fire on power infrastructure, and each is seeking to portray the other side as untrustworthy.
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How âSeveranceâ Uses Old Tricks to Make Its Office Hell
Clocks, elevators and cubicles become dystopian signifiers in the television show, which invokes and inverts workplace cinema.
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Sudanâs Military Retakes Presidential Palace in Devastated Capital
Two years into a civil war, troops recaptured the palace in Khartoum, routing a paramilitary foe. Civilians have been trapped in the middle.
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Why the Shipping Industry Isnât Rushing Back to the Red Sea
Executives say they do not plan to return to the Red Sea until there is a broad Middle East peace accord that includes the Houthis or a defeat of the militia.
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Israel Tries to Pressure Hamas to Free More Hostages
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Were the John F. Kennedy Files a Bust? Not So Fast, Historians Say.
The document drop may have been a disappointment for those hoping for revelations about the assassination. But historians are finding newly revealed secrets.
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Clues From Inside an âExtermination Campâ Promise Despair and Hope
The discovery of an abandoned site outside a village in Mexico has sent families searching for their loved ones into a mix of turmoil and hope for answers.
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The âCrisis Momentâ Facing Womenâs College Basketball Officiating
Officials getting ripped by coaches and fans is nothing new. But with more eyes than ever on the sport, the issue is reaching a tipping point.
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Title IX Accusations Hang Over a Menâs Basketball Title Favorite
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How Bryan Johnson, Who Wants to Live Forever, Sought Control via Confidentiality Agreements
That control is starting to fray as Mr. Johnson, a longevity guru known for performing experiments on his body, faces a backlash over the agreements.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Puts Her Own Spin on Bernie Sandersâs Pitch
The two progressive leaders, one young and one old, are touring Western cities with a similar message but a key difference in how they sell it.
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âAunt Jenniferâs Tigers,â by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its craft â and its wildness.
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Trump Voters Love Him More Than Before. Four Conservative Columnists Pinpoint Why.
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Late Night: Trump Guts the Education Department
President Trump âfamously said he loves the poorly educated, and now he will have so many more people to love,â Jimmy Kimmel said.
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Workers Say They Were Pressured to Pay for N.Y.C. Election Jobs
A Republican Board of Elections employee was charged with taking kickbacks in exchange for jobs working the polls in the Bronx. Some say it did not end with her.
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One Doctorâs Quest for the Truth About Convicted Killer Lucy Letby
Dr. Shoo Leeâs research was used to help convict a British nurse of murdering babies, but he says it should never have been cited.
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Government Science Data May Soon Be Hidden. Theyâre Racing to Copy It.
Vast quantities of climate and environmental information have been removed from official websites in the past months. Scientists are trying keep it available.
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With a video recorder affixed to his board or clamped to his teeth, he took viewers along for the ride, often inside the curling âbarrelâ of a wave.
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Could You Live in an Acid Green Apartment?
The jewelry designer Bea Bongiascaâs Milan studio is a celebration of color and creativity.
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