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As India Joins China in Distancing From Russia, Putin Warns of Escalation
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At Mass Grave Site in Ukraine's Northeast, a Sign of Occupation's Toll

At Mass Grave Site in Ukraine's Northeast, a Sign of Occupation's Toll

By Andrew E. Kramer and Marc Santora

Russian troops held the city of Izium, in northeastern Ukraine, for six months. One burial site found this week could hold the remains of more than 400 people, investigators said.

As India Joins China in Distancing From Russia, Putin Warns of Escalation

As India Joins China in Distancing From Russia, Putin Warns of Escalation

By Anton Troianovski, Mujib Mashal and Julian E. Barnes

After India's prime minister said that now is not the time for war, an increasingly isolated Mr. Putin threatened "more serious" actions in Ukraine while insisting he was ready for talks.

U.S. Asks Appeals Court to Restore Access to Sensitive Records Seized From Trump

U.S. Asks Appeals Court to Restore Access to Sensitive Records Seized From Trump

By Glenn Thrush, Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage

The government, while calling a lower court's decision "unprecedented," did not seek to stop the installation of an outside arbiter to review other materials taken from Mar-a-Lago.

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Fire and Fear in South Ukraine

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Fire and Fear in South Ukraine

By Daniel Berehulak and Michael Schwirtz

The perilous life of a city under Russian attack, and the firefighters who save it

New York Has an Obligation to Secure the Education of Hasidic Children

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New York Has an Obligation to Secure the Education of Hasidic Children

By The Editorial Board

Politicians have known for years about the crisis facing New York's Hasidic schools but failed to act in any meaningful way.

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Virus Briefing: What to know about enterovirus D68

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September 16, 2022

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'At the Breaking Point': Tibetans, Under Lockdown, Make Rare Cries for Help

China's ever-tightening Covid rules have prompted public complaints from residents of areas usually intimidated into keeping quiet.

By Vivian Wang

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In New York City, Pandemic Job Losses Linger

Even as the country as a whole has recovered all of the jobs it lost during the pandemic, the city is still missing 176,000 — the slowest recovery of any major metropolitan area.

By Nicole Hong and Matthew Haag

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Is New York City Finally Returning to the Office?

With rising subway ridership and office occupancy, the city's post-Labor Day return has offered early signs that New York may finally be turning over a new chapter in its recovery.

By Nicole Hong and Emma Goldberg

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Flu Season Is Coming. Here's How to Prepare.

We may be more susceptible to the virus than we have been in recent years, but doctors have tips to stay healthy.

By Melinda Wenner Moyer

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Deadlines for Using Up Flexible Spending Accounts Return

Relaxed rules during the pandemic let workers carry over more of the pretax money, which must be spent on health costs or forfeited, but they're expiring.

By Ann Carrns

What else we're following

Coronavirus

  • As we head into autumn, hundreds of Americans are still dying from Covid every day, ABC reports. Check The Times's latest U.S. case count.
  • Anti-vaccination groups are using carrot emojis instead of the word "vaccine" to hide posts from Facebook's moderation tools, the BBC reports.
  • The World Health Organization has warned against the use of two therapies to treat Covid — sotrovimab as well as casirivimab-imdevimab — saying Omicron has most likely rendered them obsolete, Reuters reports.
  • A new study found that about 500,000 workers are still out of the U.S. labor force because of Covid and its aftereffects, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Polio

  • The Atlantic writes that the world was coming close to eradicating polio, which is exactly why it's staging a comeback.
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