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Aid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire by Liam Stack, Rawan Sheikh Ahmad and Farnaz Fassihi

U.S. to Send 200 Troops to Israel in Support Roles by Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt

A Closer Look at the Counts in the Letitia James Indictment by Jonah E. Bromwich

María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by Jonathan Wolfe

Curious Reindeer and Hungry Polar Bears: Warming Is Upending an Arctic Island by Sarah Hurtes and Jeffrey Gettleman

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