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Tropical Storm IAN

Storm leaves millions without power in Fla.

Damaging winds, threat of flooding remain as weather system — now a tropical storm — moves north

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Ian tracker: Map and projected storm path

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Maps show how millions of people have moved into Ian’s path

By Simon Ducroquet, Brady Dennis and John Muyskens

Why these Florida residents ignored evacuation orders

By Reis Thebault and Jared Leone

Photos: Florida copes with flooding, outages

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Putin to hold annexation ceremony on Friday; NATO condemns Nord Stream ‘sabotage’

Separatist leaders from Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine are in Moscow to complete the procedure of annexation of territory, a Russian-installed official from Kherson, said.

By Adela Suliman, Erin Cunningham and Mary Ilyushina7 minutes ago

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An AI that creates images from prompts worries researchers. And now anyone can use it.

Since April, DALL-E has triggered an explosion of images generated using artificial intelligence. But the technology is spreading faster than creators can shape norms around its use.

By Nitasha Tiku

Listen: The creative outreach to get at-risk groups vaccinated against monkeypox

Track covid: Daily new U.S. deaths rose 19% in the past week

Carolyn Hax: Will she always be ‘The Mistress’ to her now-husband’s children?

Cook: Create your own signature dinner party menu with these 10 recipes

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Mortgage rates near 7% as housing market keeps cooling

New federal data to be released today could show the effects of the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate hike

By Rachel Siegel and Kathy Orton1 hour ago

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Congress moves toward funding government, averting shutdown

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This Renaissance portrait is even stranger than it appears

One may assume this painting by Dirck Jacobsz is a self-portrait, showing the artist putting the finishing touches on a portrait of a woman, perhaps his wife. Jacobsz, though, tells another story.

By Sebastian Smee

Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ hip-hop star, dies at 59

By María Luisa Paúl

Yankees star Aaron Judge hits 61st home run, ties Roger Maris’s AL record

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