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1 month ago | nytimes.com | Samuel Granados |Aric Toler |Aaron Boxerman

Last year, a million Palestinians fled to Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, to escape the brunt of Israel's bombardment in its war against Hamas. When Israeli forces later invaded Rafah itself, they flattened areas along the border with Egypt, but many neighborhoods were largely spared the worst of the war. That is no longer the case. The Israeli military has destroyed extensive parts of Rafah since it broke a cease-fire in March after talks with Hamas collapsed.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Adam Goldman |Aric Toler

Documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy will be released "within the next few days," Director of …

Mar 26, 2025 | nytimes.com | Aric Toler |Neil Bedi |Aliza Aufrichtig |Joyce Ho |Natalie Reneau |Rumsey Taylor

A vigilante phenomenon has been playing out on the open web for almost a decade: Content creators in the U.S. pose as minors on dating apps and websites, then target the people who message them. Many of these vigilantes, commonly known as pedophile hunters, were inspired by “To Catch a Predator,” a popular television series that ran until 2007. The “hunters” have copied the show’s format, exposing their targets on social media.

Dec 17, 2024 | nytimes.com | Aric Toler |Eve Sampson

A video clip that recorded the assassination of Igor Kirillov, a high-ranking general, gives a few clues about the power and the placement of the explosive device. The doors swing open, and two figures emerge from a nondescript building. A scooter is propped against the front wall. A man identified by Russia as Igor Kirillov, a high-ranking general, takes a few steps forward. Then the screen, framed by the dash of a car, erupts into a flash of white.

Dec 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | Thomas Gibbons-Neff |Aric Toler

Quotations from Mr. Mangione's note to officials are being used in advertising for the Gatalog, a group that publishes designs for 3D-printed guns and accessories online, including a predecessor design to that of the gun the police found with Mr. Mangione. In the ad, blocky text from Mr. Mangione's note is overlaid on his mug shot: "TheGatalog.com.