Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs

Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said.Moderna says it plans to pull back on late-stage studies of some of its experimental vaccines.

R Rebecca Robbins

Despite Epstein’s Toxicity, Steve Bannon Stood by Him, Texts Indicate

Mr. Bannon, a MAGA podcaster, developed a seemingly chummy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of sex trafficking. He said it was in the name of getting Mr. Epstein to open up.An undated photograph released by the Justice Department shows Stephen K. Bannon with Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Ba

S Sharon LaFraniere and Teresa Mondría Terol

Columbia Punishes 2 Who Helped Epstein’s Girlfriend Enter Dental College

The release of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein has sent ripples through the worlds of business, politics and academia, including at Columbia, where he helped his girlfriend gain entry.Columbia University said it will be donating money to nonprofits that work with survivors of sexual abuse after it

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Tom Pritzker, Hyatt Heir, Steps Down as Executive Chairman Over Links to Epstein

The member of a prominent and wealthy family, Mr. Pritzker was in regular contact with the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.In a letter sent to the Hyatt Hotels Corporation board on Monday, Thomas J. Pritzker said he had “exercised terrible judgment in maintaining contact” with Jeffrey Eps

R Rebecca Davis O’Brien

Robert Duvall, ‘Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ Actor, Dies at 95

An Oscar winner, he was known for disappearing into wide-ranging roles in movies like “Apocalypse Now” and “The Godfather” and in the television series “Lonesome Dove.”In a long and varied career, Robert Duvall was nominated for seven Academy Awards for acting, and won once.

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Where to Watch Robert Duvall’s Top Performances

He played rugged, capable men drawn from America’s past, present and possible future.In “The Godfather,” Robert Duvall played a lawyer advising a band of Italians who respect his counsel but don’t consider him a trusted insider.

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The Quiet Architect of Trump’s Global Trade War

Jamieson Greer, a low-key lawyer from a working-class background, is rewriting the rules of the global economy at the president’s behest.Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, has quietly navigated the demands of an unpredictable president.

A Ana Swanson

Kansas Town Supports Mayor Charged With Voting Illegally

The Mexican-born mayor of Coldwater was accused of voting illegally as a noncitizen. Many of his neighbors want state and federal officials to back off.Former Mayor Joe Ceballos of Coldwater, Kan., was born in Mexico and came to the United States when he was 4 years old.

M Mitch Smith and Clayton Steward

Progress in Guthrie Case Is Fitful as Search Enters Its Third Week

Late-night bursts of activity have yielded few visible results as investigators hunt for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of a “Today” show host. The sheriff said Monday that her children and their spouses are not suspects.Hopes have soared with each apparent break, but Nancy Guthrie is still missing.

R Reis Thebault and Jack Healy

Rage. Grief. Anxiety. The New Mood in Iran.

In the aftermath of another wave of antigovernment unrest, Iran is gripped by a mood of collective grief and uncertainty about the future.A billboard showing the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, alongside the Islamic Republic’s founding leader, in Tehran, Iran, last month.

F Farnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar

Ticket Scam Cost the Louvre $12 Million, Investigators Say

The Paris prosecutor’s office said a network involving museum employees and tour guides had been operating for a decade.Investigators said the suspected scam at the Louvre museum in Paris involved tour guides reusing tickets for different people.

S Ségolène Le Stradic

Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies

He exposed abuses in films like “Titicut Follies,” a once-banned portrait of a mental hospital, but ranged widely in subject matter, from a Queens neighborhood to a French restaurant.Mr. Wiseman in an undated photo. “I don’t know if I can offer a general definition of what I’m doing,” he said in 201

J John Anderson

Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood

A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.Brad Pitt, left, and Tom Cruise at the London premiere of “F1: The Movie” last year. Their images were used in a widely circulated video created w

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Syrian Army Crosses New Threshold With Advances in Kurdish Regions

The advance of the Syrian Army into Kurdish regions could put nearly all the country under one authority. But it ends a dream of autonomy for ethnic Kurds.The Syrian Army has moved into vast new regions, seeking to erase the largest fissure left from the civil war.

C Carlotta Gall, Hussam Hammoud and Nanna Heitmann

Dinner Is Being Recorded, Whether You Know It or Not

As Meta smart glasses capture scenes in restaurants for social media, service workers and customers are becoming captive participants.Dining rooms once plagued by camera flashes are now host to more discreet devices that can capture the meal: smart glasses.

L Luke Fortney