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But that hope proved futile. The November ceasefire was not renewed and after it expired, the Pakistani Taliban stepped up attacks on Pakistan’s soil in its effort to pressure authorities into allowing militants to return to their hometowns with impunity. “Over the last several months, the T.T.P. has inflicted heavy…

Americans over 60 should get a second booster shot of a coronavirus vaccine, Dr. Ashish K. Jha, the new White House Covid-19 response coordinator, said on Sunday, citing “pretty compelling” new data from Israel indicating that a fourth shot significantly reduces infections and deaths among older people there. Dr. Jha’s…

Dr. Byerley suggested her mother-in-law imagine if, once out of every 10 times she used the restroom in a given day, she died. “Oh, 10 percent is terrible,” she recalled her mother-in-law saying. Dr. Byerley’s estimates showed, for instance, that an average 40-year-old vaccinated over six months ago faced roughly…

PARIS — A Muslim woman in a blue and white hijab confronted Marine Le Pen, the far-right presidential candidate, as she made her way through a crowd in the southern town of Pertuis last week. “What is the head scarf doing in politics?” the woman demanded. Ms. Le Pen, a…

An early spring snowstorm is expected to bring heavy snow to Central and Northern New York and parts of New England on Monday and into Tuesday, raising the potential for power outages and difficult travel, forecasters said. In New York State, which is expected to get the brunt of the…