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Does the Fifth Amendment Protect Fauci?

ADAM LIPTAK, GILAD THALER, NOUR IDRISS, JON MILLER, STEPHANIE SWART AND WHITNEY SHEFTE

Our chief legal affairs correspondent, Adam Liptak, discusses whether Anthony Fauci’s presidential pardon makes him ineligible to take advantage of Fifth Amendment protections.

Hunter Biden Says His Father’s Cancer Is Worsening

MACK LIEDERMAN

In an interview with the BBC, Mr. Biden said that former President Joseph R. ⁠Biden Jr.’s prostate cancer had spread into his bones and was causing pain.

Chuck Grassley Announces the Death of His Beloved Vacuum, Beth

TIM BALK

Senator Chuck Grassley mourned his decades-long cleaning companion, writing on social media: “GOOD BYE BETH. U hv been a real workhorse.”

Pentagon pushes defense companies to boost weapons production after concerns of depleted stocks

The Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons to help replenish its diminished stockpile of munitions, including those depleted in the ongoing war with Iran

Two dead, including infant, after boat capsizes in New York Harbor; 12 rescued

A 22-foot bowrider capsized near Liberty Island in New York Harbor Saturday night, killing an adult female and an infant, who were pulled from the water by NYPD divers.

Teen accused of killing 10-year-old cousin Lily Peters may avoid November trial after new hearing scheduled

Carson Peters-Berger's resolution hearing is set for Aug. 26 in the Lily Peters homicide case, but questions remain about whether a trial will proceed.

Michigan military exercise preparing thousands of troops for changing battlefield

More than 9,000 service members are training in Michigan under the Northern Strike exercise, which adapts to changing warfare, emerging technology and lessons from global conflicts.

A helicopter battling a Utah wildfire crashes as a blaze kills dozer operator in Oregon

Authorities say a heavy-lift helicopter battling a Utah wildfire has crashed and an uncontained blaze in Oregon killed a bulldozer operator

Nancy Guthrie ransom notes may be fake as renowned profiler says case looks more like burglary gone wrong

A forensic psychologist questions the legitimacy of ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie case but says releasing them could generate crucial new leads.

'The Yellow Line is a quiet thief': How Israel's moving border is erasing Gazans' lives

NABIH BULOS, BILAL SHBEIR

Since an October ceasefire, Israel has shifted the Yellow Line west, boosting its control from 53% to about 64% of the Gaza Strip.

Mountain getaway rocked by ‘latest chapter’ of deadly violence as officials avoid gang label in tourist town

Asheville, North Carolina, police link the deadly Biltmore Avenue shooting to a direct retaliatory act tied to earlier gun violence in the city.

Dad sues after school allegedly won't say if biological males can use daughter's bathroom

A North Carolina father sued Cabarrus County Schools after officials allegedly refused to say whether biological males can use his daughter's bathroom.

Florida men wielding hatchet and machete clash in Publix parking lot, police say

Two Florida men armed with a machete and hatchet allegedly fought over a love interest in a Panama City Publix parking lot, landing both in the hospital.

Miss North Carolina USA pageant producers fire back after winner says she lost title over faith

Brittany Boltinhouse claims her conservative Christian beliefs cost her the Miss North Carolina USA crown, but organizers cite her repeated N-word use.

Florida man accused of killing nurse mom who helped him despite repeated arrests for threatening her: sheriff

Gibson Nash allegedly beat and strangled his mother, a nurse who had bonded him out of jail and moved to Florida to get him mental health help.