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The actor Hayden Panettiere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute gala in New York on May 5, 2014. Panettiere, a child actress who later won acclaim in TV series as a cheerleader with special powers on “Heroes” and a troubled country diva on “Nashville,” and who spoke openly about her mental health struggles, has died in South Carolina. She was 36. (Josh Haner/The New York Times)

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Trucks pass along I-710 in Long Beach, Calif., not far from the Port of Los Angeles, on Nov. 1, 2021. Diesel fuel prices jumped to a record high in the United States on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, as the war in Iran continued to restrict the supply of energy worldwide, further squeezing businesses that rely on diesel to run their factories and equipment. (Stella Kalinina/The New York Times)

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Treasury Yield Tops 5% as Oil, Diesel Prices Surge

Scene of destruction created by high surf as seen through a crystal ball, symbolizing the chaos that 2026's Super El Nino could deliver to California's coastline

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SoCal Coast Destruction Previews What ‘Super’ El Niño Might Deliver

Firefighters extinguish a car of a passenger train hit by a Russian drone strike at a railway station, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lutsk, Ukraine September 12, 2026. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Volyn region/Handout via REUTERS

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Drone Strike on Train Is Calculated Escalation by Putin, German Minister Says

The War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, Aug. 9, 2021. The San Francisco Opera says it is struggling with a $15 million shortfall driven by rising costs. The musicians say they need salaries that keep pace with the city’s high cost of living. (Kelsey McClellan/The New York Times)

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A Teen Autopsy Marks the Arrival of a Deadly Drug in San Francisco

Bob Mackie in Manhattan, May 1, 2019. Mackie, the exuberant costume and fashion designer whose creations bedecked, bedazzled and elevated performers, most memorably and enduringly, Cher — as well as an 11½-inch model named Barbie — died on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 87. (Celeste Sloman/The New York Times)

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Bob Mackie, Designer Who Bedazzled Carol Burnett and Cher, Dies at 87