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Top News Florida Records Nation's One-Day Peak for New Virus Cases By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, Rick Rojas and Sheri Fink The state recorded 15,300 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, easily passing the previous one-day high of 12,274 set at the height of the outbreak in New York in April. How Russia Built a Channel to the Taliban, Once an Enemy By Mujib Mashal and Michael Schwirtz The recent assessment that Russia paid bounties to the insurgents to attack U.S. troops stunned many, but officials said the Kremlin's outreach began almost a decade ago. Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears By Hiroko Tabuchi Oil and gas companies are hurtling toward bankruptcy, raising fears that wells will be left leaking planet-warming pollutants, with cleanup cost left to taxpayers. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

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