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Tesla’s hulking assembly plant outside Berlin, which opened two years ago in a community known for its forests and lakes, still rubs many residents the wrong way. They worry it threatens the quality of their water and air, and has disrupted the peacefulness that drew them to the area.Steffen Schorcht, 63, who lives across the freeway from the plant, said the light pollution alone meant he could no longer see the stars when he looked up at night.Now Tesla wants to clear out an additional 250 acres of forest near the plant for warehouses and a rail yard, as well…

INDIANAPOLIS — The names on the trophies for the NBA’s two major games on Saturday’s All-Star Night remain the same from year to year.D-League player Mike McClung, who shocked the world last February by winning the Slam Dunk Contest in Salt Lake City, did it again in Indianapolis, jumping over the 7-foot-1 Shaquille in the final round. O’Neal defeated Jaylen Brown and received a perfect score of 50 points from the judges.In an earlier three-point contest, Damian Lillard hit the final shot from the final frame, beating Trae Young for his second straight win of the tournament.McClung, 25, who has…

The United States struck five Houthi military targets, including an undersea drone, in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Saturday, the U.S. military announced on Sunday.The use of the underwater drone is believed to have been the first time that Iran-backed Houthis had employed such a weapon since they began their campaign against ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden on Oct. 23, the military’s Central Command said in a statement.American military officials provided few details of what they called an “unmanned underwater vessel,” but the Houthis have received much of their drone and missile technology from Iran. In…

At least 53 people were killed in fighting in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, where deadly violence between more than a dozen tribal groups has been escalating, a senior security official said.George Kakas, the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary acting superintendent, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the death toll from the incident in Enga Province was likely to rise. It was unclear from his remarks when the killings had taken place, and the police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.“These tribesmen have been killed all over the countryside, all over the bush,” Mr. Kakas…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Ward Manuel is a patient man. Some would say, be patient with mistakes.The way Manuel sees it, it’s the athletic director’s job to avoid knee-jerk reactions. Sports fans are fickle. They want what they want, and they want it now. When public pressure is at its highest, Manuel believes it’s time to take a step back, collect his thoughts, and make sober decisions.”You have to seek the facts,” Manuel said recently. “You can’t overreact emotionally.”Soon, Manuel will need to do that with Juwan Howard. Because facts are facts and emotions go both ways.Everyone in Michigan wants…

The sleepy United States box office finally lifted its eyelids over the holiday weekend. “Bob Marley: One Love,” a feel-good musical biopic, was on track to take in $33.2 million from Friday through Monday, for a strong total of roughly $51 million since opening on Valentine’s Day, according to Paramount Pictures.“Excuse me while I light my spliff,” read a celebratory post on the official X account for Marley, who died in 1981.“One Love,” which cost about $70 million to make, landed in what has emerged over the last year as a box office sweet spot — stories that feel both…

The largest medical facility still managing to function in wartime Gaza is now a hospital in little more than name only, the head of the World Health Organization said on Sunday.After a week of siege by the Israeli military, there are only about 20 critically ill patients left at Nasser Hospital — but even that is too many for it to handle, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the W.H.O. director general.“Nasser hospital in Gaza is not functional anymore,” Dr. Tedros said on social media.Dr. Tedros said on Sunday that some 200 patients remained at the hospital in Khan Younis, in the…

A bishop who planned a public prayer for the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny was detained as he left his house. Two men were arrested for having a photograph of Mr. Navalny in a backpack. Another man who lay flowers at a memorial said he was beaten by police officers for the small act of remembrance.As thousands of Russians across the country tried to give voice to their grief for Mr. Navalny, who died in a remote Arctic penal colony on Friday, Russian police officers cracked down, temporarily detaining hundreds and placing more than two dozen in jail.Until Mr.…

LOS ANGELES — Everything is going to be perfect. It has stars. It’s documented. It has one of the most beautiful stages in all of prime time sports. This was supposed to be a big day on the PGA Tour.Two weeks ago, Wyndham Clark shot a 60 in the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Pebble Beach to break the course’s all-time record and take the lead. On paper, Sunday on this tour was perfect. It’s the bye week before the Super Bowl, which means it actually has its own sports calendar. This makes the championship an…

Miami Design DistrictHublot — like other brands owned by LVMH Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, including Louis Vuitton, Dior, Bulgari, Tiffany & Company, and TAG Heuer — leases retail space in the Design District, a 30-acre mixed-use development that brands itself as a “creative neighborhood,” with the city’s highest concentration of luxury stores.Since its development began in the 1990s, the Design District has come to be something of a horological center, including more than a dozen high-end watch brands. But then LVMH is a partner, through the L Catterton Real Estate investment arm, in the joint venture that owns and operates…