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Here are five takeaways from New York City’s second experience with ranked-choice voting, and how it helped Zohran Mamdani secure a decisive victory.

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Students said they had been overcharged for their educations as a result of incorrect data that they said the school had used to artificially inflate its ranking.

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Mr. Mamdani roundly defeated Andrew M. Cuomo in the Democratic contest, widening his primary-night lead by a significant margin once ranked-choice tabulations were run.

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The Nordic country for the first time has extended a lottery for compulsory military service to women in its latest move to expand its armed forces.

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Brent Efron’s “boring” Tinder date wanted to hear all about his work at the Environmental Protection Agency, so Mr. Efron talked. If only he’d seen the hidden camera.

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Mr. Mamdani’s victory upended city politics and reverberated nationally. He relied on a memorable message, charisma and a strong ground game.