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Germans Offer Welcome to Migrants After Long Journey

By KATRIN BENNHOLD, STEVEN ERLANGER and ALISON SMALE 8:23 PM ET

About 6,000 migrants arrived in Munich, with another 1,800 expected overnight, the culmination of 10 days of tragedy and emotion that underscored the urgent policy questions facing Europe.

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Gulf Monarchies Bristle at Criticism Over Refugee Crisis

By BEN HUBBARD

The affluent nations have agreed to resettle only a small number of Syrians, but insist they have been generous with aid.

Obstacles Are Seen to U.S. Taking In Refugees 9:34 PMNYT Now

From the Magazine

Notebook: The Little Boy on the Beach

By CHARLES HOMANS

After the haunting photographs of Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned off Turkey as his family fled the war, one writer asks: Why this picture? Why not all the others?

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Graphic: Seeking a Fair Distribution of Refugees

By GREGOR AISCH and SARAH ALMUKHTAR

German and European Union leaders have called for European countries to share the burden of absorbing the hundreds of thousands of migrants who have poured into the continent this summer.

In G.M.O. Lobbying War, Food Industry Turns to Academics

By ERIC LIPTON

As debate over bioengineered foods has escalated into a billion-dollar industry war, both sides have aggressively recruited academic researchers, emails show.

U.S. Warns Russia Over Military Support for Assad

By MICHAEL R. GORDON

The warning from Secretary of State John Kerry came amid signs the Kremlin may be planning to vastly expand its support for President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.

Kentucky Clerk’s Defiance Unravels an Uneasy Truce

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

Kim Davis’s refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples will probably lead to legislation creating exemptions for workers like her, but it has also exposed divisions among Republicans.

Clinton Pins Hopes on Primaries in South to Beat Rivals

By PATRICK HEALY and AMY CHOZICK

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign is devoting resources to win South Carolina and sweep other states in the region.

Clinton Urges Cooperation on Email Inquiry 6:51 PMNYT Now

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Donald Trump’s Gomorrah Problem

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

New York City has long been a liability for Republican presidential candidates, though it is now a bastion of the conservative movement.

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Ben Kuroki Dies at 98; Overcame Bias to Fight for U.S.

By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN 7:38 PM ET

Mr. Kuroki, a decorated member of the Army Air Forces of World War II, was hailed in the U.S. at a time when tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans were confined to internment camps.