Since the invasion of Ukraine, the country’s vibrant coffee culture has taken on a special meaning as a sign of resilience and defiance.

“How can they break us?” one barista said. “We have a strike, we make coffee.” nyti.ms/4cVXTak

Here’s a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV. nyti.ms/3xAcSqb

African American burial grounds across the U.S. have been erased or forgotten, and others are at risk of disappearing. Community organizations in Charleston are working to change that. In the process, they also search for descendants of those buried. nyti.ms/3Je2Hdc

President Biden used a first-ever joint meeting with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines on Thursday to expand a web of security and economic alliances in the Indo-Pacific that U.S. officials believe will serve as a shield against Chinese aggression. nyti.ms/3xyEoUT

Karim Bouamrane, the Socialist mayor of St.-Ouen, a Paris suburb that will host the athletes’ village for the 2024 Olympic Games, is leading a rapid transformation of the long-struggling city. nyti.ms/49tDNBj

There was no mention of O.J. Simpson on Kim Kardashian’s Instagram page on Thursday. Long before the Kardashians became a star attraction on reality television, the family name first came to prominence when Simpson was on trial. nyti.ms/3vOqpK6

In New York Times Opinion

“We’ve allowed Big Tech’s tentacles into absolutely every aspect of our children’s education, with very little oversight and no real proof that their devices or programs improve educational outcomes,” Jessica Grose writes. nyti.ms/4aHNRaO

News Analysis: In political banners, campaign slogans and everyday conversations, South Koreans used two words to convey the high stakes of this week’s parliamentary election: “Judgment Day.” nyti.ms/4aNCAWr

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The “weird” presidential race in 1892, Jon Grinspan writes, “has a message for all those planning to hit snooze on the coming campaign: Great political change can unfold when the political system seems woefully stalled.” nyti.ms/43TKkUs

A tabloid bonanza, the trial of O.J. Simpson was also a core sample of Los Angeles at the dawn of the 21st century. nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/…

Over the last two decades, Esther Perel has become a world-famous couples therapist by persistently advocating frank conversations about infidelity, sex and intimacy. Today, she reads one of the most provocative Modern Love essays ever published. nyti.ms/4cLSouy

President Biden is said to be planning to expand the perimeters of two national monuments in California, protecting mountains and meadows in a remote area between Napa and Mendocino as well as a rugged stretch east of Los Angeles.
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“Technically I did steal from him,” Mizuhara said in a message he sent last month that the feds obtained and used in court documents filed against him today. “it’s all over for me.”

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Three men who were stranded on a remote Pacific island for more than a week were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after spelling out “HELP” on a beach using palm leaves. nyti.ms/3TNpQs0

This will be huge: Aleksei A. Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was writing a memoir about his life and work as a pro-democracy activist before his death, and Knopf will publish it in the US this fall, with a simultaneous global release. nytimes.com/2024/04/11/boo…

When a 33-year-old man from New York City got lost in the Adirondack Mountains, his footprints in the snow helped rescuers find him. nyti.ms/3TXCZyE

Mayor Eric Adams is now requiring any elected official, including members of Congress, to submit a lengthy online request to speak to an administration official. nyti.ms/3xrlYFu

Johnson may have the worst of both worlds: Trump is not the president, so he doesn't have a shared interest in the speaker’s legislative success, but at this stage of the campaign, he is attuned enough to potentially complicate anything he tries to do.

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Harvard will reinstate standardized testing as a requirement of admission, the university announced Thursday. Within hours of Harvard’s announcement, Caltech also said it was reinstating its testing requirements for students applying for fall 2025. nyti.ms/443dosP

NEW: A recently-formed Trump super PAC says it’s got $27 million in cash on hand, including a $10 million donation from Ike Perlmutter. nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/…