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I Went to Uganda and Saw the Authoritarian Future
A crackdown in Uganda shows how new technologies, Chinese influence and America’s moral retreat are making the world safer for autocrats.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesItaly Weighs Controversial Law Giving Bonus Seats to Election Winners
Supporters of the law say it would bring stability to a country with a long history of short-lived governments, but critics see the measure as a threat to democracy.
New York Times Top StoriesFor France’s Resurgent Far Left, Student Protests Are an Opening and a Threat
Far-left leaders are cheering on the students. Government officials accuse them of stirring up the unrest for political gain.
New York Times Top StoriesFrance Braces for a Second Day of Mass Protests in a Week
French activists were set to rally across France on Thursday, in a test of the longevity of a nationwide student protest movement.
New York Times Top Stories5 Takeaways From the First Iowa Senate Debate
In a top Senate battleground, Representative Ashley Hinson, the Republican nominee, sparred with Josh Turek, her Democratic rival, on policy issues ranging from Medicaid to term limits.
New York Times Top StoriesArizona Congressional Candidate Says She Was Raped While Fixing Sign
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, said the attack in August occurred while she was repairing a damaged campaign sign.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Texas Rally, Trump and Paxton Make for an Awkward Pair
The president offered support for the Republican Senate candidate, after earlier grumbles, but focused much of his speech on a defense of his own record.
New York Times Top StoriesNewsom Mulls Sparing Lives of All 563 Prisoners on Death Row in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom ramped up talks after a botched execution in Tennessee.
New York Times Top StoriesCornell Student Wants Letitia James, NY Attorney General, Removed as Prosecutor
Attorney General Letitia James should step down from leading the investigation into a former student’s claim that she was sexually assaulted in 2024, a lawyer for one of the men said.
New York Times Top StoriesLeon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions
Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
New York Times Top StoriesMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. Plans Vaccine Injury Initiative, Drawing Wary Eye From Experts
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.
New York Times Top StoriesArmy Sets Date for First Military Execution by Firing Squad Since 1945
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, will be shot to death on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 and wounded 32 in 2009.
New York Times Top StoriesChrista Pike, Awake and Angry, Is at the Center of a Legal Storm
Her awareness and condition deepen ethical and legal questions after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her for murdering a classmate decades ago.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Claws Back Land
Also, scientists study a 194-year-old tortoise. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Investigates Wells Fargo for Race-Based Lending
The federal housing agency says the bank’s efforts to encourage Black homeownership amount to discrimination.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Draws Anger With Oct. 7 Statement Denouncing Israel’s Gaza Attacks
After calling the anniversary of the attacks on Israel “profoundly painful,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani denounced Israel’s military action in Gaza, prompting criticism from some Jewish leaders.
New York Times Top StoriesFatal Stabbing of a 7-Year-Old Girl Rattles Chicago: ‘That Was a Baby’
The attack has raised questions about whether the suspect was overlooked by authorities despite a history of mental health problems and violent offenses.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Experts Want to Know About the Russia Plague Scare
Missing details about the death of a lab worker, including the cause, are worrying scientists.
New York Times Top StoriesA Public Health-Minded Senator Asks: What Comes After Trump and Kennedy?
Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.
New York Times Top Stories‘Maricarmen,’ Whose Eviction Enraged Spaniards, Dies at 87
María del Carmen Abascal, aged and ailing, became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis when she was evicted two weeks ago, prompting mass protests and triggering national elections.
New York Times Top StoriesFears of a Plague Outbreak in Russia: What to Know
Russian authorities aren’t saying much about the death of a woman who worked in a lab studying plague. But experts say any risk of contagion would be limited.
New York Times Top Stories‘The Twilight Zone’ Created a Blueprint for Surviving Our Surreal Moment
With “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling created a durable blueprint for understanding our surreal reality.
New York Times Top StoriesRubio Urges Europe to Awaken From ‘Slumber’ and Uphold Western Dominance
In Greece, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Western nations must embrace an earlier ethos of exploration and conquest as part of their civilization, to remain ‘at the head of the world.’
New York Times Top StoriesJonathan the Giant Tortoise Is 194 Years Old. He Just Had His Genome Sequenced.
Scientists have sequenced his genome for the first time, hoping the world’s oldest land animal can offer clues into the genetics of longevity.
New York Times Top StoriesJensen Huang Thinks A.I. Is Going Great
Our fate may be very well be in the hands of Jensen Huang.
New York Times Top StoriesFrom Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat
A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research
The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.
New York Times Top StoriesWe Want to Know: How Have Your Halloween Candy Habits Changed?
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New York Times Top StoriesTexas Plans Execution After Botched Lethal Injection in Tennessee
Jamaal Howard’s lawyers are seeking information about the lethal injection drug, the same medication used in Tennessee’s failed attempt last week.