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A Small Plot Farmer in Fresno and the Memory of Home in Laos
When people in Fresno load Ia’s rice into their steamers, the aroma that fills the kitchen offers a nourishment more vital than food: home.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesAntarctica Sea Ice Hits Annual Peak, a Record Low
Earlier this year it was clear Antarctic sea ice levels were low. Now, as the continent enters spring, it’s obvious that “it’s a really exceptional year.”
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Can Patrick McHenry, Interim House Speaker, Do?
Representative Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina, who took the gavel, may oversee the election of a new speaker. But he does not have the power to run the chamber.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Cancels an Additional $9 Billion in Student Loan Debt
The move comes just three days after student loan repayments resumed following a three-year pause.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Is Why Trump Keeps Antagonizing the Judge in His Fraud Trial
He’s not just seeking publicity. He’s laying the groundwork for his eventual appeal — and for 2024.
New York Times Top StoriesSteve Scalise Joins Republicans Vying to Replace McCarthy as House Speaker
The No. 2 Republican and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee appear to be in the strongest positions in the early stages of the sprint to choose a new speaker.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Excited About These Three Things
Will they attract enough voters for him to win?
New York Times Top StoriesFIFA Will Host 2030 World Cup on Three Continents
Soccer’s biggest championship will celebrate its centenary by placing games in South America, Europe and Africa, with most of the games in Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
New York Times Top StoriesIn France, Reports of Bedbugs Fuel Anxiety Ahead of 2024 Olympics
With less than a year to go before millions are expected in Paris for the Olympics, a wave of widely publicized reports of bed bug infestations has put French authorities under pressure.
New York Times Top StoriesBlinken to Visit Mexico as Tensions Rise Over Border, Drug Trafficking
The meeting is an opportunity to ease an increasingly tense relationship between two allies, while addressing hot-button issues in the 2024 presidential race in the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesA ‘Shadow’ Lending Market in the U.S., Funded by Insurance Premiums
Apollo was the first to use annuities to build a major financing business. Others followed, driving the growth of the private lending market and worrying regulators.
New York Times Top StoriesNYC Moves to Suspend Right-to-Shelter Mandate Amid Migrant Crisis
The request is part of a monthslong legal battle over the city’s obligation to provide housing for thousands of migrants.
New York Times Top StoriesTeachers Can’t Hold Students Accountable. It’s Making the Job Miserable.
And it’s damaging a generation.
New York Times Top StoriesDeSantis Gets a $15 Million Cash Infusion and Moves Staff Into Iowa
The relocation caps off a monthslong retooling of the campaign, which was in financial dire straits this summer. But the Florida governor still has a steep climb ahead.
New York Times Top StoriesFlood Threats Are Rising. Here’s Where People Are Moving Into Harm’s Way.
Rapid development along coasts and rivers has increased flood exposure worldwide, particularly in South and East Asia, a study found.
New York Times Top StoriesReading Amy Bloom on the Power, and Limitations, of Love
For 12 years, Yiyun Li taught her writing students a story by Amy Bloom about the power, and limitations, of love. Confronting unbearable grief, she returned to it.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Happens if You Miss Your Student Loan Payments
Missed payments will be reported as a forbearance rather than as delinquencies. But your credit score could still be affected.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Charlotte Sena Was Rescued: A Ransom Note and a Mistake
The rescue of Charlotte Sena began with a lucky break — and a possible missed opportunity — followed by old-fashioned police work.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Won’t Be on Trial in Georgia Case This Fall, but His Presence Will Be Felt
Two lawyers who tried to help overturn the 2020 election results are facing trial this month, an early test of the state racketeering case against the former president and 17 others.
New York Times Top StoriesA Japanese Pancake That Wastes Nothing and Saves Everything
Okonomiyaki, special in its simplicity, can be a culinary home of your making.
New York Times Top StoriesStudent Loan Payments Are Due Again. Here Are 5 Things to Know.
A three-year payment pause has ended in October. A more affordable repayment plan is available, and some borrowers will receive a fresh start.
New York Times Top StoriesAlicia Keys Steps Into a New Spotlight
“Hell’s Kitchen,” a musical inspired by the singer-songwriter’s teenage years in New York, is set to open Off Broadway.
New York Times Top StoriesPope Francis Implores the World to Save a Planet Near ‘the Breaking Point’
Eight years after his landmark letter on humanity’s obligation to protect the environment, Francis warns that there is still a lot to be done, and quickly.
New York Times Top StoriesChemistry Nobel Prize Revealed in Media Hours Early
Some Swedish news outlets correctly reported the laureates’ names even before the choice was formally signed off, according to the academy that awards the prize.
New York Times Top StoriesMore Than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente Health Care Workers Begin Strike
The health system failed to reach a new contract agreement with some of its unionized employees, who have planned a three-day job action in Kaiser’s facilities in several states.
New York Times Top StoriesU.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Cancels Key Part of HS2 Rail Project
The British prime minister said he would pull the plug on a costly but potentially transformative line to Manchester that was a cornerstone of his party’s pledge to “level up” the north of England.
New York Times Top StoriesInside the Menendez Indictment: A Mercedes and a Secretive Fatal Crash
A 2018 fatal car crash in Bogota, N.J., drew no media attention and resulted in no charges. The driver was the soon-to-be wife of Senator Robert Menendez.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Downfall of Kevin McCarthy
For the first time in the history of the House of Representatives, its members fired their leader in the middle of a term.
New York Times Top StoriesNobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work With Quantum Dots
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov were selected for the prize for their discovery and development of the nanoparticles.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
For the first time in American history, the House of Representatives has voted to remove its leader.