New York Times Top Stories
Why People Love to Watch Influencers Get Punched In the Face
When celebrities face off in the boxing ring, their number of Instagram followers or lucrative brand deals can’t help them — only fists prevail.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesJustin Torres Finds Inspiration in the Erasures of Queer History
His second book, “Blackouts,” a finalist for the National Book Award, shifts between fact and fiction to tell an intergenerational story.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Two Planes Nearly Collided in Austin, Almost Killing 131 People
Two planes were moments from colliding in Texas, a harrowing example of the country’s fraying air safety system, a New York Times investigation found.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Northern France, Riding the Rails Into the Past
On the Picardy Coast, where the Somme meets the Channel, there is nothing and everything to see, and a 19th-century steam railway lets you explore at the perfect pace.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Harvard, a Battle Over What Should Be Said About the Hamas Attacks
After a student group blamed Israel for the violence, Lawrence Summers, a former university president, condemned the leadership for not speaking up.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine’s Zelensky Makes Surprise Visit to NATO HQ in Brussels
The surprise appearance by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine came as much of the West has turned its focus to the war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesIn an Expensive City, Who Should Get Free Preschool?
Cutbacks in free preschool for 3-year-olds in New York City raise a question: As even middle-class families struggle to get by, should everyone have access to the program?
New York Times Top StoriesJamaica Weighs Making Patois Official Language As Brish Ties Fray
A push is underway to make Jamaica’s Patois an official language, on par with English, as the country weighs cutting ties to the British monarchy.
New York Times Top Stories‘Always Under Fire’: On the Battlefield With Ukraine’s Elite Troops
Along a front stretching hundreds of miles, Ukraine’s forces are stuck in a daily grind punctuated by drone attacks, artillery strikes and eerily terrifying moments of silence.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Gaza Trap
It appears Hamas wants to draw Israeli soldiers into a quagmire.
New York Times Top StoriesIn China, Businesses Cut Prices as Consumers Spend Less
Beijing hopes spending can spur growth, which has been dragged down by slowing real estate sales and exports. But shoppers are gravitating to discounts.
New York Times Top StoriesHurricane Lidia Forecast: Category 4 Storm Moves Inland in Mexico, Killing 1
The “extremely dangerous” storm made landfall on the country’s west-central coast Tuesday evening.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Condemns Hamas Attack on Israel as ‘Evil’
President Biden’s remarks expressed possibly the most personal anger that he has displayed in public since taking office nearly three years ago.
New York Times Top Stories‘The Wrath of God’: Afghans Mourn Unimaginable Loss From Quake
The deadliest earthquake to strike the country in decades leveled entire hamlets. Many people lost most, if not all, of their immediate family.
New York Times Top StoriesAfghanistan Struck By Large Quake Days After Deadly Temblors
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocked Herat City, near the site of two devastating quakes that killed more than 800 people last weekend.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Israel’s Security Services Failed to Stop Hamas
Israel’s military and espionage services are considered among the world’s best, but on Saturday, operational and intelligence failures led to the worst breach of Israeli defenses in half a century.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Expected to Endorse Kari Lake’s Senate Run in Arizona
Ms. Lake, a Trump ally, embraced the former president’s lies about winning the 2020 election in her failed run for Arizona governor last year.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Hamas Massacre in Israel, Scale of Atrocities Grows
As Israeli soldiers regain control of areas near Gaza that came under attack, they are finding evidence seen in videos and photos and confirmed by witness accounts of the massacre of civilians by Hamas terrorists.
New York Times Top StoriesGeorge Santos Faces New Charges Over Alleged Lies and Credit Card Fraud
Mr. Santos, a first-term Republican congressman, was charged in a superseding indictment that added 10 new felony counts to the existing indictment.
New York Times Top StoriesDorothy Hoffner, Chicago Woman Who Skydived at 104, Dies
Dorothy Hoffner gained international attention for her feat earlier this month, as millions viewed video of her descent and marveled at her sense of adventure.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Has Never Needed to Be Smarter Than in This Moment
It would be a mistake to give Hamas what it wants: an overreaction like an invasion of Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesNowhere to Hide in Gaza as Israeli Onslaught Continues
Residents and health authorities say that mosques, hospitals and schools are being targeted by airstrikes.
New York Times Top StoriesMary Lou Retton Has Pneumonia and ‘Is Fighting for Her Life,’ Daughter Says
The gymnastics champion sprang to stardom at the 1984 Olympics, where she became the first American woman to win a gold medal in the all-around competition.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Pledges Support for Israel
Also, Republicans search for a new speaker. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Disarray Leaves Path for Israel Aid Uncertain
There is broad consensus in Congress for backing Israel in its war against Hamas, but with the House rudderless and divided, the path for any assistance is uncertain.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Disarray Leaves Path for Israel Aid Uncertain
There is broad consensus in Congress for backing Israel in its war against Hamas, but with the House rudderless and divided, the path for any assistance is uncertain.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Anti-Israel Left Needs to Take a Hard Look at Itself
After the murder of hundreds of Israelis, pro-Palestinian demonstrators cheered.
New York Times Top StoriesA $19,000 Lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Draws Scrutiny
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is facing criticism over the expense, and a whistle-blower’s accusation that her office altered records to cover up how it was paid for.
New York Times Top StoriesChild Influencers Make Big Money. Who Gets It?
Some of the most popular influencers can amass small fortunes before they’re 18, but there are few legal protections to ensure their earnings remain their own.
New York Times Top StoriesKevin Phillips, 82, Dies; Predicted the G.O.P. Resurgence
A conservative mastermind of the race-based “Southern strategy,” he later, as a writer, had second thoughts after assessing income inequality under three Republican presidents.