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Sergio Brown, Ex-N.F.L. Player, Taken Into Custody in Mother’s Death
Myrtle Brown, 73, died last month after an assault, the police in Maywood, Ill., said.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesWhat We Know About the Americans Missing or Killed in Israel
Soldiers serving in the Israeli Army, idealists living in rural villages and a mother and daughter from the Chicago area were among the dead or unaccounted for, with some possibly being held hostage.
New York Times Top StoriesCaroline Ellison Says She and Sam Bankman-Fried Were ‘Dishonest’
In her second day testifying at the FTX founder’s trial, Ms. Ellison said she misled lenders at Mr. Bankman-Fried’s request.
New York Times Top StoriesJustices Split on South Carolina Voting Map Said to Be Racial Gerrymander
Members of the Supreme Court struggled to disentangle race and politics in the voting districts drawn by state lawmakers.
New York Times Top StoriesReview: ‘Frasier’ Returns, Tossed, Scrambled and Eggscruciating
One of TV’s longest-lived characters gets revived, in an anticlimactic museum reproduction of the original.
New York Times Top StoriesMichael Chiarello, Chef and Food Network Star, Dies at 61
His culinary empire included several restaurants, an olive oil company, a winery and retail stores with a robust catalog business.
New York Times Top StoriesSmartphone Photos Are Getting Faker. Uh-Oh?
Google’s new $700 Pixel 8 lets you use artificial intelligence to add or remove elements from your images. It’s not clear we really need this.
New York Times Top StoriesInvestors Are Calling It: The Federal Reserve May Be Done Raising Rates
Investors doubt that central bankers will lift borrowing costs again following big market moves that are widely expected to cool growth.
New York Times Top StoriesScalise, a McCarthy rival, looks to unite Republicans and take his place.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/11/us/house-speaker-vote-news/scalise-a-mccarthy-rival-looks-to-unite-republicans-and-take-his-place
New York Times Top StoriesCan Usher Save R&B?
Almost 20 years after his sexy, best-selling album “Confessions,” Usher is back with new music that could redefine the whole genre.
New York Times Top StoriesFrom LSD to I.P.O.
Once the symbol of the counter culture, lately the darlings of the fashion world, Birkenstock went public in New York.
New York Times Top StoriesFreedom Monument Sculpture Park’s Unflinching Look at Slavery
The new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, opening in early 2024 in Montgomery, Ala., arrives at a time when Black history is being debated in many states.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Economic Stake in the Middle East: Its Thirst for Oil
China is the largest oil importer by far from Saudi Arabia and from Iran, highlighting the risk it faces if the war in Israel and Gaza were to broaden.
New York Times Top StoriesEarly Intelligence Shows Iranian Leaders Surprised by Hamas Attack, U.S. Says
The information has fueled doubts in the United States that Iran, a longtime supporter of the Palestinian militant group, played a direct role in planning the assault in Israel.
New York Times Top StoriesNew A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table
A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses, which can help surgeons decide how aggressively to operate.
New York Times Top StoriesSalman Rushdie to Write Memoir About Stabbing Attack
Rushdie, who was grievously injured onstage last year, said the forthcoming book was a way “to answer violence with art.”
New York Times Top StoriesNatural Gas Prices Rise on Israel Concerns and Finland Pipeline Leak
Europe has largely disconnected from Russian gas supplies but remains heavily dependent on imported fuel, exposing it to unexpected disruptions.
New York Times Top StoriesConservative Election Activists Use Virginia as a Dry Run for 2024
Inspired in part by Donald Trump’s baseless rigged-election claims, the activists are trying to recruit supporters to serve as poll watchers and election workers in the state’s legislative contests.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael’s Plan to Destroy Hamas
The country’s leaders long believed they could coexist with Hamas. The weekend’s attacks have changed that.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Presses Assault Near Avdiivka in Southeast Ukraine
The intensifying push is one of Russia’s few offensive operations in months, as it tries to seize land in Ukrainian regions it claims to have already annexed.
New York Times Top StoriesHamas’s Hostages
The scale of the hostage situation in the Gaza Strip has no recent precedent.
New York Times Top StoriesExxon Acquires Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 Billion
The acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources, Exxon’s largest since its merger with Mobil in 1999, increases the company’s presence in the Permian basin in Texas and New Mexico.
New York Times Top StoriesAhead of $1.73 Billion Jackpot Drawing, Lottery Hopefuls Flock to L.A. Store
In July, Las Palmitas Mini Market sold a Powerball ticket worth more than $1 billion. With another record jackpot this week, could it happen again?
New York Times Top StoriesGaza Braces for First Ground Invasion in Years, and More
Plus, Biden condemns the Hamas attacks as “sheer evil” and House Republicans are deadlocked on choosing a speaker.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Abysmal Choices for House Speaker
The two candidates for the job are focused on exerting political leverage against Democrats, but they misunderstand the nature of power.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans Are Deadlocked Heading Into Speaker Contest
Lawmakers were set to meet at 10 a.m. to begin voting on a nominee, but there was no consensus, opening the possibility of a drawn-out fight that would leave the House leaderless for days.
New York Times Top StoriesClaudia Goldin’s Nobel-Winning Research Shows ‘Why Women Won’
The winner of the Nobel in economics has demonstrated how gender gaps in work have shrunk, and why some remain.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Israel’s 9/11 Tests American Grand Strategy
The crisis in the Holy Land must be analyzed in terms of great power politics and the pressure we face from broadly aligned rivals.
New York Times Top StoriesNancy Mace’s District Moved Right. Then She Helped Oust McCarthy.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on Representative Mace’s newly drawn South Carolina district, which has gotten redder since she was first elected.
New York Times Top StoriesOne Question for Taylor Swift’s Eras Concert Film: How Big Will It Be?
The pop star’s concert film, arriving in theaters on Friday, is expected to break box office records. “The fever and scale is unprecedented,” one analyst said.