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A Timeline of the Shootings in Lewiston, Maine
Around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, shootings occurred at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine. The police said that a suspect was still at large on Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesEuropean Central Bank Keeps Rates on Hold for First Time in Over a Year
“Inflation is still expected stay too high for too long,” the bank said, but noted that its campaign of interest rate increases was helping to curb price pressures.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Speaker Mike Johnson
Who is he?
New York Times Top StoriesThe Kids of Rutherford County, Episode 2: ‘What the Hell Are You People Doing?’
A young lawyer can’t get a juvenile court to let his clients out of detention — even when the law says they shouldn’t have been held in the first place.
New York Times Top StoriesThe House Finally Has a Speaker
The hard-right conservative Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected to the chair, ending a weekslong deadlock.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Kids of Rutherford County, Episode 1: The Egregious Video
Eleven children in Rutherford County, Tenn., were arrested for watching a fight. The arrests did not go smoothly.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat’s Happening in the Bond Market?
The rapid rise in interest rates in recent months has shaken investors and cast a cloud over the economy.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Hurricane Otis, Mexican Officials Survey the Damage
The storm was one of the strongest ever to hit the southwest coast, but the extent of the destruction in Acapulco and elsewhere was unclear early Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Speaker Mike Johnson Doubts Climate Science
Representative Mike Johnson comes from Louisiana oil country and has said he does not believe burning fossil fuels is changing the climate.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Tries New Tack on Russian Disinformation: Pre-Empting It
The State Department’s Global Engagement Center is taking the unusual step of disclosing a covert Russian operation when it is barely off the ground.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Reactionary Futurism of Marc Andreessen
Silicon Valley is getting weird.
New York Times Top StoriesLocal Police in Ofakim Defended the Israeli City From Hamas’s Attacks
Military support was slow to arrive in the quiet desert city of Ofakim but officers, most of them armed with handguns, fought terrorists house to house.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy the U.A.W.’s President Has Taken a Hard Line
Shawn Fain owes his rise within the United Automobile Workers to a group determined to make the union far more confrontational toward automakers.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Many in Wyoming, a Biden Plan to Protect Land Is Beyond Unpopular
Explosive reactions to the proposal, which would limit drilling, show how the president’s climate policies are crashing into walls in some oil and gas states.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Scientists Watching Their Life’s Work Disappear
Some are stubborn optimists. Others struggle with despair. Their faces show the weight they carry as they witness the impact of climate change.
New York Times Top Stories3 Ways to Unlock Your ‘Hidden Potential’: Takeaways From Adam Grant’s New Book
In his new book, the organizational psychologist Adam Grant shares counterintuitive strategies for higher achievement.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Google’s Plan to Stop Apple From Getting Serious About Search
Google has worried for years that Apple would one day expand its internet search technology, and has been working on ways to prevent that from happening.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is Going on in the U.K.’s Economy?
The country’s statistics agency published new “experimental” labor market data, the latest in a series of economic re-evaluations.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is Going On in Britain’s Economy? The Picture Is Foggy.
The country’s statistics agency published new “experimental” labor market data, the latest in a series of economic re-evaluations.
New York Times Top StoriesBates College Students Wait Anxiously After Lewiston Shooting
Some students and employees were stranded on campus, unable to return home, the university said. The school canceled classes on Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Allies Pledged Loyalty to Him. Until They Didn’t.
The former president is facing down Michael Cohen, his longtime fixer, in a Manhattan courtroom, while other ex-loyalists are cooperating in a case against him in Georgia.
New York Times Top StoriesIn a Democratic District, Can a Party Defector Get Elected?
A contest between two New York City councilmen, Justin Brannan and Ari Kagan, will measure how strong the rightward shift is in southern Brooklyn.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Modi’s India, Truth Tellers Are Now Enemies of the State
The charges against the writer Arundhati Roy herald a dark era.
New York Times Top StoriesThe War in Gaza Is Giving Russia’s Putin What He Wants
Russia is emerging as a major beneficiary of the war in Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Denmark, Eviction and Demolition Remake ‘Non-Western’ Neighborhoods
A government program is using demolition and relocation to remake neighborhoods with “non-Western” immigrants, poverty or crime.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Keeps Australia’s Dinner Low-Key at a Moment of Global Turmoil
Before the state dinner was over, President Biden had stepped out for a briefing on a mass shooting in Maine and to call lawmakers in the state. He left shortly after 10 p.m.
New York Times Top StoriesMaine Police Order City Lockdown, Citing ‘Active Shooter’ at Two Locations
A dispatcher with the sheriff’s office said there were multiple victims in the shooting in Lewiston, but didn’t know how many.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Prosecutors Push to Reinstate Gag Order on Trump
In court filings, the special counsel’s office said the gag order was needed to keep the former president from making “harmful and prejudicial attacks” on people in the federal election case.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael: From the Six-Day War to the Six-Front War
Threats to Israel are multipronged, including Iran and its proxies but also narratives from Western progressives and social media, Palestinians in the occupied territories and internal divisions.
New York Times Top StoriesU.A.W. and Ford Negotiators Reach Accord on Contract Terms
The deal, subject to approval by union members, could ease the way for deals with General Motors and Stellantis and end a growing wave of walkouts.