New York Times Top Stories
Investigating Kanye
How Adidas looked past misconduct in its partnership with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesA New Threat: Surprise Hurricanes
Hurricane Otis transformed from a tropical storm to a deadly Category 5 hurricane in a day, defying forecasts.
New York Times Top StoriesIs the Republican Speakership Cursed? Mike Johnson Is About to Find Out.
Kevin McCarthy was just the latest in a series of Republican speakers and speaker wannabes who faced revolts. Speaker Mike Johnson should take note.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Lawyers Should Have Known Better
Fifty years after Watergate, a president again used lawyers to abuse his office. Those lawyers now face prosecution, and tarnished their profession.
New York Times Top Stories‘Hard Fork’: The People vs. Meta + Marques Brownlee on YouTube and Future Tech + DALL-E 3 Arrives
Dozens of states sue Meta, we get advice from a pro YouTuber and we examine impressive advancements in artificial intelligence image generators.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Faces Backlash From Party’s Left Wing on Israel
As a raw divide over the war ripples through liberal America, a coalition of young voters and people of color is breaking with the president, raising new questions about his strength entering 2024.
New York Times Top StoriesFive Years After Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack, Recovery Mixes With Fresh Grief
The Tree of Life community was “universally embraced” after an antisemitic shooting. But with Israel engaged in war, some now feel alone.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Hamas Must Go
In the past I might have favored a cease-fire with Hamas. Today it is clear to me that Hamas’s power and ability to threaten Israel — and subject Gazan civilians to ever more rounds of violence — must end.
New York Times Top StoriesHalloween Candy Is Getting Pricier
Dry weather has pushed up the cost of crucial candy ingredients, driving the prices of candy bars and packs of gum higher.
New York Times Top StoriesCharlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue Surrenders to the Furnace
Monuments to the Confederacy got emotionally rich ceremonies when they were installed. They deserve no less when they come down.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Rare Protest, Ukrainian Families Press for News on Missing
In a rare show of public criticism in wartime, families of missing Ukrainian soldiers are pressing the government for information on their status.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Elon Musk Changed the Meaning of Twitter for Users
Twitter was a deeply personal source of conversation, news and community for many people. One year after Mr. Musk took over, users say that has shifted — for better and for worse.
New York Times Top StoriesStudents on the Run, Schools Taken by Troops and a Generation’s Catastrophe
With an estimated 19 million children out of school for months because of war, Sudan is on the verge of becoming “the worst education crisis in the world,” U.N. officials say.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Kanye West’s Fraught Relationship With Adidas: 7 Takeaways
The runaway success of the Yeezy collaboration between Kanye West and Adidas came at a price as the company tolerated misconduct by him for nearly a decade.
New York Times Top StoriesCornel West’s Improvisational Run for President: ‘It’s Jazz All the Way Down’
Is the celebrity professor’s candidacy a wild variable in the 2024 presidential campaign or performance art? Yes, he says.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Users Abandon X, Sports Twitter Endures
Many users have migrated to other platforms since Elon Musk bought Twitter, but sports fans still find it indispensable.
New York Times Top StoriesWelcome, Speaker Johnson, to the Worst Job in Politics
He has inherited a dramatic, not to mention unwieldy, series of political challenges for the House itself, as well as for the fortunes of his G.O.P. caucus.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Has the Morris-Jumel Mansion Been Left to Fall Apart?
The historic Morris-Jumel Mansion is the “crown jewel of Sugar Hill” in Manhattan — and a victim of bureaucratic and financial neglect.
New York Times Top StoriesOne Year After the Itaewon Crowd Crush
Survivors of the Itaewon disaster and relatives of victims continue to wrestle with unanswered questions and grief as they push for official accountability.
New York Times Top StoriesA Hairless Cat and Nickelback. What Could Be More Romantic?
When performers Kayla Pecchioni and Colin Barkell met at a Tonys viewing party, a kitten named Paw McCatney helped break the ice.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Strikes Iranian-Linked Targets in Syria
The Pentagon said the airstrikes against facilities used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and its proxies were in retaliation for recent rocket and drone attacks on American forces.
New York Times Top Stories‘Dark Day for Maine’ After Gunman Kills 18 at Bowling Alley and Bar
Businesses, schools and offices in the southern part of the state were closed on Thursday as the authorities sought a 40-year-old suspect.
New York Times Top StoriesDean Phillips Will Run Against Biden
The Minnesota lawmaker is undertaking a long-shot bid against an incumbent president who has significant financial advantages.
New York Times Top StoriesLi Keqiang, Former Chinese Premier, Dies of Heart Attack at 68
Mr. Li had stepped down as premier in March after a decade in the country’s No. 2 position.
New York Times Top StoriesProsecutors Withdraw Second Subpoena in Trump Fund-Raising Inquiry
The decision suggests that the special counsel is winding down an investigation into whether the former president’s political operation defrauded investors by promoting election lies.
New York Times Top StoriesMurder Suspect Who Escaped From Police at D.C. Hospital Is Recaptured
Christopher Haynes was taken to George Washington University Hospital, on Sept. 6 after he complained of an injury. He assaulted an officer and fled, the police said.
New York Times Top StoriesRep. Jared Golden of Maine Calls for Assault Weapon Ban, Reversing His Stance
That position, he said, reflected in part “a false confidence that our community was above this, and that we could be in full control, among many other misjudgments.”
New York Times Top StoriesIn Israel and Gaza, Searching for Humanity
The Israel-Gaza conflict has destroyed certain assumptions about the world order and pushed us closer to nihilism.
New York Times Top StoriesThe G.O.P. Goes Full-on Extremist
When intolerance meets reactionary economics.
New York Times Top StoriesHasan Minhaj Addresses Embellished Stories Detailed by The New Yorker
The stand-up comedian said he thought “the lines between truth and fiction were allowed to be a bit more blurry” in his personal storytelling.