New York Times Top Stories
Why Is Shari Redstone, Ruler of a Vast Media Kingdom, Weighing a Sale?
She fought to keep control of her family’s media empire. Now she’s considering an exit as financial pressures mount.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHamas Frees Teenage Hostage, but Her Father Is Still in Gaza
Sahar Kalderon, 16, spent 52 days as a hostage. She says she cannot enjoy her freedom until her father, Ofer, is free.
New York Times Top StoriesAmericans Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers
On December 15 alone, nearly 750,000 people signed up for a plan on HealthCare.gov, the largest single-day total recorded so far.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza Deaths Surpass Any Arab Loss in Wars With Israel in Past 40 Years
The death toll reported in Gaza has reached roughly 20,000, according to officials in the territory, the heaviest loss on the Arab side in any war with Israel since the 1982 Lebanon invasion.
New York Times Top StoriesDefending Free Speech Is Not ‘Moral Relativism’
The destruction of a satanic statue in Iowa offers a crucial lesson in pluralism.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza, Ukraine and the War on Terror
A generation of young people grew up experiencing increasingly scary and cascading crises set off by their government’s actions. Is it any wonder they’re protesting now?
New York Times Top StoriesTopics Suppressed in China Are Underrepresented on TikTok, Study Says
The report, from the Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers University, could raise new concerns about whether Beijing influences the content on the popular video app.
New York Times Top StoriesTopics Suppressed in China Are Underrepresented on TikTok, Study Says
The report, from the Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers University, could raise new concerns about whether Beijing influences the content on the popular video app.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Antarctic Octopus Has a Warning About Rising Sea Levels
A huge ice sheet appears to have melted about 120,000 years ago, when temperatures were similar to those on Earth today, according to a DNA study that mapped octopus movements.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Trump Cases Shadowed by Rocky Relationship With Supreme Court
Though he appointed three justices, his administration had the worst track record before the justices since at least the 1930s.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Year in Climate Culture
TV shows, movies, books, art exhibits and pop music about our rapidly warming planet.
New York Times Top StoriesA Timeline of Claudine Gay as Harvard’s President
On the job for less than six months, Dr. Gay has come under criticism over the Middle East war and her academic record.
New York Times Top StoriesShare the Climate-Related Pop Culture That Stuck With You
The Climate Forward team wants to hear about climate-focused books, art, film, TV and music that moved you in 2023.
New York Times Top StoriesBellevue Hospital Bariatric Surgery Program Is Under NY State Scrutiny
The Health Dept. is looking into the public hospital’s use of unlicensed technicians during some bariatric surgeries.
New York Times Top StoriesGiuliani Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Rudolph Giuliani filed papers in federal bankruptcy court in New York, listing debts including big legal fees, unpaid taxes and the $148 million a jury ordered him to pay two Georgia election workers.
New York Times Top StoriesDeSantis Says Trump’s Indictments ‘Sucked Out All the Oxygen’ From Primary
Ron DeSantis seemed to acknowledge that the former president’s legal woes were making it harder for his rivals to break through in the Republican primary.
New York Times Top StoriesRirkrit Tiravanija’s Pad Thai Diplomacy at MoMA PS1
The artist’s midcareer survey at MoMA PS1 demonstrates the impotence of contemporary art to heal social ills.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. and Europe Eye Russian Assets to Aid Ukraine as Funding Dries Up
Despite legal reservations, policymakers are weighing the consequences of using $300 billion in Russian assets to help Kyiv’s war effort.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat ChatGPT Can’t Do For Us
A.I. or no A.I., it pays to write — and to write well.
New York Times Top Stories10 People Killed in Shooting at University in Prague
The police said nine others were seriously injured in the attack by an assailant at Charles University in the center of the Czech capital. The shooter also died.
New York Times Top StoriesPope’s Shift on Gay Couples Followed Quiet Talks and Loud Resistance
Pope Francis spoke with L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics and their supporters for years before letting priests bless same-sex couples. But the move’s timing also owed something to its conservative opponents.
New York Times Top StoriesGrenades, Bikes and Guns: Can a Magnet Fisherman Find Fame?
All day long, James Kane tosses a giant magnet into New York’s murkiest waters. There’s got to be money in there somewhere.
New York Times Top StoriesFrance’s President Condemns ‘Manhunt’ Against Gérard Depardieu
Emmanuel Macron broke with his culture minister, who had called comments made by Depardieu in a documentary a “disgrace.” The actor is facing renewed scrutiny over sexual assault accusations.
New York Times Top StoriesArmy’s Blast Safety Limit May Miss Risks From Powerful Weapons Like Tanks
Researchers say troops’ brains may be injured by blasts from firing M1 Abrams tank guns and other weapons, even if they measure below the Pentagon’s ceiling for safe exposure.
New York Times Top StoriesBreaking With Postwar History, Japan to Sell Patriot Missiles to U.S.
Tokyo appears ready to adjust rules to allow the export of the weapons to the United States, a move that could help Washington support Ukraine’s fight against Russia.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is the 14th Amendment?
Two doctrines favored by the conservative supermajority — textualism and originalism — could play a crucial role in any decision by the justices on whether to keep Donald Trump on the ballot.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump, the Voters and the Constitution
A clash between constitutional textualism and voter empowerment.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza Talks Stall, and a Record Wrongful Sentence
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New York Times Top Stories‘The Daily’: The Rising Toll of Israel’s War in Gaza
The accidental killing of three hostages by Israel’s military raises new questions about the fight against Hamas.
New York Times Top StoriesTolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Sequel
Ruling that the fan’s unauthorized book violated copyright protections, a judge barred him from distributing it and ordered him to destroy all electronic and physical copies of it.