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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Bass
Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an instrument that lays the foundation of jazz.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesRare Editions of Pushkin Are Vanishing From Libraries Around Europe
Dozens of books have disappeared from Warsaw to Paris. Police are looking into who is taking them, and why — a tale of money, geopolitics, crafty forgers and lackluster library security.
New York Times Top StoriesBulgarian Distrust of Russia Simmers Over a Black Sea Oil Terminal
Russia has been losing its grip on the Rosenets Oil Terminal, near the port city of Burgas, as Bulgarian authorities seek to assert greater control over the Russian-run facility.
New York Times Top StoriesColumbia Officials Said They Had ‘No Choice’ But to Call the Police to Clear Protest
Columbia’s president expressed regret about calling in the police to clear a previous protest. On Tuesday, she said she had “no choice” after protesters occupied a building on campus.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Most Decorated Battleship in U.S. History Gets an Overdue Face-Lift
It has been 34 years since the Battleship New Jersey was last pulled out of the water for maintenance.
New York Times Top StoriesWeinstein to Appear in Court for First Time Since Conviction Overturned
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced former Hollywood producer, is set to appear in a Manhattan court Wednesday in what could be the first step toward a new sex crimes trial.
New York Times Top StoriesAs South Korea Doctors’ Walkout Drags on, Many Blame President
A walkout by physicians has dragged on for weeks, as they protest a plan by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s government to increase medical school enrollment.
New York Times Top StoriesDrought That Snarled Panama Canal Was Linked to El Niño, Study Finds
The low water levels that choked cargo traffic were more closely tied to the natural climate cycle than to human-caused warming, a team of scientists has concluded.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Electric Cars Keep Improving, a Worry for Rivals Elsewhere
More capable autonomous driving is just one way Chinese automakers are threatening to pull ahead — their E.V.s are also becoming bigger and roomier.
New York Times Top StoriesU.C.L.A. Declares Encampment Illegal and Says Protesters Should Leave
University of California, Los Angeles officials had tolerated an encampment for several days but warned Tuesday night that protesters face consequences if they stay.
New York Times Top StoriesPaul Auster, Prolific Author and Brooklyn Literary Star, Dies at 77
With critically lauded works like “The New York Trilogy,” the charismatic author and patron saint of his adopted borough drew worldwide acclaim.
New York Times Top StoriesPaul Auster: An Appreciation
A complicated, generous life yielded a body of work of staggering scope and variety.
New York Times Top StoriesColumbia Asks N.Y.P.D. to Stay on Campus Through Middle of May
The university released the letter after police entered Hamilton Hall, a building that was occupied by dozens of demonstrators. Columbia’s commencement is currently scheduled for May 15.
New York Times Top StoriesTornado Destroys Homes, Kills at Least One in Kansas
A powerful tornado ripped through a community in northeastern Kansas on Tuesday afternoon, destroying dozens of homes and structures and killing at least one person, officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Judges Block Newly Drawn Louisiana Congressional Map
In a 2-to-1 decision, the panel sided with challengers who argued that the map that created a second Black majority district was an “impermissible racial gerrymander.”
New York Times Top StoriesTimothy Kennedy, a Democrat, Wins New York Special House Election
The victory by Timothy Kennedy, a Democratic state senator, was not a surprise. But it will make Republicans’ lives more difficult in Washington.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Win New York Special House Election, Narrowing G.O.P. Majority
The victory by Timothy Kennedy, a Democratic state senator, was not a surprise. But it will make Republicans’ lives more difficult in Washington.
New York Times Top StoriesAlbuquerque School’s Staff on Leave After Drag Show at Prom
Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico also installed an acting principal as it investigates a high school prom.
New York Times Top StoriesLaw Firm Defending Trump Seeks to Withdraw From a Long-Running Case
The firm, LaRocca Hornik, has represented Donald Trump’s political operation in numerous suits dating to his first presidential run, including a pregnancy discrimination case in New York.
New York Times Top StoriesRent Board Backs Increases for Millions of New Yorkers
The Rent Guidelines Board cast a preliminary vote to back rent increases of between 2 and 4.5 percent on one-year leases across New York City’s one million stabilized apartments.
New York Times Top StoriesSheryl Sandberg Screams Back at the Silence
A powerful new documentary gives voice to the rape victims of Oct 7.
New York Times Top StoriesN.S.A. Disclosure of U.S. Identities in Surveillance Reports Nearly Tripled in 2023
The sharp increase of so-called unmaskings, to more than 31,300 times, arose from attempts by foreign hackers to infiltrate the computer systems of critical infrastructure.
New York Times Top StoriesCharlotte Mourns 4 Officers Killed in Shooting While Serving Warrant
The killing of the four officers in a usually quiet neighborhood, where a running gun battle left people scrambling for cover, stunned residents and brought anguish across the city.
New York Times Top StoriesNetanyahu Vows to Invade Rafah ‘With or Without’ Cease-Fire Deal
As mediators pressed for a truce and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken toured the region, a ground incursion into the southern Gazan city loomed.
New York Times Top StoriesBrown University Students and Officials Make Deal to Dismantle Encampment
Brown students took down their tents on campus after the university in Rhode Island agreed to discuss their demands for divestment from support for the Israeli military.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Trial Takeaways: Judge Merchan Fines Trump $9,000 for Gag Order Violations
Donald J. Trump was fined for contempt and warned of jail time before a lawyer testified about how he struck deals to silence two women who said they had trysts with the former president.
New York Times Top StoriesColumbia Said It Would Expel Students Occupying a Building
Also, a judge held Trump in contempt, and warned of jail time. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesTwo Men Are Charged Over the Felling of the Sycamore Gap Tree
Seven months after the beloved tree in northern England was cut down, the police charged two men in their 30s with damaging the 200-year-old tree and part of Hadrian’s Wall.
New York Times Top StoriesStormy Daniels’s Lawyer, Keith Davidson, Exposes Seamy Underside of Celebrity
Keith Davidson, the lawyer who represented two women from Donald Trump’s past, testified in his criminal trial about the hush-money deals both received.
New York Times Top StoriesMississippi Lawmakers Reach a Tentative Deal to Expand Medicaid
The expansion would extend largely free health coverage to 200,000 more low-income adults. But hurdles remain, including a likely veto by Gov. Tate Reeves.