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Biden Condemned Violent Campus Protests
Also, the U.S. accused Russia of using chemical weapons. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesBiden Appeals to North Carolina With Program to Replace Lead Pipes
In a stop in Wilmington, N.C., the president announced $3 billion in new spending to upgrade water systems around the country.
New York Times Top StoriesMaking Flying Cleaner
New guidelines attempt to make the aviation cleaner by relying on corn-based ethanol, but experts divided on the fuel’s environmental benefits.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Trial Takeaways: Tapes Take Jurors Into the Heart of Hush-Money Deals
Stormy Daniels’s former lawyer faced a tough cross-examination as Donald J. Trump’s team tried to paint him as a shakedown artist.
New York Times Top StoriesWoman Who Sold Misbranded Ozempic on TikTok Faces Smuggling Charge
Federal prosecutors said the woman from Shirley, N.Y., was not licensed to administer medication and was selling drugs brought from abroad that were not authorized by the Food and Drug Administration.
New York Times Top StoriesHamas Studies a Gaza Cease-Fire Offer From Israel, and Hints at Progress
Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas’ political wing, said the group was reviewing the latest proposal in a “positive spirit,” and would send representatives to Cairo to continue negotiations.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Protesters Took Over a Campus Building at Columbia University
Some of those arrested during the pro-Palestinian protest were outsiders, not students or others who appeared to be affiliated with the school, according to an analysis of Police Department data.
New York Times Top StoriesApple Reports Decline in Sales and Profit Amid iPhone Struggles in China
The company continues to lean on customers’ appetite for apps and services, as demand for its devices weakens.
New York Times Top StoriesBill to Combat Antisemitism on Campuses Prompts Backlash From the Right
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, said the legislation could make it illegal to assert that Jews killed Jesus, punishing Christians for “believing the Gospel.”
New York Times Top StoriesThe Best Headwear at the Central Park Hat Lunch
Attendees at the annual Frederick Law Olmsted Awards wore their finest fascinators, headbands and bird hats to raise money for the jewel of New York.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Said the Right Thing on Campus Protests. Will It Matter?
The middle of the road may be the correct place to be, but it’s never a popular spot.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer Pennsylvania Nurse Gets Life Sentence in Insulin Deaths
Heather Pressdee, 41, admitted to trying to kill 19 patients by administering excessive amounts of insulin, prosecutors said. She pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and other charges.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Throw a Garden Party, From the Chefs Behind Kismet
Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson — the chef-owners of the restaurant Kismet — hosted a Mediterranean and Middle Eastern feast to celebrate their first cookbook.
New York Times Top StoriesRobert Oxnam, China Scholar Beset by Multiple Personalities, Dies at 81
Through psychotherapy, recounted in a memoir, he learned that he had 11 personalities, or fractured parts of his identity. One of them told of childhood abuse.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Calls Japan and India ‘Xenophobic’ in Defending U.S. Immigration
President Biden also referred to Russia and China, saying they “don’t want immigrants.” A spokesman said the president was trying to make a comment about America’s immigrant “DNA,” not insult other countries.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Trump’s Trial, a Decade’s Worth of Celebrity Sleaze Is Exhumed
Donald J. Trump’s lawyers tried to paint Keith Davidson, the man who helped broker a hush-money payment for Stormy Daniels, as a specialist in extracting money from the famous.
New York Times Top StoriesSony, Apollo Express Interest in Buying Paramount
Paramount has been exploring a potential deal for months, talking to suitors including Skydance, producer of “Top Gun: Maverick.”
New York Times Top StoriesThe Fed Is Eyeing the Job Market, but It’s Difficult to Read
Fed officials are watching labor trends as they contemplate when to cut rates. But different measures are telling different stories.
New York Times Top StoriesTorrential Rain in Brazil Kills at Least 13, With More Missing
Four days of pounding rain have inundated many parts of a southern state, cutting off towns and leaving people trapped as they await rescue by helicopters.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Grills U.S. and Google on Antitrust Claims
Judge Amit P. Mehta tried poking holes in the closing arguments of a landmark monopoly case as he weighs a ruling that could reshape tech.
New York Times Top StoriesCampus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide
America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Trump Trial, Stormy Daniels’s Lawyer Says Hush-Money Deals Swayed the 2016 Vote
“What have we done?” Keith Davidson texted to a tabloid editor on election night, testifying on Thursday that it had been gallows humor.
New York Times Top StoriesJohn Swinney Looks Likely to Be Scotland’s Next First Minister
Amid a political crisis, John Swinney, who led the Scottish National Party two decades ago, is in line to become Scotland’s first minister.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Doodles Brought Petrit Halilaj to the Met Rooftop
After a childhood marked by war and exile, Petrit Halilaj has become one of his generation’s great talents.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is a Song?
Is it simply the music flowing out of your earphones? According to the law, the answer is a bit more complicated.
New York Times Top StoriesChris Christie and Bill Barr Have Some Explaining to Do
Supposedly principled Republicans can’t reconcile condemnation of Trump with refusal to back Biden.
New York Times Top StoriesNorth Carolina Triad Tries to Reinvent Its Economy
North Carolina’s Triad was built on tobacco, textiles and furniture. Now it’s trying to forge a new economy from more highly skilled manufacturing.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Army Sees Mortars as Safe. Troops Report Signs of Brain Injury.
Soldiers exposed to thousands of low-level blasts from firing weapons like mortars say that they wind up with debilitating symptoms of traumatic brain injury — but no diagnosis.
New York Times Top StoriesThey Used to Award Olympic Medals for Art?
The founder of the modern Games thought they should honor both body and mind. But the tradition died years ago, and the winning artworks are largely forgotten.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Yes-or-No Questions on Abortion Rights Could Be a Key to 2024
In states that will help decide control of the White House and Congress, Democrats are campaigning furiously alongside ballot measures to protect abortion rights, putting Republicans on their heels.