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DNA Tests and Stranded Bodies: Ukraine’s Struggle to Name Its Dead
Families of some soldiers say they have spent months trying to get official confirmation of their loved one’s death, adding to their anguish.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesFor Markus Johnson, Prison and Mental Illness Equaled a Death Sentence
The downward spiral of one inmate, Markus Johnson, shows the larger failures of the nation’s prisons to care for the mentally ill.
New York Times Top StoriesFrank Stella Went From Bauhaus to Fun House
He was consumed with abstract painting and determined to keep it alive even when it became an unpopular cause among younger artists.
New York Times Top StoriesImmigrants Find Fun and Community at Queens Soccer Fields
For generations of immigrants, Sunday soccer at Flushing Meadows Corona Park is more than a game.
New York Times Top StoriesTeenager Fatally Shot by Australian Police After He Stabbed a Man
The episode occurred just weeks after two major stabbing attacks in the country. The teen had been under monitoring for having extremist tendencies.
New York Times Top StoriesChief Counsel at R.N.C. Pushed Out After Two Months on the Job
Charlie Spies, a veteran election-law lawyer, had been under attack since soon after he joined the Republican National Committee in March.
New York Times Top StoriesJust How Dangerous Is Europe’s Rising Far Right?
Anti-immigration parties with fascist roots — and an uncertain commitment to democracy — are now mainstream.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Xi Visits Europe, Seeking Strategic Opportunity
The Chinese leader has carefully chosen three countries — France, Serbia and Hungary — that to varying degrees embrace Beijing’s push for a new global order.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Is Buying Gold, Sending Prices to Record Highs
The global price of gold has reached its highest levels as Chinese investors and consumers, wary of real estate and stocks, buy the metal at a record pace.
New York Times Top StoriesCharges Against Cuellar Lay Bare Azerbaijan’s Influence Attempts
Federal prosecutors say Representative Henry Cuellar tried to shape policy for Azerbaijan in exchange for bribes. The country has spent millions in the past decade lobbying Washington.
New York Times Top StoriesParts of Gaza in ‘Full-Blown Famine,’ U.N. Aid Official Says
Cindy McCain, the director of the World Food Program, said starvation is entrenched in northern Gaza and is “moving its way south.”
New York Times Top StoriesCanadian Arrests Highlight Alleged Gang Role in India’s Intelligence Operations
India’s external spy agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, has long been accused of tapping into criminal networks to carry out operations in South Asia. Is the agency now doing similar operations in the West?
New York Times Top StoriesFrank Stella, Towering Artist and Master of Reinvention, Dies at 87
He moved American art away from Abstract Expressionism toward cool minimalism. His explorations of color and form were endlessly discussed and constantly on exhibit.
New York Times Top StoriesLast of Escaped Zebras Captured After Being Lured With White Bread
A zebra named Sugar was captured on Friday after being on the loose in Washington State for nearly a week.
New York Times Top StoriesMet Gala 2024: A Guide to the Theme, Hosts and the Guest List
What’s the dress code, who’s hosting, who’s going and how to watch.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Best Hats at the 2024 Kentucky Derby
America’s most famous horse race may be celebrating a milestone this year, but the hats are the real stars of the show.
New York Times Top StoriesWidening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.
New research finds that the death rate among Black youths soared by 37 percent, and among Native American youths by 22 percent, between 2014 and 2020, compared with less than 5 percent for white youths.
New York Times Top StoriesRishi Sunak’s Dismal Task: Leading U.K. Conservatives to Likely Defeat
After 14 years of Conservative government, Britain’s voters appear hungry for change. And Prime Minister Rishi Sunak seems unable to persuade them otherwise.
New York Times Top StoriesPhotos: See Scenes of the Kentucky Derby
Photos of the Kentucky Derby, which is marking its 150th anniversary.
New York Times Top StoriesLionel Richie, Kate Moss and Pharrell Hit NY Parties Ahead of the Met Gala
This week, after the British monarch returned to official duties, celebrities helped raise money for the trust he founded, and Pharrell hosted a car auction.
New York Times Top StoriesSadiq Khan Heads for 3rd Term as London Mayor
Initial results showed the mayor, representing the center-left opposition Labour Party, gaining ground against a right-wing rival who focused on crime and cars.
New York Times Top StoriesA Texas Town’s Germanfest Was Split by a Battle Over Beer
Muenster, Texas, has hosted a German-heritage festival for nearly 50 years. But then some locals rebelled.
New York Times Top StoriesFrom Free Speech to Free Palestine: Six Decades of Student Protest
The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s.
New York Times Top StoriesParts of Gaza Are in Famine, World Food Program Chief Says
The remarks by Cindy McCain do not constitute an official declaration of famine, but she said the assessment was based on “what we have seen” on the ground.
New York Times Top StoriesProm
Tornadoes, parades, speeches and more stories from high school’s big night.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Three Faces of Don
Looking at who Trump was, is and would be.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Loss in Gaza Captured in One Photo
Every death of a child from the war in Gaza is a preventable tragedy.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Medical Stories Do We Trust?
How vaccine injuries and long Covid test our partisan beliefs.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t Know
Three terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Deep, Tangled Roots of American Illiberalism
Our biggest mistake would be to believe that Trumpism is a historical exception.