New York Times Top Stories
Campus Protesters Are Demanding Colleges Divest From Israel. That Is Intellectually Impossible.
Colleges cannot accede to student protesters’ demands that they jettison investments because of the war in Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHow Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel
Prominent Republicans have seized on campus protests to assail what they say is antisemitism on the left. But for years they have mainstreamed anti-Jewish rhetoric.
New York Times Top Stories10 Big Biden Environmental Rules, and What They Mean
Asbestos, “forever” chemicals, E.V.s and endangered species. Here’s what 10 new rules cover, and why the administration has been churning them out.
New York Times Top StoriesHarris Warns of Supreme Court’s Future Rulings: ‘I Worry About Fundamental Freedoms’
In an interview with The Times, Vice President Kamala Harris deepened her criticism of the conservative justices who overturned Roe and singled out Clarence Thomas’s views on other settled cases.
New York Times Top StoriesInside the College Democrats’ Rebuke of Biden
Why the young people who seem most likely to be all-in for the president are instead publicly criticizing him.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Antisemitism Hearing, Public School Leaders Show Up University Presidents
Mixing it up a bit, schools leaders showed, can go far toward neutralizing a Congress with a craving to make a point.
New York Times Top StoriesReasons to Have Hope
After decades of reporting on the front lines, I am awed by the material and moral progress the world has made.
New York Times Top StoriesCass Elliot’s Death Spawned a Horrible Myth. She Deserves Better.
The Mamas & the Papas singer was known for her wit, her voice and her skill as a connector. For 50 years, a rumor has overshadowed her legacy.
New York Times Top StoriesBerkeley and NYC School Districts React After House Antisemitism Hearing
For some in Berkeley, Calif., New York City and Montgomery County, Md., their responses about the hearing on antisemitism appeared to hinge on their opinions going in.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Part of the Kristi Noem Saga That I Can’t Shake
It’s about her place in the G.O.P., but about the party, too.
New York Times Top StoriesHe Sang ‘What a Fool Believes.’ But Michael McDonald Is in on the Joke.
The singer and songwriter with a silky-smooth voice has written a memoir with Paul Reiser that recounts his story of pain and redemption with dashes of humor.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Ever-Resilient Pupfish Makes a Comeback in Death Valley
The spring population of the critically endangered species is at a 25-year high, a surprising rebound in a tiny desert cave.
New York Times Top Stories9 Home Designs That Evoke the Flow of Water
Symbolizing tranquillity and clarity, water is the inspiration behind many brands’ creations.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Mexico, a High Design, Water-wise House
An architecture studio in water-stressed Mexico City follows the examples of ancient builders who harvested rain.
New York Times Top StoriesA Former Guantánamo Prisoner’s New Life
In a quick but eventful year since his release, Majid Khan reunited with his wife, met his daughter who was born after his capture and added to his family with a baby son.
New York Times Top StoriesTo Keep Children Safe, We Still Need More Foster Care, Not Less
We need to rethink the policy of preserving families, seemingly at all costs.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Loneliness Affects the Brain
Feeling chronically disconnected from others can affect the brain’s structure and function, and it raises the risk for neurodegenerative diseases.
New York Times Top StoriesA Plan to Help Harlem Students Build Wealth: Start Them Off With $10,000
The Harlem Children’s Zone is investing millions of dollars to create savings plans for students in its charter schools and, eventually, nationwide.
New York Times Top StoriesBritain’s Conservative Party Is Being Held Captive by Bad People
The Conservative Party is in crisis.
New York Times Top StoriesCésar Luis Menotti, Who Coached Argentina to a World Cup, Dies at 85
He led the national team to a championship in 1978 but was convinced that it didn’t get the recognition it deserved in the shadow of the country’s dictatorship.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Tawdry Decade of Trump Could Desensitize Any Juror
If everything is just a tabloid joke, can Trump be found guilty of a real crime?
New York Times Top StoriesFencing Rattled by Suspensions and Accusations Ahead of Olympics
Concerns about refereeing integrity and preferential treatment for top saber competitors have cast a shadow over a sport decided by the finest of margins.
New York Times Top StoriesMilan Cracks Down on Nightlife After Campaign to Lure Visitors
City officials worked to make Milan attractive to visitors, but now that some neighborhoods are overwhelmed by rowdy crowds and noise, they’re trying to scale back.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Tiny Nation at the Vanguard of Mining the Ocean Floor
Below the waters of the Cook Islands, population 15,000, lie minerals used to power electric cars. Extracting them could bring riches, but many say it’s a bad idea.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S.C. President Censured by Academic Senate After Weeks of Turmoil
Carol Folt had been under fire for canceling a valedictorian’s speech and calling in the police, who cleared an encampment arrested dozens of protesters.
New York Times Top StoriesPro-Trump PAC Joins TikTok Amid Fight Over Its Chinese Ownership
President Biden, whose presidential campaign uses the app, signed a law in April that would force a sale of TikTok by ByteDance.
New York Times Top Stories44-Foot Whale Found Dead on Bow of Cruise Ship Coming Into New York
The endangered sei whale, usually found in deep waters, was discovered on the bow of a cruise ship as it arrived at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, marine authorities said.
New York Times Top StoriesFlooding in Southern Brazil: Images of Rio Grande do Sul Underwater
Torrential rains have caused one of Brazil’s worst floods in modern history, leaving more than 100 dead and nearly an entire state submerged.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Says the U.S. Will Not Supply Israel With Weapons to Attack Rafah
The president’s remarks underscore the growing rift between the United States and its closest Middle East ally over the war in Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesPolice Say U.C.L.A. Protesters Had Supplies Intended to Occupy Building
More than 40 people were arrested Monday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime, according to the police department at the University of California, Los Angeles.