New York Times Top Stories
Drowning Death of 11-Month-Old Girl in the Bronx Is Ruled a Homicide
The finding in the case of Jazeli Mirabal is the third death of an infant in New York City over the summer to be labeled a homicide this month.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHouse and Senate Clash Over Ethics Report on Gaetz
Also, nuclear power went from pariah to rising star. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesHave You Ever Ghosted Somebody? We Want to Hear About It.
Tell us about your experience for a New York Times Magazine article about how we communicate in our dating lives and relationships.
New York Times Top StoriesHarris’s Main Allied Group Raised Over $900 Million to Aid Her Bid
The powerful super PAC, Future Forward, was sure to take much credit or much blame depending on how election night unfolded.
New York Times Top StoriesAt The National Bible Bee, Christian Students Perfect the Art of Memory
The national competition, which is fast rising in popularity, demands feats of memorization that make the National Spelling Bee look like a game of tic-tac-toe.
New York Times Top StoriesStocks Fall as Wall Street’s Election Enthusiasm Subsides
The post-election rally has lost steam, with the S&P 500 down 2 percent for the week. But major stock indexes are still up since Election Day.
New York Times Top StoriesYes, Most People Probably Should Hold Off on Claiming Social Security
Readers had a lot of thoughtful objections to this idea. As a general rule, I stand by it.
New York Times Top StoriesBurgum Will Be Trump’s ‘Energy Czar’
The North Dakota governor, who helped strengthen ties between the oil industry and President-elect Donald J. Trump, will do double duty as Interior secretary.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Told U.S. That It’s Not Trying to Kill Trump
The Biden administration had warned that the United States would consider any Iranian attempt on Mr. Trump’s life to be “an act of war,” officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Will Encounter a Very Different Middle East in His Second Term
The region has changed dramatically since the Oct. 7 attacks.
New York Times Top StoriesFact Checking RFK Jr.’s Claims About Food and Nutrition
We fact checked five of his most repeated claims.
New York Times Top Stories‘An Absolute Mess’: Brokers Assess the Shift in Fees
The New York City Council has passed a bill that would require landlords to pay for the rental brokers they hire. Some brokers believe it will hurt tenants in the long run.
New York Times Top StoriesGolf Carts, Loudspeaker, Lockboxes: Florence Bans Tourism Headaches
The popular Tuscan destination is the most recent European city to consider measures aimed at making life in a tourism hot spot more bearable.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Harris Failed to Neutralize Immigration as a Campaign Issue
Democrats struggled to respond to real and manufactured challenges as voters grew more concerned over the number of people crossing the border.
New York Times Top StoriesTaylor Swift to Tour in Canada After Trudeau Issues Plea on Social Media
Ms. Swift is performing six shows in Toronto before heading to Vancouver, the final stop in her blockbuster Eras Tour.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Kennedy Sees an ‘Epidemic’ of Chronic Disease Among Children
Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But vaccines and fluoride are not the cause.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr.'s Vow to Take On Big Food Could Face Resistance
Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s corporate-friendly goals.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Supreme Court Paves Way for Execution in ‘Shaken Baby’ Case
Texas lawmakers exceeded their power when they intervened last month to stop the execution of Robert Roberson by summoning him to testify, the court found.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Trump Lawyer Who Wields Outsize Influence on the Next White House
Boris Epshteyn has quickly become one of the most powerful figures in the early days of the presidential transition, even floating his own name to help broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesVivek Ramaswamy Returns to Push His Plans to Downsize the Government
The wealthy entrepreneur, tapped by Donald Trump to co-lead an outside effort focused on “efficiency,” campaigned on an assertion that the president has the power to fire 75 percent of the federal work force.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Donald Trump’s Team Picks Say About His Foreign Policy
The world has changed since Donald J. Trump’s last term as president. Mark Landler, the London bureau chief of The New York Times, describes what Mr. Trump’s choices so far say about his foreign policy ambitions.
New York Times Top StoriesPutin Talks With German Chancellor, Breaking Ice With the West
The hourlong call centered on what German officials said was a push to end the war in Ukraine. It was the first in two years between Mr. Putin and Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
New York Times Top StoriesBeware the Trifecta: History Shows Full Control of Government Is Fleeting
The last five presidents have all had periods where both the House and the Senate were in friendly hands — but most lasted just two years before the backlash set in.
New York Times Top StoriesDespite Lowering Toll to $9, Hochul May Find a Higher Political Cost
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s move to revive congestion pricing in New York has energized her Republican opponents, giving them fodder to fight her re-election in 2026.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza War Strains Europe’s Efforts at Social Cohesion
Institutions meant to promote civility, from soccer to song, have come under severe stress from rising antisemitism and anti-immigrant politics.
New York Times Top StoriesAt the Met, Black Artists Salute an Enduring Affinity With Egypt
A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?
New York Times Top StoriesLeonids Meteor Shower: When and How to Watch Its Peak
The event produces some of the year’s fastest meteors, although the nearly full moon may make them challenging to spot.
New York Times Top StoriesThere Is a Reason Trump Wants Fewer ‘Adults in the Room’
The point of placing loyalists in positions of influence isn’t to make the government work; it is to bend the government to the president’s will.
New York Times Top StoriesNuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.
Growing worldwide energy demand and other factors have shifted the calculus, but hurdles still lie ahead.
New York Times Top StoriesCan America’s Health Survive Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
What Kennedy gets right.