New York Times Top Stories
Alice Brock, Restaurant Owner Made Famous by a Song, Dies at 83
Arlo Guthrie’s antiwar staple “Alice’s Restaurant” was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesStock for Sale by Cabinet Members
Trump’s picks for Treasury secretary and commerce secretary both lead Wall Street firms. Here’s what that could mean for their finances and businesses.
New York Times Top StoriesSectarian Violence Kills Least 25 in Northwest Pakistan
The clashes overnight between Sunni and Shiite tribes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province came a day after gunmen ambushed a convey of vehicles in the area.
New York Times Top Stories‘Wicked’ Revels in the Glory of Female Frenemies
Who hasn’t wanted to destroy a best friend — at least a little?
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Worries Me About Uruguay’s Elections This Year
An unexciting campaign mirrors young Uruguayans’ lack of enthusiasm for democracy.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump: Protector of Women — or Predators?
If you want to see women flying high, go to the movies.
New York Times Top StoriesFlattery as Trump Management Strategy
A second Trump administration is one where nobody’s quite sure what anyone else is really thinking.
New York Times Top StoriesDonate This Holiday Season: Women and Children Need Your Help
Give a woman her life back, save a child’s life or help a child read, with my annual holiday giving guide.
New York Times Top StoriesYour Heart’s Desire
Understanding what’s “for you” or “not for you” is part of refining taste. But what if it’s also closing you off to pleasure and connection?
New York Times Top Stories‘The Interview’: K-Pop Trained Rosé to Be ‘a Perfect Girl.’ Now She’s Trying to Be Herself.
The Blackpink star strikes out on her own, away from the system that turned her into a global phenomenon.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Memes and in State Media, Many Russians Cheer on Putin’s Threats
While support for Vladimir V. Putin’s threats resounded in pro-war venues, some Russians reacted with worry, gallows humor and apathy to the suggestions of striking the West and using nuclear weapons.
New York Times Top StoriesA Long-Held Secret is Now Public. Will it Alter Cormac McCarthy’s Legacy?
Revelations about a relationship between the author and a woman who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of his work. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his writing.
New York Times Top StoriesOn Blood-Soaked Ground, a ‘Prayer for the Future’ of a Divided Land
Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize what it means to be presidential.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Latest FAFSA Form is Available. It Works Fine.
The rollout of the new student aid form last year was a debacle. This year’s beta testing has gone better. Next up: millions of users and a new administration.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Promised to Halve Energy Costs in 18 Months. Experts Have Doubts.
A president has little control over global oil markets, economists say.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans Ponder: What if the Trump Tax Cuts Cost Nothing?
Some in the party are considering alternative ways of assessing the federal budget as they prepare to extend temporary tax cuts passed in 2017.
New York Times Top StoriesFrom ‘Wicked’ to Elon Musk, How Americans Learned to Root for the Supervillain
How Americans learned to root for the dark side — from the Joker and “Wicked” to Elon Musk.
New York Times Top StoriesHow a Nigerian Nurse Abducted by Boko Haram Planned Her Escaped
After being abducted by an offshoot of Boko Haram in Nigeria six years ago, a Christian nurse describes her daring escape and how faith kept her alive.
New York Times Top StoriesHezbollah Said to Be Using Copy of Israeli Missile Against Israel
The Lebanese militant group captured an advanced Israeli anti-tank missile in the 2006 war, and its ally, Iran, reverse-engineered it, Israeli officials say.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Amish Country, George Steinmetz Chases the Perfect Photograph
In his mission to document the earth’s food supply, George Steinmetz recovers the human element in aerial photography — and in farming. Ahead of his new book, he brings our critic into the field.
New York Times Top StoriesHow People Are Earning Thousands Investigating Pandemic Fraud
Some private citizens are hunting for potential cases of fraud tied to small-business loans. They have earned big payouts — in some cases, more than $1 million.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Trade Agenda Could Benefit Friends and Punish Rivals
Donald Trump has a record of pardoning favored companies from tariffs. Companies are once again lining up to try to influence him.
New York Times Top StoriesAron D’Souza’s Enhanced Games May Happen. Should They?
With a controversial plan to allow doping in a major athletic competition, Aron D’Souza hopes to usher in an era of “superhumans.” There are several hurdles left to clear.
New York Times Top StoriesPowerful Israeli Airstrike Hits Central Beirut
The attack was the third strike in the Lebanese capital this week, part of a wave of amped-up Israeli military activity across the country.
New York Times Top StoriesF.B.I. Agents Investigate Use of Fake Donors in N.Y. Assembly Race
The inquiry follows a New York Times report questioning the validity of more than $162,000 in matching funds given to Dao Yin, a Democrat of Queens.
New York Times Top StoriesCan the Gilgo Beach Suspect’s House Become a ‘Nice Starter Home’?
Asa Ellerup, who is married to Rex Heuermann, the defendant in the Gilgo Beach murders, stuck it out despite destructive searches and gawkers. Now she is selling and heading to South Carolina.
New York Times Top StoriesA Lesson for America? Reversing Populist Policies Is Tough, Poland Finds.
The country’s new leaders are trying to undo changes, like abortion restrictions and politicized courts, made by their hard-right predecessors. It “takes longer than you expect,” one minister said.
New York Times Top StoriesEurope’s Leaders Seek Greater Unity to Counter Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda
At a conference in Paris, corporate chiefs, finance ministers and top politicians called for a “Europe First” policy to counter Donald Trump’s protectionist agenda.
New York Times Top Stories55 Days Into Hunger Strike, Activist’s Mother Says She ‘Won’t Back Down’
Laila Soueif, the British-born mother of the Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah, is demanding the U.K. do more to secure his release.
New York Times Top StoriesFormula for Power in Modi’s India: Cash, Detentions and Luxe Resorts
With a tactic known as “resort politics,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has been accused of using brute force to take over Indian state governments.