New York Times Top Stories
Here Are the Risks When Zoos Pay for Endangered Species
We tracked $86 million in U.S. money that was supposed to go toward panda conservation in China.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Cabinet Picks Have a Familiar, Traditional Look
The Trump cabinet is mostly complete — at least until the official nomination and confirmation process — and it is quite a picture.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump May Find Things to Like About Biden’s ‘Horrible’ Foreign Policy
The world is braced for disruption from the president-elect, but he may find more common ground with President Biden than many assume.
New York Times Top StoriesKennedy’s Inheritance: How Addiction and Trauma Shaped a Turbulent Life
Donald Trump’s pick to be health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reached a pinnacle of power after a life of fame and addictions and a career intertwined with conspiracy theories.
New York Times Top StoriesHoliday Shopping Season Separates Winning Retailers From Losers
Consumers are seeking deals and being choosier about their spending in the crucial final weeks of the year, executives say.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the Bonne Maman Advent Calendar Became a Hot Commodity
More than a year of research and development plus word-of-mouth has kept the French jam company’s calendars in shopping carts.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Heirs of a Despised Draft Dodger Want His Wright Brothers Plane Back
The Franklin Institute has said a wealthy scion, long vilified for refusing to serve during World War I, gave them a treasured Wright-built plane. His family is challenging that account.
New York Times Top StoriesWSA, A Manhattan Office Tower Becomes an Unlikely ‘It’ Building
The WSA building, a 31-story New York office tower with mysterious financing, has become an improbable hub for artists, designers and influencers.
New York Times Top StoriesMs. Rachel, YouTube Star, Is Creating a Holiday Toy Frenzy
Rachel Accurso might be this era’s Mr. Rogers, if he were on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. Toy companies and publishers all want a piece of the action.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Elegy for Crystal Cove A7, Our Family’s Piece of Paradise on St. Thomas
A one-bedroom vacation condo on St. Thomas was heaven for a writer when she was growing up. But what did the place mean after her parents were gone?
New York Times Top StoriesMillions of Dollars to Protect Pandas Was Spent by China on Roads and Buildings
A Times investigation found that zoos knew conservation money went toward apartment buildings and roads. But they wanted to keep displaying pandas, so nobody looked too closely.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine’s River of Anguish
Amphibious operations across the Dnipro River at Kherson illustrated the suffering and endurance of Ukrainian forces. A team of Times journalists observed the perilous movements.
New York Times Top StoriesCan a Court’s ‘Last Resort’ Fix New York City’s Jails?
A federal judge is likely to employ a rarely used remedy to try to fix longstanding problems in the city’s jails. But it’s not foolproof.
New York Times Top StoriesHochul Tries to Meet New York’s Climate Goals Without Provoking Trump
Gov. Kathy Hochul is contending with pressures from environmental advocates and President-elect Donald Trump as she charts a path forward.
New York Times Top StoriesFour Opinion Writers Visit Oz and Ask: Who’s Really ‘Wicked’?
A big-budget holiday film with a strong antifascist message? “Wicked” is not what we expected.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Two Dapper ‘Nutcracker’ Princes, It’s Showtime
This season, two vivacious boys at the School of American Ballet make their princely debuts in New York City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker.”
New York Times Top StoriesChinese Court Sentences Journalist to 7 Years in Prison for Espionage
Dong Yuyu, who has written articles critical of the Communist Party, was arrested in 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat.
New York Times Top StoriesA Dublin Neighborhood at the Sharp End of Ireland’s Election Issues
In a northeast neighborhood of the capital city, deprivation and affluence exist side-by-side, and many voters feel frustrated by the status quo.
New York Times Top StoriesBlack Friday Used to Be Fun for Shoppers. What Happened?
Lining up early outside stores and hunting for deals was once part of a gratifying Black Friday. It no longer feels that way.
New York Times Top StoriesArt Collector Who Bought a $6 Million Banana Offers to Buy 100,000 More
The vendor who sold the banana only received a quarter for the fruit. Now the buyer of the conceptual work has offered his fruit stand a bigger payday.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Mexico Is Eliminating Independent Watchdog Agencies
A vote in the country’s Senate has cleared the way to abolish seven independent organizations that provided oversight on issues such as public information and price fixing.
New York Times Top StoriesCanada Accuses Google of Creating Advertising Tech Monopoly
The case largely echoes an antitrust action in the United States and seeks to force Google to sell off sections of its online ad business.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Inverted Morality of MAGA
Trumpism represents an alternative value system. The people I regard as upright and admirable MAGA regards as morally disgraceful.
New York Times Top StoriesPeggy Caserta, Who Wrote a Tell-All About Janis Joplin, Dies at 84
Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ground zero for the counterculture. But she was best known for a tawdry book — which she later disavowed — published after Ms. Joplin’s death.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Team’s Rejection of a Transition Deal Adds a Wrinkle to Its Transparency Pledges
The president-elect’s team said it would disclose its donors’ names and not take donations from foreigners, but it isn’t legally bound to adhere to those promises.
New York Times Top StoriesLebanese Residents of Baalbek Return to a Bombed-Out City
Tens of thousands of people who had fled the city of Baalbek returned to bombed-out restaurants, flattened apartment buildings and many of the dead still buried under the rubble.
New York Times Top StoriesHiker Survives 50 Days in Canadian Wilderness
Sam Benastick was found after weeks missing in British Columbia’s frigid Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, and after the official search was called off. The police had feared “this would not be the outcome,” a spokeswoman said.
New York Times Top StoriesSnow and Rain Disrupt Holiday Travel as Storm Moves Across the Northeast
More than a foot of snow could accumulate in northern New England, hampering drivers in a record-breaking year for Thanksgiving travel.
New York Times Top StoriesDefense Secretary Takes Control of Plea Deals in War Crimes Cases
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III stripped his appointee of plea deal authority in a memo on Monday, which the Pentagon has not yet made public.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Makes a Final Nantucket Visit as President
The president made his usual stops, expressing gratitude for progress toward peace in the Middle East and urging Americans to stay hopeful.