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New York’s Best New Restaurants of 2024
Our three critics name the places, from classic French dining to a buzzing shawarma stall, that dazzled them the most this year.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Best NYC Dishes of 2024
A messy patty melt, an exemplary chocolate cake and two dozen other delights worth savoring.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Being an Influencer Became a New American Dream
Two preteen girls promote fashion and beauty products to thousands of online fans from their rural Alabama home.
New York Times Top StoriesBrazil’s President Lula Is in ICU After Emergency Brain Surgery
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil was in the hospital recovering from the procedure. Doctors said the bleeding appeared to be linked to a fall in October.
New York Times Top StoriesTaiwan Says China Has Deployed Largest Fleet of Ships in Decades
Taiwan is on high alert in response to China’s unannounced deployment of naval and Coast Guard ships, as tensions rise over U.S. support for the island.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Penny Verdict, a Flashpoint in the Debate Over Crime and Mental Illness
A New York jury acquitted Daniel Penny in the death of Jordan Neely. Republican politicians hailed the verdict. But some New Yorkers found it deeply disturbing.
New York Times Top StoriesMayor Adams’s Stance on Migrants Has Evolved, in Trump’s Direction
Mayor Eric Adams has become more outspoken about his desire to detain “dangerous” immigrants, a view more closely aligned with President-elect Donald J. Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesAustralia Signs Security and Economic Treaty With Nauru
In return for financial support, the Pacific island nation of Nauru pledged not to enter any security pacts without Australia’s assent.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Chides Trump for Using Dr. Biden Photo to Hawk Cologne
The president-elect used a photo of Jill Biden smiling at him to promote his fragrances. Jimmy Kimmel thinks that’s because Melania has never smiled at him on camera.
New York Times Top StoriesPutin Just Suffered a Huge Defeat
This time, when Bashar al-Assad started to fall, Russia was not there to catch him.
New York Times Top StoriesNikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81
As a writer, she tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Countries Still Fighting in Syria After al-Assad’s Ouster
Bashar al-Assad is gone, and Russia and Iran have stepped back. But Israel, Turkey and the United States are carrying out airstrikes.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the Rebels in Syria Captured Damascus
A visual timeline of the stunning rebel advance in Syria
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Understand the Factions Vying for Control in Syria
The fighters shared a desire to topple Bashar al-Assad’s government, but they don’t share much else.
New York Times Top StoriesFrance’s Marine Le Pen Takes Aim at the Top
After helping to oust the prime minister last week, the far-right leader has made clear her next target is President Emmanuel Macron.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Netanyahu Corruption Trial, Explained
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to take the stand on Tuesday. Here’s what to know about the trial.
New York Times Top StoriesSuspect Is Charged in C.E.O.’s Murder After Arrest in Pennsylvania
Luigi Mangione was arrested after a tip from a McDonald’s in Altoona. On Monday night, Manhattan prosecutors charged him with murder.
New York Times Top StoriesNikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81
Ms. Giovanni tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was a celebrity poet and public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.
New York Times Top StoriesSuspect in C.E.O. Killing Withdrew From a Life of Privilege and Promise
The suspect, Luigi Mangione, was an Ivy League tech graduate from a prominent Maryland family who in recent months had suffered physical and psychic pain.
New York Times Top StoriesErnst Suggests She Will Not Oppose Hegseth for Defense Secretary
Senator Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican who is facing re-election in 2026, appeared less skeptical after President-elect Donald Trump’s supporters threatened her with political retribution.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Has a New Favorite Foreign Leader. He’s Known as ‘the Madman.’
Javier Milei and the rebirth of austerity for the needy.
New York Times Top StoriesCan Trump End Birthright Citizenship? Not Easily.
The president-elect has revived his wish to do away with automatic citizenship for anyone born in the United States. The Constitution stands in his way.
New York Times Top StoriesLeader of Polygamist Sect in Arizona Gets 50 Years in Child Sex Ring Case
Samuel R. Bateman, 48, of Colorado City, Ariz., who claimed to have more than 20 “wives” including 10 “brides” under 18, pleaded guilty in April to two felony conspiracy charges.
New York Times Top StoriesModerate Earthquake Rattles Reno and Lake Tahoe
Preliminary estimates showed that the quake had a magnitude of 5.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Photographs Led Police to Person of Interest in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing
The key was not advanced facial recognition technology. An employee at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s reported the man after seeing a widely circulated image of the suspect.
New York Times Top StoriesSyrian Military Officials Charged With War Crimes as Government Falls
Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud ran an infamous prison in Damascus and “sought to terrify, intimidate and repress any opposition, or perceived opposition, to the regime,” according to the indictment.
New York Times Top StoriesSyrians, in Shock and With Some Unease, Celebrate the Fall of al-Assad
A day after the regime of President Bashar al-Assad fell, civilians poured into the streets of Damascus, weeping in disbelief. Many sought word of relatives held in a notorious prison on the outskirts of the city.
New York Times Top StoriesPolice Arrested a ‘Strong Person of Interest’ in Killing of C.E.O.
Also, rebels asserted control in Syria. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Perfume Line Hits the Market With Jill Biden Photo
Everything around President-elect Donald J. Trump has become something to monetize, including a moment of comity with Jill Biden at Notre-Dame over the weekend.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Is Luigi Mangione, Arrested In Connection With the UnitedHealthcare C.E.O.’s Killing?
He grew up in Maryland, graduated from a private high school in Baltimore and went on to the University of Pennsylvania.