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What a Shutdown Could Look Like, and a ‘Healthy’ Food Fight
Plus, real estate’s trendiest mash-up: the “barndo.”
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesCoke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India
Pension funds and big investors are pressuring Coca-Cola, Pepsico and others over brutal working conditions in India’s cane fields. Some of the sugar buyers are tiptoeing toward change.
New York Times Top StoriesA Solstice of the Soul
For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.
New York Times Top Stories‘Nickel Boys’ Director RaMell Ross On Reinventing the Very Act of Seeing
In “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross uses what he calls “sentient perspective” to convey the characters’ view of their world. Critics say the result is stunning.
New York Times Top StoriesArtists We Lost in 2024, in Their Words
Shelley Duvall, Quincy Jones, Faith Ringgold and Paul Auster are some of the greats who died this year.
New York Times Top Stories‘Presidents Enjoy Remarkable Freedom’: Three Legal Experts on Trump 2.0
Opinion writers discuss potential legal issues and executive power in a second Trump term.
New York Times Top StoriesRemote Work Is Increasingly for The Rich
Remote work is increasingly a right exclusively enjoyed by the most affluent Americans.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Public School Curriculum Is Resistant to Political Pressure
Politicians on both the left and the right have sought to change or limit what teachers can do inside classrooms. Teachers often ignore them.
New York Times Top StoriesThey Entered Treatment. Drugs, Overdoses and Deaths Followed.
Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one company offered little help.
New York Times Top StoriesYour Car Might Be Making Roads Safer
Researchers say data from long-haul trucks, and cars made by General Motors, is critical for addressing traffic congestion and road safety. Data privacy experts have their concerns.
New York Times Top StoriesAt 23, Surviving Scandal to Take a Green Seat in the E.U. Parliament
Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in Brussels, faced a harsh questioning of her character and credibility before winning a chance to fight against climate change in the halls of power.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Tariffs? Europe Braces but Has No Clear Strategy
The incoming president promised “tariffs all the way” unless Europe bought more U.S. oil and gas. European officials have no clear strategy for avoiding a trade war.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Did New Jersey Become Area 52?
No matter how many official voices declare there is no drone emergency, conspiracy theories continue to flourish. We’ve been here before.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Puts Shares of His Media Company in a Trust
A regulatory filing showed that the president-elect transferred some 115 million shares of Trump Media to a trust controlled by his son Donald Trump Jr.
New York Times Top StoriesSeth Meyers: Donald Trump Got ‘Cable Guy’-ed by Elon Musk
The “Late Night” host likened Trump’s relationship with Musk to the 1996 Jim Carrey movie: “You let him do you a favor, and now you can’t get rid of him.”
New York Times Top StoriesSenior U.S. Diplomats Arrive in Syria to Meet With Governing Militias
The U.S. officials plan to look for signs of Austin Tice, a missing American journalist, as well as other U.S. citizens.
New York Times Top StoriesA Mouse That Swims and Dozens More Species Are Discovered in a Peruvian Jungle
A 38-day expedition in the remote Alto Mayo region, where development threatens wild habitats, turned up one previously unknown animal after another.
New York Times Top StoriesDuring Pelicot Trial, Avignon’s Ramparts Give a Platform to Denounce ‘Rape Culture’
A feminist collective, the Amazons of Avignon, has been plastering the walls of the city with testimony from the trial of the 51 men who were convicted in the Gisele Pelicot rape case.
New York Times Top StoriesUkrainians Mourn the Loss of Viktoria Roshchyna and Her Stories
Viktoria Roshchyna died in September in Russian custody. The reporter had been well-known for her stories about life in parts of occupied Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesLove in a Time of War
Anastasia Savka and Oleksiy Levchenko met at a rehabilitation facility earlier this year after surviving critical injuries as Ukrainian soldiers.
New York Times Top StoriesStarbucks Workers Say They Will Begin a Strike in 3 Cities on Friday
The planned walkout in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle comes after talks between the company and the workers’ union failed to produce an agreement on raises.
New York Times Top StoriesDozens of House Republicans Defy Trump’s Orders to Support Spending Bill
Thirty-eight Republican lawmakers resisted the president-elect’s command to support a spending and debt deal, showing that at least some of his followers are willing to buck his leadership in the right circumstances.
New York Times Top StoriesTisch Shakes Up N.Y.P.D. Staff and Orders 500 Officers Back to Key Roles
Commissioner Jessica Tisch is replacing the Police Department’s head of communications, who had clashed with reporters, and sending many officers back to patrol.
New York Times Top StoriesMacau Is the Casino Capital of the World. For China, That’s Not Enough.
A quarter century after the former Portuguese colony was made a Chinese territory, Macau’s economic boundaries with the mainland are being blurred.
New York Times Top StoriesChinese National Charged in California After Aiding Local Candidate, Prosecutors Say
The man is charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent. The move is part of an effort by the authorities to prevent China from influencing American politicians.
New York Times Top StoriesVideos That Purport to Show Drones in New Jersey Likely Show Planes
Here’s why it’s hard to distinguish objects in the night sky.
New York Times Top StoriesHere’s What Could Happen in a Government Shutdown
With a funding deadline approaching, workers are bracing for the possibility of a disruptive holiday season, which could include longer wait times for travelers.
New York Times Top StoriesIts Syrian Bases in Doubt, Russia Sends Cargo Flights to Libya
A Libyan officer said the stepped-up flights from Russia and Syria delivered military gear.
New York Times Top StoriesFaith Is Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be
The word “faith” implies the possession of something, whereas I experience faith as a yearning for something beautiful that I can sense but not fully grasp.
New York Times Top StoriesOysters Sicken at Least 80 at Restaurant Event in Los Angeles, Officials Say
The county Health Department said that the outbreak at the 101 Best Restaurants event was linked to a broader outbreak from oysters that have since been recalled.