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My Restaurant Was Named One of New York City’s Best. Here’s Why It Closed.
My story is one small part of an ongoing struggle for restaurant workers and culinary culture.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesWhat It Would Take to Get Me to Fly for Fun Again
The aviation industry should get serious about direct air capture so that its emissions never reach the atmosphere.
New York Times Top StoriesYour Best Advice of 2024
As we start to look ahead, here’s the best advice that readers of The Morning received this year.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis Amid Cease-Fire Push
Human rights organizations and residents describe the situation in the enclave as getting more desperate. Here is a closer look.
New York Times Top StoriesPop Musicians, Please Spare Me the Back Stories
The power of a lasting song is that it breaks free of its origins. Hits should be more than celebrity narratives.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Coffee Prices Are Soaring (Again)
Wholesale coffee prices are trading near a 50-year high because of shortages related to extreme weather and increased global demand.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Bomb-Scarred Cities, Risking Life and Limb to Get Civilians to Safety
The danger and hardship gets worse by the day for civilians in eastern Ukraine. Still, they resist leaving the places that have become their homes.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico, Betting Trump Is Bluffing on Tariffs, Sees an Opportunity
Business leaders in Mexico say the incoming U.S. administration will enhance the appeal of their factories as an alternative to plants in China.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Old Mining Town in Montana Finds New Gold in Film
There was a healthy dose of skepticism in Butte, Mont., when Hollywood producers began showing up to shoot their shows. Now, many say the industry’s arrival has been a boon for the city.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Retirement Accounts Should I Withdraw From First?
It’s finally time to start using the money you managed to save and invest over the years. But be careful: Taxes are just one of the tricky parts.
New York Times Top StoriesHow ‘Health Freedom’ Became a Winning Rallying Cry
For decades, vaccine skeptics were a vocal protest movement. Now, they find themselves much closer to power.
New York Times Top StoriesWinning $1.22 Billion Mega Millions Ticket Sold in California
The identity of the jackpot winner was not immediately known, but lottery officials in California are expected to reveal it.
New York Times Top StoriesTakeaways From a Times Correspondent’s Return to Afghanistan
Here’s what he found.
New York Times Top Stories7 People (and One Coyote) Who Made New York City a Better Place in 2024
They were the bright lights during a rocky year, making the city a cooler, and fairer, place to be.
New York Times Top StoriesStowaway on a Delta Seattle-Hawaii Flight Is Caught Before Takeoff
The person, who boarded the flight without a ticket, was detected as the plane was preparing to take off for Hawaii on Christmas Eve.
New York Times Top StoriesHas Russia’s Shadow Fleet Added Sabotage to Its List?
Russia has assembled a fleet of hundreds of vessels to covertly ship its oil. With so many ships at sea, the idea of using some to cause havoc may be proving irresistible to the Kremlin.
New York Times Top StoriesMyanmar’s Long-Suffering Rohingya Face More Abuse From New Persecutors
Brutally persecuted for years by the military in Myanmar, the Rohingya ethnic minority has now become the target of one of the junta’s most formidable rivals in the country’s civil war.
New York Times Top StoriesMyanmar’s Long-Suffering Rohingya Face More Abuse From New Persecutors
Brutally persecuted for years by the military in Myanmar, the Rohingya ethnic minority has now become the target of one of the junta’s most formidable rivals in the country’s civil war.
New York Times Top StoriesTakeaways From a Times Correspondent’s Return to Afghanistan
Here’s what he found.
New York Times Top StoriesGreeks Are Defying an Indoor Smoking Ban
The country, which has one of Europe’s highest smoking rates, is also resisting a wider push for outdoor bans.
New York Times Top StoriesBlue Origin Is Ready to Launch New Glenn Rocket After Critical Test
The company, owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch the vehicle to orbit.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Found With Burns at Penn Station Is Taken to Hospital, Police Say
The cause of the injuries was yet unknown. The episode on Friday night came days after a woman was fatally burned at another subway station in New York City.
New York Times Top StoriesEx-N.Y.P.D. Leader Denies Sexual Abuse Accusations, Through His Lawyer
Jeffrey Maddrey, until last week the Police Department’s top uniformed officer, faced reporters for the first time since resigning. He did not say a word.
New York Times Top StoriesGreg Gumbel, Who Called N.F.L. and N.C.A.A. Games, Dies at 78
The sportscaster combined play-by-play excitement with a knack for precision in his decades as a sports broadcaster calling N.F.L. and N.C.A.A. games for CBS.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Urges Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban
The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform.
New York Times Top StoriesTrucks Carrying Aid Finally Reach Sudan’s War-Torn Capital Region
After 20 months of war, and three months of negotiations with the warring sides, a bit of relief arrives for some of the hundreds of thousands of people facing famine.
New York Times Top StoriesYellen Issues Debt Limit Warning to Congress
The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Evening: Record Homelessness in the U.S.
Plus, how to get fitter in 2025.
New York Times Top StoriesBird Flu Samples From Very Ill Patient Had ‘Concerning’ Mutations
Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there is no sign that mutations are widespread in nature.
New York Times Top StoriesKazakhstan Plane Crash Survivors Describe Chaos on Azerbaijan Airlines Flight
Flight attendants and a passengers described the moments before an Azerbaijan Airlines flight went down in Kazakhstan, killing dozens.