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Lenny Randle, ‘Most Interesting’ Major Leaguer, Is Dead at 75
His career was defined by bizarre episodes — blowing a rolling ball foul, knocking down a pitcher and being at bat when the lights went out in New York City.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesInvestigators Search for Links Between New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Blast
The two episodes have superficial similarities, including that both suspects used the same car rental app.
New York Times Top StoriesSubway Violence Stubbornly Defies All Efforts to Quell It
A string of attacks has riders devising their own strategies to stay safe, even after years of official efforts to make New York’s vital transportation system secure.
New York Times Top StoriesUS Teenager Fighting for His Life After Father and 2 Others Killed in Mexico
Jason Peña, now 14, was shot in the head on a highway in the city of Durango, a family spokeswoman said. His father and uncle, both U.S. citizens, and a Mexican relative were also killed.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Orleans Attack on New Year’s Turns Celebration Into Terror
The attack that left 15 dead and about three dozen injured followed a distressingly familiar pattern of assailants turning vehicles into weapons.
New York Times Top StoriesTrucks in New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Explosion Were Rented Using Turo
Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Were the People Killed in the New Orleans Attack on New Year’s?
This is what we have learned about a few of the 15 people who died when a man slammed a pickup into crowds on Bourbon Street.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About ISIS Terror Attacks
The group whose flag was found after a New Orleans truck-ramming attack has never stopped orchestrating and inspiring acts of terror.
New York Times Top StoriesMontenegro Shooting Kills 10, Including 2 Children, Officials Say
The authorities in the small Balkan country reported after a search that the gunman, whose rampage followed a bar fight, had been found dead.
New York Times Top StoriesPalestinian Authority Temporarily Bans Al-Jazeera
The authority’s official news media accused the Qatari-backed broadcaster of “inciting sedition” and “interfering in internal Palestinian affairs,” though it did not provide detailed examples of law breaking.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Suicide Drones Changed the Front Lines in Ukraine in the War With Russia
Outnumbered and desperate, the nation began hacking cheap consumer drones with explosives — bringing a brutal new form of violence to 21st-century warfare.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Orleans Attacker Evaded a Security System Under Repair
Bollards that normally protect pedestrians from vehicles were to be replaced as part of the city’s preparations for the Super Bowl next month. The attacker drove his pickup around a police vehicle parked to block traffic from the street he struck.
New York Times Top Stories1 Dead After a Cybertruck Explodes Outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas
At least seven people were injured, the authorities said. Videos posted to social media appeared to show a vehicle engulfed in flames outside the lobby’s entrance.
New York Times Top StoriesOfficials Trying to Determine if New Orleans Suspect Had Ties to Terrorist Groups
U.S. officials have warned that the conflict in Gaza and Lebanon could spill into the United States, most likely in the form of small radicalized groups acting on their own initiative or lone-wolf terrorists.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Did Ukraine Halt the Flow of Russia’s Natural Gas to Europe?
And why didn’t it cut off Russia’s natural gas earlier?
New York Times Top StoriesSuspect in New Orleans Attack Is Identified: What We Know
In a YouTube video from 2020, the man identified as the suspect said he had been born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, and had served in the U.S. military.
New York Times Top StoriesVehicle Ramming Attacks: Using Cars and Trucks as Weapons Has Become Common
A New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans killed at least 10 people.
New York Times Top StoriesDick Capri, Catskills Comic Who Took His Shtick to Broadway, Dies at 93
He was a regular at the mountain resorts where many comedians honed their acts, then had a star turn in the long-running revue “Catskills on Broadway.”
New York Times Top StoriesAnderson Cooper and Andy Cohen Dish About Their New Year’s Eve Show
The morning after the two were live on CNN, they talked about tequila shots, Diplo and Cohen’s dancing skills.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats’ Battleground Leader, Exiting Congress, Reflects on What She Learned
Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, the only Democrat in a leadership position to leave Congress this year, talked about her party, her competitive district, and what the Trump era has in store.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy the FBI Is Investigating the New Orleans Bourbon Street Truck Attack as Terrorism
The F.B.I. defines international terrorism as violence inspired by foreign terrorist groups. Domestic terrorism is defined as violence meant to further ideological goals or intimidate civilians.
New York Times Top StoriesVehicle Ramming Attacks: Using Cars and Trucks as Weapons Has Become Common
A New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans killed at least 10 people.
New York Times Top StoriesEvidence Against Drinking Has Grown. Will Federal Advice Change?
Officials in other countries are warning about the health hazards of alcohol in any amount. Americans are still told that moderate drinking is safe. What gives?
New York Times Top StoriesVictim in Subway Shoving Suffered a Broken Skull and Other Injuries
The suspect, Kamel Hawkins, has been charged with attempted murder and was arraigned on Wednesday morning.
New York Times Top Stories‘Walkable’ New York City Became Deadlier for Pedestrians in 2024
The city said overall traffic deaths were down compared with 2023, and the number was still far lower than it was before the city adopted its Vision Zero safety program.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats’ Battleground Leader, Exiting Congress, Reflects on What She Learned
Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, the only Democrat in a leadership position to leave Congress this year, talked about her party, her competitive district, and what the Trump era has in store.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Jersey Asks Judge to Delay Congestion Pricing Plan
The state had sued to stop New York’s plan to charge motorists entering Manhattan’s busiest roadways. Late Tuesday night, lawyers requested a temporary restraining order.
New York Times Top StoriesDeadly New Orleans Attack on Bourbon Street: What We Know
A man drove a pickup truck into crowds celebrating the New Year on Bourbon Street in the early morning, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens.
New York Times Top StoriesBig Rockets, a Big Telescope and Big Changes in Space Await in 2025
Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead.
New York Times Top StoriesZelensky Expresses Hope for 2025, but Russia Presses On With Attacks
In his New Year’s address, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine urged continued U.S. support.