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Storm Eowyn Brings Fierce Winds to Britain and Ireland
The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top Stories‘I’ve Been Pushed, and I’m Going to Get Hit by the Train’
Joseph Lynskey was waiting for the subway in Manhattan last month when a random act of violence transformed his life.
New York Times Top StoriesFaulty Wiring Caused Fires at 3 Buildings Owned by Notorious Landlord
The fire at a Bronx apartment building on Jan. 10 was the third to break out in recent years at a property owned by Ved Parkash, who has been sued by tenants over building conditions.
New York Times Top StoriesJimmy Kimmel Mocks Trump Ahead of His L.A. Visit
The comedian, who is based in Los Angeles, said that President Trump was visiting California on Friday “to blame us for the fires in person.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Withdrawal From the W.H.O. Will Be Disastrous for Global Health
It’s a mistake for President Trump to order to the United States to leave the World Health Organization. He should reverse course immediately.
New York Times Top StoriesDid Ukraine Kill Its Own by Downing a Russian Plane? A Year Later, It Hasn’t Said.
Russia says Ukraine shot down a military transport carrying 65 captured Ukrainians. Ukraine has not confirmed its role, identified the bodies it received, or said how it happened.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Biden Allowed In Temporarily
A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people.
New York Times Top StoriesFirefighters Battle Growing Blaze Near U.S.-Mexico Border
Officials said the fire, which had spread to more than 500 acres by Thursday night, was miles away from threatening any homes or buildings.
New York Times Top StoriesIn California Fires, Trump Blames Newsom for Withholding Water. Experts Disagree.
President Trump has blamed a lack of water during the Los Angeles fires on California decisions that benefit a small fish. Yet experts say he’s confusing different issues.
New York Times Top StoriesJapan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008
After a long period of stagnation, the return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates.
New York Times Top StoriesInstagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts
Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.
New York Times Top Stories$3,000 for a Used iPhone? If It Has TikTok, Maybe.
Phones with TikTok are being listed for eye-watering sums as the social media platform remains absent from app stores.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Pardons Anti-Abortion Activists Who Blockaded Clinic
The move came ahead of the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion rally in Washington where Vice President JD Vance is expected to address attendees.
New York Times Top StoriesLos Angeles Schools Reopen to Relief and Worry About Toxins
Many educators and families were thrilled to get back to some routines as a handful of schools reopened after weeks of closures. Others were worried about remaining dangers in fire-hit areas.
New York Times Top Stories‘Truck Stop Serial Killer’ Is Found Guilty of a Third Murder
Bruce Mendenhall was convicted Wednesday in the 2007 killing of Carma Purpura, an Indiana woman with whom he had been speaking at a truck stop.
New York Times Top Stories2025 Oscar Nominees for Costume Design Include ‘Wicked’ and ‘A Complete Unknown’
They include the designers behind “Wicked,” “A Complete Unknown” and “Conclave.”
New York Times Top StoriesIt Will Finally Rain in Southern California. Cue the Risk of Mudslides.
Cooler, wet weather is forecast to bring moisture to the parched landscape and reduce the fire threat. But heavy rainfall could also trigger flash floods in burn scars.
New York Times Top StoriesFrench Crypto Entrepreneur and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping
David Balland, a founder of Ledger, a prominent cryptocurrency company, and his wife were freed after a 48-hour police search. Ten people have been arrested.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Vows to Release Records on Kennedy and King Killings
President Trump told security agencies to develop plans to make public all documents related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
New York Times Top StoriesA Judge Halted Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship
Also, the Sacklers increased their settlement offer, with a catch. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top Stories100,000 Ducks to Be Killed After Bird Flu Strikes Long Island Farm
The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said.
New York Times Top StoriesKash Patel, Trump’s FBI Pick, Sees Good in QAnon and Evil in the Bureau
Kash Patel’s public comments on the QAnon conspiracy theory suggests he sees its adherents more as an audience to be courted rather than an ideology to follow.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Will Fail
The problem with populism is that it doesn’t work.
New York Times Top StoriesAsk Us Your Health Questions
It could be answered by Times journalists and experts in a future Ask Well column.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Oscar Nominee ‘Anora’ Subverted the Brooklyn Cinderella Story
A sex worker in a romantic comedy isn’t new. How the Oscar-nominated film uses immigrant Brooklyn to subvert the genre? That’s different.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters
The new administration wants to slash aid for health, food and housing, but many of those programs now reach the struggling working class he is courting.
New York Times Top StoriesViolent Acts of Many Jan. 6 Rioters Pardoned by Trump Are Shown in Videos
President Trump pardoned men who violently attacked police officers on Jan. 6 along with nearly 1,600 other people who had been charged in connection with the riot. But his grant of clemency did not erase the video evidence of their crimes.
New York Times Top StoriesS&P 500 Hits Record High Amid Strong Earnings and Easing Inflation Concerns
Corporate earnings are coming in strong. Investors are also seeing the Trump administration take a less aggressive approach to tariffs than some had expected.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Pulls the Military Back Into the Political and Culture Wars
The removal of a portrait of Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from a Pentagon hallway was among the president’s early actions.
New York Times Top StoriesCity Council Takes Aim at Adams and Ally by Closing Lobbying Loophole
New York’s City Council passed a bill to limit top city officials from lobbying city agencies after leaving government. It was inspired by Frank Carone, an adviser to Mayor Eric Adams.