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Ron Travisano, Adman Behind Singing Cats and Joe Isuzu, Dies at 86
The art director for Meow Mix and other memorable commercials, he began his career at the dawn of a creative revolution on Madison Avenue.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesStarmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said for the first time on Sunday that he was “ready and willing” to deploy troops to help guarantee Ukraine’s security.
New York Times Top Stories‘Here We Go Again’: Kentucky Residents Face More Destruction and Anxiety From Storms
The flood damage over the weekend was not as catastrophic as some previous climate disasters in the state. But the rains still brought widespread havoc, and painful reminders of trauma.
New York Times Top StoriesJapan’s Economy Recovered In Second Half But Barely Grew in 2024
Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation and strained households.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Fired, Then Unfired, National Nuclear Security Administration Employees. What Were Their Jobs?
The administration asked some of the agency’s workers, who were part of last week’s massive layoffs across the federal government, to come back.
New York Times Top StoriesAdams Forcefully Resists Calls to Resign: ‘I Am Going Nowhere’
Mayor Eric Adams spoke at two Black churches in Queens and pushed back at those who “are dancing on my grave.”
New York Times Top StoriesFirst Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court
The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies.
New York Times Top StoriesBAFTA Awards Winners: ‘Conclave,’ ‘Anora’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Take Home Top Prizes
“Anora” and “The Brutalist” also took home major prizes at the British equivalent of the Oscars, tipping the scales again.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Moving to Stop Adams Case, Career Lawyer Sought to Stave Off Deeper Crisis
A high-stakes decision for public corruption prosecutors at the Justice Department revealed a generational difference.
New York Times Top StoriesGerman Election Spotlight Turns to Trump
The American president’s foreign policy, and a divisive speech by his vice president, drew attention away from an attack by a refugee that some expected would fan political tensions over migration.
New York Times Top StoriesJournalists Share Short Sketches of ‘S.N.L.’ Memories
“Saturday Night Live” has been on the air for 50 seasons. Times Culture journalists covering the milestone wrote about their own memories of watching the show, late at night and the morning after.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight
At a conference in Boston, the nation’s scientists commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil.
New York Times Top StoriesYrjo Kukkapuro, Who Made the Easiest of Easy Chairs, Dies at 91
A celebrated Finnish modernist, he designed a variety of furnishings but was best known for his seating — which, his company said, “almost every Finn has sat on.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Ambition to Redraw the World Map Ignores Those Affected Most
President Trump’s approach to foreign policy deals is reviving a bygone imperial approach that may backfire, experts say.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Won’t Accept a Deal It Didn’t Help Negotiate, Zelensky Says
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, told NBC News that he’d warned President Trump that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is a “liar.”
New York Times Top StoriesM23 Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered Bukavu
Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.
New York Times Top StoriesLeft Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response
The Trump administration’s push for negotiations without Ukrainian involvement leaves European allies with no clear role.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Team Leaves European Alliance in Crisis; Macron Calls for Emergency Summit
European leaders felt certain about one thing after a whirlwind tour by Trump officials — they were entering a new world where it was harder to depend on the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesLife, from New York
Our comedy columnist reflects on 50 years of “Saturday Night Live.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case
The Justice Department’s loyalty game is new, dangerous and self-defeating.
New York Times Top StoriesLet Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives.
Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but they’d have lacked the feeling part.
New York Times Top StoriesM23 Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered Bukavu
Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.
New York Times Top StoriesMarvel’s New ‘Captain America’ Is No. 1, Despite Poor Reviews
“Captain America: Brave New World” was expected to take in $84 million from Thursday through Sunday in North America.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Watch the ‘S.N.L.’ 50th Anniversary Special
The venerable sketch show is throwing itself a big star-studded party on Sunday night. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy
In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation.
New York Times Top StoriesVenting at Democrats and Fearing Trump, Liberal Donors Pull Back Cash
Demoralized donors are frustrated with Democrats’ failings and worried about retribution from the president. Their frugality has left liberal groups struggling to fight the new administration.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More?
A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted?
New York Times Top StoriesHow Pet Parrots Started a War Inside an NYC Apartment Building
How noise complaints in a Manhattan co-op led to a $750,000 legal settlement and shattered a friendship.
New York Times Top StoriesA Mandate for Boston’s Suburbs: Make Room for More Apartments
The state required 177 cities and towns served by public transit to loosen their zoning rules so that more multifamily housing can be built. A number of them resisted.
New York Times Top StoriesOn a Mission to Heal Gila Monsters
After years in Big Pharma, a chemist pivoted to help save the species that made Ozempic possible.