New York Times Top Stories
WrestleMania? In Los Angeles, It’s LuchaMania.
Lucha libre, the Mexican version of professional wrestling, is thriving in Los Angeles, where the action and the masks draw fans to venues big and small.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThere’s a Feeling We’re Not in Hollywood Anymore
Movies and TV productions are rapidly leaving California to film outside the United States, where labor costs are lower and tax incentives greater. Industry workers are exasperated.
New York Times Top StoriesMany Have Tried to Fix Penn Station. Can Trump Get the Job Done?
Transportation experts say a thorough renovation is likely to take several years to complete — unless emergency measures are employed.
New York Times Top StoriesMany Have Tried to Fix Penn Station. Can Trump Get the Job Done?
Transportation experts say a thorough renovation is likely to take several years to complete — unless emergency measures are employed.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York City’s Hottest Hangout Is a 500-Person Board Game Night
At Richard Ye’s enormous monthly gatherings, where people play Exploding Kittens, Hues and Clues, and mahjong, New Yorkers find real-life connections and a little free fun.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Famine Rages in Sudan, U.S. Aid Remains Scarce
The stark consequences of the rollback are evident in few places as clearly as in Sudan, where a brutal civil war has combined with a staggering humanitarian catastrophe.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. and Iran to Meet Again for Nuclear Talks, as Israel Watches Closely
The Trump administration has sent mixed messages about its goal for the negotiations.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
New York Times Top StoriesAppeals Court Pauses for Now Contempt Proposal by Trial Judge
Judge James E. Boasberg had threatened to open contempt proceedings to determine whether the Trump administration had violated his order not to deport Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Faces Questions About His Government Influence After Setbacks
A series of setbacks have raised questions about Elon Musk’s enduring influence in the White House.
New York Times Top StoriesAbrego Garcia Told Chris Van Hollen He Had Been In Isolation in El Salvador Prison
Senator Chris Van Hollen said that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia,who was deported and incarcerated in El Salvador, reported having been transferred after weeks in a maximum-security prison.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Rules Against Trump Administration on Passport Changes
A group of transgender plaintiffs sued President Trump and the State Department over a new rule prohibiting passports from including a gender different from the sex listed on an original birth certificate.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Trump Attack on Harvard, Punishment Precedes Due Process
The legal underpinnings of the administration’s broadsides against universities and schools stretch precedents and cut corners.
New York Times Top StoriesLawyers Warn More Venezuelans to Be Deported Under Alien Enemies Act
More than 50 Venezuelans are believed to be scheduled to be flown out of the country, presumably to El Salvador, from an immigration detention center in Anson, Texas.
New York Times Top StoriesFSU Shooting Suspect Was Shaped by Guns, Extreme Views and Chaotic Childhood
His biological mother said in an interview on Friday that she was bewildered by the attack, and had been against the presence of firearms in her son’s life.
New York Times Top StoriesA Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet
The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s predawn skies on Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias
An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Bolsters Putin With Hint of Abandoning Ukraine Talks
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both suggested Friday that the United States might wash its hands of the peace effort.
New York Times Top StoriesRiding Paul Revere’s Route 250 Years Later, Here’s What We Saw
We followed the route of Revere’s famous midnight ride. Along the way we spoke to many Americans who felt a sense of wonder about that April night.
New York Times Top StoriesInside El Salvador’s CECOT Prison, Where Abrego Garcia Was Held
A U.S. senator was denied entry to a prison holding Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and other deportees. The authorities arranged a meeting at a hotel instead. Here’s what to know.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Head of the I.R.S. Was Ousted
Also, Milwaukee is facing a lead crisis in its schools. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Declares Lab Leak as ‘True Origins’ of Covid on New Website
Government websites that once provided basic information about the virus now redirect to a page citing a number of misleading or heavily contested claims.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Universities Became So Dependent on the Federal Government
For decades, universities got billions in federal dollars for research. The relationship was mutually beneficial, until President Trump decided it wasn’t.
New York Times Top StoriesDon Mischer, Master of Live Television, Is Dead at 85
He produced and directed major events like the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys, as well as Super Bowl halftime shows and Olympic opening ceremonies.
New York Times Top StoriesCJR Editor Sewell Chan Is Fired
Sewell Chan, who started as executive editor of the publication in September, said his firing after several staff complaints was “baffling.”
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Dept. Pushes Trump’s Agenda on Religion, Sports and Antisemitism
The head of the division directed its staff to focus on enforcing edicts on transgender women in sports and other issues, shifting from its founding purpose of fighting race-based discrimination.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Claims Harvard Failed to Report Large Foreign Donations
Stepping up its pressure campaign, the Education Department accused the university of failing to report large foreign gifts as required by law. Harvard disputed the claim.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Sinks in Quicksand and Emerges With a Girlfriend
A Michigan man who ended up waist-deep on an unstable beach was rescued, and found himself in a relationship.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Attack of Powell Tempered by Risk of Market Panic
President Trump again attacked the chair of the Federal Reserve this week, but advisers say the president has turned more cautious on policies that could stoke extreme financial volatility again.
New York Times Top StoriesA TikTok Influencer Opens Up About Her Skin Picking Condition
Millions of people compulsively pick their skin or pull their hair. Social media is helping some of them to recover.