New York Times Top Stories
How Warren Buffett Changed the Way Investors Thought of Investing
The idea of “value investing” had long existed. But no one did it as successfully or for as long as he did.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesDays Before Conclave, Cardinals in Rome Pitch Messages to the Pews
Some papal contenders offered hints in Sunday Masses at what kind of pope they might want, or want to be.
New York Times Top StoriesCora Sue Collins, a Busy Child Actress in the 1930s, Dies at 98
She was in films with Greta Garbo, who became a friend, and Myrna Loy, Bette Davis and others. She ended her career after being sexually harassed.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Plays Down Talk of a Third Term, Backing Vance and Rubio
President Trump, who has frequently raised the idea of pursuing a third term in defiance of the Constitution, told “Meet the Press” that his vice president and his secretary of state were potential successors.
New York Times Top StoriesDesigners Do a Double Take at the Lettering on Pope Francis’ Tombstone
Irregularly spaced letters spelling “F R A NCISC VS” have caused a stir among typography nerds who specialize in spacing and fonts. One called them “an abomination unto design.”
New York Times Top StoriesMore American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine
A Patriot air-defense system is moving from Israel to Ukraine, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of getting Germany or Greece to send another.
New York Times Top Stories‘Believing’ and Belonging
We look at how people are searching for belonging.
New York Times Top StoriesBritish Police Arrest Iranian Nationals in Counterterrorism Investigations
Seven Iranians were among eight men arrested in two investigations. Some of the detained were accused of preparing a terrorist attack on an unnamed site.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Least One Dead, Multiple Injured in Houston Shootings
Police said the incident occurred at a family barbecue in the southeastern part of the city when an uninvited guest began shooting.
New York Times Top StoriesI Finally Have the Husband I Want, Now That He’s 66
Sometimes I wonder, “Why did we have to wait this long?”
New York Times Top StoriesThese Thinkers Set the Stage for Trump the All-Powerful
The administration reaches back to a European tradition of right-wing thought that favors explicitly monarchical and even dictatorial rule.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Effect Did Trump Have on Australia’s Election
The global turmoil wreaked by President Trump’s policies made him a factor in the election, bolstering the re-election of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael’s Total Blockade of Gaza Has Created ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions, Doctors Say
The effect of Israel’s total siege has become “catastrophic,” doctors say. Food, water and medicine shortages are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths.
New York Times Top StoriesA Conclave Like No Other
More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a precarious time for the church.
New York Times Top StoriesA Popemobile Used by Pope Francis Will Become a Mobile Clinic in Gaza
In his last months, Pope Francis blessed an effort to transform the vehicle he used when he visited the West Bank in 2014 into a mobile health clinic to treat Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Is Gregory Abel, Warren Buffett’s Successor?
Mr. Buffett won renown and made billions as one of the most successful stock pickers of all time. Mr. Abel’s strengths lie more in running businesses.
New York Times Top StoriesFrancis Opened Discussions to Those Outside the Church Hierarchy. This Cardinal Would, Too
Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for his role as the secretary general of an advisory body of bishops.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Battles Universities, but Especially Harvard and the Ivy League
Beyond the politics is a brew of resentment and reverence that the president, an Ivy League graduate himself, has long harbored for a club that has never accepted him.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Aides Decided Against a Cognitive Test in Early 2024, Book Says
His White House advisers considered giving him such a test to prove his fitness for a second term, but they worried it would draw new attention to his age, according to a forthcoming book.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Shabbos Kestenbaum, the Student Who Sued Harvard, Keeps Fighting the University
Shabbos Kestenbaum sued Harvard over accusations that it had ignored antisemitism when he was a student. His criticism has taken him to the White House and all over the world.
New York Times Top StoriesTrapped and Hungry in Mexico, Migrants Struggle to Return Home
Thousands of migrants from Venezuela and other countries are stranded in southern Mexico, forbidden to travel or work, but lacking the papers or money to go back to their home countries.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowed Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns
Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces where it is difficult to guarantee patient privacy.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariffs Are Already Straining This Oklahoma Used Car Business
Antonio Austin is trying to hold his used car business together as President Trump’s tariffs begin to drive up costs — and drive his customers deeper into crisis.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Alabama City Faces a Culture War, With Its Public Library at the Center
Fairhope originated as an experimental colony, and that spirit remains part of its character. But it now faces a culture war, with its library at the center.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health
More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Cuts Are Stifling L.G.B.T.Q. Health Research
The Trump administration has systematically stripped funding from research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people. Benjamin Mueller, a reporter covering health and medicine for The New York Times, describes how hundreds of such projects were abruptly halted, stranding participants in experiments, and leading to lawsuits that argue that the administration had not offered a legal justification for the cuts.
New York Times Top StoriesWould the Housing Crisis Ease if Boomers Rented Out Their Empty Rooms?
Millions of single-family homes are underused, on spacious lots. Refitting them for “roommate houses” or backyard cottages could make a difference.
New York Times Top StoriesWhere Would Hollywood Find Its Guillotines or Pay Phones Without Them?
For nearly four decades the prop house History for Hire has helped filmmakers recreate the past. But with fewer films shot in Los Angeles, they are not sure how much longer they can hang on.
New York Times Top StoriesA Scenic Tour of Red Tape: Tracking the Slowest High-Speed Train in the Country
Can America still build big things? A long ride through California’s Central Valley tells a gloomy story.
New York Times Top StoriesHouthi Missile Hits Near Tel Aviv Airport
At least two people were reported injured, and flights were temporarily suspended.