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First Joint Visit of Four European Leaders to Ukraine
On Saturday, the leaders of four major European powers — France, Germany, Britain and Poland — will travel to Kyiv in a display of European unity.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesFive Weeks Late, a $254 Billion New York Budget Still Has Its Charms
Lawmakers ratified a state budget that promised benefits for a host of New Yorkers, including the legislators themselves.
New York Times Top StoriesMother’s Day and Father’s Day Cards Are Sometimes the Only Performance Reviews We Get
Once in a year, in May or June, parents get a window, or a fun-house mirror, into how their children feel they’re doing.
New York Times Top StoriesA New Kind of Battle for India and Pakistan, Two Old Foes
Drone warfare has expanded the conflict in Kashmir between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed neighbors.
New York Times Top StoriesNewark Mayor Ras Baraka Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center
Ras J. Baraka and city officials have been trying to close the leased lockup, saying it’s part of President Trump’s unjust deportation campaign.
New York Times Top StoriesJack Katz, Pioneer of the Graphic Novel, Is Dead at 97
Hailed as a visionary (if a difficult one), he drew inspiration for his multivolume work “The First Kingdom” from no less a model than Homer.
New York Times Top StoriesPope Leo XIV Emerges as a Potential Contrast to Trump on the World Stage
Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values from the president’s America First approach.
New York Times Top StoriesJustice David Souter, Who Traded White Marble for the White Mountains
Retiring at just 69 after two decades on the Supreme Court, the justice left a legacy of case-by-case judging, intellectual rigor and a complete lack of pretension.
New York Times Top StoriesPutin Enlists Russian Pride for War in Ukraine During Moscow Parade
The military parade marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany was intended to impress allies and tap into Russia’s deep sense of national pride.
New York Times Top StoriesMenendez Brothers’ Resentencing Hearing Is Set for Next Week
The long-awaited hearing on whether Lyle and Erik Menendez should be eligible for release will take place May 13 and 14 in Los Angeles.
New York Times Top StoriesLee Zeldin Places a Mezuza at His E.P.A. Office
Environmentalists said a ritual at the office of Lee Zeldin, the agency head, highlighted a disconnect between religious principles and looser health and climate protections.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Suggests Openness to Slashing China Tariffs Ahead of Trade Talks
The president said reducing tariffs to 80 percent from the current 145 percent “sounds right,” as U.S. and Chinese negotiators prepare to meet in Switzerland.
New York Times Top StoriesRediscovered Thomas the Tank Engine Pilot Is Released
The episode, from 1983, was found in storage by accident. It was restored and made available for viewing for the first time on Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was being detained in Louisiana. A federal judge said her detention threatened to chill the speech of millions of noncitizens.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Is Scrambling the G.O.P. Push to Cut Medicaid Spending
The president’s stated opposition to cutting the program has put Republicans laboring to enact his domestic agenda in a bind.
New York Times Top StoriesEl Salvador Put Trump Deportees Behind Bars. Now Their Families Are Suing.
A lawsuit filed with the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights seeks the release of Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States and jailed in a notorious Salvadoran prison.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat the World Needs From Pope Leo
Preaching about the supernatural and the digital.
New York Times Top StoriesPeru Celebrates Pope Leo XIV and Claims Him as Their Own
From delivering help to flood-ravaged regions to singing Christmas songs to blessing babies, Pope Leo XIV tried to be a cleric of the people in Peru.
New York Times Top StoriesKendrick Lamar and SZA Bring Storms and Celebrations to the Stadium Stage
The rapper and R&B star are taking victory laps for smash hits and albums. But their co-headlining tour is still threaded with angst and reflection.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Menendez Brothers Chicken Wing Empire That Never Was
Lyle Menendez had grand plans to franchise Chuck’s Spring Street Cafe before he was arrested. The New Jersey restaurant endures.
New York Times Top StoriesShock and Fear Outside of a Gaza City Restaurant
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New York Times Top StoriesNewark Airport Suffers Another Radar Outage
The air traffic control mishap early Friday morning added to disruptions in recent days that have heightened concerns about safety at one of the busiest U.S. airports.
New York Times Top StoriesBART Trains Shut Down Systemwide in San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Area Rapid Transit, the main commuter rail system for the region, was forced to close for the Friday morning commute.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublican Agenda Hits Familiar Obstacle: State and Local Taxes
A small group of Republicans are threatening to torpedo President Trump’s agenda over the state and local tax deduction, long a headache for both parties.
New York Times Top StoriesA CEO’s Guide to Surviving Trump’s Trade War
Randy Carr, whose family business makes embroidered patches, is always on high alert for the competition. But with on-again-off-again tariffs, he’s just trying to keep up with the rules.
New York Times Top StoriesHolocaust Museum Board Member Condemns Silence on Trump Firings
Board members clashed over email after a Biden appointee sent a scathing letter invoking the Holocaust as he denounced the museum’s silence on President Trump’s firings of board members.
New York Times Top StoriesF.D.A. Approves First At-Home Alternative to the Pap Smear
The tool will allow women to screen for HPV, which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, without visiting a doctor.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Delays Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Jury Selection, Concerned About ‘Cold Feet’
Judge Arun Subramanian said he feared jurors might grow uneasy over the weekend and drop off the panel before the trial begins on Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesDOGE’s Zombie Contracts: They Were Killed but Have Come Back to Life
The Times found that federal agencies have revived dozens of contracts that Elon Musk’s group still publicly listed as canceled, inflating what it has saved.
New York Times Top StoriesBritish Airways Owner Buys 32 Boeing Planes Worth $13 Billion
IAG, the airline’s parent company, announced the order a day after Britain and the United States confirmed the framework for a trade agreement to lower tariffs.