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Clerk in Murdaugh Trial Is Charged With Misconduct and Perjury
Becky Hill had handled the trial in which Alex Murdaugh was convicted in 2023 of murdering his wife and younger son. She was arrested on Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesValeria Márquez, TikTok Influencer, Shot Dead During Live Stream in Mexico
The death of Valeria Márquez, 23, was the latest reminder of the rise in violence against women in the country.
New York Times Top StoriesCan Eurovision Avoid Politics in Neutral Switzerland?
The competition is run by an opaque Swiss organization that wants to sidestep controversies that could spoil the fun.
New York Times Top Stories101 Degrees in May? Even for Texas, This Is Hot.
Forecasters expect multiple records to be broken over the next week as an early heat wave settles over the region.
New York Times Top StoriesBayesian Superyacht Carrying Mike Lynch Sank After ‘Extreme’ Wind Gust, Report Says
An official report into last year’s yacht tragedy, which killed seven, found that the boat could easily capsize in high winds. Its towering mast made it more vulnerable.
New York Times Top StoriesBayesian Superyacht Sank After ‘Extreme’ Wind Gust, Report Says
An official report into last year’s yacht tragedy, which killed seven, found that the boat could easily capsize in high winds. Its towering mast made it more vulnerable.
New York Times Top StoriesAnatomy of a $70 Million Auction Flop
Why did the star lot of the spring season, a bronze head by the master sculptor Alberto Giacometti, fail to sell at Sotheby’s on Tuesday?
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Republicans Push Forward With Tax and Medicaid Cuts
Two committees advanced legislation that would combine into the “big beautiful bill” to enact President Trump’s agenda, and a third was on track to do so. But the package faces a rocky path.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More ‘Lectures on How to Live’
In Saudi Arabia, the president denounced Western intervention and nation-building, garnering both praise and eye rolls.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Charges Russian Scientist with Smuggling
A government lawyer told a federal judge on Wednesday that the intention is to deport Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, to Russia.
New York Times Top StoriesWorld Economic Forum Investigating Allegations Against Founder Klaus Schwab
The board of the organization behind the annual Davos conference received a letter accusing Klaus Schwab, its former chair, of misusing funds and making inappropriate comments.
New York Times Top StoriesHas Your Company Changed Its D.E.I. Policies? We Want to Hear From You.
The New York Times is looking to talk to people whose work life has been affected by changes to diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Meets Ahmed al-Shara After Vowing to Lift Sanctions on Syria
“The sanctions were really crippling,” President Trump said, before he traveled to Qatar, where he was given a lavish welcome.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Met With Syria’s President
Also, House Republicans planned Medicaid cuts
New York Times Top StoriesAs Harvard Battles Trump, Its President Will Take a 25% Pay Cut
The university is facing cuts of more than $2.6 billion in federal funding and has already taken other steps to save money.
New York Times Top StoriesLast U.S. Hostage in Gaza Is Reunited With Parents: ‘We Never Lost Hope’
Edan Alexander was 19 when he left New Jersey to serve in the Israel Defense Forces. He was released by Hamas on Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s New Tax Cuts Could Shower Americans With Cash, for Now
Almost all of the cuts that Republicans hope to pass in the coming weeks will last only until President Trump is set to leave office.
New York Times Top StoriesMorris, Alligator of ‘Happy Gilmore’ Fame, Dies at 80 (or More)
The 640-pound, 11-foot gator memorably played a golf-ball-stealing, hand-chomping terror in the 1996 Adam Sandler film.
New York Times Top Stories‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’ Review: Tom Cruise Defies All
For the eighth installment of this stunt-spectacular franchise, the star returns to fight off A.I. planetary domination, the bends, gravity and maybe mortality itself.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza Hospital Strike Draws New Attention to Israel’s Medical Facility Attacks
Aid groups and U.N. investigations have accused Israel of aiming to destroy Gaza’s health infrastructure. Israel says it is forced to strike hospitals it says are used by Hamas for military purposes.
New York Times Top StoriesNewark Airport’s Issues: What to Know
Many flights have been delayed at the busy hub because of radar outages, shortages of air traffic controllers and construction on a runway.
New York Times Top StoriesResearch Study Shows Barbie’s Feet Have Gotten Flatter Over Time
Researchers in Australia found that the doll’s feet have, over time, gone from arched to flat — a shift that correlates with each Barbie’s designated career or hobby.
New York Times Top StoriesStudents Are Setting Chromebooks on Fire for a Social Media Challenge
Some students have been suspended and even criminally charged, as schools work to stop the trend.
New York Times Top StoriesGabbard Seeks to Consolidate Her Control of President’s Daily Brief
President Trump has wondered over time about whether the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which was created after the 9/11 attacks, should continue to exist.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight
Before the Trump presidency, there was broad consensus that the 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship for children born in the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat We Know About Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan’s Arrest
Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of directing a migrant out of her courtroom as agents waited to arrest him. She was indicted on federal charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Orders Georgetown Academic Released From Immigration Detention
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian citizen teaching on an academic visa, has been held by the government, which has claimed he violated the terms of his academic visa.
New York Times Top StoriesRichard L. Garwin, a Creator of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dies at 97
Many scientists contributed to the final result, but he was the one who, as a young physicist, designed the world’s deadliest weapon. He went on to advise a dozen presidents.
New York Times Top StoriesPepe Mujica, the Former Uruguayan President, Removed the Pomp from Politics
The former Uruguayan president, who died on Tuesday, showed the value in world leaders living like their constituents.
New York Times Top StoriesCartel Family Members Cross Border in Apparent Deal With U.S., Official Says
Mexico’s security secretary confirmed reports that 17 family members of Sinaloa Cartel leaders had entered the United States, likely as part of a deal with the Trump administration.