New York Times Top Stories
China to Launch Tianwen-2 Mission to Capture Pieces of Near-Earth Asteroid
The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesA Fungus Devastated North American Bats. A New Species Could Deliver a Killer Blow.
Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada.
New York Times Top StoriesJapan’s Debt, Now Twice the Size of Its Economy, Forces Hard Choices
Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves.
New York Times Top StoriesJoël Le Scouarnec, French Doctor Who Molested Hundreds of Children, Is Sentenced
A former surgeon confessed to abusing at least 299 people, mostly children, in what is considered the largest case of its kind in French history.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Strikes Yemen’s Main Airport Again After Houthi Attacks
Israel said the bombing of the airport, which was targeted for the second time this month, had destroyed the last plane used by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard Relents After Protracted Fight Over Slave Photos
A legal battle between Harvard and a woman who says two slave portraits are of her ancestors will end in a settlement, with the photos going to a Black history museum in South Carolina.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial, ‘Victim-4,’ His Ex-Employee, Set to Talk of Sex Abuse
Prosecutors say the woman, who will testify under the pseudonym “Mia,” was forced into sex when she worked for Sean Combs.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Allure (and Complications) of “Golden Shares”
The White House would like some control of U.S. Steel if it approves its sale to Nippon Steel. Such deals could alter foreign investment in the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump vs. Harvard
Inside the president’s battle with the university.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Tensions Between the White House and Israel, and a Surge of Homeless Seniors
Plus, a faster way up Mount Everest.
New York Times Top StoriesBeware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era
I’ve seen the signs before. I’m seeing them now.
New York Times Top StoriesCuomo Proposes $20 Minimum Wage for New York City
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, will announce a plan to raise the city’s minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2027.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard Relents After Protracted Fight Over Slave Photos
A legal battle between Harvard and a woman who says two slave portraits are of her ancestors will end in a settlement, with the photos going to a Black history museum in South Carolina.
New York Times Top StoriesL.A. Made Big Promises for the Olympics. Can It Deliver by 2028?
From the Super Bowl to the Oscars, Los Angeles has plenty of experience with high-profile spectacles. But the 2028 Olympics will test the city in the aftermath of devastating wildfires.
New York Times Top StoriesHaiti Enlists Blackwater Founder and Trump Ally to Take on Criminal Gangs
The Haitian government has signed a contract with Mr. Prince, the private military contractor who founded Blackwater, a company notorious for a civilian massacre in Iraq.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Met’s Renovated Rockefeller Wing Will Have Your Eyes Spinning
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Michael C. Rockefeller collection from Africa, the Ancient Americas and Oceania reopens with a pantheon of historic art stars.
New York Times Top StoriesStalin’s Image Returns to Moscow’s Subway, Honoring a Brutal History
The Kremlin has increasingly embraced the Soviet dictator and his legacy, using them to exalt Russian history in a time of war, but he remains a deeply divisive figure in Russia.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat I Learned Trying to Spend a Year Celibate
Giving up sex was both harder and more rewarding than I could have imagined.
New York Times Top Stories‘Duck Dynasty’ Is Coming Back for a Second Term
The family reality comedy, being revived on A&E, was a lighthearted entertainment — that anticipated a decade’s worth of cultural politics.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Turn the Middle Against Trump
Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and David Leonhardt on the fundamental question Democrats need to answer.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About Plasma Exchange Therapy and Longevity
A small new study offers insight into this trendy anti-aging treatment.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Has a Thin Legislative Record but Is a Forceful Voice in Albany
In Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s four-plus years in the New York State Capitol, only three of his bills have become law. His influence is comparatively greater.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Trump Seeks Iran Deal, Israel Again Raises Possible Strikes on Nuclear Sites
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wary of a diplomatic solution to curbing Iran’s nuclear program, continues to press for military action that would upend President Trump’s push for a negotiated deal.
New York Times Top StoriesDoing Business in China Is Getting Harder, but Its Exports Are Hard to Resist
European companies operating in China say the market has become increasingly challenging because of weak economic demand and opaque government rules on business.
New York Times Top StoriesZelensky Heads to Berlin in Latest Sign of a Warming Relationship
The president of Ukraine will talk with Germany’s chancellor in their third meeting in as many weeks.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Hide a 350-Foot Megayacht
Russian oligarchs use the offshore system to shield their luxury assets. The Trump administration is ending an effort to find and seize them.
New York Times Top StoriesSyrian Freedom Is Dangerously Incomplete
Syria’s deeply flawed interim Constitution should be replaced with one that reflects our values: freedom, equality and self-governance.
New York Times Top StoriesManhattanhenge Is Back for 2025: When, Where and How to Watch
It is time once again to head to your nearest crosstown view for New York City’s best annual sunsets, if the weather cooperates.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Oklahoma, Role-Playing Battles Borrow From the Russia-Ukraine War
In the U.S., the re-enactment of historical battles has long been a niche hobby. But fake battles that echo an ongoing war are a relatively recent phenomenon.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Trump Seeks Iran Deal, Israel Again Raises Possible Strikes on Nuclear Sites
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wary of a diplomatic solution to curbing Iran’s nuclear program, continues to press for military action that would upend President Trump’s push for a negotiated deal.