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German Court Dismisses Climate Lawsuit Against RWE
The judges ruled that German civil law could be used to hold companies accountable for the worldwide effects of their emissions.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesBruce Logan, Who Blew Up the Death Star in ‘Star Wars,’ Dies at 78
A special effects artist and cinematographer, he also worked on “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Tron,” took a detour to comedy with “Airplane!”
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Finds Government Acted Illegally in Russian Scientist Case
The judge said a customs officer had acted improperly in stripping Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, of her visa after she failed to declare research samples she was carrying into the country.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk ‘Disappointed’ With Trump Policy Bill, Saying It Will Increase Deficit
Elon Musk also said the Republican bill, which passed the House last week, would undermine the work of his DOGE group.
New York Times Top StoriesA Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump. Then Carol Was Detained.
For 20 years, Carol Hui has served waffles, raised her children and embraced the small town of Kennett, Mo. Her detention and pending deportation to Hong Kong has hit the community hard.
New York Times Top StoriesDust Storm Turns Australia’s Skies Orange
A dust storm clogged the sky this week, days after flooding devastated another part of the same region.
New York Times Top StoriesCrime Rings Plotted to Trade Cocaine for Syrian Weapons, Prosecutors Say
The intricate scheme, spanning four continents, appears to justify concerns that the military arsenal of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian dictator, could fall into dangerous hands.
New York Times Top StoriesU.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start
The new operation is intended to bypass both the United Nations and Hamas, but aid groups say even if it works as intended, it is dangerously inadequate.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariffs Turn Porsche’s Headwinds Into a ‘Violent Storm’
The storied sports car maker, which was facing challenges from China and slumping demand for electric cars, now has to grapple with tariffs from the Trump administration.
New York Times Top StoriesChina 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 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.