New York Times Top Stories
Trump’s International Student Ban Sparks Fear Among Harvard Attendees
Alfred Williamson could not have imagined how much his freshman year would be shaped by the Trump administration, inside and outside the classroom.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesWhen College Graduates Throw Away Expensive Things, Scavengers Dive In
For local scavengers, graduation season is a great time to salvage expensive household items and luxury goods abandoned by departing students.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Russian Spies Are Analyzing Data From China’s WeChat App
Moscow has long been suspicious of foreign messaging apps. WeChat’s weak encryption makes it vulnerable.
New York Times Top StoriesParents in Gaza Are Running Out of Ways to Feed Their Children
A New York Times article last year described two families struggling to keep their malnourished children alive in Gaza. Now, as Israeli restrictions keep out most aid, that’s even harder.
New York Times Top StoriesHow The Times Obtained Secret Russian Intelligence Documents
A directive from Russia’s domestic security service was part of a cache that was advertised online by a cybercrime group.
New York Times Top StoriesAn ‘S.N.L.’ Secret Weapon Retires After 50 Years
Stephen DeMaria has overseen the building of “Saturday Night Live” scenery since the show began. At 87, he finally hung up his hammer.
New York Times Top StoriesChinese Students Reconsider the U.S. as Republicans Threaten Their Visas
Critics say proposals to restrict or even ban Chinese student visas take a “sledgehammer to a problem that needs highly targeted tools.”
New York Times Top StoriesInside OpenAI’s Plan to Embed ChatGPT Into College Students’ Lives
OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State.
New York Times Top StoriesRussian Spies Are Suspicious of China, Even as Putin and Xi Grow Close
A secret Russian document shows that, even as the two countries grow closer, counterintelligence agents have deep concerns about China.
New York Times Top StoriesEven Before Trump’s Visa Clampdown, U.S. Was Losing African Students
African students have traded academic institutions in the West for Chinese alternatives. The Trump administration’s clampdown on international students and visas could accelerate the shift.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Threat to N.Y.C. Finances Dominates Comptroller’s Race
The Democratic primary for comptroller, to fill the seat now held by Brad Lander, will most likely boil down to Mark Levine or Justin Brannan.
New York Times Top StoriesJillian Sackler, Philanthropist Who Defended Husband’s Legacy, Dies at 84
Though the Sackler name was tarnished over Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis, Arthur Sackler’s should not be, she insisted; a company leader, he died well before the trouble began.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Ambition Collides With Law on Sending Migrants to Dangerous Countries
Previous administrations usually considered whether a transfer would endanger the migrant or create risks for the United States and its allies.
New York Times Top StoriesHong Kong Looks for Ways to Win Back Big-Spending Tourists
A city with an image dented by protests, pandemic restrictions and a security crackdown hopes to broaden its appeal beyond budget-minded visitors from mainland China.
New York Times Top StoriesLondon’s ‘Little America’ Is No More. What’s Taking Its Place?
Grosvenor Square is being recast for a new era, with the former U.S. Embassy transformed into a Qatari-owned luxury hotel and F.D.R.’s square into a haven of biodiversity.
New York Times Top StoriesAbrego Garcia Charges: What We Know
Three months after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was flown back to the United States on Friday to face federal charges.
New York Times Top StoriesAgents Use Military-Style Force Against Protesters at L.A. Immigration Raid
Armed agents in tactical gear threw flash-bang grenades to disperse a crowd that converged on the raid in Los Angeles’s Fashion District.
New York Times Top StoriesReturn of Abrego Garcia Raises Questions About Trump’s Views of Justice
For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.
New York Times Top Stories‘Devil in the Ozarks' Escapee Is Caught Near Arkansas Prison
Grant Hardin, who came to be known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” was captured on Friday, nearly two weeks after his May 25 escape from a maximum-security prison.
New York Times Top StoriesWeinstein Juror Complains to Judge About ‘Playground Stuff’ by Others
A member of the jury at Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan retrial on sex crime charges said that another had become the subject of a “bit of a shunning” during deliberations.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Has Options to Punish Musk Even if His Federal Contracts Continue
The president could tighten federal oversight of the tech titan’s businesses, even if heavy reliance by the Pentagon and NASA on them makes terminating Mr. Musk’s contracts less feasible.
New York Times Top StoriesSunny Jacobs, a Celebrity After Freed From Death Row, Dies at 77
Her story, fashioned into an Off Broadway play and television movies, was later questioned by an investigator in a 2021 book.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Helping Human Rights Abusers. I’m Suing to Stop Him.
A Trump executive order is undermining the International Criminal Court’s work to pursue justice for crimes against humanity.
New York Times Top StoriesD.C. Hosts WorldPride Parade in the Shadow of Trump
Washington is hosting WorldPride, a global celebration of the L.G.B.T.Q. community, but the event has been made more difficult by shifts in U.S. policy.
New York Times Top StoriesMistakenly Deported Man Returned to U.S.
Also, the Tony Awards are Sunday. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesA Tennessee County Is ‘Fascinated’ as an Escaped Zebra Runs Wild
The zebra, which residents have named Ed, has gained a following, with memes and A.I.-generated images springing up as it continues to elude capture.
New York Times Top StoriesHow North Korea Salvaged a Capsized Warship
Satellite images show the unconventional strategy engineers used to get the 5,000-ton vessel afloat.
New York Times Top StoriesAMC Says It Will Show More Ads Before Movies
The theater chain’s decision brings it in line with what its biggest competitors, Regal and Cinemark, have been doing since 2019, but it risks irking loyal customers.
New York Times Top StoriesBuyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner
The warm welcome for a technology executive whose purchases of the president’s digital coin won him a White House tour illustrates inconsistencies in the administration’s views toward visitors from China.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Lets DOGE View Social Security Data
In a second order, the court ruled that, for now, DOGE does not have to hand over internal records to a government watchdog group as part of a lawsuit.