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Is the Local Weed Store the New Place to Hang Out?
Young adults are drinking less alcohol and seeking more connection, and New York’s dispensaries are putting themselves out there as alternative gathering spaces.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesIs the Local Weed Store the New Place to Hang Out?
Young adults are drinking less alcohol and seeking more connection, and New York’s dispensaries are putting themselves out there as alternative gathering spaces.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Officials to End Deportation Protections for Haitian Immigrants
The move continues the administration’s campaign of revoking special protections for migrants from some of the most unstable places in the world.
New York Times Top StoriesNewsom Signs Budget That Includes Health Care Cuts for Undocumented Immigrants
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed a budget bill on Friday that depends in part on rolling back those benefits to help close a $12 billion deficit.
New York Times Top StoriesChinese Police Detain Dozens of Writers Over Gay Erotic Online Novels
The genre known as Boys’ Love, stories written mostly by and for straight women, has been in the authorities’ sights for years.
New York Times Top StoriesBudapest Pride Parade Will Go On Despite Orban’s Ban. How Will He Respond?
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party enacted the ban, trying to create a dilemma for the opposition leader. Now it is the government that faces a tough choice.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat the Supreme Court’s Ruling Will Mean for Birthright Citizenship
The ruling left unsettled the question of whether children born to immigrants without full legal status in the United States are entitled to automatic citizenship. So what happens now?
New York Times Top StoriesA Special ‘Climate’ Visa? People in Tuvalu Are Applying Fast.
Nearly half the citizens of the tiny Pacific Island nation have already applied in a lottery for Australian visas amid an existential threat from global warming and sea-level rise.
New York Times Top StoriesWoman Was ‘Most Likely’ Bitten by Shark at Jones Beach, Scientists Say
The woman had minor cuts to her left foot and leg after being bitten on Wednesday. She was transported to a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting Susman Godfrey Law Firm
The ruling completed a clean sweep for the handful of law firms that took the risk of fighting the Trump administration in court, rather than accepting punitive conditions.
New York Times Top StoriesDon Bacon, House Republican Who Often Criticized Trump, Won’t Seek Re-election
The departure of the five-term lawmaker from Nebraska enhances Democrats’ chances of picking up a seat in the narrowly divided House.
New York Times Top StoriesSenate Blocks War Powers Resolution to Limit Trump’s Ability to Strike Iran Again
The vote against the measure was mostly along party lines, with Republicans opposing it and Democrats almost unanimously in favor.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Encourages Powell to Resign in Latest Attack on the Fed Chair
Jerome H. Powell, whose term does not expire until May, has argued that the central bank can afford to be patient about cutting interest rates amid uncertainty about the economic outlook.
New York Times Top StoriesSean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: Takeaways From Defense’s Closing Arguments
Mr. Combs’s lead lawyer made a final appeal to the jury, arguing in often sarcastic tones that the government’s evidence contradicted its case against the hip-hop mogul.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration to Appeal Order Allowing International Students at Harvard
A district court judge had blocked President Trump’s proclamation barring international students from attending the university.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard and University of Toronto Announce a Contingency Plan for Some International Students
Students at the Kennedy School of Government can study online or finish their degrees at the University of Toronto.
New York Times Top StoriesJeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Tie the Knot
The bride announced the marriage on Friday night in an Instagram post under the name Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy a Bill Nobody Loves Feels Inevitable
President Trump’s megabill makes many Republicans uncomfortable, but that probably won’t stop it from becoming law.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Supreme Court Limited the Use of Nationwide Injunctions
Also, U.Va.’s president resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Warns U.S. Will Strike Again if Iran Resumes High-Level Uranium Enrichment
The president said such an outcome was unlikely, describing Iran as exhausted from the damage it had suffered and eager to speak with the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesS&P 500 Hits a Record High, Surging Through Trump Turmoil
The index has regained all the ground it lost in March and early April, when President Trump proposed his broad array of tariffs.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Charges 11 in Russia-Based Scheme to Bilk Medicare of $10.6 Billion
In what is potentially among the largest frauds in Medicare history, prosecutors say hundreds of thousands of people were billed for medical equipment they didn’t ask for.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Birthright Citizenship Case, Supreme Court Limits Power of Judges to Block Trump Policies
The ruling clears a major hurdle to President Trump’s agenda and could reshape American citizenship, at least temporarily, as lower court challenges proceed.
New York Times Top StoriesMourners Stream Into Minnesota Capitol as Assassination Victims Lie in State
A line stretched around the block to honor State Representative Melissa Hortman, her husband and their dog, who were killed in an attack that officials have called a political assassination.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says U.S. Ending Trade Talks With Canada Over Digital Services Taxes
The president said he would cease negotiations and impose new tariffs because of Canada’s imminent, new digital services taxes.
New York Times Top StoriesFearing Tax Increases and Trump, G.O.P. Toils to Pass a Bill With Plenty to Hate
The sweeping measure Senate Republican leaders hope to push through has many unpopular elements that they despise. But they face a political reckoning on taxes and the scorn of the president if they fail to pass it.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Long-term Compounding Multiplies the Awesome Power of the Stock Market
Time is the secret ingredient of investing, a market veteran says. Over many decades, diversified stock index funds have produced extraordinary results.
New York Times Top StoriesTech C.E.O. Pays $400,000 to Conduct the Toronto Symphony
Mandle Cheung, a 78-year-old amateur conductor, led a performance of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony over the objections of some musicians.
New York Times Top StoriesChess Lover Introduces Game to Malawi’s Prisons, Schools and Street Kids
Susan Namangale fell in love with the game at age 9 in her small village, and she’s now on a mission to deliver a message to the whole country: Chess is good for everyone.
New York Times Top StoriesHighlights of the Citizenship Ruling (That Was Really About Universal Injunctions)
The Supreme Court’s conservative bloc reduced the power of district court judges to block government actions nationwide.