New York Times Top Stories
Top Russian General Killed in ‘Combat Operations’ Near Ukraine
Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov, promoted to deputy head of the Russian Navy just a few months earlier, died in an apparent Ukrainian strike.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesExtreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe
Power plant operators in Switzerland and France idled reactors so that discharged cooling water would not harm wildlife in already-hot rivers.
New York Times Top StoriesPardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Sentenced to Life in Assassination Plot
Edward Kelley had been convicted of plotting to kill the law enforcement officers who had investigated his case.
New York Times Top StoriesE.P.A. Puts 144 Employees on Leave for Signing Letter Criticizing Trump
The letter had accused the Trump administration of politicizing, dismantling and sidelining the agency.
New York Times Top Stories‘The Old Guard 2’ Review: Uma Thurman vs. Charlize Theron
Uma Thurman joins the expanded cast in this sure-footed sequel to the action blockbuster about a team of immortal heroes.
New York Times Top StoriesHiring Held Steady in June as Employers Added 147,000 Jobs
The strength of the labor market suggests that the economy remains robust despite uncertainty caused by President Trump’s tariffs and geopolitical turmoil.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Europe, Economists See a Chance to Rise on the Global Stage
Central bankers who gathered in Portugal this week focused on ways that Europe could improve its competitiveness with the United States and China.
New York Times Top StoriesThey Planned Parties and Salsa Music for July 4th. ICE Raids Made Them Think Twice.
Some communities in the Los Angeles region canceled events over fears of immigration raids, as Latinos grapple with how, and whether, to celebrate Independence Day.
New York Times Top Stories4 Dead, 14 Injured in Chicago Shooting Outside River North Lounge
Gunfire from a passing car ripped into a crowd of clubgoers in the River North neighborhood, the police said.
New York Times Top StoriesSolid Jobs Report Keeps Fed Rate Cuts at Bay
The latest labor market data reinforces the central bank’s wait-and-see approach to lowering borrowing costs, despite pressure from President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesWill Politics Derail America’s 250th Birthday Bash?
This week, President Trump will start the countdown to next summer’s Semiquincentennial with an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Not everyone wants to wave the flag his way.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Diddy Trial Is Over But My Mind Is Still Racing
But my mind is still racing.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s China Tariffs Are Jeopardizing America’s Fireworks Extravaganzas
The pyrotechnics industry relies heavily on Chinese fireworks imports and warns that this could be the last big bang Fourth of July.
New York Times Top StoriesJuly 4 Weather Forecast Shows Heat and Storms Across the US
“Ideal” conditions are expected in the Northeast, but Florida and the Carolinas are warily eyeing a potential tropical system.
New York Times Top StoriesPatricia Peterson, Innovative Fashion Editor at The Times, Dies at 99
She oversaw fashion coverage beginning in 1957, when hemlines made headlines. She later made groundbreaking ads for Henri Bendel with her photographer husband, Gösta Peterson.
New York Times Top StoriesMr. Big Is Alive and Well and Married in Vermont
The real-life inspiration for the famous toxic bachelor on “Sex and the City” left the Big Apple for the Green Mountain state.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases Involving Transgender Athletes
The court announced it would hear challenges to state laws barring transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.
New York Times Top StoriesE.P.A. Employees Are Invited to Adopt Soon-to-Be Homeless Lab Rats
The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.
New York Times Top StoriesJeffries Passes 4-Hour Mark in House Speech Opposing Trump’s Policy Bill
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, delayed a final House vote with an impassioned speech, saying he would take his “sweet time” assailing the measure.
New York Times Top StoriesTourists Evacuated as Crete Wildfire Spreads
Most of those fleeing the blaze were tourists as firefighters struggled against heavy winds to bring the flames under control.
New York Times Top StoriesNorth Korea Beach Resort Opens With Fanfare but No Foreigners
The Kalma Beach resort town, one of Kim Jong-un’s most ambitious projects aimed at attracting foreign tourists, may not draw the waves of visitors he wants.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Task as He Heads to Iowa: Selling His Bill to the American Public
President Trump has spent days cajoling Republicans to support his spending bill. He will also have to sell it to the public as Democrats focus on all the ways it helps the wealthy.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Wants the World to Squeeze Out China. He’s Starting With Vietnam.
An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.
New York Times Top StoriesWhere Do Israel-Hamas Truce Negotiations Stand?
Hamas wants to ensure that the latest cease-fire proposal has sufficient guarantees that negotiations will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war.
New York Times Top StoriesWall Street’s New Obsession (and Dilemma): Tokenizing Companies
Robinhood is the latest to offer investors a novel, and potentially risky, investment opportunity: crypto that’s meant to give exposure to the likes of OpenAI.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Heat Wave in Europe
Some parts of Western Europe were starting to cool off as the extreme heat that has gripped the continent moved east.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael and Syria in U.S.-Brokered Talks to End Border Conflict, Trump Envoy Says
Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, says Washington is facilitating the discussions and prioritizing economic development over nation-building in the Middle East.
New York Times Top StoriesSizing Up the Debt
We explain how economists evaluate the national debt.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Final Vote, and the Sean Combs Verdict
Plus, Lululemon vs. Costco.
New York Times Top StoriesDiogo Jota, Liverpool Soccer Star, Dies in Car Crash at 28
Mr. Jota and his brother André Filipe, 26, died in Spain, the authorities said. The crash came two weeks after the Portuguese player’s wedding.