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Hawaii Cruise Ships Leave Passengers Behind Amid Tsunami Warnings
In Hawaii, ships were directed out to sea by officials, but some guests who were on shore excursions couldn’t make it back in time to get aboard.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesAdams Revives Bally’s Casino Bid by Vetoing Council’s Vote to Block It
Mayor Eric Adams said the move was not an endorsement of the $4 billion casino project in the Bronx, which, if built, would result in a $115 million payout to the Trump Organization.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Targets Copper With Tariffs, Though Not as Aggressively as Expected
The president stopped short of putting a 50 percent tariff on refined copper, as he had threatened earlier this year. The market reaction was swift anyway and prices tumbled.
New York Times Top StoriesMix-Up With Celsius and High Noon Means Some Cans of the Energy Drink May Contain Vodka Seltzer
A mix-up with a packaging supplier resulted in some cans of Celsius, an energy drink containing no alcohol, being filled with vodka seltzer.
New York Times Top StoriesSusan Monarez Faces Daunting Challenges as C.D.C. Director
The agency’s new leader must contend with reduced budgets, mass layoffs, political tumult and a boss determined to reshape public health.
New York Times Top StoriesBrown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding
The deal comes after Columbia University negotiated with the Trump administration to restore millions in research dollars.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Executive Order Ends De Minimis Exemption for Rest of World
The low-cost shipments were previously excluded from tariffs; President Trump said the loophole has allowed countries to avoid taxes and smuggle drugs into the U.S.
New York Times Top StoriesFord Is Latest Carmaker to Blame Tariffs for Profit Slump
The company estimated that duties on imported cars and car parts would cost it $2 billion this year.
New York Times Top StoriesBill Barring Stock Trading for Congress Advances With Trump Carveout
The bill passed the committee with the support of every Democrat and only one Republican, its sponsor, who modified it to shield President Trump from a divestment requirement.
New York Times Top StoriesKamala Harris Will Not Run for California Governor in 2026
Kamala Harris, the former vice president, announced that she has decided not to run for California’s top office.
New York Times Top StoriesWhite House Urges ‘Pro-Innovation Mindset’ to Crypto In New Report
In a 168-page report, the White House called on banking regulators, tax officials and U.S. lawmakers to implement policies that would advance the crypto industry’s agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Generate Such a Weak Tsunami?
The quake in Russia on Wednesday was among the strongest ever recorded — but perhaps not strong enough.
New York Times Top StoriesPark Avenue Killer Bought Rifle for $1,400 From His Casino Boss
The man who gunned down four people at a Park Avenue office building left anti-psychotic medication in his Las Vegas apartment, and a note.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza’s Hunger Is a Moral Crisis
Israel and the world can do much more to alleviate the emergency.
New York Times Top StoriesVirginia City Councilman Is Set on Fire in Attack, Police Say
A man burst into an office in Danville, Va., where the councilman, Lee Vogler, was working, doused him with a flammable liquid and set him on fire, the authorities said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Threatens India With Steep Tariffs, Including Penalty Over Russian Oil
The president said Wednesday that imports from India would be subject to a 25 percent tariff as of Friday, as trade talks between the countries hit a stumbling block.
New York Times Top StoriesCandidate Trump Promised Oil Executives a Windfall. Now, They’re Getting It.
New tallies of the administration’s tax breaks and other incentives add up to tens of billions of dollars of benefits to the fossil fuel industry.
New York Times Top StoriesHorst Mahler, 89, Dies; Voice of the German Far Left, Then the Far Right
As a young lawyer and a Communist revolutionary, he helped start the violent Red Army Faction. Later, he went to prison as a Nazi apologist and Holocaust denier.
New York Times Top StoriesSee How Often Two Fed Governors Have Dissented on a Rate Change Vote
Two top Fed officials voted against the central bank’s decision to leave rates unchanged, the first dual dissent in more than 30 years.
New York Times Top StoriesCanada’s Measles Cases Surpass U.S., Alberta Officials Push for State of Emergency
Some doctors in Alberta have criticized officials for not declaring a health emergency in the western province where measles infections are surging.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Republicans Unveil Gerrymandered House Map, Trying to Please Trump
The proposed map would give Republicans a chance to gain five U.S. House seats, including in Houston, Dallas and along the U.S.-Mexican border.
New York Times Top StoriesBrennan and Clapper: The Trump Administration Is Rewriting History of Russia and 2016
We want to set the record straight and also sound a warning.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Democrats Sue ICE for Barring Them From Detention Facilities
The 12 Democrats accused the Trump administration of violating the law when it turned them away from immigrant detention sites and imposed a new policy limiting congressional access.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Imposes Sanctions on Brazilian Judge Overseeing Bolsonaro Coup Case
Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has been in the cross-hairs of the Trump administration, will face sanctions in a significant escalation of pressure on Brazil.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Returns From Uganda and Visits Slain Officer’s Family
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, visited the home of a police officer who was killed in a mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan on Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesFlights Briefly Disrupted at U.K. Airports After Problem With Radar
A company that provides air traffic control services said it had resolved a “technical issue.” The delays came months after Heathrow Airport shut down for 16 hours because of a power outage.
New York Times Top StoriesLaura Dahlmeier, Gold Medal-Winning German Biathlete, Dies in Rockfall
Ms. Dahlmeier, 31, an experienced mountaineer, was climbing in Pakistan when she was hit by falling rocks, officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesConfirmation Slowdown Forces a Senate Showdown
Under pressure to show they are resisting President Trump, Democrats have insisted on recorded votes on every nominee, creating a bottleneck ahead of the August recess.
New York Times Top StoriesKey Hurricane-Monitoring Data Will Stay Online, Officials Say
The Department of Defense said it no longer planned to shut down a program that makes satellite data publicly available to researchers and forecasters.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Mideast Envoy Heads to Israel Amid Global Fury Over Gaza Hunger
It will be the first known visit in months for Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s lead on the cease-fire and hostage talks. Since his last trip, conditions in the enclave have worsened.