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Chemours, DuPont and Corteva Settle $875 Million New Jersey PFAS Claims
New Jersey officials called it the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTensions Flare Between Two Federal Agencies Charged With Aviation Safety
A marathon of recent public hearings highlighted a rift over the investigation into the fatal midair crash in January between an Army helicopter and a passenger jet.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Trump’s Firing of BLS Commissioner, Republicans Fall in Line With His Criticism
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics forced his allies into the awkward spot of criticizing an agency they had freely cited in the past.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Is the Montana Shooting Suspect Still at Large? Check Out the Terrain.
Many manhunts end quickly, but the man accused of killing four people in rural Montana appears to have disappeared into the kind of wilderness that helps elude pursuers.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations
The university was open to spending $500 million, but a $50 million settlement with Brown has prompted new debates in Cambridge.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Origins of the Political Power Grab in Texas
President Trump seized a moment ripe for another redistricting war.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Who Killed 4 in Arkansas Grocery Store Shooting Gets Life Without Parole
The man, Travis Eugene Posey, also injured 11 people in the shooting at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce, Ark., in June 2024. He received four consecutive life terms.
New York Times Top StoriesElizabeth Warren, Campaigning for Mamdani, Scorns Cuomo and Billionaires
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, appeared with Senator Elizabeth Warren to highlight his plan for free universal child care.
New York Times Top StoriesBolsonaro Placed Under House Arrest by Brazil’s Supreme Court
Former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose case has partly motivated President Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, was ordered to remain under house arrest as he awaited trial.
New York Times Top StoriesSean ‘Diddy’ Combs Is Denied Bail, and Will Remain Jailed Until Sentencing
The music mogul, who was convicted in July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, had asked to be released before his sentencing on Oct. 3.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Democrats Fled the State to Fight Redistricting
Also, Tesla offered Musk nearly $30 billion in stock. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Says It Will Stop Abiding By INF Treaty
The United States has accused Russia of violating the pact, which expired in 2019, for more than a decade.
New York Times Top StoriesEight People, Including 3-Year-Old, Are Kidnapped From Haiti Orphanage
The abductees, including an Irish missionary who directs care for children with special needs, were taken from an orphanage serving about 270 children.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Insider’s Guide to San Francisco’s A.I. Boom
The city is the tech industry’s hub for artificial intelligence, 30 miles north of the home of companies like Meta and Google.
New York Times Top StoriesThe America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
When Trump fired the top labor statistics official, the aides responsible for running our economy went along for the ride.
New York Times Top StoriesSwarming to San Francisco’s A.I. Boom: a New Crop of 20-Something CEOs
Some dropped out of M.I.T., Georgetown and Stanford. Others decided not to go to college. They all say they could not afford to wait to build their own artificial intelligence start-ups.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military
In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in war — have embraced the military industrial complex.
New York Times Top StoriesFEMA Will Deny Grants to States and Cities That Boycott Israeli Companies
The move by the Trump administration may be largely symbolic since official boycotts on Israeli firms are rare.
New York Times Top StoriesA Zoo in Denmark Wants to Feed Your Pets to Its Predators
A Danish zoo is asking owners of companion animals nearing life’s end to instead donate them as food for captive lynxes, lions and other carnivores.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry
A State Department pilot program will tie the cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high visa overstay rates.
New York Times Top StoriesSwitzerland Rushes to Give Trump ‘More Attractive’ Offer to Cut Tariffs
The Swiss government said it had “no indication” the country would be hit with a 39 percent tariff, which is set to take effect this week.
New York Times Top StoriesJudges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders
Legal experts say such concern from the bench could have a more systemic effect, eroding the healthy functioning of the courts.
New York Times Top Stories‘Clash of Trades’ Reality Show Aims to Boost Prestige of US Manufacturing
This reality show is short on scandal, betrayal and tears, and has an unusual aim: Elevating U.S. manufacturing.
New York Times Top StoriesFraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds
A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half.
New York Times Top StoriesRazia Jan, 81, Who Built an Enduring Girls’ School in Afghanistan, Dies
Before 9/11, she ran a dry cleaning business in Massachusetts; in the aftermath, she returned home after decades away to educate young girls.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Democrats Renew Effort Calling for Palestinian Statehood
More than a dozen progressive lawmakers had signed onto a draft letter, but a lack of Republican support meant it was unlikely to affect policy decisions by the Trump administration.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Texans in Tow, Hochul Vows to Redraw New York’s House Maps
New York’s governor welcomed state legislators who fled Texas to thwart a Republican gerrymander but said she would try to draft one of her own to bolster Democrats.
New York Times Top StoriesUniversity of Virginia Appoints Interim President After Ouster
The university is turning to a former law school dean to lead the school as it faces pressure from Republicans in both Virginia and Washington, D.C.
New York Times Top StoriesCanada Wildfires Cause Poor Air Quality for Toronto, Minneapolis and New York
Wildfires burning in Canada were causing unhealthy air quality across parts of North America on Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs
President Trump is using an “Art of the Deal” approach to get other nations to hand over cash to lower their tariffs.