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Fatal U.S. Steel Plant Explosion Raises Questions of Mill’s Safety History
The mill, which is part of the recent merger between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, has faced scrutiny from federal and local regulators.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesSix Convicted in 2017 Fire That Killed 41 Girls in Guatemala Group Home
The girls were locked in a classroom in a government-run group home for at-risk youth. The officials were charged with child abuse, dereliction of duty, manslaughter and other counts.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Deploys National Guard for Local Crime After Calling Jan. 6 Rioters ‘Very Special’
President Trump said he needed to send in the Guard to secure the nation’s capital. But on Jan. 6, 2021 — the most lawless day in recent Washington history — he had a very different reaction.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Video Shows Uvalde School Chief Trying to Negotiate With Gunman
The video, part of a trove of materials that authorities had refused to release, shows the minutes in which a commander tried to talk to a gunman barricaded in a room with dozens of children.
New York Times Top StoriesD.C. Officials Discuss Federal Police Takeover and National Guard Deployment
Mayor Muriel Bowser said city leaders were focused on how to make the most of the additional federal support.
New York Times Top StoriesCuomo’s Attack on Mamdani’s Apartment Struck a New York Nerve
The attacks in the New York City mayor’s race may have veered into the personal, but they also reflected a larger debate on who should benefit from government regulation of housing costs.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer Adams Aide Pleads Guilty in Corruption Investigation
Mohamed Bahi pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is one of several people in Mayor Eric Adams’s orbit who were swept up in investigations.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is Rent Stabilization, and Why Is It an Issue in the NYC Mayor’s Race?
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s push to keep “rich” people out of less-expensive apartments is aimed at his political rival in New York, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.
New York Times Top StoriesWhite House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
The Trump administration is giving museums 120 days to replace “divisive or ideologically driven language with unifying, historically accurate and constructive descriptions.”
New York Times Top StoriesICE Must Improve Conditions in N.Y.C. Migrant Holding Cells, Judge Rules
The immigration agency must hold fewer detainees and provide them with medical care and regular access to lawyers, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said.
New York Times Top StoriesCourt Ruling Casts Doubt on New York’s Cannabis Licensing Process
A federal appeals court said that it appeared to be unconstitutional for New York to prioritize some of its own residents for licenses to open cannabis businesses.
New York Times Top StoriesRollout of Trump’s D.C. Crackdown Included Fox News Stars and Charts
Jeanine Pirro had a starring role in promoting the president’s federal takeover on TV, and Will Cain’s charts made a cameo.
New York Times Top StoriesDanielle Spencer, Child Star on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ Is Dead at 60
She played a witty teenager on one of the first American television shows that centered Black teenagers.
New York Times Top StoriesRemains of British Researcher Lost in 1959 Are Discovered Off Antarctica
Dennis “Tink” Bell was 25 years old when he fell into a crevasse on King George Island. Over the decades, a glacier receded, and a scientific team from Poland found his remains this year.
New York Times Top StoriesR.S.V. Season Is Approaching. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.
Doctors recommend that eligible people get vaccinated in late summer or early fall so antibodies can kick in before cases spread.
New York Times Top StoriesA Half-Baked Alaska Summit
The meeting is a bad idea, but there’s an opportunity for Trump to punish Putin’s thievery.
New York Times Top StoriesCristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez Are Engaged. All Eyes Are on the Ring.
After years of speculation, the soccer superstar’s engagement is big news, but it’s the enormous diamond perched on Ms. Rodríguez’s finger that has everyone talking.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Pick of E.J. Antoni as BLS Leader Criticized by the Right and the Left
Economists on the left and right criticized E.J. Antoni for misunderstanding the data he would now oversee.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System
Federal officials are scrambling to assess the damage and address flaws in a sprawling, heavily used computer system long known to have vulnerabilities.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Threatens Lawsuit Against Apple Over Claims It Favors OpenAI
The billionaire said in posts on X that the consumer tech giant was violating antitrust laws by giving preferential treatment to OpenAI on the App Store.
New York Times Top StoriesCentral Park Group Wants Ban on Horse-Drawn Carriages
The Central Park Conservancy, which manages the park, had not taken a public stance on the issue as it became especially politically contentious over the past decade.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico and Brazil Rebut Trump’s Claims About Violence in Their Cities
President Trump compared crime in Washington to violence in Latin American capitals. Mexico City’s mayor said “many parts of the world would like to have” her city’s safety.
New York Times Top StoriesA.I. Start-Up Perplexity Offers to Buy Google’s Chrome Browser for $34.5 Billion
The tiny start-up hopes to take advantage of an upcoming antitrust ruling against the tech giant.
New York Times Top StoriesSherrod Brown Plans to Try for a Senate Comeback in Ohio
The former three-term senator is said to be running to get his old job back, delivering a recruitment coup for Democrats facing an uphill battle to win a Senate majority next year.
New York Times Top StoriesSouth Korea’s Ex-First Lady Kim Keon Hee Is Arrested on Corruption Charges
Kim Keon Hee, accused of accepting Chanel bags and other items as bribes, is the only former first lady in the country to have been put behind bars. Her husband has also been jailed on insurrection charges.
New York Times Top StoriesPhilippines Condemns China After South China Sea Collision Captured on Video
Footage shows a Chinese coast guard vessel chasing a Philippine boat and then ramming a Chinese warship. It was the latest confrontation in the contested waters.
New York Times Top StoriesSuit Accuses N.Y.P.D. of Continued Aggression at Protests Over Gaza
The case, brought by civil rights lawyers, asks a judge to issue an order stopping the Police Department from “violently disrupting” pro-Palestinian demonstrations in New York City.
New York Times Top StoriesAppeals Court Allows DOGE Access to Sensitive Data at Several Agencies
The decision cited a Supreme Court order in June granting DOGE analysts sweeping access to other data stored at the Social Security Administration.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Promised a Golden Age. Then a Montana Lumber Plant Closed Down.
Anger over well-paid manufacturing jobs giving way to lower-wage work fueled President Trump’s rise. With his movement now in power, who gets blamed as the trend continues?
New York Times Top StoriesFor Putin, Who Has Swayed Trump Before, Meeting Is Chance to Reset Ties
The U.S. president is pushing to end the war in Ukraine, but analysts say the Russian leader could turn a hastily planned meeting to his advantage.