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Trump Sought to Minimize Expectations for Putin Talks
Also, an experimental treatment for chronic pain showed promise. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesEric Adams Vetoes Bill to Raise Wages for Instacart Workers
The City Council is likely to override most of Mayor Eric Adams’s recent vetoes. Still, the mayor seems eager for a fight over bills affecting grocery delivery workers and street vendors.
New York Times Top StoriesStudy Finds Planet Around Trappist-1 Star Shows No Signs of Life
Astronomers had hoped to observe an atmosphere on one of the seven planets known to orbit Trappist-1, a red dwarf star. A new study found nothing to write home about.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica’s New Segregation
To be one nation, we have to embrace ground-up social change.
New York Times Top StoriesNewsom Held an Event in L.A. Federal Immigration Agents Showed Up Outside.
The armed and masked agents assembled outside the museum where the governor was speaking. Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called it “a provocative act.”
New York Times Top StoriesAdams Pushes to Force Drug Users Off NYC Streets
As he runs a long-shot third-party bid for re-election, Mayor Eric Adams is proposing an aggressive approach, favored by conservatives, of combating open drug use.
New York Times Top StoriesA 500-Year-Old Receipt for Supplies to Conquer an Empire Is Returned to Mexico
The document describes payments made for expedition supplies, and was signed by Hernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztecs.
New York Times Top StoriesMargaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88
A cognitive scientist, she used the language of computers to explore the nature of human thought and creativity, offering prescient insights about A.I.
New York Times Top StoriesWith ‘Zohran’s Law,’ Cuomo Wants to Limit Who Can Live in Rent-Stabilized Homes. How Would That Work?
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal is a dig at Zohran Mamdani, his main opponent in the mayor’s race, but it could upend the housing search for middle-income New Yorkers.
New York Times Top StoriesIn L.A., Fear of ICE Raids Put the First Day of School On Edge
Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their children were safe at school.
New York Times Top StoriesPlan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows
Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approval. But a procedural step remained.
New York Times Top StoriesAir Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike
The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Evangelical Pastor Wants to Replace Women’s Right to Vote
Trump isn’t just shaping the nation; he’s also changing the evangelical church.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Allows Mississippi Law on Children’s Use of Social Media, for Now
A trade group representing sites like Facebook and X said the law ran afoul of the First Amendment.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Accessible Is Traveling by Amtrak?
Many people with disabilities depend on Amtrak to travel across the country, but the journey can still present obstacles. Gabe Castro-Root outlines some of the challenges disabled passengers encounter while traveling.
New York Times Top StoriesD.C. Police Move to Share Limited Information With Federal Immigration Officials
Chief Pamela A. Smith’s order effectively serves as a carve-out to how the department enforces a broader ban that prohibits the local police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.
New York Times Top StoriesPlan to Add 9,500 Homes to Midtown Expected to Get City Council Approval
The plan would open a swath of Manhattan, including the garment district, to residential development.
New York Times Top StoriesTroops in Washington Remain Largely Unseen So Far
Federal agents are assisting the local police, but a surge in National Guard troops hasn’t hit the streets.
New York Times Top StoriesEchoes of Old Walls Appear, Briefly, in Britain’s Arid Soil
Unusually dry conditions are revealing the outlines of old walls at British historical sites. Climate change is making the lines, called “parchmarks,” more frequently visible.
New York Times Top StoriesFact-Checking Trump’s Epstein Defenses
In the face of mounting discontent over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump has turned to deflection, denial and downplaying.
New York Times Top StoriesToronto Film Festival Cancels Screenings of Israeli Documentary About Oct. 7 Attack
The event’s organizers said the producers of the film, which includes footage of atrocities recorded by Hamas fighters during the attack, had failed to obtain the rights to the videos.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Orders Liquidation of Infowars to Pay Sandy Hook Families
The order comes after a series of legal setbacks for the families of Sandy Hook victims as they tried to collect money owed to them by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Says More Aid Is Entering Gaza, but Relief Groups Warn of Bottlenecking
Israel says its has allowed more aid into Gaza in recent days, and food prices are dropping, but humanitarian groups warn it is not enough.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariffs Set to Hit Ireland, Where Drugmakers Play Tax Games
Manufacturing in Ireland has long helped many American drug companies pay lower taxes. But that strategy was designed for a world without President Trump’s tariffs.
New York Times Top StoriesSt. Patrick’s Cathedral to Unveil Mural Celebrating City’s Immigrants
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan’s art commission hits a hot button. “I thought they might say, ‘We don’t want to wade in these waters’ — and the opposite happened,” the painter said.
New York Times Top StoriesFlorida to Open Second Immigrant Detention Center Called ‘Deportation Depot’
The state says it will run the new center from an empty prison that could hold 2,000 federal detainees. This one will be called “Deportation Depot.”
New York Times Top StoriesHow Train Riders With Disabilities Are Faring on Amtrak
Passengers are facing blocked wheelchair space, getting stuck in doors and suffering other indignities 35 years after the Americans With Disabilities Act became law.
New York Times Top StoriesSyria Violence in March Amounts to War Crimes, U.N. Report Says
An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting in March, but found no evidence that they acted on government orders.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks
Over recent months, the Kremlin has been trying to move the diplomatic focus away from Ukraine to bilateral issues, such as trade and strategic stability.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible
In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying.