New York Times Top Stories
With a Shovel and a Dream, Woman Finds 2.3 Carat Diamond in Arkansas
After three weeks, with bug bites and tattered hiking boots, Micherre Fox found the stone at Crater of Diamonds State Park.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesBoy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s
It takes a village to raise a child. But some of the villagers must be men.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Hands-Off Investing Pays Off
Put money into low-cost stock and bond funds, but don’t forget the rest of the recipe: Leave your investments alone.
New York Times Top StoriesNo Running Water and No Electricity, but for Some Venetians, This Island Is Paradise
A citizens’ group is now in charge of the island of Poveglia, where they will create a park for anyone who wants to leave Venice’s maddening crowds of tourists behind.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Stock Market Is Getting Scary. What You Should Do.
There are troubling signs that our stock market may be overheated.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Last Refugees Let Into the U.S. Wonder if Their New Country Wants Them
After President Trump suspended the refugee admissions program, some new arrivals found themselves out in the Wisconsin cold. With help, they have survived.
New York Times Top StoriesEvo Morales, Barred from Bolivia’s Election, Urges Null Votes
Despite being barred from running again for president and being sought for arrest, a towering figure of Bolivian politics is trying to rally supporters to cast null votes.
New York Times Top StoriesTribal Colleges Rely on Federal Funding. Their Leaders Fear the Trump Years.
As the Trump administration has publicly targeted elite universities, it has also quietly pursued funding cuts for the nation’s tribal colleges, which rely on federal dollars to operate.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk’s SpaceX Most Likely Doesn’t Pay Taxes
Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts, but years of losses have most likely let it avoid paying federal income taxes, according to internal company documents.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.
The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.
New York Times Top StoriesThey’re Losing Their Vision. They Still Love Playing Tennis.
For the visually impaired people who participate in blind tennis, the sport delivers joy. “This is what I’ve been missing,” one player said.
New York Times Top StoriesSeth Meyers Braces for Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors
The president said “wokesters” in the performing arts wouldn’t be honored. “A ‘wokester’ sounds like a car your great-grandfather drove after the war,” Meyers said.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Economy Slows Broadly Even as Exports Keep Rising
Officials blamed U.S. “protectionism” for the dismal July data, but growth was likely held back by real estate and new policies aimed at slowing factory investments.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Not Likely to Hand Ukraine to Putin in Alaska
Russia’s president has long insisted that Ukraine will be his. But his obsession may cost Russia more than he has bargained for.
New York Times Top StoriesA Cloud Forest in Ecuador Is Crying for Help
Ecuador’s ecological progress is threatened by a series of reforms steamrolled by its young populist president, Daniel Noboa.
New York Times Top StoriesJackie Bezos, Jeff Bezos’ Mother and an Early Amazon Investor, Dies at 78
Ms. Bezos and her husband invested about $245,000 in Amazon when the online bookstore was in its first year.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Fleeing an Immigration Raid Dies After Running Onto an L.A. Freeway
The man was hit by a vehicle. It happened about a month after an immigrant fell from a greenhouse and later died following a raid in Ventura County.
New York Times Top StoriesDraft of ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Suggests RFK Jr. Won’t Push Pesticide Regulations
The report is not final, but indicates good news for the food and agriculture industries.
New York Times Top StoriesWere Carrie Bradshaw and Her Friends the Last Nice Rich People on TV?
“And Just Like That …” showed New Yorkers awash in luxury. But Carrie and her friends lived with money, not necessarily for it — one of the reasons we’ve been drawn to them for decades.
New York Times Top StoriesNewsom Kicks Off California Redistricting Campaign and Calls for Special Election
The governor kicked off his campaign for a proposition asking California voters to approve a new congressional map, a move that comes with both opportunity and risk.
New York Times Top Stories‘And Just Like That …’ Series Finale Recap: My Everything
The “Sex and the City” revival ended on an empowering but bittersweet note for Carrie and the crew … and also with Barry White.
New York Times Top StoriesThousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump
In a petition, alumni, faculty and members of the public asked Harvard to stand up to the White House. The school has signaled a willingness to pay $500 million to restore research funds.
New York Times Top StoriesPhil Knight, Ex-Nike Chief, and His Wife Pledge $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center
Oregon Health & Science University said the couple’s donation would be the largest single gift to a higher-learning institution in the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Blocks White House Effort to Defund Schools With D.E.I. Programs
The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollars from schools that did not comply.
New York Times Top StoriesPBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts
The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Hurricane Models Say About Tropical Storm Erin
The storm’s likely path is coming into focus, but a lot can still change. Here’s what the forecasters look at.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin
The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.
New York Times Top StoriesMinnesota Assassination Suspect Indicted on First-Degree Murder Charges
State prosecutors had previously charged the man with second-degree murder in the deaths of State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Congressional Map
The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Trump Seizes D.C.’s Police, Critics Say He’s Undercut Its Ability to Fight Crime
The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than $1 billion.