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Does Your Face Need Work? She’ll Tell You.
Melinda Farina, known as the Beauty Broker, sends Hollywood actresses and everyday women to doctors around the globe. In her world, the knives are always out.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesFed Chair Faces Scrutiny — and Bats — at Major Policy Speech in Mountain Forum
A colony of bats recently took up residence at the storied Jackson Lake Lodge, where central bankers and economic policymakers will convene next week for an exclusive gathering.
New York Times Top StoriesGovernor Hochul Pardons Laotian Immigrant to Stop His Deportation
The man had been convicted of manslaughter as a teenager after he admitted to fatally shooting a man during a pool hall confrontation in Brooklyn, arguing it was self-defense.
New York Times Top StoriesUnited Nations Plastic Treaty Talks End Without Deal
Countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful plastic chemicals.
New York Times Top StoriesFlash Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 60 People in a Single Day
The country has faced heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know Ahead of the Trump-Putin Summit
We have a primer on today’s Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.
New York Times Top StoriesMasaoki Sen, a Kamikaze Volunteer and Japan Tea Ceremony Grandmaster, Dies
A pilot who never flew on a suicide mission during World War II, Mr. Sen went on to become a grandmaster of Japan’s tea ceremony and used the platform to oppose all wars.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Raids Target D.C. Homeless Camps
It was unclear how widespread or effective the raids were, after district officials and advocates had spent much of the day trying to clear the camps, urging people to go to shelters ahead of the raids.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Could Happen at the Trump-Putin Summit, and a Game of Chicken Over Voting Maps
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump-Putin Meeting: What Time, Where and How to Watch
The leaders of the United States and Russia will hold talks at an American military base in Alaska and are expected to hold a news conference afterward.
New York Times Top StoriesLike All Autocrats, Trump Wants to Control History
MAGA would fill museums with self-glorifying kitsch, the aesthetic lingua franca of all authoritarians.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Meeting With Putin Could Unfold, as Trump Seeks Cease-Fire in Ukraine
A sudden feud, an impasse or a first step toward a cease-fire are all possible at the summit in Alaska as the two leaders navigate thorny issues such as Ukraine’s territory and NATO expansion.
New York Times Top StoriesFeds Turn Into Beat Cops in Trump’s D.C. Policing Surge
In the nation’s capital, federal agents have operated a sobriety checkpoint, made gun and drug busts and carried out other day-to-day police work. Some residents are uneasy.
New York Times Top StoriesTariffs Are High. So Is the Stock Market.
Strong corporate earnings, mostly stable tariff rates and the expectation of interest rate cuts have eased worries of a market reckoning.
New York Times Top StoriesSarah Jessica Parker on ‘And Just Like That ...’ and Carrie Bradshaw’s Legacy
The “Sex and the City” revival reached its bittersweet end this week. Does the actress like where Carrie Bradshaw landed? “Absolutely.”
New York Times Top StoriesEven as ‘And Just Like That . . .’ Ends, Carrie Bradshaw’s Clothes Live On
Throughout the beloved series “Sex and the City” and its reboot “And Just Like That …,” the protagonist’s wardrobe was the most reliable through line.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Ambitious Democratic Governors Are Navigating Trump’s Redistricting War
Some have emerged as a front line against Trump’s push to grab more seats in Congress, putting the issue at the center of their party’s politics. Others are ceding the spotlight.
New York Times Top StoriesWith 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 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 StoriesThey’re Stuffed Animals. They’re Also A.I. Chatbots.
New types of cuddly toys, some for children as young as 3, are being sold as an alternative to screen time — and to parental attention.
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.