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A 1990 Measles Outbreak Shows How the Disease Can Roar Back
To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesRussia Demands Role in Guaranteeing Ukraine’s Postwar Security
European and Ukrainian officials call the idea ludicrous, showing the large gaps in peace negotiations.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School
The state law had said public schools would have to display the Ten Commandments in a “conspicuous” location in every classroom in Texas by Sept. 1.
New York Times Top StoriesOklahoma Proposes ‘America First Test’ for Teachers From New York and California
The test is meant to filter out teachers who hold views “antithetical” to Oklahoma values.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Do You Want to Read About Disability?
Input from readers will help shape our coverage.
New York Times Top StoriesNo Food, No Water, a Broken Leg: How a Hiker Survived a Harrowing Week in the Wild
Alec Luhn, 38, an American journalist, hopes the lessons he learned from his ordeal in a national park in Norway can help others.
New York Times Top StoriesFewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds
From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Harry Potter Fans Are Driving the Romantasy Trend
Romantasy is propping up the fiction market. Thanks to a generation that grew up reading about a boy wizard.
New York Times Top StoriesAsk a Journalist: A Monthly Series for Teenagers
Join us each month this school year to discuss a teen-friendly topic with a New York Times journalist who covers it. Post your thoughts, ask questions or suggest ideas, and the reporters will reply!
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Russia Is Doing to Grab Ukrainian Land While It Still Can
As negotiations over the war carry on, President Vladimir V. Putin is pushing hard with tactics that have evolved over three and a half years.
New York Times Top StoriesThe U.S. Open Brings Big Names to Its New Mixed Doubles Event
What used to be a free preview of low-key qualifying matches is reinvented as a mostly free event with some of the biggest names in tennis.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Covid Is Spreading Again This Summer
Researchers are seeing an uptick in cases, as they have every summer since the pandemic began. Here’s why.
New York Times Top StoriesOnionlike Space Explosion May Be a New Type of Supernova
The rare blast peeled back the inner layers of a dying star, offering clues to how the elements that make up life on Earth were forged.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariffs Push U.S. Businesses Into ‘Survival Mode’
A 90-day pause on additional tariffs on China offers no relief to American companies already facing extraordinarily high import taxes imposed by President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesN.S.A.’s Acting Director Tried to Save Top Scientist From Purge
Vinh Nguyen, an expert in artificial intelligence and advanced mathematics, was among the current and former officials whose security clearances were revoked by the president.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Tariffs Will Affect This Unique Cheese
Stilton is a special type of blue cheese that can be made in only three English counties. There are just four producers of Stilton left, but this one was crowned best cheese in the world, according to one of the industry’s top awards last year. Eshe Nelson, a business reporter for The New York Times, went to Clawson Farms, the producer of the award-winning Stilton, which is trying to expand its business in the United States, despite the higher costs imposed by the Trump administration’s tariff policy.
New York Times Top StoriesMore Than 70 Afghans Returning From Iran Die in Fiery Bus Crash
The bus collided with two vehicles. The victims were among the 1.8 million Afghans expelled from Iran as the country vowed to deport undocumented residents en masse.
New York Times Top StoriesSyrian and Israeli Officials Meet for U.S. Brokered Talks
The talks in Paris brokered by the United States were the latest effort to reduce tensions between the two longstanding foes, and came after Israel launched airstrikes on the Syrian capital last month.
New York Times Top StoriesPreparations for a Move on Gaza City Have Started, Israel’s Military Says
Troops have reached the city’s outskirts, an Israeli official said, adding that more reservists are being asked to report for duty to cover for other soldiers who will be involved in going into Gaza City.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Calls Netanyahu a ‘War Hero’ and Adds: ‘I Guess I Am Too’
President Trump praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for bombing Iranian nuclear sites, and credited himself as well.
New York Times Top StoriesHow We Vote
We explore President Trump effort to eliminate mailed ballots and voting machines.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Democratic Party Is Hemorrhaging Voters, and a New White-Only Community in Arkansas
Plus, censoring prestige TV.
New York Times Top StoriesUnregulated Sexual Stimulants Flood West Africa
Unregulated sexual stimulants are flooding West Africa, posing major health risks that officials are scrambling to address.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Republicans Ready to Pass New Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted
The effort is intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. Other states, red and blue, are likely to redraw their own maps.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Trump’s Effort on Russia and Ukraine
President Trump has repeatedly bent other leaders to his will, simply by refusing to budge. But there is one person who refuses to budge even more than President Trump, and that is Vladimir Putin of Russia. Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, takes us inside how Trump has been engaging with Russia and Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesZach Cherry on ‘Severance’ and His First Emmy Nomination
The actor’s improv background makes him more comfortable in comedy, but his performance in this twisty sci-fi mystery brought his first Emmy nomination.
New York Times Top StoriesZach Cherry on ‘Severance’ and His First Emmy Nomination
The actor’s improv background makes him more comfortable in comedy, but his performance in this twisty sci-fi mystery brought his first Emmy nomination.
New York Times Top StoriesAmy Klobuchar: I Knew A.I. Deepfakes Were a Problem. Then I Saw One of Myself.
Deepfakes are getting more realistic, and more difficult to stop. Congress needs to take steps now.
New York Times Top Stories5 Takeaways From the Times Analysis of Democratic Decline in Voter Registration
Thirty states, as well as Washington, D.C., allow voters to register with a political party. Here’s what the data shows.
New York Times Top StoriesCome One, Come All! Buy Your TV Subscriptions Here!
A battle is heating up in the streaming world as millions of Americans sign up for multiple services through a single provider instead of separate apps.