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Israel’s Looming Plans for Gaza City, and a Surge in Stalking in Women’s Sports
Plus, why steamy fan fiction is topping the best-seller list.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesZelensky, Back From Washington, Projects More Confidence in Peace Talks
The Ukrainian leader returned with a U.S. commitment to participate in security guarantees for Kyiv in a postwar settlement.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas and California Race Forward With Rival Redistricting Efforts
Lawmakers in the nation’s two most populous states were planning to vote Thursday on competing proposals as the battle over U.S. House maps intensified.
New York Times Top StoriesOne Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems
An amendment that can help save our democracy.
New York Times Top StoriesInvestors Expect Nvidia’s Earnings to Move the S&P More Than Powell’s Speech
When Nvidia, the chip producer, reports earnings next week, investors expect the S&P 500 to have a bigger reaction than when the Fed chair delivers a big speech on Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesBehind Powell’s Big Gamble in Final Jackson Hole Speech
Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is managing a high-stakes balancing act as he grapples with a cooling labor market, rising inflation and White House pressure to cut interest rates.
New York Times Top Stories‘Trump Is a Master at Creating Uncertainty’: 3 Experts Try to Make Sense of the Economy
What do data integrity, tariffs, inflation and debt add up to?
New York Times Top StoriesAs Trump Weighs I.V.F., Republicans Back New ‘Natural’ Approach to Infertility
Long confined to the medical fringe, “restorative reproductive medicine” has unified Christian conservatives and proponents of the Make America Healthy Again movement on the political right.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Trump’s Ideal Picture of America, Diversity Is Taboo
Using the full power of the federal government, President Trump has promoted a vision of America that challenges the legitimacy of the Black experience.
New York Times Top StoriesBrazil-U.S. Talks on Mining Rare Earth Minerals Are Complicated by Trump’s Tariffs
Tensions between President Trump and Brazil’s leader could derail a promising alliance to unlock the world’s second largest reserve of the minerals.
New York Times Top StoriesI’m a Proud Conservative. My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live.
The uncertainty around the future of Medicaid is paralyzing for families like mine.
New York Times Top StoriesA Giant Wyeth Mural Comes Out of the Vault, Bearing Family Stories
N.C. Wyeth’s colossal 1932 mural, “Apotheosis of the Family,” re-emerges in a gleaming new round barn after years in storage.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Works to Identify 6,000 Bodies Sent From Russia in Makeshift Rail Platform Lab
The mass return of fallen soldiers is one of the few concrete results of U.S.-orchestrated truce negotiations.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Menendez Brothers Make Their Case for Parole
The two will have separate hearings, and it is not at all certain that the outcome will be the same for each man.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Menendez Brothers Seek Parole, a New Tour Visits the Crime Scene
As Erik and Lyle Menendez wait for a ruling on their parole, a new tour is retelling their story, in detail, from the back of a limousine.
New York Times Top StoriesUganda Joins African Countries Agreeing to Take Deportees From U.S.
The East African country said it had reached a deal to accept an unspecified number of deportees, who would not include people with criminal records or unaccompanied minors.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Is Making Sure There Is No One to Document the Horror of Its War
The killing of Anas al-Sharif marks an ominous new phase of the war in Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Folly of Trump’s Cartel-Bombing Fantasy
A U.S. strike on cartels in Mexico won’t fix the deep problems that allow organized crime to flourish.
New York Times Top StoriesWomen in Indian Sports Sweat for Their Share of a Booming Market
Female athletes are using social media to increase viewership and seek better sponsorship deals in a field long dominated by men.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Charges and Investigations Surrounding Eric Adams
Months after a federal corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams of New York was dropped, some of his allies remain under investigation or have been charged with crimes.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care
A June subpoena to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia sought Social Security numbers and addresses of patients who received gender-related care, as well as “every writing or record” made by doctors on such treatments.
New York Times Top StoriesAdams Adviser Suspended From Campaign After Giving Cash to Reporter
A campaign volunteer for Mayor Eric Adams of New York was suspended after giving a journalist cash in a potato chip bag.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Ohio, a Solar Co-Op Helps Families Go Solar for Less
A group of homeowners worked together to navigate the process of installing rooftop solar systems, saving time and money in the process.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Shop? In Maine, the Library of Things Has It All (Almost)
One town’s effort to make pricey items accessible and encourage people to buy less stuff seems to be catching on.
New York Times Top StoriesJair Bolsonaro Planned to Seek Asylum in Argentina, Brazil’s Police Say
The police said they found a request for asylum, addressed to Argentina’s leader, on the phone of the Brazilian ex-president, who is accused of plotting a coup.
New York Times Top StoriesGavin Newsom’s Latest Role: Social Media Troll
The California governor’s press office is mimicking President Trump’s distinctive Truth Social style on X. Liberals love it. The White House says it’s “just getting weird at this point.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Stepped Up His Attacks on the Fed
Also, Israel is preparing an assault on Gaza City. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesRubio Takes on Tricky Task of Drafting Security Guarantees for Ukraine
The secretary of state and national security adviser will meet with European counterparts on Thursday in an effort to advance a peace process that so far has gotten little traction.
New York Times Top StoriesThese Moms Want to Design Your Dorm Room
Influencers are making money online by recommending dorm products and designs to families, who spend thousands of dollars on back-to-college shopping.
New York Times Top StoriesOusted Fire Chief in L.A. Claims Mayor Bass Retaliated Against Her in Legal Filing
The former chief, Kristin Crowley, claimed that Los Angeles leaders retaliated against her for publicly blaming them for refusing to properly fund the Fire Department.