New York Times Top Stories
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesLongest-Running Rafiki Says Goodbye to ‘The Lion King’
After more than 9,000 performances as the shaman in the Broadway show, Tshidi Manye prepares to hang up her baboon costume.
New York Times Top StoriesPartial Heart Transplants Show Promise
Owen Monroe was born with a deadly heart defect. Thanks to a cutting-edge surgery, now he’s starting preschool.
New York Times Top StoriesUncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright
A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism.
New York Times Top StoriesAs PBS Stations Confront Cuts, American History Takes a Hit
The documentary series “American Experience” begins an abbreviated schedule this week. A victim of the federal funding take-back, it has suspended production and laid off its staff.
New York Times Top StoriesCourt Records Detail Antisemitic Attack That Australia Says Is Linked to Iran
Australia has accused Iran of directing an attack on a Jewish restaurant in Sydney through a web of intermediaries. The operation on the ground, court records suggest, was messy.
New York Times Top StoriesAuthorities Respond to Reports of Shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis
The shooting was reported at Annunciation Catholic Church, which operates a school.
New York Times Top StoriesEven 2025’s Chaos Couldn’t Keep Brussels From the European August Holiday
With President Trump’s trade moves, war in Ukraine and wildfires, it was a busy month for the European Union. But not in Brussels.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Freeze on Foreign Aid
The conservative majority has been largely receptive to the administration’s claims of executive power.
New York Times Top StoriesAll the Things Trump Thinks He Owns
The White House is not the president’s property. Neither is the Smithsonian. Nor Washington itself.
New York Times Top StoriesIndia Reels at Trump’s Highest Tariffs Yet
Businesses and policymakers are casting around for help from unlikely places, as the country’s exports to the United States are crushed by 50 percent tariffs.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Ralph Lauren Look of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Engagement Photos
It’s picture-perfect, of course.
New York Times Top StoriesProsecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from President Trump’s move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into Washington.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Set to Host a Meeting on Gaza. How Close Is an Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire?
The president’s Middle East envoy signaled that the war would be settled before the end of the year, but seemed to rule out a temporary truce.
New York Times Top StoriesFloods and Landslides Kill Dozens on Pilgrimage Route in Kashmir
Rescue workers pulled bodies from the debris after rain sent boulders and mud crashing down.
New York Times Top StoriesThe New State Interventions
Protectionism, industrial policy and government ownership — all once conservative boogeymen — have become official doctrine.
New York Times Top StoriesDenmark Summons U.S. Envoy Over Espionage Allegations
It’s the latest twist in the Greenland drama. President Trump wants the island, but Denmark refuses to hand it over.
New York Times Top StoriesVan Gogh Museum in Fight With Dutch State That Threatens Its Future
Its director says that the Amsterdam museum could close unless the culture ministry increases funding to pay for a refurbishment.
New York Times Top StoriesHow A.I. Is Propping Up the Economy, and a Surge of ‘Swatting’ on Campus
Plus, why men aren’t going to the doctor.
New York Times Top StoriesTargeted by the Emirates, an Arab Dissident Vanished Across Borders
After criticizing the United Arab Emirates on social media, an Egyptian activist was extradited to the Gulf country, where he has been detained without trial for months.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Fuzzy Racket Bag, Venus Williams Highlights ERL and Other American Labels
In her return at the U.S. Open, Ms. Williams decided to highlight labels based in the United States. Her shearling racket bag was hard to miss.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Rise of the Democratic National Security Mom
The party is counting on a new type of leader to counteract Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesAirbnb’s Joe Gebbia is Trump’s Chief Design Officer. Some Peers Are Skeptical.
Joe Gebbia wants to make government services more “satisfying.” Some peers in the design industry are skeptical.
New York Times Top StoriesThe A.I. Spending Frenzy Is Propping Up the Real Economy, Too
The trillions of dollars that tech companies are pouring into new data centers are starting to show up in economic growth. For now, at least.
New York Times Top StoriesHas Your Family Argued About Housing and Inheritance?
We want to hear from you for a New York Times Magazine feature about how much of America’s family wealth is tied up in parents’ homes.
New York Times Top StoriesUK Summers, and Houses, Are Getting Hotter
Built for a cooler climate, many homes need to be retrofitted for warming temperatures. It won’t be as simple as installing air-conditioning.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Money Is a ‘Lifeline’ for This Republican School District
President Trump wants to cut federal spending for education. The money often goes toward disadvantaged students in Republican states.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Is Why New Orleans Never Recovered From Katrina
New Orleans after Katrina is a cautionary tale for every place in America that will one day face its own disaster.
New York Times Top StoriesRiley Gaines Finished 5th. Now She Believes Victory Is in Her Grasp.
The former college swimmer has used her race against Lia Thomas, a trans athlete, to propel her career as an influential, and unsparing, activist.
New York Times Top StoriesThey’re (Mostly) Good Dogs and Even Better Film Symbols
Directors use our canine friends to convey connection even as we’ve grown more disconnected from the animal world.