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Israel Now Controls Almost Half of Gaza City, Military Says
Hundreds of thousands of civilians have yet to evacuate the city before Israel’s planned takeover. A new hostage video renewed calls to halt the operation.
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New York Times Top StoriesA Nighttime Raid
An investigation details a previously undisclosed U.S. operation to intercept the North Korean leader’s communications.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Could Become First Trillionaire Under New Tesla Pay Package
Tesla’s board unveiled a compensation package for the chief executive that could be worth $900 billion if he meets ambitious targets.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Will Rename the Defense Department the Department of War: What to Know
The president has said the name “just sounded better” than Defense Department, a name that has been in use since 1949.
New York Times Top StoriesQuestions Focus on Cable in Lisbon Funicular Crash
Images of recovery efforts in the accident, which killed 16 people on Wednesday, appeared to show damage to a cable connecting the funicular’s two cars.
New York Times Top StoriesSenators Unleash on R.F.K. Jr.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions after a tumultuous few weeks.
New York Times Top StoriesQuestions Focus on Cable in Lisbon Funicular Crash
Images of recovery efforts in the accident, which killed 16 people on Wednesday, appeared to show damage to a cable connecting the funicular’s two cars.
New York Times Top StoriesIs Jobs Data Still Reliable? Why Economists Say Yes.
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has prompted questions about political interference.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Hamas Refuses to Give Up Fighting
Analysts say that despite its vast losses in Gaza, Hamas believes it can hold out for a deal that ensures its survival.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Luckiest Gas Station in America
A Syrian immigrant in Southern California beat the odds — twice — and now some Powerball players see an ineffable magic at work in his store.
New York Times Top StoriesDonors Push Mamdani to Maximum Fund-Raising Cap in Mayor’s Race
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign says it has hit the $8 million spending cap, a sign of the Democrat’s support especially among small-dollar donors in New York City.
New York Times Top StoriesFrench Winemaker Gets Prison for Selling Fake Champagne
Didier Chopin, 56, was accused of passing off wine made with carbonated grapes from Spain and other regions in France as Champagne.
New York Times Top StoriesYouTube’s NFL Broadcast Will Test Platform’s Ability to Handle Live Sports
YouTube’s live broadcast on Friday night of the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers game is set to be a major test of the platform’s programming ambitions.
New York Times Top StoriesChicago Could Be a Powder Keg
Many residents are willing to endorse or participate in violent resistance.
New York Times Top StoriesMounting Deportations Meet Slow Hiring in a ‘Curious Kind of Balance’
An influx of immigrants helped ease worker shortages, and now their expulsion is helping to mask the country’s weakening demand for labor.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Trump Administration Wants to Switch Off Climate Satellites
The Trump administration wants to switch off and possibly destroy the climate-monitoring technology.
New York Times Top StoriesCarlo Acutis, a Saint for the Modern Age
Nicknamed God’s influencer, Carlo, who died at age 15, used technology to express his religious beliefs. The church sees him as a way to connect to the young.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Lonely Trade Crusade
A sign of the folly of Trump’s trade policy is that it has inspired no apparent envy among other nations.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Climate Change Playbook No Longer Works. What Can Activists Do?
Activists are hoping to recreate the magic of 1970’s Earth Day — at a moment when the movement’s future is cloudier than ever.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds
Scammers are using A.I. tools to make it look as if medical professionals are promoting dubious health care products.
New York Times Top Stories‘Something Is Wrong With My Brain’: A Police Officer’s Descent
Brent Simpson is the first police officer known to have C.T.E. He showed signs of the disease in the last few years of his life.
New York Times Top StoriesPutin Warns Western Troops in Ukraine Before a Peace Deal Would Be ‘Targets’
The Russian leader made the threat a day after European leaders said they were willing to deploy forces on the ground to secure an agreement to end the war.
New York Times Top StoriesHow a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart
The 2019 operation, greenlit by President Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.
New York Times Top StoriesStephen Colbert Sounds the Alarm on ‘Death by Florida’
He said that Florida’s decision to stop vaccine mandates would affect not just schoolchildren but also “America’s most vulnerable population: Disney adults.”
New York Times Top StoriesThe N.Y. Assembly’s Most Powerful Democrat Has Been Slow to Back Mamdani
Carl Heastie, the speaker of the Assembly, has not yet endorsed his fellow lawmaker. He’s not the only prominent Democrat to hold back support.
New York Times Top StoriesKim Jong-un Leaves Beijing With Big Diplomatic Wins
Mr. Kim’s presence at a Chinese military parade was a sign of his growing geopolitical leverage and that North Korea was being accepted as a de facto nuclear power.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy I Am Not a Liberal
I don’t think the left grasps reality in all its fullness.
New York Times Top StoriesChina, Russia, Iran and North Korea Sense Their Moment
There may never be a better moment for China, Iran, North Korea and Russia to challenge the U.S.-led global system.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Trump and Ukraine, Europe’s Leaders Are Playing a Long Game
Leaders on the continent are trying to show the U.S. president that they are serious about laying the groundwork to end the war — and that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is not.