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Jane Goodall: A Life in Pictures
The primatologist gained scientific acclaim for her work with chimpanzees and then later used her fame to champion conservation.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHow TrumpRx Website May Affect Your Drug Costs After Pfizer Deal
President Trump and top health officials announced a deal with Pfizer to try to lower Medicaid prices, and a website to help consumers buy drugs directly from manufacturers.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain for Democrats and Move Forward With Layoffs
The Trump administration forged ahead with plans to conduct mass layoffs, as the fiscal standoff appeared to intensify.
New York Times Top StoriesCongress Is Deadlocked on the Shutdown
Also, Jane Goodall died at 91. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top Stories‘She Could Have Killed Me’: Scientist Survives Shark Bite to His Head
“My whole head was inside of her mouth,” Mauricio Hoyos, a marine scientist from Mexico, said from a hospital in Costa Rica.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Broken Politics Breaks Courts
We look at the difficult position of independent courts and judges at a time when countries around the world are deeply divided.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Refugee’s Gift to Us
Orphaned in a massacre in Congo, a onetime elementary school dropout is now an American and can teach us something about resilience.
New York Times Top StoriesJudges Dismisses Lawsuit Over Naked Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’
The man pictured as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana’s seminal second album argued that the band had engaged in child sex abuse imagery.
New York Times Top StoriesWhen a Driverless Car Makes an Illegal U-Turn, Who Gets the Ticket?
California approved a law last year allowing the police to cite autonomous vehicles, but it did not specify any penalties, and the law doesn’t take effect until 2026.
New York Times Top StoriesActivists Say Israel Has Intercepted Boats Headed to Gaza With Aid
The vessels are part of a flotilla carrying activists, including Greta Thunberg, who are trying to deliver humanitarian goods and protest Israel’s war.
New York Times Top StoriesPete Hegseth, Trump and an Era of Military Impunity
Pete Hegseth’s advocacy for service members accused of war crimes, and Trump’s pardons of them, have helped usher in an era of military aggression and disregard for the rule of law.
New York Times Top StoriesThese Democrats Voted With Republicans Against a Shutdown
Two Democratic senators and one independent who caucuses with them crossed party lines to support the G.O.P. plan to keep government funding flowing.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Fires Members of Humanities Council
The White House told members of a group of scholars who advise the National Endowment for the Humanities that their positions had been terminated.
New York Times Top StoriesJane Goodall Dead: Eminent Chimpanzee Expert Was 91
Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Escalates Gaza Offensive as Hamas Mulls Trump Plan
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled Israel’s assault on Gaza City, but many are believed to remain, having nowhere to go or no means to leave.
New York Times Top StoriesU.K. ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader Sentenced to 35 Years for Rape
Seven men in all were sentenced on Wednesday over their roles in a decades-old national scandal in Britain involving child sexual abuse.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Pete Hegseth Summoned Top Military Leaders
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth faced a room of hundreds of generals and admirals whom he had summoned from across the globe, and made his case for shaking up a force that he said had gone soft and “woke.” Greg Jaffe, the Pentagon reporter for The New York Times, discusses Hegseth’s speech.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans Demand Information From the College Board and Firms That Help Set College Prices
In letters to consultants and the College Board, House and Senate Judiciary leaders invoked antitrust law and asked how student data feeds pricing algorithms.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE
A series of arrests captured on video reveal how immigration officers have worked with other law enforcement agencies to identify migrants during stops for minor infractions.
New York Times Top StoriesDid the Yankees Try to Keep Red Sox Fans Out of the Bronx?
Not exactly, but to the thousands of Boston fans who attended the first game of the Wild Card series at Yankee Stadium, it was a welcome reason to root against the home team.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela Faces Criminal Charges in the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called Mr. Maduro, the Venezuelan leader who faces narco-terrorism charges, a “fugitive from American justice.”
New York Times Top StoriesHow Government Shutdowns Got More Severe and Further Reaching
Shutdowns started having significant effects after an attorney general in the 1980s argued that it was illegal for the government to spend money without congressional appropriations.
New York Times Top StoriesPope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment
The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world leaders dismissive of climate change.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration to Withhold $18 Billion for N.Y.C. Infrastructure
The transportation secretary said previously awarded funds for two major projects, the expansion of the Second Avenue subway and the construction of train tunnels under the Hudson River, would not be distributed.
New York Times Top StoriesDoes Your Backyard Need a Stegosaurus?
A popular theme park is closing. That’s good news for dinosaur fans who want their own life-size animatronic attraction.
New York Times Top StoriesSpencer Pratt Lost His House in the Palisades Fire and Thinks Gavin Newsom Should Take the Blame
After losing his house in the Palisades fire, Spencer Pratt has gone from the archetype of celebrity emptiness to community activist — and become a magnet for Republican politicians.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now
The justices deferred a decision on the president’s efforts to oust Ms. Cook and instead set oral arguments in the case for January.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began.
For decades, the Dodgers have been the pride of L.A.’s Latino community. Trump’s immigration raids are testing that.
New York Times Top StoriesSpam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads
A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Vows to Go On. That May Be Easier Said Than Done.
Despite a surge in new campus chapters, there is a void left by Charlie Kirk’s murder that has implications for the entire MAGA movement.