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These Are the 10 Old Television Series Every Kid Needs to Watch
Here’s the list of ancient shows I inflict on my daughters. What’s yours?
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesMamdani Maintains 13-Point Lead as Cuomo Gains Ground After Adams’s Exit
While former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo benefited from Mayor Eric Adams’s departure, Zohran Mamdani still enjoyed a sizable lead in the Quinnipiac University poll.
New York Times Top StoriesRuth Weiss, Who Chronicled Apartheid After Fleeing the Nazis, Dies at 101
Her life and work were shaped by confronting injustice in South Africa and Germany. “Blacks under apartheid — Jews under the swastika. Was it all that different?” she asked.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Are Increasing Inequality
When it comes to education policy, Republicans are now kicking Democrats in the butt.
New York Times Top StoriesBig Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout
The United States finalized a $20 billion lifeline for Argentina that will benefit Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s allies.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Jared Kushner, a Self-Described ‘Deal Guy,’ Helped Broker a Gaza Breakthrough
Trained in New York City real estate, the president’s son-in-law had a single goal: Get to a yes first, and hash out the details later. “It’s just different being deal guys — just a different sport,” he said.
New York Times Top StoriesCrypto Investor Known as ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Reaches Deal With Prosecutors
In the Trump administration’s latest example of dialing back cryptocurrency enforcement, Roger Ver agreed to pay about $48 million to end a tax fraud case.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Visit Leaves Lasting Mark on Times Editor
A visit to The New York Times’s Kyiv bureau stayed with an editor based in Manhattan. So too did the air alert app that is widely used to warn civilians of Russian military activity.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Baselessly Claims He ‘Took the Freedom of Speech Away’ From Flag Burners
The president said he had made flag burning a crime punishable by a year in prison. But such a claim contradicts both Supreme Court precedent and the text of an executive order he signed.
New York Times Top StoriesA Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips?
An executive of a Singaporean firm called Megaspeed socialized with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Now the company is being scrutinized by U.S. officials for its ties to China.
New York Times Top StoriesOscar S. Wyatt Jr., Wily Texas Oilman, Is Dead at 101
He made billions selling energy with his Coastal Corporation, courted presidents and dictators, and eventually went to prison for paying kickbacks to the Iraqi government.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Charged With Fatally Beating 64-Year-Old at Subway Station
A 25-year-old man attacked the victim on Tuesday at the Jay Street-MetroTech subway station in Brooklyn, according to the police. The two men did not appear to know each other.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocratic Alarm Over an Unbound Trump Fuels Shutdown Standoff
The threat of rising Obamacare premiums has been Democrats’ main focus in the public debate, but the president’s defiance of laws, norms and congressional constraints has helped hold them together in opposition.
New York Times Top StoriesOklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago
Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association, broke with Texas, saying, “Oklahomans would lose their mind” if Illinois sent troops to their red state.
New York Times Top StoriesBats Catch Migratory Birds and Eat Them in Midair
For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Arguments About Free Speech Don’t Apply to the Riyadh Comedy Festival
Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia.
New York Times Top StoriesOscar S. Wyatt Jr., Wily Texas Oilman, Is Dead at 101
He made billions selling energy with his Coastal Corporation, courted presidents and dictators, and eventually went to prison for paying kickbacks to the Iraqi government.
New York Times Top StoriesAnother Guilty Verdict After Appeal in Gisèle Pelicot Rape Case
One of the dozens of men convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot appealed his verdict, but a French court again found him guilty.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Are the Hostages Believed Alive in Gaza?
Israel says 20 living hostages are held by Hamas, set for release in a prisoner exchange together with the remains of those who died. Here’s what we know about them.
New York Times Top StoriesIn N.J. Governor’s Race, Energy Costs Have Become a Central Issue
Energy costs have become a central issue in the governor’s race between Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican, and Representative Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat.
New York Times Top StoriesModi Rosenfeld Is Gay. He’s Religious. His Comedy Career Is Booming.
Mordechi Rosenfeld, known as Modi, already has the synagogue crowd. Now he wants the “Goyim, gays and theys,” too.
New York Times Top StoriesGovernment Shutdown Scrambles Some Home Sales in Flood Zones
When the government shut down, so did the federal flood insurance program, forcing some buyers into the costly private market.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Can Afford Three Kids in New York City?
The number of city households with three or more children has dropped by nearly 17 percent over the past decade as families struggle with the cost of child care and rent.
New York Times Top Stories10 Months Later, Russia Admits Deadly Downing of Azerbaijani Plane
President Vladimir Putin’s rare acknowledgment of a Russian military mistake came as relations have deteriorated between the two former Soviet states.
New York Times Top StoriesNetanyahu’s Political Fortunes May Be Transformed by Gaza Deal
The Israeli prime minister appeared backed into a corner in Gaza diplomacy. But this deal could greatly increase his room for maneuver, analysts said.
New York Times Top StoriesWe Have a Cease-Fire. Now the Middle East Needs Leadership.
Promises of peace between Jews and Palestinians must be turned into reality.
New York Times Top StoriesNumber of Children Fleeing Violence in Haiti Soars
Haitian children face intensifying problems of crime, hunger and homelessness as the country’s humanitarian crisis shows no signs of easing, a report from a U.N. agency found.
New York Times Top StoriesJoseph Herbert, Who Helped Catch Copycat Zodiac Killer, Dies at 68
A New York police detective, he used his knowledge of the killer’s handwriting — and a lucky twist — to solve a confounding case.
New York Times Top StoriesIntel’s Big Bet: Inside the Chipmaker’s Make-or-Break Factory
The centerpiece of the company’s comeback hopes is a multibillion-dollar facility in the Arizona desert. Will it draw new customers?
New York Times Top StoriesA Tough Job for Jay Powell at the Fed Gets Tougher
Some at the central bank don’t feel the need to cut rates further this year; others are worried about the jobs market. That complicates the job of Jay Powellm its chair.