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G.M. Previews Talking Cars, Cheaper Batteries and Other New Tech
Drivers will be able to converse with an artificial intelligence assistant while cars largely drive themselves in certain situations, the company said.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesGoogle’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap
Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.
New York Times Top StoriesIn First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes Escalated at a Record Pace
The Trump administration stopped updating a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters. A group of scientists has revived it.
New York Times Top StoriesTestosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive but Risks Side Effects
There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won’t cover it. Many doctors won’t prescribe it. It’s become a cultural phenomenon.
New York Times Top StoriesMaine U.S. Senate Candidate Apologizes for Tattoo With Nazi Links
Graham Platner, a Democrat, said he would remove the tattoo. He also sought to distance himself from old Reddit posts that drew criticism.
New York Times Top StoriesOn the Menu in New York: One Repair, Coming Right Up
The state leads the country in “repair cafes,” which bring neighbors together while keeping all manner of items out of the trash.
New York Times Top StoriesMeta Plans to Cut 600 Jobs at A.I. Superintelligence Labs
The cuts will not affect Meta’s newest A.I. hires, who are in some cases being paid up to hundreds of millions of dollars. The layoffs are focused on correcting an earlier hiring spree.
New York Times Top StoriesQueens Woman Arrested in Abandonment of Newborn in Penn Station Subway
The woman told the police she had given birth shortly before leaving the child in a busy passageway as rush hour died down. The baby’s umbilical cord was still attached.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Hits Kindergarten and Power Plants Hours After Trump Delays Summit
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said the overnight assault showed that Russia “clearly doesn’t feel enough pressure to stop prolonging the war.”
New York Times Top StoriesWomen Are Losing in Trump’s Economy
Massive cuts to health, education and immigration are disproportionately taking a toll.
New York Times Top StoriesNancy Pelosi Hasn’t Announced Her 2026 Plans. Scott Wiener Is Running Anyway.
Scott Wiener, a Democratic state legislator, says he can’t afford to keep deferring to Representative Nancy Pelosi.
New York Times Top StoriesHow President Trump Uses A.I.
The era of A.I. propaganda is here — and Trump is an enthusiastic participant.
New York Times Top StoriesWorkers and Employers Face Higher Health Insurance Costs
A new employer survey shows premiums for a family climbed in 2025 as companies and their workers pay more for coverage.
New York Times Top StoriesCivilian Massacres Follow Syrian Leaders’ Promises of Peace
Ten months after rebels toppled the long-entrenched Assad regime, little-checked bloodshed has led many Syrians to abandon hope that the years of brutality may be over.
New York Times Top StoriesLe Heist
How thieves were able to pull off an audacious robbery of priceless jewels from the Louvre in broad daylight.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s $230 Million Demand, and the Chaos Created by U.S.A.I.D. Cuts in Somalia
Plus, renegade parachutes at Yosemite.
New York Times Top StoriesLouvre Reopens for First Time Since Brazen Jewelry Robbery
French authorities are under growing scrutiny about whether security failings allowed four thieves to steal royal jewelry worth over $100 million.
New York Times Top StoriesWorkers and Employers Face Higher Health Insurance Costs
A new employer survey shows premiums for a family climbed in 2025 as companies and their workers pay more for coverage.
New York Times Top StoriesNo Kings Means No Kings. No Wonder Trump Hates It.
Who’s the patriot now?
New York Times Top StoriesBird Flu Is Back
After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown.
New York Times Top StoriesHalloween Movie Watch Party: Let’s All ‘Scream’
Revisit Wes Craven’s 1996 classic this weekend and join us in the chat.
New York Times Top StoriesHalloween Movie Watch Party: Let’s All ‘Scream’
Revisit Wes Craven’s 1996 classic this weekend and join us in the chat.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Happens if Obamacare Subsidies Expire?
Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums. Margot Sanger-Katz, a health care policy reporter for The New York Times, explains why.
New York Times Top StoriesMembers of Congress Don’t Leave. We Need Term Limits.
Term limits would help bring our divided nation together.
New York Times Top StoriesObamacare Is Expensive. But So Is All Health Insurance.
The main difference is that most Americans don’t confront the full cost of their coverage.
New York Times Top StoriesPrior Authorization Is Confusing. This Memo Can Help Patients Understand.
Recently, we put together a template to help medical professionals explain a confusing process. Readers gave us very pointed feedback, so we updated it.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Suspicious Drones Plague Germany, Officials Are Unsure How to Respond
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, “We suspect that Russia is behind most of these drone flights” around vital sites like ports and airports.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances
The president has placed proponents of his false claims into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over elections ahead of next year’s midterms.
New York Times Top Stories‘Medicaid Cut Me Off’: A Rural Health Center Faces New Pressures
As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like Delta Health Center in Mississippi will be stretched more thinly than ever.
New York Times Top StoriesColleges Face a Reckoning: Is a Degree Really Necessary?
Wyoming is one of many states that embraced a campaign to encourage more people to enroll in higher education. Some leaders and students wonder if it was a mistake.