New York Times Top Stories
Erykah Badu Says Making Music Is a Sport. It’s Game Time.
The singer and songwriter on her reign as one of music’s most idiosyncratic and spiritual figures and where her creative impulses are headed next.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesWhat Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think
We have a chance to discover the true cost of this war.
New York Times Top StoriesA Girls Basketball Team Gives Up Its Title After Spotting a Scoring Error
The team in Oklahoma City forfeited its district championship earlier this year after the coach verified that a scoring error had incorrectly crowned them as winners.
New York Times Top StoriesFinancial Assistance Options for Federal Employees During the Government Shutdown
Some banks are offering a pause on payments on certain loans, waiving late fees and providing no-interest loans.
New York Times Top StoriesStavros Halkias Wants a Career. Will His Fans Let Him Have One?
The comedian is pivoting from online notoriety to mainstream roles. It’s harder than it looks.
New York Times Top StoriesOz Pearlman Is the Manosphere’s Favorite Magician
Oz Pearlman has revealed Joe Rogan’s A.T.M. code on air and entertained N.F.L. stars. Now he wants more.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Seattle as in New York, a Mayoral Race Turns on Generational Change
Mayor Bruce Harrell of Seattle, 67, is facing a challenge from Katie Wilson, 43, who has a penchant for social media and a focus on cost of living, all reminiscent of Zohran Mamdani.
New York Times Top StoriesDrug With a 30-Year Monopoly Is Target of State-Level Push to Curb Prices
In a first, Colorado will cap the price of Enbrel, an arthritis drug. Using patent tactics, the drugmaker Amgen has aggressively blocked competition for it.
New York Times Top StoriesA Costly Radio System Faltered When Texas Needed It Most
Motorola won a $7 million contract to modernize Kerr County’s emergency radio system. When a devastating flash flood swept through the county, emergency crews had trouble using it.
New York Times Top StoriesE.U. Approves Sweeping Sanctions Targeting Russian Gas and Crypto
European leaders signed off on the new measures just hours after President Trump imposed sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies.
New York Times Top StoriesFear and Anger Fill New York’s Canal Street After Immigration Raid
The famous shopping strip, usually teeming with street vendors, turned quiet a day after federal agents descended.
New York Times Top StoriesCuomo Paints Dire Picture of New York Under Mamdani as Election Nears
Andrew Cuomo is trying to close ground in the New York City mayor’s race by escalating his warnings that “mayhem” would follow a victory by Zohran Mamdani.
New York Times Top StoriesIs It ‘Subsidizing the Rich’ to Make Buses and Child Care Free for All?
Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, would make some public benefits available to everyone. Andrew Cuomo, his top challenger, wants to help the neediest residents.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Billion-Dollar Scam Center Industry
The U.S., Britain and South Korea have joined a crackdown on groups running frauds from Southeast Asia. They have their work cut out.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Europe Is Trying to Turn Frozen Russian Assets Into Cash for Ukraine
European Union officials could reach a political agreement as soon as Thursday on a plan for a huge loan to Ukraine backed by Kremlin money frozen in a Belgian financial institution.
New York Times Top StoriesChinese Impersonator’s Trump Act Has Won Him Millions of Fans
Ryan Chen has turned an uncanny impersonation of President Trump into a social media career, and a mirror of China’s fascination with America.
New York Times Top StoriesCan a Beach Really Be Evil? Ask the Sun-Seekers in Good Sahel.
The sea looks the same. So does the sand. But in Egypt, two beach communities not far from each other have decidedly different ideas about fun.
New York Times Top StoriesNepal’s Gen Z Sees Little Hope at Home
The protests that rocked Nepal were about more than a social media ban. The economy is so dire that for many, going abroad seems the only way to build a future.
New York Times Top StoriesHoping to Grow in Europe, but Bogged Down by Red Tape
Start-ups are booming in the European Union, but experts say bureaucracy keeps them from expanding across borders.
New York Times Top StoriesNewsom Says Benioff Is Still ‘Family’ Despite the National Guard Remarks
Gov. Gavin Newsom has a long relationship with Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, that dates back to a different era in San Francisco.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the White House East Wing and Its History
The East Wing has been a base for the first lady, an entryway for social functions and an emergency bunker.
New York Times Top StoriesPelosi Says Police May Arrest Federal Agents Who Violate California Law
The San Francisco district attorney said in an interview that she came up with the strategy after seeing federal agents repeatedly roughing up people in Los Angeles and Chicago.
New York Times Top Stories7 Takeaways From the Final N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate
Zohran Mamdani, Andrew M. Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa continued attacking one another, with Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Cuomo the main targets.
New York Times Top StoriesCuomo Joins Adams at Knicks Game. Is an Endorsement in the Cards?
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Eric Adams looked like the best of friends as they sat together at Madison Square Garden right after the debate.
New York Times Top StoriesN.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Trade Zingers in Final Debate
The candidates sparred over their policies, personalities and how they would deal with President Trump in the second and final debate of the mayoral campaign.
New York Times Top StoriesThe White House Wrecking Ball
President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing has struck a nerve in Washington and beyond.
New York Times Top StoriesQueens Tenants Were Urged to Report Immigrants to ICE, Officials Say
A sign posted in the lobby of an apartment building listed “immigration” alongside crimes it said should be reported to a tip line, state officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesPentagon Announces ‘Next Generation’ Press Corps
The Defense Department said that dozens of new reporters had agreed to sign the Pentagon’s rules on reporting, which have been rejected by many major news organizations.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Imposes Sanctions on Russian Oil Companies as His Frustration With Putin Mounts
The sanctions are among the most significant measures that the United States has taken against the Russian energy sector since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Said He Wouldn’t Touch the East Wing. Then He Tore It All Down.
President Trump initially said the ballroom construction would not affect the East Wing. The White House now says it was cheaper and more structurally sound to simply demolish it.