New York Times Top Stories
48 Hours Without A.I.
It’s everywhere, as the author learned the hard way while making as little contact as possible with machine learning and generative artificial intelligence.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHow to Make Art Out of Confederate Monuments
A new show featuring decommissioned statues forces a reckoning with American history at a moment when Donald Trump is trying to stop just that.
New York Times Top StoriesSeeing More of Baseball’s Beauty, Now That My Vision Is Fading
Now that I can no longer follow the ball, baseball looks like a dance.
New York Times Top StoriesA Twist in the Candy Cane Park Murder Investigation in Oregon
An unlikely twist in the investigation of a killing in 1983 that still haunts a small town in Oregon.
New York Times Top StoriesIn a Looming Nuclear Arms Race, Aging Los Alamos Faces a Major Test
The lab where Oppenheimer developed the atomic bomb is the linchpin in the United States’ effort to modernize its nuclear weapons. Yet the site has contended with contamination incidents, work disruptions and old infrastructure.
New York Times Top StoriesRadiation Fears Bring MAHA and MAGA Movements Into Conflict
The Trump administration is considering tighter safety rules on the weak radiations of cellphones even as it pursues looser regulations on the deadly emanations of the nuclear industry.
New York Times Top StoriesOnce Again: The Pope Likes That Other Chicago Team, Not the Cubs
Although he posed with a Cubs jersey on Monday, a gift from a religious leader also from Chicago, Pope Leo is a longtime fan of the Chicago White Sox. Some people can’t seem to keep it straight.
New York Times Top StoriesSeth Meyers Thinks Trump Is Trolling With Third-Term Talk
The president says he hasn’t really thought about a third term. Meyers said that was “like James Cameron saying he hasn’t thought about ‘Avatar 4.’”
New York Times Top StoriesShould the Mayor Control N.Y.C. Schools? Mamdani and Cuomo Don’t Agree.
Zohran Mamdani and the teachers’ union have called for changes in mayoral control. Andrew M. Cuomo and some education leaders say that would be a grave mistake.
New York Times Top StoriesA 17th-Century Crypt Shines a Light on Milan’s Most Impoverished
In Milan, bones that piled under a hospital over a half-century shed light on the health and habits of some of the Renaissance era’s most impoverished people.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Win Praise, But No Movements on Trade in Japan
President Trump and Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, traded compliments during a stop in Tokyo, but signaled no major breakthrough in ongoing trade negotiations.
New York Times Top StoriesJapanese Man Admits to Assassinating Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, was charged with killing Mr. Abe with a homemade gun during an election campaign event in 2022.
New York Times Top StoriesA New Era of Strongman Rulers Has Begun
The meeting in South Korea will be between two powerful men who govern by impulse, not institutions — and that’s dangerous.
New York Times Top StoriesBeyond Trade War, China’s Xi Looks to Press Trump on Taiwan
China’s leader wants to weaken American support for Taiwan. But first he will want clarity about President Trump’s stance toward the island.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Argues in Formal Appeal That His Conviction Was ‘Fatally Marred’
In 2024, a jury found that Donald J. Trump approved a scheme to falsify business records to conceal a hush-money payment to a porn star. He became the first felon president.
New York Times Top StoriesBill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against a “doomsday outlook” and appears to have shifted some of his views about climate change.
New York Times Top StoriesJamaican Officials Worry That Not Enough People Are Evacuating Ahead of Melissa
As Hurricane Melissa barrels toward the island nation, only a fraction of residents have headed to evacuation centers.
New York Times Top StoriesHunger and Cold Loom as Shutdown Imperils Funding for Antipoverty Programs
Within days, tens of millions of low-income Americans may lose assistance for food, child care and utilities if the federal government remains shut down.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Challenges Wikipedia With His Own A.I. Encyclopedia
The billionaire launched his A.I.-powered version, Grokipedia, on Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Mamdani Rally, a Moment of Unity Goes Sideways for Hochul
Gov. Kathy Hochul received a tepid response from a stadium filled with Zohran Mamdani supporters, whose chants of “Tax the rich” interrupted her speech.
New York Times Top StoriesAFGE, Top Federal Workers’ Union, Sides With Republicans on Shutdown
The American Federation of Government Employees, in a shift, called on Congress to immediately reopen the government without the health care measures sought by Democratic lawmakers.
New York Times Top StoriesMilei’s Win in Argentina Signals Rebuke of the Past and Trump’s Impact
President Javier Milei emerged from the election with an even tighter bond with the United States and a bigger mandate to pass transformative economic plans.
New York Times Top StoriesIt’s Unconstitutional, but Trump Keeps Musing About a 3rd Term
A president who has chafed at the limits on his power sees political benefit in talking about remaining in office.
New York Times Top StoriesA Powerful Storm Nears Jamaica
Also, the partisan redistricting battle keeps growing. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesWhich Is Better, One Long Walk or Many Short Ones?
A new analysis is one of the first to study whether spacing steps out or consolidating them was linked to better health outcomes.
New York Times Top StoriesA Student Publication at Harvard Invoked Hitler. Now It Has Been Suspended.
The Harvard Salient, a conservative outlet, used a phrase that echoed a speech given by Hitler. Its board paused its operations over material it called “reprehensible, abusive and demeaning.”
New York Times Top StoriesQualcomm Unveils New Line of Chips to Join the A.I. Boom
Qualcomm, which is known for its chips in smartphones, also announced a deal with Humain, a Saudi-backed A.I. company. The news sent Qualcomm’s share price soaring.
New York Times Top StoriesPolice Investigate Possible Arson at Home of Portland City Councilor
The police said a fire that damaged cars and a carport at the home of City Councilor Candace Avalos was “suspicious in nature.” No arrests have been made.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Fire the Top Copyright Official
An appeals court sided with the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, saying her role is to work with Congress.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s China Deal May Avert a Crisis of His Own Making
The Trump administration is hailing a potential deal that may return the U.S.-China relationship to where it was before the president began a trade war against Beijing.