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Apocalypse Now
Apocalyptic predictions may actually serve as comforting fantasies, at which point our future freakouts become an excuse for inaction.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top Stories4 Dead After Shooting at Banquet Hall in California
The shooting in Stockton, a city in California’s Central Valley, left 11 others wounded. The authorities said they were looking for a suspect.
New York Times Top StoriesFed Up With the Taliban, Pakistan Expels Masses of Afghans
Labeling Afghans a national security threat, Pakistan has forced out about a million this year, depriving them of a haven from Afghanistan’s turmoil.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
David Gentile had been found guilty for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
New York Times Top StoriesWebster Springs, W.Va. United In Grief Over Death of National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom
In Webster Springs, everyone knows one another. When National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was killed, that connection was even further strengthened.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Language of Tom Stoppard, Ablaze With Energy and Urgency
In works like “Travesties” and “Arcadia,” the playwright embraced the really big questions and wrestled words into coherent, exhilarating shape.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Language of Tom Stoppard, Ablaze With Energy and Urgency
In works like “Travesties” and “Arcadia,” the playwright embraced the really big questions and wrestled words into coherent, exhilarating shape.
New York Times Top StoriesTop Trump Aides to Meet With Ukrainians in Florida on Sunday
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to discuss peace terms again after an uproar over a 28-point proposal drafted with Russian input.
New York Times Top StoriesAfghans Who Assisted U.S. During the War Underwent Rigorous Vetting
Former officials said the C.I.A. diligently assessed those who partnered with its forces, like the man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington.
New York Times Top StoriesSeveral Arrested as Protesters Block ICE Agents From a Potential Raid in NYC
The confrontation appeared to foil a possible ICE raid nearby, underscoring the numerous challenges the federal government faces in trying to stage raids in a dense city like New York.
New York Times Top StoriesTargeting Venezuela and Pardoning Honduran Ex-President, Trump Contradicts Himself
President Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Black Friday Sales Defy Tariffs and Economic Woes
Data on spending this week shows that consumers are shopping big for the holidays despite inflation and economic worries.
New York Times Top StoriesPolitical Confusion as Texas Awaits Supreme Court’s Ruling on Redistricting
A decision on the state’s new congressional map will affect five House seats and could help determine control of the chamber next year.
New York Times Top StoriesTom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
Drawing comparisons to the greatest of dramatists, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.
New York Times Top StoriesMourners Honor Victims of Hong Kong Apartment Fire
The police said they expected the death toll of 128 to rise as the authorities began combing through the charred apartment towers.
New York Times Top StoriesF.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals
The agency’s top vaccine regulator proposed broad changes, claiming that a new review linked 10 children’s deaths to the Covid vaccine. But public health experts questioned the findings, wanting to examine the data.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed
President Trump said days earlier that the United States could “very soon” expand its campaign of killing people at sea suspected of drug trafficking to attacking Venezuelan territory.
New York Times Top StoriesDid Pope Leo Pray in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque? Not Visibly, at Least.
Leo XIV is being closely watched on an inaugural trip to Turkey and Lebanon to spread a message of peace and outreach.
New York Times Top StoriesA Classical Pianist’s Plea: Make Messy Art
It is not only classical musicians who are being stunted by the search for perfection. It is harming many aspects of our lives and sectors of our society.
New York Times Top StoriesHow I Began to Love Reading Again
I needed to stop thinking that I knew more than the author and give in to whatever ride they had spent years planning.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Firing His No. 2, Zelensky Loses Both a Negotiator and an Enforcer
Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s wartime politics. He also led the country’s peace negotiations, which now must go on without him.
New York Times Top StoriesHighlight Reel
As the year comes to a close, we want to know your highly specific, idiosyncratic bests of 2025.
New York Times Top StoriesLatin American Leaders Face Both Trump and Voters Deported by the U.S.
The upcoming election in Honduras shows how politicians must balance cooperation with the Trump administration with their obligation to undocumented citizens in the United States who may be deported.
New York Times Top StoriesAhead of Primary Elections, Time Is Running Out in the Fight Over Congressional Maps
As partisan battles rage and courts wrangle proposals, the relentless pace of the calendar will force states to act — or land in murky legal ground.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans Flipped South Texas. Can a Moderate Tejano Singer Take It Back?
The star power of Latin Grammy Award-winning Bobby Pulido has Democrats dreaming of taking a U.S. House district in South Texas, even though Republicans have redrawn it in their favor.
New York Times Top StoriesIsraeli Hostage Recounts Beatings and Starvation During Hamas Captivity
Segev Kalfon said he endured physical abuse and mind games during 738 days in the hands of Hamas. Now, he asks why it took so long for Israel to bring him home.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible
President Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch
Prosecutors say members of the Somali diaspora, a group with growing political power, were largely responsible. President Trump has drawn national attention to the scandal amid his crackdown on immigration.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag
Even if a peace can be reached, it won’t be easy to solve the problem of Ukrainian civilians languishing in Russian jails. This is one prisoner’s story.