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How Service Dogs Help Treat Veterans’ PTSD
There’s research suggesting that these four-legged “battle buddies” can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. But shortages and long wait times pose barriers.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesCoquito Was Once a Puerto Rican Secret. Now Everybody Knows.
The Puerto Rican rum and coconut drink used to be passed down within families, but now it has become a holiday party staple beyond the community.
New York Times Top StoriesLong Carrier Deployment Projects Strength in U.S. Pressure Campaign on Venezuela, and Carries Costs
The U.S.S. Ford has been deployed for six months, now in the Caribbean as part of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela. Maintenance woes and strains on sailors will likely mount.
New York Times Top StoriesHere’s What Is in the 20-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine
The blueprint covers a broad range of issues, including territory, security guarantees and postwar reconstruction. But Russia has indicated little willingness to end the war.
New York Times Top StoriesThey Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.
The Trump administration said five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet had been barred from entering the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesRain Begins in Southern California as Region Braces for Intense Storm
Heavy rain, strong winds, flooding and debris flow could affect Los Angeles County and the surrounding areas on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
New York Times Top StoriesInside the Oval Office
Today we take a look at President Trump’s interior design.
New York Times Top StoriesBlast Kills Three in Moscow Near Site of General’s Car Bombing
Two police officers died in the explosion, the authorities said. Earlier this week a car bomb killed a military commander in the same area of Russia’s capital.
New York Times Top StoriesChasing an Economic Boom, White House Dismisses Risks of A.I.
The administration has downplayed concerns — from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble — as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth.
New York Times Top StoriesICE Sweeps Into Ohio, Stirring Fear Among Somalis and Other Immigrants
After Mayor Andrew Ginther of Columbus said that its policy prohibited local cooperation on immigration enforcement, Elon Musk called him a “traitor.”
New York Times Top StoriesThe Year America Blew Up the Process
The 2025 revolt against process signaled the final collapse of a powerful idea that once promised to hold the country together.
New York Times Top StoriesA Christmas Argument That Ended in Harmony
Standing together on behalf of those who flee oppression is a very Christmas thing to do.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’
Volleying questions with the table tennis champ Marty Reisman, an inspiration for Timothée Chalamet’s new film, showed that he was a character in his own right.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Deposed Assad Henchmen Plotting to Retake Syria
Hacked communications and a social media analysis reveal how former regime leaders are trying to arm fighters and exert influence as far away as Washington.
New York Times Top Stories‘Stranger Things’ Creators Break Down Their Latest Influences
With a new batch of episodes arriving on Christmas Day, Matt and Ross Duffer discuss the sometimes obscure movie and video game references in the final season so far.
New York Times Top Stories‘Stranger Things’ Creators Break Down Their Latest Influences
With a new batch of episodes arriving on Christmas Day, Matt and Ross Duffer discuss the sometimes obscure movie and video game references in the final season so far.
New York Times Top StoriesA Father and Son’s $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Larry and David Ellison didn’t always have a close relationship. Now they’re one of the most intriguing partnerships in business.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?
Since the cease-fire took effect, Israel says it has targeted only militants. But death can come for Gazans while on a family outing or sleeping in a tent.
New York Times Top StoriesStephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Fulfills Its Promise
After winning an Emmy, Stephen Colbert spoke about creating a “show about love.” In its homestretch, “The Late Show” is fulfilling that promise.
New York Times Top StoriesDid We Underestimate Kate Hudson?
For years she was pigeonholed as a rom-com star. Her turn as a blue-collar mom with a love of Neil Diamond just might vault her back to the Oscars.
New York Times Top StoriesMail Carriers Keep Making the Rounds, Despite a Murky Future
As the much-derided agency loses billions, postal workers quietly, and sometimes heroically, serve their communities.
New York Times Top StoriesInvestors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals
Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves.
New York Times Top StoriesInvestors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals
Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves.
New York Times Top StoriesZelensky Opens Way to Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace
The offer was the closest Mr. Zelensky has come to addressing the thorny territorial disputes in Donetsk that have repeatedly derailed peace talks.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Is Shifting Its Nuclear Forces to Swifter Footing, Pentagon Says
The country’s production of nuclear warheads has slowed, but its missiles may be poised to strike back fast in case of an attack, an annual assessment found.
New York Times Top Stories$100 for a Cab to the Airport? It May Soon Get Worse.
The Port Authority is preparing to increase the charge for drivers to pick up and drop off passengers at the airports.
New York Times Top StoriesAustralian State Passes ‘Extraordinary’ Gun, Protest Laws After Bondi Attack
While the new restrictions on firearms have broad support, new police powers to crack down on some protests were criticized as limits on civil liberties.
New York Times Top StoriesThailand, Attacking Cambodia, Says Its Target Is the Scam Industry
Thai warplanes have bombed compounds where people are forced to defraud others online. Rights activists say trafficking victims’ lives are at risk.
New York Times Top Stories19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors
The coalition of states seeks to stop a Trump administration effort to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide such care.
New York Times Top StoriesLawmaker Returns to Migrant Center Where She Clashed With U.S. Agents
Representative LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat, called on immigration officials to close Delaney Hall in Newark, calling detainees’ food and medical care inadequate.