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Over six decades she worked in theater, opera, film and television alongside luminaries like Alvin Ailey, Lena Horne, Agnes de Mille and Harry Belafonte.
New York Times Top StoriesPresident Trump achieved his goal of shrinking the work force. But many current and former officials say the government is less dependable and efficient than it was a year ago.
New York Times Top StoriesCecilia Giménez’s repainting of an image of Jesus in 2012 was widely mocked online. But tourists flocked to see her work, reviving her struggling hometown.
New York Times Top StoriesA star who never played coy for the camera was once an emblem of France.
New York Times Top StoriesA retired widower married Sara Jane Moore, who shot at President Ford in 1975. It tore his family apart.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Christmas-week storms, two rounds of rainfall starting on New Year’s Eve could cause more flooding and mudslides.
New York Times Top StoriesThe high-speed train service connecting Britain and continental Europe was paralyzed on Tuesday during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.
New York Times Top StoriesPostNord, the country’s longtime service, is delivering its last letters. Few Danes send snail mail anymore, but some are mourning the end of an era.
New York Times Top StoriesA power failure in the Channel Tunnel has paralyzed the Eurostar service, causing delays for thousands of holiday travelers between London, Paris and Brussels.
New York Times Top StoriesOff the battlefield, each side is trying to influence the American leader’s perception as they look to negotiate a peace settlement in their favor.
New York Times Top StoriesWe look at some of our best stories from 2025 that Times editors thought deserved more attention.
New York Times Top StoriesMr. Clooney, who owns a farmhouse in France, has said that living there enabled him and his wife, a human rights lawyer, to pursue a quieter existence with their children.
New York Times Top StoriesThousands of documents and interviews with Assad-era officials reveal how the regime worked to conceal evidence of its atrocities during the Syrian civil war.
New York Times Top StoriesWe documented how the dictator Bashar al-Assad and his henchmen conspired to hide evidence of torture and deaths of detainees during Syria’s long civil war.
New York Times Top StoriesPlus, the mountain climbing brothers trying to rewrite the world’s maps.
New York Times Top StoriesThe band’s label said it had dropped one of the girl group’s five members. NewJeans’s legal battle has drawn public scrutiny of the K-pop industry.
New York Times Top StoriesAn inmate says that no one wanted to listen when he tried repeatedly to confess to a crime at a facility known for violence.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica could all but lose vaccine access. Here’s how.
New York Times Top StoriesIt’s Sweden’s longest criminal trial. I was there because of a different historic distinction.
New York Times Top StoriesHere’s a cheat sheet for decoding this year’s A.I.-driven tech lingo, from RAG to superintelligence.
New York Times Top StoriesA.I. has made it easy to put words in people’s mouths, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain has become a favorite target. The motive, experts say, is not political but financial.
New York Times Top StoriesChinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging utilities.
New York Times Top StoriesKatherine Maher has taken an unyielding approach to NPR’s biggest battles — which has sometimes put her at odds with her colleagues in public media.
New York Times Top StoriesDetty December means a month of “back to back to back” partying in Nigeria’s megacity, both for locals and visiting members of the diaspora. Bring your stamina, dancing shoes and wads of cash.
New York Times Top StoriesHere is what to expect if you’re expecting relief from the soaring cost of day care in New York City.
New York Times Top StoriesNow that the condition is known to spread sexually, there are steps you and your partner can take to prevent it.
New York Times Top StoriesIn 2026, there will be journeys to the moon and Mars, new visions of the cosmos and a solar eclipse that might be worth traveling for.
New York Times Top StoriesMarquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.
New York Times Top StoriesChina flew bombers and fired long-range artillery during a second day of exercises designed to show its ability to claim the island-democracy by force.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Saudi-led coalition said its strike, at a port in southern Yemen, targeted weapons bound for a separatist group backed by the United Arab Emirates.