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‘Star Wars’ Boss Departs, Ending an Asteroid-Filled Reign
Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as Lucasfilm’s president and returned to producing. Two studio veterans took over.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesPentagon Will ‘Refocus’ Military Publication Stars and Stripes
The agency’s chief spokesman outlined plans to intervene in the previously independent newspaper’s coverage.
New York Times Top StoriesUniversity of Arkansas Withdraws Job Offer for Emily Suski Over Transgender Stance
The University of Arkansas withdrew a job offer to a legal scholar after state officials learned that she had signed a legal brief concerning transgender athletes, lawmakers said.
New York Times Top StoriesN.S.A. Nominee Promises to Protect Elections From Foreign Interference
President Trump fired the National Security Agency’s chief back in April and has weakened cyberattack protections.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael and Arab Nations Ask Trump to Refrain From Attacking Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel asked the president to postpone any planned attack. Israeli and Arab officials fear Iran could retaliate by striking their countries.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Forces Seize Sixth Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela
The Coast Guard boarded and seized the Russian-flagged tanker, originally named Veronica, in a pre-dawn operation in the Caribbean Sea.
New York Times Top StoriesItalian Court Closes Fraud Case Against Influencer Chiara Ferragni
A judge dropped the case against Ms. Ferragni, who had been embroiled in a scandal over sales of a limited edition Christmas cake marketed as supporting cancer treatment.
New York Times Top StoriesEmpire Wind Project Can Resume Construction, Judge Rules
A federal judge said the Empire Wind project off Long Island would suffer “irreparable harm” if the Trump administration continued to hold up work.
New York Times Top StoriesHesitant to Visit the U.S. for the World Cup? We Want to Hear From You.
International soccer fans face hurdles like travel bans, long visa delays and high ticket prices for U.S. matches. Will they be enough to keep you away?
New York Times Top StoriesNone of Mamdani’s Deputy Mayors Are Black. It Has Become a Problem.
Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.
New York Times Top StoriesBig Plan for Fannie and Freddie I.P.O. in Flux as Trump Pushes Affordability
Six months after President Trump told Wall Street banks to prepare a swift stock offering, there is no firm plan for how to take the giant mortgage firms public.
New York Times Top StoriesDid a Supreme Court Loss Embolden Trump on the Insurrection Act?
In refusing to let the president deploy National Guard troops in Illinois under an obscure law, the justices may have made him more apt to invoke greater powers.
New York Times Top StoriesNick Reiner Was in a Mental Health Conservatorship in 2020
Mr. Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, was under a yearlong legal arrangement that allows for involuntary psychiatric treatment.
New York Times Top StoriesJim Hartung, Gymnast Who Helped Deliver U.S. Gold, Dies at 65
In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.
New York Times Top StoriesNydia Velázquez Gives Mamdani a Warning as She Endorses a Successor
The veteran congresswoman said she would like Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president, to replace her after she retires. She also said the mayor should lay off political races.
New York Times Top StoriesAlexander Brothers Accuser Was Found Dead Last Year, Authorities Say
The death of Kate Whiteman, whose accusation of sexual assault against Oren and Alon Alexander opened a floodgate of similar allegations, is under investigation.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani’s Consumer Protection Commissioner Vows More Aggressive Action
“I want to be very public that there’s a new cop on the beat,” said Samuel Levine, the new commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
New York Times Top StoriesFlorida Corporal Handcuffs a Runaway Emu After a 45-Minute Chase
A corporal in St. Johns County had responded to what he thought would be a straightforward call about an animal on the loose. Nearly an hour later, he was putting handcuffs on an emu named Tina.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Outlines Health Care Proposals as Prices and Premiums Rise
The long-awaited plan would leave much to Congress and calls for payments to health savings accounts rather than insurance subsidies, among other broad proposals.
New York Times Top StoriesWeather Detours a Scientific Expedition to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
Bad weather has postponed attempts to set up camp on the Thwaites Glacier. So researchers got onto the sea ice and met a local.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Israel Is Wary of Intervening in Iran
Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point.
New York Times Top StoriesInside an ICE Confrontation in Minneapolis
Our visual journalists David Guttenfelder and Todd Heisler describe a dramatic incident in which federal agents dragged a woman out of her car in Minneapolis near where Renee Nicole Good had been killed days before.
New York Times Top StoriesEarnings Fall Short at Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo
This week, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo released fraught earnings reports as President Trump’s threatened cap on credit card rates loomed large.
New York Times Top Stories‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Will End Broadway Run and Open Overseas
Though the show will close in New York next month, a North American tour will continue, and productions in Australia, Germany and South Korea are planned.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Truth About Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic: You Probably Need Them Forever
Many people who use these medications don’t want to stay on them long term. But research has repeatedly shown that quitting the drugs means gaining back weight.
New York Times Top StoriesFor the World’s Food Supply, Federal Funding Cuts Have Long-Term Impacts
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major supporter of global agriculture research. Now many studies are being scuttled or scaled back.
New York Times Top StoriesCoinbase, the Biggest U.S. Crypto Company, Asserts Its Power in Washington
The top executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase scuttled a planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill after voicing his concerns, a sign of the company’s clout.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Priest, the Financier and the $10 Millon Townhouse
When a pastor learned his childhood home might undergo a glow-up, he saw his beloved Brooklyn further receding — and took to a different kind of pulpit.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Cuts Health Aid and Ties It to Funding Pledges by African Governments
The Trump administration has signed $11 billion in agreements with African nations, in deals tied to foreign policy goals.
New York Times Top StoriesUnder Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE
Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, administration officials have defended the use of deadly force, which agency guidelines say should be a last resort.