New York Times Top Stories
We’re Still Talking About Bernie Goetz After All These Years
Two new books return to the ’80s-era saga of Bernie Goetz to consider the 21st-century intersections of race, crime and sensationalism.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Flexes Power in White House Meetings With Zelensky and Others
With cameras rolling, President Trump met with more than 40 international leaders in his first year back in office.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is the Ultimate Davos Man
The annual conference for the elite, like everything else, is changing.
New York Times Top StoriesSuicides Were Frequent at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not Anymore.
For decades, there had been an average of 30 each year. With a new deterrent in place, there were none in the second half of 2025.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Secretive V.I.P. Programs That Keep Gamers Spending
Lucrative players of games like FarmVille and Words With Friends get personal account managers and entries to exclusive sweepstakes.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Threatens 200% Tariffs on Wine if France Declines to Join Gaza Board of Peace
France has said it will not join President Trump’s “Board for Peace.” France’s agriculture minister described the tariff threat as “blackmail.”
New York Times Top StoriesMikie Sherrill to Be Sworn In as Governor in New Jersey
Ms. Sherrill beat a Republican endorsed by President Trump and did what no politician in New Jersey has done since 1961: win her party a third consecutive term in the governor’s office.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Mamdani Focuses on Child Care, Plan to Tax the Rich Is Put Aside
Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on a proposal to increase taxes on those earning more than $1 million. For now, at least, he isn’t pushing.
New York Times Top StoriesJimmy Fallon Teases Trump Over Secondhand Prize
The “Tonight Show” host joked that President Trump hung his new Nobel Prize on the wall “right next to his McDonald’s customer of the month plaque.”
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Four Shark Attacks in 48 Hours, Australia Shuts Dozens of Beaches
Many of the closed beaches were in Sydney, the site of three of the attacks.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Chinese Island Where Dreams of Real Estate Glory Never Die
Intended as China’s version of Dubai’s palm-shaped artificial island, Ocean Flower Island is a $12 billion monument to debt-fueled economic excess.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Issues M.L.K. Day Proclamation After Criticism
Civil rights groups had criticized President Trump for failing to issue a proclamation honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and not attending commemorative events.
New York Times Top StoriesDeath Toll Rises in Guatemalan Gang Riots
Uprisings in three prisons have killed nine police officers, presenting another challenge for President Bernardo Arévalo in his fight against corruption and organized crime.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Asks Judge to Reject Minnesota’s Call to Block ICE Surge
Lawyers for the state and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have sued over the deployment of some 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge, for Now, Allows Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities
The decision permitted the Trump administration to continue restricting inspections of the conditions inside immigration detention compounds.
New York Times Top StoriesIndiana Judge and His Wife Are Shot at Their Suburban Home
The police in Lafayette, Ind., said they were investigating the nonfatal shootings of a Tippecanoe County Superior Court judge and his wife on Sunday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Links His Push for Greenland to Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize
In a text, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the U.S. needed the island for global security.
New York Times Top StoriesWintry Weather Leads to 100-Vehicle Pileup on Interstate in Michigan
Cars and trucks slid into one another and off a highway after a lake-effect snowstorm. Numerous injuries were reported, but no deaths.
New York Times Top StoriesClashes Erupt Around Syrian Prisons Holding Islamic State Fighters
New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State fighters to the Syrian government.
New York Times Top StoriesHow 40 People Died In a Train Crash in Andalucia, Spain
The victims of Spain’s deadliest rail crash in more than a decade included a police officer, journalists and a family returning from a musical.
New York Times Top StoriesA Smaller Version of the Sphere in Las Vegas Is Planned for Maryland
Gov. Wes Moore and the company behind the Sphere said the project in National Harbor, in the Washington metro area, would create jobs and become a landmark attraction.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration to Appeal Limits on Interactions With Minnesota Protesters
Justice Department lawyers said they would ask an appellate court to review an injunction that imposes limits on the tactics used by immigration agents.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza’s Board of Peace: What to Know
Numerous countries say they have been invited to join President Trump’s newly minted organization, which critics say could undermine the United Nations.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World.
China isn’t just building gigantic amounts of power. Its businesses are reshaping technological foundations to electrify the world.
New York Times Top StoriesNorthern Lights Could Be Visible Across Much of the U.S. Tonight
A severe solar storm could produce a visible show from Alabama to Northern California.
New York Times Top StoriesProtest at Minnesota Church Service Adds to Tensions Over ICE Tactics
The Justice Department said it would investigate the protest over a pastor’s apparent role in immigration enforcement in the state.
New York Times Top StoriesPowell Will Attend Supreme Court Hearing on Lisa Cook’s Lawsuit Against Trump
A lawsuit by the Fed governor Lisa D. Cook has challenged President Trump’s push to fire her.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Pushing the U.S.-Europe Alliance to the Brink Over Greenland
As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland, they are pondering the unthinkable: Is an 80-year-old alliance doomed?
New York Times Top StoriesValentino Garavani: A Life in Photos
Valentino Garavani, fashion’s ‘Last Emperor,’ believed in the power of beauty.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Reserve Inquiry Clouds Trump’s Supreme Court Bid to Oust Lisa Cook
The court is set to hear Ms. Cook’s case challenging her firing as the Justice Department investigates Jerome H. Powell, the central bank chair.