New York Times Top Stories
What to Expect at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies, From the Man Behind Them
Marco Balich has helped design grand spectacles at more than half a dozen Olympics. On Friday, he’ll do it again, on home turf in Italy.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesRussian General Is Shot in Moscow
The attack bore the hallmark of several assassination attempts on top military officers in the Russian capital.
New York Times Top StoriesToyota Names Kenta Kon C.E.O. as Automaker Faces Tariffs and Increasing Competition
The world’s biggest automaker has navigated the industry’s turbulent E.V. transition, but is looking to new leadership to manage complex geopolitical challenges.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York’s Next Archbishop Introduces Himself to ‘the Parish of America’
On the eve of his installation, Bishop Ronald A. Hicks led a Vespers prayer service, conscious of the weight of representing more than 2.5 million Catholics.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Are These Women Being Denied Visits With Loved Ones in NY Prisons?
Women hoping to visit their loved ones at New York prisons are being turned away after scanners pick up what they say are menstrual products. Some have had their visitation rights suspended.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Grants Pregnant Workers Paid Leave. How Many Know That?
The state is the first in the United States to require paid leave for prenatal care. While some women are using the time off for medical appointments, others don’t know that it’s available.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. and Iran Set for Talks in Oman
Middle Eastern diplomats see a chance for progress on Iran’s nuclear program, but they are pessimistic about other U.S. demands.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Finds Trump Out of Place at Prayer Breakfast
The annual National Prayer Breakfast “is supposed to be a normal, nonpartisan event,” Seth Meyers said, “but, of course, Donald Trump is incapable of being normal.”
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica’s Rare-Earths Solution Is Hiding in Plain Sight
The real threat to a secure and sustainable supply of rare earths is not that they are scarce, but that so much is wasted.
New York Times Top StoriesWe’re All Canadian Now
The world is angry. Canada’s been there all along.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Jersey House Primary Remains Too Close to Call
Two Democrats, Analilia Mejia and Tom Malinowski, were leading in a race for their party’s nomination to replace Gov. Mikie Sherrill in the House.
New York Times Top StoriesShe’s Upending Japanese Politics With Two Words: ‘I’m Pregnant’
Hikaru Fujita, who’s running in Sunday’s parliamentary election, is a standout in a country where expectant mothers rarely enter national politics.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Olympics Are a Show Of Global Harmony. The World is Anything But.
The Winter Games, which officially open in Italy on Friday, are rooted in international cooperation. That feels out of place to some in a world where old rules no longer apply.
New York Times Top StoriesMilan Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony: How to Watch, Timing and More
They will take place at 2 p.m. Eastern on Friday across four separate venues in Northern Italy.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. and Iran Set for Talks in Oman
Middle Eastern diplomats see a chance for negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program but have slim hopes for progress on other U.S. demands.
New York Times Top StoriesSmithsonian Folklife Festival Gives Way to Trump’s Patriotic Fair
The summer festival, held annually since 1967, will not take place as usual on the National Mall, which will instead host the president’s Great American State Fair.
New York Times Top StoriesMuslims Move to Assert Political Power in New York City
Zohran Mamdani’s ascension to mayor has given Muslim organizers and faith leaders the impetus to insert themselves into more formal political alliances and networks.
New York Times Top StoriesArgentina and U.S. Sign Sweeping Trade Deal as Alliance Deepens
The deal reduces reciprocal tariffs and expands quotas for key trading goods, including Argentine beef — a flashpoint for American ranchers.
New York Times Top StoriesTrumpRx, the President’s Online Drugstore, Opens for Business
TrumpRx is aimed at helping patients use their own money to buy medicines. But researchers who study drug pricing warned that many patients could pay too much if they use the site.
New York Times Top StoriesUber Is Responsible for Rape by Driver, Jury Finds
In the first of thousands of forthcoming sexual assault cases, the ride-hailing giant was ordered to pay $8.5 million to Jaylynn Dean, who said a driver raped her in 2023.
New York Times Top StoriesHundreds of Immigration Agents Left Minnesota, but Residents Report Little Change
The Trump administration announced that its deployment of immigration agents in the Twin Cities was diminishing, but many agents remain.
New York Times Top StoriesN.Y. House Democrats Unite to Endorse Hochul on Eve of Convention
Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to receive the Democratic nomination at the party’s state convention on Friday, even as her running-mate selection has drawn some debate.
New York Times Top Stories12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest
Demonstrators, who were demanding that the university provide more protection for international students, blocked Broadway.
New York Times Top StoriesVirginia Democrats Propose New Congressional Maps Ahead of Midterms
As they appeal a ruling blocking their redistricting efforts, the state’s Democrats proposed redrawing districts in a way that would strongly favor them.
New York Times Top StoriesToronto Police Charged in Sweeping Drug and Corruption Case
After hit men targeted the home of a prison manager in June, investigators say, the schemes of a criminal network involving the police unraveled.
New York Times Top StoriesPentagon Official Rejects Plea Deal in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
The decision clears the way for the first death-penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay to start this summer, more than 25 years after the attack.
New York Times Top StoriesC.I.A. World Factbook Ends Publication After 6 Decades
The Factbook, a version of which dates to 1962, provided facts, figures, maps and more to generations of economists, professors, journalists and others.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Calls for New Treaty as Nuclear Arms Control Era Ends
Also, Trump expanded his power to fire federal workers. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesFamily Sues Egypt Over Beating of 2 Brothers at U.N. Mission in New York
The brothers claim four security guards beat and detained them during a protest in August 2025 outside Egypt’s mission to the United Nations.
New York Times Top StoriesKennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia
The claim vastly overstates preliminary research into whether the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet might help people with the disorder, experts said.