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Maybe America Needs Some New Cities
It sounds a bit kooky to promise a whole city from scratch. But it has been done before — and might just help solve the housing crisis.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTV, It’s Not Just for Humans Anymore
Videos aimed at pets are drawing millions of views. But who’s actually watching?
New York Times Top StoriesTurkish Nobel Novelist Orhan Pamuk Gets the Netflix Series He Wanted
After publishing more than 20 books and winning a Nobel Prize, the Turkish author fought to bring a celebrated novel to the screen — on his own terms.
New York Times Top StoriesUkrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet With Images of War Dead
Olympic officials had told Vladyslav Heraskevych that the helmet, featuring images of people killed in the war with Russia, violated the Games’ ban on political speech.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Boos Pam Bondi’s ‘Bratty’ Behavior
“If downplaying international sex rings were an Olympic sport, Bondi would take home the gold,” Jordan Klepper said on “The Daily Show.”
New York Times Top StoriesWoman in ICE Custody for Nearly a Year Suffers Seizure After Falling
Leqaa Kordia, 33, of New Jersey, was hospitalized after hitting her head at a Texas detention center, her lawyer said. She was initially arrested during a 2024 protest at Columbia University.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance
A rental voucher program costs more than $1 billion. The mayor’s decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city.
New York Times Top StoriesSpain’s Approach to Migration Is Overrated and Harmful
It appears democratically unworkable and may be stoking populism.
New York Times Top StoriesOlympic Figure Skaters Are on Thin Ice Over Music Copyright Rules
Several athletes have found themselves caught up in controversies over musical choices before and during one of the biggest competitions of their careers.
New York Times Top StoriesIndia’s Prime Minister Faces Blowback Over Trade Deal With Trump to Lower Tariffs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a big reduction of sky-high tariffs, but critics say he undermined Indian sovereignty and undercut the nation’s farmers.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House
Federal judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration’s nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.
New York Times Top StoriesBangladesh Holds First Elections After 2024 Student Protests
At the vanguard of Gen Z movements, protesters in Bangladesh ousted the prime minister in 2024. They now face the hard reality of winning change through elections.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance Is Breaking Through the Noise
A vulnerable victim, an unknown perpetrator and a recognizable celebrity are all factors in a case that has captivated the public.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating Backward.
The unusual event, never seen before, might be a way small comets are “blown to bits” in the solar system.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says He Will Now Invite Democrats to Governors’ Meeting
Even as he reversed course on excluding Democrats, the president repeatedly attacked a Republican governor who had planned to oversee the meeting.
New York Times Top StoriesEyeing the Midterms, Kennedy Pivots Toward Food and Away From Vaccines
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who focused heavily on vaccine policy in 2025, will spend this year talking up healthy eating.
New York Times Top StoriesBaby, 17 Days Old, Found Dead From Fire That Killed Her Mother
Two days after a fatal house fire in Queens, firefighters returned to the wreckage and found Emma Alcantara’s body. She and her mother, Miguelina, lived in an illegal basement apartment.
New York Times Top StoriesNurses at 4 N.Y.C. Hospitals Vote to End Strike, but It Continues at One
At Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospitals, health care workers ratified a deal to end the walkout, but nurses remain on the picket line at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia.
New York Times Top StoriesFour States Sue Administration Over Loss of Public Health Funds
The states, all led by Democrats, claim the cuts were intended as retribution and will harm efforts to control H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted infections.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer Colombo Boss Is Going Back to Prison for Meeting With Mob Members
Theodore Persico Jr., once picked to lead one of New York’s five crime families, was supposed to stay away from his former associates. But he nonetheless attended a Christmas party in Brooklyn.
New York Times Top StoriesIn His Second Act, James Van Der Beek Starred Online as a Proud Dad and Family Man
The actor, who died on Wednesday, was most famous for “Dawson’s Creek,” but as he got older, he let fans into his real life as a father of six.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Passes Strict Voter ID Bill, Amplifying Trump’s Claims of Fraud
The measure had no path forward in the Senate, where Democrats are all but certain to block it and Republicans have said they will not try to skirt filibuster rules to ram it through.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico May Be on Brink of Losing Its Measles-Free Status
The country’s confirmed cases have topped 9,000 since last year, raising fears that a high-stakes evaluation in April could lead to its status being revoked.
New York Times Top StoriesBud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77
The role, one of his first, made him a household name and a film idol of the anti-establishment 1970s. But it also limited his growth as an actor.
New York Times Top StoriesAre Antidepressants Safe During Pregnancy?
Confusion about the safety of taking the drugs during pregnancy has led to mental health emergencies for some expectant mothers, experts say.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Orders Dept. of Defense to Buy Electricity From Coal Sources
Mr. Trump is trying to revive coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. At the White House, coal executives awarded him a trophy as the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”
New York Times Top StoriesDemocratic Hopefuls in Michigan’s Senate Race Jostle for Union Support
Can Democrats win back working-class voters? These candidates are trying.
New York Times Top StoriesThe El Paso Airspace Closed After the Military Tested New Technology
Also, the attorney general faces lawmakers’ anger over Epstein files. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesGallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings
The monthly poll has been used to measure presidential performance for almost nine decades.
New York Times Top StoriesLaMonte McLemore, Founding Singer With the 5th Dimension, Dies at 90
His group notched smooth hippie-era hits like “Up, Up and Away” and “The Age of Aquarius” in embracing a genre-blurring sound they called “champagne soul.”