New York Times Top Stories
Man Convicted of Murder of 4 Homeless Men in Chinatown
Randy Rodriguez Santos attacked five homeless men in Chinatown in 2019, killing four of them in a span of minutes.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTheir Transgender Child’s Health Care Had Ended. What Now?
In many ways, the parents whose adolescents had been receiving treatment at NYU Langone Health had been expecting this call. Still, they were stunned.
New York Times Top StoriesTwo Sisters Died in Tahoe Area Avalanche During Trek With Friends
The sisters regularly met up with their friends, many of them fellow parents with ties to Stanford University, to go on ski trips.
New York Times Top StoriesEpstein Built Ties to U.S. Customs Officers, Prompting Criminal Investigation
Jeffrey Epstein cultivated friendly relationships with several customs officers in the U.S. Virgin Islands, offering food, advice and even musical gigs.
New York Times Top StoriesRefugees Without Green Cards Could Be Arrested Under New Trump Policy
The change is part of the administration’s broad effort to target refugees and tighten pathways for immigrants to legally enter or remain in the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Tells International Energy Agency to Drop Its Focus on Climate Change
The Trump administration is threatening to leave the influential agency unless it stops publishing its annual road map for cutting planet-warming emissions.
New York Times Top StoriesBill Gates Cancels Speech in India Amid Epstein Controversy
The philanthropist made the announcement on Thursday, after having earlier confirmed his participation in a prominent artificial intelligence summit in India.
New York Times Top StoriesAnother Storm Complicates Efforts to Recover Victims of Tahoe Avalanche
The sheriff’s office in Nevada County, Calif., said a storm that moved through early Thursday has slowed their work.
New York Times Top StoriesArts Panel Packed With Trump Allies Approves White House Ballroom Project
President Trump has eliminated any pocket of resistance from within his administration to his plans for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
New York Times Top StoriesOne Year In, Trump’s Tariffs Have Not Helped U.S. Wine Businesses
One year in, many producers say tariffs have not helped them, and some countries are rejecting U.S. wine altogether.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Seeks Deputy Mayor to Run His Proposed Community Safety Agency
City Hall officials familiar with the plan said the mayor was moving closer to establishing a civilian corps that would respond to mental health emergencies.
New York Times Top StoriesA Child Misses 3 Weeks of School. Should Protective Services Step In?
A growing number of states are debating whether to alter their policies on summoning child protection officials if a student has excessive absences.
New York Times Top StoriesA British police force that serves as royal protectors arrested a former prince.
New York Times Top StoriesDoing Your Taxes? We Want to Hear From You.
The New York Times is looking to speak to Americans about how the most recent tax cuts are affecting their pocketbooks.
New York Times Top StoriesA Press Freedom Case in Peril, From a Lawyer Who Helped Write It
Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan. Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or destroy it.
New York Times Top StoriesA Rare Glimpse of a Sleeper Shark in Antarctic Waters
Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands, in what may be the first recording of the species that far south.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Plays the Peace Game
To anyone who spent time in the old U.S.S.R., President Trump’s newly hatched “Board of Peace” evokes worrying echoes.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York to Back Away From Robotaxi Pilot Programs Upstate
Gov. Kathy Hochul had proposed expanding the programs beyond New York City, but they do not have enough support, her office said.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza’s Board of Peace: What to Know
President Trump’s new organization was established to oversee a Gaza cease-fire but has expanded its mandate. Critics say it could undermine the United Nations.
New York Times Top StoriesA Swiss Survivor on What It’s Like to Be Caught in an Avalanche
Heinz Mueller was buried under 30 feet of snow in the Swiss Alps in 1993 but made it out alive. “It’s panic,” he says.
New York Times Top StoriesA Swiss Survivor on What It’s Like to Be Caught in an Avalanche
Heinz Mueller was buried under 30 feet of snow in the Swiss Alps in 1993 but made it out alive. “It’s panic,” he says.
New York Times Top StoriesAssault on Sudanese City Bore ‘Hallmarks of Genocide,’ U.N. Finds
A paramilitary group in Sudan’s civil war “acted with genocidal intent” in a monthslong siege of El Fasher, according to human rights experts.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Ancient Power Is Reasserting Itself
Why the next 30 years belong to India.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Imports Grew in 2025, as Trump’s Tariffs Reshuffled Global Trade
Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services. The trade deficit in goods was the highest on record.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Avalanche Warnings, a Sierra Nevada Tragedy
Eight skiers were killed and one other was presumed dead in the deadliest snow disaster in modern California history. Six were found alive.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Three Conflicts Witkoff and Kushner Are Trying to Solve This Week
Iran, Ukraine and Gaza are in play as the Trump envoys conduct talks on all of them. But progress in each conflict is scant.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Would Win Gold in the Coward Olympics?
There are a lot of potential contestants.
New York Times Top StoriesDueling Protests at South Korean Ex-Leader’s Sentencing Highlight Political Rift
As a judge reprimanded former President Yoon Suk Yeol for amplifying political tribalism, demonstrators from warring camps blared slogans outside the courtroom.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Board of Peace
Today we look at President Trump’s new diplomatic initiative.
New York Times Top StoriesEurope Worries About Another Trump Blowup, This One on Tech
Even as trade tensions between the United States and the European Union seem to calm, officials are concerned that a showdown is brewing over the bloc’s digital rules.