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These BTS Fans Waited 15 Hours to See Their Idols
Those without tickets arrived at the venue before the sun rose on Saturday to stake out areas that offered unobstructed views of the stage.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesSpring Awakening
Astronomical spring began yesterday, but the actual change of season is more gradual, a halting and nonlinear progression.
New York Times Top StoriesPublic References to Cesar Chavez Are Being Removed Across the U.S.
The removals followed a New York Times investigation that revealed Chavez sexually abused women and girls.
New York Times Top StoriesYou’ve Lost Your Health Insurance. It Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise.
You would think you’d get texts, emails, phone calls and letters if your insurer was about to drop you. But you may be wrong.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Ballroom Architect Is Skilled at Shrugging Off Outrage
Shalom Baranes, who arrived in the U.S. as a Libyan refugee and went on to renovate the Pentagon, is baffling fellow architects for accepting the job. But he said some of his previous projects have drawn outrage too.
New York Times Top StoriesHigh Gas Prices, Driven Up by the Iran War, Loom Over the Midterms
The war has complicated the Republican message on affordability. Democrats see an opportunity to drive their economic message while tying President Trump to an unpopular overseas conflict.
New York Times Top StoriesWar in Iran Reveals Strait of Hormuz’s Weakness as an Oil Bottleneck
But at just 35 miles wide, it did. It’s just the latest evidence of how dependent the global economy is on a handful of choke points.
New York Times Top StoriesFidel Castro’s Grandson Flaunts Beer, Nikes and Trump Jokes on Instagram
Sandro Castro has drawn scrutiny for his Instagram posts in which he flaunts a life of luxury while using satire to point out the very deterioration his family’s leadership helped create.
New York Times Top StoriesNo Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing
Lab-made drugs soaked into the pages of letters, books and even legal documents are being smuggled behind bars, killing inmates and frustrating investigators.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy K-Pop Is Hitting a Roadblock in China
Japanese members of some K-pop bands have been absent from recent concerts in China. Experts say that’s linked to tension between Tokyo and Beijing.
New York Times Top StoriesSanders Will Rally for N.Y. Tax Increase. Mamdani Does Not Plan to Join.
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont will headline a rally in the Bronx next weekend meant to increase pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to raise taxes on the rich.
New York Times Top StoriesOne Year After Trump’s $400 Million Ultimatum, a Different Columbia
As they sought to respond to charges of antisemitism and harassment on campus, administrators and trustees made promises. Many have been kept, but not all.
New York Times Top StoriesCopenhagen Grapples With the Abuse Allegations Against Noma’s Chef
René Redzepi faced swift fallout in the United States following reports of violence. But in Denmark, where he is a major cultural figure, the reaction has been more muted.
New York Times Top StoriesLaid Off in Midlife, China’s Reform Generation Braces for Downward Mobility
The future once seemed boundless for those who grew up during China’s reform era. Now in middle age, they are pinned between economic stagnation and institutional age discrimination.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Least 10 Killed in South Korean Factory Fire
Survivors jumped from windows to escape the blaze, the deadliest at a factory in South Korea in two years. Four people are still missing.
New York Times Top StoriesStriking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism
The ruling cut deeper than left-versus-right politics, declaring that the policy imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unconstitutional.
New York Times Top StoriesNicholas Brendon, a Star in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ Is Dead
He played the part of Xander Harris, one of Buffy’s closest friends, on the hit television show.
New York Times Top StoriesSan Francisco Driver Gets Probation After Killing a Family of 4
Mary Fong Lau, 80, will perform 200 hours of community service as part of her sentence. Her speeding vehicle crashed into a family as they waited for a bus ride to the zoo in 2024.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Pauses Sanctions on Some Iranian Oil to Get More to Market
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent estimated that the move would add about 140 million barrels of crude to the oil market.
New York Times Top StoriesA Look at the Escalating Battle for the Strait of Hormuz
There are several ways the United States could attempt to reopen the waterway, all of which carry substantial risks.
New York Times Top Stories700 Dogs and Cats Are Rescued in Animal Cruelty Raid in Los Angeles County
Animal control officers responded to a pet-adoption facility in Lake Hughes, Calif., after receiving complaints about neglect and overcrowding. No charges have been filed.
New York Times Top Stories‘The Bachelorette’ Took a Risk on Taylor Frankie Paul. It Backfired.
Ms. Paul’s built-in fan base and viral interpersonal drama presented an opportunity for the long-running reality TV show, until video of a past assault derailed the season.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Does the California Heat Mean for Fire Season?
The state is warming up and drying out earlier than usual. Here’s what that means for fire season.
New York Times Top StoriesFresno Took 30 Years to Name Cesar Chavez Blvd. Undoing It Took a Day.
The reckoning for the labor leader’s sex abuse was swift in Fresno, Calif., the heart of the Central Valley region where the farmworker movement was born. Towns across the nation face similar debates.
New York Times Top StoriesInfluencers Caught in ‘Bachelorette’ Fallout After ABC Pulls New Season
When ABC abruptly pulled a planned season of “The Bachelorette,” some whose livelihoods are wrapped up in the series were thrown for a loop.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Botstein, Gene-Mapping Pioneer, Dies at 83
His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, sprawling human genome.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional
A federal judge tossed parts of the Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets, saying they violated the First Amendment, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.
New York Times Top StoriesInside the Arrest That Led to Banksy’s Possible Unmasking Decades Later
In 2000, Banksy was a largely unknown street artist hanging around downtown Manhattan when the police nabbed him for trying to deface a billboard.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Is Responsible for Some Twitter Investor Losses, Jury Finds
Investors had sued Mr. Musk, claiming the billionaire tried to drive down the share price of the social media company, now called X, to renegotiate his $44 billion offer.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Steps Up Attacks to Clear the Strait of Hormuz
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