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How The Times Covers Attackers, Suspects and Victims of Violence
Reporting on the people who upend life and those whose lives are upended can bring surprising and uncomfortable details to light.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHe Preached the Gospel on the Subway. Then He Pulled Out a Machete.
Anthony Griffin was a popular battle rapper who turned toward religious rhetoric. The police say he slashed three people with a machete before they killed him.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat the Iran War Means for China
Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger examines what the Iran war means to China, which is the world’s biggest importer of Iranian oil.
New York Times Top StoriesSaudi Fund to Back Away From LIV Golf Under Mounting Financial Pressures
The Saudi league, established in 2022, attracted some of the sport’s biggest stars with huge contracts.
New York Times Top StoriesSports Betting Industry Spends $41 Million to Influence Elections
With a well-funded super PAC, the betting platforms DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics are aiming to shape future regulation of their rapidly growing industry.
New York Times Top StoriesSenate Republicans Again Block Bid to Limit Trump’s Iran War Powers
For the fourth time since the war began, G.O.P. senators successfully fended off an effort to constrain the president. But there were signs of growing unease among Republicans.
New York Times Top StoriesLive Nation and Ticketmaster Illegally Monopolized Ticketing Market, Jury Finds
In a verdict that could have far-reaching consequences in the music industry, the live colossus that includes Ticketmaster was found to have violated antitrust laws.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Fighting for the Rights of Workers, Brazil’s President Lula Faces a Labor Abuse Crisis
The dismissal of Brazil’s top labor inspector has landed the leftist government of President Lula, a former union leader, in an awkward spot.
New York Times Top StoriesOmaha Police Fatally Shoot Woman Who Cut 3-Year-Old Boy With Knife at Walmart
The woman forced the child, who was sitting in a cart, and his babysitter out of the store at knife point. She had the boy when police arrived, the department said. The shooting is under investigation.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Quest for More Sway Over Fed Faces Fresh Hurdles
Jerome H. Powell’s term as chair of the Federal Reserve ends on May 15, but it appears increasingly likely that he will stay on in some capacity at the central bank after that.
New York Times Top StoriesYale Report Finds Colleges Deserve Blame for Higher Education’s Problems
A 10-member committee offered a brutal assessment of academia’s role in creating the forces challenging American colleges and universities.
New York Times Top Stories‘We Cannot Lose Sight of Ukraine.’ Europeans Promise More Aid to Kyiv.
The focus in recent weeks has been on the conflict in Iran, but European leaders said it was crucial to keep aid flowing to Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesAd Companies Settle With F.T.C. Over Claims of Harm to Conservative Sites
WPP, Dentsu and Publicis settled claims they colluded on policies to combat misinformation, denying ad revenue to publishers on the right.
New York Times Top StoriesSantaCon Leader Ran His Own $1 Million Con Game, U.S. Says
Stefan Pildes “siphoned” more than half of the money donated over five years for the event, a raucous New York City bar crawl promoted as a charitable event, prosecutors said.
New York Times Top StoriesClaudia Sheinbaum’s War on Crime in Mexico Faces a Grim Reckoning: 133,000 Missing People
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico is under pressure to end one of her country’s most painful tragedies: the disappearance of more than 133,000 people.
New York Times Top StoriesDebt Alarms Ring as Countries Rack Up More Emergency Spending
Amid signs of a prolonged period of high energy costs, policymakers are urging restraint as governments open up the public till to protect households and businesses.
New York Times Top StoriesStocks Approach Record High as Wall St. Looks Beyond War
Investors appear to be treating an end to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran as a foregone conclusion.
New York Times Top StoriesFloodwaters Rise in Michigan as Cheboygan Dam Remains Threatened
A levee breach near Cheboygan has already forced evacuations. Engineers were monitoring dams taxed by rain and snowmelt.
New York Times Top StoriesParis Man Wins $1.2 Million Picasso Painting in Charity Raffle
A Parisian software salesman entered a charity raffle and came away with a piece of history: “I have some paintings, but not like a Picasso.”
New York Times Top Stories‘Giant’ Revisits Roald Dahl’s Antisemitic Comments: What to Know
Mark Rosenblatt’s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children’s book author, draws from Dahl’s comments over the years.
New York Times Top StoriesAmid Iran War, Companies Look to Extend a Record Profit Run by Raising Prices
Higher inflation is leading companies to raise prices without sacrificing margins.
New York Times Top StoriesThat Meeting You Hate May Keep A.I. From Stealing Your Job
As artificial intelligence makes many tasks easier, the human work of cajoling, arm-twisting and reassuring appears to be rising in importance.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is ‘Jagged Intelligence’ and How Can It Reframe the AI Debate?
A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well can help predict what jobs it may replace.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Los Angeles Rebuilds, a Surge of Experimentation
Across the city’s fire zones, there’s a surge of experimentation — collective rebuilding, catalog homes and new technologies that are safe and reduce costs.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Go-To Justification for Contentious Decisions: National Security
The administration has invoked national security in a variety of matters, including the White House ballroom and offshore wind farms, drawing rebukes from some judges.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Breaks With Meloni, Italy’s Leader, Amid Dispute Over Pope and Iran
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was once considered one of President Trump’s closest European allies. Their friendship now appears in danger.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Defense of Dumb Dogs
Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Increased Tax Refunds, but a Political Challenge Still Looms
While last year’s tax law has raised the average I.R.S. refund, the boost is less than the White House expected — and may not have much impact on voters.
New York Times Top StoriesIt’s Tax Day
We’re looking at who is filing and what they’re paying.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Republicans Who Disapprove of the War, and a Wave of College Closures
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