New York Times Top Stories: Posts

New York Times Top Stories

Brown University Gunman Planned Attack for Years, F.B.I. Says

Investigators said the man’s transient lifestyle and social isolation made his intentions hard to track before shootings that killed two Brown students and an M.I.T. professor.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Supreme Court Limits Reach of Voting Rights Act

Also, the Pentagon estimates the Iran war cost at $25 billion. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

‘A Lot of Rocket’: Trump Celebrates Artemis II Astronauts at the White House

President Trump wants Americans going into space to be a part of his legacy, even as he has proposed cutting NASA’s education, research and diversity programs.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Congress Races to Renew Surveillance Law After House Approval

Republicans put down a right-wing revolt to push the measure through the House, but it faces changes in the Senate that could delay its final passage past a Friday expiration.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Civil rights leaders see the voting rights ruling as a ‘betrayal.’

Leaders and activists said a Supreme Court ruling had the potential to unravel decades of work toward giving Black Americans fair representation.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Musk Says He ‘Was a Fool’ to Provide OpenAI’s Early Funding

In the second day of a trial pitting Mr. Musk against OpenAI, he said he was misled by the company’s chief executive, Sam Altman. But OpenAI’s lawyer said evidence showed the opposite.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Indian Tycoon Offers Refuge to Pablo Escobar’s Condemned Hippos

Colombia was planning to slaughter 80 hippopotamuses after a small herd imported in the 1980s by the drug lord grew out of control. An Indian tycoon has offered them a new home instead.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

A.I. Spending Sets a Record, With No End in Sight

Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta reported more than $130 billion in quarterly capital expenditures on Wednesday as they build A.I. data centers. There’s more to come.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Two Cocky Authoritarians Blocking Hormuz: What Could Go Wrong?

In the Iran war, we have two overconfident administrations facing off, each believing that time is on its side.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Meta Deal Reversal Deepens Split Between China and Silicon Valley

Beijing’s insistence that Meta unwind its deal with a Chinese A.I. start-up escalates the geopolitical fight over advanced tech.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Almost All of Europe Was Abnormally Hot in 2025, Report Finds

The continent, which is warming faster than the global average, saw wildfires, floods and a sub-Arctic heat wave, the European State of the Climate report said.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter Planned Attack Weeks Before Gala, Prosecutors Say

A new prosecution memo details the preparations made in the days and weeks before the assault on the White House correspondents’ dinner.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump Administration Sues New Jersey Governor Over ICE Mask Ban

New Jersey, where Mikie Sherrill is governor, is one of only a few states to try to bar federal immigration agents from wearing masks.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Tupac Shakur’s Stepbrother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit, 29 Years After Murder

Maurice Shakur said in a complaint filed against Duane Keith Davis, who was charged in 2023 with the rapper’s murder, that the “threads are starting to come together.”

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Florida Approves Redistricting Map That Could Add 4 Republican House Seats

Several voting rights groups have said that they plan to challenge the map in court once Gov. Ron DeSantis signs it into law.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

U.S. Indictment Accuses Mexican Governor of Conspiring With Sinaloa Cartel

Prosecutors accused Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, and other Mexican officials of a yearslong scheme to protect the powerful drug cartel.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump and Putin Call for a Brief Cease-Fire in Ukraine

Previous truces have broken down amid competing accusations of violations, and it is not clear that Ukraine will agree to Moscow’s terms.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Pentagon Puts Iran War Cost at $25 Billion as Hegseth Berates Skeptics

During his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since the war began, the defense secretary lashed out at lawmakers in both parties who have questioned the conflict.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Powell Says He Will Stay On as Fed Governor After Term as Chair Ends

Jerome H. Powell cited lingering legal threats against him and the Federal Reserve in explaining his decision to remain at the central bank.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Peter Raven Dies at 89; Botanist Warned of Perils of Climate Change

He transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into an international research hub and laid out the existential threats posed by deforestation and unchecked development.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Supreme Court Sides With Anti-Abortion Clinic in Fight Over Donor Records

A crisis pregnancy group had asked the justices to allow it to sue in federal court over a demand for donor information by New Jersey officials.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

All Six Conservative Supreme Court Justices Attended Trump’s Dinner With King Charles

Their appearance seemed at odds with the chief justice’s oft-stated message that the court he leads avoids even the appearance of political splits.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Russia’s Victory Day Parade Will Be Missing Tanks and Other Heavy Military Armor

The absence of tanks and other heavy military vehicles on Red Square will highlight the heavy toll of the war in Ukraine.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

The Murky Ethics of Swimming With Killer Whales

Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species is a growing concern.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Lucinda Williams Explains What It Takes to Write a Great Song

The singer-songwriter talks about being self-taught, and reaching down into the deepest, darkest parts of herself to pull out a song.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

‘Excruciating and Agonizing’: A New Reality for Jewish Democrats

With Israel increasingly unpopular and antisemitism on the rise, Jewish politicians find themselves more and more under attack.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump’s Clash With Merz Shows It’s Hard to Stay Friends With the President

Throughout the war in Iran, Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, did all he could to keep President Trump happy. This week, Mr. Merz appeared to lose patience.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

New Details Released About Cole Tomas Allen, Gunman at Correspondents’ Dinner

The details, combined with video, seem to suggest that the gunman was not the person who shot an officer in his protective vest.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

What the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Ruling Could Mean for the Midterms

Democrats will lose at least one blue-leaning district in Louisiana, and Florida is drawing a redder map. South Carolina, Tennessee and Missouri could try to draw new maps before voting begins.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

New Yorkers to World Cup Fans: Please Don’t Walk to MetLife

Instead of paying $150 for NJ Transit tickets to get to the stadium, some Europeans online are suggesting a scenic stroll through New Jersey’s interstates and swamps.

Continue Reading…