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See Nepali Rescue Workers Testing Aid Delivery by Drone
Some survivors of the deadly flood and landslide have no access to food. Officials and volunteers are testing how drones can help.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHow Not to Announce a Measles Death
Josh Shapiro announced two measles deaths. Things went downhill fast.
New York Times Top StoriesTennis’s Lost Shot
As the U.S. Open kicks off, we’re exploring a tennis technique that has quietly gone extinct.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Dolly Did for Tennessee Is What She Did for the World
This is what she did for the written word. And medicine. And …
New York Times Top StoriesWho Will Rule the 2026 U.S. Open?
The players, the rivalries and the dramas to follow at this year’s tournament.
New York Times Top StoriesHow a ’70s Improv Book Became Silicon Valley’s Required Reading
It can be useful to see reality as malleable.
New York Times Top StoriesThe World Is a Room With a Piano Waiting to Be Played
Like any life, mine has had its pain, yet from the outset it seems to have been graced by unbelievable people and events. An anthology of miracles.
New York Times Top StoriesLong Lines for Gas in Iran Show War and U.S. Blockade Squeezing Supply
The government is struggling to meet a shortfall in fuel and is wary that higher prices at the pump could stir unrest.
New York Times Top StoriesBook Review: ‘The Disappearers,’ by Marlon James
Marlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet.
New York Times Top StoriesPilgrims to Flood-Stricken Nepal Sought the Divine at Sacred Mountain
For many, the trek to Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to find spiritual awakening.
New York Times Top StoriesDeportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
New York Times Top StoriesPostal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From Voting By Mail
A judge temporarily blocked the agency from refusing to deliver ballots in noncompliant states, which could disproportionately affect Democrats and many battleground elections.
New York Times Top StoriesEd Markey Defends Transgender Athletes in Massachusetts Senate Race
Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has emerged as a vocal defender of transgender rights as he tries to fend off a primary challenge from Representative Seth Moulton.
New York Times Top StoriesWatch SpaceX Launch NASA’s Roman Telescope to Chart the Stars
Astronomers will use data collected by Roman’s wide, deep gaze to study the dark universe and hunt for new worlds.
New York Times Top StoriesHe Was a Top Lawn Care Influencer on YouTube. Then Everything Went Haywire.
Many people think Greg Chism is a freak — or worse. He says he was just following the incentives of the platform.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Governor Could Lose His Primary. A Bridge May Be to Blame.
The closure of a crucial Rhode Island bridge for safety reasons in 2023, and the traffic nightmare that followed, have dogged Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas
For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’
With “The Disappearers,” the Booker Prize-winning author has written his most personal novel yet.
New York Times Top StoriesIs the U.S. Open More Valuable to New York Than the Knicks?
It’s complicated. But the answer is: Maybe.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Is Relying on Office Conversions to Address Its Housing Crisis
A New York Times analysis shows that the pace of office-to-residential conversions like the former Pfizer building, where two steel columns buckled in July, has quickened sharply.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood
The disclosure offered one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where authorities have released few details.
New York Times Top StoriesWomen Don’t Quit. We Should.
Women are eager disciples of the “Never give up” dogma. But if we treat persevering and quitting as opposites, we lose.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal Relies on a Powerful and Divisive Partner
The administration will work with a private Venezuelan oil company that has close ties to the country’s government.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Finds His Father’s Wedding Ring Decades After It Was Lost
Using a metal detector, Jeff Arnett honored a request from his father, who lost his band while washing his car more than 40 years ago.
New York Times Top StoriesIsraeli Settlers Attack Palestinians, Drawing Sharp Rebukes
The ferocity of Saturday’s assault prompted condemnations from Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials.
New York Times Top Stories‘A New Form of U.S. Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover
A deal giving the U.S. majority control of vast Venezuelan reserves strikes at the heart of national identity.
New York Times Top StoriesIndia’s Gen Z Cockroach Movement Was a Joke — Until It Wasn’t
Inside India’s viral political movement.
New York Times Top StoriesWarsh, After Talking Tough on Inflation, Faces a ‘No-Win Situation’ on Rates
Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, must soon decide whether to raise interest rates if inflation does not ease, even if it draws President Trump’s ire.
New York Times Top StoriesNepal Rescuers Bore Through Tunnels to Try to Reach 900 Workers Missing After Floods
Footage released by the Nepal Army showed teams pulling people out of the tunnels caked in mud. But each passing day dims hopes for those trapped inside.
New York Times Top StoriesMilo Yiannopoulos, Right-Wing Agitator, Deported Home to U.K.
Mr. Yiannopoulos, an early supporter of President Trump and vocal supporter of mass deportations, was himself sent back to his home country, part of a long fall from right-wing grace.