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New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesU.S. Strike on Iranian School May Have Been War Crime, U.N. Report Says
Mistakes that led to the deaths of more than a hundred children “went beyond negligence,” investigators said. They also cited a separate strike the same day that killed a reported 22 civilians.
New York Times Top StoriesG.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad Criticizing the Immigration Crackdown
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?
“Alignment” is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at times, the systems have gone rogue.
New York Times Top StoriesMajor Iranian Airline Suspends Several Flights Abroad, Adding to Isolation
The carrier, Mahan Air, said it would stop flying to neighboring countries just over a week after the United States imposed sweeping sanctions on Iran’s aviation industry.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked
The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Day Before The Times Began
Most newspapers offered scandals and ads. With The New-York Daily Times, Henry Raymond saw room for something else.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia and China Veto U.S. Bid to Renew U.N. Monitoring of Iran Nuclear Program
The conflict underscored the distance between world powers over the United States’ pressure campaign on Iran.
New York Times Top StoriesA.I. Agents as ‘Co-Scientists’? This Lab Says They Could Speed Drug Research.
A.I. is already a powerful tool for scientific discovery. Now, some biomedical researchers are teaching it to do even more.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest
Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more powerful.
New York Times Top StoriesPhotos Spur Speculation About Possible Demolition of Kennedy Center
Images captured through the windows of Air Force One show President Trump reviewing a poster with the title “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.”
New York Times Top StoriesFed Chairman Warsh Escapes Trump’s Ire Over Interest Rate Increase
The president blasted the rest of the Fed — and kept up his demand for a cut — but spared Fed Chairman Kevin M. Warsh from the criticism.
New York Times Top StoriesJon Kyl, Senator Known for His Skills Behind the Scenes, Dies at 84
The Arizona politician rose to the second-highest position in the Republican-held Senate caucus thanks to his policy smarts and deft political sensibilities.
New York Times Top StoriesWatching Bigots Erupt
This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates.
New York Times Top StoriesAre Trump’s Official Papers His Personal Property?
The administration argues that presidential papers are like those of Supreme Court justices.
New York Times Top StoriesKennedy Center Defends Closure as Necessary for Public Safety
The institution shut its doors to the public on Tuesday in a decision that a federal judge will scrutinize.
New York Times Top StoriesG.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad: Hispanics ‘Feel Betrayed’
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Is It So Difficult To Regulate A.I.?
There has been considerable debate over regulating the artificial intelligence industry, but much of that effort has stalled. Cecilia Kang, a technology reporter for The New York Times, explains why.
New York Times Top StoriesPeter Max Franchised the Cosmic ’60s Into Commercial Success, Without the Museum
For decades, his bold colors and benign peace-and-love message captivated those who saw America shining.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica and China Look at A.I. and See Very Different Problems
Until the two countries can agree on what risks to worry about, cooperation is a distant dream.
New York Times Top StoriesGustavo Dudamel’s New York Era Has Begun. Try to Keep Up.
The New York Philharmonic’s season started with a barnstorming tour of Manhattan to celebrate Dudamel’s arrival as music and artistic director.
New York Times Top StoriesTo a Binational Tribe, Trump’s Border Wall Feels Like Betrayal
An escalating confrontation on Native land southwest of Tucson threatens to upend decades of uneasy cooperation between the Tohono O’odham Nation and the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is the E1 Project, Israel’s Disputed Settlement Plan in the West Bank?
Israel’s right-wing government is opening bidding for thousands of housing units in a patch of the West Bank, a move that would thwart efforts at Palestinian statehood.
New York Times Top StoriesAs a New Oil Power, China Gains More Sway Over Energy Markets
The war with Iran revealed just how much influence the world’s biggest oil importer has over prices and other countries’ supplies of jet fuel, gasoline and diesel.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter a Tornado, He Rebuilt Schools at Lightning Speed. Then Came the Hard Work.
One superintendent is trying to apply what he’s learned to other shattered districts — and reckoning with the toll of the disaster on his own life.
New York Times Top StoriesCan a Republican Become Governor of New York? Blakeman Makes His Case.
Bruce Blakeman is trying to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, attacking her on the economy, crime and immigration by using Trump-like tactics and A.I.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Looks Isolated on Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve’s unanimous vote to raise its benchmark lending rate has rankled President Trump, who continues to demand lower borrowing costs.
New York Times Top StoriesA New Play in Budapest Signals a Cultural Reawakening for Hungary
A one-woman show about the perils of authoritarianism draws on a memoir by the Hungarian-American writer Kati Marton. Under Viktor Orban’s government, it might not have happened.
New York Times Top StoriesBank of England Holds Rates Steady but Warns of Inflation Pressures
The decision was announced a day after data showed the fastest pace of price increases in months.
New York Times Top StoriesWorld Bank Courts Private Financing Amid Global Debt Burden
The World Bank president, Ajay Banga, has worked to make the development institution a magnet for private capital as donor nations face budget constraints.