New York Times Top Stories
My Friend Is a Draft Dodger in Ukraine. He’s Not a Coward.
In the Ukraine war, bravery has turned into a cliché masking profound social and economic injustices.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesOil Flows Are Up, but Iran Is Still Menacing the Strait of Hormuz
Iran has been launching drones and missiles at commercial ships in the waterway each week, though it has often failed to strike its targets, according to a Western security official.
New York Times Top StoriesA Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe
The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine
Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Puts on a Midterms Show for an Audience That’s Already Sold
President Trump spent the day preaching to his most fervent fans, not the voters he will need to help elect or re-elect a slate of Republicans fighting in states from Alaska to Maine.
New York Times Top Stories‘Attention Infidelity’ Is Ruining Romance
Your full attention is a gift. Give it more often.
New York Times Top StoriesCornell Students Call for Change at Fiery Public Meeting
Through tears, some students shared stories of assaults they had experienced, while others spoke out to criticize administrators and demand improved training on consent.
New York Times Top StoriesHochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
New York Times Top StoriesColleen Slemmer Was a Vibrant and Generous Presence, Her Mother Says
Ms. Slemmer was killed in 1995 by Christa Pike, whose execution in Tennessee was botched on Wednesday. Her family celebrated what would have been her 51st birthday last month.
New York Times Top StoriesHow The New York Times Is Reporting on the Cornell Rape Investigation
Times editors explore the thinking behind our coverage of the explosive allegations that have roiled a campus and the country.
New York Times Top StoriesAbdul El-Sayed, a Senate candidate in Michigan, Is Still Trying to Unite the Democratic Base
The progressive Senate candidate is offering olive branches to Jewish voters and campaigning with Kamala Harris to attract Black voters. Polling shows it may be working.
New York Times Top StoriesTennessee Pauses Executions After a Botched Lethal Injection
Also, the Supreme Court will review Trump’s migrant detention policy. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesDid You Buy $TRUMP Coin? Tell Us Your Experience.
We want to hear from people who bought the $TRUMP memecoin, no matter the reason, and whether they made or lost money.
New York Times Top StoriesInvestigators Seek Motive for FlyDubai Cockpit Attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said the co-pilot who set upon the pilot had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination” but did not elaborate.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Ellison’s Vision for CNN: Same C.E.O and No Bari Weiss, for Now.
David Ellison is negotiating to keep CNN’s chief executive, Mark Thompson, in place without oversight from Bari Weiss, the CBS editor in chief, when the networks’ parent companies merge.
New York Times Top Stories‘Ready to Blow His Stack’: How Biden Nearly Cut Off Netanyahu Over Gaza
Brett McGurk, who was the top Middle East adviser to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., offered the first inside-the-room account of American efforts to manage the Gaza war.
New York Times Top StoriesCongress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain
Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.
New York Times Top StoriesLandlords Release Emails and Texts in Lawsuit Over Mamdani’s Rent Freeze
The communications were revealed as part of a lawsuit challenging the rent freeze on rent-stabilized units in New York City, which went into effect on Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesWhen White People Like Hannah Gann Pretend to Be Black
Rachel Dolezal is now a type.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?
A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms. Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded.
New York Times Top StoriesUK-Iranian Man Arrested in Connection to RAF Fairford Air Base Incident
British police said a 27-year-old British-Iranian dual national was arrested Thursday. British officials have said they believe Iran played a part in planning the incident at R.A.F. Fairford.
New York Times Top StoriesMen Accused in Cornell Sex Assault Suit Give Varying Accounts of Night
Their accounts, detailed in hundreds of pages of investigative files obtained by The New York Times, were disjointed. All the men denied any wrongdoing.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Level Since 2023, Buyers Look at ARMs
The average 30-year, fixed-rate home loan rose to 7.28 percent, up from 6.34 percent a year ago. More buyers are now turning to adjustable-rate mortgages.
New York Times Top StoriesWho’s to Blame When A.I. Goes Rogue?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy
New York Times Top StoriesThe Supreme Court’s Summer Break Vanishes, Erased by Emergencies
“Our summers used to actually be summers,” one justice lamented.
New York Times Top StoriesSilicon Valley’s Favorite Prophet Has a New Warning
Nick Bostrom is no longer worried about the apocalypse. Now he’s worried about utopia.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Threat to Ban Diesel Exports Sets Off Global Alarms
A reduction in refineries has already driven the price of diesel to record highs, threatening economies. An U.S. export ban would be “tremendous shock and blow.”
New York Times Top StoriesIf You Think Rising Oil Prices Are Bad, Just Wait for the Inevitable Crash
An oil bust is on the horizon.
New York Times Top StoriesTaking On Trump Immigration Agenda, Justices Will Review Migrant Detention Policy
The administration’s policy of detaining immigrants who crossed the border illegally years ago and holding them without a bond hearing has divided lower courts.
New York Times Top StoriesRenee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing
The fatal shooting of Ms. Good set off protests during the Trump administration’s immigration operation early this year in Minnesota.