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United Nations Plastic Treaty Talks End Without Deal
Countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful plastic chemicals.
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Why Hands-Off Investing Pays Off
Put money into low-cost stock and bond funds, but don’t forget the rest of the recipe: Leave your investments alone.
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The Last Refugees Let Into the U.S. Wonder if Their New Country Wants Them
After President Trump suspended the refugee admissions program, some new arrivals found themselves out in the Wisconsin cold. With help, they have sur...
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Flash Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 60 People in a Single Day
The country has faced heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change.
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What to Know Ahead of the Trump-Putin Summit
We have a primer on today’s Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.
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Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.
The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came tog...
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Federal Raids Target D.C. Homeless Camps
It was unclear how widespread or effective the raids were, after district officials and advocates had spent much of the day trying to clear the camps,...
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What Could Happen at the Trump-Putin Summit, and a Game of Chicken Over Voting Maps
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
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Trump-Putin Meeting: What Time, Where and How to Watch
The leaders of the United States and Russia will hold talks at an American military base in Alaska and are expected to hold a news conference afterwar...
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Like All Autocrats, Trump Wants to Control History
MAGA would fill museums with self-glorifying kitsch, the aesthetic lingua franca of all authoritarians.
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China’s Economy Slows Broadly Even as Exports Keep Rising
Officials blamed U.S. “protectionism” for the dismal July data, but growth was likely held back by real estate and new policies aimed at slowing facto...
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Trump Is Not Likely to Hand Ukraine to Putin in Alaska
Russia’s president has long insisted that Ukraine will be his. But his obsession may cost Russia more than he has bargained for.
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A Cloud Forest in Ecuador Is Crying for Help
Ecuador’s ecological progress is threatened by a series of reforms steamrolled by its young populist president, Daniel Noboa.
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Jackie Bezos, Jeff Bezos’ Mother and an Early Amazon Investor, Dies at 78
Ms. Bezos and her husband invested about $245,000 in Amazon when the online bookstore was in its first year.
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Man Fleeing an Immigration Raid Dies After Running Onto an L.A. Freeway
The man was hit by a vehicle. It happened about a month after an immigrant fell from a greenhouse and later died following a raid in Ventura County.
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Adams Pushes to Force Drug Users Off NYC Streets
As he runs a long-shot third-party bid for re-election, Mayor Eric Adams is proposing an aggressive approach, favored by conservatives, of combating o...
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Were Carrie Bradshaw and Her Friends the Last Nice Rich People on TV?
“And Just Like That …” showed New Yorkers awash in luxury. But Carrie and her friends lived with money, not necessarily for it — one of the reasons we...
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Newsom Kicks Off California Redistricting Campaign and Calls for Special Election
The governor kicked off his campaign for a proposition asking California voters to approve a new congressional map, a move that comes with both opport...
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‘And Just Like That …’ Series Finale Recap: My Everything
The “Sex and the City” revival ended on an empowering but bittersweet note for Carrie and the crew … and also with Barry White.
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Draft of ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Suggests RFK Jr. Won’t Push Pesticide Regulations
The report is not final, but indicates good news for the food and agriculture industries.
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Judge Halts White House Effort to Defund Schools With D.E.I. Programs
The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollar...
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The U.S. Is Auctioning a Seized Russian Yacht. Will Anyone Buy It?
The Justice Department said the yacht, Amadea, was worth at least $300 million when it was seized in 2022 from a Russian oligarch. It’s unlikely to se...
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Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump
In a petition, alumni, faculty and members of the public asked Harvard to stand up to the White House. The school has signaled a willingness to pay $5...
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Revisiting Carrie Bradshaw’s Apartments in ‘Sex and the City’ and ‘And Just Like That’
The end of “And Just Like That …” means the end of a real estate portfolio that includes a cozy Upper East Side studio and a grand Gramercy townhouse....
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Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin
The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him ...
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Minnesota Assassination Suspect Indicted on First-Degree Murder Charges
State prosecutors had previously charged the man with second-degree murder in the deaths of State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband.
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Texas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Congressional Map
The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the...
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As Trump Seizes D.C.’s Police, Critics Say He’s Undercut Its Ability to Fight Crime
The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacti...
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Eric Adams Vetoes Bill to Raise Wages for Instacart Workers
The City Council is likely to override most of Mayor Eric Adams’s recent vetoes. Still, the mayor seems eager for a fight over bills affecting grocery...
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America’s New Segregation
To be one nation, we have to embrace ground-up social change.
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Newsom Held an Event in L.A. Federal Immigration Agents Showed Up Outside.
The armed and masked agents assembled outside the museum where the governor was speaking. Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called it “a provocative act...
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Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88
A cognitive scientist, she used the language of computers to explore the nature of human thought and creativity, offering prescient insights about A.I...
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With ‘Zohran’s Law,’ Cuomo Wants to Limit Who Can Live in Rent-Stabilized Homes. How Would That Work?
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal is a dig at Zohran Mamdani, his main opponent in the mayor’s race, but it could upend the housing search for mi...
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In L.A., Fear of ICE Raids Put the First Day of School On Edge
Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their childre...
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Epstein Defenses
In the face of mounting discontent over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump has turned to deflection, denial a...
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This Evangelical Pastor Wants to Replace Women’s Right to Vote
Trump isn’t just shaping the nation; he’s also changing the evangelical church.
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Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike
The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.
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Why Does Trump Want to Meet With Putin, and What Are the Risks?
President Trump wants to be seen as a peacemaker, but the meeting comes with enormous stakes.
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Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows
Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approva...
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He Was Lost. Could a Shooting Range Like Thunder Ranch Help Him Find Himself?
Thunder Ranch is one of the best-known shooting schools in American gun culture, offering firearms as a way to change your life when all else fails.
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Supreme Court Allows Mississippi Law on Children’s Use of Social Media, for Now
A trade group representing sites like Facebook and X said the law ran afoul of the First Amendment.
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A Solution to the C.I.A.’s ‘Kryptos’ Sculpture Goes Up for Auction
Sleuths have solved three of the panels of the Kryptos sculpture at the agency’s headquarters. Now the artwork’s creator is announcing the sale of the...
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Plan to Add 9,500 Homes to Midtown Expected to Get City Council Approval
The plan would open a swath of Manhattan, including the garment district, to residential development.
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D.C. Police Move to Share Limited Information With Federal Immigration Officials
Chief Pamela A. Smith’s order effectively serves as a carve-out to how the department enforces a broader ban that prohibits the local police from coop...
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Troops in Washington Remain Largely Unseen So Far
Federal agents are assisting the local police, but a surge in National Guard troops hasn’t hit the streets.
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Toronto Film Festival Cancels Screenings of Israeli Documentary About Oct. 7 Attack
The event’s organizers said the producers of the film, which includes footage of atrocities recorded by Hamas fighters during the attack, had failed t...
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Judge Orders Liquidation of Infowars to Pay Sandy Hook Families
The order comes after a series of legal setbacks for the families of Sandy Hook victims as they tried to collect money owed to them by the conspiracy ...
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Israel Says More Aid Is Entering Gaza, but Relief Groups Warn of Bottlenecking
Israel says its has allowed more aid into Gaza in recent days, and food prices are dropping, but humanitarian groups warn it is not enough.
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Trump’s Tariffs Set to Hit Ireland, Where Drugmakers Play Tax Games
Manufacturing in Ireland has long helped many American drug companies pay lower taxes. But that strategy was designed for a world without President Tr...
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Syria Violence in March Amounts to War Crimes, U.N. Report Says
An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting in March, but found no ev...
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Florida to Open Second Immigrant Detention Center
The state says it will run the new center from an empty prison that could hold 2,000 federal detainees. This one will be called “Deportation Depot.”
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Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks
Over recent months, the Kremlin has been trying to move the diplomatic focus away from Ukraine to bilateral issues, such as trade and strategic stabil...
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