NY Times

Cornell’s President Acknowledges Missteps in Handling of Rape Accusations

In an interview with The New York Times, Michael Kotlikoff addressed his administration’s handling of sexual assault accusations brought by a former student....

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A Trump Backlash Endangers Susan Collins in the Maine Senate Race

The race in Maine, which could decide Senate control, is testing whether there is still room for Ms. Collins’s brand of moderation during a sharply polarizing presidency....

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Sudden Starlink Restrictions Hamper Ukraine Just as Russia Escalates

Kyiv has found itself increasingly vulnerable. A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people there, and a Pentagon-funded satellite program appeared to be curbed without warning....

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Zelensky to Visit U.K. as Ukraine Presses Allies on Intelligence Sharing

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine received “no early warning from our partners” about a Russian attack. President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”...

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America First?

We look at the state of the U.S.-Ukraine relationship....

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Is It Wrong to Love a Chatbot?

Sherry Turkle, who has spent decades studying people’s relationships with machines, believes we have “a very small window” to correct our current course with A.I....

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4 Takeaways From the Los Angeles Mayoral Debate

Mayor Karen Bass and her former ally, the City Council member Nithya Raman, attacked each other’s records on Tuesday night in the last televised debate before the election....

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The Man Who Would Displace Netanyahu

How a bereaved general has won over Israelis....

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China’s Exports Soar, Putting Its Trade Surplus on Track for a Record

China’s exports grew last month at the fastest pace in almost any month since the end of the global financial crisis....

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Federal Judge Again Blocks Trump’s Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico

The ruling will ensure access to the White House grounds while the outlets sue to overturn the ban. But it doesn’t resolve all of their access problems....

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Five Key Moments From The Times’s Interview With Cornell’s President

Michael Kotlikoff addressed concerns over the university’s handling of a former student’s claims that she was gang-raped at a fraternity party....

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7 Takeaways From the Second Georgia Senate Debate

Representative Mike Collins, who lags Senator Jon Ossoff in public polls, hit his opponent harder in a second and final debate on Tuesday....

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Leo XIV’s Lung Cancer Diagnosis Tests a Papacy Still Taking Shape

For a pope who appeared to have time on his side, cancer has raised questions about his longevity and brought a new urgency to his plans for the Church....

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Joni Mitchell Is Now an American, After 60 Years of Living in the U.S.

On Tuesday, she announced the news of her U.S. citizenship on social media with a video and a photo of herself at the ceremony....

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F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office

OpenAI said that the employee had placed a device built to evade detection and that he had planned to secretly record meetings in other sensitive spaces....

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Lawyer for Fed Governor Cook Denounces Trump’s New Investigation

A lawyer for Lisa Cook raised “significant concerns” over the “objectivity and fitness of the committee” assembled by President Trump as a way to remove her as a governor at the Federal Reserve....

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The Steep Rise and Spectacular Fall of Kimberly Guilfoyle

President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation....

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Katie Zacharia Makes Bumpy Debut as Trump’s New Press Secretary

Ms. Zacharia spent eight minutes reading from a script, called on only three reporters and made an awkward slip-up....

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Pope Leo Has Lung Cancer, Vatican Says

The surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pope’s right lung after finding a cancerous nodule....

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Tupac Shakur Murder Conviction Lands Man 40 Years to Life in Prison

Duane Keith Davis was convicted by a jury of obtaining a gun and pursuing the rapper in a violent act of revenge in 1996....

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Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis Trade Threats to Hit Oil Facilities

The Iran-backed militia threatened to attack the Saudi energy giant Aramco after the Saudi authorities issued an evacuation notice for an oil facility in the Yemeni capital....

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Cornell Bans Fraternity Parties and Adds Sexual Assault Investigators

The expansive changes to campus life come in the wake of the national uproar caused by allegations of a gang rape at a fraternity house....

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Police Identify 42-Year Old Man Killed at Six Flags Over Georgia

The police identified the 42-year-old man who died at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday. The company said it was temporarily closing multiple rides in the U.S. and Canada as a precaution....

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Trump Hands Victories to Putin, Who Offers More War in Return

Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia....

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We Know How to Fix Homelessness. Why Don’t More Cities Do It?

It takes doing things conservatives and progressives both dislike....

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Cyberattack Hits Hundreds of Supermarket Refrigeration Systems in France

The attack targeted a Danish software system in more than 400 supermarkets, forcing some shops to throw out frozen produce. The attackers have not been identified....

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Supreme Court Will Review Dispute Over Records From Elon Musk’s DOGE

A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests....

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Trump Has Asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to Resign, White House Says

Ms. Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, has faced a string of damaging reports including asking a Republican donor to pay off a credit card....

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MI5 Chief Warns of Escalating Hybrid Threats From Iran and Russia on British Soil

The head of Britain’s domestic security agency accused Tehran and Moscow of escalating their hybrid campaigns in the U.K., and called Iran-led attacks on Jewish communities “sickening.”...

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Zelensky Comment Raises Fear That U.S. Is Cutting Intelligence Sharing

The Ukrainian leader said Kyiv had no early warning from its Western partners before a Russian ballistic missile attack. But some such attacks do go undetected....

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These California Boat Dwellers Fear the Worst: Life on Land

For decades, dozens of people lived rent-free on a bay just north of San Francisco. A few holdouts remained as a deadline loomed to leave the water....

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The New Affordability Fight in the Midterms: Home Insurance Prices

Extreme weather is driving up insurance rates, impacting races from California to the nation’s central Tornado Alley....

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He Would Be Florida’s First Black Governor. Can He Sway Black Voters?

Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor, is working to win over Black voters who usually support Democrats as his party girds for the possibility of low turnout....

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Your Politics Questions

We answer reader queries about the midterms....

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El-Sayed, Releasing His Platform on A.I., Calls It an ‘Existential Crisis’

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan is the first Democrat running in a battleground Senate race to publicly call for a pause on artificial intelligence development....

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The Oct. 7 Attack Changed Israel, but Not Its Politics

As Israelis prepare to vote for the first time since the Hamas-led assault, they remain divided over whether to hold Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for negligence or fault the “treason”...

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U.K. and Europe Recoil From Trump’s Diesel Deal With Putin

Shocked by the U.S. agreement with Russia, which Ukraine has called “a gift” to President Putin, officials in Europe have coalesced around a cautious diplomatic message....

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This Copper Mine Led to a Civil War. Can Reopening It Fund a New Nation?

Rising demand for copper has fueled interest in Bougainville’s Panguna mine, which has been shut for four decades. Yet some fear a rush to reopen risks return to violence....

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FIFA Pays Millions for Trump Tower Office Said to Be Rarely Used

The deal is another sign of how Gianni Infantino, the leader of soccer’s global governing body, has sought closer ties to President Trump....

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Trump Says He Is ‘Looking at’ Firing Kimberly Guilfoyle

President Trump made the remark in response to a question about the U.S. ambassador to Greece, who faces accusations that she asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card....

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I.M.F. Warns Mideast War Will Widen Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries

Persistent conflicts, high energy costs and technological upheavals will slow global growth and raise prices, the organization forecast....

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record

Advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds....

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Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio

The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely bef...

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Calls Show How Confusion Delayed Emergency Response for Christa Pike

The first 911 call from inside the prison was made at 8:40 p.m. It took about 30 minutes to verify its authenticity....

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RJ Mitte, Who Played Walter White’s Son on ‘Breaking Bad,’ Dies at 34

Mr. Mitte was born with cerebral palsy and brought his own experience of living with the disability to the role of Walter White Jr. on the Emmy-winning show....

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Blakeman Launches Graphic Attack on Mamdani in Meeting With Hasidic Jews

While seeking support from Hasidic leaders, the Republican candidate for governor, Bruce Blakeman, said Mayor Zohran Mamdani would not act if riots hit their community....

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An Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent, Troy Jackson, Airs in the Wrong Portland

An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Mr. Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for running the ad in Oregon....

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NATO Details Plan to Shield Ukraine’s European Allies From Russia

With the Russians intensifying sabotage, arson and cyberattacks against European nations supporting Ukraine, NATO divulged a blueprint, in case of war, to deter the Kremlin....

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