| An Unlikely Emergency Appeal to the Supreme Court From a Dog Named Bruce
- A last-ditch filing this week came on behalf of a dog that a judge found to be “vicious” and shows how the court’s emergency docket has been growing.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:08:01 +0000
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| What to Know About Luigi Mangione’s Court Cases and Potential Plea Deal
- Mr. Mangione faces federal charges of stalking that resulted in the death of a health insurance executive. A guilty plea could close the federal case — and complicate a separate state murder trial.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:04:15 +0000
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| Farage Wins Special U.K. Election That He Initiated, as Expected
- Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K., won the Clacton by-election with 63 percent. Count Binface, a novelty candidate, came second with 27 percent, a personal best.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:56:55 +0000
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| Extreme Heat Is the New Normal
- Firefighters in Phoenix race to save lives in a city that’s only getting hotter.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:28:35 +0000
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| Is Ocasio-Cortez Ready for the Glass Cliff?
- She will run as a woman but unlike how every woman before her was forced to run.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:18:18 +0000
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| Russia Campaigned to Derail Moldova’s Pro-Western Government
- In Moldova, Moscow paid Orthodox priests, conducted a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps on election interference — all in an effort to derail the Western-leaning government.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:57:03 +0000
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| Are Political Polls Accurate?
- We look at recent problems with political polling.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:47:16 +0000
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| Gone in 20 Minutes: Half-Off Sushi Draws Throngs to New York’s Japanese Markets
- At a proliferating number of stores, discounts on items like sushi are offered after 8 p.m. To get the best meals, you have to be there early.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:42:20 +0000
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| More Wildfires and Extreme Heat Roil Europe, but Relief Is on the Horizon
- Another day of near record heat baked the continent on Friday, but temperatures could retreat to seasonal averages in the coming days.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:38:20 +0000
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| Concerns Grow Over Conditions on Aircraft Carrier, and Trump Pushes New Hacking Effort
- Plus, your Friday news quiz.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:00:15 +0000
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| As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope
- The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:07:25 +0000
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| Trump’s Justice Dept. Targets Smaller Fraud Cases
- As the Trump administration drops charges against corporations and the wealthy, it is also taking aim at small-scale fraud cases, including against the operator of a weathered food truck in California.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:02:49 +0000
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| Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight
- The Trump administration pushed out thousands of veteran U.S. Forest Service staff. An ‘extraordinary’ fire season is testing those who are left.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:02:09 +0000
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| How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence
- Can our Book Review editor, Tina Jordan, guess thrillers from their first sentence? In this game we explore a few of the books from The New York Times’s “50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century” list; and learn a bit more about why opening sentences are so important to get people reading.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:45 +0000
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| Chatbots Are Pushing Us Toward a Post-Human Internet
- In matters of work, school and even romance, we turn to A.I. chatbots. But what happens when the bots begin talking to one another?
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:27 +0000
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| Jimmy Fallon Reacts to Karoline Leavitt’s White House Exit
- The “Tonight Show” host said President Trump had been surprised by the press secretary’s decision to step down. “She was like, ‘I wanted to wait for a good time but there hasn’t been one, so.’”
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:34:38 +0000
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| Afghan Women Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule
- Decrees restricting the rights of women and girls to study, work, travel and act independently now threaten to damage Afghanistan permanently, experts say.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:08:37 +0000
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| Deaths of 3 ICE Detainees Prompt Questions About Medical Care
- Immigrants at Delaney Hall in Newark have complained about health services. Federal officials defended the treatment provided there and elsewhere.
Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:31:10 +0000
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| U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns
- The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worried about the crew’s well-being.
Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:49:04 +0000
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| Great Movie and TV Adaptations From 21st- Century Thrillers
- From “Slow Horses” to “Big Little Lies,” our list of great psychological thrillers, spy novels and crime fiction have inspired a heap of great adaptations.
Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:08:05 +0000
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