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| What the SpaceX I.P.O. Means for You, and a Giant Act of Vandalism in D.C. - Plus, the Friday news quiz. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:06:04 +0000 |
| The Consequences of SpaceX’s Trillion-Dollar I.P.O. - SpaceX’s trading debut is expected to smash records. Wall Street is watching to see what else it disrupts. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:54:20 +0000 |
| Excitement and Frustration Mix as the World Cup Comes to America - Astronomical ticket prices, soaring security costs and concern over traffic and transit snarls is mixed with pride in host cities and excitement over the U.S. team. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:50:29 +0000 |
| Inside Cesar Chavez’s Labor Union, Women Faced a Culture of Sexual Abuse - Many of the women who helped lead the fight for Latino civil rights say they were quietly waging their own battles with harassment, misogyny and sexual assault inside the powerful United Farm Workers union. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:48:10 +0000 |
| SpaceX’s I.P.O. Will Help Fulfill Elon Musk’s Political Vision of America - The SpaceX I.P.O. will enable its founder to build — and scale — his peculiar vision of society. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:47:13 +0000 |
| Princess Bha of Thailand, Second in Line to the Throne, Dies at 47 - Ever since she collapsed in a park three and a half years ago, speculation has swirled in Thailand about who could become the next monarch. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:38:45 +0000 |
| Brawls, Biting and Bliss in a City Craving a Knicks Championship - Decades of bottled-up hopes and frustrations have created a frenzy around the New York Knicks that has brought out the worst in some fans. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:35:32 +0000 |
| David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 - His colorful figurative paintings were both conservative and iconoclastic, defying the dominant abstract schools of the mid-20th century. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:33:08 +0000 |
| A Trillionaire? - SpaceX is expected to make Elon Musk even richer when its stock begins trading today. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:24:46 +0000 |
| Kennedy Center Appeals Order to Remove Trump’s Name - One day before a deadline to take the president’s name off its facade, the arts institution appealed a federal judge’s ruling that also temporarily blocked it from closing. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:10:47 +0000 |
| What I Learned From David Hockney - The curator Norman Rosenthal knew the artist for over 60 years and still discovered something new when they collaborated on a final blockbuster show. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:21:12 +0000 |
| With iPhones and Faxes, David Hockney Embraced Tech - Polaroids and photocopiers also gave the artist possibilities for creating in forms vastly different from his paintings. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:19:54 +0000 |
| Risk Strait of Hormuz or Wait? Shipping Companies Face a Costly Dilemma. - With more than 500 ships still stranded in the Persian Gulf, pressure on the shipowners and sailors is growing by the day. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:25:43 +0000 |
| How SpaceX’s IPO Compares With Saudi Aramco, Uber and Others - The previous record was set over six years ago. But SpaceX, whose stock begins trading on Friday, is on track to raise tens of billions of dollars more. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:08:14 +0000 |
| Bring the Kids and Grab Some Barbecue: A Day at the Ukrainian Drone Races - Competitions that give soldiers a brief break from the front have a festival-like atmosphere, a mix of potentially deadly weapons and frolicking children. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:07:07 +0000 |
| ‘Yes’ Is a Scathing Portrait of Israeli Depravity. Why Are European Leftists Boycotting It? - The inanity of the leftists who’d censor such a film shouldn’t distract us from the right-wing nightmare it reveals. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:05:38 +0000 |
| Neither Peace Nor War: Iran Conflict Leaves World in Dangerous Limbo - Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new normal. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:05:31 +0000 |
| Steven Spielberg on How to Build Suspense in ‘Disclosure Day’ - The director narrates a scene from his movie that is a continuation, of sorts, of a sequence he filmed for his feature-length debut, “Duel,” in 1971. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:05:26 +0000 |
| The World Is Draining Oil Reserves, Raising Pressure for a Peace Deal - The amount of oil and fuel stored by businesses and governments has fallen sharply since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:05:05 +0000 |
| Sheriffs in Maryland Challenge State Limits on Cooperation With ICE - A lawsuit by a group of 17 county law enforcement officers is another front in the Trump-era fight over local police’s role in immigration enforcement. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:04:41 +0000 |
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