| New Year’s 2026 Celebrations Around the World: Photos and Videos
- See how people across the globe celebrated.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:41:59 +0000
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| Mamdani Reverses Call to End Mayoral Control of NYC Public Schools
- The mayor-elect’s turnaround came as he selected Kamar Samuels to lead New York City’s school system at a precarious moment.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:40:25 +0000
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| Mamdani Names Top Deputies for Child Care, Operations and Climate
- Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect, announced several key appointments who could help implement central promises of his agenda, including universal child care.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:08:32 +0000
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| Research Library at NASA’s Goddard Space and Flight Center to Close Friday
- Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:58:32 +0000
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| Venezuela Detains U.S. Citizens Amid Trump Administration’s Growing Pressure
- The number of American citizens held in Venezuela has grown since the start of the U.S. military and economic campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:48:58 +0000
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| Will the A.I. Boom Continue to Drive Up Stocks in 2026?
- The S&P 500 gained 16.4 percent this year. But dependence on artificial intelligence remains a risk for 2026.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:27:59 +0000
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| Georgia Judge Dismisses Racketeering Charges Against ‘Cop City’ Activists
- Dozens of protesters had been indicted after the state attorney general said that their movement amounted to a violent criminal enterprise.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:22:25 +0000
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| Most of Iran Shuts Down as Government Grapples With Protests and Economy
- Amid mounting street protests, businesses, universities and government offices stayed closed Wednesday under government orders, in 21 of 31 provinces, including Tehran.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:20:19 +0000
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| Mamdani’s Man-of-the-People Style Could Present Security Challenges
- Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, gregarious with constituents and vilified by a range of critics, is taking office at a time of anxiety about political violence.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:02:15 +0000
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| The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic
- How much more chaotic could a second Trump term be? 2025 did not disappoint.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:39:23 +0000
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| ‘Swipe, Swipe’: New Yorkers Give the MetroCard a Public Funeral
- There were few tears at a funeral for the MetroCard, which included chants of “swipe, swipe” and an urn.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:38:20 +0000
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| Mohammad Bakri, 72, Outspoken Palestinian Actor and Director, Dies
- His work, including the 2002 documentary “Jenin, Jenin,” exposed the often harsh realities of life experienced by his fellow Arabs in Israel.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:44:18 +0000
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| Thieves Make Off With Millions in German Bank Heist
- The robbers stole valuables with an insured value of at least $36 million from a bank in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:00:59 +0000
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| There Is a Way Out of This Mess
- A second Gilded Age, a single solution.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:33:25 +0000
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| Tatiana Schlossberg Submitted a Heartbreaking Essay to The New Yorker on Her Cancer Diagnosis, Fully Formed
- When Tatiana Schlossberg submitted an essay to The New Yorker, it had not been assigned or even expected. It was accepted immediately and barely edited.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:06:19 +0000
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| Manhattan Man, 80, Faces Homicide Charge After Sidewalk Shoving
- Dana Escoffier was indicted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Dean Whetzel, 82, a neighbor whom he had known for decades.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:38:44 +0000
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| A Farewell Ride With the MetroCard, on Every Transit Line That Uses It
- Two Times journalists joined Miles Taylor, a YouTuber and transport enthusiast, on a daylong journey across New York City area buses and trains before sale of the card ends on Dec. 31.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:15:40 +0000
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| Trump Vetoes 2 Bills, Drawing Accusations of Retaliation
- The president said he blocked the bills to save taxpayers’ money. But he has grievances against a tribe in Florida and officials in Colorado.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:34:10 +0000
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| Brigitte Bardot’s Legacy of Racist Rhetoric
- The actress, who died this week at 91, was an icon of 1960s cinema. She was also a hero to the French far right.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:26:01 +0000
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| One Lawyer’s Standoff With Trump’s Deportation Machine
- Mahsa Khanbabai’s client, a graduate student, had been whisked away by masked agents and held in lockup for weeks. Would a court free her — and would the government let her go?
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:26:15 +0000
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