Chi Phi Says It Acted Quickly in 2024 to Expel Cornell Members Named in Sexual Assault Lawsuit

The national organization of the Chi Phi fraternity at the center of a Cornell University sexual assault lawsuit explained publicly for the first time how it handled the episode.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/iAqbB5R

MacArthur Foundation Announces 2026 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners

The 20 fellowship recipients across the arts, humanities and sciences will each receive an $800,000, no-strings-attached stipend for their work.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Yhxnmf6

The Migrants Being Shipped Back to a War Zone

Malaysia says it is repatriating undocumented migrants from Myanmar who want to return. Critics say it is putting their lives at risk.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/XbYFdVR

Trump Administration Asks Justices to Allow It to Deny Hormones to Trans Inmates

The Bureau of Prisons policy, which has been blocked by lower courts, would give transgender prisoners access to psychotherapy and antidepressants instead of certain gender-transition medical treatments.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/XqKadeg

Trump’s Most Durable Lie: Election Rigging

“Rigged.” “Fraud.” “Hoax.” The president is a broken record.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/jMBfz4a

Saturday Night, No Mask Required, at the Last Ditch Lesbian Bar in Massachusetts

Last Ditch, a bar and art space, ended its Covid mask requirement as a way to attract more people. What it got instead was outsized attention.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/G5T8DjF

Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/sR3LBoQ

A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government

The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/mVIEtaD

Giant Pandas, Icons of China’s Soft Diplomacy, Arrive in Atlanta

A male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang landed on Sunday, days after China’s leader said he would dispatch “envoys of friendship” to the United States.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Q4jFxRW

The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.

Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ZjbhMXi

How El Niño Is Shaping Storms on Two Sides of the U.S.

Hurricanes near Hawaii. A nor’easter on the East Coast. The ocean phenomenon’s influence on storms around the country may just be getting started.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/pFJ1TvU

What Happens if the A.I. Bubble Bursts

It’s as though 2008 never even happened.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/hadM0GF

South Carolinians: Do You Have a Short-Term, High-Interest Personal Loan? Share Your Bills.

We want to hear from borrowers who have taken out installment, payday or title loans, and those who work for companies that offer them.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/lUSqEWQ

Charges of A.I. Writing in a Lauded Novel, and a Fight Over the Literary Future

“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/41m3GXo

Here’s How Trump Is Building a National Citizenship Database to Check Voters

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to deploy a system that merges personal data from across the government. Questions remain about its reliability.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/bqM3FKw

Senate Defeats Bid to Direct Trump to End Iran War or Seek Approval

The vote came as a growing number of Republicans has broken from President Trump on the conflict, reflecting voters’ concerns ahead of midterm elections.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/tqDBHb8

The Wild West of A.I. Needs to End. Here’s How.

It’s time to give the public what it wants: A.I. regulation.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/cbar91U

Wildfire Converted Me From Tree-Hugger to Tree-Worshipper

I used to view trees as ecologically angelic beings. No longer.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/s4HerUv

New Matrix, Meet the Old Matrix

The railroads were once the octopus that A.I. is now.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/r4SJhfk

Many Americans Use GLP-1 Drugs Without a Medical Reason, Study Shows

A new study identified more than 1 million people taking weight-loss drugs without any apparent medical reason to do so.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/8q05OML

This Is the Thinking Behind Trump’s Puzzling Foreign Policy

What is “civilizationism”?

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/cRkbe47

Trump Courts North Korea’s Leader, but Might Need China to Reignite the Flame

President Trump has gotten no love back yet from Kim Jong-un. He could turn to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to help set up a summit when Mr. Xi visits Washington next week.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/PpUNdFz

Trump Is Lashing Out at the Media to Distract From His Failures

The new ban continues Mr. Trump’s attempt to prevent the free flow of information in American society.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/6q0SrFb

Texas Billionaire John Poindexter Plans to Revive Shafter Ghost Town

An 81-year-old billionaire has a vision for preserving a tiny West Texas mining town, even as other forces are reshaping the land around it.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/40T2Sh6

Abdul-El Sayed, a Democrat, Has an Unlikely Defender: Tucker Carlson

Mr. Carlson, the far-right podcaster, has promoted Dr. El-Sayed’s comments and sharply criticized his Republican rival in a key Senate race. Strategists are scratching their heads.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/t19YUCk

The Day Before The Times Began

Most newspapers offered scandals and ads. With The New-York Daily Times, Henry Raymond saw room for something else.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/65ouhHV

Inside the Breakdown of U.K.-Israel Relations Over West Bank Settlements

British officials believed Israel had said it would hold off on moving ahead with construction in E1, a piece of land viewed as vital to a future Palestinian state. Israel said it promised no such thing.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/KBbJolx

A.G. Sulzberger: The Story of America, Told in 15 Million First Drafts of History

The Times has witnessed the country’s transformation. It will keep its eyes open.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/lLAfRrc

Trump and Xi Can Make Progress on A.I.

Xi is in the driver’s seat, reflecting American weakness, but there still may be some space for limited advances.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/9GTcrR1

Behold the Most Handsome Melons in Mexico

In the eastern city of Xalapa, what started as a joke among friends over two decades ago has become a vibrant annual tradition that highlights creativity and absurdity with melons.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/t2wdfvz

A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA

“It has been one of the fastest, most sudden shifts I’ve experienced.”

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/xIcKgOE

Who Is Howard Buffett, the New Berkshire Hathaway Chairman?

Mr. Buffett, 71, is succeeding his father, Warren, but will not be running the company’s day-to-day operations.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/GcSYTnr

This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked

The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/rUXl82L

Russia and China Veto U.S. Bid to Renew U.N. Monitoring of Iran Nuclear Program

The conflict underscored the distance between world powers over the United States’ pressure campaign on Iran.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/n5JtFQl

House Holds Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Subpoenas

Lawmakers unanimously agreed to the move without a formal roll-call vote just before leaving Washington to campaign for the midterm congressional elections.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/NiIX2V3

What to Know About the Victims in the NBC4 Helicopter Crash in Los Angeles

A journalist and pilot who were on board the news helicopter when it crashed had flown hundreds of hours together since 2023.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/fEt4ouD

At Least 21 Dead in Gaza After Building Collapse, Officials Say

The building was previously damaged by an Israeli strike, the local rescue service said. Its fall underscored the severe risks for many people living among Gaza’s ruins.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ycO3P1S

Independent Budget Office Estimates Iran War Has Cost $38 Billion

The Congressional Budget Office said its analysis had been limited by the fact that the Defense Department did not respond to requests for information on the costs of the conflict.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/4xo3JrI

The 3 Emmy Awards Our Readers Would Have Changed

Thousands of people selected their television favorites of the season. Here’s how they voted.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/NuwEqSM

As Millions of Birds Migrate, Residents Are Asked to Turn Off the Lights

Birds are drawn to lights, and more than a billion die each year after crashing into buildings, experts said.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/r9GJXKd

Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter Fraud

Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/yqm8IYb

Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat?

On second thought, I’m not that hungry.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/4aNfQM1

Along Himalayan Floods’ Path, Wiped Out Towns and Mounting Grief

Survivors tell the stories of the people and places buried under the mud after a disaster in Nepal.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/o9sjU5y

India Wants to Buy Fewer Chinese Imports, but Keeps Needing More

Trade between India and China has nearly doubled in five years, leaving New Delhi with a widening deficit and a difficult choice over how to build its industrial future.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Jz51Ce0

Trump Demands Smithsonian Install ‘Colossus’ George Washington Statue

The president’s latest attack on the National Museum of American History reflects his longstanding desire for “patriotic” history.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/nP0GTSo

Republican Campaign Aide Is Fired Over Nazi Photo

Senator Jon Husted, running in a high-stakes race in Ohio, dismissed his political director because of social media activity displaying a “complete lack” of judgment, a spokeswoman said.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/dLJwrlc

Are Our Expectations Too High for Democracy? Adam Przeworski Thinks So.

What is democracy, and is it in crisis?

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/7gPtiYJ

Crypto, Gold and Foreign Money: Is This What the Presidency Is Now?

And how Trump gets away with it.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Ch1K8rV

Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity

Their warnings echo concerns that other artificial intelligence experts have voiced in recent months, as calls increase for a slowdown in the pace of development.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/k3xdrQq

JD Vance Doesn’t Want to Help Married Parents. He Wants to Hurt Single Mothers.

Redistributing money from single working parents to married ones is not a pro-family policy.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/8W9jBxM

What Is Navier-Stokes, the ‘Millennium’ Math Problem OpenAI Claims to Have Solved?

OpenAI announced today that it had solved the problem, one of seven “Millennium Problems” seen as among the most important in higher mathematics.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/z7mh9qP

Gloria Steinem Knew How to Live

I miss her already.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/IeVfYzd

Social Media in China Is Getting Really Dark

The Chinese Communist Party has spent years trying to make “positive energy” the dominant mood of the country’s internet. It’s no longer working.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/R6PrEhA

In the Shadow of a Tragic Death, Jacob’s Pillow Looks to Move Forward

A year after a longtime staff member was killed at the celebrated dance center in Western Massachusetts, the recovery continues.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/XcPZ3Ij

For Trump’s Former Fixer, a Tortured Path From ‘Rat’ to Reconciliation

The president has made peace with Michael D. Cohen, his onetime lawyer who turned against him. But contrary to Mr. Trump’s claims, Mr. Cohen has not recanted the testimony that helped convict his former boss.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/XpzZobk

Cargo Plane Crashes at Miami Airport, Striking Vehicles

Officials said there were “multiple patients” but their injuries were not immediately known. Flights were halted at Miami International Airport after the Boeing 767-300 cargo plane overran its landing.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/FHa78YI

I Went to Princeton to Become a So-So Indian

I realized that in this country Indians were not supposed to be happy or to pursue happiness. We were supposed to suffer and to pursue suffering.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/bx64KVn

A Sympathetic Plaintiff and Well-Crafted Defense Dominated Clancy Trial

The defense lawyer for Lindsay Clancy showed empathy for his client in showcasing her mental health problems. That may have made all the difference.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/0YFkzdN

Is There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out.

Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/uPJacZw

Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/QHjNyq3

The Lindsay Clancy Jury Had an Impossible Task

Postpartum psychosis is misunderstood and a poor fit for the justice system.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/WPqCcw2

Robust Hiring Reinforces Strength of the U.S. Economy

Employers added 162,000 jobs and unemployment held at 4.1 percent last month, signs of a stability that contrasted with high inflation weighing on households and markets.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Tsnw0I5

To Save Gaza, Resist Hamas

If Western supporters of the Palestinians want to help Gaza, denounce Hamas.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/RKTdmiU

Maria Bartiromo Is Out at Fox News

The host, who appeared on Fox Business and Fox News, had been with the network for more than 12 years.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/m8x9ZOB

Travis Kelce’s New Ohio Home Has Neighbors Buzzing With Excitement About Taylor Swift

The wealthy enclave of Bratenahl, Ohio, has been aflutter after learning that Travis Kelce purchased a Lake Erie mansion.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/wj0efoY

Inside the Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Fly in Mexico

For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun deep in Mexico.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/6ANYVl1

How the Met’s Galliano Show Fell Apart

Anna Wintour put her full power and prestige behind a designer convicted of an antisemitic hate crime. Behind the scenes, influential New Yorkers revolted.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/dUDLOJq

Lindsay Clancy Trial: Deadlocked Jury Deliberates for 5th Day

Her lawyer said she had been trying to get an image of the defendant. Prosecutors charged her with intimidation, as jury deliberations entered their fifth day.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/4PIwe16

These Ukrainian Children Go to School Underground. They’re the Lucky Ones.

In a frontline city, parents don’t see schools built below ground as apocalyptic. Instead, they offer relief from worry about the threat of Russian strikes.

from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/jyS7s4O