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  1. What Did Christa Pike Do? What to Know About the Botched Tennessee Execution.

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:15:07 -0000

    Ms. Pike, 50, survived two doses of a lethal injection in Tennessee. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of a classmate.
  2. How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:26:29 -0000

    A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms. Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded.
  3. Tennessee Pauses Executions After a Botched Lethal Injection

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:04:35 -0000

    Also, the Supreme Court will review Trump’s migrant detention policy. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
  4. Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:41:50 -0000

    Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
  5. Chi Phi Members Accused in Cornell Sex Assault Lawsuit Give Varying Accounts of Night

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:39:20 -0000

    Their accounts, detailed in hundreds of pages of investigative files obtained by The New York Times, were disjointed and sometimes contradictory. All the men denied any wrongdoing.
  6. As Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Level Since 2023, Buyers Look at ARMs

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:18:36 -0000

    The average 30-year, fixed-rate home loan rose to 7.28 percent, up from 6.34 percent a year ago. More buyers are now turning to adjustable-rate mortgages.
  7. U.S. Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2002

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:23:38 -0000

    The higher yields, which are pressuring consumer and corporate borrowers and increasingly weighing on certain corners of the stock market, are unlikely to dissipate soon.
  8. Trump’s Threat to Ban Diesel Exports Sets Off Global Alarms

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:58:48 -0000

    A reduction in refineries has already driven the price of diesel to record highs, threatening economies. An U.S. export ban would be “tremendous shock and blow.”
  9. Investigators Seek Motive for FlyDubai Cockpit Attack

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:37:35 -0000

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said the co-pilot who set upon the pilot had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination” but did not elaborate.
  10. John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him.

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:51:44 -0000

    After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
  11. Inside Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao’s Life After Prison

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:55:56 -0000

    Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
  12. Texas Governor Race Puts Pressure on Andy Beshear and Democratic Governors Association

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:03:22 -0000

    Allies of Gina Hinojosa want a Democratic group to support her bid for Texas governor — putting pressure on its chairman, Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, who is weighing a run for president.
  13. David Ellison’s Vision for CNN: Same C.E.O and No Bari Weiss, for Now.

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:21:44 -0000

    David Ellison is negotiating to keep CNN’s chief executive, Mark Thompson, in place without oversight from Bari Weiss, the CBS editor in chief, when the networks’ parent companies merge.
  14. The New York City Neighborhoods Where It’s Hardest to Build Housing

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:49:54 -0000

    Some City Council members are losing an informal veto power over new projects in their districts after voters approved a measure aimed at eliminating roadblocks to development.
  15. Landlords Release Emails and Texts in Lawsuit Over Mamdani’s Rent Freeze

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:42:24 -0000

    The communications were revealed as part of a lawsuit challenging the rent freeze on rent-stabilized units in New York City, which went into effect on Thursday.
  16. ‘Ready to Blow His Stack’: How Biden Nearly Cut Off Netanyahu Over Gaza

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:56:10 -0000

    Brett McGurk, who was the top Middle East adviser to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., offered the first inside-the-room account of American efforts to manage the Gaza war.
  17. When White People Like Hannah Gann Pretend to Be Black

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:27:39 -0000

    Rachel Dolezal is now a type.
  18. We Are Clueless About What’s Coming

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:20:36 -0000

    Nick Bostrom is no longer worried about the apocalypse. Now he’s worried about utopia.
  19. UK-Iranian Man Arrested in Connection to RAF Fairford Air Base Incident

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:42:50 -0000

    British police said a 25-year-old British-Iranian dual national was arrested Thursday. British officials have said they believe Iran played a part in planning the incident at R.A.F. Fairford.
  20. How the “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Became a National Scandal

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The dismal responses from both the D.A. and the university reveal a larger pattern of institutional carelessness.
  21. At the Department of Justice, Many Lawyers Are Wondering If It’s Time to Quit

    Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The quandary faced by government lawyers who think that the Trump Administration is subverting justice.
  22. Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Fix One of America’s Scariest Roads?

    Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Million Dollar Highway, prone to rockfall and avalanches, is the site of horrific crashes and courageous rescues.
  23. How Paweł Pawlikowski Learned to Film Europe’s Fractures

    Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Polish director has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political.
  24. Hockey Dads and Hockey Sons

    Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Parenting is a practice. You learn from your mistakes and then repeat them anyway.
  25. Why Trump Delayed Cancelling Legal Status for Salvadorans

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:30:55 -0000

    The White House has quietly paused an order to end Temporary Protected Status for thousands of immigrants from El Salvador, a move that came after months of lobbying from the construction industry and other interest groups.
  26. The President vs. the Press

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Donald Trump’s behavior cannot be called unexpected at this point. What was noteworthy last week, however, was the way that the media responded.
  27. Iran’s Bitterness and Bewilderment Over How to Make Peace with Trump

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:45:36 -0000

    After a heated week at the U.N. General Assembly, a new ceasefire proposal came and apparently went.
  28. Nolan Wells’s Family Still Wants Answers

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges in connection with the death of a Black teen-ager during a boating trip, but it’s still unclear exactly how he died.
  29. What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Nearly a year after the ceasefire, the analyst Jaser AbuMousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family.
  30. Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    China’s fears about the technology are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation?
  31. How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings?
  32. Can East Germany’s Cold War History Explain the Rise of the AfD?

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:46:03 -0000

    After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades.
  33. Individual Choices Won’t Fix America’s Public Schools

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her daughter to a struggling local school and has come to regret it. But personalizing the problem is the wrong approach.
  34. The Week Republicans Finally Panicked About Trump

    Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:25:21 -0000

    The President’s party, facing a midterm reckoning, is begging for a way out of his Iran-war doom loop.
  35. How the Absence of Shame Weakens Democracy

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A sense of shame binds us together—and can hold the powerful in check.
  36. Will A.I. Overwrite Our Sense of Shame?

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The tech world has long been run by iconoclasts whose ideas about right and wrong are self-consciously different from those of most people.
  37. Mayors vs. Nationalists

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Leaders of cities around the world are standing up for democracy, even if the leaders of their countries are not.
  38. A Night Living in Penn Station

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For the outreach workers trying to place homeless New Yorkers in shelters, each evening presents familiar faces and fresh challenges.
  39. Susan Collins’s Maine Money Machine

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:06:29 -0000

    The senator uses her seniority in Congress to bring significant resources to her state. Is that enough for voters who hate her party?
  40. Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:11:57 -0000

    The entertainment agent and executive talks with David Remnick about his dealings with the President, the tech mogul, and Mohammed bin Salman, and operating within “shades of gray.”
  41. There Is No A.I. “Race”

    Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    We’re constantly told that Chinese advances would have catastrophic consequences. But the first to innovate is rarely the one who wins.
  42. What China’s Vibe-Coding Capital Can Tell Us About the A.I. Boom

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:25:32 -0000

    Tech workers have flocked to Liangzhu, a small town outside Hangzhou, looking to escape China’s corporate culture and build their future with A.I.
  43. The Worlds That Donald Trump and Xi Jinping Want

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the President stages a gala welcome for the Chinese leader, it appears that, in curious ways, the two men mirror each other.
  44. Is Trump’s Latest Press Attack Just Another Distraction?

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:29:05 -0000

    After CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were barred from the White House, the entire TV press pool announced a boycott of the President.