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  1. In Complex Cases Like Lindsay Clancy’s, a Unanimous Verdict Can Be Hard to Reach

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:49:07 -0000

    Hung juries are not common, but the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy was emotionally wrenching and uniquely complicated.
  2. Lindsay Clancy’s Murder Trial Ended With a Hung Jury. What Now?

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:31:34 -0000

    Ms. Clancy still faces murder charges for killing her three children. She is likely to remain in a hospital, and prosecutors may decide to retry her.
  3. Judge Declares a Mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s Murder Case

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:55:11 -0000

    Also, regulators scrutinize steering-wheel-free cars. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
  4. A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:21:43 -0000

    New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.
  5. Yemen’s Houthis Push Toward Red Sea Strait as Ground Fighting Escalates

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:08:53 -0000

    The Houthis, an Iran-backed militia, appear to be trying to gain control of a port city near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a key choke point for global trade.
  6. Robust Hiring Reinforces Strength of the U.S. Economy

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:41:51 -0000

    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.
  7. Trump Threatens to Halt Some Trade Unless the Fed Cuts Rates

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:45:22 -0000

    The president said he could halt trade between the United States and countries with which it has a trade deficit if the central bank doesn’t do his bidding.
  8. Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:23:54 -0000

    Republican groups had asked the court to clear the way for political parties to pay the same low-cost ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.
  9. Judge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:09:17 -0000

    The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
  10. Trump Administration Issues Subpoenas For Voter Data in Nevada

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:55:36 -0000

    The request comes as the government has escalated efforts to prove President Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud.
  11. Homeland Security Dept. Asks for Inquiries Into Voting Machines

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:06:58 -0000

    Critics of ballot-marking devices have claimed that hackers could manipulate digital codes on ballots. Election experts say the systems are safe to use.
  12. Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and the Other ‘Practical Magic 2’ Stars on the Unlikely Sequel

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:01:00 -0000

    Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Joey King and Maisie Williams on the unlikely sequel, embracing their witchiness and their hopes for a third film.
  13. Pentagon Agreement With N.I.H. on Biodefense Draws Alarm From Democrats

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:31:51 -0000

    Under a new partnership, the Defense Department would play a larger role in biodefense and pandemic preparedness. Democrats warned it could allow a Pentagon cash grab.
  14. RFK Jr. Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 Troops

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:43:21 -0000

    In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.
  15. ‘I Don’t Want to Die This Way’: Stranded for 15 Hours at Sea

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:04:29 -0000

    Two longtime friends rented jet skis for an hourlong excursion. They ended up fighting for their lives.
  16. Gloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:25:53 -0000

    The feminist icon thought many women would carry on her legacy. But at an unsteady time for feminism, how will the movement carry on?
  17. ‘It Was Insulting’: When Steinem Said Young Women Backed Sanders to Chase Men

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:37:46 -0000

    During the 2016 presidential campaign, Gloria Steinem was asked about the young women supporting Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Her answer created a brief hullabaloo.
  18. Influencers, Noise and Weed: Has the U.S. Open Become a ‘Zoo’?

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:22:27 -0000

    As the Open grows ever more popular, tennis fans wonder if “the people’s tournament” has become too rowdy.
  19. The U.S. Wants the Oil From These 17 Venezuelan Fields

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:07:23 -0000

    A private oil company has struck a deal with the Trump administration to develop 17 areas in Venezuela, an effort that experts say will take years and billions of dollars.
  20. Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s Partner in Venezuelan Oil Deal, Has Faced Investigations

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:55:12 -0000

    Alejandro Betancourt has been targeted by multiple investigations. Now he’s the U.S. government’s unrivaled partner in President Trump’s bid to control Venezuelan oil resources.
  21. What Lindsay Clancy’s Trial Tells Us About Ourselves

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:48:56 -0000

    Postpartum psychosis is misunderstood and a poor fit for the justice system.
  22. For Gaza to Recover, Hamas Must Be Expelled

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:07:08 -0000

    If Western supporters of the Palestinians want to help Gaza, denounce Hamas.
  23. Six-Week-Old Infant Died From Measles, Lancaster Coroner Says

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:43:42 -0000

    The ruling casts doubt on statements from the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who speculated that measles deaths reported by the state may have been “fabricated.”
  24. Why the Lindsay Clancy Trial Ended in a Deadlock

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:38:14 -0000

    Both the prosecution and the defense tried to tell tidy stories. But, in the end, five weeks of testimony from more than eighty witnesses couldn’t resolve the central mystery of Clancy’s state of mind.
  25. Donald Trump’s Capital Makeover

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A coterie of advisers, planners, and architects is enabling the President’s passion project—renovating D.C. in his own image.
  26. Smokejumpers Leap Out of Planes to Fight Wildfires

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Since the nineteen-forties, smokejumpers have been parachuting into remote parts of the U.S. to contain dangerous blazes.
  27. The MAHA Custody Battle

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A father wanted to vaccinate his children. Their mother didn’t. Then the kids got sick.
  28. What Happened in Minneapolis

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Living through Operation Metro Surge, and what came after.
  29. How Donald Trump Outmaneuvers the Supreme Court

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In both the ballroom and the mail-in-ballot cases, the President has tested the Justices’ willingness to stop him in his tracks.
  30. Was “Defund the Police” Crazy?

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A reckoning with the “woke” years.
  31. Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Reckoning

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Meta settlement will force meaningful changes on Facebook and Instagram. It also reflects the degree to which public outrage is outmatched by the speed and size of Big Tech.
  32. How Alex Eala Became a Symbol of the Philippines

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    At only twenty-one, the tennis phenom is likely already the best-ever player from Southeast Asia. Now she is seeking her first Grand Slam title at this summer’s U.S. Open.
  33. Why Israeli Authorities Are Encouraging Settler Violence Against Palestinians

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:30:10 -0000

    The retired I.D.F. colonel Doron Meiner, who was arrested while trying to protect a Palestinian community from settlers in the West Bank, discusses Israel’s strategy in the run-up to October’s election.
  34. What Do India’s Gen Z Protests Mean for Modi?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:19:00 -0000

    A movement of young people frustrated with India’s education system and economy has become the most serious challenge yet to an increasingly authoritarian government.
  35. Abdul El-Sayed’s Argument for America—and Against His Own Party

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate on campaigning with Hasan Piker, being a capitalist, and why his fellow-Democrats need to “stop compromising.”
  36. Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November?

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Bernie Sanders’s erstwhile campaign manager explains why he thinks it’s the former.
  37. How Much Is the Iran War Costing Americans?

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A proper calculation must take in more than just the military costs.
  38. Why Isn’t Everyone Talking About Olivia Miles?

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The W.N.B.A. has never attracted more attention. But, increasingly, the conversation around the league can overshadow the game itself—and its players.
  39. How the Job Market Will Shape the Next Generation

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Young people are already discontented. It’s not going to get better anytime soon.
  40. The Humbling of Scott Bessent

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Thirty-odd years ago, the Treasury Secretary was one of the speculators who broke the Bank of England in a famous trade. Now he’s on the other side of the markets, struggling to contain rising bond yields.
  41. Trump’s Neocolonialism Will Backfire

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The President is touting his big Venezuelan oil deal, but his interventions abroad are stirring anger and having unintended consequences.
  42. The New Yorker Festival Releases Its Full 2026 Lineup

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Tickets are now on sale, with events taking place October 23rd through the 25th and featuring leading figures from the worlds of politics, literature, entertainment, and more.
  43. George W. Bush’s Code of Silence

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    He lovingly paints immigrants, praises free trade and diplomacy, and rues the coarsening of American politics. Why won’t he talk about Donald Trump?
  44. New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The breakneck expansion of settlements in the West Bank has rendered American talk of a two-state solution increasingly irrelevant.
  45. The Floods Nepal Didn’t Cause

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Flash floods, triggered by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, have killed at least five hundred people in a nation that has contributed little to climate change but is disproportionately affected by it.
  46. How the Meta Settlement Could Change the Internet

    Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:48:22 -0000

    Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children.
  47. Could Data Centers Swing an Election in Wisconsin?

    Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As A.I. becomes increasingly unpopular among voters, the politics of data centers are scrambling political lines across the country—including in a tight race for the Wisconsin governor’s mansion.
  48. What If Canada Joined the E.U.?

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Trump Administration’s trade war with Canada has pushed a fringe idea into mainstream conversation, on both sides of the Atlantic.