Patel acusó a The Atlantic de difamación y pidió 250 millones de dólares por daños y perjuicios. Una portavoz de la publicación calificó la demanda de “infundada”.
We look at the changes in gas prices.
Cortar la circulación del estrecho de Ormuz resultó ser un arma poderosa. Para Irán, podría ser una nueva forma de mantener control sobre sus adversarios.
Very little has been heard about the war from Iranians. We spoke to some.
Plus, what to know about Apple’s next C.E.O.
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One of the nation’s largest insurers, the company’s profits were higher than analysts’ expectations but still fell short of showing a significant comeback.
The prime minister’s office was “dismissive” of security concerns about Peter Mandelson, a Jeffrey Epstein associate who became ambassador to Washington, the official said.
What happened when America’s finest (fake) news source decided to troll the world’s greatest troll.
The comments on the Strait of Hormuz by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, reflect Beijing’s complex relations with Iran and other Persian Gulf nations.
Alex Bores is trying to win a congressional seat to represent part of New York City. Here’s why A.I. executives are funding the effort to stop him.
If the Steve Jobs era was defined by technological innovation, the Tim Cook period was one of exceptional financial growth.
John Ternus, an Apple veteran who runs hardware engineering, will take over an extraordinarily profitable company in need of new ideas.
American cities — densely populated and overwhelmingly Democratic — have been powerful tools in helping Republicans and Democrats propose aggressive gerrymanders.
“Trump is among the most consequential presidents in U.S. history, and not in a good way.”
A guest essayist writes about why fewer young people are going into farming. What will we lose if we lose small farms?
A report from the Aspen Institute has found that the demand to play soccer is soaring, but parts of Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens lack access to fields.
Kevin M. Warsh has enough support to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, but a criminal investigation into the central bank stands in his way.
Andon Market in San Francisco is billed as the first retail boutique run by an artificial intelligence agent. So far, the inventory seems random, and there are too many candles.
Harvey Weinstein is accused of raping an actress in a Manhattan hotel more than a decade ago. After an overturned conviction and a hung jury, he will face the charge once again.
AT&T and Verizon were penalized millions of dollars for what the agency said was a failure to protect consumer information. The companies say they were deprived of their right to a jury trial.
Freed from ethical constraints and hardened by years of war, a country long seen as a bureaucratic giant has become an entrepreneurial one.
At the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, scholars wrestled with what people want from national anniversaries — and whether historians can give it to them.
Dowland, who died 400 years ago, spun out sad songs that were popular in his time and continue to influence artists today.
The actor and comedian digs into one of his greatest passions in this new Netflix series.
Giuseppe Penone, veteran of the Arte Povera movement, with his curator Adam Weinberg, former director of the Whitney, are recasting the natural world for a show at Gagosian.
A medida que la inteligencia artificial facilita muchas tareas, el trabajo humano de convencer, presionar y tranquilizar parece estar cobrando mayor importancia.
“The Fear of 13,” about a man who spent two decades on death row for a murder he didn’t commit, is a story that the playwright says she “couldn’t shake.”
Airline passengers are feeling the pain in rising fees, as the war in Iran weighs on the price of jet fuel. Loyalty programs and certain credit cards can help ease the burden.
The waterways of Treviso, Italy, are teeming with carp, chub and trout, inviting anglers to wade in and discover a serene world hidden in the heart of a city.
Behind the scenes, competing forces battle for the reputation of prestige meat.
The Navy destroyers enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports carry weapons fielded after an American warship was attacked and nearly sunk more than 25 years ago.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia has emphasized practical governance as her brand, but the political fight over redistricting has dominated her term so far.
In the latest gerrymandering clash before the midterm elections, voters in Virginia will decide on Tuesday whether to approve a map that would give Democrats more House seats.
The election on Tuesday is part of a coast-to-coast fight between Republicans and Democrats ahead of the midterms.
In “The Palm House,” Gwendoline Riley offers understated yet cleareyed observations of human behavior — this time about middle-aged Londoners struggling to stay relevant.
“Day in my life” videos filmed at corporate offices fetishize white-collar minutiae. But they reveal something deeper.
This month’s roundup of under-the-radar titles on your streaming subscription services features a host of memorable comedies, plus a harrowing documentary about the life of a war correspondent.
Older Americans need incentives to give up accumulated housing, jobs and wealth.
The Longhorn Ballroom, where Nat King Cole, Johnny Cash, and the Sex Pistols once played, languished for years. Now, it’s been restored and expanded.
Volatile relationships, reckless impulsivity and an unstable identity are hallmarks of this misunderstood mental health condition.
“How It Feels to Be Alive,” by Megan O’Grady, blends criticism with personal history to explore how and why art affects us.
If more people had gotten the vaccine, she might still be here.
In Sophie Mackintosh’s novel “Permanence,” cheating couples find themselves in an alternate world free of complication — and missing the mess.
Most prisons forbid online access. But inmates are finding ways to ask chatbots questions anyway.
Dangerous trips and slips can happen to anyone, but they can often be averted by taking a few common-sense steps.
Tim Cook said on Monday that he would step down as the chief executive of Apple after nearly 15 years. John Ternus, the head of Apple’s hardware engineering, will take over in September.
There were landslides, flash floods and the closure of more than 100 schools in Wellington and the surrounding region.
Oil prices pulled back and stocks inched higher as investors looked to the possibility of a second round of peace talks between the United States and Iran.
La decisión de Irán de ejercer su control sobre el estrecho de Ormuz, el estratégico punto geográfico por el que fluye el 20 por ciento del suministro mundial de petróleo, ha provocado un problema económico global.
‘Drop Dead’, el primer sencillo del tercer álbum de la estrella pop no es el himno de ruptura que prometía, sino una evocación soñadora de perderse en el enamoramiento.
The late night host called him “our soon-to-be former F.B.I. director” after publication of an article in The Atlantic alleging excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
La representación de las mujeres de cierta edad nunca había sido tan alta. ¿Qué está ocurriendo?
Are you a fan? What new shows are you watching or looking forward to?
Scientists are debating the classification of threatened mollusks that an Indigenous community relies on for their way of life.
Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, geared up to host a possible second round of talks between the U.S. and Iran. Some Pakistanis expressed frustration about the heavy security while others said it’s an opportunity for the nation.
Además de la carga diaria que supone tratar a los pacientes, los médicos de la serie llevan sus propias cicatrices a la sala de urgencias.
Esta palabra ha aparecido en 109 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
This word has appeared in 109 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Las autoridades de Arabia Saudita anunciaron una nueva estrategia para el fondo soberano del país, de aproximadamente 1 billón de dólares, y enfatizaron que en el futuro se centrarán en la “eficiencia”.
The question of the central bank’s independence looms over the economy.
Las autoridades y esfuerzos privados llevan casi un mes trabajando en conjunto para ayudar a una ballena a salir del mar Báltico. Aún no está claro si tendrán éxito.
The dispute over working conditions and hours is expected to cause widespread delays, stopping service on two lines.
Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
The press tour for “The Devil Wears Prada 2” has been a fashion show for its stars and their stylists, who have relied on group chats, sweatpants and camaraderie to pull it off.
Jaden Pierre was fatally shot at a Queens park in broad daylight, and bystanders captured the shooting on video. Hundreds attended a vigil for him on Monday night.
Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
Cinco Paul’s loving spoof of Golden Age musicals, adapted from a TV series, comes to Broadway, where its charming musical numbers can really shine.
Victoria Fernandez Grande looks to the skies.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reversed limits on arms exports as Japan faces rising threats from China and unpredictability from its main ally, the United States.
El líder del fabricante de los iPhone será sustituido por John Ternus, jefe de ingeniería de hardware de la empresa.
The musician D4vd was charged with murder on Monday, seven months after the police said that the body of a teenage girl, Celeste Rivas Hernandez, had been found in the trunk of his Tesla. D4vd, whose real name is David Burke, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In short, everything. Today, learn the second stanza, which gives us the poem’s most memorable phrase: “Let the more loving one be me.” Practice this line, and the others, with help from our game.
Rex Heuermann, who pleaded guilty to murdering eight women, told his wife that he killed seven of the victims in a downstairs room in their Long Island home, she said in a Peacock documentary.
This week on “Hard Fork” from The New York Times, the hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose discuss how this current moment of deep skepticism and suspicion towards the major A.I. companies arose, and the tensions between our democracy and the Silicon Valley elite.
Shamar Elkins had been suffering severe mental health problems, his family said. His deadly rampage, which killed eight children, has profoundly scarred a community facing rising domestic violence.
As the United States and Iran make a second attempt at a deal, their negotiating styles are on a collision course.
The young people, planning for a fight, had arranged to meet off school grounds at a park in Winston-Salem, N.C., when gunfire broke out on Monday morning.
El ejército de Israel está investigando al soldado. El primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, lamentó cualquier daño causado a “los creyentes de Líbano y de todo el mundo”.
The space agency is counting on Jeff Bezos’ company to deliver equipment essential to the next moon landing, only two years away.
Anthropic also committed to spending $100 billion on Amazon technologies that can help build and deploy A.I. systems.
The blast on Sunday morning led to a fire that consumed the residence in a rural community northwest of Harrisburg, the authorities said.
The columnist Michelle Goldberg normally doesn’t see much hope in the Trump era, but on “The Opinions,” she says the cracks in MAGA’s media machine are real — and explains what they could mean for Trump’s future.
Faced with a devastating snow drought and record-high March temperatures, some resorts closed early. But at Aspen Mountain, die-hards celebrated the last day of the season on Sunday.
A lawsuit challenges the Mamdani administration’s declaration that closing the 30th Street Shelter was an emergency and was not subject to public notice and other requirements.
La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum señaló que la investigación se centraría en determinar si la participación de los estadounidenses en una operación violaba las leyes de seguridad de México, no en el accidente.
Also, JD Vance is set to travel to Pakistan for peace talks. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
The scientist, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, had built up grievances against his co-worker after five years of working together, court documents said.
A Democrat, he served three terms as Hawaii’s governor (1974-86), rising out of a tough district of Honolulu. He tried to diversify an economy heavily dependent on tourism.
On Monday, city and state officials gave updates on a mass shooting in Shreveport, La., in which a gunman opened fire on his family, killing eight children and injuring two others.
El hombre armado abrió fuego en el yacimiento arqueológico de Teotihuacán, a las afueras de Ciudad de México, antes de quitarse la vida.
Bruce, a disabled kea parrot, is missing his top beak. The bird uses tools to keep himself healthy and developed a jousting technique that has made him the alpha male of his group.
Apple’s corner office has been a seat from which executives like Steve Jobs changed how we interact with technology.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer was facing multiple scandals and an internal inquiry into charges of misconduct.
The party is seeking an extra edge in Virginia at a time when its thinking has changed on the partisan drawing of political maps — in large part, leaders say, because of President Trump’s tactics.
Disrupting the Strait of Hormuz turned out to be a powerful weapon. It might be a new way for Iran to keep adversaries at bay, even without a nuclear program.
Publicly, Iranian officials refuse to confirm a second round of negotiations with the United States, even as they privately say they are making plans to attend.
The Iran war is just the latest setback in the past several years to low-income and lower-middle-income countries.
“CoachGPT.” A college “cookie house.” And the latest from Iran.
Yewande Komolafe’s version, inspired by the chef Paul Carmichael, chases the brilliant balance of the original.
The ride-hailing giant has now lost the first two of more than 3,000 pending federal lawsuits.
The longtime leader of the iPhone maker will be replaced by John Ternus, the company’s head of hardware engineering.
The gunman opened fire at the famous archaeological site just outside Mexico City before killing himself, the authorities said.
In the second installment of our media literacy newsletter from The School of The New York Times, we explain how journalists track down facts.
With the two-week cease-fire almost over, Vice President JD Vance was expected to head to Pakistan on Tuesday for the second round of negotiations.
An expert on biological weapons, she emerged as an influential voice during the F.B.I.’s rocky search for a suspect after the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001.
The container ship, the Touska, was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury over links to Iranian weapons programs.
He played the handsome Austin Reed on the NBC daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives” in more than 400 episodes.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said the inquiry would focus on whether the involvement of the Americans in a drug-fighting operation violated Mexico’s national security laws and sovereignty.
The Earth slips behind the moon in an iPhone video taken by Reid Wiseman during NASA’s Artemis II mission, a sequel to the iconic Earthrise photo taken by Apollo 8.
El gobierno de EE. UU. presentará un sistema para reembolsar a importadores dos meses después de que la Corte Suprema anulara los aranceles al centro de la política comercial del presidente.
Trump wants to pay for the military, not child care. History shows that the armed services are at their best only when soldiers’ kids are cared for.
Marines are searching thousands of containers aboard the Touska, an Iranian cargo ship that the Navy disabled and seized on Sunday.
Schiff has said he won’t perform in countries with what he calls strongmen leaders, a list that still includes the United States and Russia.
In urging victims to step forward, the secretive panel in charge of investigating charges of misconduct by members of Congress acknowledged limits that could allow offenses to go unaddressed.
What started in the late ’90s as a rock and dance-music festival has evolved into a platform where social media, spectacle and unexpected guests make the headlines.
Kiev está utilizando vehículos terrestres no tripulados armados con bombas, cañones o cohetes para llevar a cabo ataques y mantener a sus soldados fuera de peligro.
Joe Ceballos, a green card holder who resigned as Coldwater’s mayor after being charged, said he did not know that he had to be a citizen to vote.
Prosecutors investigating his social media company, X, had summoned him for a meeting. His no-show reflected a broader dispute over regulation.
Betty Yee, the former state controller, had faced pressure to drop out after hovering near the bottom of polls for months. The move could help Democrats begin to unify behind a front-runner.
Kevin M. Warsh is set to testify at the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday even as a criminal investigation into the central bank risks delaying his ascension to become the next chair.
La guerra de Irán y sus cuellos de botella energéticos golpearon fuerte y rápidamente a Asia-Pacífico. El escenario de crisis allí indica que los problemas se multiplican y se extienden.
This week on “Hard Fork” from The New York Times, the hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose talk about polls that show A.I. companies have lost the public trust, and what the companies could do to try to win it back.
Boston held its 130th Marathon on a chilly day that was the crowd endured and the athletes relished.
The state claimed the e-commerce giant pressured brands like Levi’s and Hanes to ask competing retailers to raise prices on certain products.
A new deal, which would allow The Onion to use the Infowars name and website address, must be approved by a Texas judge.
The singer is accused of committing unlawful sexual acts against Celeste Rivas Hernandez, killing her because she was a witness to an investigation, and mutilating her body.
An English zoologist, he wrote an immensely popular 1967 book arguing that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our lives. Objections in the scientific world ensued.
In a letter, the 11 senators questioned the defense secretary’s decision to gut programs intended to protect civilians and said his orders endangered U.S. troops.
Expertos en derecho marítimo y militar afirman que la ampliación del bloqueo naval anunciada la semana pasada plantea interrogantes jurídicas y prácticas, pero tiene precedentes históricos.
The shooting spree on Sunday also left two adults wounded.
Carmine G. Agnello Jr. had pleaded guilty to fraudulently collecting more than $1 million in small-business loans, some of which he invested in cryptocurrency.
Readers discuss Eric Swalwell and sexual abuse in Congress. Also: Waning MAGA pride; ice cream and a lap cat as distractions.
The military is investigating the soldier. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed regret for any hurt caused to “believers in Lebanon and around the world.”
Prosecutors said that Shamim Mafi, a legal permanent resident of the United States, helped facilitate millions of dollars in arms transfers from Iran.
Opponents of the project, known as Kaskida, say an accident could be even worse than the Deepwater Horizon spill. The company says it’s learned from the past.
Siete de los ocho niños eran hijos del tirador, quien murió en un enfrentamiento con la policía. Tenía problemas de salud mental y estaba estresado por la relación con su esposa, según familiares.
Mr. Patel accused the publication of defamation, asking for $250 million in damages. A spokeswoman for The Atlantic called the suit “meritless.”
I rarely think to put carrots in a stir-fry, but these are sliced so thinly that they cook in a flash.
Scientists in Sweden made an unexpected discovery when they exposed the fish to the illegal drug as well as another substance.
A.I. cannot meditate, fast or prostrate itself in prayer.
Film adaptations often vary from their original source material, and this short quiz challenges you to identify certain words on the screen that were not in the novel.
The kea gained fame for learning to use a pebble to groom himself. Scientists were astounded by his next innovation.
Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with L.G.B.T.Q. children or parents sued to participate in a state-funded program.
An election victory by a former president, Rumen Radev, gives the country a chance for stability and to clean out the corruption that has stymied its growth.
Few vessels are crossing after Iran reversed course on reopening the vital waterway and ships came under attack.
Robert Aramayo immersed himself in John Davidson’s life to prepare for the movie “I Swear.” It earned Aramayo a BAFTA, but Davidson’s tics became the talking point.