“Everyone, most notably the people of Iran, were wondering if their civilization was going to die tonight. Well, good news, it didn’t,” Jimmy Kimmel said after a cease-fire was announced.
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La carrera ha experimentado un crecimiento masivo en los últimos años. ¿Qué está impulsando su popularidad?
Our investigative reporter John Carreyrou spent 18 months digging through the archives of online cryptography communities in search of the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous inventor of bitcoin.
Markets reacted positively after the United States and Iran reached a last-minute cease-fire agreement.
El video y las fotografías de Kim Ju-ae al timón del vehículo militar, con su padre a bordo sobre la coraza, alimentaron las especulaciones de que está siendo preparada para sucederlo como líder de Corea del Norte.
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Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back.
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Natural gas is hard to store, but China has found a way to do it, while also developing alternate suppliers and expanding production at home.
Dominic Khoo made waves in Singapore as an investor in expensive timepieces. Now many of his clients accuse him of fraud.
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Alicia Halvensleben, the president of the city’s Common Council, defeated a Republican legislator, continuing a string of Trump-era mayoral wins for Democrats.
Democrats continued to raise serious questions about a path forward while Republican leaders were mostly mum on President Trump’s decision to de-escalate tensions.
Shawn Harris lost by about 12 percentage points in the 14th Congressional District, but he shifted the district 25 points to the left.
Los últimos comentarios del mandatario llevan la marca de un líder acostumbrado a salirse con la suya y que ahora no está consiguiendo lo que quiere.
The first U.S.-born pontiff has consistently called for dialogue to resolve the war in the Middle East. He referred to Trump’s Iran threats as ‘truly unacceptable.’
An indictment charged two men with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction in the homemade bomb attack near Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence. It cited dashcam audio in which one said, “I want to start terror bro.”
Philippe Monfiston makes an elegant debut.
With Judge Chris Taylor’s win, liberals increased their hold on the court. Races for the Wisconsin Supreme Court often draw national attention, but not this year.
Our reporter Helene Cooper walks us through the high-stakes operation to rescue a downed U.S. airman in Iran.
The changes came as President Trump has moved to erase diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. A Justice Department official still said the report seemed “fishy/illegal.”
Tech leaders see Matt Mahan, a moderate Democrat, as their best option in the California governor’s race, but tensions have risen as he has struggled to gain traction in polls.
A writer joined a 10-day journey through northern India — on a tour designed for the visually impaired. Here’s what he learned.
The rapid advance of artificial intelligence is happening now.
For their 10th life, the cats strut and duckwalk in a reappraisal of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 musical, which has shifted to the queer ballroom scene.
Democrats had hoped for a strong showing, but the conservative district in Northwest Georgia elected Clay Fuller after President Trump endorsed him.
The crew of the NASA mission had a quiet day as they flew home toward Earth.
This year’s election has featured more undecided voters and lower overall awareness compared with recent cycles.
The reality star and her former boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, have filed dueling court petitions that paint each other as the main aggressor in a recent altercation.
The acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, said during his first news conference on Tuesday that “nobody has any idea” why President Trump fired Pam Bondi last week.
President Trump had been under increasing pressure to find a way out after he threatened to wipe out Iran’s civilization on Tuesday night unless Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz.
The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, starting a weekslong war that spread to neighboring countries and rocked global markets.
Jay O. Rothman’s departure brought an end to a four-year stint as leader of the university system following a public struggle for power.
El vicepresidente de Estados Unidos carga con la guerra en Irán y una popularidad en declive.
Lynette Hooker was traveling with her husband from Hope Town to Elbow Cay on Saturday when she went overboard, the authorities said.
The contest for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former seat could continue a streak of special election results that have shown a significant shift to the left.
President Trump, in vowing to systematically destroy civilian infrastructure and annihilate Iran’s entire civilization, appears to be creating evidence about his intentions.
An immersion in the wide-ranging work of a photographer who has died at 85.
His camera captured subjects as diverse as New York City during the Summer of Love in 1967, Siberia under Soviet rule and the Adirondacks in upstate New York.
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Even if the president does not carry out his threat, his violent rhetoric risks damaging his credibility as a negotiator and the country’s standing in the world.
After a grueling year in a German prison camp during World War II, he endured crushing nightmares and survivor guilt back home, leading him to spread the word about veterans’ suffering.
We’re racing a civilizational clock.
Over half a million U.S. residents are at least partly of Iranian descent. They may have left Iran, but many treasure it still.
The vote came hours before an 8 p.m. deadline set by President Trump to reach a deal to reopen the waterway.
U.S. and Israeli forces hit targets in Iran as President Trump threatened to wipe out a “whole civilization.”
Caden Shepard Choi, 17, the winner of our teen photo essay contest shows us an earthy side of her Orange County hometown.
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Members in both chambers of Congress said the president was threatening war crimes, and a growing number, questioning his mental fitness, called for his removal.
A “whole civilization will die tonight,” the president said as he turned up the pressure on Iran’s leaders to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
And in Tehran, the truth should be clear.
The islands are expected to see heavy rain through Friday. Thousands of people were displaced by flooding last month.
Senator Ron Johnson said he hoped President Trump was making empty threats, but most in the G.O.P. cheered his warning that Iran’s “whole civilization” would be wiped out.
An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of the brain.
Amid the war with Iran, the president has proposed to scale back some of the very programs meant to ease families’ financial burdens.
U.S., Iranian, Israeli and other officials offered varying accounts about the state of negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
No one was killed or injured in the fire in Ontario, Calif., but a gigantic building was destroyed in an act of arson, officials said.
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American and Canadian airlines, squeezed by surging fuel costs from the war in Iran, are adding “sticky” new bag fees and surcharges, on top of higher fares.
The Venezuelan doctor, who was forced out of his hospital job by a federal visa pause, was detained by Border Patrol on Monday.
Her minimalist gallery-like store on Park Avenue was a destination for generations of moneyed New Yorkers and helped change the way clothing is sold.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tucker Carlson and Senator Ron Johnson were among those pushing back against President Trump’s threats toward Iran.
The president’s apocalyptic rhetoric clashes with the responsibility of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to protect the military’s honor.
It was a highly unusual move by Justice Department leadership to direct a case that appears to involve accusations of lying to Congress to a division that normally focuses on civil rights abuses.
In his first news conference since being elevated to acting attorney general, Todd Blanche said that “nobody has any idea” what led to Pam Bondi’s dismissal other than President Trump.
The vast majority of commercial trucks in the U.S. run on diesel, but that may be changing as fuel prices rise and Tesla ramps up production.
A six-alarm fire consumed a 1.2 million square foot warehouse of the paper company Kimberly-Clark in Ontario, Calif.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government blocked the artist formerly known as Kanye West from entering Britain for the three-day Wireless Festival in July.
His best-received book explored the state’s infatuation with voter initiatives, which were sometimes pushed with anti-immigrant fervor.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani chose Rebecca Jones Gaston, who oversaw child welfare efforts for the Biden administration, to lead the Administration for Children’s Services.
The warning did not name specific facilities that had been struck or say whether any damage had been done.
Dujjonku, a portmanteau of “Dubai” and “jjondeuk” (the Korean word for chewy), spread like wildfire in Gimpo, South Korea. The confection, which is less a cookie than a truffle with the crunchy pistachio cream filling of Dubai chocolate, wrapped in marshmallow and dusted with cocoa powder.
Why is It so hard to get into this Cambodian restaurant in Philly? Chalk it up to Mawn’s intriguing menu — mostly Asian, but with nods (funnel cakes!) to the city’s other culinary riches.
The main character in this quick fridge-raid bibimbap is bomdong, a tender Korean spring cabbage that might be hard to find outside of the peninsular country (though a Korean grocery store may carry it). In its place, you can use the inner leaves of a Napa cabbage. You also can use a sturdy lettuce, such as Little Gem or even romaine.
The signature hot, sour, salty, sweet flavor profile of Thai food takes the form of super-savory dumplings with a chile-spiked dipping sauce. Formed into little round patties, these resemble a pan-fried dim sum dumpling filled with garlic chives.
This simple no-bake tart has a delightfully complex flavor: the aromatic pairing of toasted coconut and bright Earl Grey, alongside the double whammy of nostalgic milk chocolate and grounding dark chocolate.
This is chicken and rice dish makes for a striking one-pan meal thanks to the combination of saffron, pistachios and pomegranates. Baking the rice in this way will also give you tahdig (crispy rice) around the bottom and edges of the pan.
President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s eagerness to recount details of the rescue of a downed airman followed weeks of silence on the deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian school.
The couple had gone to the husband’s Army base to complete paperwork so they could move in together. But within hours that plan derailed, and New York Times reporting about the case quickly spread.
A medida que se acercaba la fecha límite del presidente Trump para nuevos ataques, Irán transmitió sus condiciones a través de intermediarios paquistaníes.
La periodista estadounidense fue secuestrada por una milicia aliada de Irán y retenida durante una semana. Funcionarios iraquíes afirman que fue liberada a cambio de la puesta en libertad de miembros de la milicia.
As the United States’ 8 p.m. deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz approaches, Iran vowed to retaliate if its power plants were attacked.
It is illegal for any military to target civilians, as President Trump has suggested he would in threats against Iran. But the U.S. has sought significant leeway in defining a civilian target.
A federal official said the agents were pursuing a “wanted gang member” who tried to run one of them over. No confirmation of that account was immediately available.
Both the U.S. and Iran are now talking about imposing fees on ships using the vital passageway. That could fray a treaty that ended centuries of lawlessness on the high seas.
Las autoridades se apresuraron a asegurar a los mexicanos que una colección de estimadas obras de arte regresaría en 2028. Un testamento pocas veces visto podría aclarar los deseos de la coleccionista.
The couple, who had been arrested during a tourist visit in 2022, were accused of spying in a case that galvanized the French public.
The company said on Tuesday that it was holding back on releasing the new technology but was working with 40 companies to explore how it could prevent cyberattacks.
A quick guide to the underground genre, featuring fakemink, Bladee, Yung Lean and more.
Despite speculation that the Iran war could scuttle commitments from Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, their investments have been secured.
La Casa Blanca y la NASA publicaron imágenes registradas por las cámaras de los cuatro astronautas de la misión Artemis II.
See the photos taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their moon flyby.
Three armed men clashed with the police in a shootout near the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday. The police killed one of the attackers and wounded the two others, officials said.
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The authorities said they were examining the skull, which a child found in a park in Long Beach on Sunday, to identify the remains.
Readers discuss the ways writing and artificial intelligence don’t mix. Also: A degraded civil culture.
The United States and Israel are trying to force Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, according to American and Israel officials.
U.S. forces launched more than 90 “restrikes” on Kharg Island, Iran’s oil export hub, early on Tuesday but have avoided hitting oil infrastructure.
The victims had no ties to Hezbollah, and Israel said they were not targets. Many Lebanese are angry with Israel, but also with Hezbollah for embroiling their country in the war.
La BBC informó que se había denegado la entrada al país al rapero anteriormente conocido como Kanye West. El festival que debía encabezar ha sido cancelado.
U.S. imports from China have shrunk drastically. But billions of dollars of the change appear to be the result of accounting gimmicks and outright fraud.
The journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was abducted by a militia allied with Iran and held for a week. Iraqi officials say she was freed in exchange for the release of militia members.
Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence,” a powerful and kaleidoscopic depiction of mass violence and its aftermath, has arrived at the Metropolitan Opera.
New details from the weeks leading up to the campaign show how President Trump’s alignment with Benjamin Netanyahu and a lack of sustained opposition from his inner circle put the United States on a course to war.
In a series of Situation Room meetings, President Trump weighed his instincts against the deep concerns of his vice president and a pessimistic intelligence assessment. Here’s the inside story of how he made the fateful decision.
He went from being a fan of the “Mambo King” to becoming his manager and personal historian. Later, he kept alive memories of a bygone era of New York Latino culture.
The comedian and longtime producer will bring his syndicated programming to the late-night slot that “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” will vacate in May.
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El presidente Trump también afirmó que Dios apoya la guerra estadounidense contra Irán “porque Dios es bueno, y Dios quiere que se cuide a la gente”.
The U.K. government underlined its previous stance that the United States could only use British bases for defensive purposes, after President Trump threatened to strike civilian targets.
Officials scrambled to reassure Mexicans that a collection of esteemed artworks would return by 2028. A rarely-seen will may clarify the collector’s wishes.
Bankers say companies are braving higher oil prices and whipsawing stock prices to seize on the willingness of federal antitrust enforcers to approve mergers.
While science can seem colorless and plain, NASA’s lunar crew members have brought expressiveness and emotion about their journey to mission control and the public.
Audiences and restaurant owners have soured on predictable voice overs and pay-for-play reviews.
The field is ripe with opportunity — and opportunism. Here’s how to navigate it.
The disruptions caused by the Iran war will significantly impact our cost of living.
Including a bean-based Japanese curry, Genevieve Ko’s dan dan noodles and our very beloved chicken shawarma.
The White House and NASA released imagery captured by the cameras of the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission.
South Korea’s spy agency now believes that Kim Ju-ae has officially been chosen to succeed her father, the North Korean leader, according to South Korean lawmakers briefed on the matter.
El presidente de EE. UU. advirtió que “toda una civilización morirá esta noche” si Irán no llega a un acuerdo para reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz antes de las 8:00 p. m. hora del Este.
President Trump has threatened devastating attacks if Iran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Some Iranians questioned what had happened to American values.
Both countries have offered plans that could form the basis of negotiations. So far, each side’s leaders have publicly dismissed the other side’s proposals.
Shoulder pads and denim flaps made wardrobe basics look less ordinary.
The BBC reported that entry to the country was being denied to the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. The festival he was due to headline is now canceled.
Oil prices are rising and stocks are selling off as investors fret that the president will carry out his threats to “decimate” Iran.
Images of Kim Ju-ae at the helm of the military vehicle, with her father riding on top, added to speculation that she was being groomed to succeed him as North Korea’s leader.
The Artemis II crew has gone farther from Earth than anyone has ever been.
Two other armed men and two police officers were wounded in the clash, the provincial governor said.
El presidente quiere que terceros países reciban a los migrantes que no pueden ser devueltos a sus patrias. Para conseguirlo, casi todo está sujeto a negociación.
How the mission to save a U.S. airman stranded in Iran unfolded and what comes next.
Plus, a look behind the moon.
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After the deadliest attack in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over, families searched among photos and remains for signs of their relatives.
The suspect, charged with five counts of murder, is accused of killing or ordering the killings of unarmed civilians during the Afghan war.
The complex transaction pitched by the billionaire hedge fund manager would need to pass muster with the music label’s shareholders.
The new musical is trying to calibrate just how much to rein in the audience participation that longtime fans are used to.
As the Persian Gulf conflict boosts the oil revenue that finances Moscow’s war against Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces are striking at Russia’s ability to refine and ship its crude.
In the first episode of Times Opinion’s new series “Divided,” a doctor and a former insurance executive confront a central question: Do insurance companies prioritize profit over patient care?
The president’s deference to authoritarian leaders has profoundly corrupted American foreign policy.
Decades after his death, he continues to influence contemporary artists. Here are four — of many — who have riffed on his urinal sculpture “Fountain.”
Clay Fuller, a Republican allied with President Trump, will face Shawn Harris, a Democrat, in the election to fill the remainder of Ms. Greene’s term after her resignation from Congress.
American democracy has a personality problem.
Six Flags announced plans to close some of its parks. What would it mean for you if your local amusement park shut down?
President Trump, his administration and G.O.P. lawmakers have claimed widespread issues with mailed ballots and fraudulent voting, but the evidence doesn’t support them.
The city wants to replace run-down buildings in four Manhattan housing developments with new towers. Some residents are skeptical.
Both the Democratic and Republican parties in Arizona have been locked in a legal battle with a chapter of the group “No Labels” as it tries to rechristen itself.
The fashion designer lent her signature “color and print and optimism” to the home, now on the market for $3.495 million.
As the company’s antitrust trial continues, one incident involving an amphitheater shows how it clashed not with another industry titan, but a small city.
Broadway Across America will not be prosecuted after acknowledging it signed a noncompete agreement with another presenter, the agency said.
Elections for the Wisconsin Supreme Court have previously brought record-breaking spending and national attention. Tuesday’s race has been a more muted affair.
At Off Alley, the chef Evan Leichtling builds sumptuous dishes from odds and ends of the Pacific Northwest.
The war in Iran is a real-time case study in the changing character of modern warfare.
Institutions are grappling with the human remains in their collections that were used to justify debunked theories about race.
A pill that lets men keep their hair is rewriting the rules of masculinity.
“Untold,” a sports documentary series, recounts a notorious match between two grandmasters and the cheating accusations that rocked the chess world and beyond.
What was once discussed with a doctor is now frequently encountered first as decontextualized data on a screen.
Marcel Duchamp’s original “Fountain” sculpture vanished within days of its 1917 appearance. He later introduced these versions in response to demand.
The entrepreneur Glen Tullman is betting people want to dress up and watch magicians in a luxury setting. Either it will work or $50 million will go poof.
Education officials are planning an overhaul to English and social studies in the nation’s largest Republican led state.
Marcel Duchamp changed the face of culture in the 20th century, and beyond, with an unconventional sculpture that challenged how we think of art.
Choosing interior latex paint is tricky. Here’s how to know what you’re getting.
In this novel, a group of authors race to finish a mystery manuscript, only to find themselves part of a lethal plot.
The Polish best seller “Hexes of the Deadwood Forest” is like a post-porn fever dream of Eastern European magic realism crossed with a plant-based “Joy of Sex.”
Mandy Lieveld teaches the leggiest people on earth how to use their limbs for fashion. Can she help an average woman like me?
In Emma Straub’s latest novel, “American Fantasy,” a pop group’s midlife return provides fodder for both comedy and redemption on the high seas.
The sprawling organ collection “Clavier-Übung III” is not as widely known as it should be. An excellent new recording could change that.
Eliminating outreach to people with severe mental illness set off such a cascade of bad outcomes that Idaho has scrambled to reverse the cuts.
Since the late ’70s, the bassist has worked to map a musical route that mirrored the trans-Atlantic slave trade and birthed nearly all of American popular music.
Owls, oases and the Milky Way reward adventure seekers in and around this Arizona city in the Sonoran Desert.
Smartphone curfews, boring podcasts — here are some expert-approved ways to help quiet a racing mind.
The company’s A.I.-generated answers look authoritative, but they draw on an array of sources, from trustworthy sites to Facebook posts.
Five of the show’s stars strutted and prowled amid the desks of T Magazine.
Cast members from “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” — Jonathan Burke, Dava Huesca, Primo Thee Ballerino, Baby Byrne and Dudney Joseph Jr. — perform a mischievous number called “Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer” in the T Magazine office.
“Corto Maltese,” Hugo Pratt’s influential 1967 graphic novel, returns, with just as much to say about childhood during wartime.
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Analysts say their delay in supporting Iran is partly because their capabilities were severely degraded by the U.S.-Israeli campaign last year.
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