Rena Cohen opens our solving weekend with her themeless debut.
Wilson’s 2024 adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic, with music by the British singer-songwriter Anna Calvi, has a short run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Funcionarios de American Airlines, del condado de Miami-Dade, del gobierno de EE. UU. y del gobierno venezolano celebraron el paso más reciente en el restablecimiento de los lazos entre ambos países.
The top Senate Democrat and the Maine contender had what was described as a cordial conversation despite Schumer’s backing of his primary opponent.
The Department of Motor Vehicles says it could suspend or revoke permits for Waymo taxis and other driverless cars for continued violations.
This easy, buttery pistachio cake, topped with crunchy caramelized almonds, packs a punch of flavor, texture and perfume, especially from the cardamom seeds that permeate the batter.
In a landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, the origins of OpenAI are being examined. The Times’s technology reporter Cade Metz explains what’s behind it all.
The agency said staff members who had been let go or placed on administrative leave were now needed to prepare for hurricanes and the World Cup.
A former employee returned to a franchise in Grapevine, Texas, to process 800 phony refunds to his credit cards, the authorities said.
The secretary was also questioned over civilian deaths, an accusation of antisemitic remarks and women in combat.
Lawyers representing the abuse survivors warned their clients that the archdiocese would most likely file for bankruptcy if they did not agree to the settlement.
While the defense industry has announced plans to make more munitions, much of that expanded production will not quickly kick in.
El gobierno de Trump quiere que la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum detenga a un gobernador mexicano. Ella cuenta con pocas buenas opciones como respuesta.
In naming only an interim successor as acting attorney general, President Trump has established even greater incentives to execute his most extreme demands, current and former officials say.
A guide to getting a naturally sculpted look, using your hands, a gua sha tool or even a spoon.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla had a ceremonial farewell at the White House before attending a block party in Front Royal, Va.
Amnesty International said about 1,500 people have been detained by the military for three months and that many of those who have died from disease and starvation have been children.
A Democratic vision of the Tea Party is emerging.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, facing sharp criticism from Democrats over his handling of the war in Iran and its growing costs.
Senators voted unanimously to prohibit betting practices in the chamber after some users made hundreds of thousands of dollars online by accurately predicting U.S. military actions.
Senator Ron Wyden secured an agreement to seek the declassification of a recent intelligence court ruling about the FISA Section 702 program.
Five students were injured, four of them critically, after an altercation at Foss High School in Tacoma, Wash., the authorities said. A security guard was also injured.
Nearly half of private-sector workers do not have access to workplace plans. The order would make it easier for them to find and open accounts.
Also, Maine’s governor bows out of a crucial Senate race. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
Voters who watched Gov. Janet Mills struggle to gain traction in the Democratic Senate primary said they were unsurprised — and in many cases, relieved — to see her exit.
Thousands of children were unable to finish annual standardized tests, the second year in a row when technological issues emerged.
New York apartment buzzers are loud, often broken and haven’t been upgraded since the ’70s. But would we have it any other way?
The Lebanese militant group is attacking Israeli troops with explosive drones controlled by fiber-optic cables, like those commonly used in the war in Ukraine.
Royal watchers in Britain called the visit of King Charles III to America a master class in understated criticism.
Tim Cook made Apple rich. The question for his successor is whether he can make it cool again.
The statue depicts a man marching with a flag that covers his face. It appeared in a section of London near statues of 19th-century British military and colonial figures.
The effect of the Supreme Court’s ruling could be as little as one House seat in Louisiana in 2026, but pressure is building on Tennessee and South Carolina Republicans to act.
President Trump banned commercial flights to Venezuela during his first term, but the flights are the latest step in re-establishing ties between the two countries.
American Airlines 3599, the first nonstop flight between the United States and Venezuela since 2019, departed Miami for Caracas on Thursday. President Trump had banned direct commercial and cargo flights between the two countries during his first term.
The Silicon Valley company, which is undergoing a chief executive transition, also reported a 19 percent increase in profit.
The brothers from the Republic of Congo were released on Thursday after the school community appealed to local Republican politicians, their lawyer said.
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla bid farewell to the U.S. on Thursday after a four-day state visit. The royal couple laid a wreath and flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Un preso dijo que descubrió la nota luego de que Epstein fuera hallado herido en su celda, semanas antes de su muerte. Ahora se encuentra bajo llave en un tribunal.
Wildlife experts have been tracking the Steller sea lion since he appeared last month at a popular tourist spot near the end of Fisherman’s Wharf.
A sea lion whose size has earned him the nickname Chonkers has become a sensation at a popular tourist spot in San Francisco.
Officers in California observed the pop star driving fast and erratically in March. After she was arrested, she checked herself into a treatment facility.
The redrawing of America’s congressional districts is sure to escalate after the Supreme Court’s decision, with some maps that would have seemed laughable a year ago.
As Veselka goes back to 24-hour service, these three New York City restaurants never stopped carrying the torch.
The Trump administration wants President Claudia Sheinbaum to arrest a Mexican governor. She is faced with few good options in response.
Dozens of countries met this week to discuss how to end the world’s dependence on fossil fuels, a goal that the Trump administration doesn’t share.
The singer, who has been charged with the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, began his career making music inspired by the game.
On finding new horizons and saving a disappearing language.
The expected flood of new congressional maps is likely to produce fewer competitive districts, fewer ways for voters to hold elected officials accountable and more polarized politics.
In this off-kilter horror-comedy on Apple TV, a seaside village with eccentric citizens and a troubled past becomes a tourist hot spot.
The Supreme Court just overturned Louisiana’s congressional voting map, landing the latest blow to the landmark Voting Rights Act. Abbie VanSickle, a reporter covering the court for The New York Times, explains.
Track the latest polls in Maryland's 6th Congressional District.
Track the latest polls in Maryland's 5th Congressional District.
The defense secretary testified on the eve of the 60-day mark of the war, a major statutory deadline for the president to withdraw forces or seek approval from Congress to continue the fight.
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
How much of your household income goes toward health insurance premiums?
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The passage of the landmark law in 1965 helped increase Black representation, especially in the South, according to a Times analysis.
Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and minority leader, considered the Maine governor his top recruit for winning the majority. Critics said her collapse showed he is out of touch with the party’s voters.
One of Elon Musk’s abiding fears is that A.I. could one day threaten humans. But the jurors deciding his suit against OpenAI probably won’t hear about it.
Students react to an essay about the relentlessness of raising children today, and share how involved they think parents should be.
Television executives have not ruled out a revival of Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of the reality show, but a custody battle has kept her volatile former relationship in the spotlight.
An inmate said he discovered the note after Mr. Epstein was found injured in his jail cell, weeks before his death. It’s now locked in a courthouse.
The Israeli military boarded multiple boats in a flotilla that was sailing from Barcelona to Gaza, the protest group behind the mission said. The group has repeatedly challenged Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.
The ousted civilian leader has been detained since a military coup forced her from power in 2021.
In a statement, the camp said it told Texas regulators that it was “withdrawing its application for a summer 2026 camp license” after catastrophic flooding last summer.
New data show that 1 in 8 Americans are using sleep aids such as magnesium, melatonin or C.B.D.
Andy (Anne Hathaway) y Miranda (Meryl Streep) vuelven a enfrentarse, pero ahora sus antagonismos palidecen ante un cambio mundial que trastorna sus vidas.
Dr. Means’s nomination had stalled in part over her views on vaccines. The president said he was instead nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Republicans were forced to use a special maneuver to steer around opposition in their own party and speed the measure to the floor, relying on Democratic cooperation to push it through.
The measure exposed rifts within the G.O.P., pitting lawmakers aligned with the Make American Healthy Again movement against those representing traditional agricultural interests.
Silky tofu-miso dressing, crispy rice salad and more meals I can’t stop thinking about — with close approximations from the New York Times Cooking archive.
Two victims of Jeffrey Epstein will testify at the State Capitol next week in support of a bill that would enable them to seek punitive damages from his estate.
Wesley Morris and the film curator, Eric Hynes, review “Michael” and consider better approaches to a Michael Jackson biopic.
Black Democrats in the South already face steep challenges when seeking political office. But the Supreme Court’s ruling could be felt for a generation.
A New York Times tech reporter shares a dispatch from the press gallery of the showdown between Elon Musk and Sam Altman.
Cole Tomas Allen’s lawyers said he was in 24-hour lockdown and asked for him to be placed in less restrictive conditions. Allen is due back in court on May 11.
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that Iran would establish “new legal frameworks” for the Strait of Hormuz. He also said his country would retain its nuclear capabilities.
Along with contemporaries like Anselm Kiefer, he mounted a frontal attack on Minimalism and Conceptualism, the dominant “cool” styles of the 1970s.
If President Trump flies to China as planned in May, the primary topic will clearly be the rippling economic effects of a war that Beijing has made clear it viewed as unnecessary.
Los consumidores ya empiezan a sentir el efecto dominó de la escasez de suministro energético, lo que ejerce presión sobre la economía mundial.
A new report is the latest effort by the Justice Department to argue that it is removing political bias from prosecutorial decision-making.
The jury of the world’s most important art exhibition had said it wouldn’t consider artists from countries whose leaders are accused of crimes against humanity.
Sampling the outpouring of responses to a guest essay, “Older Americans Are Hoarding the Nation’s Potential,” by Samuel Moyn. Also: A clash over a wind project.
Since his early days as a lawyer and in his first years on the bench, the chief justice has worked to limit the force of the Voting Rights Act.
In three U.S. cities, a new production of the playwright’s cabdriver drama “Jitney” will be imported from Italy.
Moscú y Kiev acordaron una tregua a principios de mes, pero cada parte acusó a la otra de múltiples violaciones.
The Trump administration says the cities shouldn’t be penalized for unhealthy air because pollution can blow in from abroad. Some experts say that’s preposterous.
Corn estimates were off by 4.5 million acres last year. A lack of survey responses, not job cuts, led to the miss, the Agriculture Department said.
He worked on 13 Francis Ford Coppola films, including “The Godfather” trilogy and “Apocalypse Now,” and recreated the Las Vegas Strip for “One From the Heart.”
The changes stem from student loan provisions in a sprawling tax and domestic policy bill signed into law last year.
Fake invitations. Investment bank influencers. And the World Cup.
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a Kuwaiti-American, was held for several weeks after posting about the Iran war. Kuwait does not appear to have commented publicly on his case.
A crunchy, craveable dish from — who else? — the salad queen Hetty Lui McKinnon.
El Banco Central Europeo y el Banco de Inglaterra mantuvieron estables las tasas de interés el jueves, mientras buscan señales de posibles daños a más largo plazo.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine testify on Capitol Hill.
The New York Times has been publishing for 175 years. Some of that history may be sitting in a shoe box under your bed.
It was not immediately clear whether Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, would postpone the May 16 primary election for House races after the court ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional.
Anna Wintour, Martha Stewart and others greeted the royal couple at the King’s Trust Gala, during their official state visit to the United States.
Dr. Sara Brenner is a physician, an F.D.A. official and a “MAHA mom” who has said people should not reflexively believe in the benefits of vaccines.
Track the latest polls in the Los Angeles mayoral election.
An exhibition at the Louvre shows how the two artists, working centuries apart, found common ground in the vital force of rough-hewed textures.
Thomasz Szabdo, 27, had pleaded guilty in connection with dozens of reports of false crimes involving politicians, election officials and others.
Jerome H. Powell will remain a governor at the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends, in a bid to guard against a further incursion by the Trump administration on the central bank’s independence.
The British police said the attack on Wednesday was being treated as terrorism, and they warned of rising antisemitic hate crimes.
Germany has hugely increased its military spending, aiming to be less dependent on Washington. Its support for U.S. attacks on Iran may also give it leverage.
Her withdrawal reflects the energy of the party’s left and voters’ unease with older candidates and paves the way for Graham Platner to challenge Senator Susan Collins in November.
Buttery miso pan drippings add richness to this lively combination of crunchy greens, juicy grapefruit and sticky chicken.
Gross domestic product expanded at a 2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, a period including first weeks of conflict in the Middle East.
Traders now think the Federal Reserve will keep steady interest rates, or perhaps even increase them, amid succession intrigue at the central bank.
Mr. Coe, who wrote “Take This Job and Shove It” and other hits, was a transgressive exponent of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s and ’80s.
Casa, a company founded by former Uber executives, says it uses artificial intelligence and a stable of handymen to take care of members’ homes.
The police are seeking a man who was last seen holding hands with the 5-year-old girl on Saturday night near Alice Springs.
The lawsuit seeks to block a state bathroom law that is the nation’s most restrictive, with penalties that could include a five-year prison sentence.
We look at when political criticism can be considered a threat of violence.
The airline was used by chicken breeders in Texas to illegally transport roosters for cockfights, an animal welfare group said.
Irán ha amenazado con cobrar un peaje por el paso a través del estrecho de Ormuz. Aunque eso nunca llegue a ocurrir, la idea podría desestabilizar el transporte marítimo global.
An investigation by Pablo and Dhruv Patel of The Harvard Crimson.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York suggested that Britain should return the gem, a symbol of colonial plunder. Here’s the back story of the famed jewel.
More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have stopped hoping they will.
The court struck down Louisiana’s voting map, a decision that could make it harder for lawmakers to create majority-minority districts.
Plus, chatbots told scientists how to make bioweapons.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, May 1, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, May 1, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, May 1, 2026.
Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities.
Activists said the Israeli military boarded and disabled their boats in international waters near Greece.
What should we do when a chatbot behaves like a criminal?
A decade ago, the party sought independent redistricting commissions. Now, in an era of extreme gerrymandering, such efforts could slow Democrats as they try to keep up with Republicans.
Veterans of the civil rights movement and others said the Supreme Court decision felt like a bleak end to decades of gains in Black representation in the region.
The majority said the law was a victim of its own success and no longer needed. Dissenters responded that Congress should make the call.
With nary an inch of wall space to spare, a couple of art collectors looked for a house that could hold their ever-expanding lives.
The 2006 comedy is filled with moments big and small that have stood the test of time, thanks in no small part to Meryl Streep’s turn as Miranda Priestly.
A Times article makes the case that bodegas may be the ultimate symbol of adaptability in an ever-changing New York.
Rich Americans are writing off taxes they owed before they moved to Puerto Rico, the Senate Finance Committee says.
After months of upheaval, many are attempting to get on with their lives while quietly grappling with grief, economic stress and a loss of hope.
Despite the fragile cease-fire in the Middle East, many Africans say they are bracing for tougher times ahead and making difficult decisions about the future.
Is there something to this whole monarchy thing?
This week’s properties are a waterfront house in Long Beach, N.Y., and a lodge-like home in Jackson, N.J.
Los centros de asistencia de Japón están reclutando a jóvenes atletas, peleadores de artes marciales mixtas y luchadores de sumo para cubrir la escasez de personal.
Somehow, the weaker nation is in the stronger negotiating position.
City and state officials want speed-limiting devices installed in the cars of drivers who get more than 16 speeding tickets in a year, in hopes of preventing injuries and deaths.
In RZA’s new movie, Unique (Shameik Moore) realizes Black residents in town are being hunted by white men. Despite the premise, the film lacks intensity.
Produced by the Jim Henson Company in Sequoia National Park, the PBS Kids special leads a series of programs tied to America’s 250th anniversary.
This week’s properties are Mott Haven, Manhattan Valley and Turtle Bay.
Sometimes it’s just a put-down. Sometimes it’s darkly ideological. That’s true of a lot of slang these days.
Photos of the 1940s lost-and-found office for the subway show that straphangers of the era left some surprising items on the trains.
Matt Taylor makes superb California pinot noirs, chardonnays, cabernet sauvignons and chenin blancs. He’s now navigating a life of winemaking beyond the vineyard that defined his style.
The peace sign necklace, imbued with familial significance, is lent to her by the actress’s mother, only when the occasion calls for it.
The data analysis company is selling a version of the jacket that it says will show its commitment to “re-industrializing America.”
Cosmetic surgery is a sign of making it in the most Kardashian-coded way — get rich, then buy a face.
Under a proposal from Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City could implement Intelligent Speed Assistance (I.S.A.) devices in the vehicles of drivers who have accumulated more than 16 speeding violations in a year. Our reporter Stefanos Chen explains how these devices work to monitor and cap driving speed.
Barcelona is not over, as those who branch out to seek Catalonia’s authentic food and often overlooked art will see.
The mayor’s plan to restructure the way the police handle mentally ill people has lessened the standing of an office that combats domestic and gender-based violence.
Confronting the weirdness of a Waymo future.
The people building A.I. fear that we have only a short time before advanced A.I. disrupts the labor force.
In the 1960s, she invited an audience to cut off her clothes. As attacks on women’s rights escalate, “Cut Piece” and other decades-old works of feminist art feel more relevant than ever.
Millions of Americans are holding onto empty homes, fearing the tax hit a sale would bring.
The filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin directed this off-kilter drama about a French pianist and the life he left behind.
Based on a popular anime series, the film, subtitled “Tears of the Azure Sea,” is a satisfactory stand-alone fantasy adventure set on an island resort.
Adam Scott is perfection as a damaged writer battling an ancient witch and his own demons in this hugely enjoyable chiller.
In this sequel, Andy (Anne Hathaway) and Miranda (Meryl Streep) encounter a series of crises that set the stage for a larger, existential catastrophe.
The action director Renny Harlin combines two different kinds of disaster movies, with lots of gory shark scenes.
A confusing adaptation of Orwell’s political novel seems blissfully detached from its source’s clarity.
Counting minutes is a poor way to curb phone habits. Real antidotes, experts say, include mindful parenting, curated content and human connection.
Lévy Gorvy Dayan gallery offers new glimpses of the perfectionism and hidden goofiness of Domenico Gnoli, whose caricatures of reality captured la dolce vita.
States are responding to a rise in high-profile squatting cases, in luxury homes and public housing alike.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s healthy-eating enterprise is just one of several recent Los Angeles exports to a rival city with its own ideas about what’s good.
Gemini is a digital Swiss Army knife for planning flights, activities and routes, but it isn’t perfect. Why did it forget to put underwear on the packing list?
A research lab in Washington State tracks ecological changes in a warming climate and provides scientific guidance for forest managers. It is one of 57 such facilities being shuttered.
“When I love something, I urgently must put it in someone’s hands,” says the novelist, whose new “Last Night in Brooklyn” is an ode to old-style friendship.
Our columnist on the month’s best new books.
A look at some celebrity couples who found lasting love later in life.
High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence.
She has a new podcast, stand-up hour and political organizing group, and is raising a 4-year-old daughter. But don’t worry, she still loves weed.
Benjamin Hale’s book “Cave Mountain” connects the brief disappearance of his cousin in 2001 to a grisly true-crime story in 1978.
After losing Neil Peart to cancer six years ago, the trio is returning to touring with Anika Nilles, a powerhouse drummer who’s forged her own relationship with the group.
Some consider the regular feeding of late-stage dementia patients to be nonnegotiable. Others see it as extending life unnecessarily.
Iceland’s swimming pools and hot tubs serve as hubs of social life, a cultural distinction recently honored by UNESCO. Some Icelanders aren’t so thrilled.
A Jewish security group told police an attack on the community was “likely” because of heightened antisemitism, days before December’s mass shooting in Sydney.
During their state visit, King Charles III and Queen Camilla stopped by New York City, where they laid flowers at the 9/11 memorial, fed chickens, read to children and attended a charity event.
Lo que empezó en Japón como una comida rápida y emocionante para la clase trabajadora, se ha transformado en un elaborado capricho para comensales adinerados en otros lugares.
What do you think this image is communicating?
La retórica religiosa del presidente, las políticas migratorias de línea dura y la guerra de EE. UU. en Irán ha dividido a una coalición de votantes cristianos que lo devolvieron a la Casa Blanca.
“You know, I’ve always wondered what white Def Jam would be like,” Johnson said after King Charles cracked a few jokes at the White House.
Esta palabra ha aparecido en 219 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
Expertos en ejercicio y medicina deportiva nos explican qué sucede si te enfocas exclusivamente en fortalecer tus músculos.
This word has appeared in 119 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Fue la primera comparecencia pública del secretario de Defensa Pete Hegseth ante el Congreso desde que comenzó la operación Furia Épica a finales de febrero.
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Oil prices push higher, approaching another wartime high, as President Trump asserted that the naval blockade of Iran’s ports would persist.
The European Central Bank and Bank of England were expected to hold interest rates steady on Thursday while searching for signs of possible longer-term damage.
Quotation of the Day for Thursday, April 30, 2026.
Ratna Debnath is a candidate for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, which is campaigning on women’s safety in an Indian state election.
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which the president vows to top in Washington, offers a lesson in the complicated history of monuments.
Corrections that appeared in print on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
The measure will allow the G.O.P. to begin working on a filibuster-proof bill to fund ICE and C.B.P., part of their plan to reopen the long-shuttered Department of Homeland Security.