Several dozen people in Sri Lanka have been killed in storms that intensified with the approach of Cyclone Ditwah, the country’s deadliest natural disaster since 2017.
In social media posts, President Trump also seemed to target migrants who were already in the country.
The Israeli authorities said they were reviewing the shooting, which came amid days of extensive military operations in the West Bank.
We look at their habits on Black Friday.
“You can’t tell the story of 2025 without these icons.”
Shopping has always been a game. And now it’s being rigged against you.
Ni las mismas compañías creadoras de la tecnología parecen saber bien hacia dónde se dirige.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.
The Trump administration has cut nearly a billion dollars in food aid, creating a scarcity crisis at food banks across the country. We traveled to Georgia to observe how a decades-old emergency food system supported by the U.S.D.A. is being eroded by government spending cuts.
El domingo, los votantes elegirán entre un partido de izquierda y dos candidatos de derecha, uno de ellos respaldado por el presidente Trump. Es probable que los resultados sean muy reñidos.
A South Korean man accused of stealing a Choco Pie and a mini custard cake was acquitted after a prosecution that drew widespread criticism.
At least four works by a famous convicted forger have been discovered in Japan. Transparency about the mistakes, however, has sparked as much curiosity as scandal.
En un nuevo estudio, unos investigadores reportaron que los gatos maúllan con mayor frecuencia al saludar a cuidadores masculinos que al recibir a cuidadoras femeninas.
Los expertos explican si uno o dos deslices alcohólicos pueden afectar tu salud.
A ruling on an unusual postconcert tradition.
Legions of backstage workers have helped the Grand Ole Opry thrive for a century in Nashville. Diana McBride is known for her lemonade — and much more.
The designer Shawn Henderson leans into simple greens and vintage lights for his home in Hillsdale, N.Y.
The star of “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” still hits the gym and touches his toes.
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
In this month’s picks, a portrait of a vanguard filmmaker, a look back at a televised clash between writers, and a reflection on a Hollywood star and pinup.
What used to be a single day of holiday havoc is now a weekslong stretch of sales and promotions. Let’s take a walk down memory lane… at the mall.
Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get his life so wrong?
My love of country this Thanksgiving season is not based on what this or that politician does, but on what America has always been.
What’s the origin of Black Friday? What’s the most returned gift? Where did the mall Santa even come from? Molly Bedford of The New York Times shares what you might not know.
The resurgence of “Roundball Rock,” the N.B.A. theme song he composed, has made the musician more visible than he’s been in over 20 years. He hasn’t been idle.
In December, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Ian McEwan’s latest novel, about a long-lost poem, the 2014 dinner party where it was read and the future dystopia that embraced it.
After a crowded stoop sale on a Brooklyn block caught one reporter’s eye, he traced the items to Georgia — and an elusive figure known as Miss Paula.
With “The Beatles Anthology” now on Disney+, we dig into “The Compleat Beatles,” another documentary on the band that is difficult to see legally but had an impact on a generation.
Prices are higher, and the job market is weakening, but many people plan to spend heartily this season.
The internet is a dangerous place. Folklore can teach us how to move through it.
These organizations are squeezed between an expanding need for their services and an administration trying to starve them of resources.
Fifty years after the death of the Spanish dictator, his legacy lives on.
The birds’ presence lends an otherworldly air to this nonfiction look at a family farm in a dying North Macedonian village.
Doyle, who lost the contract with her main owner, has won more horse races than any British woman.
On Sunday, voters will choose between a left-wing presidential candidate and two conservatives, one backed by President Trump. The results are likely to be bitterly contested.
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a vital New York City artery. But for years now it’s been crumbling, and there is no consensus about how to fix it. Our reporter Winnie Hu goes to the B.Q.E. to unpack things.
Also among November’s high-end real estate listings were Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s West Hollywood condo and Chris Chelios’s beachfront compound in Malibu.
The mayor-elect ran a hopeful campaign amid ugly insinuations about 9/11. When I recall where I was on that day, I have a very different association.
Before skiers and riders and hit the slopes, a team works from dusk to dawn to prepare the mountain. We went behind the scenes to see how they do it.
As long as I get myself to pay attention, there is too much going on in the kitchen world for me to spin off into anxious abstraction.
Jennifer L. Holm’s “Outside” and Rebecca Stead’s “The Experiment” both feature well-meaning grown-ups who do everything to protect their kids — and fail.
Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black delivered a lesson on chemistry, good and bad, in the 2006 Nancy Meyers rom-com.
Cuando se trata de calzado, hay una forma perfecta para los pies.
With the help of A.I., a historian has identified the killer in a 1941 image that defined the savagery of the Nazi regime.
The scrutiny of Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, could disrupt U.S.-led peace talks and further rattle Ukrainian politics.
Vivimos una época de superlativos en la industria tecnológica, con ganancias, cotizaciones bursátiles y precios de transacción históricos. Suficiente para poner muy nerviosos a algunos.
The bills, which have already passed the State Legislature, would help prevent brutality in prisons, supporters say. But the governor has yet to enact them.
Robert Menendez, a former Democratic senator, has been in prison since June. He hasn’t seen his wife, who is set to begin serving her sentence next summer.
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Another Guard member was in critical condition. The suspect is an Afghan man who once served in a paramilitary unit that worked with U.S. forces, officials said.
Heavy rainfall was forecast for nearly all of the island nation as Cyclone Ditwah churned northwest toward India.
In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups.
Quotation of the Day for Friday, November 28, 2025.
Myanmar’s junta made a grand display of demolishing buildings that hosted the centers, even broadcasting the explosions. But the scammers have found new homes.
Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after leaving office, she’s trying to turn a scandal over a leaked dancing video into a battle cry.
Heather Peggs and George Igoe connected over frequent flier miles, but their chemistry sealed the deal. After their first date, she deleted her dating apps, and a month in, he knew she was “the one.”
Saying wedding vows is one thing. Living up to them is quite another.
Jared Brown and Daniel Roberts, who bonded over their work with the Obamas, had a meticulous engagement “rollout plan,” but securing a marriage license was the real test.
Marvin Hersel, a Navy veteran, and Maria Chavez, a retired medical translator from Mexico, fell in love at their senior living residence after swapping vivid childhood stories.
Morgan Evans and Colm Browne arrived at their wedding welcome party in Ireland in a second line led by a Dublin band.
President Trump claimed there were “a lot of problems with Afghans,” without providing evidence, as his administration announced that it was implementing new immigration guidelines.
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a 20-year-old member of the West Virginia Army National Guard, died on Thursday from wounds suffered in an ambush. President Trump said she was “outstanding in every way.”
Rahmanullah Lakanwal was among the Afghans who came to the United States after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Earlier, he served in a paramilitary unit that worked with U.S. forces.
Jacob McDermott opens our solving weekend.
Many are anxious after the Trump administration vowed to undertake sweeping reviews of immigrants after the shooting of two National Guard troops.
SNAP benefits helped Leanna Nieves of Haverhill, Mass., buy Thanksgiving dinner for her family, but she used the day to set aside what have been chronic worries about the federal program.
El presunto autor del tiroteo fue miembro de fuerzas especiales en la provincia de Kandahar calificadas por grupos de derechos humanos como “escuadrones de la muerte”.
The National Guard members shot in Washington are the latest victims of a political violence permeating our society.
El ejército sabe que en los barcos va alguien que tiene una conexión con un cártel de la droga, pero en la mayoría de los ataques el Pentágono no sabe con precisión a quién está matando.
Prime Minister Mark Carney reached a tentative deal with the province as part of his program to curb the country’s economic dependence on the United States.
From Jan. 14, visitors to the museum from outside the European Economic Area will pay 45 percent more for entry to help finance its ambitious renovation plan.
Officials said the gunman immigrated from Afghanistan in 2021 after working with C.I.A.-backed military units. The suspect drove across the country to carry out the attack. The two wounded members of the National Guard remain in critical condition.
Even the companies building the technology don’t seem exactly sure where it’s headed.
Using a pinhole camera, she captured miniature landscapes that she had fashioned to resemble surreal versions of 19th-century travel photos.
Four restaurants to check out before the holiday crowds descend in full force.
El papa inició un viaje de seis días, que también incluirá una visita a Líbano.
Venezuela doesn’t play a large role in the drug trade to the United States, so what is motivating the massive military buildup? Julian E. Barnes, who reports on intelligence and international security, discusses the issues with our senior writer Katrin Bennhold.
The father of one of the West Virginia National Guard members said his daughter had a “mortal wound.” A man at the other member’s home asked for prayers for his son.
A Homeland Security Department spokeswoman accused the previous administration of failing to vet asylum applicants “on a massive scale.”
La transcripción desató la indignación en Washington porque Steve Witkoff parecía estar mostrando al Kremlin cómo negociar con Trump y socavar una visita del presidente de Ucrania.
The opposition has accused the president of putting a general in charge of the government so that he could stay in power.
Las autoridades dijeron que unas redes y unas planchas de espuma inflamables podrían haber provocado el incendio más mortífero de la ciudad en casi 70 años.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
Our critic’s latest Song of the Week is by ODUMODUBLVCK, an artist who embodies the full spectrum of Nigerian Afrobeats.
Pope Leo XIV landed in Muslim-majority Turkey on Thursday, beginning the first international trip of his papacy. The voyage is aimed at promoting interfaith dialogue and cooperation between Christian groups.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
Forecasters say a winter storm could disrupt travel, dumping up to a foot of snow across parts of the Midwest through the holiday weekend.
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.
At New York City Ballet, two boys from the School of American Ballet get to play a coveted role: Fritz, a terror of a little brother.
The Viennese painter’s portrait of a West African prince was owned by a Jewish family who fled the Nazi occupation. It was then taken to Hungary, which has now moved to block a sale by an Austrian gallery.
The Russian leader called the U.S. special envoy “an intelligent man” who is properly representing his country in peace negotiations.
Dos miembros de la Guardia Nacional resultaron gravemente heridos después de que un hombre les disparara cerca de la Casa Blanca. El presidente Trump calificó el tiroteo de acto terrorista.
The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since the campaign began in early September. But it does not know who specifically is being killed.
He designed museums, schools and libraries before winning international acclaim late in life for 15 Central Park West in Manhattan, hailed as a rebirth of the luxury apartment building.
Dozens were killed in a fire that engulfed several apartment buildings in Hong Kong. Firefighters were still battling the blaze on Thursday, and dozens of people were still missing.
And more Thanksgiving Day affirmations, tips, snacks and drinks (margs, anyone?).
A legal assault against the opposition leader’s movement has deepened since his death in prison last year.
The strike is the latest in a string of attacks on energy infrastructure in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, which some regional authorities have privately blamed on Iran-affiliated militias.
Los agentes están deteniendo a cónyuges nacidos en el extranjero durante el último paso para obtener la residencia permanente. Los acusan de infracciones en sus visas que podrían terminar en una deportación.
The suspect accused of critically wounding two National Guard members was identified as a man living in Bellingham who had fled the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
Faith Winter, a 45-year-old Democratic state senator and environmental activist, died on Wednesday night.