A Parisian software salesman entered a charity raffle and came away with a piece of history: “I have some paintings, but not like a Picasso.”
A student opened fire at a middle school in southern Turkey, killing at least nine people and wounding several others, officials said.
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield will showcase works by people who live and work in New York’s shadow.
The showcase features works that change from hour to hour, invite interaction and interrogate the idea of creativity itself.
His many achievements have been obscured, some believe, by his reputation as a provincial landscape painter.
More than a dozen U.S. Navy warships are enforcing a blockade on all vessels from all nations entering or leaving coastal areas or ports in Iran.
Mark Rosenblatt’s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children’s book author, draws from Dahl’s comments over the years.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
As artificial intelligence makes many tasks easier, the human work of cajoling, arm-twisting and reassuring appears to be rising in importance.
A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well can help predict what jobs it may replace.
A $1.5 billion project will transform the nation’s most-visited art museum, with renovations involving a quarter of the galleries and public spaces.
Experts share the literature that has helped them cope with death, illness and despair.
The season includes a Duchamp retrospective at MoMA, a window on Etruscan civilization at the de Young in San Francisco and a fashion celebration at the Phoenix Art Museum.
Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes.
A new recipe from Yotam Ottolenghi has us contemplating the best ways to cook an egg.
Several states in the Midwest have experienced large hail amid severe weather that also brought heavy rain and tornado risks. Forecasters expected the multiday breakout of storms to last through the weekend.
Higher inflation is leading companies to raise prices without sacrificing margins.
The administration has invoked national security in a variety of matters, including the White House ballroom and offshore wind farms, drawing rebukes from some judges.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was once considered one of President Trump’s closest European allies. Their friendship now appears in danger.
Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK.
The pair performed a scene from ‘The Fear of 13’ at The New York Times.
In this scene from the play “The Fear of 13,” performed in T Magazine’s office, Tessa Thompson’s character, Jacki, visits Adrien Brody’s Nick in prison.
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Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales are now being held accountable thanks in part to the feminism of the 2010s.
After years of having to miss faraway holiday get-togethers, a reader was finally denied an invitation to his sister’s Easter gathering altogether.
The attack, in the southern province of Kahramanmaras, left 20 others wounded.
Although Jerome H. Powell’s term as Fed chair officially ends on May 15, he can stay on as a governor until 2028 and said he would not leave until a criminal investigation was over.
The new threat against the Fed chair comes ahead of a Senate confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s pick to lead the central bank.
While last year’s tax law has raised the average I.R.S. refund, the boost is less than the White House expected — and may not have much impact on voters.
With supply chains at risk, the aid to Southeast Asian nations is aimed at securing the availability of oil-based products, including medical equipment.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West had been scheduled to perform in Marseille, France, in June. The city’s mayor had said he did not want it to be “a showcase for those who promote hatred.”
Known for desecrating a monument to victims of sexual slavery, the former YouTuber was convicted on multiple charges and given a six-month sentence.
Frances Robles, corresponsal internacional de The New York Times compartió sus experiencias de más de 25 años cubriendo la región.
We’re looking at who is filing and what they’re paying.
On “The Interview,” Lena Dunham talks about recreating some uncomfortable moments in her life onscreen, and how audiences responded in unexpected ways.
During the height of her fame, Lena Dunham’s name became synonymous with certain millennial clichés. On “The Interview,” she talks about that experience and how her dad tried to avoid the media attention she attracted.
Analizamos lo que la derrota de Viktor Orbán nos dice sobre un modelo de gobierno en el que la política es más importante que la economía.
Plus, will the World Cup bring tourists back to the U.S.?
The United States has enforced a naval blockade of Iran that is intended to end the war on American terms.
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El hermano de Sugey Amaya fue detenido durante la campaña de detenciones masivas en El Salvador hace cuatro años. Ella ha dedicado su vida a ayudar a presos como él.
Las restricciones de viaje, la posible revisión de redes sociales y los elevadísimos precios de las entradas están ahuyentando a los aficionados internacionales al fútbol, pero las ciudades anfitrionas siguen esperando un auge.
Nelio Biedermann, un estudiante de apenas 22 años, ha sido comparado con Thomas Mann gracias a “Lázár”, su arrolladora saga familiar.
The “Miniature Wife” star on why she and her husband have chosen each other, over and over again.
Millions of Americans are experimenting with the drugs. Science can’t keep up.
More Perfect Union, a left-wing media organization, hopes to win back young voters and build a new generation of college influencers with its More Perfect University program.
This is not a man in control of himself.
Enric Pastor takes an editor’s eye to his 900-square-foot home.
Elle Fanning stars in a big-hearted, open-minded dramedy about online exposure and its complications.
It would be the first walkout by the apartment building workers in more than three decades.
Recipe apps and artificial intelligence can give you a boost, but free tools already on your device can also assist with meal planning and preparation.
This Philip Hartman movie, shot in the East Village in 1985 and now restored, shows at Film Forum through April 23.
The health department began to require the guards in apartments with children under age 10 in 1976. They have had a remarkable impact.
The state comptroller said the real estate brokerage eXp, two of whose former agents have been accused of sexual assault, should fix its company culture instead of moving to Texas.
While $50 a bottle is nobody’s idea of cheap, in the context of Burgundy, it can be a good deal. Here are 12 bottles for $50 and under.
A bungalow in Mobile, Ala., a condominium above a storefront in Portland, Maine, and a Craftsman in Astoria, Ore.
A revival of “Death of a Salesman” comes as the “Zionist consensus” is openly fracturing.
Emily Sweeney, a veteran journalist at the newspaper, is a social media sensation, bringing joy to all with her “hahd” Boston accent.
Ms. Barrymore put her house on the market for nearly $5 million; Mr. Davidson wants almost $2.3 million for his. Also, a purchase from Pink.
From the top attractions to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.
People are usually surprised when I admit that I love A.I.
For us to trust it on certain subjects, researchers in the growing field of interpretability might need to learn how to open the black box of its brain.
Interest in the trades is surging among young people. Could developing a special skill lead to job security and personal satisfaction for you?
The actors play a married couple on the brink in the second season of the Netflix anthology series.
The war in Iran has auto shoppers sizing up electrics. Many strong cars are on the market, and there are bargains to be had when buying used.
Jake Burt sells his wares at a single shop that he staffs himself, stoking interest through scarcity.
Sugey Amaya’s brother was detained in El Salvador’s mass arrest campaign four years ago. She has devoted her life to helping prisoners like him.
In a new book, Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff argue that Elon Musk’s disruptive approach to business is transforming both politics and the economy.
In “Rasputin,” the biographer Antony Beevor delves into the mysterious life of the last czarina’s mystic adviser.
A city in Northern Nigeria has turned into a moviemaking machine, churning out hundreds of productions a year.
An influential order of nuns decided to complete its mission when the last sister dies. The only question left is how to finish well.
Nicholas Enrich’s tell-all memoir, “Into the Wood Chipper,” has advice for others caught between their conscience and their government.
Oleksiy Klochkovsky has driven mail and parcels around the front line in Ukraine for four years. He keeps one ear tuned for danger from above.
Visits to three green spaces in and around the South African city reveal a shift in the country’s botanical world, which has long been seen as the province of the white population.
Vivek Ramaswamy has all but cleared the field ahead of the May primary for Ohio governor, but whether a finance and pharma billionaire is the man for the moment is another question.
Both are great ways to get out and get moving, and both can cause injuries. But there are a few important differences.
MatPat, Miranda Sings, Grace Helbig and WheezyWaiter hit it big on YouTube long before it became a behemoth. They have thoughts about what it takes to succeed there.
The city, named for an early settler, is a more affordable option to nearby San Francisco and Sacramento.
Across the city’s fire zones, there’s a surge of experimentation — collective rebuilding, catalog homes and new technologies that are safe and reduce costs.
This gripping historical fiction will transport you to the doomed ship and back to land.
New tools tailored for use in senior living communities allow for shared experiences and social bonding.
With new limits on federal lending, many students will need private loans and some could be shut out. See the data, program by program.
“I have annoyed people since I was so small,” Lena Dunham says on “The Interview.” But she adds that a lot of criticism seemed to come from an “intense rage about the female sexuality” on her show “Girls.”
An audience member heckled Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday at a Turning Point USA event. And Vance addressed Pope Leo’s criticism of the war in Iran, saying he should be careful when speaking about theology.
Durante décadas, un estudio fotográfico en Londres tomo las fotos de pasaporte de algunas de las personalidades más importantes de su época.
Los generales de Birmania han brutalizado al país durante décadas. Pero han llegado a temer las guirnaldas como signo de resistencia.
Influencers go to great lengths — even in small spaces — to get views? How far would you go?
Frances Robles, an international correspondent for The New York Times, has reported on the region for more than 25 years.
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But there were no early reports of casualties from the storm, which was named Sinlaku and was moving northwest of the region.
Esta palabra ha aparecido en 27 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
This word has appeared in 27 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Cada año, cientos de pacientes tienen dificultades para acceder a la atención de urgencias, a pesar de que el país cuenta con un sistema de salud de primera clase. Para algunos, los retrasos han sido fatales.
China has denied claims this month by U.S. intelligence that it might have shipped arms to Iran. In recent years, China has supported Iran with dual-use parts.
A harsh attack by the president drew a quick response from the pontiff, a reminder of his uniquely moral voice.
The spirit of the Sudanese people cannot be crushed.
Los votantes demostraron que la democracia puede ser restaurada pacíficamente por el pueblo.
Catholicism is growing fast on the continent, yet Africans play a comparatively small role in church leadership. Cameroon, which Leo XIV will visit Wednesday, shows the divide.
The country’s creaking electricity grid is lagging behind its push for renewable sources — just as its growing economy hungers for oil stranded by war.
The actor-comedian said he will return to Broadway this fall with a new solo show called “860,” named for the address of his destroyed family home.
Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
The Justice Department’s criminal inquiry into the Federal Reserve threatens to delay the confirmation of the next chair.
Adam Wagner’s Wednesday puzzle coalesces into a fun solve.
Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
Hope for a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine is preventing the world from reckoning with the “one-state reality” of the present, the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein argues.
Two popular influencers have exchanged jabs on social media.
Vice President JD Vance appeared to express sympathy with critics of the war with Iran: “I recognize that young voters do not love the policy we have in the Middle East, OK. I understand.”
The vice president, who is Catholic, took issue with Pope Leo XIV’s statement that disciples of Christ are “never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.”
A new pattern of deceptive activity by some vessels around the critical waterway suggests the new American blockade is changing how some ships linked to Iran are behaving.
The gathering ended with encouraging words, even as Israel continued to refuse to halt its military campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Senate leaders say key provisions fall short of what is necessary to prevent aircraft from midair collisions.
Lideró la oficina de derechos humanos de la Iglesia católica en Guatemala incluso cuando su hermano, el ex dictador militar del país, era investigado por genocidio.
Democratic candidates see sudden voter interest in the sleepy contest as a campaign opportunity. All are scrambling for support from former backers of Eric Swalwell.
The boat was carrying 19 migrants from Mexico to Southern California when it overturned in May 2025, the authorities said. Two of the victims were children.
Prosecutors in Utah investigated after the reality star’s ex-boyfriend told the police she had scratched, shoved and struck him during a fight in February.
In a thinly veiled critique of the war in Iran, China’s leader said the world could not risk reverting “to the law of the jungle.”
Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has opposed raising some taxes, favored a “pied-à-terre” luxury tax because it largely targets the ultrawealthy who primarily live outside New York City.
The maker of ChatGPT announced the limited release of GPT-5.4-Cyber, a technology designed to find security holes in software.
The $1 billion project will run for about 23 miles under Raritan Bay in New Jersey and New York Harbor. Environmental groups oppose it.
It was the second strike in two days, in a campaign against those the United States accuses of drug smuggling.
U.S. Central Command said that six vessels had complied with directions to turn around and re-enter an Iranian port.
The admission by Senator Ruben Gallego that he had heard, but disbelieved, rumors about Eric Swalwell and women showed the attitude on Capitol Hill toward men accused of behaving badly.
After years of anti-L.G.B.T.Q. policies, members of the queer community in Hungary were cautiously hopeful that Peter Magyar’s win over Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party could bring about change.
Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky tried to persuade his colleagues in the operating room that the liver he removed from a 70-year-old patient was a spleen, according to Florida’s Health Department.
While the talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington did not yield a cease-fire agreement, both sides agreed to “launch direct negotiations” after having “productive discussions,” according to a statement from the U.S. State Department.
Presidents can fight with popes. God is another matter.
Defending the convictions would likely have required administration officials to assert that far-right groups were acting on behalf of President Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.
The prime minister said that his government was also investing in ways to boost oil and gas production.
Also, a Ukrainian city is bouncing back with Denmark’s help. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
For 100 years, the Atlanta History Center and the High Museum of Art have expanded and diversified, not unlike the metropolis itself.
The president did not say who would represent the United States in a potential next round of direct talks, though he ruled out being personally involved.
Air New Zealand will begin offering economy passengers four-hour naps in private pods on certain long-haul flights. Will other carriers follow its lead?
In a new and ongoing exhibition, the American Museum of Natural History highlights the findings of Mark Norell and other fossil hunters responsible for its most important discoveries.
In Guatemala, he led the Catholic Church’s human rights office. His brother, a dictator who took power in a coup, was convicted of crimes against humanity.
A meeting between Israeli and Lebanese officials, the first in decades, came as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports entered its second day.
Officials have been worried for days about potential flooding and dam failures around Cheboygan.
James M. Heaps pleaded guilty on Tuesday to sexually abusing patients, sparing them from having to testify at another trial after his conviction was overturned in February.
We look at what Viktor Orban’s defeat tells us about a model of government in which politics are more important than the economy.
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Hundreds of small private colleges like Hampshire have closed in recent years as financial pressures and competition for students increase.
The planned four-day state visit comes at a fraught time in the U.S.-U.K. relationship, following President Trump’s frequent belittling of the British prime minister.
He can offer the regime a series of fundamental choices.
The publication, which is owned by The New York Times, was investigating the conduct of Dianna Russini after photographs showed her with the head coach of the New England Patriots.
Homes that have successfully brought the outside in.
Anthony D’Esposito, a Republican, decided not to seek his former seat, which will hurt his party’s chances of unseating Representative Laura Gillen on Long Island.
The Mossad head said Israel’s mission would not be complete until the Iranian regime was replaced, after criticism that the war has left Iran’s theocratic government in place.
Aides to Greg Abbott and Gavin Newsom were weighing whether to call quick elections to replace two House members accused of sexual misconduct.
The designer and host of “The Cutting Room Floor” fashion podcast answers the Where to Eat questionnaire.
Centuries-old European tales about Gold Coast traders adulterating precious metals hundreds of years ago are challenged by the famous Whydah Gally shipwreck.
A survey from Ipsos and Reuters, released on Tuesday, found few Americans — 24 percent — think the war in Iran has been worth the costs and benefits.
Pakistani officials told The New York Times that the country was pushing to organize a second round of peace talks between the United States and Iran this week. President Trump told The New York Post that it could happen over the next two days.
Fashion brands have taken note of the WNBA draft, described by Lauren Betts, the No. 4 draft pick, as the Met Gala of women’s basketball. Vanessa Friedman, our chief fashion critic, was there.
The woman said Mr. Swalwell, who resigned from Congress on Tuesday afternoon, raped her in a West Hollywood hotel room in 2018. She said she believed she was drugged.
In comments on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the scientific consensus on the causes of climate change.
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More than 125 million people face some risk of severe weather on Tuesday, forecasters warned, amid a multiday outbreak of storms.
The surge in revenue provided a critical lifeline for Moscow, which has struggled to fund the war in Ukraine amid record-high deficits.
Testimony at a hearing this week has focused on what camp leaders knew and did as floodwaters rose in July, killing at least 116 people.
An Alabama parent, he objected to prayer in his children’s classrooms. The Supreme Court ruled for him, a high-water mark in the push for the strict separation of church and state.
This week on “Hard Fork, the hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose talk with Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz about their recent New Yorker piece on Sam Altman, and the circumstances of his first meeting with Dario Amodei, the former OpenAI executive and current Anthropic C.E.O.
Hear from David Bowie, Neko Case, Arthur Russell and more artists inspired by our poetic, mysterious satellite.
For years, Peter Magyar was a loyal ally of Viktor Orban, the far-right Hungarian leader. Then he changed sides — and defeated his former boss in a landslide victory on Sunday. Does he represent real change?
This week on “Hard Fork” from The New York Times, the hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose discuss the new A.I. model from Anthropic, Claude Mythos Preview.
The e-commerce giant is buying Globalstar, a satellite communications company, as it aims to expand its own satellite internet service to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink.
A federal judge’s nearly yearlong effort to investigate whether the Trump administration had violated his order had become a point of contention in the president’s battles with the courts.
The journalists Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz investigated some of the doubts surrounding Altman, the leader of OpenAI, in a recent article for The New Yorker. They discuss their findings with Casey Newton and Kevin Roose, the hosts of the “Hard Fork” podcast.
El primer ministro Mark Carney, limitado por dirigir un gobierno en minoría durante el último año, obtuvo la mayoría en la Cámara de los Comunes tras las elecciones extraordinarias celebradas el lunes.
El vicepresidente estadounidense defendió al presidente Trump, quien había acusado al papa de ser demasiado liberal y “débil ante el crimen”. El pontífice ha dicho que no le teme al gobierno de Trump.
The Cote and Coqodaq team plan for a three restaurants on three levels in Midtown, and Ferdinando’s Focacceria gains a second life from the Cafe Spaghetti owner.
Como el primer papa de origen estadounidense, el liderazgo de León XIV cuenta con el apoyo de amplios sectores de la Iglesia en EE. UU.
Readers respond to front-page articles about President Trump’s erratic behavior.
El Fondo Monetario Internacional también planteó la posibilidad de una recesión mundial y otro brote de inflación.
State Democrats butted heads over a gerrymandering plan that could have eliminated the state’s lone Republican seat in the U.S. House.
The report is part of the president’s effort to claim anti-conservative and anti-Christian biases in federal law enforcement, even as he pushes to wield the legal system against his political enemies.
New video shows the moment the Orion capsule opened after landing last week. Inside were the Artemis II astronauts who had completed a 10-day mission around the moon.
The Roadster, which first launched in the early aughts and takes inspiration from midcentury convertibles, has looped back around.
The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”
Debates over how to teach about gender, sexuality and other topics have shaken the school, and lead to the ouster of the previous president at the College Station campus last summer.
As one of the few institutions of its kind in the world, the Somali Museum of Minnesota has become a center of the immigrant community.
Emily Rauh Pulitzer, a veteran curator and collector, leans heavily on sculpture and drawing in a show of some 85 works.