Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old migrant from Venezuela, was convicted of murdering Laken Riley, a nursing student.
Readers respond to a guest essay about ... reading (in college). Also: What Ukraine needs; “profiles in cowardice”; who we are as Americans.
The return to power of President-elect Donald J. Trump, who has vowed to confront China on tariffs, has created deep uncertainty about the U.S. role in avoiding global conflicts.
Journals had retracted papers on superconductors that worked at room temperature and materials science that involved Ranga Dias.
The tourism industry will be officially recognized at COP29 on Wednesday. Industry leaders signed a climate accord in 2021 to make travel more sustainable, but the results so far are meager.
In other testimony, law enforcement witnesses placed the suspect, José Ibarra, at the scene of Ms. Riley’s killing, mainly through cellphone and GPS tracking data.
A poet, scholar and literary critic, she turned a feminist lens on 19th-century writers like Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, creating a feminist classic.
La búsqueda de una solución a la crisis se hace más urgente a medida que las pandillas ganan territorio y miles de personas más huyen de sus hogares.
He was the first African American to become president of a large white university, C.E.O. of a major corporation and deputy secretary of state.
Florida’s star president, Ben Sasse, was among the best paid university presidents ever. He promised a conservative overhaul, but then he resigned, leaving controversy and an embarrassing drop in the U.S. News rankings.
Samuel Woodward, who espoused anti-gay rhetoric and had ties to Atomwaffen, a neo-Nazi group, stabbed his victim 28 times in a hate-fueled murder, prosecutors said.
At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world.
Credited with designing the first eco-friendly office building, he never forgot the lessons he learned observing communes in the 1960s.
Her unusual approach to building bridges between her wealthy campus and its beleaguered hometown led to a Supreme Court case and a faculty revolt.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on conveying the truth on a pivotal form.
The case was swept up in the debate over immigration after investigators said the perpetrator was a migrant from Venezuela who entered the U.S. illegally.
Liberal democracy offers moral constraints without problem-solving. Populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints.
In “Prospero’s Daughter” and other novels, she explored the legacy of colonialism in her native Trinidad and the struggle for belonging in an adopted country.
They are believed to be from a 12-year-old who was among 11 people killed during a police-led confrontation with the anti-government group MOVE.
There is widespread concern that President-elect Donald J. Trump may end it, since he has tried before. But that may be the wrong thing to fear.
We must look in the mirror to know why we have already lost some battles and social respect and part of our democracy
A late-October survey in Vice President Kamala Harris’s home state showed strong Democratic backing if she ran in the 2026 race for governor. She has not said what she plans to do next.
Donald Trump said he would use the department to further his priorities. He also said he would close it. Both options would face difficulties.
A dive instructor found the well-preserved ring with a metal detector, and then used clues on the ring to try and track down its owner.
A building once celebrated for its innovation is deemed obsolete. Those trying to save it ask what its demolition means for British architecture.
Higher education has been a favorite target of Republicans who believe schools have tilted leftward. Now, colleges and universities are bracing for the Trump administration to take action.
Making the impromptu five-hour ride between two Chinese cities became a craze among young people. But as their numbers swelled, the authorities shut it down.
The shooting, which also wounded 12 people, happened early on Sunday as crowds gathered at the historically Black school to celebrate the final day of its 100th homecoming week.
Election night and the day after, 2024.
The G.O.P. pollster Patrick Ruffini’s book “Party of the People” outlined the realignments reflected in this year’s election results.
Miles de personas en busca de la salud fuera del sistema médico se reunieron en Florida para escuchar a los influentes y sanadores más afamados.
Carol Folt took over in 2019, often steadying the university but drawing criticism for her handling of campus protests last spring.
The texts, which showed up as early as Wednesday morning, were reported in at least 13 states across the country.
In states like Arizona and Nevada, some voters split their tickets, supporting abortion rights measures while also backing Donald Trump.
Quienes tratamos con condescendencia a Donald Trump deberíamos sentirnos humildes: hizo algo que ninguno de nosotros podría hacer.
In her concession speech, Kamala Harris offered an image for a long fight.
Donald Trump is a monstrous narcissist, but there’s something off about an educated class that looks in the mirror of society and sees only itself.
The students, who face assault and hate crime charges, lured a person to an apartment where they spat on him and broke a rib, the police said.
Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to speak at 4 p.m. Eastern time from Howard University, according to a campaign official briefed on her plans.
La lengua cia-cia se ha transmitido oralmente durante siglos. Ahora los niños del pueblo cia-cia aprenden a escribirla en hangul, la escritura coreana.
The lines to cast a ballot at the Banana Factory, an art center in Bethlehem, Pa., stretched for blocks, voters said.
Readers discuss university governance and identity politics. Also: An election absence from school; feeling “despairalyzed”; a Marathon memory; a wedding dress.
Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science.
Watching the news, attending election parties, singing with friends and getting Botox are among the activities some people have planned.
In-person classes haven’t been held at the historically Black college in Tennessee since 2015. A fire official said that no injuries had been reported in the blaze.
Kamala Harris muestra una nueva fuerza en Carolina del Norte y Georgia, mientras que el expresidente Donald Trump borra su ventaja en Pensilvania y mantiene la suya en Arizona.
La vicepresidenta espera que la reacción negativa contra los comentarios racistas en el mitin del Madison Square Garden reste atractivo a Donald Trump entre un grupo crítico de votantes.
Tres décadas después de su lanzamiento, “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, se ha convertido en uno de los temas más exitosos en la lista Hot 100 de Billboard, y quizá sea la canción navideña más conocida del último medio siglo.
Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, is making a last-minute appeal to white working-class men. But for all his talk of football, that bloc is far from a safe bet for his ticket.
Normalmente, las encuestas finales apuntan hacia un favorito relativamente claro, aunque ese candidato no llegue a ganar. Esta vez no será así.
The Cia-Cia language has been passed down orally for centuries. Now the tribe’s children are learning to write it in Hangul, the Korean script.
“Our campaign has not been about being against something, it is about being for something,” Vice President Kamala Harris said, avoiding any mention of her rival by name.
As the election dust prepares to settle, patterns are emerging that might provide valuable context in the weeks to come.
Nearly 75 million people have cast early ballots, making their voices heard amid worry about the process, the outcome and democracy itself.
A rise for Kamala Harris in the Sun Belt, and a dip in the Northern swing states.
Kamala Harris is hoping that backlash to the bigotry at the Madison Square Garden rally will blunt Donald Trump’s appeal with a critical group of voters.
Donald J. Trump has improved his standing in Pennsylvania even as late-deciding voters appear to be breaking for Kamala Harris.
On Oct. 7, an Israeli college student opened her phone. What she did next landed her in prison.
Results of a New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College poll conducted among 1,527 voters in Pennsylvania from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College poll conducted among 1,527 voters in Pennsylvania from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 998 voters in Michigan from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 998 voters in Michigan from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 7,575 registered voters in the 2024 Battlegrounds from Oct. 24 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 7,879 likely voters in the 2024 battleground states from Oct. 24 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,010 voters in North Carolina from Oct. 28 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,010 voters in North Carolina from Oct. 28 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,305 likely voters in Wisconsin from Oct. 25 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,001 registered voters in Wisconsin from Oct. 25 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,010 voters in Nevada from Oct. 24 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,010 voters in Nevada from Oct. 24 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,004 voters in Georgia from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,004 voters in Georgia from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,025 voters in Arizona from Oct. 25 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,025 voters in Arizona from Oct. 25 to Nov. 2, 2024.
Gender is a main dividing line in 2024. And young swing-state voters know it.
A city with temple pyramids not far from the road and a site with a Maya complex built alongside a sinkhole lend to evidence that the Maya civilization was even more sprawling than known.
Georgia’s status as a battleground state is a source of pride, but also of high anxiety at the end of a grinding election.
Faculty members are used to sharing power with presidents and trustees to run universities. But some presidents and lawmakers have made moves to reduce their say.
In a diverse enclave on Staten Island, some business owners say former President Donald J. Trump’s racist rhetoric and anti-Muslim policies are troubling but not disqualifying.
Alpha Kappa Alpha’s forceful push to increase voter turnout could help boost critical support for Democrats from Black voters.
Though a larger coalition of fact checkers has disbanded, a team of students and researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle is still working to document how lies online threaten to undermine this year’s presidential race.
A team recently dived deep beneath Lake Huron hoping to harvest grain that may one day be distilled into whiskey with a flavor forgotten to history.
Getting her usual early start on the holiday, the powerhouse vocalist and songwriter looks back on the phenomenon she created.
In an arrest warrant for Edoardo Almagià, a Princeton-educated antiquities dealer, the Manhattan district attorney’s office detailed what it described as decades of illicit transactions.
Responses to the Headway Election Challenge paint a picture of teenagers navigating a highly charged political moment.
Messages among leaders at Harvard and other universities, published by House Republicans, reveal discussions on how to balance public statements about the war and how to negotiate with protesters.
A discovery of etched symbols and writing at a British Manor House has experts examining their possible meaning.
Prosecutors said that the “kingpin,” a high school basketball coach in Houston, had helped educators fraudulently pass more than 400 tests.
The owner of a tile company funded Sabina Khorramdel’s life of travel and creation. After she was found slain, his body was discovered at his Pennsylvania home.
It remains priority No. 1 for many voters, particularly those who are still undecided, according to Times/Siena polling. But can Kamala Harris translate her gains into votes?
Players are dealing with far-flung travel, jet lag and the pressures of trying to balance the roles of student, athlete and entrepreneur more than ever before.
Rockefeller University will auction off two works by Joan Mitchell, an Abstract Expressionist painter. They could sell for $32 million.
Go for the energy of the mascots, marching bands and touchdown cheers, but don’t miss the museums, art, nightlife and more that make these places special.
Donald Trump is using reports about suspicious voter registrations to cast the election as already flawed. County officials say the episodes are being distorted.
After reports that the team includes a transgender player, several schools have forfeited matches against the university out of protest.
The Party to the Polls Purple Tour, a nonpartisan event series geared toward young voters, aims to make voting rowdy.
Shyamala Gopalan Harris, la madre de la candidata presidencial, fue una investigadora del cáncer de mama cuya política igualitaria a menudo se oponía a la cultura patriarcal de los laboratorios.
The presidential candidate’s mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, was a breast cancer researcher whose egalitarian politics often bucked a patriarchal lab culture.
A look inside the operation’s field office in Maricopa County, Ariz.
In Nebraska, Dan Osborn, an independent, is in a tight race with Senator Deb Fischer, and in Texas, Representative Colin Allred is four percentage points behind Senator Ted Cruz.
Dozens of volunteer doctors, nurses and psychologists traveled to the region to treat people whose routines, including medical appointments, were disrupted by the storm.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,180 voters in Texas from Oct. 23 to 26, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,194 voters in Nebraska, including 500 voters in Nebraska’s Second Congressional District, from Oct. 23 to 26, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,180 voters in Texas from Oct. 23 to 26, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,194 voters in Nebraska, including 500 voters in Nebraska’s Second Congressional District, from Oct. 23 to 26, 2024.
Nearly half say it does not do a good job representing the people, and three-quarters say it is under threat, according to a Times/Siena poll.
Democrats swept a school board election in Bucks County after Republicans instituted book bans and other changes. But the right-wing “parental rights” movement has left an indelible mark.
El mundo está enviando un mensaje sobre sus prioridades, y no parece que incluyan Moby Dick.
Few approved of Mr. Adams’s job performance, and he trailed Andrew Cuomo and Letitia James in an early survey of potential mayoral candidates.
With a new database of medical images, zoo and wildlife vets can finally see what healthy uncommon animals, from rhinos and tamarins to pangolins and sea stars, should look like on the inside.
Museums have adopted creative engagement strategies when renovation work keeps visitors away.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 853 registered voters in New York City from Oct. 20 to 23, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 853 likely voters in New York City from Oct. 20 to 23, 2024.
Results of a New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 853 registered voters in New York City from Oct. 20 to 23, 2024.
Xi Jinping’s top adviser, Wang Huning, is credited with shaping the authoritarianism that steered China’s rise. But can he influence Taiwan?
The proposal, which faces tough legal prospects, would offer forgiveness to millions of borrowers who are unable to pay back their loans because of financial setbacks.
He shared the 1972 physics prize for showing how some materials could convey electricity without resistance. He also did pioneering research in neuroscience.
Archaeologists in Norway have confirmed that an ancient set of human remains known as the Well Man were intended to make the locals unwell.
Pocas veces el electorado ha parecido tan dividido. La más reciente encuesta del New York Times/Siena College revela que Harris y Trump están empatados 48 a 48 por ciento.
Federal officials have celebrated a striking drop in drug overdoses across the country. But state-level data shows that Black people are suffering significantly worse outcomes than white people.
The electorate has rarely seemed so evenly divided. The latest New York Times/Siena College poll found Harris and Trump tied 48 to 48.
The world is sending a message about its priorities, and they do not appear to include “Moby-Dick.”
Results of a nationwide New York Times/Siena College poll of 2,516 likely voters conducted from Oct. 20 to 23, 2024.
Results of a nationwide New York Times/Siena College poll of 2,516 registered voters conducted from Oct. 20 to 23, 2024.
When a Columbia professor needed a lawyer because of her comments about the actions of former Israeli soldiers on campus, tensions over the Israel-Hamas war got in the way.
His provocative research made him a popular figure on campus. But his exploration of how good people can turn evil raised ethical questions.
Readers discuss a column by Bret Stephens. Also: A flood of election mailers in Pennsylvania; speech on campus; fighting malaria.
At least that is what they told researchers at U.C.L.A. The high popularity of romance plots in movies and shows suggests otherwise.
The premise is catchy, but some think it’s based on faulty data.
Once considered revolutionary, his notion of empathy and advocacy for the poor has become a central tenet of Catholic social teaching.
Universities have cracked down on professors for pro-Palestinian activism, saying they are protecting students and tamping down on hate speech. Faculty members say punishments have put a “chill in the air.”
El estancamiento de la colaboración entre científicos occidentales y rusos está retrasando los esfuerzos para monitorear el Ártico, el cual se está calentando cuatro veces más rápido que el promedio mundial.
A projected 5 percent drop in this year’s freshman class follows a number of disruptions last year, including persistent failures with the FAFSA form.
A leading historian of antisemitism, he countered the prevailing narrative of Jewish victimhood and later pushed back against efforts to diminish the Holocaust’s significance.
Aaron Chatterji was chief economist at the Commerce Department under President Biden and served on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.
Climate science has been stymied as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. The stalled work threatens to leave the West without a clear picture of how fast the Earth is heating up.
For decades, the sport has been shaped in large part by one company — and one man.
Readers respond to a guest essay by a recent college graduate. Also: New York City’s new outdoor dining program; how immigrants built America.
A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science.
Millions of people are overdue on their federal loans or still have them paused — and court rulings keep upending collection efforts.
Two new studies suggest that the largest single federal investment in U.S. schools improved student test scores, but only modestly.
We asked voters for the one thing they remembered most about the Trump era. Few of them cited major events like the pandemic and Jan. 6.
According to a think tank’s analysis, another private college would attract the young talent that helps the city’s economy.
Two readers call for more federal funding for care of the sick and the elderly. Also: Data on drivers; Covid lessons; diversity in college admissions.
People with long Covid symptoms scored slightly lower on a cognitive test than people who had recovered. But long Covid patients who eventually got better scored as well as those whose symptoms did not last long.
In the Panamanian rainforest, scientists found the first known plant species to transform decaying tissue into a new source of nutrients.
Officials said some services would be transferred from University Hospital at Downstate to nearby facilities, and others, including primary care, could be expanded.
A new study found that California schools got positive results from a targeted investment in the science of reading — even with the challenges of pandemic recovery.
The surge in offerings is a response to the pandemic, which revealed glaring income inequality, as well as inflation and the resumption of student loan payments, an expert said.