James Patterson, Stephen King, Sarah Jessica Parker, Marlon James and other literary luminaries share their best books of the 21st century. See their picks. nyti.ms/3VNZtmA
Masoud Pezeshkian, the reformist candidate who advocated moderate policies at home and improved relations with the West, won the presidential runoff in Iran against a hard-line rival, according to results released by the interior ministry on Saturday. nyti.ms/3xMgPZc
President Biden, in a prime-time interview with ABC News on Friday, dismissed concerns about his age, his mental acuity and polls showing him losing his re-election bid, vowing to drop out only if “the Lord Almighty” told him to. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/u...
Japan scrapped every regulation requiring the use of floppy disks for administrative purposes this week. The now-obsolete format, a magnetic disk encased in a plastic, has not been manufactured for 13 years. nyti.ms/3Wb1yL2
Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases for children. But it took nearly a decade after it was approved for the first vaccine to be available in Africa. The delay cost thousands of lives. nyti.ms/4eSAdEM
"Change begins now," Keir Starmer, Britain's Labour leader and soon-to-be prime minister, told supporters. "Across our country, people will be waking up to the news that a weight has been lifted, a burden finally removed from the shoulders of this nation." nyti.ms/3WakXLV
It's clear on social media that no one can quite agree on what makes a sundress a sundress. So, what is a sundress? Take our poll here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Britain’s Labour Party was projected on Thursday evening to win a landslide election victory, sweeping the Conservative Party out of power after 14 years, in a thundering anti-incumbent revolt that heralded a new era in British politics. Follow live updates: www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07...
How did you do in Connections today? Players must select four groups of four words without making more than three mistakes. www.nytimes.com/games/connec...
Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island is back. On Thursday, Miki Sudo easily won the women’s title for the 10th time. She ate 51 hot dogs in 10 minutes, setting a new women’s record and exceeding her 2023 total of 39.5 hot dogs. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/n...
Donald Trump’s lead in the 2024 presidential race has widened after President Biden’s debate performance last week, a New York Times/Siena College poll showed. Overall, 74% of voters view Biden as too old for the job, an uptick since the debate. nyti.ms/4bpIwVD
Hurricane Beryl was a Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea Wednesday morning. The storm had sustained wind speeds of 145 miles per hour.
See maps, the hurricane's path and forecast here: nyti.ms/3W79aOp
Breaking News: President Biden told a key ally his campaign may be unsalvageable if he can’t convince the public he’s up for the job. The conversation is the first public indication that Biden is seriously considering whether he can recover after the debate. nyti.ms/4cHJgGu
President Biden's lapses appear to have grown more frequent, more pronounced and, after Thursday’s debate, more worrisome, interviews with current and former White House aides, political advisers, and others who saw Biden in the last few weeks show. nyti.ms/3ROa3sU
Manhattan prosecutors agreed with Donald Trump’s request to postpone his criminal sentencing. The former president's lawyers want to argue that the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity should void his conviction for covering up hush money to a porn star. nyti.ms/45NDYqS
Breaking News: Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and a longtime ally of Donald Trump, has been barred from practicing law in New York, a court ruled. nyti.ms/3zp5dMn
Brooke Shields is the new president of Actors’ Equity Association, the union representing theater actors and stage managers in the U.S. She spoke with us about her crash course as a labor leader. Read the interview. nyti.ms/3XJbfRR
Mathematicians and hobbyists have had a half-century of fun exploring the more than 43 billion billion permutations of Erno Rubik’s puzzle. nyti.ms/4cJ1Wpl
The Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump is partly immune from prosecution on charges that he used his office to try to subvert the 2020 election, returning the case to the lower courts for additional analysis. See how they ruled on other recent cases: nyti.ms/4br8FmM
Steve Bannon, an ally to Donald Trump, held a rally on Monday before surrendering to serve a four-month sentence for refusing to honor a subpoena from a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. nyti.ms/3zrSxnV
A camping retreat for men — many of them formerly incarcerated — provides a space where they can speak about their struggles, in a vulnerable way, in front of other men. nyti.ms/45P3k7J
Breaking News: The Supreme Court declined to rule on two related cases that curb the power of social media companies to moderate content. Critics had said the laws violated the sites’ First Amendment rights. nyti.ms/4bmkhaR
Breaking News: The Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump is entitled to some level of immunity from prosecution, a decision that may effectively delay the trial on charges against him of plotting to subvert the 2020 election. nyti.ms/3ztCTsg
At the 54th New York City Pride March on Sunday, attendees wrapped themselves in rainbow flags, danced and watched a variety of performers along the streets of Manhattan. The event, which commemorates the 1969 Stonewall uprising, is the largest of its kind in the U.S. nyti.ms/3XS8VrI
When Abby Elliott was approached about a pilot for a new comedy, she was interested. But that show, “The Bear,” is also dramatic and extremely stressful. “It’s just like real life,” she said. “A lot of people find comedy in the darkness and the stress.” www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/a...
Eddie Murphy has been a star since he was cast on “Saturday Night Live” as a teenager. The comedy legend discussed navigating the minefield of fame, drugs, racism and Hollywood over his long career. Read or listen to the conversation in The Interview. nyti.ms/4cFe0I5
Breaking News: Steve Bannon will have to go to prison Monday after the Supreme Court rejected his final effort to stave off a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. nyti.ms/3xOIKYm
President Biden and Donald Trump faced off on Thursday in the first presidential debate of the general election. We fact-checked their policy claims, personal attacks and their records in office.
See our full fact-check from the debate here. nyti.ms/3L2U6uP
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld an Oregon city’s laws aimed at banning homeless residents from sleeping outdoors, saying they did not violate the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. nyti.ms/4cHqLls
