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Today — 20 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

Suspect in Brown and M.I.T. Killings Died 2 Days Before He Was Found, Autopsy Shows

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By: Soumya Karlamangla
20 December 2025 at 07:17
The examination confirmed that the suspect had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body was found late Thursday in a storage unit in New Hampshire.

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The suspect’s body was found in a storage facility in Salem, N.H., late Thursday.

Kennedy Center, Memorial to JFK, Is Trump’s Now, Too

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By: Shawn McCreesh
20 December 2025 at 06:50
The Kennedy Center installed President Trump’s name on the facade of the arts center, which had been designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.

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Crew members unveiling the new name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday morning.

Hochul Expected to Veto Bill Requiring 2-Person Crews on Subway Trains

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By: Stefanos Chen
20 December 2025 at 05:59
The bill, which would ensure that every train has a conductor and a driver, as most now do, was supported by the transit workers’ union and opposed by many transit advocates.

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A conductor on an A train in Manhattan in March, 2024.

Mamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice

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By: Mihir Zaveri
20 December 2025 at 03:11
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor-elect, tapped Leila Bozorg, a longtime public official and development advocate, and Julie Su, who served as acting secretary of labor in the Biden administration.

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced on Friday the appointments of Julie Su, left, and Leila Bozorg, center, at a garage on Staten Island that will be converted into affordable housing.

Mamdani Revamps Hiring After Old Antisemitic Remarks Prompt Aide to Quit

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By: Jeffery C. Mays
20 December 2025 at 06:46
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had.

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Catherine Almonte Da Costa, left, resigned a day after Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed her to oversee administration hiring.

Emily Korzenik, 96, Dies; Rabbi Took a Bar Mitzvah to Poland

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By: Adam Nossiter
20 December 2025 at 06:46
Part of the first generation of women ordained in America, she presided over the first bar mitzvah in Krakow, still scarred by the Holocaust, in decades. It did not go smoothly.

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Rabbi Emily Faust Korzenik in Stamford, Conn., in 2003. For 25 years she presided over the Fellowship for Jewish Learning, a congregation there.

Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla Pay Deal Is Restored by Delaware Supreme Court

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By: Emmett Lindner， Peter Eavis and Rebecca F. Elliott
20 December 2025 at 07:29
A state judge had invalidated the package, saying shareholders were not properly informed about it. Friday’s ruling cleared the plan, now worth $139 billion.

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Elon Musk had appealed a ruling by a Delaware judge who rejected Tesla’s pay package last year.

Trump’s Name Joins Kennedy’s on Performing Arts Center’s Facade

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By: Shawn McCreesh and Chris Cameron
20 December 2025 at 05:26
Workers hauled up large letters spelling out Mr. Trump’s full name to add to the white marble face of the building on Friday morning.

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President Trump’s name was added to the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Friday.

N.B.A. Tweaks Its Rules to Thwart Sports Betting Cheats

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By: Tania Ganguli
20 December 2025 at 05:32
The basketball league will require teams to submit injury reports closer to tipoff, an attempt to close one source of inside information.

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N.B.A. commissioner Adam Silver said this week that “we’re going to have to do whatever is necessary to protect our integrity.”

R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s

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By: Apoorva Mandavilli
20 December 2025 at 05:14
The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”

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A pediatrician administering a combination six-way vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B, in Berlin.

Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress

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By: Nicholas Fandos
20 December 2025 at 05:22
Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.

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Representative Elise Stefanik is one of President Trump’s most steadfast supporters, but he had shied away from endorsing her in the New York governor’s race.

Scott C. Beardsley Named University of Virginia’s New President

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By: Stephanie Saul and Michael S. Schmidt
20 December 2025 at 04:39
The selection of Scott Beardsley by the G.O.P.-appointed board comes after the previous president resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. A new Democratic-appointed board could try to overturn the choice.

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The University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va.

Federal Judge Overturns Conviction in Killing of D.J. Jam Master Jay

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By: Santul Nerkar
20 December 2025 at 04:28
Karl Jordan Jr., godson of the musician, was convicted last year of murder in the service of a drug deal. The judge found that the government had not proved the motive.

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Jason Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay, created the beats for some of classic hip-hop’s best-known songs.

Can This Man Finally Defeat Mexico’s Cartels?

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By: Jack Nicas and Luis Antonio Rojas
20 December 2025 at 05:43
Omar García Harfuch is overseeing one of the most aggressive offensives in years against Mexico’s powerful criminal groups. Many before him have failed.

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Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, in his office.

52 Places to Go, So Little Time: Where We Went in 2025

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By: Tacey Rychter
19 December 2025 at 18:01
Our writers and photographers were on the ground to find out what makes the destinations on our annual list rise above the rest.

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The Lofoten archipelago is a dreamy base for adventure, with backcountry ski slopes, hiking trails, deep fjords to sail and a front-row view of the northern lights.

Suspected Killer of M.I.T. Professor Studied With Victim, Graduating Top of Their Class

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By: Azam Ahmed， Dana Goldstein and Patricia Mazzei
20 December 2025 at 07:37
The parents of the suspect in the Brown and M.I.T. killings had not seen or heard from him since he left Portugal to enroll at a graduate program at Brown more than two decades ago.

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Claudio Neves Valente and Nuno Loureiro, the M.I.T. professor he is accused of killing, were classmates at the University of Lisbon’s Instituto Superior Técnico from 1995 to 2000.

Trump Announces Pricing Deals With Nine Drugmakers

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By: Rebecca Robbins and Margot Sanger-Katz
20 December 2025 at 06:33
The companies were the latest to agree to sell drugs to Medicaid and directly to consumers at discounted prices. President Trump said he would soon begin similar negotiations with health insurers.

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The Trump administration plans to create TrumpRx.gov, which will direct patients to the manufacturers’ websites. Officials said the site would be operational next month.

Bumpy Rollout for New Gates Meant to Stop Subway Fare Evasion

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By: Stefanos Chen
20 December 2025 at 02:49
At a demonstration of devices designed to replace turnstiles, one rider got hit in the neck, and another sneaked through without paying.

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In addition to combating fare evasion, the new type of gates are expected to make coming and going easier for riders with disabilities, as well as those with strollers or suitcases.

Metro-North and LIRR Commuters to Be Fined for ‘Repeatedly’ Activating Tickets on Train

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By: Camille Baker
20 December 2025 at 03:34
Passengers on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains could face $8 fines if they keep waiting until after the train leaves to activate their mobile tickets.

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There was no set number of late activations or late ticket purchases that would trigger the charge, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul to Sign Prison Reform Bill After Beatings and Deaths

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By: Benjamin Oreskes and Jan Ransom
20 December 2025 at 03:24
Prison guards have been accused of more than 120 acts of brutality that amounted to torture in the past decade in New York, a Times investigation found.

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Corrections officers viciously beat to death a handcuffed prisoner, Robert L. Brooks, at the Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica, N.Y., last year.

He Said He Was Not Close With Epstein. His Emails Suggest Otherwise.

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By: Debra Kamin
20 December 2025 at 02:39
Andrew Farkas, a New York City real estate mogul, had assured investors that his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was for business only.

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Emails obtained by The New York Times revealed that Andrew Farkas referred to himself as among Jeffrey Epstein’s best friends.

Real or Fake? There’s a War Over Christmas … Trees.

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By: Kevin Draper
20 December 2025 at 02:46
Tree farmers and the marketing group that supports them want more Americans to buy live-cut trees. A new Home Depot ad gave them holiday hope.

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Artificial trees are taking a bite out of the Christmas tree farming industry.

Germany’s Christmas Markets Are Now Ringed With Security Barriers

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By: Christopher F. Schuetze
19 December 2025 at 18:02
To prevent ramming attacks at Christmas markets, German officials have installed concrete blocks, chain barriers and, in one case, metal bollards removed by a hand-cranked crane.

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Security personnel standing next to bollards blocking the main entrance to the Christmas Market in Augsburg, Germany, in December.
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