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Today — 10 October 2025NYT | Top Stories

Who Can Afford Three Kids in New York City?

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By: Eliza Shapiro and Natalie Keyssar
9 October 2025 at 23:31
The number of city households with three or more children has dropped by nearly 17 percent over the past decade as families struggle with the cost of child care and rent.

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Government Shutdown Scrambles Some Home Sales in Flood Zones

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By: Rukmini Callimachi
9 October 2025 at 23:38
When the government shut down, so did the federal flood insurance program, forcing some buyers into the costly private market.

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Homeowners are required to have flood insurance if their home lies inside a 100-year floodplain.

Number of Children Fleeing Violence in Haiti Soars

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By: Frances Robles
9 October 2025 at 22:09
Haitian children face intensifying problems of crime, hunger and homelessness as the country’s humanitarian crisis shows no signs of easing, a report from a U.N. agency found.

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Children playing jump rope at the Lycée Marie Jeanne in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, last September. The school is being used as a shelter for people displaced by violence.
Yesterday — 9 October 2025NYT | Top Stories

10 Months Later, Russia Admits Deadly Downing of Azerbaijani Plane

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By: Nataliya Vasilyeva
9 October 2025 at 23:30
President Vladimir Putin’s rare acknowledgment of a Russian military mistake came as relations have deteriorated between the two former Soviet states.

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The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 in Ataku, Kazakhstan, in December of last year.

Netanyahu’s Political Fortunes May Be Transformed by Gaza Deal

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By: David M. Halbfinger
9 October 2025 at 22:50
The Israeli prime minister appeared backed into a corner in Gaza diplomacy. But this deal could greatly increase his room for maneuver, analysts said.

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At the U.N. General Assembly last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a Palestinian state would represent “national suicide” for Israel.

Irish Factory Prospered Because of China’s Babies. Then Nestlé Pulled the Plug.

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By: Alexandra Stevenson and Paulo Nunes Dos Santos
9 October 2025 at 12:01
China’s baby boom enriched a small Irish town where a Nestlé factory made formula for Chinese newborns. Then a baby bust unraveled it all. Or so it seemed.

Tim Hanley at his dairy farm in western Ireland, near a Nestlé factory to which he provided milk for infant formula sold in China.

Katie Porter Goes Viral for ‘Unhappy’ TV Interview in California Governor’s Race

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By: Laurel Rosenhall
9 October 2025 at 09:53
The former Democratic congresswoman, known for her own grilling of executives on Capitol Hill, threatened to abandon an interview after she was asked several follow-up questions.

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Katie Porter, a former congresswoman, went viral on Wednesday after she grew frustrated by a television reporter and threatened to abandon an interview after several follow-up questions.

Joseph Herbert, Who Helped Catch Copycat Zodiac Killer, Dies at 68

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By: Richard Sandomir
9 October 2025 at 21:18
A New York police detective, he used his knowledge of the killer’s handwriting — and a lucky twist — to solve a confounding case.

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Joseph Herbert in 1996, with Detective Thomas Maher, left, at a news conference about the arrest of Heriberto Seda, whose killings mimicked those of the so-called Zodiac killer.

A Tough Job for Jay Powell at the Fed Gets Tougher

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By: Andrew Ross Sorkin， Bernhard Warner， Sarah Kessler， Michael J. de la Merced， Niko Gallogly and Ian Mount
9 October 2025 at 20:46
Some at the central bank don’t feel the need to cut rates further this year; others are worried about the jobs market. That complicates the job of Jay Powell, its chair.

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Lingering concerns among some Fed policymakers about inflation will add to Jay Powell’s task of forging a consensus on rate cuts.

A Gaza Deal

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By: Jodi Rudoren
9 October 2025 at 19:29
The world is waking up to an agreement between Israel and Hamas. We explain what we know about the breakthrough.

© Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Einav Zangauker, the mother of a hostage, Matan Zangauker, reacts to the news.

A Breakthrough Hostage Deal, and an Arrest in Deadly L.A. Wildfire

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By: Tracy Mumford， Will Jarvis， Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger
9 October 2025 at 18:00
Plus, Dolly Parton wants you to know she “ain’t dead yet.”

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

A banner in Tel Aviv this month showing images of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

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By: Reid J. Epstein and Lisa Lerer
9 October 2025 at 20:14
The Illinois governor, a potential presidential candidate, is fighting the presence of National Guard troops and the activities of ICE agents in Chicago.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois has positioned Chicago as a harbinger of the threat that he believes President Trump poses and himself as a chief antagonist to a president who has already threatened to jail him.

Judge to Hear Arguments on Whether Guard Troops Near Chicago Can Stay

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By: Mitch Smith
9 October 2025 at 17:03
As local anxiety builds, Illinois officials say the deployment of Guard troops violates state sovereignty, while the White House says the troops’ presence is needed.

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Texas National Guard troops at an entry point to the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Elwood, Ill., on Tuesday.

Harvard Seeks Assurances as Talks Restart in Washington

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By: Michael C. Bender， Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Blinder
9 October 2025 at 17:04
University leaders are wary of a new proposal from the Trump administration to impose far-reaching changes in higher education.

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The White House has wielded investigations and funding cuts to try to compel Harvard to adopt more conservative values.

Democrats Play the Hits on Health Care. But Fewer People Are Listening.

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By: Nate Cohn
9 October 2025 at 20:00
The basic political conflict in America has changed to something very different than the one putting health care to the fore.

© Luke Sharrett for The New York Times

President Obama and Nancy Pelosi got the Affordable Care Act to the finish line in 2010, but Medicare for all, championed by Bernie Sanders, seems very far away.

At the Met’s ‘Divine Egypt,’ the Gods are Eternally Fabulous

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By: Holland Cotter and Thomas Prior
9 October 2025 at 17:13
A once-in-a-decade exhibition of ancient deities — many are goddesses — ranging over more than 3,000 years, from monumental statues to gleaming figurines.

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Relief of Maat, goddess of social justice, wearing a feather in her headdress; from the exhibition “Divine Egypt” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

New York Fed’s John Williams Favors More Rate Cuts

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By: Colby Smith
9 October 2025 at 17:08
John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is primarily concerned with weakness in the labor market.

© Vincent Alban/The New York Times

John C. Williams said in an interview that the Federal Reserve had flexibility to cut rates to bolster employment.
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