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Today — 4 November 2025NYT | Top Stories

Kim Yong-nam, Longtime Ceremonial Head of North Korea, Dead at 97

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By: Choe Sang-Hun
4 November 2025 at 14:27
In a country where political purges are frequent, Mr. Kim was a notable exception and served three generations of its dynastic rulers.

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Kim Yong-nam, head of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 2013.

The First Big Elections of the New Trump Era Are Today. Here’s What to Look For.

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By: Reid J. Epstein
4 November 2025 at 13:01
The mayor’s race in New York will gauge voters’ desire for a left-wing shift, and Democrats running for governor in New Jersey and Virginia again made fighting the president central to their bids.

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Voters waiting to cast ballots in Brooklyn on Sunday, the final day of early voting in New York’s elections.

This Trillionaire Economy Thrived in a Global Order Trump Is Ditching

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By: Patricia Cohen
4 November 2025 at 13:00
Poland and other countries across Europe that found economic success in an era of collaboration are now facing a crumbling of international alliances.

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Katowice, a former coal-mining hub in southern Poland, has been transformed into a business and tech center.

George Banks, Convicted Mass Murderer, Dies at 83

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By: Alexandra E. Petri
4 November 2025 at 11:23
He fatally shot 13 people in Pennsylvania in September 1982 in what was then one of the nation’s worst mass shootings. Five of the victims were his own children.

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George Banks in 1985.

Prosecutors Urge Judge to Rebuff Comey’s Bid to Dismiss Case

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By: Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage
4 November 2025 at 11:07
The filing appeared to be an effort to construct a narrative that James B. Comey had leaked information to the news media without actually tying such assertions to the claims made in the indictment against him.

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James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, has argued that the charges he is facing should be thrown out as an act of vindictive prosecution by the Trump administration.

G.O.P. Figures Seek Distance From Tucker Carlson, Denouncing Antisemitism

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By: Annie Karni
4 November 2025 at 10:37
Prominent Republicans rejected the views of Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist, though some refrained from directly criticizing Tucker Carlson for interviewing him.

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“I choose to stand with Israel, and I choose to stand with America,” said Senator Ted Cruz, whose grievances with Mr. Carlson are not new.

Trump Endorses Cuomo for NYC Mayor and Attacks Mamdani Before Election

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By: Dana Rubinstein and Michael Gold
4 November 2025 at 08:59
The president wrote that if Zohran Mamdani were to win, it would be “highly unlikely” that the city would receive federal funding beyond a bare minimum.

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President Trump urged New Yorkers to vote for Andrew Cuomo on Monday, saying “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice.”

Which Celebrities Are Endorsing Mamdani or Cuomo in the NYC Mayoral Race?

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By: Alisha Haridasani Gupta
4 November 2025 at 09:23
As the end nears in the mayoral race, some famous people have let their endorsements be known.

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In the race to be the next mayor of New York City, Andrew Cuomo was endorsed by, among others, the filmmaker Woody Allen, while Zohran Mamdani was endorsed by a large group of actors and actresses.

Trump’s Tariffs and Push Against Limits Face Election and Court Tests

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By: Erica L. Green
4 November 2025 at 08:36
President Trump has a lot riding on the results of Tuesday’s elections, his tariffs case at the Supreme Court and the future of the government shutdown.

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The president is facing a pressure test of the unilateral governance style that has marked his second term.

California Man Shot by ICE Was Not Trying to Run Over Agent, Lawyers Say

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By: Soumya Karlamangla
4 November 2025 at 08:46
A Southern California man charged with assault of a federal officer was asking agents to leave an area where school children wait for the bus, according to his lawyers.

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A U.S. citizen was shot and wounded in his car by a federal agent during an immigration enforcement operation last week in Ontario, Calif.

Six Dead in Listeria Outbreak Linked to Pasta

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By: Livia Albeck-Ripka and Alice Callahan
4 November 2025 at 08:58
Prepared pasta sold at grocery chains across the country, including Albertsons and Trader Joe’s, were recalled after 27 people in 18 states became ill, federal health officials said.

The Battle Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller Near His Virginia Home

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By: Devlin Barrett
4 November 2025 at 07:44
Criminal inquiries pit the Miller family’s safety concerns against the First Amendment rights of an activist in Northern Virginia critical of the administration.

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Stephen Miller, President Trump’s deputy chief of staff, is a driving force behind the Trump administration’s decision-making on immigration and law enforcement.

What the Virginia Governor Election Might Portend for Trump

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By: Jess Bidgood
4 November 2025 at 07:56
The governor’s race in the president’s backyard could tell us if a backlash has arrived.

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Winsome Earle-Sears, left, and Abigail Spanberger are facing off on Tuesday in the Virginia governor’s race.

‘The Boat,’ Despised Floating Jail Near Rikers, Heads for the Scrap Heap

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By: Corey Kilgannon
4 November 2025 at 07:19
The jail barge, officially called the Vernon C. Bain Center, was a relic of the crack cocaine era. It was notorious even among Rikers Island’s many troubled lockups.

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On Monday, former detainees and their loved ones turned out to watch the decommissioned Vernon C. Bain Center jail barge as it was towed from the shoreline of the East River in the South Bronx.

Starbucks to Sell 60% of Its China Business to a Private Equity Firm

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By: Emmett Lindner and Julie Creswell
4 November 2025 at 08:18
In a deal valued at $4 billion, Boyu Capital will acquire a stake in the coffee giant’s 8,000 stores in China.

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ICE Altercation With Protester in Colorado Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back

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By: Jack Healy
4 November 2025 at 07:23
At the Durango, Colo., police chief’s request, Colorado law enforcement will investigate whether a federal agent broke the law when he appeared to put a protester in a chokehold.

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When Durango’s police chief, Brice Current, saw a video of a protester put in a chokehold, he said, “It appeared to be an out of policy and possibly illegal use of force.”

Do You Rely on Food Stamps? Tell Us About How You’re Preparing for the Possible Loss of Assistance.

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By: The New York Times
1 November 2025 at 02:44
As food assistance funding runs out, Times reporters want to hear from people who rely on it, or who work to help feed people in their community.

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The threat of food assistance disappearing for 42 million Americans, even for a month, has exposed how threadbare the nation’s social safety net has become at a time of persistent inflation and deep federal funding cuts.

Mail-In Ballots Solidify Narrow Win for Dutch Centrist Party

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By: Claire Moses
4 November 2025 at 06:21
The center-left D66 party edged the far-right party of Geert Wilders in the popular vote, giving it the first crack at forming a new government.

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The leader of the center-left party D66, Rob Jetten, in The Hague last week.

How New York’s Mayoral Race Became a Vote on the Middle East

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By: Katherine Rosman
4 November 2025 at 08:24
Many New Yorkers have been agonizing over the war between Israel and Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023. Now they are casting their ballots.

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Samuel Levitan (left) and Ujji Bathla tell voters about Zohran Mamdani’s campaign platform to make New York City more affordable. But they were initially drawn by his pro-Palestinian politics.

Diane Ladd, Oscar-Nominated Actress and Mother of Laura Dern, Dies at 89

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By: Anita Gates
4 November 2025 at 06:34
She was a three-time Oscar contender playing strikingly different characters, in one case starring alongside her daughter and fellow nominee, Laura Dern.

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Diane Ladd in the mid-1960s. In movies like “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Wild at Heart,” her characters ranged from sympathetic to ruthless.

2 Men Plotted Attack in Michigan on Halloween, U.S. Says

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By: Karoun Demirjian
4 November 2025 at 05:54
The two men face federal charges of planning a terrorist attack inspired by the Islamic State.

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An F.B.I. terrorism task force outside a house in Dearborn, Mich., on Friday.

With Acquisition, Kimberly-Clark Bets That Tylenol Can Weather the Storm

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By: Rebecca Robbins and Lauren Hirsch
4 November 2025 at 04:53
The consumer products giant reached a $40 billion deal to buy Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, despite a barrage of unproven claims from President Trump and others that use of the pain reliever during pregnancy can cause autism.

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Kimberly-Clark is gambling that it can outlast the Trump administration’s Tylenol-autism warnings. Kenvue has a broader portfolio of brand-name products like Band-Aid and Neutrogena.
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