❌

Normal view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.
Today — 14 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Stefan Merrill Block
14 December 2025 at 19:00
Not once, in the four and a half years I learned at home, did anyone from the state come to assess what sort of education I was receiving, or even just check on me.

What We Know About the Shooting at Bondi Beach

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Jin Yu Young
14 December 2025 at 20:56
Two gunman opened fire at dozens of people who were at a Jewish holiday event. At least 11 people were killed in the attack, and so was one of the shooters, the police said.

© Matthew Abbott for The New York Times

Paramedics wait to assist other emergency responders at the scene of a shooting in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.

Witnesses Fled Bondi Beach as Gunmen Targeted Jewish Event

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Amelia Nierenberg， Victoria Kim and Damien Cave
14 December 2025 at 19:50
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, killing at least 12 people.

© Saeed Khan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Emergency responders moving a man on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.

How The Times Analyzed the S.E.C.’s Cryptocurrency Enforcement

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Andrea Fuller， Ben Protess， Sharon LaFraniere， Seamus Hughes， Julie Tate and Alex Klavens
14 December 2025 at 18:02
The New York Times set out to understand — and quantify — just how much things had changed within the agency after President Trump resumed office.

© Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

A portrait array in the lobby of the Securities and Exchange Commission showing President Trump and Vice President JD Vance; its chairman, Paul S. Atkins; and Commissioners Hester M. Peirce, Caroline A. Crenshaw and Mark T. Uyeda.

The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Dan Barry and Rachel Wisniewski
14 December 2025 at 18:03
The Treasury Department unveiled new coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. They failed to include planned designs featuring abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement.

Actors surrounded Brandon Beach, the U.S. treasurer, and Kristie McNally, the Mint’s acting secretary, at a coin unveiling this month at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

The Army Made a Blind Black Soldier a Surrogate for Robert E. Lee

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Carol Rosenberg
14 December 2025 at 18:00
For more than a century, this Black soldier from Virginia was remembered by nearly no one. Then this year, someone at the Pentagon found a use for him.

© National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pvt. Fitz Lee in 1899, with his Medal of Honor on his jacket.

Washington Residents Return Home to Extensive Flood Damage

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Drew Atkins， Orlando Mayorquín and Bernard Mokam
14 December 2025 at 18:02
After heavy rains swelled rivers and flooded neighborhoods in northern Washington, residents returned to soggy homes caked in mud. Many tried to salvage what they could.

© Grant Hindsley for The New York Times

Gwendolyn Corley began cleaning up her home after the historic flooding of the nearby Skagit River hit her community of Hamilton, Wash.

Deadly Attack in Syria on U.S. Troops Exposes Growing Challenges for Country’s Leader

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Abdi Latif Dahir
14 December 2025 at 21:32
The attacks further complicate President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s efforts to unify the country and rebuild relationships with the international community, analysts say.

© Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria in Damascus, the capital, in April.

What We Know About the American Troops in Syria

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Jin Yu Young
14 December 2025 at 17:20
The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country.

© John Moore/Getty Images

U.S. Army soldiers gather before a patrol from a remote combat outpost in northeastern Syria in 2021.

A Brown University Instructor Hid From Gunfire With His Students

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Katherine Rosman， Ashley Ahn and Jenna Russell
14 December 2025 at 14:09
Joseph Oduro, 21, said he was leading an economics study session for about 60 students when a masked man entered the room and started shooting.

© Bing Guan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

F.B.I. agents enter the Barus and Holley building, the site of a shooting at Brown University on Saturday.

Gunshots, Sirens and a Manhunt Transform Brown’s Campus

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Mark Arsenault and Thomas Gibbons-Neff
14 December 2025 at 12:43
A typical Saturday night on the Ivy League campus was shaken by the killing of two people and the wounding of 9 others.

© Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

East Providence police officers in Providence, R.I., on Saturday.

AfD Pushes to Publish German Information That Officials Say May Help Russia

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Christopher F. Schuetze
14 December 2025 at 13:01
Opponents of AfD lawmakers say that their push to publish sensitive details about national security could benefit Russian military planning.

© Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

The leaders of the AfD, Tino Chrupalla, front left, and Alice Weidel, front center, have defended the party against accusations of compromising national security.

Brown University Students Hide After Shooter Attacks Campus

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Rylee Kirk， Mitch Smith， Alan Blinder and Ashley Ahn
14 December 2025 at 10:56
On and around Brown’s campus in Providence, terrified students rushed to safety as word of a gunman on campus spread.

© Jen Mcdermott/Associated Press

Police officers and emergency medical workers gathering in response to a shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday.

What We Know About the Deadly Shooting at Brown University

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Yan Zhuang， By Thomas Gibbons-Neff， Mark Arsenault and Mitch Smith
14 December 2025 at 20:33
A person of interest was in custody Sunday, the day after two people were killed and nine others injured during an attack on the Rhode Island campus.

© Mark Stockwell/Associated Press

The police outside an entrance to Brown University in Providence, R.I., after a deadly shooting on Saturday.

Brown University Students Hide After Shooter Attacks Campus

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Rylee Kirk， Mitch Smith， Alan Blinder and Ashley Ahn
14 December 2025 at 10:56
On and around Brown’s campus in Providence, terrified students rushed to safety as word of a gunman on campus spread.

© Jen Mcdermott/Associated Press

Police officers and emergency medical workers gathering in response to a shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday.

Abraham Quintanilla Jr., Music Producer and Father of Selena, Dies at 86

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Jesus Jiménez
14 December 2025 at 05:33
As a teenager, he hoped to make it big in the Tejano music world. He realized that dream through his daughter.

© Paul Iverson/Associated Press

Abraham Quintanilla Jr. in 2017. With his daughter Selena doing vocals, he turned his small family band into a Grammy-winning act, and Selena became known as the queen of Tejano music.

Active Shooter Alert Issued at Brown University in Rhode Island

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Hannah Ziegler and Rylee Kirk
14 December 2025 at 06:34
The university warned students to hide in an alert late Saturday afternoon. A suspect was not in custody, university officials said, correcting an earlier posting.

© Eden Ambaye

Emergency responders on the scene of a reported shooting on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I. on Saturday.

Flight Returns to Dulles After Engine Failure During Takeoff, F.A.A. Says

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Mark Walker and Aimee Ortiz
14 December 2025 at 11:01
United Airlines Flight 803, which was headed to Tokyo, safely landed at Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday, officials said.

© Courtesy of Houman David Hemmati

Smoke from a fire near Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday.

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Eshe Nelson and Ana Swanson
14 December 2025 at 01:48
The U.S. government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in September, after signing an agreement that pledged to extend research collaborations and deepen partnerships in the tech industry.

Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Valerie Hopkins and Tomas Dapkus
14 December 2025 at 01:50
The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and two opposition leaders, was part of a monthslong rapprochement between Washington and Minsk.

© Ints Kalnins/Reuters

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a Belarusian opposition leader, welcoming Ales Bialiatski, a political activist released by Belarus, as he arrived Saturday at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania.
❌
❌