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Today — 4 June 2025Main stream

How a 3D-Printed Rifle Ended Up in the Middle of the Baltic Sea

4 June 2025 at 04:12
An island resident designed and made a 3D-printed gun, an example of how enthusiasts abroad embrace firearms technology nurtured in the United States.

© Loulou d'Aki for The New York Times

Elias Andersson in his workshop with a Printax rifle. He built the gun because, he said, he had to create his own next thing on an isolated island.
Yesterday — 3 June 2025Main stream

After Several Attacks, Heightened Anxiety Among American Jews

3 June 2025 at 09:28
The attack in Colorado on a march in support of hostages held in Gaza contributed to a sense that simply existing in public as a Jewish person is increasingly dangerous.

© Michael Ciaglo for The New York Times

Placing flowers on Monday to honor the victims, at the attack site, a pedestrian downtown street filled with restaurants and shops.

Colorado Suspect’s Uncertain Immigration Status Highlights Visa ‘Overstays’

3 June 2025 at 04:24
Unlawful border crossings dominate the political debate about immigration. But estimates suggest 40 percent of undocumented people entered the United States lawfully and then stayed.

© Graham Dickie/The New York Times

Travelers at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. A large percentage of undocumented immigrants in the United States enter the country lawfully and then stay after their visas expire.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Rising Mortgage Rates and Recession Fears Stall a Fragile Housing Market

2 June 2025 at 17:00
Economists predicted that the United States would break free of its long-running housing slump in 2025. But the opposite happened.

© Montinique Monroe for The New York Times

Even in Austin, Texas, where there are plenty of homes to buy, the market is “frozen,” said one local real estate agent.

Suspect in Boulder Attack Was in U.S. ‘Illegally,’ Homeland Security Department Says

The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, had arrived in 2022 on a tourist visa from Egypt and stayed after the visa expired, an official said. Eight people were injured in the attack.

© Michael Ciaglo for The New York Times

Police vehicles near the site of an attack in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday.

China Rejects Trump’s Accusation That It Violated Trade Truce

2 June 2025 at 14:57
In response to President Trump’s claim, China said the United States was the one introducing a series of “discriminatory restrictive measures.”

© Martial Trezzini/Keystone, via Reuters

Officials from the United States and China reached a trade truce last month following a meeting in Geneva.

U.S. Dependence on China for Rare Earth Magnets Is Causing Shortages

2 June 2025 at 12:01
The United States allowed its rare earth metals industry to move to China and could now face severe economic disruption as China limits crucial supplies.

© Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times

Workers in China at the Magnequench Company making magnetic powders and other products using rare earth metals in 2013. The company closed a plant in Indiana two decades ago.

US-China Tariff Pause Spurs Stock Market Surge

The S&P 500 logged its biggest gain in over a month after American and Chinese officials signaled a de-escalation in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
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