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Today — 9 October 2025Main stream

The Harvard ‘Die-in’ That Set Off a Debate Over Protest and Punishment

9 October 2025 at 00:46
An Israeli American student said he was assaulted during a protest. Two years later, Republicans continue to raise the episode in their campaign to force schools to punish the student protesters.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Elom Tettey-Tamaklo was accused of assaulting a counterprotester at a Harvard demonstration two years ago. The allegations have followed him since.
Yesterday — 8 October 2025Main stream

Joan Kennedy, Who Married Into a Dynasty, Dies at 89

9 October 2025 at 00:27
The wife of Senator Edward Kennedy for a quarter of a century, she both basked and struggled in the reflected glare of a political family in the spotlight.

© George Tames/The New York Times

Joan Kennedy with her husband at the time, Edward M. Kennedy, in Boston in 1979, when he announced his campaign for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination. Their children Kara Ann and Patrick joined them for the event.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen

7 October 2025 at 09:13
The delays came just hours after the transportation secretary warned that flying could be disrupted by the government shutdown.

© David Zalubowski/Associated Press

Travelers at Denver International Airport last week. On Monday afternoon, insufficient air traffic controller staffing caused arriving flights to be delayed about 40 minutes.

A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun

7 October 2025 at 04:13
The episode initially raised concerns because it happened near a synagogue, but the police say it was unrelated to antisemitism.

© Billy Hickey for The New York Times

The Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass.

Processing the Government Shutdown in a Divided America

7 October 2025 at 01:23
As the government shutdown entered its first full week, emotions across the country ranged from uneasy to unconcerned.

© Alex Kent for The New York Times

A prayer among leaders of Hemingway Memorial A.M.E. Church in District Heights, Md., on Sunday.

Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students

7 October 2025 at 00:01
Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Harvard has been trying to resolve its differences with the federal government. It also has issues with its students.
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