The New York Times

People flee along the coastal Rashid Street from Gaza City, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.

Though costs rise for Israel and Hamas, hopes for deal sink

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Neither side in the war has shown any signs of backing down despite steep costs for both.

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As promised, Trump began a campaign of mass deportation. 

Trump’s economic magic trick is coming undone

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The American people may not profit from his presidency, but Donald Trump will. Indeed, he already has.

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The taboo against pork is deeply entrenched in both religious traditions. But the prohibition is not absolute.

Pig organ transplants cause dilemma for Jews and Muslims

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The sacred texts of Judaism and Islam are in absolute agreement when it comes to the pig: It is taboo, unclean and unfit for human consumption.

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President Donald Trump greets President Vladimir Putin of Russia as they met at in Anchorage, Alaska.

America’s allies are asking why Putin still owns Trump

THE NEW YORK TIMES: No one wants to say this publicly right now but Putin keeps spitting in Trump’s eye and Trump keeps telling the world that it’s raining.

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Utah prosecutors have announced plans to seek the death penalty for Tyler Robinson.

Kirk suspect allegedly said he acted against ‘hatred’

Utah prosecutors allege Tyler Robinson had told his partner that he shot Kirk because he ‘had enough of his hatred’.

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Robert Redford, the big-screen charmer turned Oscar-winning director whose hit movies often helped America make sense of itself, died at his home in Utah early on Tuesday.

‘Radiantly glamorous’: Film icon Robert Redford dies at 89

He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

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Robert Redford during filming of Three Days of the Condor in Manhattan in 1975.

Robert Redford: Iconic American star who escaped the mould

Though he got his start under the old studio system, he remained a natural in the New Hollywood and beyond. For years, nobody seemed to do it better onscreen than Robert Redford

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An illustration shows a giant asteroid striking Mars 4.5 billion years ago.

Quakes on Mars reveal new secret about planet

THE NEW YORK TIMES: New studies offer clues about Mars’ history. The knowledge could help scientists better understand rocky worlds.

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Lee Jung-jae, right, and Park Hae-soo in a scene from the Korean series "Squid Game."  (Netflix via AP)

Squid Game star shares why Korean fandom is so intense

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Superstardom in South Korea also means heavy scrutiny from fans, who can quickly morph into critics and harassers.

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Weapon-mounted vehicles on the eastern edge of Zamzam camp after it was seized by Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries.

Starving children eat animal feed in besieged Sudanese city

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Doctors shelter in foxholes during bombing raids, and malnourished patients are sustained with animal feed.

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Social media is reducing horrific and violent killings to nothing but cheap snuff films.

Social media turns horrific killings into cheap snuff films

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Instead of making us all more sensitive to the horrors of our world, graphic videos turn into something closer to viral snuff films when they are endlessly replayed. 

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Whiskey distillers say their industry is so intertwined that US tariffs will hurt producers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Tariffs are uniting two whiskey heavyweights

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The tariffs are another blow to an industry that’s already suffering a downturn.

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A framed photo of Ethan Dallas, 15, taken shortly before his suicide, on July 22, 2025.

He made a friend on Roblox, their chats turned sinister

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Years later he made a confession to his mother. ‘Promise you won’t get mad if I tell you?’

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About 3000 people were killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks that shocked the world.

New York stops to pay respects on 9/11

THE NEW YORK TIMES: At 14 minutes to 9 on Thursday morning, for thousands of people in New York City and across the region, time stopped, and silence descended, filled by memories of the 9/11 attacks.

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Father Ted creator Graham Lineham was arrested over transgender comments as he landed in Heathrow.

A comedian’s arrest could reshape Britain’s free speech laws

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The dramatic arrest of a comedian turned anti-transgender activist last week has left many officials questioning the path forward.

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