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🇺🇸Russia Turns to Striking Kyiv’s Bridges, Threatening a Vital Lifeline
The bridges, used by many commuters in the Ukrainian capital, are the latest target in a broad Russian bombing campaign against infrastructure.
🇺🇸Democrats May Have Found the Recipe for Flipping Red-State Senate Seats
Five new Times/Siena polls continue a run of strong results for the party in states that President Trump won easily in 2024.
🇺🇸In Texas, Talarico Inspires a Recurring Blue-Tinted Dream
After a dry spell of more than three decades, Democrats are daring (yet again) to believe they can win one or more top-of-the-ballot races in a vast and stubbornly red state.
🇺🇸Trump, Putin, Ukraine and an Oil Deal: 5 Takeaways
A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign policy.
🇺🇸Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find
Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
🇺🇸U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.
🇺🇸D.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional Evidence
Records show that campus police officers informed Tompkins County prosecutors that they had conducted additional interviews beyond taking a statement from the woman who said she was raped.
🇺🇸Hochul Denounces D.A. and Cornell Police in Handling of Sex Assault Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Letitia James, the attorney general, to investigate the original allegations and why a police report omitted crucial information.
🇺🇸New York Governor Criticizes Handling of Cornell Case
Also, U.S. hiring slowed down. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
🇺🇸Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
🇺🇸Judge Blocks Border Wall Construction in Big Bend in Texas
The ruling dealt a setback to the Trump administration’s plans for hundreds of miles of barriers that have drawn local opposition.
🇺🇸Man Accused of Sex Assault Seeks to Expunge Cornell’s Finding of Related Violation
A panel found the man responsible for attempted sexual exploitation, barred him from contact with the woman and required him to take a class and write a paper.
🇺🇸National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
🇺🇸Why Were 4 Pilots Aboard FlyDubai Flight 1073?
After the co-pilot stabbed the captain, two pilots who were seated in the cabin intervened alongside passengers and safely landed the Boeing 737 in Saudi Arabia.
🇺🇸How FlyDubai Passengers and Crew Averted Disaster After Pilot Was Stabbed During Flight
A badly wounded Indian pilot managed to unlock the cockpit door. Four Israeli men teamed up to overwhelm an attacker and avert disaster.
🇺🇸Soft Jobs Report Boosts Market Bets Fed Will Skip October Rate Increase
The odds of an interest rate change at the Federal Reserve’s meeting in late October have dropped following a softer jobs report and strong signaling from bank officials.
🇺🇸Airlines Set to Bring Israelis Back From U.A.E. After FlyDubai Cockpit Attack
The attack, on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, halted the only direct service between the two cities since the war in Iran disrupted air traffic.
🇺🇸Indian Pilot Stabbed on FlyDubai Flight Recalls Sudden Attack
Capt. Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed by his co-pilot midair between Dubai and Tel Aviv, said he “had to act” to prevent a crash despite serious injuries.
🇺🇸Why Prosecutors May Face Legal Hurdles in the Cornell Investigation
Experts in sexual assault cases said it may not be easy to win a conviction on the rape allegations that Jane Doe has made against fraternity members.
🇺🇸The Powerful Yet Fragile Force Propping Up Stocks and the Economy
The artificial intelligence boom has pushed up the stock market, even as interest rates have pulled it down, our columnist says.
🇺🇸AIPAC Is Spending Millions to Elect Friends. It’s Also Making Enemies.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has increasingly become a campaign issue unto itself. Some candidates have worn opposition from AIPAC as a badge of honor or made a point of rejecting the group’s support.
🇺🇸A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe
The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.
🇺🇸Russia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine
Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.
🇺🇸Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the state attorney general to investigate a former Cornell University student’s allegation of rape. The woman has sued seven men in connection with the alleged assault.
🇺🇸Cornell Students Call for Change at Fiery Public Meeting
Through tears, some students shared stories of assaults they had experienced, while others spoke out to criticize administrators and demand improved training on consent.
🇺🇸How The New York Times Is Reporting on the Cornell Rape Investigation
Times editors explore the thinking behind our coverage of the explosive allegations that have roiled a campus and the country.
🇺🇸Tennessee Pauses Executions After a Botched Lethal Injection
Also, the Supreme Court will review Trump’s migrant detention policy. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
🇺🇸What Did Christa Pike Do? What to Know About the Botched Tennessee Execution.
Ms. Pike, 50, survived two doses of a lethal injection in Tennessee. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of a classmate.
🇺🇸Congress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain
Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.
🇺🇸How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?
A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms. Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded.
🇺🇸As Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Level Since 2023, Buyers Look at ARMs
The average 30-year, fixed-rate home loan rose to 7.28 percent, up from 6.34 percent a year ago. More buyers are now turning to adjustable-rate mortgages.
🇺🇸Men Accused in Cornell Sex Assault Suit Give Varying Accounts of Night
Their accounts, detailed in hundreds of pages of investigative files obtained by The New York Times, were disjointed. All the men denied any wrongdoing.
🇺🇸How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Action
The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”
🇺🇸After Failed Attempt to Execute Christa Pike, Tennessee Pauses a Planned Execution
Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, ordered a review of the state’s lethal injection process after the botched attempt to put Christa Pike to death. She was hospitalized Wednesday.
🇺🇸Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
🇺🇸What Newly Obtained Documents Show About the Cornell Case, and Inside the Bloody Midair Cockpit Attack
Plus, a Kelvin wave is coming.
🇺🇸Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
🇺🇸What to Know About the Execution Attempt of Christa Pike
Ms. Pike, 50, survived two doses of lethal injection in Tennessee. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of a classmate.
🇺🇸The Cornell Rape Investigation: Five Takeaways
The New York Times obtained more than 1,000 pages from the university’s internal inquiry into accusations by “Jane Doe.” Here are the revelations so far.
🇺🇸How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Seeking Justice
The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”
🇺🇸Cornell Students Question Greek Life Culture After Sexual Assault Claim
With their university under fire in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit, students are having difficult conversations about Greek life, campus rituals and the possibility for lasting changes.
🇺🇸A Bloody Attack on a FlyDubai Plane Headed to Israel, and a Terrifying Plunge
“I don’t deserve to die like this,” said one passenger on Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The motive of the cockpit stabbing remains unknown, officials said.
🇺🇸Cornell Will Hire Outside Lawyers to Investigate 2024 Rape Claim
The university and law enforcement officials are under growing pressure to explain how they handled a woman’s initial claims of being assaulted by a group of students.
🇺🇸Plane to Israel Narrowly Averts Disaster
Also, a Kelvin wave is heading to California. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
🇺🇸OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.
🇺🇸Congress Set to Leave Washington for the Midterms With No A.I. Progress
Senate Democrats blocked a measure that would encourage, but not require, states to protect consumers from power rate hikes tied to data center growth, and had no limits on A.I. use or deployment.
🇺🇸Trump’s Voluntary A.I. Policing Echoes What Biden Did. But Is It Enough Today?
President Trump’s plan to let A.I. companies police themselves comes amid mounting examples that they are failing to put safeguards on the technology.
🇺🇸Democrats Block Stock-Trading Bill, Denying the G.O.P. a Pre-Midterm Win
A Republican measure to limit, but not bar, congressional stock trading faltered in the Senate as Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. bid to show progress on an issue that has rankled voters.
🇺🇸Panic and Heroics on FlyDubai Flight: ‘We Felt That This Was It’
A routine flight turned terrifying when a violent altercation broke out inside the cockpit and the aircraft dropped 17,000 feet in two minutes. Passengers subdued a knife-wielding attacker.
