Vue lecture

Man Fleeing an Immigration Raid Dies After Running Onto an L.A. Freeway

The man was hit by a vehicle. It happened about a month after an immigrant fell from a greenhouse and later died following a raid in Ventura County.

© Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

An immigration raid at a Home Depot in Monrovia, Calif., on Thursday caused a man to flee onto a freeway. He was struck by a vehicle and died, officials said.
  •  

Newsom Kicks Off California Redistricting Campaign and Calls for Special Election

The governor kicked off his campaign for a proposition asking California voters to approve a new congressional map, a move that comes with both opportunity and risk.

© Mike Blake/Reuters

Gov. Gavin Newsom called on voters to approve a ballot measure redrawing the state’s congressional map at an event in Los Angeles on Thursday.
  •  

Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump

In a petition, alumni, faculty and members of the public asked Harvard to stand up to the White House. The school has signaled a willingness to pay $500 million to restore research funds.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Many at the university had praised the school for suing the Trump administration in the spring over funding cuts and pushing back against other demands.
  •  

Phil Knight, Ex-Nike Chief, and His Wife Pledge $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center

Oregon Health & Science University said the couple’s donation would be the largest single gift to a higher-learning institution in the United States.
  •  

Federal Raids Target D.C. Homeless Camps

It was unclear how widespread or effective the raids were, after district officials and advocates had spent much of the day trying to clear the camps, urging people to go to shelters ahead of the raids.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Metropolitan Police Department personnel stood by as a shelter hotline van arrived near the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington on Thursday.
  •  

Judge Halts White House Effort to Defund Schools With D.E.I. Programs

The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollars from schools that did not comply.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

The Supreme Court in Washington, where affirmative action in college has already been ruled unconstitutional.
  •  

Dale Webster, Who Surfed Every Day for 40 Years, Dies at 76

He braved frigid waters and sharks and surfed even when he had a kidney stone while breaking the record for the most consecutive days surfed.

© Darcy Padilla for The New York Times

Dale Webster, who became known as Daily Wavester for his surfing streak, at Salmon Beach in Bodega, Calif., in 2000.
  •  

Minnesota Assassination Suspect Indicted on First-Degree Murder Charges

State prosecutors had previously charged the man with second-degree murder in the deaths of State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband.

© Tim Gruber for The New York Times

State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were honored at the Minnesota State Capitol in June after they were killed.
  •  

Texas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Redistricting Plan

The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.

© Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

State Representative Gene Wu, leader of the Democrats in the Texas House, speaking at a news conference in Chicago, where lawmakers from his party have fled.
  •  

Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin

The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.

© Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times

A summit meeting with President Trump is widely seen as a victory for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, even if no agreements are reached.
  •  

Woman Claims Marine Laced Her Drink With Abortion Pills

A Texas woman said in a lawsuit that a U.S. Marine got her pregnant and then, after she chose to keep the pregnancy, dissolved abortion pills in her hot chocolate.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Medical abortion pills. A wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Liana Davis claims that Christopher Cooprider dosed her with 10 abortion pills after she rebuffed his requests to end her pregnancy.
  •  

As Trump Seizes D.C.’s Police, Critics Say He’s Undercut Its Ability to Fight Crime

The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than $1 billion.

© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times

President Trump has deployed 800 members of the National Guard to Washington to assist local and federal law enforcement.
  •  

Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally

The armed and masked agents assembled outside a museum where the governor was speaking in what Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called “a provocative act.”

© Mike Blake/Reuters

More than a dozen Border Patrol agents turned up in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday outside a museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference.
  •  

Federal Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty in Fatal Shooting of Border Patrol Agent

A federal grand jury in Vermont indicted Teresa Youngblut, 21, on murder and other charges, seven months after a violent encounter during a traffic stop.

© Carlos Osorio/Reuters

U.S. Border Patrol vehicles blocking Interstate 91 a day after a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed on the highway in Coventry, Vt.
  •  

In L.A., Fear of ICE Raids Put the First Day of School On Edge

Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their children were safe at school.

© Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times

As more than half a million students headed back to Los Angeles Unified School District campuses this week, the mood was tense amid the Trump administration’s immigration raids.
  •  

Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows

Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approval. But a procedural step remained.

© Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of Israel, center, arriving for a news conference regarding settlements expansion on Thursday.
  •  

Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike

The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.

© Carlos Osorio/Reuters

Air Canada flight attendants picketed outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, on Monday.
  •  

Supreme Court Allows Mississippi Law on Children’s Use of Social Media, for Now

A trade group representing sites like Facebook and X said the law ran afoul of the First Amendment.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

The Supreme Court’s precedents have protected the First Amendment rights of both children and social media sites.
  •  

All National Guard Troops Sent to Washington Are Mobilized, Pentagon Says

The 800 soldiers, in round-the-clock shifts of 100 to 200, will support Washington police and federal law enforcement officers.

© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times

The Pentagon said the National Guard troops ordered into Washington’s streets by President Trump would “remain until law and order is restored in the District.”
  •  

Fact-Checking Trump on Epstein

For the most part, President Trump has ignored questions about Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender who paid teenage girls for sex. He has brushed off the matter as a “hoax” without elaborating, and he has tried to deflect by attacking his political enemies. But there are a few instances when the president did address questions about Epstein. Here’s an assessment of some of those claims.
  •  

Bondi Tightens Trump Administration’s Grip on D.C. Police

The attorney general cleared the way for the police to aid in immigration enforcement and named an “emergency” commissioner, setting the stage for a conflict with local authorities.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Department of Homeland Security agents joined Washington police officers at a traffic checkpoint on Wednesday.
  •  

Troops in Washington Remain Largely Unseen So Far

Federal agents are assisting the local police, but a surge in National Guard troops hasn’t hit the streets.

© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times

Members of the National Guard on Thursday morning at Union Station in Washington, D.C.
  •  

Pilgrimage Route Hit as Flash Flood Kills Dozens in Kashmir

Hundreds more were missing, many of them Hindu pilgrims, after a cloudburst triggered flooding in mountainous terrain.

© Imran Shah/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

An image from a video of an injured person being carried to a hospital on Thursday in the Paddar area of Kishtwar District in India-controlled Kashmir.
  •  

Echoes of Old Walls Appear, Briefly, in Britain’s Arid Soil

Unusually dry conditions are revealing the outlines of old walls at British historical sites. Climate change is making the lines, called “parchmarks,” more frequently visible.
  •  

Fact-Checking Trump’s Epstein Defenses

In the face of mounting discontent over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump has turned to deflection, denial and downplaying.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

While President Trump socialized with Jeffrey Epstein decades earlier, they had a falling out in the 2000s and there is no public evidence that the president was involved in any of Mr. Epstein’s illegal activities.
  •  

Israel Says More Aid Is Entering Gaza, but Relief Groups Warn of Bottlenecking

Israel says it has allowed more aid into Gaza in recent days, and food prices are dropping, but humanitarian groups warn it is not enough.

© Reuters

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, on Monday.
  •  

In Reversal, Toronto Film Festival Will Screen Documentary About Oct. 7 Attack

Organizers said they had addressed concerns that led the festival to cancel screenings of the Israeli film, which includes footage of atrocities recorded by Hamas fighters.

© Cindy Ord/Getty Images

Cameron Bailey, the chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, said the festival had failed to “clearly articulate the concerns and roadblocks” that led to the withdrawal of the documentary from its lineup.
  •  

Judge Orders Liquidation of Infowars to Pay Sandy Hook Families

The order comes after a series of legal setbacks for the families of Sandy Hook victims as they tried to collect money owed to them by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

© Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

Alex Jones entering a courthouse to testify in Waterbury, Conn., in 2022. For years, Mr. Jones claimed that the 2012 shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut was a hoax.
  •  

La Russie et l'Ukraine annoncent avoir échangé 84 prisonniers de guerre de chaque camp

À la veille du sommet Trump-Poutine, la Russie et l'Ukraine ont annoncé, jeudi, avoir libéré 84 prisonniers de guerre de chaque camp. Kiev et Moscou ont échangé cette année des milliers de prisonniers, conformément à des accords trouvés lors de trois sessions de pourparlers directs à Istanbul de mai à juillet.

  •  

Plastique : les négociations patinent, Macron appelle à "adopter un texte à la hauteur de l'urgence"

Les "heures cruciales" continuaient de s'égrener jeudi et les négociateurs de 185 pays menaient d'intenses discussions pour tenter de réconcilier des intérêts très éloignés et forger le premier traité international de lutte contre la pollution plastique.

  •  

Syria Violence in March Amounts to War Crimes, U.N. Report Says

An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting in March, but found no evidence that they acted on government orders.

© Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images

Smoke rising above Baniyas, Syria, in March, amid clashes between the new Syrian government’s security forces and those loyal to the former Assad regime.
  •  

Les territoires ukrainiens sous contrôle russe au cœur du sommet Trump-Poutine

Donald Trump et Vladimir Poutine se rencontrent vendredi en Alaska avec la question ukrainienne au centre des débats. Le président américain a récemment évoqué de possibles "échanges de territoires. Crimée, Donbass, Kherson et Zaporijjia : voici ce qu’il faut savoir sur ces territoires ukrainiens revendiqués par la Russie.

  •  

Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks

Over recent months, the Kremlin has been trying to move the diplomatic focus away from Ukraine to bilateral issues, such as trade and strategic stability.

© Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik, via Reuters

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a photo released by Russian state media on Thursday. He told officials that he hoped to discuss “strategic offensive arms control.”
  •  

Florida to Open Second Immigrant Detention Center Called ‘Deportation Depot’

The state says it will run the new center from an empty prison that could hold 2,000 federal detainees. This one will be called “Deportation Depot.”

© Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Gov. Ron DeSantis has pushed to help the Trump administration enforce immigration laws.
  •  

The Auctioneer and the Treasury Chief: Billy Long’s Quick Fall at the I.R.S.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sought total control over the I.R.S., an agency where Mr. Long, the new commissioner, had started to put his own mark on the job.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Within days of being sworn in as the I.R.S. commissioner, Billy Long began to lose his grip on the role.
  •  

Man Who Faked His Death and Fled to Scotland Is Convicted of Rape

Nicholas Rossi lived for years as a fugitive before being extradited. A jury in Utah found him guilty of a 2008 sexual assault.

© Firecrest Films, via Associated Press, Pool

Nicholas Rossi appeared in a jury trial in Salt Lake City on Monday. Mr. Rossi was charged with rape in 2022 by the Salt Lake County Prosecutor. At the time, he was living under an assumed name in Scotland, and had faked his death in America under an alias.
  •  

Israël : un ministre approuve un plan de colonisation pour "enterrer l'idée d'un État palestinien"

Bezalel Smotrich, ministre israélien des Finances d'extrême droite, a approuvé dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi  les plans d'une colonie qui séparerait Jérusalem-Est de la Cisjordanie occupée. Une décision qui, selon son bureau, enterrerait l'idée d'un État palestinien.

  •  

L'instant + : la "grattachecca", ce dessert glacé rafraîchissant pendant la canicule

Sous les quelque 40 °C écrasants de Rome, un dessert détrône glaces et sorbets : la "grattachecca". Servie dans un kiosque ouvert depuis 1913 sur les rives du Tibre, cette glace râpée au sirop et aux fruits frais perpétue un savoir-faire familial transmis depuis quatre générations. Elle séduit touristes et locaux en quête de fraîcheur.

  •  

Espagne : face aux incendies meurtriers, Madrid appelle ses voisins à l'aide

Un deuxième pompier volontaire est décédé des suites des graves brûlures qu'il a subies en combattant un violent feu de forêt dans la province du Leon, dans le Nord-Ouest de l'Espagne, a annoncé jeudi un responsable du gouvernement espagnol, alors que le pays lutte toujours contre plusieurs brasiers en activité. 

  •  

L'Ukraine au cœur du sommet Trump-Poutine, une conférence de presse prévue dans la foulée

"Le règlement de la crise ukrainienne" sera à l'ordre du jour de la rencontre, vendredi, entre Vladimir Poutine et Donald Trump. Le Kremlin a annoncé, jeudi, que le sommet débutera vers 19 h 30 GMT avec un entretien en tête-à-tête. "Ensuite, une conférence de presse commune sera organisée pour dresser le bilan", a déclaré le conseiller diplomatique de Vladimir Poutine, Iouri Ouchakov.

  •  

Syrie : une enquête de l'ONU qualifie les violences contre les alaouites de "crimes de guerre"

En Syrie, les violences commises en mars par les forces gouvernementales contre la minorité alaouite sont considérées comme "généralisées et systématiques". D'après une commission de l'ONU chargée de l'enquête, elles pouvaient, dans certains cas, constituer des "crimes de guerre".

  •