Today’s Headlines: Spain, Norway and Ireland Recognize Palestinian State, Further Isolating Israel

Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home

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A Running Mate's History: $1 Billion, Cocaine, a Fling With Elon Musk Nicole Shanahan, a lawyer who was married to Sergey Brin, a Google founder, led a rarefied and sometimes turbulent life in Silicon Valley, according to a Times examination. ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks America's Monster How the United States backed kidnapping, torture and murder in Afghanistan. Opinion | The Victims of U.S. Nuclear Testing Deserve More Than This Speaker Mike Johnson should let the House vote on extending and expanding RECA, and our lawmakers should vote yes. Today's Videos Video | Thousands of Commuters Stranded After Power Outage People milled around in Newark's Penn Station and New York's Penn Station after service on Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains between the two hubs came to a halt. Video | Howler Monkeys Fall From Trees Amid Mexico Heat Scientists are investigating the situation that has left more than a hundred howler monkeys dead and others dehydrated and in critical condition in southern Mexico. Video | Stage Collapses in Mexico Footage widely shared on social media shows strong winds buffeting the stage as it collapses. ADVERTISEMENT World Iran's Supreme Leader Leads Funeral Prayers for President State news media in Iran reported that the political leader of Hamas was in the capital for the funeral. Many foreign dignitaries attended. Sunak Announces U.K. Elections for July 4, Months Earlier Than Expected The opposition Labour Party has been ahead in most polls by double digits in recent months. 'Dropping Very Dramatically': What Deadly Turbulence Did to a Flight Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 was a rare instance of turbulence resulting in a death. See more world news U.S. 'A Completely Different Town Now': A Community Reels From a Deadly Tornado Multiple people died in Greenfield, Iowa, population 2,000, where search and rescue efforts were continuing on Wednesday. Uvalde Settles With Victims' Families Over School Shooting The Texas city agreed to pay $2 million to families of schoolchildren who were shot in a 2022 massacre, and to overhaul its police force. The families are also suing other agencies. Federal Spending Rescued Mass Transit During Covid. What Happens Now? The government provided $69.5 billion in relief funds to help keep transit on track during Covid-19. But many rail and bus systems are now facing layoffs and cutbacks. See more U.S. news Politics Trump Falsely Claims Biden Administration Was 'Locked & Loaded' to Kill Him Former President Donald J. Trump misrepresented a standard Justice Department policy to claim the F.B.I. was ready to kill him when searching his home in 2022. Schumer Plans Vote on Contraception Access, Teeing Up a Campaign Issue Democrats are planning to spotlight Republicans' opposition to legislation protecting birth control access nationwide, as part of an election-year push. Ohio Elections Official Threatens to Exclude Biden From the Ballot The Biden campaign is considering suing to ensure the president is on the ballot, after the Republican secretary of state said he would bar him over what is normally a minor procedural issue. See more political news Business What Do Students at Elite Colleges Really Want? Many of Harvard's Generation Z say "sellout" is not an insult. Fed Minutes Show Officials Were Wary About Inflation at May Meeting Federal Reserve policymakers were still willing to raise rates if the economy surprised them, notes from their most recent meeting suggested. Businesses in D.C. Blame the Government for the District's Empty Offices Workers in Washington have returned to the office slowly, with a pervasive and pronounced effect on the local economy. See more business news Technology Sam Bankman-Fried Transferred From Brooklyn Jail The FTX founder's final destination wasn't clear, but Mr. Bankman-Fried has told people close to him that he expected to be moved to a facility in Mendota, Calif. San Francisco's Hot Tourist Attraction: Driverless Cars Cable cars are still trundling up the city's hills, but robotaxis from Waymo are shaping up as the city's latest must-do for visitors. Nvidia, Powered by A.I. Boom, Reports Soaring Revenue and Profits The Silicon Valley company was again lifted by sales of its artificial intelligence chips, but it faces growing competition and heightened expectations. See more technology news Arts Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan Saw a Gap in Pop, and Filled It Two pure pop songs, "Espresso" and "Good Luck, Babe!," may give the aspiring stars behind them a boost from music's middle class to the big time. Two Wild Movies at Cannes Have Everybody Arguing "The Substance" features Demi Moore in go-for-broke mode, while "Emilia Pérez" is a musical crime drama that defies description. 'The Hunt for Gollum' Was Just Announced. It Was on YouTube in 2009. When Warner Bros. greenlit a new "Lord of the Rings" movie and a 15-year-old fan film with the same title disappeared, its devotees sprang into action. See more arts news New York New York Begins a New Wave of Evictions From Migrant Shelters The evictions are part of an aggressive strategy to force some adult migrants out of city shelters after 30 or 60 days. The Words That Defined the Week in Donald J. Trump's Trial An aggressive cross-examination, a judge's scolding and then a pause before the jury considers the case. Loan or Bribe? Menendez Jurors Hear About $23,568 Mortgage Payoff. Senator Robert Menendez's wife never signed a loan document before a man also charged in the bribery case arranged to pay her mortgage, a witness testified. See more New York news Media & Advertising OpenAI Strikes a Deal to License News Corp Content The deal gives OpenAI's chatbots access to new and archived material from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, MarketWatch and Barron's, among others. How Media Outlets Are Covering Justice Merchan in Trump's Criminal Trial Conservative outlets have criticized Justice Juan M. Merchan as politically motivated, while some liberal media organizations have praised him for muzzling Mr. Trump. Like Your Movies Odd and Grungy? Try Cultpix. This streaming service collects low-budget, high-creativity movies with outsider status. We single out some of the best on offer. See more media & advertising news Science 'I'm Carrying This Baby Just to Bury It': The Struggle to Decode Abortion Laws At a Louisiana hospital, concerns about complying with new abortion bans in post-Roe America left a pregnant woman with a devastating diagnosis, but not an abortion. Despite Setback, Neuralink's First Brain-Implant Patient Stays Upbeat Elon Musk's first human experiment with a computerized brain device developed significant flaws, but the subject, who is paralyzed, has few regrets. A Second Dairy Worker Has Contracted Bird Flu, C.D.C. Reports The new case, in a Michigan farmworker, did not suggest that bird flu was widespread in people, health officials said, adding that the risk to the general public remained low. See more science news Fashion & Style On Campus, a New Social Litmus Test: Zionist or Not? Some Jewish students say they've been dropped by old roommates and sorority sisters and ostracized from campus clubs and teams because of their views — which are sometimes assumed. The Power of the Kennedy Look Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a secret weapon up his rolled-up shirt sleeves. At Cannes, the Dogs Were Good Again This Year The festival has long embraced canine stars like Messi, the hero of "Anatomy of a Fall," while human stars are happy to take their furry friends along. See more fashion news Obituaries Alice Stewart, a CNN Political Commentator, Is Dead at 58 She had appeared onscreen as a conservative voice since the 2016 presidential race. A political strategist, she had worked for Republican presidential candidates. Cyril H. Wecht, 93, Dies; Coroner Cast Doubt on Kennedy Assassination A widely respected forensic expert and frequent TV presence, he was also a powerful figure in Pennsylvania Democratic politics. See more Obituaries Opinion Thomas B. Edsall What Trump Looks Like to Historians Trump has changed everything and nothing. Jessica Grose The Gender Pay Gap Is a Culture Problem Policy alone won't get women what they deserve. Richard Conniff The End of Polio Is in Sight. What Have We Learned? The lessons learned in this global health success story can be used to fight other deadly diseases. David Wallace-Wells America Is Losing the Green Tech Race to China The Biden administration seems to be in denial about China's staggering advantage. The Opinions Nicholas Kristof: 'Never Bet Against Democracy in the Long Run' Why, after decades of conflict reporting, the columnist is still hopeful. 8 MIN LISTEN See more Opinion ADVERTISEMENT Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines from The New York Times. To stop receiving Today's Headlines, unsubscribe. 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