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They may be America’s least popular fry, but some chefs are still devoted to them. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/MHqgpQx

A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Y2sFfe8

The Wisconsin Supreme Court had ruled that the group’s activities in serving the state’s poor were not religious enough to qualify for a tax exemption. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/NQCeWPl

The Eli Lilly drug caused a major drop in the blood levels of Lp(a), but further research is needed to show that it will prevent heart attacks and strokes. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/wYSLAig

For the joyous Muslim holiday to work, mothers in New York City spent Saturday night preparing, merging traditions from around the world with ones developed here. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/jHchAkt

This collection of interactive exercises uses Times resources to help young people find the news that matters to them, understand how it’s made, connect it to their lives — and make media of their own. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/IV8yvQw

Four jets came close enough to the Delta flight, which was taking off from Washington’s Reagan National Airport, to set off a collision-avoidance alert. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/UFcYgxS

The government wants the detainee’s case heard in Louisiana, where an appellate judge may be friendlier. At a hearing in Newark, one of his lawyers called the situation “Kafkaesque.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/EJ1pkot

There’s a reason every warrior society has a code. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/hySZxsa

The sales numbers provided by the company-owned shops allowed them to claim tens of millions in government rebates. Now those numbers are under scrutiny. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/fa96Ygn

The left-leaning political party is seeking to avoid a repeat of 2021, when its top candidates were also-rans in the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/d3wxJrK

In some ways, the prodigy now starring for Arkansas in the N.C.A.A. tournament is an urban basketball archetype. But this is not the same old story. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/pAXEdDw

The president said he wanted the New York Republican to stay in Congress to bolster the party’s slim House margin and protect her seat. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/JsiMK8A

To pressure President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the jailing of his top rival, the opposition wants Turks to boycott companies that back Mr. Erdogan and plans to organize a protest this weekend. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/l1FjtiJ

In filings, lawyers for the man accused of assassinating a health care executive argued with prosecutors over special treatment and his access to evidence. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/QEJyAKb

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The company’s chatbot can now create elaborate and unusual images. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/RwWIE5t

A tour led by an 88-year-old guide in Bastogne, Belgium, scene of a critical battle of World War II, offers a snapshot into the way President Trump’s second term is shifting perceptions of America abroad. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/YdwMuOl

Policing loopholes in gambling law can be challenging, and most states have been slow to adapt. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/yP7Sbec

Mr. Brown, the former mayor of San Francisco, has stood out not just for his politics but also his style. Now, he has opened his closet to raise money for charity. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/HmTqYQu

The country’s former tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are plagued by escalating militancy, leading to widespread disillusionment. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ujrdqGS

The former boxer transformed American cooking, and himself, with an appliance that remains a cultural touchstone. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/rYHzBtJ

More than 80 Teslas were damaged in Hamilton, Ontario, the police said, amid other acts of vandalism against the company owned by Elon Musk. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/6Pud1hJ

He was one of four journalists who started the muckraking progressive magazine in 1976. He returned as its editor in chief in the 1990s. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/rXFw9ax

With a video recorder affixed to his board or clamped to his teeth, he took viewers along for the ride, often inside the curling “barrel” of a wave. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/hcnkM2q

The request, which comes on the heels of an executive order by President Trump, represents a sharp reversal for the F.B.I. and the department. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/LztCDKg

With the winner instantly becoming the most prominent sports official in the world, the high-stakes campaign for president of the International Olympic Committee has turned increasingly harsh. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/6XIynoQ

The transition to the new tap-and-go system for New York City subway and bus riders is expected to save the agency at least $20 million annually, it said. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/QLgRYNv

Charles de Gaulle’s insistence on French power and autonomy is being cited widely in France; one politician demanded that an America on “the side of the tyrants” return the Statue of Liberty. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/7dJQHzf

In a deeply conservative district and a more liberal one, two Republicans found uncertainty and anxiety about the Trump administration’s agenda and their support of it. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/0KPNaXi

She won the Cannes Film Festival’s best actress award for her debut performance in 1999 and was later diagnosed with a rare adrenal gland cancer. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/sP0L3CM

President Trump’s executive order on Friday calling for the dismantling of the federal agency that oversees the broadcaster is part of a wider campaign to weaken the news media. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/PFrXMA5

The release of the photo a month into his treatment came after dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows to offer wishes for a quick recovery. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/x5pgvjf

He became an entrepreneur during a solid career with the Milwaukee Bucks. He later bought hundreds of fast-food outlets, a Coca-Cola bottling business and Ebony and Jet magazines. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/MBvpReK

The bill was passed just hours before a midnight deadline to avoid a lapse in funding, which would have shut down the government. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/qkmLKci

The air and naval strikes on targets controlled by Houthi fighters were intended to open up international shipping lanes in the Red Sea. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/cuaJtol

A system over the northern part of the U.S. is expected to fuel severe weather across large areas of the country until Monday. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/5eo17vD

Brieonna Cassell crashed into a ditch, shattering bones and getting pinned inside. Just yards away from a road, she was determined to survive until help arrived. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/rnZD63W

A storm soaking the state on Wednesday and Thursday is bringing new danger to the area hit by wildfires earlier this year. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/VKeaFgj

Measles vaccination rates among kindergarteners have been falling since the Covid-19 pandemic. Teddy Rosenbluth, a health reporter at The New York Times, explains why that has experts worried. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/NsHpAh5

Jeanne Shaheen, 78, is the latest Senate Democrat to say she won’t run for re-election. It’s the right call and there’s still time for others to follow. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/HsV6vlW

The revised projections suggest that flagging economic confidence has started to hurt travel, which can be an indicator for other industries. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/2DJ3zZ8

Crews at the Fox 35 station were on the air sharing updates about tornado warnings for Seminole and Volusia counties when one struck their news studio on Monday morning. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/kGu2jcm

Prince Frederik, 22, was a founder and the creative director of a foundation that raised awareness of POLG disorder. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/S4y1TLU

Progressive and moderate Democrats criticized a protest by Representative Al Green as a distraction, and the party leadership tried to refocus attention on economic issues. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/uLNIg3V

The move, which will mainly affect a single wastewater treatment plant, appeared intended to put pressure on Hamas. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/IRVprMh

President Trump said that Americans would be better off in the long run from his tariffs, which he said would prevent the country from being “ripped off.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/R2TD94C

She was legally blind and used a motorized wheelchair, but she managed to capture what she called the “ironic reality” of New York City on film. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/xQtmM57

Two neighboring families lost their houses in a Colorado wildfire. One was reimbursed for the contents of their home within seven weeks, and the other is still fighting. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Tb982AE

Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/iKObPWc

The boy, who has not been named, was charged with murder, attempted murder and possessing illegal weapons. The officer who died early Saturday morning was identified as Detective Joseph Azcona. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/pSnHIMy

She and her husband were the first people to travel the length of the Americas in an amphibious vehicle. But he was recognized for their accomplishments long before she was. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/1G5JkCB

As a sprawling new exhibit opens in two museums in Amsterdam, the German artist fears that history is repeating itself. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/bCDUzaN

Bacterial vaginosis is most likely a sexually transmitted infection, according to a new study. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/IKly4CH

People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/p4OeFYL

She was the only member of the court appointed by the president to vote against his emergency request to freeze foreign aid. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/x0Jfmsh

The suspects were charged as part of what U.S. officials called a “hackers for hire” system whose primary customer was the Chinese government. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/SLj7OTK

The Trump administration is stepping in to help Texas respond to the deadly and highly contagious respiratory virus. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/sfSN8XI

The raid took place as Israel’s military said it had expanded its operation to crack down on militants in the city of Jenin. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/IX5AfQp

A massive superberg, four times as big as New York City, has halted east of the southern tip of South America. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/VXUC82H

He brought his elegance and power to boundary-pushing ballets in the 1960s and ’70s, and he was a presence at the storied company for 13 years. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/mO0GRvZ

Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/NYgqThZ

Facing a wave of criticism from his former Senate colleagues, Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed the complaints lobbed by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance against Ukraine’s leader. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/YETRv4B

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/4rp130x

For decades, carlike curves were in. Now, buyers are interested in sport utility vehicles that feature right-angles and off-road cred. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/A9snUMO

The Canadian government has reinforced border operations to stop migrants going to the United States, a major Trump complaint. But early data shows people are, instead, starting to flee the United States for Canada. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/NoLUhtq

In his 2016 campaign, President Trump seized on the death of Sarah Root, who police said was killed by an undocumented immigrant suspected of driving drunk. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/LuwrETz