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Nicole Kidman Files for Divorce From Keith Urban After Nearly 20 Years

The couple married in Australia in 2006. Their breakup surprised many fans. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/MYIiKgE

Beer Bust: Crash Sends Kegs and Cans Onto California Freeway, Snarling Traffic

The crash, which occurred early Tuesday morning in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, closed two lanes on the freeway, according to the authorities. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/PpAMji8

Ukraine and Russia Blame Each Other for Power Cut at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

The Zaporizhzhia site in southeastern Ukraine has lacked external power to cool its reactors for five days. Kyiv says Moscow has manufactured the crisis. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/1D3bUKG

Brazil’s Homegrown Payment System Is Target of Trump Administration

Brazil’s fast and free homegrown digital payment system, PIX, has become wildly popular. The Trump administration says it unfairly undercuts U.S. companies. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/7eBvH4q

‘One Battle After Another’ Ticket Sales Are Solid (With an Asterisk)

Paul Thomas Anderson’s film collected $22.4 million in North America over the weekend, enough for No. 1. But its profitability remains a big question. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/nldKHka

What to Know About Corruption Investigations Surrounding Eric Adams

Months after a federal corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams of New York was dropped, some of his allies remain under investigation or have been charged with crimes. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/QIyJ8Hi

Stampede at Actor’s Political Rally Kills at Least 36 People in India

The stampede took place at an event for Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, the popular actor known professionally as Vijay. A health official said the toll was likely to rise. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/oqRzTdw

The Comey Indictment Plunges the Country Into a Grave New Period

As despots have done for centuries, Trump is persecuting people he considers his enemies, with little justification other than raw political power. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/cxyFXQL

Share Your WNBA Fan Personal Finance Story

The league is nearing the climax of another season of rapid growth. We want to know how that has affected the fan experience. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/yzI8ciB

House Committee Opens Inquiry Into Uber Over Sexual Abuse

The inquiry comes weeks after a New York Times investigation found that incidents of sexual assault and sexual misconduct occurred much more frequently than Uber had disclosed. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/gv9xlSw

Want to Bring a Dog to This Italian City? That Will Be $1.75.

Bolzano, in northern Italy, is considering taxing tourists’ dogs, and charging resident dog owners an annual fee as well. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/r8nmTqs

U.S. Threatens to Bar Foreigners Over Remarks About Charlie Kirk

U.S. officials say they will pull visas and deport people who trivialize Charlie Kirk’s murder, part of intensifying scrutiny of visa applicants’ views. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/rja0ZYL

YouTube to Reinstate Accounts Banned Over Content Related to the Pandemic and 2020 Election

The streaming platform unveiled its plan in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/lhJuavV

What’s the Dog in Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’? A Longtime Mystery Is Solved.

What inspired that furry figure in the corner of Rembrandt’s celebrated painting? Researchers at the Rijksmuseum say they’ve solved the longtime mystery. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/3GisRQS

Review: ‘Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’ at the Met

The Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a superficial adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.” from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/APf5eis

Tiger Handler Linked to Joe Exotic Is Fatally Mauled by Tiger

Ryan Easley, 37, was performing at his family-run private zoo in Hugo, Okla., when a tiger attacked him, the authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/2k1ivJs

At Kirk Service, an Extraordinary Fusion of Government and Christianity

The memorial reflected the degree to which conservative Christianity had melded with Republican politics in the Trump era. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/2EqNVGX

Trump Says the Murdochs May Join TikTok Investors

Fox Corporation is considering investing in the popular video app as part of a bid to avert a U.S. ban, a person familiar with the situation said after the president’s remarks. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/0pJEO8R

Nepal to Investigate Killings and Arson in Student Protests

It is a first effort by the country’s new government to understand the sequence of violent events that led to the abrupt downfall of the old one. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/bHrqaSO

Combs Sentencing Focuses Attention on Prostitution Law From 1910

Acquitted of more serious charges, Sean Combs was found guilty of violating a law enacted during a panic over “white slavery” that is now a common tool in sex crimes prosecutions. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/YpINgsh

Taliban Bans Books by Women in Afghanistan’s Universities

More than 600 books, many of them written by women, are being purged, based on a contention that they conflict with Sharia principles. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/PqL5COM

So a Bear Walks Into a New Jersey Dollar Store …

It happened in New Jersey, it was no joke, and it did not end well for the bear. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/197CuGt

U.S. Sues Ticketmaster Over Claims of Illegal Resale Tactics

The Federal Trade Commission and seven states sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, claiming they misled artists and consumers. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/sqzUju1

Colleges Need to Host Difficult Speakers

As a college leader, I know better than most that we must encourage controversial speakers, not silence them. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/G8F71ro

Pat Crowley, Veteran Actress of Film and TV, Dies at 91

Named the year’s “new star” at the 1954 Golden Globes, she appeared alongside the biggest names of her time. She later embarked on a long career in television. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/pt0ugkw

Eddie Giacomin, Rangers’ Goalie and Fan Favorite, Dies at 86

A Hall of Famer, he led the N.H.L. in shutouts and single-season victories three times and was stunned when the Rangers let him go in his 10th season. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/MRnTsU6

Postcard Sent From the U.N. Is Returned to Sender After 72 Years

Alan Ball sent the postcard to his family during the summer of 1953. Last week, it arrived at his home in Idaho. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/GJXWu3o

Patrick McGovern, the ‘Indiana Jones of Ancient Alcohol,’ Dies at 80

An archaeologist, he discovered and analyzed the residue of beverages imbibed by long-vanished civilizations and then figured out how to recreate them. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/0knCx3s

Pope Leo Says He Cannot Broker a Peace Deal for Ukraine

Pope Leo XIV said that while popes can be advocates for peace, it was less “realistic” for them to serve as mediators. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/l35r2Lu

Far-Right Rally in London Draws Huge Crowd and a Counterprotest

The divisive anti-immigrant agitator Tommy Robinson organized what he said was a free-speech festival for his supporters. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/wPuEfzc

Atlantic Settles Writer’s Suit Over Article It Retracted

The writer, Ruth Shalit Barrett, had accused the magazine of defaming her in a lengthy editor’s note. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/jVnFiDx

Amid Water Restrictions, U.K. Residents Express Outrage as Blackstone C.E.O. Fills Private Lake

A local water company said tankers of its water would no longer be sent to the American billionaire’s estate to fill his lake. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/VSFAGvn

Erich Sailer, Ski Coach Who Helped Shape Champions, Dies at 99

Using a modest slope in Minnesota as a springboard, he tutored a host of rising stars, including Lindsey Vonn. He was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/YqWE90z

More Children Are Now Obese Than Underweight, UN Report Finds

One in 10 children worldwide now has obesity, a report from UNICEF found, and the number of overweight children has more than doubled in low- and middle-income countries since 2000. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/GOFbyMT

NASA Rover Findings ‘Could be the Clearest Sign of Life’ on Mars

The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected by the Perseverance rover raises that possibility. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/pzoO7C9

US Poverty Rate Was Stable in 2024, as Household Income Rose Slightly

As pandemic subsidies disappeared, wages kept workers just ahead of inflation, although gaps have widened for some groups. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/hbyldgW

Macron Picks Sébastien Lecornu as France’s Next Prime Minister

President Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of Sébastien Lecornu, 39, after the government collapsed reflects the pressure Mr. Macron faces to get a budget passed by the end of the year. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/hqTcsAg

Book Review: ‘Listening to the Law,’ by Amy Coney Barrett

In a studiously bland new book, “Listening to the Law,” the Supreme Court justice describes her legal philosophy and tries to sidestep the court’s recent controversies. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/cxGRms0

Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/WL3ZzPM

Republican Senators Investigate Palisades Fire Response

Two senators have begun an investigation into whether government officials could have done more to stop the Los Angeles fire. President Trump and other Republicans have blamed Democratic leaders for the disaster. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/SImDqeu

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Pressed About a Possible 2028 Run, Focuses on Re-election

Mr. Moore said in a TV interview that he “is not running for president.” The first-term governor, who has traded barbs with President Trump, said he was excited about seeking a second term. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/8mnclGv

Kennedy, Rejecting Data, Fuels Distrust of His Own Agencies

By promoting suspicions about the institutions he oversees, critics say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is jeopardizing public health. He says he is pursuing transparency. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/TWynkVo

The Climate Forward Conference Is Coming Soon

On Sept. 24, The Times will host leaders, policymakers and executives in frank discussions about a consequential year in the fight against climate change. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/SGyxOYT

L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics Have Jubilee With Pope’s Blessing, if Not His Presence

Leo XIV did not meet with pilgrims, but he has indicated that he is supportive of an open, welcoming church. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/pWtKFam

A Revived Focus on an Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism

Studies over the last decade of acetaminophen use in pregnancy — including a recent scientific review — have yielded mixed results but have not found a causal connection. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/GsBufox

The FAFSA Form Is Coming on Time This Year. For a Change.

The federal form, used to determine financial aid, will be available to the public on Oct. 1. Technical glitches that delayed the form for the past two years are said to have been resolved. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/n9h4eQa

Justice Dept. Accuses California Utility of Negligence in Deadly Eaton Fire

Federal prosecutors say the January blaze that swept through Altadena, as well as another fire in 2022, were sparked by faulty equipment. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/jCxzqf2

Amazon Pares Back Free Shipping Perk on Prime

The e-commerce giant is ending a program that let Prime members share free shipping with a family member who lives somewhere else. Here’s what to know. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/qTs9ALN

Rubio Flies to Mexico for Security Talks Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

President Trump has ordered military action against Latin American drug cartels and has threatened a new tariff. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has pushed back. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/qIeVn3L

In Salzburg, a Cultural Kingdom Where Classical Music Still Reigns

Every summer, Salzburg, Austria, becomes the center of the classical music world, attracting some 256,000 visitors for a star-studded festival. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/idbC1Mn

Gene Espy, Pioneering Hiker of the Appalachian Trail, Dies at 98

In 1951, he became the second person known to have walked the trail in a single trek — a “thru-hike” — covering some 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine in 123 days. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/tiIcPDo

Nestlé Dismisses CEO Laurent Freixe Over Inappropriate Relationship With a Subordinate

The world’s largest food company named Philipp Navratil, a longtime employee, to replace Laurent Freixe. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/V9trGDe

With Drones and I.E.D.s, Mexico’s Cartels Adopt Arms of Modern War

Under pressure from the government and each other, some of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups are amassing homemade mortars, land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and bomber drones. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/CUTNpB8