Losing the Fear At first, Sept. 11 seemed like the worst thing that could happen, but it turned out to be just the beginning. “There were lots of hard moments,” Ms. Woroniecka said. “Obviously 2008. Barneys going bankrupt — that was 25 percent of our wholesale revenue. Covid was a big one.” It wasn’t only …
More Members of Congress Are Retiring, Many Citing Dysfunction
Eleven are running for the Senate. Five for state or local office. One for president of the United States. Another is resigning to become a university president. And more and more say they are hanging up their hats in public office altogether. More than three dozen members of Congress have announced they will not seek …
Freed Israeli Hostages Tell Relatives of Their Time in Captivity
A mother released from captivity in Gaza with her young son told relatives that they had slept on chairs pushed together. An 85-year-old grandmother from a different family described counting the days to keep track of time. On Sunday, two days after the first group of 13 hostages was released and brought back to Israel, …
Pro-Cease-fire Activists Shut Down Manhattan Bridge for Hours
Hundreds of protesters from an anti-Zionist Jewish group shut down the Manhattan Bridge on Sunday, snarling city traffic for hours. The demonstration, organized by the activist group Jewish Voice for Peace, which favors a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, began around 2 p.m., with a large Police Department contingent on the scene. Drivers sat bumper …
As Hamas Releases More Hostages, Longer Cease-Fire Appears Possible
A third group of Gaza Strip hostages, including a 4-year-old American girl whose parents were killed in the Hamas raids on Israel, was freed on Sunday, raising the prospect more captives could be set free and a fragile truce extended. The 17 hostages released by Hamas, who were seized when the militants raided Israel on …
Baseball Has Grown in Bogotá, Colombia, Thanks to Venezuelan Migrants
Baseball is not popular in Colombia. Except on the Caribbean coast, soccer dominates. In Bogotá, the capital, many know very little about “béisbol.” And the city has only two public baseball fields. But swing by Hermes Barros Cabas baseball stadium on any weekend, and it doesn’t feel that way. On a recent Sunday, five groups …
X May Lose Up to $75 Million in Revenue as More Advertisers Pull Out
X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, could lose as much as $75 million in advertising revenue by the end of the year as dozens of major brands pause their marketing campaigns after its owner, Elon Musk, endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory this month. Internal documents viewed by The New York Times this …
Who Would Donald Trump Choose as His Running Mate?
Donald J. Trump hasn’t won a single primary or caucus vote yet, let alone the Republican nomination, but his lead in the polls has left much of the political world viewing his nomination as all but inevitable. It has also inspired a fair amount of speculation about who might wind up on a 2024 ticket …
An American Girl Held Hostage by Hamas Has Been Freed, Biden Says
new video loaded: An American Girl Held Hostage by Hamas Has Been Freed, Biden Says transcript Back transcript An American Girl Held Hostage by Hamas Has Been Freed, Biden Says Hamas held the 4-year-old Avigail Idan, a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen, captive for seven weeks after killing her parents in the Oct. 7 terrorist …