Roughly 8,400 businesses closed in the second quarter of 2025, according to the most recent city data, creating the largest net decline in business activity since before the pandemic.
Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.
The United States agreed to lower tariffs on Taiwanese goods from 20 to 15 percent, while Taiwan says it will invest in more chip manufacturing in the U.S.
The death of Kate Whiteman, whose accusation of sexual assault against Oren and Alon Alexander opened a floodgate of similar allegations, is under investigation.
Anton Troianovski, Jeffrey Gettleman and Edward Wong
The White House and Denmark contradicted each other in public about what they had agreed to this week as President Trump continued to demand U.S. ownership of Greenland.
He and Steven Z. Meyers opened their first low-cost legal clinic in 1972. Within a decade, they had revolutionized the legal industry, and Jacoby & Meyers had become a widely known brand.
Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel asked the president to postpone any planned attack. Israeli and Arab officials fear Iran could retaliate by striking their countries.
The veteran congresswoman said she would like Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president, to replace her after she retires. She also said the mayor should stay out of political races.
International soccer fans face hurdles like travel bans, long visa delays and high ticket prices for U.S. matches. Will they be enough to keep you away?
In refusing to let the president deploy National Guard troops in Illinois under an obscure law, the justices may have made him more apt to invoke greater powers.
Many people who use these medications don’t want to stay on them long term. But research has repeatedly shown that quitting the drugs means gaining back weight.