The S&P 500 is nearing another record, but some analysts caution that a host of factors may stall its momentum.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/business/dealbook/stocks-rally-bulls-bears.html
Plus, a drastic drop in peanut allergies.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/podcasts/the-headlines/judicial-crisis-warning-trump-offer-universities.html
The Trump peace plan calls for an international security force in the Gaza Strip, but countries that might send troops are wary of danger, an unclear mission and being seen as occupiers.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/middleeast/gaza-ceasefire-international-security-force-hamas.html
At least four Republican senators, including the Senate majority leader, signaled their opposition to Paul Ingrassia, the president’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/paul-ingrassia-trump-senate.html
The president had pledged that construction wouldn’t “interfere with the current building,” a promise that always seemed unrealistic given the grand scale of the plans.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/politics/trump-white-house-east-wing-demolition-ballroom.html
A contentious meeting between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine produced no obvious progress toward a cease-fire.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/europe/ukraine-russia-trump-zelensky-meeting.html
As the Kremlin throttles WhatsApp and Telegram, the new MAX messaging app is moving Russia closer to a restricted internet without foreign technology.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/europe/russia-max-app.html
The author spent days in a room with no light. Who would he be when he emerged?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/magazine/dark-retreat-meditation-sensory-deprivation-spirituality.html
Investigators were looking into the alarm systems at an institution that one expert said “wasn’t built with an obsession over security.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/europe/louvre-robbery-security-paris.html
In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/business/trump-china-tariffs-exports-yiwu.html
An interview with a 26-year-old entrepreneur, who has taken seven trips to China to buy handbags, clothes and jewelry. “China is the center of everything,” she said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/business/china-tariffs-trump-trade.html
Australia’s got reserves and mining expertise, and the United States is eager to invest in alternatives to China. But building mines, refineries and factories could take years.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/australia/rare-earths-us-partnership.html
In the hardest-hit counties, childhood vaccination rates steeply declined during the pandemic.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/well/more-than-100-cases-of-measles-reported-in-utah-and-arizona.html
Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead Japan to the right.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/asia/sanae-takaichi-japan-prime-minister.html
The owner of CNN, HBO and the Warner Bros. movie studio revealed that it has received acquisition interest from multiple suitors.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/business/media/warner-bros-discovery-sale.html
Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/inside-amazons-plans-to-replace-workers-with-robots.html
Meet Sparrow, Cardinal and Proteus. They’re the robots that, step by step, are replacing human workers in the company’s warehouses.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/amazon-robotics-automation.html
Mr. Sliwa, the Republican nominee for mayor of New York City, finds himself a major player in the race. He’s under heavy pressure to drop out.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/nyregion/curtis-sliwa-mayor.html
Andrew Cuomo, whose stewardship of the M.T.A. as governor was contentious, will suggest that the authority hand over responsibility for capital construction and maintenance to the city.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/nyregion/cuomo-nyc-subway.html
The groundbreaking Beverly Hills power restaurant still draws crowds. But the food isn’t what it once was.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/dining/restaurant-review-spago-los-angeles.html