Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor, will seek to highlight the ways he believes President Trump’s agenda hurts New York City.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/nyregion/mamdani-trump-cuomo-mayor-nyc.html
New Hampshire is backing away from a promise to pay victims hundreds of millions of dollars. Other states are also rethinking payouts to those harmed under their care.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/new-hampshire-sexual-abuse-settlements.html
For Quebec City’s tiny English-speaking community, a former jail turned library serves as an essential sanctuary in a metropolis where the domination of French is enshrined in law.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/world/canada/quebec-city-morrin-centre.html
Many in the capital worry that the secular freedoms they enjoyed under the Assad regime are under threat from the new Islamist government.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/world/middleeast/syria-damascus-conservative.html
Trump may be able to escape the consequences of his actions; the rest of us cannot.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/opinion/america-short-term-thinking.html
Critical thinking is not going to save us.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-deepfake-ai.html
Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae, is perhaps being primed to take control of the regime one day.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/briefing/north-koreas-succession-kim-jong-un.html
The company said the service, synonymous with the early days of the internet, will be discontinued on Sept. 30.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/business/aol-dial-up-internet.html
Mr. Uribe, a presidential hopeful, was shot in June at a campaign rally in Bogotá in an attack that shocked the nation.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/world/americas/miguel-uribe-turbay-dead-colombia-assassination.html
Record-setting rainfall caused intense flooding in and around the Milwaukee area starting on Saturday night.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/wisconsin-flood-storms-rain.html
He missed his chance to be Led Zeppelin’s lead vocalist, but his solo work — and his otherworldly voice — drew raves from Aretha Franklin and others.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/arts/music/terry-reid-dead.html
The right shelter can make a big difference in how comfortable you are outdoors. Here are the ones we’ve tested and love.https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-camping-tents/
Many of the top laptops we recommend are on sale for the back-to-school season this year.https://www.wired.com/story/best-back-to-school-laptop-deals/
If you want a great cheap Bluetooth speaker (or a pair) this is a new WIRED favorite.https://www.wired.com/review/tribit-stormbox-mini-plus/
Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/
New drugs show promise, and research finds value in vaccines, antivirals, exercise and probiotics.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/scientists-are-finally-making-progress-against-alzheimers-disease-patient-medicine-5a637f9b
Justice de Moraes is censoring critics and jailing opponents with no political check.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-supreme-court-coup-detat-in-brazil-politics-policy-americas-trial-385246c8
Congress quietly axed the fuel-economy standards that help drive the ugliness.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/make-cars-beautiful-again-design-auto-requirements-policy-e08fcfac
The President nominates a weak dollar advocate for the Federal Reserve.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/who-is-stephen-miran-federal-reserve-economy-trade-dollar-tariffs-08b77cf4
The Fifth Circuit upholds a 2021 law to tighten ballot security.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mail-ballots-texas-law-voter-id-fifth-circuit-judge-james-ho-a2e544ce