John Chell, New York City’s top uniformed police officer, is leaving as Mayor Eric Adams’s term is soon to expire and uncertainty looms at the Police Department.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/nyregion/nypd-john-chell-retires.html
In a rare interview, the justice bemoaned vulgarity in public life, discussed his family’s ties to President Trump and reflected on his own history and legacy.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/justice-kennedy-interview-memoir.html
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A small drop in rates in recent weeks has triggered an outsize response from borrowers.https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/homeowners-are-pouncing-on-the-tiniest-drop-in-mortgage-rates-2f66f72d?mod=rss_markets_main
Silver prices also rise, nearing longtime recordhttps://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-10-08-2025?mod=rss_markets_main
If the yen slumps toward the key 160 level against the dollar, it could prompt intervention and complicate U.S.-Japan trade relations.https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/yen-tumbles-as-prospect-of-bank-of-japan-rate-hike-fades-244df57c?mod=rss_markets_main
Investors are pouring money into dollar alternatives like bitcoin and precious metals.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/a-new-wall-street-trade-is-powering-gold-and-hitting-currencies-62a61fdb?mod=rss_markets_main
The case against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, was deemed too thin by a previous federal prosecutor, who quit under pressure from President Trump.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/james-comey-arraignment.html
Plus, how job applicants are tricking A.I.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/podcasts/the-headlines/comey-gold-prices.html
Higher education leaders and public-school superintendents say they depend on skilled foreign workers to fill critical roles.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-h-1b-visa-fee-universities.html
Neil Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics after an investigation into an incident that centered on an altered hurricane forecast map in 2019.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/us/politics/senate-neil-jacobs-noaa.html
The mayor of Lima, Peru, held a Charlie Kirk memorial — filled with attendees bused in from poor neighborhoods — as he sought help from the Trump administration.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/world/americas/charlie-kirk-peru-porky.html
By embodying President Trump’s brash style, Rafael López Aliaga has become a leading candidate to be Peru’s next president.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/world/americas/porky-lopez-aliaga-lima-mayor-trump.html
The prize was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for the development of a new type of molecular architecture.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/science/nobel-prize-chemistry.html
The awards are being announced this week.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/world/europe/nobel-prize.html
Charging an electric car battery is usually cheaper than going to the gas pump. But it depends on where you live.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/upshot/ev-versus-gas-car-comparison-cost.html
The case, one of several challenges to mail-in ballot rules lodged by allies of President Trump, involves an effort to exclude votes received after Election Day.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/supreme-court-mail-ballots-illinois.html
As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work, marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/world/asia/china-censorship-pessimism-despair.html
For hundreds of years, people who have lived near Seneca Lake in upstate New York have reported hearing loud booms coming from the water. No one is exactly sure why.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/nyregion/seneca-lake-guns-drums.html
The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative says it would be “dishonorable” to remain silent in the face of President Trump’s efforts.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/trump-smithsonian-bryan-stevenson.html