Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/health/autism-spectrum-neurodiversity-kennedy.html
In 2012, after a team member was nearly killed, a Special Forces unit went on a rampage that might have been one of the worst war crimes in recent U.S. history.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/magazine/2012-green-beret-killings-nerkh-war-crimes.html
The vast Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou stood as a rebuke to U.S. efforts to hem in China’s technology. But the real competition is internal, and profits are hard to find.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/asia/china-tech-trade.html
In the last decade, more than a dozen types of cancer have risen among people under 50. Scientists don’t have all of the answers, but research is starting to offer clues.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/well/cancer-young-people.html
We want to hear your stories of living with cancer as a younger adult.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/well/tell-us-about-your-experience-with-early-onset-cancer.html
The music mogul will be in court on Friday when a judge is scheduled to announce Mr. Combs’s penalty for convictions on two prostitution-related offenses.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/arts/music/sean-combs-diddy-sentencing-to-what-know.html
Mary Tyler Moore’s piece of television history seeks a permanent home.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/style/mary-tyler-moore-hat-clothes.html
President Trump is seeking to deprive millions of Americans of their health insurance. Senate Democrats are refusing to acquiesce.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/opinion/government-shutdown-health-care-democrats.html
James Talarico sees a spiritual void at the center of our society.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/opinion/james-talarico-religious-left.html
We take a closer look at Gen Z protests raging against the political establishment, from Nepal to Madagascar.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/world/anime-protests-flag-moldova-nepal-indonesia-gaza.html
The German authorities said the rare decision was taken after an earlier explosion in a residential area of the city.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/europe/oktoberfest-munich-bomb-threat-explosion.html
The authorities in Toyoake, Japan, introduced a rule limiting the use of digital devices to two hours per day outside of work and school. Some residents say it is an overreach.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/asia/japan-smartphones-ban-toyoake.html
The two late-night hosts shared stories on each other’s shows on Tuesday about their recent turmoil, and some criticism of President Trump.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/business/media/kimmel-colbert-trump.html
The 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook the province of Cebu, killing at least 69 people and injuring more than 150. Heavy rainfall has hampered rescue efforts.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/world/asia/philippines-earthquake-cebu.html
The Picasso Museum will build the open-air park by 2030. The nearly $60 million expansion will also include a new wing designed to house temporary exhibitionshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-free-outdoor-sculpture-park-dedicated-to-pablo-picasso-is-coming-to-paris-180987420/
A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further evidencehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-reconstruct-a-million-year-old-skull-and-suggest-it-could-rewrite-our-timeline-of-human-evolution-180987419/
The federal government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-government-shut-midnight/story?id=126067361
Police in the southern German city of Munich said the famous Oktoberfest event would be closed until Wednesday afternoon.https://abcnews.go.com/International/munich-oktoberfest-closed-after-bomb-threat-deadly-explosion/story?id=126107497
At least 69 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the Philippineshttps://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/69-people-killed-powerful-earthquake-hit-philippines-126105342
The president called on Hamas to accept what he called an "extremely fair" proposal to end the war in Gaza and return the hostages to Israel.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-calls-hamas-accept-proposal-peace-126076078