Much of the Summer Games in 2028 will take place in Southern California. But two events, softball and canoe slalom, will be held in Oklahoma.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/los-angeles-olympics-oklahoma-city.html
The scientist, who died at 91 on Wednesday, was a model for healthy aging.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/well/jane-goodall-aging-long-life.html
A Times correspondent who interviewed Dr. Goodall recalled their conversations about the state of the planet.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/climate/jane-goodall-interviews.html
The star’s power and reach has grown with each of her releases. Now she’s following her record-breaking live show with her 12th original studio LP, “The Life of a Showgirl.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/arts/music/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-eras-tour.html
Authoritarians have lost elections before, and they will again.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/poland-election-autocrat-russia-hungary.html
Silas’s future seemed bright except for at least one detail. He didn’t have a car.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/working-class-education-ohio.html
The departure of Todd Arrington, who led the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, came after the administration sought a sword from its collection as a gift for King Charles.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/arts/design/trump-eisenhower-king-charles-sword.html
Petros Krommidas, a Democrat, was running for county legislature on Long Island when he disappeared on a swim. A judge sided with Republicans and refused to allow a replacement candidate.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/nyregion/nassau-candidate-missing.html
Researchers found that the predatory canines were far more likely to flee recordings of human voices than they were to run away from other sounds.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/science/wolves-humans-fear-study.html
Mexico’s dominant party, Morena, rose to power by championing the poor. Now it is having to explain the luxurious lifestyles of some of its most prominent members.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/americas/mexico-morena-wealth-poor.html
Blue residue on a 13,000-year-old stone artifact, long believed to be an oil lamp, may paint a new picture of Paleolithic art and culturehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-archaeologists-set-out-in-search-animal-fat-instead-they-found-oldest-blue-pigment-ever-discovered-in-europe-180987438/
The artifact is part of a large assemblage of excavated artifacts recently acquired by National Museums Scotlandhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-rare-medieval-hair-styling-tool-was-found-at-scotlands-eilean-donan-castle-180987436/
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed 95 large whale entanglement cases last year, a 48 percent increase from 2023https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/us-whale-entanglements-are-on-the-rise-new-data-shows-180987423/
The findings address an important gap in the region's archaeological record and historyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-discover-12000-year-old-life-size-animal-engravings-in-saudi-arabia-180987432/
For the first time, nearly all of Baroque painter Michaelina Wautier's works will be exhibited togetherhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-long-forgotten-17th-century-flemish-master-is-finally-the-attention-she-deserves-180987433/
Nearly three million visitors flocked to Canada to see the five identical sisters—the first quintuplets to survive infancy. The siblings later said the publicity destroyed their childhoodshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-dionne-quintuplets-captivated-the-world-during-the-great-depression-but-their-fame-came-at-a-cost-180987411/
The vessels sank in a violent hurricane off the coast of Florida in July 1715, when they were traveling from Cuba to Spain with an estimated $400 million worth of coins and jewels from the New Worldhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/divers-recover-more-than-1-million-worth-of-gold-and-silver-coins-from-310-year-old-treasure-fleet-shipwrecks-180987434/
New research suggests the Salmon River is full of toxic metals that are likely harming fish and other aquatic creatureshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-is-this-remote-and-rugged-river-in-alaska-turning-orange-180987431/
The brown bear heavyweight persevered through a jaw injury this year that will permanently hinder his ability to fight and hunthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-two-years-as-runner-up-chunk-is-finally-crowned-winner-of-fat-bear-week-180987428/
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou broke the record previously held by the nearby Beipanjiang Bridgehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-highest-bridge-in-the-world-just-opened-in-china-at-more-than-2000-feet-above-the-ground-180987429/