New Jersey Is Facing a Possible Transit Strike. Here’s What to Know.
The union that represents the engineers who drive New Jersey Transit’s commuter trains has threatened a walkout as soon as Friday if a contract deal is not reached.
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Behind a Museum Door, These Beetles Are Eating Flesh for Science
Deep in the labyrinth of the American Museum of Natural History, past the giant suspended blue whale and the first floor’s Alaska brown bears, is an unobtrusive locked door. On it, there is a small sign. “Bug Colony.” Behind the door, accessible only …
How New Yorkers Are Adjusting to Congestion Pricing
The program has reduced traffic and produced revenue for the M.T.A., a New York Times analysis found.
Kim Kardashian to Testify About Robbery Ordeal at Paris Trial
The reality TV star and entrepreneur is expected to describe how she was tied up at gunpoint as jewelry worth millions was stolen in a 2016 attack.
Austin Welcomed Musk. Now It’s Weird (in a New Way).
The famously liberal bastion of Austin is grappling uneasily with Elon Musk’s rightward turn, which has begun transforming his adopted home into an unlikely hub of right-of-center thinkers.
The Small, Tight-Knit Religious Order That Molded Pope Leo XIV
The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the world’s Roman Catholics.
La pequeña y unida orden religiosa que moldeó al papa León XIV
La orden de San Agustín, con menos de 3000 miembros, dio forma al hombre que se convertiría en cardenal y después en pontífice para los católicos de todo el mundo.
Cannes Film Festival: What to Look for (Like Stars Behind the Camera)
The event is packed with high-profile English-language movies, including the new “Mission: Impossible” and a Jennifer Lawrence-Robert Pattinson drama.
Gérard Depardieu Convicted of Sexual Assault
The French actor was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on the set of a movie in which he starred in 2021. He was given a suspended sentence of 18 months.
Man Arrested Over Fire at Starmer’s North London House
The police said a 21-year-old was held in connection with three fires, including one at a property owned by the British prime minister in the Kentish Town neighborhood.