The Mystery of the L.A. Mansion Filled With Surrogate Children

A couple with ties to China say they wanted a big family. Surrogates who carried the children say they were deceived.

Stronger Than Fentanyl: A Drug You’ve Never Heard of Is Killing Hundreds Every Year

Ultrapotent nitazenes, mostly from China, are easy to smuggle and mix into heroin, recreational drugs and gray-market pharmaceuticals

More Israelis Question Morality of War in Gaza

As the hunger crisis worsens, more Israelis from the center and left are calling for an end to the almost two-year-old war

In a Country Trump Says Nobody’s Heard Of, Tariffs Bring Chaos

Lesotho has declared a state of disaster due to mass layoffs following the threat of 50% tariffs

Hamas Releases Video of Hostage Digging His Own Grave in a Tunnel

U.S.-designated terror group releases clips amid faltering cease-fire and hostage-release talks

Is It Still Disney Magic If It’s AI?

The stakes are especially high for the studio, caught between how to use artificial intelligence in the filmmaking process and how to protect its famed characters against it

Trump’s Tariffs: Where He Started, What He Threatened, Where He Ended Up

A roundup of where things stand with tariffs on key U.S. trade partners and sectors

‘Combat Cocktail’: How America Overmedicates Veterans

To treat PTSD, the Department of Veterans Affairs put hundreds of thousands of patients on multiple streams of powerful medications despite suicide risk

Beyond ‘Run, Hide, Fight’: What to Do in an Active-Shooter Situation

More workplaces are having to prepare for the rare, nightmare scenario. How should you respond?

How Did a Lone Gunman Breach One of New York’s Most Secure Skyscrapers?

Shooting at Midtown Manhattan tower exposes how eliminating threats can be nearly impossible, even in fortified workplaces

Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal

The multiyear deal lets Amazon use content from the Times’s news and cooking sections and the Athletic

Inside the Nightmare at 345 Park Avenue, a Manhattan Office Tower Under Attack

Employees at firms including Blackstone and KPMG hid and set up barricades during gunman’s rampage

Tsunami Evacuation Warnings Issued for Hawaii, Japan After 8.7-Magnitude Russia Quake

U.S. West Coast under tsunami watch; waves and injuries reported in remote Russian areas

How Trump Got the Upper Hand Over the EU on Tariffs

European officials gave up on trying to avoid tariffs altogether and instead looked for the best agreement they could get

The Criminal Enterprise Run by Monkeys

A cabal of furry thieves snatch iPhones and other valuables from visitors to a temple in Bali—and trade them for mangos

Gunman Kills 4 in Midtown Building Housing Blackstone, NFL

A police officer was among the dead

The New Hot Topic in European Politics Is Air Conditioning

Battle lines have been drawn between those who want air conditioning and those who worry over the environmental cost

Goodbye Gentle Parenting, Hello ‘F—Around and Find Out’

Parents are ditching the softer approach to child-rearing that has dominated the culture and taking a harder line; ‘out-feral their feral’

The Case for Snooping on Your Kid’s Phone

Random phone checks can help keep kids out of trouble, but first you have to know their passcode

The Most-Taught Books in American Classrooms Have Barely Changed in 30 Years

‘Romeo and Juliet,’ ‘The Great Gatsby’ and other classics still dominate school reading lists