Investigators are talking to women behind bars who worked as escorts and had encounters with the suspect, Rex Heuermann. They had been ignored for years.

The Gilgo Beach Suspect May Have Hunted Them. Now They’re Key Witnesses.

After emigrating to New Jersey from Egypt, Wael Hana faced a string of business and legal problems. Then his friend started dating a powerful U.S. senator.

Menendez Co-Defendant’s Curious Path From Bad Deals to a Meat Monopoly

Rohit Chopra, who leads the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, says he is simply enforcing the law. Bankers call him reckless — a “regulator gone rogue.”

Wall Street’s Most Hated Regulator Faces a Fundamental Threat

The justices will explore the scope of the Second Amendment, the fate of the administrative state and limits on free speech on the internet.

A Battered Supreme Court Returns to Confront a Challenging Docket

In America’s overwhelmed downtowns, private security guards like Michael Bock have become the solution of last resort.

He’s a Dab of Glue in a Broken City. Can He Hold It Together?

The Republican speaker opted to keep the government open the only way he could — by partnering with Democrats — in a surprise reversal that left him as politically vulnerable as ever.

Inside McCarthy’s Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk

When Dianne Feinstein was elected in 1992, only two women were in the U.S. Senate. There were 25 on the day she died.

Trailblazer, Role Model, Mentor: Feinstein’s Impact on Women in Office

Seven months after powerful earthquakes battered the historic city of Antakya in southern Turkey, life feels temporary as residents await reconstruction.

An Ancient City, Now in Ruins, Struggles to Keep Its Soul

Greek authorities assumed the victims were asylum seekers because no one was looking for missing people locally. And for more than a month, their identities, and the circumstances of their deaths, remained a mystery.

They Ran for a Better Life, Straight Into a Wildfire

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the lead negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, will be a key player as the guild begins talks with the studios again on Monday.

Longtime Union Leader Steps Fully Into Hollywood’s Spotlight

Quotation of the Day for Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.

Quotation of the Day: Through Triumph and Tragedy, Feinstein Helped Shape San Francisco

For The Veggie, a New York Times newsletter, Tanya Sichynsky mines her personal life for recipe ideas.

A Cooking Editor Who Finds Inspiration Everywhere

In “Brooklyn Crime Novel,” the veteran author transports readers to a conflicted time in the old neighborhood.

Jonathan Lethem Returns to the Borough That Launched Him

There is recourse for customers who arrive at a hotel and are surprised to find a boisterous picket line waiting to greet them.

What Should You Do if Hotels Don’t Warn You About Strikes?

Alexandria Mason’s New York Times debut has us spellbound.

Scissors Sound

One of the rarest editions of The New York Times, from election night in 2000, never made it further than the newsroom.

Close Enough to Call Back

For the Hulu hit, the director relied on visual and sound cues to create both the scares and the plot. Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro are fans.

How ‘No One Will Save You’ Terrifies Us With Hardly a Word

The final season of Jaap van Zweden’s brief tenure as music director in New York began with a new suite for the star violinist Joshua Bell.

‘Celebrate Jaap!’ the Philharmonic Says as a Maestro Departs

An official with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which filed the lawsuit, said the nature of the allegations was “quite egregious.”

Chipotle Manager Pulled Off Worker’s Hijab, U.S. Says in Lawsuit

Saving a spot in a long line, pulling weeds in Brooklyn and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

‘Before Leaving Town, We Stopped to Get Sandwiches to Eat in the Car’

A hunting contest has exposed tensions over which animals deserve protection, who gets to define humaneness and how children should be taught about conservation.

Should Children Join the Killing in New Zealand’s War on Invasive Species?

Brands selling feminine care products have dropped the euphemisms to sell to younger consumers. But are they still capitalizing on old stigmas?

Gen Z Wants Feminine Care Brands to Just Say Vagina

A team of researchers at Stanford find that older scientists are less productive after winning major awards like the Nobel and the MacArthur Fellowship.

A Nobel Prize Might Lower a Scientist’s Impact

The festival, with its variety of styles and cheap tickets, plays to excited audiences. Why can’t it give them better programs?

At Fall for Dance, Meeting Enthusiasm With Mediocrity

Russia has quietly been distributing its own flags throughout West Africa, where they are now considered “so cool.”

October 1, 2023

Headlines from October 1, 2023

The Gilgo Beach Suspect May Have Hunted Them. Now They’re Key Witnesses.

Menendez Co-Defendant’s Curious Path From Bad Deals to a Meat Monopoly

Wall Street’s Most Hated Regulator Faces a Fundamental Threat

A Battered Supreme Court Returns to Confront a Challenging Docket

He’s a Dab of Glue in a Broken City. Can He Hold It Together?

Billboard 200

Nostalgia

Guts

Zach Bryan

One Thing At A Time

SOS

Historical Context for October 1, 2023