The vote, hours after Boeing reported a $6.1 billion loss, will extend a nearly six-week-long strike at factories where the company makes its best-selling commercial plane.

Boeing Workers Resoundingly Reject New Contract and Extend Strike

Sirajuddin Haqqani has tried to remake himself from blood-soaked jihadist to pragmatic Taliban statesman. Western diplomats are shocked — and enticed.

Is Afghanistan’s Most-Wanted Militant Now Its Best Hope for Change?

One day last winter, Alison Stewart, the host of “All of It” on WNYC, was alarmed to find herself speaking gibberish.

Her Job Was Talking on the Radio. Then Suddenly, Words Wouldn’t Come.

By tweaking the DNA of bacteria, scientists aim to cut the use of chemical fertilizers that are worsening global warming. Some worry about unintended consequences.

Changing the DNA of Living Things to Fight Climate Change

Intel was for decades Silicon Valley’s dominant chip company. But missed opportunities and poor execution left it on the sidelines in tech’s latest gold rush.

How Intel Got Left Behind in the A.I. Chip Boom

The premise is catchy, but some think it’s based on faulty data.

Do People in ‘Blue Zones’ Actually Live Longer?

A plan to revive U.S. chip manufacturing rests partly on a company that is firing workers and delaying factories, even as the government pushes for the opposite.

The White House Bet Big on Intel. Will It Backfire?

Unions and their affiliates think they can still break through with the Democrats’ worst demographic, white working-class voters, by hustling on the ground. But it has been a slog.

Short on Time, Harris’s Labor Allies Sprint to Reach Working-Class Voters

The former president has repeatedly praised a period in American history when there was no income tax, and the country relied on tariffs to fund the government.

Trump Flirts With the Ultimate Tax Cut: No Income Taxes at All

One of the biggest small galleries tips its hat to its conceptual history, while bringing new artists and their market-friendly work into view.

50 Artists, 50 Years: Marian Goodman Gallery Opens a New Chapter

A pastime in a farmer’s field led to the discovery of Norman-era coins valued at more than $5 million.

How 7 Friends Testing a Metal Detector Made Britain’s Most Valuable Treasure Find

The request from George Gascón, the Los Angeles County district attorney, could lead to Lyle and Erik Menendez being released from prison, decades after they were convicted of murdering their parents.

District Attorney Will Ask Court to Resentence Menendez Brothers

America First Policy Institute didn’t even exist four years ago. But it is poised to be more influential than Project 2025.

The Group at the Center of Trump’s Planning for a Second Term Is One You Haven’t Heard of

Newly revealed correspondence indicates that a Boeing senior official counseled that the company could answer a pilot’s safety question, but it did not.

Email From Boeing to Ethiopian Airlines Sheds Light on a Tragic Crash

A thriving genre built on podcasts and documentaries, coupled with younger generations’ more skeptical worldview, helped revitalize interest in this case and others like it.

The Menendez Brothers May Soon Be Free: The True Crime Boom and Changing Attitudes

They hope the issue helps their candidates. But some voters may support Republican candidates as well as abortion-rights ballot measures.

As Election Day Nears, Democrats Test Just How Powerful Abortion Really Is

Quotation of the Day for Thursday, October 24, 2024.

Quote of the Day: Building a Steel Curtain in Ireland

Since 2023, the political correspondent Michael Gold has followed the former president’s campaign, which has proved to be anything but predictable.

From Swing States to Drive-Throughs: On the Campaign Trail with Trump

This fall, the Met pairs images of Florida by Walker Evans and Anastasia Samoylova, the first living female photographer with a major show there in some three decades.

Two Artists Capture Florida at the Met

Among the five boroughs, Brooklyn has had the most complaints so far this year. But overall, the numbers appear to be trending down.

Where Are the Rats in New York City?

The HBO dramedy about a Kansas woman finding love and community after tragedy returns for its third and final season on Sunday.

‘Somebody Somewhere’ Is Back for Its Final Season

Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher star in this quasi romantic comedy adapted from Ephron’s memoir, which went deeper into her illness and grief.

Review: Delia Ephron’s ‘Left on Tenth’ Treads Lightly

The United States and Nigeria often collaborate. But the arrest of an American worker strained their diplomatic relations.

How Two Allies Wrestled Over a Crypto Giant and a Prisoner

At the Baryshnikov Arts Center, an adaptation of Smith’s poem-memoir “Woolgathering” features Smith reciting, others dancing and a surprise guest.

October 24, 2024

Headlines from October 24, 2024

Boeing Workers Resoundingly Reject New Contract and Extend Strike

Is Afghanistan’s Most-Wanted Militant Now Its Best Hope for Change?

Her Job Was Talking on the Radio. Then Suddenly, Words Wouldn’t Come.

Changing the DNA of Living Things to Fight Climate Change

How Intel Got Left Behind in the A.I. Chip Boom

Billboard 200

Beautifully Broken

Last Lap

Brat

Short n' Sweet

Glorious

Historical Context for October 24, 2024