Cheap Drones Remain Wild Card in Iran war

Stopping Iran’s production of drones is critical to opening the Strait of Hormuz and halting its attacks on Gulf nations. But can it be done?A missile and a Shahed drone on display during a military parade in Tehran in 2025.

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U.S. and Iran Are Talking About Ways to End Their War: What to Know

The United States is discussing ways to end hostilities with Iran, even as President Trump continues to threaten attacks and as the Pentagon dispatches more troops.Tehran on Tuesday. It’s been nearly a month since the start of the conflict.

A Aaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon

Air Canada Pilots Killed in LaGuardia Crash Were Early in Flying Careers

The pilots were identified as Antoine Forest, 30, and Mackenzie Gunther. They were the only two fatalities in the plane’s collision with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.The wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet after it collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday.

P Pranav Baskar, Vjosa Isai, Hurubie Meko and Norimitsu Onishi

A Day in the Life of a New York City Junklugger

The work force behind Junkluggers, a company that tosses, donates and resells what we leave behind, bears witness to grief and lives in transition.Three Junkluggers employees wheeled their supplies down a steep driveway to reach a parking garage below the building, where they could access an elevato

G Gina Ryder and Graham Dickie

Why This City’s Reckoning With Cesar Chavez Is So Complicated

San Jose, Calif., is where Mr. Chavez began organizing in the 1950s, and he once lived there. After revelations of sexual abuse by the labor leader, the city and his old neighborhood are confronting his legacy.At San Jose City College, the area’s community college, a 40-foot mural depicting Cesar Ch

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Should These Abandoned Tracks Become a Park or a Train Line? Or Both?

A disused rail line in Queens could help reconnect the borough and add much-needed park space. A new report suggests that a plan to do both is possible, but it faces long odds.A stretch of abandoned train tracks in central Queens is currently set to be turned into a park.

S Stefanos Chen

Mamdani Is Quietly Backing Away From a Threat to Raise Property Taxes

The mayor has left lawmakers with the belief he does not plan to pursue an unpopular property tax increase, as he looks to close a budget gap of $5.4 billion over two years.Mayor Zohran Mamdani blamed his predecessor, Eric Adams, for leaving the city with a multibillion-dollar deficit.

S Sally Goldenberg, Benjamin Oreskes and Jeffery C. Mays