The Israeli government said it had detained activists who were trying to take humanitarian aid to the blockaded enclave.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/middleeast/gaza-flotilla-aid-global-sumud-israel.html
Italian lawmakers say they will recognize a Palestinian state if Hamas releases Israeli hostages and is kept out of any eventual government.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/europe/italy-palestinian-state-gaza-plan.html
Two people were killed and at least four others were in serious condition after the vehicle ramming and stabbing attack on Yom Kippur. Police said the suspect was dead.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/europe/uk-manchester-synagogue-attack.html
The group was passionately vegan, mostly transgender and highly educated. Seven of them are now in jail. This is the story of one who did not survive.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/zizians-group-disappearance.html
A new feature for iPhones screens calls, similar to a technology available for Android users. Here’s how to activate it.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/technology/personaltech/iphone-robocalls-screener-android.html
American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/middleeast/saudi-comedy-festival-riyadh-free-speech.html
Sora, OpenAI’s new video-generating app, is really a social network in disguise that can bring creative A.I. to the masses — and its problems, too.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/technology/openai-sora-video-app.html
With the agreement, OpenAI becomes the world’s most valuable privately held company, surpassing the rocket maker SpaceX.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/technology/openai-deal-500-billion.html
Much of the Summer Games in 2028 will take place in Southern California. But two events, softball and canoe slalom, will be held in Oklahoma.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/los-angeles-olympics-oklahoma-city.html
The scientist, who died at 91 on Wednesday, was a model for healthy aging.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/well/jane-goodall-aging-long-life.html
A Times correspondent who interviewed Dr. Goodall recalled their conversations about the state of the planet.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/climate/jane-goodall-interviews.html
The star’s power and reach has grown with each of her releases. Now she’s following her record-breaking live show with her 12th original studio LP, “The Life of a Showgirl.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/arts/music/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-eras-tour.html
Authoritarians have lost elections before, and they will again.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/poland-election-autocrat-russia-hungary.html
Silas’s future seemed bright except for at least one detail. He didn’t have a car.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/working-class-education-ohio.html
The departure of Todd Arrington, who led the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, came after the administration sought a sword from its collection as a gift for King Charles.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/arts/design/trump-eisenhower-king-charles-sword.html
Petros Krommidas, a Democrat, was running for county legislature on Long Island when he disappeared on a swim. A judge sided with Republicans and refused to allow a replacement candidate.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/nyregion/nassau-candidate-missing.html
Researchers found that the predatory canines were far more likely to flee recordings of human voices than they were to run away from other sounds.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/science/wolves-humans-fear-study.html
Mexico’s dominant party, Morena, rose to power by championing the poor. Now it is having to explain the luxurious lifestyles of some of its most prominent members.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/americas/mexico-morena-wealth-poor.html
Blue residue on a 13,000-year-old stone artifact, long believed to be an oil lamp, may paint a new picture of Paleolithic art and culturehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-archaeologists-set-out-in-search-animal-fat-instead-they-found-oldest-blue-pigment-ever-discovered-in-europe-180987438/
The artifact is part of a large assemblage of excavated artifacts recently acquired by National Museums Scotlandhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-rare-medieval-hair-styling-tool-was-found-at-scotlands-eilean-donan-castle-180987436/