At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/texas-floods-hearing.html
Trisomy 18 is normally fatal within weeks of birth. But some parents are getting more time — with surgeries, luck and an incredible amount of effort.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/magazine/trisomy-18-edwards-syndrome-baby-treatment-care.html
The measure faces long odds given past Republican opposition to sending additional assistance to Kyiv, but it comes as President Trump has signaled a new openness to finding ways to back the nation.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/senators-new-aid-ukraine.html
The former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev offers President Trump a useful foil to criticize without rebuking Vladimir Putin, one analyst said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/europe/trump-medvedev-russia.html
Sebije Nelovic, who for 27 years has cleaned the Manhattan office building that was the site of the shooting, was dusting a table that Monday evening. Then she heard gunfire.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/nyregion/park-avenue-shooting-sebije-nelovic.html
New Jersey issued a state of emergency, and much of New York City was under a flash flood warning through the evening. Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia also could see excessive amounts of rain.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/weather/rain-flash-flooding-warning-northeast-mid-atlantic.html
The smoke is expected to remain over the northern and central Plains of the United States for the next couple of days, according to meteorologists.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/weather/canada-wildfire-air-quality-smoke-midwest.html
A.I. technologists are approaching the job market as if they were Steph Curry or LeBron James, seeking advice from their entourages and playing hardball with the highest bidders.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/technology/ai-researchers-nba-stars.html
Chinese companies showcased A.I. gains in Shanghai this week. More chips will only help them improve faster, industry insiders say.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/technology/china-ai-nvidia-chips.html
Until she decided not to run, former Vice President Kamala Harris had loomed over the race as a likely favorite. Now, a host of hopefuls are jockeying for advantage.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/harris-california-governors-race.html
The former vice president has written a book about her run for the White House. It will come out next month.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/books/kamala-harris-campaign-memoir-107-days.html
The device stimulates the vagus nerve, signaling the body to tamp down the inflammation that contributes to the disease.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/health/arthritis-implant-vagus-setpoint.html
He upended theatrical norms with his own stunningly visualized works and his collaborations with a wide range of artists, from Philip Glass (“Einstein on the Beach”) to Lady Gaga.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/theater/robert-wilson-dead.html
If Democrats can come up with an alternative vision of how to repair the social and moral order, they might be relevant in the years ahead.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/opinion/democratic-republican-parties.html
“We were suckers of the global system for so long.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/opinion/doge-foreign-aid-jeremy-lewin.html
State leaders fast-tracked plans by Elon Musk’s company for a tunnel to Nashville’s airport, ignoring the city’s concerns.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/nashville-tunnel-musk.html
Speaking at a judicial conference, the justice said that saying too much risked premature judgments, adding that the court had been trying various approaches.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/kavanaugh-supreme-court-emergency.html
The 34-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene on Wednesday afternoon, the police said. The museum said it would be closed on Thursday.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/nyregion/man-dies-whitney-museum-nyc.html
Figma, which makes a design platform, was on the verge of a big payday before regulators quashed the sale. On Thursday, it went public, with its stock ending the day up 250 percent.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/technology/figma-ipo.html
‘She has many opportunities for enjoying private life and continuing her public service somewhere, anywhere, other than on the campaign trail.’https://www.wsj.com/opinion/notable-quotable-kamala-harris-bows-out-d700525c