The New York Times

When a New York University professor died in 2024, it set off a legal dispute over a quietly accumulated fortune.

He was the author of more than a dozen books. “He knew every writer in New York,” Robert A. Caro said.

Protesters gathered in a residential neighborhood in New York City on Thursday night after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and wounded a man during an attempted arrest.

Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, attacked sanctuary city policies a day after a federal immigration agent wounded a man in his car during an arrest attempt. At a news conference, Mr. Mullin highlighted the victim’s criminal record.

A 28-year-old man was shot by a federal immigration agent in New York City on Thursday. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said agents were “terrorizing the city.”

Car-free parks advocates say the city reopened Freedom Drive, in Forest Lawn Park, to vehicles earlier than planned and without notice.

Clara Wu Tsai, a co-owner of the Liberty and Nets, split from her husband of 30 years. Now she is turning her attention to leaving her mark on the borough.

The president is scheduled to appear on Friday at a rally with the Republican nominee for governor, but it’s not clear whether his presence will mobilize upstate Republicans.

Palestinian advocates acknowledged the range of viewpoints within their movement but were dismayed by the vitriol directed at Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a longtime ally of their cause.

A police spokesman said the person who was shot had been taken to a nearby hospital and was conscious and receiving medical attention.

The mayor expressed no regrets after he was criticized by Jewish leaders over a statement marking the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks and later booed by pro-Palestinian activists at a vigil.

In “Good Time Charlie,” Ryan J. Haddad pairs his own coming out story with the more fraught experience of his relative a generation earlier.

Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, jailed and tortured Americans and others in Venezuela to hang onto power, prosecutors said.

To meet skyrocketing demand, lounge operators like American Express are racing to build bigger, and the Centurion in Newark’s Terminal A will be a giant.

Ellen’s Stardust Diner, where the staff has been belting show tunes for decades, faces fresh competition from a 24-hour newcomer just a block away,