After a 7-4 loss on Monday put Los Angeles in a two-game hole, it was difficult to imagine the Dodgers taking four of the next five games from the Milwaukee Brewers, even with Wednesday’s game and the following two at home. (Reddit via r/baseball) By KEN ROSENTHAL / THE ATHLETIC It’s not over. But if you were to picture the end of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ championship run, this is how it would look, no? A physically compromised Shohei Ohtani bearing no resemblance to his usua

Bill Stiteler, known online as Saxboy Billy, along the Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Aug. 27, 2026. Stiteler created The Puerto Rico Song, which has been streamed on Spotify 20 million times, using the A.I. tool Suno. Some labels have sued A.I. music generators like Suno. Others have partnered with them. (Matt Smith/The New York Times) By BRENT CRANE Comedian Bill Stiteler didn’t follow a conventional path to pop music stardom. In fact, he doesn’t rea

The Javits Center during Comic Con, in Manhattan, on Oct. 8, 2026. The fan-driven presence of anime is one way in which New York Comic-Con has evolved over its two decades. (Lucia Vazquez/The New York Times) By MAYA PHILLIPS When you think of a comic convention, you may envision a convergence of the biggest entertainment companies in the world, all promoting their upcoming TV series and films to eager fans. But that’s not quite right, at least not for New York Comic Con, whic

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Beirut, following his visit to Turkey, Nov. 30, 2025. Pope Leo was diagnosed with lung cancer on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, and a lower lobe of his right lung was removed during surgery, ​the Vatican said in a medical bulletin. (Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times) By MOTOKO RICH When Leo XIV was elected pope less than 18 months ago, he seemed to have years ahead of him to shape the Roman Catholic Church. At 69, he was young by recent papal standards,

A Starlink terminal camouflaged with a net near the eastern frontline in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in the summer of 2023. A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite program appeared to be curbed without warning. (Sasha Maslov/The New York Times) By CONSTANT MÉHEUT Nearly five years into its fight for national survival, Ukraine has entered a moment of intense vulnerability, under growing pressure not only from Russia but also now fro

Posters left over from a rally over a student’s sexual assault allegations are displayed in the windows of Rand Hall on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, N.Y., Oct. 6, 2026. Cornell University has banned parties at fraternity houses for the rest of the academic year and will add experienced sexual assault investigators to its police force in response to a student’s allegations of gang rape in October 2024. (Lauren Petracca/The New York Times) By SHARON OTTERMAN and DEB

President Donald Trump and U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, right, during a Greek Independence Day Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on March 26, 2026. Trump cut Guilfoyle loose after damaging news reports about her. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By ELISABETH BUMILLER It started out so well for her. Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to G

POR EL STAR STAFF AGUADA – El alcalde de Aguada, Christian E. Cortés Feliciano, celebró hoy, por tercera ocasión, la iniciativa municipal iniciada por su administración para incentivar económicamente a los pescadores aguadeños, esta vez con $28,000 distribuidos a 28 trabajadores del mar. A través de este programa municipal, cada pescador presenta una lista de equipos valorados en $1,000.00, y el Municipio realiza la compra directa y entrega de los materiales. Esta iniciativa

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, at Camp David in Maryland, on Friday, July 31, 2026. Recent speeches by Rubio championing the virtues of Western civilization beg the question of what the secretary of state meant by Western civilization, Times columnist Bret Stephens writes. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS For at least the second time this year, Marco Rubio delivered a stirring speech championing t

Wall Street’s main indexes were set for a lower open on Wednesday after a hotter-than-expected inflation report boosted bets of an interest rate hike this month, while investors ​parsed more big bank earnings. A Labor Department report showed the Consumer Price Index rose 3.7% on an annual basis last month, above estimates of 3.6%, ‌according to economists polled by Reuters. It ‌increased 0.6% on a monthly basis, in line with estimates. Traders bolstered bets of a rate hike i