By ANNIE COSTABILE and BRIAN HAMILTON / THE ATHLETIC Only two years into their existence, the Golden State Valkyries have won a WNBA championship. They did it with their typical grit and determination, and some sensational shooting from Gabby Williams. The Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream, 68-63, on Saturday night, winning the first Game 7 in league history. If you are looking for comparisons to what this women’s basketball team has done, consider this: No expansion franchise

Vals AI uses Claude Code to debug failures in an agent trace at their office in San Francisco, Feb. 12, 2026. A.I. has uncovered a horde of software flaws, which engineers are racing to fix before they can be exploited and abused by hackers. (Manuel Orbegozo/The New York Times) By KATE CONGER On Oct. 21, Fouad Matin, who leads OpenAI’s cyber-preparedness and safety efforts, had planned to spend the evening with friends to celebrate his birthday. Instead, he was running on abo

Elke Sommer in 1965 (Wikipedia) By ANITA GATES Elke Sommer, the German actress whose beauty and comic timing led to a co-starring role with Peter Sellers in the slapstick Pink Panther sequel “A Shot in the Dark” and in other Hollywood films of the 1960s opposite Paul Newman and Bob Hope, died last Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 85. The death was confirmed by Erwin Schneider, a friend of Sommer’s. Sommer was only 23 but had already appeared in more than two doz

Citizens walk under the net covered streets, protecting against drone attacks, in Kherson, Ukraine, on Oct. 28, 2026. Notching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By PAUL SONNE He took a rare call from the Finnish and Norwegian leaders. He hosted Qatar’s emir and Iran’s president at a forum of gas-exporting countries. And he s