Jalen Brunson, the New York Knicks’ star guard, holds the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy during the ticker-tape parade for his team in celebration of their first NBA championship win in two generations in New York on Thursday, June 18, 2026. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) By JONAH E. BROMWICH, DAN RUBINSTEIN and SANTUL NERKAR Roaring cascades of jubilant fans filled lower Manhattan on Thursday morning for the New York Knicks championship parade, a celebratory coda to a

The Superior Double-A Baseball League’s “Carnaval de Campeones” (Tournament of Champions) begins this Friday featuring the eight sectional champions. It will follow a round-robin format running through July 4 to determine the four national semifinalists. By THE STAR STAFF The Superior Double-A Baseball League’s “Carnaval de Campeones” (Tournament of Champions) begins this Friday featuring the eight sectional champions. The tournament will follow a round-robin format running t

Kevin Warsh, the Federal Reserve chairman, speaks to reporters at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and officials readied for higher borrowing costs, as inflation fears dominated Warsh’s first meeting as chairman of the central bank. (Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times) By COLBY SMITH The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and officials readied for higher borrowing costs, as inflation fears dom

Two hippopotamuses at the Hacienda Nápoles theme park, in Doradal, Colombia, April 25, 2026. Colombia plans to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord Pablo Escobar’s pets, dividing a town where the semiaquatic mammals are the main draw. (Esteban Vanegas/The New York Times) By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ When night falls in the small Colombian village of Doradal, the quiet is broken by the wet, heavy thuds of the town’s 3,000-pound unofficial mascots trudging