Global Economic Output Looks Slower for 2026, IMF Says

The I.M.F. projected world output growth would fall to 3 percent for the year, a number pushed down by high commodity prices.Buildings destroyed by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran in March. Despite dark clouds, the global economy has proved relatively resilient, buttressed partly by demand for A.I

A Alan Rappeport

Midtown Neighborhood Has to Cope in a Troubled Building’s Shadow

Travelers were shut out of major hotels, and work ground to a halt for some on Tuesday after a building partially buckled in Manhattan.East 44th Street in Manhattan on Tuesday, as evacuations continued after a high-rise office building on 42nd Street was at risk of partial collapse.

C Caitlyn Freeman

Emmys Snubs and Surprises 2026: Jon Hamm, Ariana Madix and More

Other unexpected results include nods for Chase Infiniti and the “Love Island USA” host Ariana Madix and a snub for “The Amazing Race.”“Your Friends & Neighbors,” the Apple TV suburban satire, was a surprise nominee for best drama, but the star, Jon Hamm, was snubbed.

M Mike Hale

In San Francisco, Some Home Sellers Now Ask for OpenAI or Anthropic Stock

Even before OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they are distorting home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area, as people race to buy and sellers ask for stock instead of cash.San Francisco home sales in May rose 12.2 percent from a year earlier, with the median price of a single-family home climbing to $

E Emmy Martin

Fax and Telegram? New York’s Archaic Requirements Get an A.I. Overhaul.

Gov. Kathy Hochul will direct state agencies to eliminate or modernize antiquated requirements, and examine if task forces or councils have outlived their purpose.Gov. Kathy Hochul said the Regulatory Reset initiative was designed to make government more efficient and work better for New Yorkers.

G Grace Ashford

Judge Hannah C. Dugan Faces Fine But No Prison Time

The former Wisconsin judge, Hannah C. Dugan, was accused of ushering an undocumented immigrant out a side door as federal agents waited for him near her Milwaukee courtroom.Hannah C. Dugan, a Wisconsin state judge, was found guilty of obstructing federal agents.

M Mitch Smith

Le Pen Launches Presidential Campaign, in a Twist for French Politics

The day after a court decided the far-right leader Marine Le Pen could run for office again, cheers and boos met her campaign kickoff in a rural stronghold.Marine Le Pen greeting supporters as she arrives on Wednesday for a campaign event in La Flèche, France.

C Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic

A Cease-Fire in Doubt

We have the latest on renewed strikes in the Middle East.Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, and President Trump.

S Sam Sifton

Decades Late, Museum Scrambles to Return 2,700 Native Remains

The American Museum of Natural History said it would repatriate hair clippings that must be returned to tribes under a 1990 federal law.Data sheets from an anthropologist who collected hair samples from Native Americans in the 1890s are stored in boxes at the American Museum of Natural History in Ne

Z Zachary Small