Israel’s Stunning Attack on Iran, and India Plane Crash Survivor Speaks

Plus, Friday’s news quiz.A building in Iran on Friday after Israeli strikes. Israel’s wide-ranging attack prompted fears that long-simmering tensions between the countries were spiraling into a full-blown regional war.

M Michael Simon Johnson, Will Jarvis, Jessica Metzger, Aaron Boxerman and Jonathan Swan

Trump’s Use of National Guard in Limbo After Court Rulings

Judge Charles Breyer ordered the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor. But he also ruled that it was premature to restrict the use of active-duty Marines.Members of the California National Guard in downtown Los Angeles this week.

C Charlie Savage, Kellen Browning and Laurel Rosenhall

What We Know About the L.A. Protests So Far

The Trump administration is facing legal challenges to its deployment of Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles. Shawn Hubler, the Los Angeles bureau chief for The New York Times, talks with Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer, about what she’s seen on the ground in the city.

S Shawn Hubler, Katrin Bennhold, Christina Thornell and James Surdam

Grieving Relatives of India Air Crash Victims Wait for Bodies to Be Identified

Families lined up for hours to give DNA samples so the authorities could match names to victims of Thursday’s crash, which killed at least 269 people.Relatives of Akash Patni, a tea-stall worker who died in the plane crash in Ahmedabad, mourned near the hospital center where health workers are tryin

S Suhasini Raj, Mujib Mashal, Pragati K.B. and Atul Loke

Deadly Air India Plane Crash: Photos and Video

A passenger flight traveling from Ahmedabad, a city in western India, to London crashed shortly after takeoff.Investigators at the scene of the crash in Ahmedebad, on Friday.

T The New York Times

5 Takeaways From the Debate for N.Y.C. Mayor

The two front-runners in the New York City mayor’s race, Andrew M. Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, traded barbs over their records, immigration and a host of other issues.Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, center, and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, right, both clashed with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo,

E Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Maya King

Russian Forces Expand Fighting to a New Region of Eastern Ukraine

It’s the first time in three years of war that Russian troops have entered the Dnipropetrovsk region, a sign of battlefield momentum.Ukrainian soldiers in the Dnipropetrovsk region in March. It lies west of Donetsk, the region now at the heart of the ground war.

C Constant Méheut and Olha Konovalova

Inside the Jury Room at the Weinstein Trial, Rancor and Recrimination

As the panelists deliberated over whether the former Hollywood mogul should be convicted of sex crimes for a second time in Manhattan, accusations began to fly.Harvey Weinstein, a former Hollywood power broker, was retried after his 2020 conviction on sex crime charges was overturned.

H Hurubie Meko

They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.Eugene Torres used ChatGPT to make spreadsheets, but the communication took a disturbing turn when he asked i

K Kashmir Hill

Trump’s New ‘Apprentice’ Boardroom: The Oval Office

The stately room has long been a site of diplomacy. But the reality-star president often does not come there to make friends.President Trump’s Oval Office meetings with world leaders like President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa have included reality-TV-style drama.

J James Poniewozik

Will Trump Show Restraint in the Middle East?

Israel’s decision to strike Iran carries with it a lot of risks for the region and for the United States.On a hilltop in Tehran on Friday morning after multiple explosions around the city.

N Nicholas Kristof

David H. Murdock, a Rags-to-Riches Corporate Raider, Dies at 102

He was a school dropout at 14 and homeless for a spell, but as a driven investor and chief of Dole he became a billionaire. Later came another quest: to extend life through better nutrition.David H. Murdock in 2005 after giving a talk at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. He had inves

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