Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees

In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.A criminal hacking group known as ShinyHunters said it had targeted the F.B.I. as retribution for its public warning in the spring that the group was known to harass its victims

D Dustin Volz, Alan Feuer, Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman

US Hits Canada With Ban on Some Dairy and Liquor Products

An outright ban on certain Canadian products took effect Tuesday, escalating a damaging trade fight between the two North American allies.Dairy products are a target of the import ban. Overall, experts said, the ban on Canadian products was a just small percentage of Canada’s exports.

A Ana Swanson

Senate Resoundingly Approves Sweeping College Sports Measure

The outlook for the legislation, which seeks to stabilize the unsettled collegiate sports landscape, is uncertain in the House. It was one of the last congressional actions before the midterms.The Vanderbilt Commodores playing the Virginia Cavaliers in Charleston, S.C., on Sunday. A series of legal

C Carl Hulse

Trump Officials Revise How Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules Are Enforced

The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the change codifies how the Trump administration has enforced Title IX, the law barring sex discrimination in educational

M Michael C. Bender

The Russian Prison That Evan Gershkovich Carried Home

In an interview, Mr. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was imprisoned in Russia for 16 months, described his ordeal and the moment that nearly broke him.“The real things I have to deal with are psychological,” Evan Gershkovich said.

P Peter Baker

A Turkish Doughnut Maker Whose Sweets Honor the Dead

For one Istanbul confectioner, distributing fried dough balls as memorials is not just a job. It’s personal.Niyazi Dumlu handing out lokma, a kind of Turkish doughnut, from his food truck near an Istanbul mosque in November.d

B Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur

How a Planned Steel Mill in Iowa Reveals Trump’s Midterm Strategy

As President Trump travels the country, he is expected to focus on his economic accomplishments at a time when Americans have expressed deep frustration with his policies.President Trump is expected to make several job-creation announcements as he traverses the country this week.

K Katie Rogers and Farah Stockman

The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.

In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.Coal plants were ordered to stay open, including Craig Generating Station in Colorado, which challenged the emergency order.

B Brad Plumer and Claire Brown

Couple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park

Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76.Jonathan McKinsey, 40, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds on Saturday in a parking lot at Dublin

S Soumya Karlamangla and Amy Qin

OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns

The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.An OpenAI booth at a technology conference in San Francisco this month. The company said its new GPT-6.1 Astra model exhibited high levels of deception and a willingness to go beyond the scope of its g

S Sheera Frenkel

Gordon Johncock, Two-Time Indianapolis 500 Winner, Dies at 90

He was among the premier drivers in the Indy 500, competing in 24 races and finishing eight times in the top five.Gordon Johncock after winning his second Indianapolis 500 in 1982. His victory, by 16-hundredths of a second, was the slimmest margin in the race’s history at the time.

R Richard Goldstein