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A Tight Race in Sri Lanka Two Years After Its President Fled The central issue in the election is how to correct the economy’s deep imbalances.nytimes.com
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Video Released of NYPD Shooting on Brooklyn Subway That Wounded 4 After seeing video of officers firing at a knife-wielding man, the cousin of a bystander who was badly hurt in the shooting continued to criticize the police.nytimes.com
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Motel 6 Is Sold to Oyo, an Indian Hotel Company Expanding in the U.S. A roadside chain for more than 50 years, Motel 6 was owned by Blackstone, the private equity giant. Oyo will pay $525 million in an all-cash deal.nytimes.com
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Security Firm Linked to Top Adams Aide Won Millions in N.Y.C. Business The company received a $154 million contract to provide “emergency fire watch services” to the New York City Housing Authority. The firm was once owned by the deputy mayor for public safety.nytimes.com
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Rallying in Two Key States, Harris Presses Her Case on Abortion Rights Visiting Wisconsin after giving a speech in Georgia, the vice president signaled she would focus on the life-or-death risks of abortion bans in the final weeks of the race.nytimes.com
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The 1983 Beirut Bombings Explained One of Hezbollah’s top military commanders, who was accused of helping plan the blasts four decades ago, was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike.nytimes.com
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Qualcomm Asked Rival Intel if It Would Consider Sale While Intel has struggled in recent years, other chipmakers are thriving because of a boom in demand.nytimes.com
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With Robinson Candidacy, North Carolina Republicans Fear Damage to Years of Gains Explosive posts by the Republican candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, are sending waves of anxiety through a state party that has long been tactical and disciplined.nytimes.com
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Senior Hezbollah Leader Is Killed in Beirut in Israeli Airstrike The attack, which Lebanese officials said killed at least 14 and injured more than 60, stoked fears Israel is driving toward a full-blown war on its northern border, even as the fight in Gaza goes on.nytimes.com
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Israel Killed a Top Hezbollah Commander in Lebanon Plus, a baseball game for the agesnytimes.com
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Cal Fire Engineer Accused of Starting 5 Northern California Wildfires A Cal Fire employee was arrested Friday on suspicion of starting several blazes in Sonoma County.nytimes.com
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Nelson DeMille, Blockbuster Author Who Thrilled Millions, Dies at 81 In best seller after best seller, world-weary investigators tackled military malfeasance and Russian spies, cracking jokes and beers to the delight of legions of devoted fansnytimes.com
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Kamala Harris Tells Oprah ‘They’re Getting Shot’ if Somebody Breaks Into Her Home The remarkable utterance underscored Democrats’ increasing comfort with the country’s gun culture, and how Harris is trying to use it to puncture notions about female candidates.nytimes.com
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Kentucky Town Is Shaken After Local Sheriff Is Charged With Killing Judge The two men were seen getting ready to go to lunch on the day of the shooting. Hours later, Judge Kevin Mullins was dead from multiple gunshot wounds.nytimes.com
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Israeli Soldiers Throw Three Seemingly Lifeless Palestinians Off a Roof Several videos have emerged of the gruesome scene, but it remains unclear if the three were alive or dead at the time.nytimes.com
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Remembering Toto Schillaci and a Summer That Changed Soccer For one month in 1990, Schillaci was the most beloved player in Italy, and one of the most famous players in the world.nytimes.com
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What’s Next for Rate Cuts? The Fed Is Watching Jobs and Prices. A Federal Reserve official predicted quarter point rate cuts if data looked ‘fine’. But he also set out a scenario for a pause — or faster reductions.nytimes.com
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Georgia Election Board Orders Hand-Counting of Ballots Critics say the move could significantly delay the reporting of results in the battleground state and inject chaos into the post-election period.nytimes.com
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Israel’s Attacks on Hezbollah Have Intensified but Stop Short of All-Out War Israel is attempting a risky strategy, increasing the intensity of its attacks in an attempt to force Hezbollah to back down, while raising the chances of an aggressive response that devolves into a land war.nytimes.com
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Harris Has a Polling Edge in Wisconsin, but Democrats Don’t Trust It The vice president, who is visiting the state on Friday, has led Donald Trump there more often than not. Yet nearly everyone in Wisconsin politics believes the race will be incredibly close.nytimes.com
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Who Is Ibrahim Aqeel, the Hezbollah Commander Targeted by Israel? The senior leader, who survived multiple assassination attempts, has been sought by the United States for bombings in the 1980s. Here is a closer look.nytimes.com
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Harrods Will Be Sued by Mohamed al-Fayed’s Alleged Victims, Lawyers Say Attorneys for 37 women said they would sue Harrods, the luxury department store, over the rape and sexual assault they say its former owner committed.nytimes.com
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The Donald Trump Guide to Civil Discourse “Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at.”nytimes.com
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Nigel Farage’s Anti-Immigration Party Has Big Plans. Can It See Them Through? Nigel Farage, a Trump ally and Brexit champion, thinks his Reform U.K. party can become a major political force. At a conference on Friday, he will explain how.nytimes.com
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With Focus Shifting to Lebanon, Some in Gaza Fear Cease-Fire Talks Will Be Sidelined Even as Israel signals that it is moving its focus to its northern border with Lebanon, there has been no pause to its bombardment in Gaza, where residents are facing another winter with little access to food or shelter.nytimes.com
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A Surge in Breast Reductions We explore why younger women are undergoing the cosmetic procedure.nytimes.com
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Lebanese Talk of Revenge for Pager Attacks After two days of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, Beirut was a city on edge, with people worried there were bombs in their bags or pockets. Victims’ relatives vowed retribution.nytimes.com
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Kamala Harris Outspends Donald Trump by Tens of Millions Online The week of their debate, Kamala Harris outspent Donald Trump by 20 to 1 on Facebook and Instagram. It was just one sign of how uneven their online advertising battle has become.nytimes.com
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Now That Rates Are Falling, Let’s Turn to Other Matters The Federal Reserve has at last cut interest rates but our columnist points out a host of concerns that could weigh on financial markets.nytimes.com
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Natasha Lyonne’s Success Is Driven by a Sense of Mortality Amid Oscar talk for her quiet turn in “His Three Daughters” on Netflix, the spitfire star has become a force as a producer driven by a sense of mortality.nytimes.com