NYTIMES (Emma Goldberg) - Knicks in Five? Please Don’t Tempt the Jinx Gods.
Some Knicks fans have predicted series sweeps. Others, conditioned by decades of failure, pay more heed to jinxes and superstitious rituals.
NYTIMES (Maria Varenikova) - Bring the Kids and Grab Some Barbecue: A Day at the Ukrainian Drone Races
Competitions that give soldiers a brief break from the front have a festival-like atmosphere, a mix of potentially deadly weapons and frolicking children.
NYTIMES (Campbell Robertson) - Sheriffs in Maryland Challenge State Limits on Cooperation With ICE
A lawsuit by a group of 17 county law enforcement officers is another front in the Trump-era fight over local police’s role in immigration enforcement.
NYTIMES (Jason Farago) - For Painting’s Great Skeptic, Gerhard Richter, History Is a Blur
Our critic Jason Farago on how the artist conceived a new way forward for landscape painting.
NYTIMES (Jonathan Mahler) - AIPAC Wants Democrats to Back Israel. Instead, They’re Turning on AIPAC.
Once the guardian of the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus, it is now a polarizing force in the party.
NYTIMES (Jesus Jiménez) - Excitement and Frustration Mix as the World Cup Comes to America
Astronomical ticket prices, soaring security costs and concern over traffic and transit snarls is mixed with pride in host cities and excitement over the U.S. team.
NYTIMES (Claire Fahy) - New York Primary Elections: What to Know and How to Vote
Several closely watched races are taking place in New York City and beyond. Nine days of early voting will precede Primary Day on June 23.
NYTIMES (Nicholas Fandos) - The A.I. Proxy Fight Roiling the Race for a New York House Seat
Groups tied to OpenAI, Anthropic and other industry players have spent $16 million trying to pick the next member of Congress from Manhattan.
NYTIMES (J. David Goodman) - Frisco Mayor’s Race Tests Anti-Muslim Politics in Texas
A runoff in the Dallas suburb of Frisco is testing whether anti-Muslim rhetoric, prominent in G.O.P. primaries this year, can win over a broader set of voters.
NYTIMES (Sarah Hurtes and Manny Fernandez) - Inside Cesar Chavez’s Labor Union, Women Faced a Culture of Sexual Abuse
Many of the women who helped lead the fight for Latino civil rights say they were quietly waging their own battles with harassment, misogyny and sexual assault inside the powerful United Farm Workers union.