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Brazil’s Homegrown Payment System Is Target of Trump Administration Brazil’s fast and free homegrown digital payment system, PIX, has become wildly popular. The Trump administration says it unfairly undercuts U.S. companies. https://ift.tt/To4YOud https://www.nytimes.com

‘One Battle After Another’ Ticket Sales Are Solid (With an Asterisk) Paul Thomas Anderson’s film collected $22.4 million in North America over the weekend, enough for No. 1. But its profitability remains a big question. https://ift.tt/t7CjU84 https://www.nytimes.com

What to Know About Corruption Investigations Surrounding Eric Adams Months after a federal corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams of New York was dropped, some of his allies remain under investigation or have been charged with crimes. https://ift.tt/gAyqvIb https://www.nytimes.com

Neil Kraft, Visionary Adman Who Sold ‘a Mood and a Lifestyle,’ Dies at 67 His ads for Calvin Klein and others captured a fizzy moment in the 1980s and ’90s, featuring celebrities like the young rapper Marky Mark wearing nothing but underwear and a grin. https://ift.tt/DHqCnVa https://www.nytimes.com

Stampede at Actor’s Political Rally Kills at Least 36 People in India The stampede took place at an event for Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, the popular actor known professionally as Vijay. A health official said the toll was likely to rise. https://ift.tt/zULbKvi https://www.nytimes.com

The Comey Indictment Plunges the Country Into a Grave New Period As despots have done for centuries, Trump is persecuting people he considers his enemies, with little justification other than raw political power. https://ift.tt/5fw1DZo https://www.nytimes.com

Share Your WNBA Fan Personal Finance Story The league is nearing the climax of another season of rapid growth. We want to know how that has affected the fan experience. https://ift.tt/ni0Mfzy https://www.nytimes.com

House Committee Opens Inquiry Into Uber Over Sexual Abuse The inquiry comes weeks after a New York Times investigation found that incidents of sexual assault and sexual misconduct occurred much more frequently than Uber had disclosed. https://ift.tt/NwXfEaO https://www.nytimes.com

Want to Bring a Dog to This Italian City? That Will Be $1.75. Bolzano, in northern Italy, is considering taxing tourists’ dogs, and charging resident dog owners an annual fee as well. https://ift.tt/K6uZmSG https://www.nytimes.com

Witnesses in Dallas Describe Rapid Gunfire ‘It was one shot after another after another after another,’ said one woman in a parking lot outside an ICE facility. https://ift.tt/36Osi1f https://www.nytimes.com

U.S. Threatens to Bar Foreigners Over Remarks About Charlie Kirk U.S. officials say they will pull visas and deport people who trivialize Charlie Kirk’s murder, part of intensifying scrutiny of visa applicants’ views. https://ift.tt/kOvVcqC https://www.nytimes.com

YouTube to Reinstate Accounts Banned Over Content Related to the Pandemic and 2020 Election The streaming platform unveiled its plan in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee. https://ift.tt/cTfMQmN https://www.nytimes.com

What’s the Dog in Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’? A Longtime Mystery Is Solved. What inspired that furry figure in the corner of Rembrandt’s celebrated painting? Researchers at the Rijksmuseum say they’ve solved the longtime mystery. https://ift.tt/1Ivd67J https://www.nytimes.com

Review: ‘Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’ at the Met The Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a superficial adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.” https://ift.tt/cXLAKq0 https://www.nytimes.com

Greenlandic Woman Wins Her Baby Back in Denmark A young Greenlandic woman living in Denmark will regain custody of the infant girl taken from her shortly after birth. The case has become the latest flashpoint between Denmark and Greenland. https://ift.tt/uHKCSwz https://www.nytimes.com

Tiger Handler Linked to Joe Exotic Is Fatally Mauled by Tiger Ryan Easley, 37, was performing at his family-run private zoo in Hugo, Okla., when a tiger attacked him, the authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. https://ift.tt/CORIBof https://www.nytimes.com

At Kirk Service, an Extraordinary Fusion of Government and Christianity The memorial reflected the degree to which conservative Christianity had melded with Republican politics in the Trump era. https://ift.tt/NumUjWq https://www.nytimes.com

Trump Says the Murdochs May Join TikTok Investors Fox Corporation is considering investing in the popular video app as part of a bid to avert a U.S. ban, a person familiar with the situation said after the president’s remarks. https://ift.tt/zfcYRBo https://www.nytimes.com

Nepal to Investigate Killings and Arson in Student Protests It is a first effort by the country’s new government to understand the sequence of violent events that led to the abrupt downfall of the old one. https://ift.tt/35LYIul https://www.nytimes.com

Combs Sentencing Focuses Attention on Prostitution Law From 1910 Acquitted of more serious charges, Sean Combs was found guilty of violating a law enacted during a panic over “white slavery” that is now a common tool in sex crimes prosecutions. https://ift.tt/DscfPGz https://www.nytimes.com

Taliban Bans Books by Women in Afghanistan’s Universities More than 600 books, many of them written by women, are being purged, based on a contention that they conflict with Sharia principles. https://ift.tt/Jd0lS3E https://www.nytimes.com

Takeaways from ‘107 Days,’ Kamala Harris’s New Book In her book, coming out next week, she revisited her breakneck campaign, explaining her choices and outlining missteps — of hers and others. She hinted at a return to politics. https://ift.tt/unlgte5 https://www.nytimes.com

U.S. Sues Ticketmaster Over Claims of Illegal Resale Tactics The Federal Trade Commission and seven states sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, claiming they misled artists and consumers. https://ift.tt/i8mO7QD https://www.nytimes.com

Colleges Need to Host Difficult Speakers As a college leader, I know better than most that we must encourage controversial speakers, not silence them. https://ift.tt/7bmdPZE https://www.nytimes.com

Pat Crowley, Veteran Actress of Film and TV, Dies at 91 Named the year’s “new star” at the 1954 Golden Globes, she appeared alongside the biggest names of her time. She later embarked on a long career in television. https://ift.tt/iNAyY8G https://www.nytimes.com

Eddie Giacomin, Rangers’ Goalie and Fan Favorite, Dies at 86 A Hall of Famer, he led the N.H.L. in shutouts and single-season victories three times and was stunned when the Rangers let him go in his 10th season. https://ift.tt/iYKuTbd https://www.nytimes.com

Bobby Hart, Who Helped Give the Monkees Their Music, Dies at 86 He and Tommy Boyce formed a hit songwriting duo of the 1960s, and were best known for the unexpectedly popular tunes of a made-for-TV boy band. https://ift.tt/ZoBDrOI https://www.nytimes.com

Patrick McGovern, the ‘Indiana Jones of Ancient Alcohol,’ Dies at 80 An archaeologist, he discovered and analyzed the residue of beverages imbibed by long-vanished civilizations and then figured out how to recreate them. https://ift.tt/zBqPMYd https://www.nytimes.com

Pope Leo Says He Cannot Broker a Peace Deal for Ukraine Pope Leo XIV said that while popes can be advocates for peace, it was less “realistic” for them to serve as mediators. https://ift.tt/pETocWs https://www.nytimes.com

In ‘Hedda,’ Tessa Thompson Puts a Sexy, Messy Spin on the ‘Female Hamlet’ Have you ever seen Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” set in the 1950s with a biracial star in a lesbian love triangle? In this new film adaptation, you will. https://ift.tt/xMvZFph https://www.nytimes.com

Atlantic Settles Writer’s Suit Over Article It Retracted The writer, Ruth Shalit Barrett, had accused the magazine of defaming her in a lengthy editor’s note. https://ift.tt/v7cb9jP https://www.nytimes.com

Amid Water Restrictions, U.K. Residents Express Outrage as Blackstone C.E.O. Fills Private Lake A local water company said tankers of its water would no longer be sent to the American billionaire’s estate to fill his lake. https://ift.tt/Oy8sRh1 https://www.nytimes.com

Erich Sailer, Ski Coach Who Helped Shape Champions, Dies at 99 Using a modest slope in Minnesota as a springboard, he tutored a host of rising stars, including Lindsey Vonn. He was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. https://ift.tt/FmX4eDf https://www.nytimes.com

More Children Are Now Obese Than Underweight, UN Report Finds One in 10 children worldwide now has obesity, a report from UNICEF found, and the number of overweight children has more than doubled in low- and middle-income countries since 2000. https://ift.tt/d9fBnAJ https://www.nytimes.com

NASA Rover Findings ‘Could be the Clearest Sign of Life’ on Mars The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected by the Perseverance rover raises that possibility. https://ift.tt/4zoPLxc https://www.nytimes.com

US Poverty Rate Was Stable in 2024, as Household Income Rose Slightly As pandemic subsidies disappeared, wages kept workers just ahead of inflation, although gaps have widened for some groups. https://ift.tt/vWQMkmo https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Macron Picks Sébastien Lecornu as France’s Next Prime Minister President Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of Sébastien Lecornu, 39, after the government collapsed reflects the pressure Mr. Macron faces to get a budget passed by the end of the year. https://ift.tt/JS7Ehri https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

CBS Taps Conservative Policy Veteran for New Ombudsman Role Kenneth R. Weinstein, who will review complaints about CBS News, was head of the right-leaning Hudson Institute, a think tank, and has no experience overseeing news coverage. https://bit.ly/46cRG74 https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish. https://bit.ly/45VQo1B https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Republican Senators Investigate Palisades Fire Response Two senators have begun an investigation into whether government officials could have done more to stop the Los Angeles fire. President Trump and other Republicans have blamed Democratic leaders for the disaster. https://bit.ly/4gnGrh2 https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Pressed About a Possible 2028 Run, Focuses on Re-election Mr. Moore said in a TV interview that he “is not running for president.” The first-term governor, who has traded barbs with President Trump, said he was excited about seeking a second term. https://bit.ly/3JX3Jhr https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Kennedy, Rejecting Data, Fuels Distrust of His Own Agencies By promoting suspicions about the institutions he oversees, critics say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is jeopardizing public health. He says he is pursuing transparency. https://bit.ly/3VpwdTL https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics Have Jubilee With Pope’s Blessing, if Not His Presence Leo XIV did not meet with pilgrims, but he has indicated that he is supportive of an open, welcoming church. https://bit.ly/3IcKvnv https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

How Math Turned Me From a D.E.I. Skeptic to a Supporter It’s about more than figuring out the right or wrong answers to questions. https://bit.ly/48w0sMR https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

A Revived Focus on an Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism Studies over the last decade of acetaminophen use in pregnancy — including a recent scientific review — have yielded mixed results but have not found a causal connection. https://bit.ly/4g9dViV https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

The FAFSA Form Is Coming on Time This Year. For a Change. The federal form, used to determine financial aid, will be available to the public on Oct. 1. Technical glitches that delayed the form for the past two years are said to have been resolved. https://bit.ly/48w0sMR https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Justice Dept. Accuses California Utility of Negligence in Deadly Eaton Fire Federal prosecutors say the January blaze that swept through Altadena, as well as another fire in 2022, were sparked by faulty equipment. https://bit.ly/3JLP88y https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Amazon Pares Back Free Shipping Perk on Prime The e-commerce giant is ending a program that let Prime members share free shipping with a family member who lives somewhere else. Here’s what to know. https://bit.ly/4p61acV https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

In Salzburg, a Cultural Kingdom Where Classical Music Still Reigns Every summer, Salzburg, Austria, becomes the center of the classical music world, attracting some 256,000 visitors for a star-studded festival. https://bit.ly/48w0sMR https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Gene Espy, Pioneering Hiker of the Appalachian Trail, Dies at 98 In 1951, he became the second person known to have walked the trail in a single trek — a “thru-hike” — covering some 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine in 123 days. https://bit.ly/48w0sMR https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

With Drones and I.E.D.s, Mexico’s Cartels Adopt Arms of Modern War Under pressure from the government and each other, some of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups are amassing homemade mortars, land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and bomber drones. https://bit.ly/47WhWoN https://nyti.ms/3eyQv5F

Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation One of the rioters’ lawyers wants to create a panel that would decide on financial damages for what the rioters believe were unfair prosecutions. https://ift.tt/hoTFP0S https://www.nytimes.com

Boy Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ Prank in Houston The police in Houston detained a person after a 10-year-old boy who had knocked on a door was shot on Saturday night, officials said. https://ift.tt/JkM8Cea https://www.nytimes.com