New York

American Oystercatchers are attacking drones that have been deployed to scan for sharks and swimmers in distress.

By Michael Levenson

A look behind the scenes at the illumination of the pieces on display. The so-called lampers strike a delicate balance between accentuating the art and protecting it from the effects of light.

By Sopan Deb and Hiroko Masuike

Without the protection of Chapter 11, the former mayor and Trump lawyer could have his assets seized and sold by creditors.

By Eileen Sullivan

Wayne LaPierre stepped down on the eve of the first phase of the trial. In the second act, the stakes will be far higher.

By Danny Hakim

In 1975, New Jersey’s Supreme Court ordered every town in the state to make way for multifamily housing. It’s been a long journey.

By Roshan Abraham

L’Alliance New York will celebrate the 14th of July with festivities marking the 235th anniversary of the famous storming of a Paris prison.

By James Barron

The university’s former president sued the school, saying a former board chairman harassed his wife. A law firm the university hired said no witnesses substantiated the claims.

By Christopher Maag

A recent Supreme Court ruling should nullify the guilty verdict in Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial, his lawyers said. The argument could be a long shot.

By Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum and Kate Christobek

A muckraking journalist, he helped write a revisionist account of Rudolph Giuliani’s role as mayor before and after the terrorist attacks.

By Sam Roberts

Chris Winkler went to trial after the government accused him of conspiring to sell illicit fish. Prosecutors said they were trying to preserve the bounty of the sea.

By Maia Coleman

She was an evangelist for older women having sex with younger men, and the health benefits that she said came with it.

By Penelope Green

Guo Wengui fled China and allied with the American right in a quixotic quest to end Communist rule. U.S. prosecutors say he stole over $1 billion from his followers.

By Michael Forsythe

Amid soaring temperatures, hundreds of activists are staging boisterous blockades and solemn marches at banks and insurers that support fossil fuel projects.

By Somini Sengupta and Cara Buckley

This week’s properties are in Turtle Bay, on the Lower East Side and in Kingsbridge.

By Heather Senison

Extensive cuts totaling $16.5 billion have suspended crucial repairs and upgrades to New York City’s vast transit network.

By Keith Collins

This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Nutley, N.J., and a four-bedroom in Thornwood, N.Y.

By Jill P. Capuzzo and Anne Mancuso

At CUNY’s Baruch College, Natale Cipollina talks about Roosevelt, Johnson and Nixon. He makes presidential history relevant to today, students say.

By James Barron

Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, is recruiting “special deputies” to deploy during disaster or unrest. Opponents say the move is dangerous.

By Corey Kilgannon

The bribery case against Senator Robert Menendez has revealed how foreign intelligence officials cultivated casual access to one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington.

By Tracey Tully

His innovative version of the chocolate chip cookie, studded with irregular pieces of dark Swiss chocolate, led to a chain of more than 100 stores worldwide.

By Florence Fabricant

Starting Jan. 1, large hotels will no longer be able to offer small containers of shampoo and conditioner. The bill is part of an effort to cut down on single-use plastic.

By Claire Fahy

For decades, the court has been reluctant to allow lawsuits against individual federal officials. Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-nemesis believes he has found an exception.

By Ben Protess and Maggie Haberman

If the judge follows through, it would allow creditors to pursue foreclosures, repossessions and lawsuits that have been on hold as Rudolph Giuliani sought the protection of bankruptcy law.

By Eileen Sullivan

Senator Robert Menendez’s lawyers finished a six-hour closing statement on Wednesday afternoon.

By Maria Cramer and Maia Coleman

Her writing, from the late 1920s to the late ’40s, about sex, marriage, divorce, child rearing and work-life balance still resonates.

By Marsha Gordon

Fun is the main point of Carl Cofield’s stylish outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s comic fantasy for the Classical Theater of Harlem.

By Laura Collins-Hughes

Mr. Ryan, the eighth member of Congress to publicly call on President Biden to drop out of the race, said Mr. Biden seemed incapable of making a case against Donald Trump.

By Nicholas Fandos

A group is planning a celebration to mark July 4, 2026. The occasion, for short, is known as Semiquin.

By James Barron

The nonprofit organization that steers the popular greenway attraction on Manhattan’s West Side says building a casino in Hudson Yards could harm parkgoers’ experience.

By Stefanos Chen

Senator Robert Menendez is charged in an international corruption scheme. Prosecutors portrayed him as “Scrooge McDuck swimming in gold coins,” his lawyer told the jury.

By Benjamin Weiser, Nicholas Fandos, Tracey Tully and Maria Cramer

The lawsuit was part of a wave of litigation against universities over accusations of antisemitism related to campus protests over the war in Gaza.

By Sharon Otterman

Senator Robert Menendez’s corruption trial has featured testimony that ventured into offbeat territory.

By Tracey Tully

The Manhattan district attorney’s office said it was “actively pursuing” a fresh prosecution against the disgraced movie producer. Prosecutors projected a fall trial.

By Hurubie Meko

A reporter and a visual journalist followed the Aguilar Ortega family during a dangerous journey to the United States.

By Shauntel Lowe

For months, two journalists documented a Venezuelan family’s journey to the United States, and the struggles they faced after they crossed the border.

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní

In the East Village, amid buzzy restaurants and high-end real estate, a troubled section of 14th Street reflects the city’s struggles to control intractable problems.

By Andy Newman and Chelsia Rose Marcius

George E. Norcross III, a widely feared political figure in New Jersey for years, is accused of manipulating property deals to benefit from government tax breaks.

By Elise Young

The body of Yazmeen Williams, 31, had been found on a Manhattan curb, wrapped in a sleeping bag. The police took a man in a wheelchair into custody.

By Chelsia Rose Marcius and Dean Moses

In a closing statement, a prosecutor said the Menendez home was awash in cash and walked jurors through what the government has called a complicated web of corruption.

By Benjamin Weiser, Tracey Tully, Nicholas Fandos and Maria Cramer

With three children and a dog, the Aguilar Ortega family trekked through the jungle, hopped freight trains and toured Times Square. Significant challenges still lay ahead.

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Juan Arredondo

New York City officials, including the comptroller, Brad Lander, are weighing whether to challenge Eric Adams, potentially creating openings in other races.

By Emma G. Fitzsimmons

Nemat Shafik, the university president, called the sentiments in the text messages “unacceptable and deeply upsetting.”

By Katherine Rosman

Remote work and online shopping have hurt retailers who occupy space leased by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

By Matthew Haag

Years before they ascended to influential leadership roles, they worked at the Public Theater and became cheerleaders for each other’s professional dreams.

By Peter Marks

They checked into a motel room in upstate New York, with a gas canister and a plan to end her decades of physical pain.

By Ed Shanahan

Soon, dining sheds around the city will be dismantled — no matter how attractive they are.

By Dodai Stewart

His clients included antiwar protesters and terror suspects. His practice “not only defended needy people, it propelled social movements,” a colleague said.

By Trip Gabriel

Twenty years after opening in Williamsburg, Catbird is expanding across America.

By Misty White Sidell

Fifty years ago, my father’s friend was taken at gunpoint on Long Island. Then he went on with his life — and that’s the part that haunts me.

By Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Senator Robert Menendez, met with prosecutors last fall to plead his case. Days later, the senator was indicted on bribery charges.

By Benjamin Weiser

Nearly 75 percent of shops operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority are vacant.

By Matthew Haag

Looking up in Inwood Hill Park, talking hip-hop on Bleecker Street and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

Visitors were mostly unaffected by the third and fourth drownings at New York City beaches this season, matching the total number of swimming deaths last summer.

By Alyce McFadden and Julian Roberts-Grmela

New York officials believe a robotic companion called ElliQ, which can discuss complicated subjects, is helping older residents feel less alone. Critics are concerned about data collection.

By Erin Nolan

She makes children laugh during the week, but on Sundays it’s her turn to enjoy herself: movies, fancy treats and museum trips with her 6-year-old son.

By Lia Picard

The girls, ages 17 and 18, went into the water near the Coney Island boardwalk as thunderstorms rolled in. It was the second pair of drownings off the city’s beaches in two weeks.

By Victoria Kim and Anusha Bayya

Hearing echoes of Independence Day a century ago, when Americans were clashing over race, religion, immigration and presidential candidates.

By Dan Barry

In Williamsburg and Manhattan, robbers have stolen watches worth tens of thousands of dollars before fleeing on motorbikes.

By Maia Coleman

A mysterious former Republican’s victory over Mondaire Jones in a third-party primary could help shape one of the nation’s most important congressional swing races this fall.

By Nicholas Fandos

At least 11 people who were celebrating the July 4 holiday were struck by the truck on the Lower East Side, the authorities said.

By Livia Albeck-Ripka, Julian Roberts-Grmela and Victoria Kim

Police officers arrived at a Jamaica apartment to find a 21-year-old man holding his father at knife point and an 8-year-old fatally wounded, officials said.

By Grace Ashford and Gaya Gupta

A cover band from Toronto brings some 2000s nostalgia to the home city of their indie rock heroes.

By Alex Vadukul

This week’s properties are in Sutton Place, Gramercy Park and Flatbush.

By Heather Senison

This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Weston, Conn., and a five-bedroom in Stony Brook, N.Y.

By Claudia Gryvatz Copquin and Alicia Napierkowski

Mr. Bertoletti won the title, succeeding the 16-time champion Joey Chestnut, who was barred from the July 4 spectacle. In the women’s contest, Miki Sudo ate 51 hot dogs, a record.

By Liam Stack

Despite highly publicized attacks, most major offenses are down. But quality-of-life problems tarnish the “Crossroads of the World,” the city says.

By Maria Cramer

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey is accused of a wide-ranging international bribery conspiracy. Jurors are likely to begin deliberating next week.

By Benjamin Weiser and Tracey Tully

She painted and sculpted, but she was best known for her oversized still lifes, painted from photographs and crowded with color and detail.

By Will Heinrich

The film director grew up in Sweden with a love of American movies. Now he would like you to see his surreal debut, “Mother, Couch,” in a theater.

By Alexandra Jacobs

Despite pushback against a pilot program to provide the debit cards, the city expanded it, saying it saves money.

By Lola Fadulu