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New York Times (Dec 2023)

  1. Police Departments Nationwide Are Struggling to Solve Crimes

    798 points • dec 06, 2023

  2. Teetering Between Joy and Terror: Extreme Sledding in the Swiss Alps

    798 points • dec 07, 2023

  3. The deaths highlight the dire risks faced by the remaining hostages.

    796 points • dec 16, 2023

  4. Snakes, Spores and Sewage: Life in the Neighborhood Called ‘the Hole’

    796 points • dec 18, 2023

  5. After Years of Wrangling, E.U. Countries Reach Major Deal on Migration

    796 points • dec 21, 2023

  6. Nearly Two Million Crowd Into Gaza’s South as Fighting Intensifies

    792 points • dec 27, 2023

  7. Man Charged With Hate Crimes in Stabbing of 2 Teens at Grand Central

    788 points • dec 28, 2023

  8. How Unconscious Bias in Health Care Puts Pregnant Black Women at Higher Risk

    788 points • dec 13, 2023

  9. From Roommates to Friends to ‘Turbo Twins’

    788 points • dec 04, 2023

  10. How Much Can Forests Fight Climate Change? A Sensor in Space Has Answers.

    787 points • dec 09, 2023

  11. Jimmy Kimmel Is Perfectly Prepared to Believe Trump Will Be a Dictator

    780 points • dec 08, 2023

  12. ‘The Iron Claw’ Review: Body Slams and Broken Lives

    780 points • dec 24, 2023

  13. At Penn, Vacancies in Leadership, and Anguish on Campus

    780 points • dec 11, 2023

  14. In Central Park, Pets Are Remembered With a Secret Christmas Tree

    779 points • dec 18, 2023

  15. Tiny Electric Vehicles Pack a Bigger Climate Punch Than Cars

    776 points • dec 10, 2023

  16. Details of Sexual Assault Allegation Against Florida G.O.P. Chair Add to Party Turmoil

    776 points • dec 05, 2023

  17. Homelessness Rose to Record Level This Year, Government Says

    776 points • dec 16, 2023

  18. Giuliani Was Ordered to Pay $148 Million. What Happens Now?

    772 points • dec 18, 2023

  19. Provocative Sex Is Back at the Movies. But Are We Ready for It?

    772 points • dec 13, 2023

  20. Being a Woman in Magic May be the Hardest Trick of All

    770 points • dec 04, 2023

  21. Did Army Blast Exposure Play Role in Maine Gunman’s Rampage?

    769 points • dec 12, 2023

  22. Holiday Spending Increased, Defying Fears of a Decline

    768 points • dec 27, 2023

  23. Trump Should Not Be Disqualified by an Ambiguous Clause

    768 points • dec 30, 2023

  24. If You Hate Investment Risk, High Interest Rates Are Great. With a Catch.

    768 points • dec 09, 2023

  25. How to Create a Black Hole Out of Thin Air

    767 points • dec 26, 2023

  26. Inside the A.I. Arms Race That Changed Silicon Valley Forever

    766 points • dec 06, 2023

  27. Images of Watermelons Signal Support for Palestinians

    766 points • dec 28, 2023

  28. How Much Is Biden’s Support of Israel Hurting Him With Young Voters?

    766 points • dec 20, 2023

  29. The Colorado Court That Barred Trump: Appointed by Democrats but Narrowly Split

    766 points • dec 22, 2023

  30. Denny Laine, Founding Member of the Moody Blues and Wings, Dies at 79

    764 points • dec 07, 2023

  31. As Migrant Arrivals Surge, Adams Sets Controls on Bus Arrivals

    764 points • dec 28, 2023

  32. Israel, Expanding Offensive, Tells More Gazans to Evacuate

    764 points • dec 04, 2023

  33. Tom Wilkinson, Actor in ‘The Full Monty,’ Dies at 75

    762 points • dec 31, 2023

  34. Paula Abdul Accuses Nigel Lythgoe of Sexual Assault During ‘American Idol’

    760 points • dec 31, 2023

  35. Bad Blood: A Timeline of the Swift-West-Kardashian Feud

    760 points • dec 13, 2023

  36. How Trump Is Running Differently This Time

    760 points • dec 27, 2023

  37. What the Polls Say About Gaza

    760 points • dec 01, 2023

  38. Pope Laments ‘Appalling’ Loss of Life in War in Gaza

    758 points • dec 26, 2023

  39. It’s Time for U.F.O. Whistle-blowers to Show Their Cards

    756 points • dec 17, 2023

  40. How ‘That Octopus Book’ Won Over More Than a Million Readers

    755 points • dec 31, 2023

  41. Data Breach at 23andMe Affects 6.9 Million Profiles, Company Says

    754 points • dec 06, 2023

  42. McCarthy’s Exit May Create Even More Headaches for the Tiny G.O.P. Majority

    752 points • dec 07, 2023

  43. What Costs $1,000 Per Student and Might Help Children Learn to Read?

    750 points • dec 05, 2023

  44. Wu-Tang Clan Announces Las Vegas Residency

    750 points • dec 13, 2023

  45. It’s Christmastime in the Cosmos

    746 points • dec 20, 2023

  46. The Secret to Enjoying Awkward Holiday Parties

    745 points • dec 22, 2023

  47. Biden Administration to Require Replacing of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years

    745 points • dec 01, 2023

  48. Corporate America Is Testing the Limits of Its Pricing Power

    745 points • dec 12, 2023

  49. With Issue No. 60,000, One Correction Comes to Mind

    744 points • dec 13, 2023

  50. Despite McConnell Legacy Push, Ukraine Funding in Increasing Jeopardy

    744 points • dec 07, 2023

  51. A Once Despairing Sandwich Shop Owner Sees ‘a Miracle’

    744 points • dec 27, 2023

  52. Giuliani to Go on Trial for Damages in Defamation Case

    742 points • dec 11, 2023

  53. ‘Financial Ruin Is Baked Into the System’: Readers on the Costs of Long-Term Care

    741 points • dec 16, 2023

  54. How Long Does It Take to Get Fit Again?

    740 points • dec 20, 2023

  55. Appeals Panel Rejects Meadows’s Request to Move Georgia Case to Federal Court

    738 points • dec 19, 2023

  56. The Virtues of Inauthenticity

    738 points • dec 28, 2023

  57. The Supreme Court Helped Trump’s Delay Strategy. By How Much Remains to Be Seen.

    738 points • dec 24, 2023

  58. Our Keepers of 2023

    736 points • dec 29, 2023

  59. Airlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets With Corn

    735 points • dec 01, 2023

  60. U.S. Charges 4 Russian Soldiers With War Crimes Against an American

    734 points • dec 07, 2023

  61. How Every Member Voted On The Expulsion of George Santos From Congress

    734 points • dec 02, 2023

  62. The Houthi Militia in Yemen Has Gained Clout With Ship Attacks in the Red Sea

    732 points • dec 20, 2023

  63. ‘We Met in the Morning a Few Days Later and Talked for Five Hours’

    732 points • dec 11, 2023

  64. Blizzard Conditions Disrupt Travel Across Northern and Central Plains

    728 points • dec 26, 2023

  65. Week 16 N.F.L. Playoff Picture: A Team-by-Team Guide

    728 points • dec 24, 2023

  66. How the Russian Government Silences Wartime Dissent

    728 points • dec 30, 2023

  67. ‘There’s No Other Job’: The Colonial Roots of Philippine Poverty

    728 points • dec 31, 2023

  68. Exactly How Much Life Is on Earth?

    726 points • dec 02, 2023

  69. The War the World Forgot

    724 points • dec 05, 2023

  70. House Dysfunction by the Numbers: 724 Votes, Only 27 Laws Enacted

    724 points • dec 20, 2023

  71. Who Is the Unknown Playing Kate Middleton in ‘The Crown’?

    724 points • dec 20, 2023

  72. Five Takeaways From Putin’s Marathon Annual News Conference

    724 points • dec 15, 2023

  73. Mattel Has a New Cherokee Barbie. Not Everyone Is Happy About It.

    718 points • dec 07, 2023

  74. Austin Returns to Israel With a Tougher Message and Lessons Learned

    718 points • dec 19, 2023

  75. A New Tax on Imports and a Split From China: Trump’s 2025 Trade Agenda

    718 points • dec 27, 2023

  76. At Trump’s Fraud Trial, a Courtroom Artist With a Different View

    717 points • dec 13, 2023

  77. Stop Whining, Mr. Santos. You Got a Fair Shake.

    716 points • dec 03, 2023

  78. Omicron, Now 2 Years Old, Is Not Done With Us Yet

    714 points • dec 01, 2023

  79. Is This the Year of the Bunk Bed? Some Designers Think So.

    710 points • dec 09, 2023

  80. Chuck Schumer: What American Jews Fear Most

    709 points • dec 01, 2023

  81. Our Columnists Aren’t Moderating Tonight’s Debate. Here’s What They’d Ask if They Were.

    706 points • dec 07, 2023

  82. A Tokyo Taxi Driver Is Charged With Running Down a Pigeon

    706 points • dec 23, 2023

  83. Sorry for the Delay. The Train Has to Steer Clear of a Bull.

    700 points • dec 15, 2023

  84. Best Art of 2023

    697 points • dec 08, 2023

  85. 5 Takeaways From Inside the Overturning of Roe v. Wade

    696 points • dec 16, 2023

  86. Why Don’t We Dance More?

    696 points • dec 03, 2023

  87. Fact-Checking Trump’s Recent Immigration Claims

    696 points • dec 25, 2023

  88. Retirement Without a Net: The Plight of America’s Aging Farmworkers

    695 points • dec 06, 2023

  89. Ireland Thought It Was Immune to the Far Right. It Was Wrong.

    693 points • dec 15, 2023

  90. You Can Buy Hemingway’s Typewriter. But Would You Use It?

    693 points • dec 08, 2023

  91. Apple to Pause Selling New Versions of Its Watch After Losing Patent Dispute

    692 points • dec 18, 2023

  92. My Co-op Board Is Preventing Me From Selling My Apartment

    692 points • dec 24, 2023

  93. Billionaire-Built Cities Would Be Better Than Nothing

    692 points • dec 27, 2023

  94. Snow Shortages Are Plaguing the West’s Mountains

    692 points • dec 29, 2023

  95. The Anti-Democratic Quest to Save Democracy From Trump

    692 points • dec 24, 2023

  96. Campus Crackdowns Have Chilling Effect on Pro-Palestinian Speech

    691 points • dec 18, 2023

  97. Where You Can Still Glimpse the Glory of a Vanished Grand Hotel

    690 points • dec 30, 2023

  98. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week

    688 points • dec 24, 2023

  99. A Referee Is Punched in the Face, and Turkish Soccer Feels the Blow

    688 points • dec 13, 2023

  100. Minnesota Is Looking for a New State Flag. Residents Have a Few (Thousand) Ideas.

    688 points • dec 10, 2023