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纽约时报

第 CLXXVI 卷 .... 第 61,032 号

星期五，OCTOBER 9, 2026

今日，晴朗温暖，最高气温 70. 今晚，局部多云，微风，最低气温 54. 明日，晴到局部多云，气温略降，微风，最高气温 68. 天气图见 B8 页。

加拿大物价可能会上涨

肯尼迪推动研究疫苗伤害

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专家对研究计划之意图持谨慎态度

作者：SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

华盛顿 —— 据多位知情人士透露，长期质疑疫苗安全性的卫生部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）正计划开展一项广泛的联邦行动以应对疫苗伤害，其中包括在美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）设立一个新的研究诊所，以及设立一个新的计费代码，用于报销医生提交严重疫苗副作用报告的费用。

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据这些要求匿名（因未获授权讨论此事）的人士透露，本周，肯尼迪先生与其他高级卫生官员在未公开的情况下访问了位于马里兰州贝塞斯达的美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）——这是他就任部长后的首次访问——并会见了自认为受到疫苗伤害的患者。

美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）的官员未回应关于该计划的置评请求。美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）院长杰伊·巴塔查里亚（Jay Bhattacharya）博士的发言人拒绝置评。该计划的部分细节此前由彭博社报道。

肯尼迪先生致力于将政府资源集中于疫苗伤害，而与此同时，由于疫苗接种率下降，包括麻疹在内的可预防疾病在美国呈上升趋势。

与所有药物一样，疫苗会产生副作用，但公共卫生专家表示，对大多数人而言，其益处远大于风险。世界卫生组织（WHO）在 2024 年估计，在过去半个世纪中，全球免疫接种工作挽救了 1.54 亿 人的生命。疫苗消灭了天花，并将脊髓灰质炎基本地推入了历史书中。

尽管伤害病例罕见，但疫苗专家通常支持对副作用进行密切监测和持续研究。然而，许多人对肯尼迪先生的动机持谨慎态度，他们表示，在该计划的更多细节

接 A15 页

生活在持续攻击之下 7月，乌克兰东部斯洛维扬斯克（Sloviansk）遭到俄罗斯袭击的现场。周四，该地区再次遭到袭击，造成数十人死亡。见 A6 页。 TYLER HICKS / THE NEW YORK TIMES

5 位女性详述好莱坞抹黑行动留下的伤痕

作者：DEBRA KAMIN

近年来，至少有 5 位女性提起诉讼，描述旨在摧毁其名誉的恶意公共关系活动。

虽然诉讼内容各异，但她们均声称，这些抹黑行动是通过匿名网站、伪造的社交媒体帖子，或在互联网上推广不利的文章和帖子来实施的。她们描述了危机管理领域的一个新方向，即公共关系、法律服务与暗网的交汇。

最受关注的诉讼来自演员布莱克·莱弗利（Blake Lively），她表示 2024 年有人针对她发起了一场活动，以报复她指控演员贾斯汀·巴尔多尼（Justin Baldoni）性骚扰。巴尔多尼先生否认了

原告称少数群体在社交媒体上煽动抹黑活动

指控并提起反诉，但反诉被驳回。

莱弗利女士于今年达成和解，无需获得损害赔偿金，但巴尔多尼先生被要求向她支付超过 400,000 美元的律师费。在她的诉讼中，莱弗利女士描述了一场由三名商业人士——一名洛杉矶律师、一名纽约公关人员和一名德克萨斯州数字战略专家——精心策划的协调社交媒体活动。

为了核实这些指控，《纽约时报》采访了 60 多人，审阅了法院文件和聊天记录，并分析了数百个匿名网站和伪造的社交媒体账号。一个模式随之显现。

这些活动在几个月内相继启动，且旨在无法被追踪，但数字痕迹依然存在：多个网站上回荡着相同的措辞，且不可见的链接在这些网站之间引导流量。作为诉讼一部分提交的短信和法律证词支持了这样一项指控：这三个人一直在协同工作。

律师布莱恩·弗里德曼（Bryan Freedman）、公关人员梅丽莎·内森（Melissa Nathan）以及数字战略专家杰德·华莱士（Jed Wallace）将这些指控斥为诽谤和骚扰，并在数起案件中提起反诉以洗清名声。

本报向内森女士发送了详细的置评请求——

（续见 A20 页）

纽森考虑赦免全部 563 名死囚

作者：劳雷尔·罗森霍尔（LAUREL ROSENHALL）

萨克拉门托 —— 据两名知情人士透露，可能是总统候选人的加文·纽森州长正严肃考虑是否在离任前的最后行动之一中，赦免加利福尼亚州死囚名单上的全部 563 名囚犯。

在田纳西州发生一起失败的执行死刑事件后，纽森先生上周加强了与高级顾问的沟通，尽管他此前已就此举考量了数月。据知情人士透露，他在密集的电话、会议和 Zoom 视频通话中讨论了可选方案；由于未获授权披露私人审议内容，这些人士要求匿名。

胡塞武装袭击沙特首都恐引发更大规模战争

油价大幅上涨

机场遭致命袭击导致航班混乱，沙特王国陷入震荡

作者：薇薇安·内雷姆（VIVIAN NEREIM）和伊斯梅尔·纳尔（ISMAEEL NAAR）

沙特阿拉伯，利雅得 —— 周四，也门胡塞武装发起的一系列袭击导致沙特首都发生爆炸。随着跨境战争在近几周重新点燃，该王国陷入震荡。

受伊朗支持的胡塞武装周四声称，他们袭击了沙特首都利雅得的国际机场。前一天，沙特当局表示，胡塞武装对利雅得以及该国南部城市阿布哈（Abha）机场的袭击已造成 3 人死亡，数十人受伤。

这些袭击威胁到一场已牵涉多个国家并令能源市场紧张的冲突，使其进一步扩大。周四油价大幅上涨，全球基准布伦特原油上涨超过 5%。

不稳定性导致航空交通陷入混乱。根据航空分析公司 Cirium 的数据，沙特机场约四分之一的起飞航班和数十个入境航班被取消。汉莎航空集团表示，该公司暂停飞往利雅得的航班直至 10 月 16 日。据印度驻当地大使馆称，印度航空飞往沙特首都的航班也已暂停。

沙特当局周四表示，他们拦截了两枚针对利雅得的弹道导弹，弹药碎片掉落在一家儿童托儿所和一家医疗诊所中。目前尚不清楚是否造成人员伤亡。

胡塞武装军事发言人叶海亚·萨雷（Yahya Saree）在周四的声明中表示，该武装组织针对利雅得国际机场、纳季兰（Najran）的一座机场以及该国南部哈米斯穆谢特（Khamis Mushait）附近的一座沙特空军基地发动了袭击。他表示，导弹袭击击中了利雅得机场的一个目标并干扰了航空交通，但未详细说明。

她用 1 和 0 筑起通往月球之路

玛格丽特·汉密尔顿，1936-2026

玛格丽特·汉密尔顿（Margaret Hamilton）于 9 月 30 日在马萨诸塞州剑桥市去世，享年 90 岁。她曾领导一支 100 人的团队编写阿波罗任务的机载软件，引导尼尔·阿姆斯特朗和巴兹·奥尔德林安全降落在月球上。

作者：特里普·加布里埃尔（TRIP GABRIEL）

她的女儿劳伦（Lauren）确认了她在医院去世的消息。

汉密尔顿女士在 20 世纪 60 年代初是麻省理工学院（M.I.T.）的一名年轻数学家，她通过在计算机实验室工作来供丈夫读法学院。当她得知麻省理工学院正在为登月任务设计飞行计算机时，她积极地加入了该团队。

1965 年，她成为首位被聘请参与阿波罗项目的女性程序员，该项目设在麻省理工学院的仪器实验室（Instrumentation Laboratory）。凭借其出色的能力，她被提升为该项目的软件工程主管。该项目为阿波罗飞行开发了两台重 70 磅的机载计算机：一台位于指令舱，负责将宇航员从地球送往目的地；另一台位于登月舱，负责降落在月球表面。

汉密尔顿女士经常在周末和晚上带着年幼的女儿一起工作，她被认——

《纽约时报》已核实社交媒体上流传的两段视频，视频显示利雅得机场上空翻滚着浓浓的黑烟，该机场已宣布取消数十架航班。

续见 A24 页

美国国家航空航天局（NASA）档案 / ALAMY

玛格丽特·汉密尔顿拿着她开发的软件打印件，她是阿波罗计划中的首位女性程序员。

心系政治，分居妻子仍支持帕克斯顿

作者：贝丝·赖因哈德（BETH REINHARD）和丽莎·勒勒（LISA LERER）

在漫长的政治生涯中，肯·帕克斯顿（Ken Paxton）一次又一次地陷入麻烦。而每一次，他的妻子安吉拉（Angela）都会出面为他辩护。

2022 年，一名试图向德克萨斯州共和党总检察长帕克斯顿先生送达传票的送达员表示，他目睹帕克斯顿女士开着一辆卡车将他赶离他们的住所。

次年，在帕克斯顿先生的弹劾审判期间，审判披露了多项关于腐败和婚外情的指控。身为共和党州参议员的帕克斯顿女士在整个审理过程中表现得十分冷静，随后她在社交媒体发帖中将这一切斥为“纯属胡闹”。

而现在，在 2026 年竞选的最后冲刺阶段，民调显示帕克斯顿先生在美国参议院选举中落后于民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科（James Talarico）。帕克斯顿女士在一段新的电视广告中敦促选民支持整个共和党候选名单——尽管她正在与丈夫离婚并指控他通奸。

这不仅关乎帕克斯顿先生的政治前途，也关乎她自己的前途。

加利福尼亚州已有 20 年没有执行死刑，而接替纽森先生（Mr. Newsom）的最有力候选人已承诺将维持死刑暂停执行的状态。然而，一次大规模的减刑将把所有目前的死刑判决改为终身监禁且不得假释，无论未来的州长是谁。

沙特当局未对胡塞武装的指控做出回应。

这些人表示，这位民主党籍州长收到了来自其最亲近顾问们的矛盾建议。一些人敦促他在 1 月离职前采取大胆行动，以体现他对死刑在道德上的反对。另一些人则警告说，他可能会

63 岁的帕克斯顿女士曾试图—— 续见 A13 页

续见 A19 页

利雅得遭到袭击，给沙特事实上的领导人王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼带来了压力，要求他解决不断升级的冲突，因为这场战斗威胁到了他将该国打造为商业和旅游——

续见 A10 页

希拉里·斯威夫特 为《纽约时报》拍摄

市长因10月7日言论面临后果

佐兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）遭到许多纽约犹太人和亲巴勒斯坦抗议者的谴责，他表示自己并不后悔。第A17页。

国际 A4-11

期待已久的归航 美国海军“亚伯拉罕·林肯号”航母在海上经历了322天的艰苦日子后抵达圣迭戈。第A10页

诺贝尔文学奖授予诗人 安妮·卡森（Anne Carson）与艾丽丝·门罗（Alice Munro）和索尔·贝娄（Saul Bellow）一同成为获得该奖项的加拿大裔作家。第411页

商业 B1-6

波斯湾的贸易封锁提醒世人，有些力量与技术和全球化一样强大，甚至更强。第B1页

特朗普禁令延长暂停期 一名法官延长了对他阻止总统禁止记者进入白宫之努力的禁令，并誓言将很快决定是否进一步延长。第B3页

餐厅的GLP-1困境

服用减肥药的人在外出就餐时饮食量减少，这给已经面临成本上涨的餐饮场所带来了压力。第B1页

体育 B7-11

洋基队的下一步 在又一个令人失望的赛季结束后，亚伦·贾奇（Aaron Judge）呼吁管理层在今年休赛期“全力以赴”。第B7页

被低估的卓越者

我们的专栏作家写道，自由队的布里安娜·斯图尔特（Breanna Stewart）赢得了除应得的赞赏之外的一切。第B9页

讣告 A24, B12

投球王牌“快球萨姆”

投球王牌“快球萨姆” 萨姆·麦道尔（Sam McDowell）曾五次领跑美国联盟三振数，并在1965年创下单赛季最高纪录325次。他享年84岁。第B12页

国内 A12-21

在海滩上爆破炸弹 最高法院就空军是否可以在关岛继续爆破弹药举行了辩论。第A12页

一个具有历史意义的抗议地点

总统封闭华盛顿一座公园的计划可能会改变该空间几代人以来的使用方式。第A14页

周末艺术 C1-12

我们的评论家称惠特尼美术馆的罗伊·利希滕斯坦（Roy Lichtenstein）展览是“本季最重大的展览”。第C1页

高空戏剧

大都会歌剧院《麦克白》中呈现的格鲁吉亚民间舞蹈提供了许多挑战重力的动作。第C1页

观点 A22-23

劳伦斯·弗里德曼（Lawrence Freedman） 第A23页

纽约时报

A.G. 萨尔兹伯格（A.G. SULZBERGER） 发行人

创立于1851年

阿道夫·S·奥克斯（ADOLPH S. OCHS） 发行人 1896-1935 亚瑟·海斯·萨尔兹伯格（ARTHUR HAYS SULZBERGER） 发行人 1935-1961 奥维尔·E·德里福斯（ORVIL E. DRYFOOS） 发行人 1961-1963

新闻

约瑟夫·卡恩（JOSEPH KAHN） 执行编辑

时报内部

马克·莱西（MARC LACEY） 管理编辑 卡罗琳·瑞安（CAROLYN RYAN） 管理

萨姆·多尔尼克（SAM DOLNICK） 副 莫妮卡·德雷克（MONICA DRAKE） 副 史蒂夫·杜内斯（STEVE DUENES）

马修·埃里克森（MATTHEW ERICSON） 助理 乔纳森·加林斯基（JONATHAN GALINSKY） 助理

帕特里克·希利（PATRICK HEALY）

卡伦·斯科格（KARRON SKOG）

迈克尔·斯莱克曼（MICHAEL SLACKMAN）

吉姆·亚德利（JIM YARDLEY）

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观点

凯瑟琳·金斯伯里（KATHLEEN KINGSBURY） 观点

采访者：迈克·亚伯拉姆斯 (MIKE ABRAMS)

顺藤摸瓜（Follow the money）。记者们——更不用说任何看过电影《总统所有的人》的人——都非常熟悉这个短语。通过追踪资金流向，记者可以更好地理解并传达塑造社会的各种力量。

这正是《纽约时报》的谢恩·戈德马彻 (Shane Goldmacher) 和西奥多·施莱弗 (Theodore Schleifer) 所采取的方法。他们最近报道称，至少有 10 亿美元 billion 的“黑钱”（来自匿名捐赠者的资金）正流入中期选举。

那么，如何寻找那些在设计之初就旨在被掩盖的东西呢？在中期选举进入最后冲刺阶段之际，施莱弗和政治版块副编辑艾米·加德纳 (Amy Gardner) 讨论了黑钱为何至关重要以及他们是如何追踪这些资金的。以下是对话的编辑摘录。

在政治中，钱能买到什么？有没有什么东西是钱买不到的？

西奥多·施莱弗：我已经写了十多年关于政治资金的问题。有时读到我在 2016 年竞选期间写的文章，我会感到尴尬，因为那些文章让人们觉得唐纳德·特朗普没有机会与希拉里·克林顿竞争，因为她每个月的筹款额都远超他。我对资金重要程度的理解已经进化了。当然，钱多总比钱少好，但候选人可以用少得多的资金获胜——或者将对手资金更多这一事实转化为一种政治劣势，尤其是当这些资金来自有争议的渠道时。

艾米·加德纳：影响力人物、社交媒体、在线广告——再加上不看传统电视的年轻选民——这一切都引发了各种疑问：在电波中投放广告所花费的数十亿美元，是否真的能买到像以前那样的影响力。有一件事是钱买不到的：一个优秀的候选人。

什么是黑钱？它是如何主导现代竞选活动的？

施莱弗：这个词已被党派人士完全歪曲，用来指代“我不喜欢的可怕事物”。（不，它并不指所有的超级政治行动委员会 [super PACs]，即那些可以筹集无限资金的典型外部团体。）关于边缘案例存在一些争议，但通常它指的是不披露捐赠者的实体（通常是非营利组织）所进行的捐赠或支出。“黑钱”这个词读起来可能有点阴森，但对我来说，它只是一个更偏向技术性的定义。

在 2010 年放宽竞选资金规则的里程碑式“公民联合” (Citizens United) 裁决之前，就存在黑钱支出，但裁决之后增加了很多。你有时会看到一个黑钱团体将数百万美元转交给另一个团体，后者再转交给另一个，最后这笔钱变成了送到你家门口的宣传邮件。

当捐款被隐藏时，你怎么知道要去寻找它们？

施莱弗：非营利组织的捐赠者几乎总是非公开的。但非营利组织的支出通常是公开的，这就是你可以窥视幕后的方式。当一个非营利组织发送那封邮件时，会有一份披露声明说明哪个团体支付了费用。当他们在电视上投放广告时，通过调取公共记录的媒体购买公司可以追踪广告和付款情况。而当一个非营利组织向超级政治行动委员会捐款时，这笔捐款会被记录在提交给美国联邦选举委员会 (FEC) 的文件中。

即便如此，我们也仅仅触及了皮毛。我绝对相信，有些非营利组织在创作具有影响力或挑衅性的内容，且一直逃避着检测。

黑钱已经达到了“工业规模”。面对如此庞大的调查目标，你从哪里开始研究？

加德纳：要向读者展示像竞选资金——尤其是黑钱——这样一个复杂主题中有什么新东西或值得注意的地方，可能会很有挑战性。我们不知道黑钱支出的完整全貌，所以我们不能说，例如，今年的支出比以往任何时候都多。我们不知道！但我们可以说我们看到了以前没见过的情况。仅从可追踪的来源来看，我们看到的总额就极其巨大。而且我们看到这些资金渗入了更多的选战，无论是在初选还是普选中。

这种筹款方式是如何运作的？竞选团队是否在这些巨额捐款背后与外部团体进行协调？

SCHLEIFER：候选人大多不能与这些外部团体协调，但存在一些例外，而且一些工作人员在私下交谈中告诉我，他们越来越倾向于尝试这些例外。我们报道过，缅因州的参议员苏珊·柯林斯（Susan Collins）参加了由与她立场一致的非营利组织“更强大的美国”（Stronger America）在 7 月为她举办的一场晚宴。作为一名共和党人，柯林斯显然知道谁参加了晚宴——但公众并不知情，因为“更强大的美国”不披露其捐赠者。

黑钱是如何影响竞选活动的？

GARDNER：我感兴趣的一个领域是，如此巨额的资金在多大程度上增加了政治操盘手的收入，因为在某些情况下，他们能从广告采购中分得一杯羹。这导致该行业产生了一种激励机制，即使出现了触达选民的新型且更廉价的方式（例如社交媒体影响力），他们仍会继续这场金钱竞赛。

在这个领域，您接下来在关注什么？

GARDNER：我很好奇人们了解候选人的方式发生变化，是否会改变竞选团队和外部团体的资金支出方式。目前看来这显然还没有发生。共和党人和民主党人都在不断想出筹集和隐藏资金的新方法。

SCHLEIFER：我预计这一趋势在 2028 年总统选举周期中将进入过载状态。我认为，超级政治行动委员会（super PACs）仅由一群名字听起来很爱国、实则像字母汤一样的非营利组织提供资金将成为常态，而这些组织全部是在捐赠数十亿美元之前的五分钟内，在那些敌视信息披露的州创建的。我只是在开玩笑。

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阿比杰特·迪普克（Abhijeet Dipke）最初是以开玩笑的方式创立了“蟑螂人民党”（Cockroach Janta Party），而现在他领导着一场代表 Z 世代挫败感的广泛运动。上个月在访问楠杜尔巴尔（Nandurbar）的一所学校时，他与孩子们交谈并视察了学校的设施。他说：“政府学校从未得到过它们所需的关注。”

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孟买 —— 他揭开了整整一代人对破碎的大学入学考试制度的愤怒。

如今，由阿比杰特·迪普克（Abhijeet Dipke）在五个月前发起并命名为“蟑螂人民党”（Cockroach Janta Party）的 Z 世代运动，已成为印度政府眼中一个难以忽视的眼中钉。

这些“蟑螂”最新的目标是要求该国首席选举专员辞职，理由是他们认为选举名册中 1.3 亿 名选民被剔除是出于政治动机的清洗。

本周六，在对总理纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）政府发起的或许是最大的一次挑战中，他们号召支持者无视警方禁令，在新德里举行大规模抗议。

“为了国家，为了民主，为了我们的未来，让我们团结起来，”31 岁的迪普克先生周四在社交媒体上表示，向所有世代和意识形态的印度人发出呼吁。“无论你的政治倾向如何，请与年轻人一起前行。”

事实上，印度青年有更多不满：学校失效、就业不足、针对女性的暴力以及政府缺乏问责制。他们的挫败感已积压多年。而且人数众多 —— 15 至 29 岁之间的人口高达 3.67 亿，是全球规模最大的 Z 世代群体。

迪普克先生表示，他感受到了巨大的压力。

“就像有人把一个婴儿丢在我的门前一样，”迪普克先生在最近一次旨在揭露乡村公立学校问题的公路旅行中说道。“说实话，这实际上让我感到害怕。”

“人们有太多的期待，太多的希望，”他继续说道。“就像人们期望我能一次性解决所有问题一样。”

莫迪先生尚未对“蟑螂抗议”发表评论，但来自其所属的印度人民党（Bharatiya Janata Party）高级政客的批评已经出现，包括马哈拉施特拉邦首席部长德文德拉·法德纳维斯（Devendra Fadnavis），他表示他们关于选民名册修订的“虚假叙事”不会成功。

对于迪普克先生以及这些“蟑螂”来说，风险极高。

在一个异见空间不断缩小的国家，他们可能会像出现时那样迅速被碾碎。德里警方已经拘留了本周无视禁令在德里抗议的数百人。

“蟑螂党”的四名领导人年龄均在 32 岁以下，且没有政治经验。他们与主要反对党印度国民大会党（Indian National Congress）之间已出现摩擦迹象。该党领导人拉胡尔·甘地（Rahul Gandhi）将于周六在钦奈举行另一场全国性集会。

“蟑螂党”已经取得了一次胜利：罕见地促使一名与入学考试相关的政府部长下台。他们似乎激励了更多印度人公开反对政府。在过去一周里，从左翼学生活动人士到保守派地区政治人物，各种团体在多个城市举行了集会。

“我们对一切都感到沮丧。一切，”18 岁的阿尤希·盖克瓦德（Aayushi Gaikwad）说道，她上周五乘火车行驶三小时前往孟买参加一场“蟑螂抗议”。

这是她第一次参加抗议活动。在她周围，数千人挥舞着印度国旗。夜幕降临，迪普克先生带领人群齐唱国歌。

历史学家、莫迪先生的公开批评者拉姆·古哈（Ram Guha）将“蟑螂党”领导人归功于刺破了“莫迪政府不可战胜”的假象。

“他们显然拥有某种原始的勇气，”他说。

一场旨在改善学校的运动

在七月迫使教育部长辞职后不久，“蟑螂”们将目光转向了印度的乡村学校。在政府学校里，一系列足以发在 Instagram 上的恐怖景象在等待着他们：堵塞的厕所、损坏的水龙头、闷热得像铁皮棚的教室、学校厨房里腐烂的洋葱，以及孩子们在洪水中跋涉前往学校的场景。

我们随同迪普克先生（Mr. Dipke）一起访问了马哈拉施特拉邦西部一个名为南杜尔巴尔（Nandurbar）的偏远地区。在他家人搬到城市之前，他童年的前五年是在这里度过的。

对于迪普克先生来说，改善学校是一件私人的事情。

他出生于一个达利特（Dalit）家庭，在印度教种姓阶级中被视为底层。他就读于私立学校。但他的表亲们——其父母受教育程度不如他的父母——就读于乡村政府学校，这种对比即便在孩提时代对他而言也是显而易见的。他坐在课桌前，而他们坐在地板上；他喝过滤水，而他们有时根本没有水。他后来前往波士顿大学攻读硕士学位，而他们则从事汽车修理或建筑工作。

“这是独立以来最被忽视的事情之一。政府学校从未得到过它们所需的关注，”他说。

在名为萨里（Sari）村的一个女孩寄宿学校里，他了解到四楼的洗手间没有自来水。女孩们必须拎着水桶爬四层楼梯。

在一所小学里，他遇到了一位同时教授一名一年级到四年级学生的教师。那里没有电，女孩们必须穿过一片田野去为洗手间取水。而男孩们则完全没有厕所。

教师维什瓦斯·塔卡雷（Vishwas Thakarey）表示，他像许多教师一样，被从课堂中抽离，因为他被告知要参与选民名册的修订工作。（教师经常被抽调去执行其他政府职责。）

在另一个开车一小时路程的寄宿学校，迪普克先生发现一个女孩宿舍是由锡墙和锡顶组成的。那里没有床，只有每晚铺开的薄棉垫。迪普克先生将其比作“动物棚”。“如果没有基础设施，我们怎么能期待高质量的教育？”迪普克先生说。

该地区的学校主要服务于原住民儿童，他们是印度最被忽视的群体之一。

一些教育倡导者表示，“蟑螂”们对学校基础设施的关注既非新鲜事，对于提高教育成果也并非特别有用。一项名为《年度教育结果调查》（Annual Survey of Education Results, ASER）的独立评估发现，乡村学校中大约 30% 的八年级学生在阅读二年级水平的文本时感到吃力，约一半的学生在基础算术方面存在困难。

迪普克先生坦承自己尚未阅读 ASER 报告，这既体现了他的天真，也体现了他对此的认知。他说他会去读。

他对南杜尔巴尔的现实也缺乏了解。而该地区的最高行政长官米塔利·塞蒂（Mittali Sethi）则对此心知肚明。她正试图修复萨里村的电力系统，解决地下水短缺问题，并为那些落后的学校培训教师。

她说，无论关注是否来自“蟑螂”们，她都欢迎人们关注学校状况。“如果有人提出了一个问题，且这确实是个问题，我会去解决它，”她说。

（一名当地活动人士表示，在迪普克先生访问之后，一名地区水利工程师和一名卫生官员已经访问了该村庄。）

教育专家表示，他们希望“蟑螂”们能继续开展学校运动，以揭露一个被政治人物长期忽视的问题。

“他们能够为学校带来的这种关注，在我想象的 20 年里，还没有任何人能做到，”印度理工学院德里分校的经济学家里蒂卡·克赫拉（Reetika Khera）说道，她研究乡村学校已有数十年之久。

“终于不再恐惧”

去年五月，迪普克先生看到印度最高法院的法官将印度年轻人比作“蟑螂”。一时兴起之下，他想到了成立“蟑螂人民党”（Cockroach Janta Party）这个主意。该党的网站欢迎那些“懒惰”和“失业”的人。

这个想法迅速走红，在人们对考试泄题事件愤怒至极之时，他被推到了公众视野中。“我们完全没有为这场运动做过任何计划或制定策略，”他说。

他承认自己在教育或任何其他方面都不是专家。他说自己既不是资深活动家，也不是出色的演说家。他的姐姐提醒他，他以前非常怕镜头，甚至拒绝和她拍自拍。而现在，每个人都想和他拍自拍。

上周在孟买，他像每天数百名粉丝那样，去围观宝莱坞演员沙鲁克·汗（Shah Rukh Khan）的住宅——沙鲁克·汗曾饰演过一个迪普克先生长期钦佩的角色——结果他却被自己的一名粉丝拦住要求合影。该粉丝表示，今天关注迪普克先生的人比关注演员住宅的人还要多。

迪普克先生腼腆地笑了笑，看了看那栋房子，说道：“噢吼。我依然是你的超级粉丝。”随后，他迅速将这段视频分享给了他在 Instagram 上的 590 万 粉丝。

第二天，他与他的“蟑螂”领导同僚们一起站在一个临时搭建的舞台上，手里拿着一份印度宪法，向数千名群众发表讲话。

“终于有人在要求问责了。终于不再恐惧了，”26 岁的马杜尔·马诺哈尔（Madhur Manohar）说道，她参加了这次抗议。

“长期以来，每个人都有挫败感，”她的朋友，30 岁的苏拉比·阿普特（Surabhi Apte）说。“他们不知道如何引导这种情绪。这仅限于晚餐时的谈话，而你的父母会说：‘别理它。’”

“这终于让我们能够采取行动了，”马诺哈尔女士补充道。

在选民名册抗议活动升级之际，反对派领导人被拘留

作者：SUHASINI RAJ

本周，新德里的警察连续第二天驱散了印度反对派领导人的抗议活动，许多议员被从街上强行拖走。由于一项删除了超过 1.3 亿 个名字的选民名册修订工作引发愤怒，该情绪在全国范围内持续升级。

视频显示，周三，反对派印度国民大会党（Indian National Congress）领导人拉胡尔·甘地（Rahul Gandhi）被警察抬起并推入一辆巴士，他试图反抗。在国民大会党发布在社交媒体上的视频中，他的妹妹、同样是国会议员的普里扬卡·甘地·瓦德拉（Priyanka Gandhi Vadra）在与其他议员一起躺在马路上时，手里拿着一份印度宪法，随后被安全部队强行拖走。

在甘地先生的带领下，数百名反对派议员于周二开始尝试向该国选举委员会进军。他们指责首席委员吉亚内什·库马尔（Gyanesh Kumar）剥夺数百万印度人的投票权，以使执政党获益。

穆吉布·马沙尔（Mujib Mashal）参与了此次报道。

但这些议员被警察拦截，警方宣布此次抗议活动为非法。两天时间里，安全部队的纵队包围了这些议员，并短暂拘留了其中许多人。警方尚未对拘留行为发表评论。

这些议员加入了一场更大规模的全国性示威运动，该运动自上周五起因一项名为“特别密集修订”的选民名册修订工作而爆发。虽然选举委员会将此次行动定义为清理选民名单的努力，但批评者表示，这一混乱的过程删除了合法选民，并用令人困惑的文件要求给民众增加负担，企图以此巩固总理纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）领导的印度人民党（B.J.P.）的权力。

印度人民党否认试图影响修订工作，称这些抗议活动是那些在近期选举中输给莫迪先生政党的“输不起者”的行为。

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在议员抗议活动的第一天，他们及其支持者被一支庞大的安全部队拦截，无法到达选举委员会。随后他们冲向国家广播电台，在院子里坐了几个小时，直到警察介入并将许多人用巴士押往拘留地。

周三，反对派领导人似乎试图利用午餐作为掩护来欺骗警察，但这一计谋失败了。他们在一家餐厅聚集，品尝了南印度的特色美食 idli 和 dosa，随后试图前往附近的詹塔尔-曼塔尔（Jantar Mantar）——这是首都通常允许抗议者聚集的地点，但警察迅速反应并拘留了其中许多人。

“在印度的首都已经没有抗议地点了。难道我们要在家抗议吗？”印度国民大会党的议员哈里什·钱德拉·米纳（Harish Chandra Meena）说道，他参加了周三的游行但未被拘留。“我们像罪犯一样被粗暴对待。”

自上周一家印度报纸报道称，选举委员会的两名成员对库马尔先生在选民修订过程中采取的行动提出异议后，抗议活动席卷了整个印度。

本周早些时候，同样试图前往詹塔尔-曼塔尔的学生抗议者也遭遇了类似的武力压制，其中许多人被警察围捕并赶上巴士。据印度媒体报道，库马尔先生住所周围的安全措施已得到加强。

该问题正朝着本周末可能发生的正面冲突演变。由 Z 世代支持、曾在夏季就考试泄题丑闻组织大规模抗议的“蟑螂人民党”（Cockroach Janta Party）以及其他青年团体正号召周六在首都举行示威，要求库马尔先生辞职。

乌克兰战争

自一月以来前线的变化

俄罗斯推进

由乌克兰收复

由俄罗斯控制

来源：战争研究所（Institute for the Study of War）和美国企业研究所（AEI）的关键威胁项目（Critical Threats Project）（截至10月4日）。

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乌克兰在顿巴斯夺回土地，挫败俄罗斯攻势

作者：马克·桑托拉（MARC SANTORA）和乔什·霍尔德（JOSH HOLDER）

俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·V·普京多次表示，乌克兰东部顿巴斯地区的沦陷是不可避免的，且速度将比基辅预想的更快。

但近期战场的趋势却呈现出不同的景象。

乌克兰在顿巴斯北部进行了为期数月的反攻，挫败了俄罗斯试图包围该地区剩余由乌克兰控制城市的努力。西方分析人士表示，在基辅称之为“维瓦尔第行动”（Operation Vivaldi）的战役期间，俄罗斯失去了数十平方英里的领土。

在顿巴斯南部，俄罗斯继续发起猛烈攻击以突破乌克兰防线。但基辅已在该地重新组织防御，目前为止成功阻止了俄军在试图包围顿巴斯主要城市的行动中进一步推进。

从更广泛的层面来看，2026年俄罗斯在乌克兰全境的进展较去年本就极其缓慢的步伐有了显著放缓。总部位于芬兰的研究公司 Black Bird Group 表示，9月份是俄罗斯自2023, 6月以来在乌克兰境内净领土收益最差的一个月。

虽然追踪战场的西方研究人员报告的数据有所不同，但他们普遍认为，俄罗斯今年获得的土地仅略多于其失去的土地。

柳博夫·肖卢德科（Liubov Sholudko）和兹温卡·平丘克（Dzvinka Pinchuk）参与了报道。

这与俄罗斯国防部的说法形成鲜明对比，俄国防部在9月19日表示，俄罗斯已占领超过2,000平方英里的土地。甚至一些极端民族主义的俄罗斯军事博主也提出了异议，对俄罗斯试图包围顿巴斯所谓“堡垒城市”的攻势正在失败表示担忧。

在双方都试图寻找方法以恢复战场机动性的情况下，乌克兰取得了这些进展。此前，由于无人机的普及，战场在很大程度上陷入了僵局。

总部位于华盛顿的战争研究所（Institute for the Study of War）高级分析师乔治·巴罗斯（George Barros）表示，“维瓦尔第行动”表明，只要军队做好必要的准备，即使在密集的无人机监视下，机械化机动依然可行。尽管如此，乌克兰花费了数月的准备时间才夺回失地中极小的一部分。

普京曾表示，无论是通过武力还是通过乌克兰的让步，俄罗斯完全控制顿巴斯是结束战争的不可谈判条件。乌克兰拒绝了特朗普政府提出的建议，即移交俄罗斯未能通过战场夺取的土地。

由于在顿巴斯的目标尚未实现，莫斯科升级了针对乌克兰城市的空袭，利用其在导弹和无人机方面的优势轰炸首都基辅。乌克兰官员表示，周三夜间对多个城市的袭击造成至少20人死亡。他们称

俄罗斯的轰炸是一场旨在摧毁该国战斗意志的恐怖主义行动。

北顿巴斯

“四季”行动（Operation Vivaldi）得名于乌克兰将其称为该战役的四个“季节”或阶段，并以此致敬这位作曲家最著名的作品。

今年，随着俄罗斯军队在斯洛维扬斯克（Sloviansk）和克拉马托尔斯克（Kramatorsk）这两座“堡垒带”城市以东的地区向前推进，并从南部攻入科斯蒂安廷尼夫卡（Kostiantynivka），乌克兰正在北部准备一场反攻。

根据对乌克兰指挥官的采访，在发起进攻行动之前，乌克兰军队必须首先稳定其防御线，阻止俄罗斯在北顿巴斯的缓慢推进。

随后，指挥官们表示，乌克兰开始在战场上创造条件，以便其部队能够推进。

基辅的部队将目标对准了俄罗斯的后勤，扩大了针对向俄军输送部队和物资的道路及铁路的中程打击行动。领导此次反攻的第三军团中校彼得罗·霍尔巴滕科（Petro Horbatenko）表示，作为该努力的一部分，乌克兰摧毁了一条输油管道，切断了俄罗斯进行战场侦察所需的燃料供应。

乌克兰军队还专注于消灭俄罗斯的精英无人机飞行员，利用信号情报来寻找并攻击他们的阵地和掩体。在俄罗斯使用光纤电缆引导无人机的地方，侦察员通过追踪物理线轴找到了发射点。

霍尔巴滕科上校表示，乌克兰准备工作的第三个要素涉及地雷。他说，乌克兰使用了先进的机器人排雷系统为部队清理通道。同时，乌克兰还利用无人机在俄罗斯的补给线路上密集布雷。

一旦舞台最终搭建完成，乌克兰便开始了进攻。

在前方阵线之后，乌克兰从空中投放的地面无人机携带炸药和机枪发起攻击，试图在俄罗斯后方制造混乱。与此同时，指挥官们表示，乌克兰在战线上利用装甲车向前推进，试图逐个地堡清除俄罗斯阵地。

由于装甲车在无人机面前较为脆弱，其战场部署已经减少，但此次部署的车辆配备了增强型反应装甲。指挥官们表示，这种装甲利用受控爆炸来击退推进的无人机。

乌克兰士兵表示，措手不及的俄军经常将增援部队部署到乌克兰军队已经推进的区域，从而导致被伏击。

乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基（Volodymyr Zelensky）表示，到目前为止，此次行动已导致 5,000 多名俄罗斯士兵死亡，另有 250 人被俘。纽约时报无法独立核实这些数字。乌克兰不公布自身的伤亡数据。

南顿巴斯

在“四季”行动之前，战线上的最大变动是去年的俄罗斯突破。2025 年春季和夏季，俄罗斯突破了波克罗夫斯克（Pokrovsk）周围的乌克兰防御线，并向西在开阔地带向多布罗皮利亚（Dobropillia）方向推进了数英里。

这次推进威胁到俄罗斯可能会切断乌克兰通往一条关键公路的通道，并从西南方向包围“堡垒带”城市——之所以如此称呼，是因为乌克兰在这些城市周围建立了沉重的防御工事。为了遏制这一缺口，乌克兰迅速将一些最精锐的旅调往该地区。

今年早些时候，莫斯科的军队占领了波克罗夫斯克。在接下来的几个月里，他们继续缓慢向北推进。但根据乌克兰士兵和军事分析人士的说法，基辅的部队最终稳定了防御，使俄罗斯在达成其战略目标前被迫停止。

乌克兰指挥官表示，俄罗斯决心重新获得势头，并且每天继续投入数百名士兵进行进攻。随着攻击和反击的持续，该地区仍然是战线最激烈的争夺部门之一。

乌克兰国家警卫队第一军团“亚速”（Azov）中校基里洛·杜布罗夫斯基（Kyrylo Dubrovskyi）负责该地区的防御工作，他表示，一套名为 Delta 的数字化战场管理系统的整合，对于遏制俄罗斯的推进至关重要。

他表示，该软件使得“实时信息交换以及探测并清除敌方突击小组”成为可能。

乌克兰最大的军事捐赠机构之一——“回归生还”（Come Back Alive）基金会的分析师米科拉·比列斯科夫（Mykola Bielieskov）表示，新技术、大规模无人机生产以及更好的协调共同促成了更有效的防御。这些进步之中的一项是乌克兰在整个前线数万次任务中使用的地面机器人车辆。

俄罗斯的推进在很大程度上依赖于渗透战术。士兵或小规模团队徒步穿过所谓的“杀伤区”——这是一片宽数英里、布满了侦察和攻击无人机的区域。一旦进入乌克兰防御工事后方，部队就会集结、等待，然后发起攻击。

军事分析师巴罗斯先生表示，随着杀伤区的扩大，俄罗斯已将这些战术推向极限，挑战了人类耐力的边界。

这一战略导致了一个不断扩大的“灰色地带”，双方部队均在此出现，且控制权并不明确。乌克兰国家警察“柳特”（Liut）联合突击旅旅长亚历山大·拉舍夫斯基（Oleksandr Rashevsky）上校表示，双方在争夺单棵树林、建筑物、道路和后勤路线。

“如今在顿巴斯地区，不存在简单的前线，不能仅仅在地图上画一条线就说‘到这里为止由一方控制，而过了这里由另一方控制’，”拉舍夫斯基上校说道。

泽连斯基称俄罗斯正利用其空中优势

作者：马克·桑托拉 (MARC SANTORA)

这是一座被摧毁的城市中令人心碎的一幕。

在旨在保护平民免受俄罗斯无人机攻击的破碎遮网下，在被爆炸摧毁的住宅楼附近，周四在乌克兰东部克拉马托尔斯克（Kramatorsk）遭到俄罗斯另一次袭击后，现场只剩下一辆通勤巴士被烧焦的金属骨架。

当地官员表示，至少有 30 人死亡。在莫斯科旨在让乌克兰城镇变得无法居住的残酷行动中，这是最新的平民伤亡。

当克拉马托尔斯克的救援人员在救治伤员并从街道上收集肢体碎片时，总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基正前往另一个乌克兰城市普里卢基（Pryluky），他在那里恳请世界采取更多行动来对抗俄罗斯的侵略。

他站在周三被俄罗斯导弹摧毁的一栋公寓楼的废墟旁，此次袭击造成 22 人死亡，其中包括五名儿童。整个家庭在这次袭击中丧生。

普里卢基距离任何战斗区域约 200 英里，但仍遭到袭击。泽连斯基在普里卢基发表讲话时表示，俄罗斯正寻求方法扩大其在天空中的优势，并释放更多恐怖。

他警告称，中国正在开发旨在与 Starlink 卫星网络竞争的技术，并计划将其分享给俄罗斯。他呼吁

纳塔莉亚·诺沃索洛娃 (Nataliia Novosolova) 和柳博夫·肖卢德科 (Liubov Sholudko) 参与了报道。

美国允许乌克兰使用 Starlink 来瞄准俄罗斯境内发射导弹和无人机的阵地。

泽连斯基说，不采取行动的代价就是像普里卢基那样的一幕，他在那里会见了救援人员和悲痛的家庭。

俄罗斯军队在整个战争期间一直攻击平民住宅。但随着莫斯科部署越来越多强大的精确武器，并通过每日的猛攻使乌克兰的防空系统不堪重负，死亡人数正在上升。

克里姆林宫扩大了其新研发的喷气式无人机军械库，并增加了从战机投下的强大制导炸弹的射程。俄罗斯还在采用新的通信工具，允许飞行员从数百英里外远程引导弹药进行精确打击。

据乌克兰空军称，俄罗斯在 9 月向乌克兰全境的目标发射了约 3,500 架喷气式无人机，而 6 月这一数字为 350 架。乌克兰正全力开发能够拦截时速数百英里的喷气式无人机的拦截器。

市府官员表示，周四上午，其中一架喷气式无人机撞击了乌克兰首都基辅市中心的一家商店，造成 3 人死亡，14 人受伤。

一张分发照片显示了乌克兰克拉马托尔斯克的消防员。一名顿涅茨克官员表示，俄罗斯瞄准巴士是为了获得更高的伤亡数值。

该商店在周三遭到大规模轰炸的一天后被击中，此次轰炸在全国范围内造成至少 30 人死亡，其中 6 人在首都。

乌克兰国家紧急服务局，通过法新社 — 盖蒂图片社

泽连斯基指出，这次轰炸（包括对普里卢基公寓综合体的巡航导弹袭击）恰逢总统弗拉基米尔·V·普京的 74 岁生日。

“这就是普京给自己准备的生日‘礼物’，”泽连斯基在周三表示，“杀害儿童，杀害民众。”

虽然无人机和导弹对整个乌克兰构成了最大威胁，但像巴士被击中的克拉马托尔斯克这样的前线城市，正被能携带数百磅炸药的火炮和制导炸弹缓慢摧毁。

据乌克兰军方称，俄罗斯在 8 月向军事和民用目标投下了创纪录的 8,700 枚制导炸弹。针对这些能在投放点 100 英里以外击中目标的炸弹，唯一可靠的防御手段就是击落投弹的战机或摧毁存储这些炸弹的仓库。

战斗的中心仍然是东部的顿涅茨克地区，那里记录到了绝大多数的滑翔炸弹袭击。乌克兰仍控制着该地区约 20 percent 的领土，包括克拉马托尔斯克、斯洛维扬斯克以及其他构成重兵防御地带的城市。

当地官员表示，在顿涅茨克由乌克兰控制的地区仍有约 93,000 名平民，其中包括 4,200 名儿童。

“俄罗斯人是在故意针对平民，”顿涅茨克地区军事行政当局负责人瓦季姆·菲拉什金（Vadym Filashkin）在巴士遇袭后的一份声明中表示，“对他们来说，载有乘客的巴士是一个极具吸引力的目标，正是因为一次袭击就能尽可能多地杀死人们。”

乌克兰顿巴斯地区的官员表示，俄罗斯正试图让斯洛维扬斯克和克拉马托尔斯克变得不再适宜居住。

“我没有权利悲伤或陷入绝望。”领导警察医疗救援队的奥列克桑德·奇文科夫（OLEKSANDR CHYVENKOV）谈到他如何掩埋自己的情感以便帮助他人。

因娜·维尤尼琴科（Inna Vjunichenko）与她的五个孩子及曾祖母一起，从克拉马托尔斯克郊外的一个村庄被撤离。 摄影：泰勒·希克斯（TYLER HICKS） 文章：马克·桑托拉（MARC SANTORA）

乌克兰，克拉马托尔斯克 —— 当爆炸声在克拉马托尔斯克响起时，奥列克桑德·奇文科夫及其指挥下的警察医疗救援小队并不会立即冲向现场。相反，他们会倾听。

在坚守的堡垒中，俄罗斯正在摧毁其无法征服的一切

在这座紧凑的工业城市里，每一次爆炸都会在混凝土高楼间回荡，而第一波爆炸往往是诱饵。救援小组会监测军事通信频道，确认是否有二次打击的报告，然后才身着沉重的防护装甲冲上前线救人。

“我们单位的大多数人都以某种方式经历过‘双击’袭击，”奇文科夫先生说道，他使用了描述此类攻击的常用术语。

他领导救援队已有四年多时间，包括在附近的波克罗夫斯克、托列茨克和阿夫迪夫卡的废墟中工作，亲眼目睹了这些城市在沦陷于俄罗斯军队之前被有计划地摧毁。莫斯科的军队现在在克拉马托尔斯克和斯洛维扬斯克采取同样的战术，这两座相邻的城市构成了乌克兰在顿巴斯防御的核心，而顿巴斯是俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·V·普京最渴望夺取的东部地区。

一名加拿大志愿者在斯洛维扬斯克的一处轰炸现场。目前仍有约 60,000 人居住在那里和克拉马托尔斯克。

当奇文科夫先生的小组赶到被摧毁的公寓楼或被炸毁的商业场所时，救援方案被简化为最原始的分诊：抢救“红色”危重病例，在移动中使其状态稳定，并在下一波俄罗斯袭击到来前迅速送往医院。

他们一遍又一遍地重复这个过程。

“就我个人而言，我已经没有什么感情了，”他说。“作为他们依赖的人，我没有权利悲伤或陷入绝望。必须保持坚强，继续前进。”

随着夏季俄罗斯袭击的加剧，乌克兰当局将疏散令扩大到了越来越多的社区。

在克拉马托尔斯克和斯洛维扬斯克，离开的人数有所减少，因为留下的人通常年龄较大、行动不便，或者是为了在炮火下维持电线、煤气主管道和医院运行的市政工作人员。另一些人则习惯了家门口肆虐的战争，希望能够挺过这场猛攻。

约 60,000 人仍居住在克拉马托尔斯克和斯洛维扬斯克。官员表示，在乌克兰控制的 20% 的顿巴斯地区中，仍有 93,000 名平民，其中包括 4,200 多名儿童。

“让我难受的是，有些父母无视疏散呼吁，年幼的孩子仍然在城市里走动，看着这一切，听着爆炸声，”奇文科夫先生说。“这真的让我很沮丧。”

俄罗斯地面部队距离直接进攻这些城市据点仍有数英里之遥。夺取这些城市很可能需要数月或数年的艰苦步兵战斗，届时几乎肯定会有数万名士兵伤亡。

但俄罗斯并没有等待其步兵抵达这些城市，而是决定通过轰炸使其变得无法居住。

目前，对于留下的人来说，生活仍在继续。尽管经常遭到炮击，但电力和水务等基本市政服务、医疗设施、银行以及互联网和移动通信仍能运行。

每天发射的制导炸弹携带数百磅炸药，火箭弹投下的集束弹药，

兹温卡·平丘克（Dzvinka Pinchuk）和柳波夫·肖卢德科（Liubov Sholudko）参与了报道。

以及由俄罗斯飞行员操控的无处不在的小型无人机，正在系统性地抹除城市生活的肌理。熟悉的街道已变成了公开的猎场。

对于 61, 岁的奥尔加·弗拉基米罗夫娜（Olha Volodymyrivna）来说，这一切实在难以承受，她于 9 月初离开了斯洛维扬斯克。

“到处都在飞。防空警报不断，无人机不断，”她说。“军方人员来找我们，告诉我们必须撤离，因为我的丈夫是残疾人，如果发生更糟糕的情况，撤离他会困难得多。”

“整个夏天，情况变得越来越糟，”她补充道。“在某个时刻，我意识到我实在无法再忍受了。”

沃洛德米里夫娜女士说，无人机飞行速度很快，而她跑不动。“所以如果发生什么事，我知道自己根本没法逃到任何地方，”她说。

制导炸弹则带来另一种恐怖。它们通常在夜间袭来，在撞击前，唯一的预警就是空中一声急促的哨鸣。爆炸威力足以摧毁一栋六层高的公寓楼。

“上帝知道，你不会希望任何人过这样的生活，”沃洛德米里夫娜女士说。“这压力极大，而且非常恐怖。”

27岁的谢尔盖·切皮加（Serhii Chepyga）是一名住在斯洛维扬斯克的消防员。他描述了最近的一次救援行动，这次行动表明该地区的城市在过去一年中发生了怎样的变化，以及应急救援人员是如何成为直接攻击目标的。

乌克兰官员表示，针对关键工作人员的袭击是俄罗斯旨在拆除维持居住地生存所需安全网的行动的一部分。切皮加先生回忆起他的团队最近抵达一个爆炸现场时，突然收到另一枚制导炸弹即将抵达的警报。

他们冲进一个地下室，在更多爆炸发生后才重新现身，视察一个被碎片填满的院子。随后，警报声再次响起。

“他们开始用集束弹药攻击我们，”他说。“到处都是散落的碎片，周围全是残骸。我不记得以前跑得那么快过。”

他们侥幸逃脱。然后，他们又回到了工作中。

“剩下的就是希望一切顺利，开开玩笑，互相打趣，并庆幸自己还活着，”他说。“你得庆幸每天还能醒来，喝杯咖啡，呼吸乌克兰纯净的空气。就这样。”

在斯洛维扬斯克遭到滑翔炸弹袭击后，救援人员抬走一名妇女。应急人员已经意识到，最初的爆炸往往是诱饵，随后在救援人员冲上前帮助幸存者时，会发起二次打击。

维尤尼琴科女士的三个孩子。这家人再次搬迁，离前线更远了。

克拉马托尔斯克一家加油站的沙袋。俄罗斯人的持续攻击正在侵蚀生活的肌理。

克拉马托尔斯克的一个公交车站，像主干道一样，覆盖着用于防御无人机的网罩。

斯洛维扬斯克的消防员谢尔盖·切皮加讲述了从一个被集束弹药击中的地点逃离的经历。

STEPHANE MAHE / 路透社 周四，法国南特警方与抗议者发生冲突。极左翼政党“不屈法国”的领导人们正处于微妙的平衡之中，他们支持示威活动，但谴责暴力行为。

对于法国极左翼而言，学生抗议既是机遇也是威胁

党派领导人指责政府将年轻人视为“军事对手”。 ABDUL, SAIBOOR / 路透社

作者：马克·兰德勒 (MARK LANDLER)

巴黎 —— 他握手，拍自拍。他挥舞着抗议标语。他接受了一名年轻粉丝的拥抱。在一段热情但略显跑调的法国国歌《马赛曲》演唱结束后，他欢呼起来。

法国极左翼政党“不屈法国” (France Unbowed) 的激进领导人让-吕克·梅朗雄 (Jean-Luc Mélenchon)，似乎很享受周二在巴黎参加的一场高中生大规模示威活动。这有何不可呢？

对于一位吸引年轻人且领导着一个建立在基层抗议之上的造反党的左翼煽动者来说，席卷法国的学生主导示威活动是一个绝佳机会。距离一场梅朗雄先生是真正竞争者的总统大选还有七个月，这次时机再合适不过。

然而，示威活动偶尔会升级为抗议者与警察之间的暴力冲突，这对于一名寻求主流认可的政治人物来说具有极高风险。75 岁的梅朗雄先生似乎意识到了这种危险，在法国民众对催泪瓦斯和燃烧垃圾桶的画面产生反感后，他缓和了通常好斗的言论。

“我号召你们，无论身在何处的年轻人，都要接纳斗争的纪律，”梅朗雄先生在上周的一次集会上说。他鼓励学生走上街头，但补充了一个前提。“你们必须仅使用非暴力的斗争手段，”他说。

在周二的游行中，梅朗雄先生戴着一只白色臂章，旨在表明他作为学生温和监护人的角色 —— 一个能够在学生们青春激情泛滥时安抚抗议者，并在发生冲突时保护他们免受警察伤害的权威人物。

朱莉亚·英贝尔 (Giulia Imbert) 和塞戈琳·勒斯特拉迪克 (Ségolène Le Stradic) 参与了报道。

然而，法国政府官员断言，梅朗雄先生这两个角色都没扮演。他们表示，他的政党不仅没有缓和学生的情绪，反而为了政治利益在煽动动乱。这些官员称，最初一个自发的抗议运动已被“不屈法国”劫持，从而鼓励了那些想要焚烧垃圾桶并向警察投掷烟花的人。

“为什么要戴白色臂章，是为了更好地给那些戴着黑色巴拉克拉法帽的人帮一把吗？”法国总理勒科尔纽 (Sébastien Lecornu) 周二愤怒地质问该党在国民议会的领导人马蒂尔德·帕诺 (Mathilde Panot)。

“事实是，你在暴力问题上含糊其辞，”勒科尔纽先生继续说道，“因为暴力是你政治计划的一部分，旨在从现在到总统大选之间将国家推入混乱。”

梅朗雄先生、帕诺女士及其同事断然否认这些指控。帕诺女士表示，暴力是警察采取强硬手段的结果，并指责政府将年轻人视为“军事对手”。

尽管如此，毫无疑问，自从学生上个月开始封锁学校以来，该党的领导人一直在走一条日益微妙的钢丝。他们支持学生的诉求清单，并捍卫他们走上街头的权利。在某些情况下，他们甚至与学生们挽起手臂。

“梅朗雄似乎试图同时占据两个位置，”伦敦大学学院的法国和欧洲政治教授菲利普·马利埃尔 (Philippe Marlière) 表示。“既是反叛的政治放大器，又是一个据称自发产生的运动在政治上不计利害的捍卫者。”

没有人比巴利·巴加约科 (Bally Bagayoko) 更能体现这些矛盾，他是“不屈法国”的一颗冉冉升起的新星，也是圣但尼 (St.-Denis) 的市长，这个位于巴黎北部的工人阶级郊区正是抗议活动的中心。

批评者抓住巴加约科先生上周在参加一次学校早期封锁活动后接受的一次简短电视采访。“暴力在某种程度上可能是正当的，”他说，尽管他赶紧补充说，他向学生传达的信息是，避免暴力总是更好的选择。

巴加约科先生今年53岁，曾是一名半职业篮球运动员，富有魅力，在封锁行动和集会中成为了一个显眼的人物。上周四，他站在圣但尼的罗莎·帕克斯高中前，倾听学生的诉求，化解他们之间的争执，与到访的记者交谈，甚至还踩灭了少数捣乱者点燃的一小堆火。

在被问及暴力风险时，巴加约科先生表示：“当然，偶尔可能会出现一些混乱，一些错误。但这正是年轻人的特点，他们不一定是经验丰富的活动人士，在示威的热情中，有时会失去控制。这是一个事实，而这正是成年人必须在场的原因。”

“先生，”一名年轻人打断了市长的讲话，指着附近升起的烟雾说，“那边起火了。”

梅朗雄先生表示，政府不公正地将巴加约科先生描绘成煽动者而非保护者。“当巴利（Bally）为了防止建筑起火而将燃烧的垃圾桶拉开时，他反而被指控为点燃垃圾桶的人，”梅朗雄先生在周日的集会上说道。

他有充分的理由反驳这种说法。在最近的民调中，在接替总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙的竞选中，梅朗雄先生预计将紧随领先的中右翼候选人菲利普之后。而极右翼候选人玛丽娜·勒庞则领先两人两位数百分比。

这将使梅朗雄先生处于有望进入明年春季选举第二轮的有利位置，这也是他在此前三次总统竞选中最接近胜利的一次。

尽管梅朗雄先生将自己塑造为一名反叛者，但他职业生涯的大部分时间是社会党（法国主要的中左翼政党）的成员。在2008年离开该党之前，他曾在社会党总理利昂内尔·若斯潘麾下担任部长。他在2016年创立了“不屈法国”（France Un-bowed）。

梅朗雄先生曾是一名托洛茨基主义者，他为复杂的问题提供简单的解决方案——例如，注销部分法国债务。他表示，债务沉重的法国政府应该在学校上投入更多资金。

分析人士表示，梅朗雄先生受益于选民对彻底变革的渴望。但他的政党——通常被称为L.F.I.（其法语名称La France Insoumise的缩写）——面临着巨大的阻力。中间派认为他的经济政策缺乏可信度，而包括梅朗雄先生在内的一些领导人被指控持有反犹主义倾向。此外，还有关于暴力的担忧。

“几乎十分之七的法国人认为‘不屈法国’是一个煽动暴力的政党，”巴黎左翼智库让·若雷斯基金会公共舆论观察站主任安托万·布里斯蒂尔表示。

布里斯蒂尔先生表示，这一比例高于对极右翼政党国民联盟持有类似担忧的人数。他说，即使在“反叛的法国”中，“这在选举层面也可能对他们产生相当负面的影响。”

在法国局势紧张之际，学生抗议教育体制失能

本文由 Mark Landler, Catherine Porter 和 Ségolène Le Stradic 撰写。

巴黎——周四，法国学生在本周内第二次走上街头进行抗议，他们高喊口号、游行，期间不时与警方发生冲突。与此同时，政府官员正寻求缓解这场危机，以免其演变成一场全国性的不满浪潮。

尽管官员估计此次抗议规模小于周二，但规模依然庞大且喧闹，数千名年轻人对教室拥挤、教师短缺以及设施陈旧表示愤怒。这些大规模示威活动有时有工会、家长和教师加入，始于两周多前，已导致数百所学校关闭，下周还计划举行更多活动。

22岁的法学学生托马斯·德鲁瓦（Thomas Droit）表示，在他就读于塞日-巴黎大学（CY Cergy Paris University）的五年学习期间，“从未见过如此规模的抗议”。他表示，这次抗议关乎社会各界的“斗争汇聚”——这个词在抗议活动中已获得广泛认可。他提到了自己对政府计划冻结学生住房补贴以及提高外国学生大学学费的担忧。

“就个人而言，让我愤怒的是高中生受到了严重的镇压，”他说。

许多抗议者表示，他们在网上看到的警察暴力对待高中生的视频令他们感到愤怒，其中一些学生向警员投掷碎片并发射烟花。

“我们习惯了看到法国警察殴打人们，但通常对方是成年人。而这些人还是孩子，”20岁的心理学学生凯拉·安德伍德（Kerra Underwood）说道。她是涌入巴黎主要广场巴士底广场（Place de la Bastille）的抗议者之一，他们高喊着“正义无处寻，警察在身边”以及“马克龙，辞职”。

警方在广场上与抗议者发生肢体冲突，抗议者向警员投掷植物、椅子和长凳。持有防暴盾牌的警员向部分抗议者冲锋并发射催泪瓦斯，导致人们四散奔逃。

20岁的商业专业学生奥里安·卢佩斯坎德（Orian Loupescande）因催泪瓦斯而流泪，他猛烈抨击了警方的反应，称学生们是来和平示威的。“这令人震惊，因为这意味着我们没有抗议的权利，”他说。

这些示威活动发生在法国一个局势紧张的时刻。该国将于4月举行总统选举，民调显示，极右翼候选人玛丽娜·勒庞（Marine Le Pen）有很大可能获胜。

在巴黎的一所公立高中图尔戈中学（Lycée Turgot）门前，15岁的佐伊·宝贝-库图西斯（Zoé Baby-Coutousis）和梅·苏艾（May Souai）表示，他们是为了声援郊区同龄人而参加抗议的，因为那些地区的失业率、贫困率、移民比例和教师缺勤率更高。

“我们本应拥有同样的机会，”梅说道。她们表示，自己的学校也存在问题。她们说，课时太长，部分课程教师缺勤，且校舍设施无法应对气候变化。

法国官员表示，他们正在倾听学生的诉求。

法国教育部长爱德华·热弗雷（Édouard Geffray）周四会见了三个主要学生团体的代表。会后，热弗雷先生表示，他们讨论了全国学校建筑的状态、大学申请制度的不公平性、教师缺勤以及学校中对话与民主的重要性。

热弗雷先生还承诺

投诉内容包括教室拥挤和教师不足。

他已承诺学校不会裁员，以试图解决学生关于教师短缺的投诉。但政府直到 11 月 12 日才会公布新的教育预算，这让许多学生感到沮丧。

正处于财政危机中的法国政府，除了暂停课程以便学生表达诉求外，几乎没有提供其他补救措施。

抗议规模在下周可能会进一步扩大，当时法国主要教师工会之一已号召高中教师和大学教授参加第三次全国性抗议活动。据内政部称，周二工会活动人士加入学生抗议者后，全国范围内约有 266,000 人参与，其中巴黎有 71,500 人。工会估计的人数则是此数据的两倍多。

据教育部称，周四全法有 150 多所高中关闭，而周二这一数字为 900 所。学生们封锁了其中部分学校，少数学校被纵火。自抗议开始以来，警方已逮捕数千人。

一些学生将目前的情绪比作 1968 年 5 月，当时的大规模示威、街头战斗和全国性罢工改变了法国。但波士顿学院的历史教授朱利安·堡（Julian Bourg）表示，到目前为止，这次抗议的目标更为集中，且在意识形态上的影响力不如当年。

“即便如此，每一次重大的法国抗议运动都可能导致特定群体的诉求演变为更普遍的抗议，并引发更广泛的政治危机，”他说。“这就是 1968 年的回响。”

在周三发表的全国演讲中，法国总理勒科尔纽（Sébastien Lecornu）试图平息学生的愤怒。他承诺将填补教师空缺，并确定学校建筑中的紧急问题，以及其他优先事项。他还号召学生和教师在学校内就如何改善教育状况进行讨论。

“年轻人的愤怒并非凭空而来，”勒科尔纽先生在敦促学生“选择自己的道路并自信地展望未来”时说道。

周四，一些学生抗议者将勒科尔纽先生的言论斥为拖延战术。

“他的演讲激励我们继续封锁学校，直到政府停止拒绝倾听我们的声音并回应我们的要求，”17 岁的奥古斯丁·拉萨布（Augustin Lassaab）在巴士底广场抗议时表示。“我们不会停止。”

在特朗普的俄罗斯石油交易中，中东投资者是最大股东

位于保加利亚布尔加斯附近的一家卢克石油（Lukoil）炼油厂。潜在买家计划扩建并改造卢克石油在保加利亚和罗马尼亚的部分业务。 NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV 为《纽约时报》拍摄

EDUARDO MUNOZ / 路透社 2022年纽瓦克的一家卢克石油加油站。卢克石油的全球资产包括分布在美国中大西洋沿岸的约200家加油站。右上图，贾里德·库什纳（左）和史蒂夫·威特科夫（Steve Witkoff）与参与此次交易的两名中东投资者有商业往来。 JACQUELYN MARTIN 拍摄的池图

谁将从中 获益最多 引发新质疑

作者：ANTON TROIANOVSKI 和 ERIC LIPTON

华盛顿——特朗普政府认为，其拟议的这项数十亿美元的俄罗斯石油交易将推进美国的外交政策利益并降低能源价格。

但据知情人士透露，该交易的大部分所有权将归属于一组中东投资者，其中一些投资者与参与谈判的美国关键官员有商业往来。

《纽约时报》本月报道称，这项涉及被制裁的俄罗斯能源巨头卢克石油（Lukoil）旗下全球油田、炼油厂和加油站资产组合的交易，已与美国就结束乌克兰战争与俄罗斯进行的谈判交织在一起。

知情人士表示，美国政府将通过美国国际发展金融公司（U.S. International Development Finance Corporation）获得该交易约15 percent的股份，且无需预先投入任何现金。

投资者集团的负责人托德·博利（Todd Boehly）是一位美国亿万富翁，在过去两年中向支持特朗普的事业捐赠了200万美元，他将获得较小的少数股权。

但根据三名谈判参与者的说法，超过一半的股权将由中东投资者累计持有。这些投资者包括与阿拉伯联合酋长国阿布扎比王室相关的实体，以及两名出生于叙利亚的卡塔尔亿万富翁兄弟，后者是特朗普总统的女婿贾里德·库什纳和女儿伊万卡·特朗普的商业伙伴。

一些接近该交易的人士表示，该交易的结构设计使得美国——通过博利先生和政府——将控制由此产生的实体的董事会多数席位。一名政府高级官员表示，该交易包括“给美国的巨额预付款和利润分成”，将增强美国的“能源主导地位”，且其影响将延续至本届政府之后。

据谈判参与者透露，博利集团将从非俄罗斯所有者手中收购面值约100 亿美元 billion的卢克石油股票，不过这些收购将以大幅折扣进行。

一旦购买协议完成并获得财政部批准，这些资产将不再受美国对卢克石油制裁的影响，其价值将立即上涨。

这项交易目前仍处于变动之中，且有可能破裂。据参与交易谈判的各方称，之前的竞标者之一——总部位于华盛顿的私募股权基金凯雷（Carlyle）——在美政府数月未能批准其竞标方案后，已不再积极追求该交易。

这种由外方占多数的所有权结构，引发了关于谁将从这一复杂交易中获益最多的新质疑，该交易涉及与白宫和克里姆林宫官员的谈判，以及一份来自全球各地的不透明投资者名单。

Ana Swanson, Tyler Pager, Ivan Nechepurenko 和 Andrew E. Kramer 参与了报道。

俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·V·普京在上个月于克里姆林宫会见库什纳先生和房地产开发商史蒂夫·威特科夫时提出了这项交易，两人均担任特朗普先生关于乌克兰战争的特使。在莫斯科，尽管卢克石油（Lukoil）是一家私营公司，但普京先生被广泛认为对该交易拥有最终决定权；而在华盛顿，由于去年美国对卢克石油实施了制裁，特朗普政府需要批准该交易。

无论该交易是否最终达成，围绕卢克石油的幕后谈判表明，威特科夫先生和库什纳先生如何将高风险的外交活动与可能为其商业盟友带来意外之财的谈判结合在一起。

目前没有迹象表明库什纳先生和威特科夫先生本人将从中获利。一名政府高级官员表示，引导库什纳先生和威特科夫先生的唯一利益是“什么最符合美国人民的利益”。

该交易的支持者主张，由于交易涉及东欧关键炼油厂等战略资产，这也将使美国纳税人获得意外之财，并有利于美国利益。此外，特朗普政府认为，向普京先生表明美国准备与俄罗斯开展更多贸易，可能有助于说服他做出妥协并结束在乌克兰的战争。

但分析人士表示，对于普京先生来说，卢克石油的出售提供了一个机会，使他能够贯彻自特朗普先生重返办公室以来一直执行的战略：利用美俄商业交易的承诺，劝阻白宫在乌克兰问题上向莫斯科施加更多压力。

分析人士称，从克里姆林宫的角度来看，更理想的是库什纳先生和威特科夫先生与参与该交易的两家中东投资机构有着商业联系。

“美国的国家安全利益、美国盟友的利益以及私人利益被如此地混为一谈，”卡内基俄罗斯欧亚中心主任亚历山大·加布耶夫（Alexander Gabuev）表示，“这正是普京及其克格勃谈判流派所擅长的浑水。”

加布耶夫先生继续说道，随着普京先生升级对乌克兰的轰炸，“卢克石油只是在帮他争取时间”。

在阿拉伯联合酋长国，其中一家主要投资机构由谢赫·塔农·本·扎耶德·阿勒纳哈扬（Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan）领导。他是阿布扎比皇室的一员，权力极大，其商业投资项目还投资了库什纳先生的私募股权基金，以及由威特科夫先生及其与特朗普先生的儿子们在2024年共同创立的加密货币公司 World Liberty Financial。白宫表示，威特科夫先生已经剥离了在该公司持有的股份。

在卡塔尔，该交易的投资者是出生于叙利亚的亿万富翁兄弟拉梅兹·阿尔-哈亚特（Ramez Al-Khayyat）和穆塔兹·阿尔-哈亚特（Moutaz Al-Khayyat），他们与库什纳先生及其妻子伊万卡·特朗普（Ivanka Trump）合作，计划在阿尔巴尼亚的地中海沿岸开发一个耗资数十亿美元的豪华度假村。

在过去一年中，哈亚特兄弟及其总部位于多哈的企业集团迅速扩大了在能源领域（包括石油工业）的商业交易，目前的投资范围涵盖叙利亚、伊拉克、利比亚以及最近的委内瑞拉。

该家族与卡塔尔皇室有着十多年的密切联系，其中包括在哈亚特兄弟两家企业董事会任职的谢赫·苏海姆·本·阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹·阿勒萨尼（Sheikh Suhaim Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Thani）。

凯雷投资公司（Carlyle）在1月单独签署了一项“非排他性”购买协议，计划将款项至少暂时存入一个被锁定的美国银行账户，以避免将利润交给持有卢克石油股份的俄罗斯投资者。但随后该公司未能获得完成交易所需的批准。

一些接近该交易的人士表示，凯雷的协议对俄罗斯人来说根本行不通，因为他们不认为美国会释放存放在美国账户中的资金。

这些在凯雷（Carlyle）和博利（Mr. Boehly）等潜在买家之间进行的谈判始于去年年底，当时特朗普政府对卢克石油（Lukoil）实施了制裁，旨在迫使乌克兰战争结束。卢克石油的国际资产分布在欧洲、非洲、墨西哥和中东，还包括美国中大西洋沿岸约200家加油站。

该交易需要获得财政部海外资产控制办公室的批准。该办公室将取消制裁的一个前提条件是，任何资产转移都“不得为卢克石油带来意外之财”，因为美国不希望将利润回流至俄罗斯。

两名参与过制裁工作的前联邦官员表示，美国政府一方面对一家外国公司实施制裁，另一方面又在购买这些受制裁资产的过程中扮演直接角色，这种做法极其罕见。

“在我专注于制裁的20年里，我想不起有任何哪怕是稍微类似的安排，”前财政部制裁律师、现负责企业制裁合规工作的杰里米·帕纳（Jeremy Paner）表示。

美国国际发展金融公司的一名官员在声明中表示，拟议的交易对美国有利，因为这将“推进特朗普政府加强美国经济安全、推进美国外交政策以及为普通美国人降低能源价格的承诺”。

据知情人士透露，特朗普政府至少在最初阶段不会向该交易投入资金，但美国仍将处于确保获得利润的位置。

一旦卢克石油的国际资产出售完成，买家计划投入数亿美元用于扩大和改造这些业务的不同部分。

知情人士表示，谈判过程非常微妙，因为如果普京认为这过度有利于美国，他仍可能拒绝。因此，他们认为中东投资者的参与至关重要，因为克里姆林宫将卡塔尔和阿联酋视为友好国家。

“看看卢克石油的情况，”普京在上周的一次会议上说道，并指责西方在“窃取我们的公司”。

财政部为此次出售谈判设定了10月22日的截止日期。该期限可能会再次延长，但周三，两名美国参议员向国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）和财政部长斯科特·贝森特（Scott Bessent）发信，坚持要求他们确保在批准卢克石油出售的情况下，没有任何财务利益流向俄罗斯参与者。

“在没有最大经济压力的情况下，每过去一天，都会让莫斯科能够维持这种军事升级，”这封信由参议院军事委员会主席、来自密西西比州的共和党参议员罗杰·威克（Roger Wicker）和参议院外交关系委员会最高级别民主党人、来自新罕布什尔州的参议员珍妮·沙欣（Jeanne Shaheen）共同签署。

普京的发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫（Dmitri S. Peskov）在周一与记者的每日电话会议中被问及卢克石油的出售进程时，拒绝发表评论。

“我只能说，在与美国同行地交谈中，能源领域的互动与合作话题确实被提及了，”佩斯科夫说道。

特朗普犹豫不决，五角大楼拟定对伊朗发动大规模打击的计划

KENNY HOLSTON / THE NEW YORK TIMES 本周早些时候，特朗普总统在马里兰州。他周四表示，在期中选举前不会攻击伊朗。

作者：JULIAN E. BARNES 和 ERIC SCHMITT

华盛顿 —— 美国官员表示，美国军方正在准备重启对伊朗大规模作战行动的方案，尽管特朗普总统对于重启战争仍表现出矛盾态度。

三艘航空母舰即将抵达中东，形成大规模兵力集结；根据特朗普先生的命令，五角大楼已经制定了打击伊朗无人机和导弹库、能源设施以及其他军事目标的计划。

但特朗普先生多次决定不重启对伊朗的大规模作战行动。尽管伊朗升级了对油轮的袭击，但近几周美国军方的反应较为克制。

在周四的一篇社交媒体帖子中，特朗普先生表示，他在期中选举前不会攻击伊朗，且两国正在进行“富有成效的讨论”。

官员们表示，近几个月来，特朗普先生的国家安全团队和五角大楼曾向他提交了五项针对伊朗或胡塞武装（一个总部位于也门、由伊朗支持的民兵组织）的大规模行动提案。每一次，特朗普先生都否决了这些计划。

但特朗普先生再次要求提供打击方案。由副总统 JD Vance 领导的高级国家安全官员在上周五在戴维营的一次会议上讨论了相关计划。据知情人士透露，这些计划的核心是一场为期约三天的短期、高强度战役。

打击重点将是伊朗的导弹和无人机库，其中大部分在战争初期之后由伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队重建。其他目标可能包括伊朗的能源设施以及革命卫队的指挥所和总部。

Axios 此前报道了最新的计划。

官员们支持特朗普先生的评估，即外交谈判在调解人的推动下取得了一些进展。但谈判在伊朗核计划问题上持续陷入僵局。美国官员希望首先就伊朗的核野心达成协议，而伊朗谈判代表则坚持这些讨论必须放在最后。

几个月来，随着军事战术的改进，伊朗成为了一个更强劲的对手。拦截伊朗导弹所需的拦截弹比战争初期更多，这对美国已经捉襟见肘的弹药库构成了挑战。据知情人士透露，在获得中国公司提供的卫星图像后，伊朗能够更有效地瞄准美国基地。

根据英国海军运行的一个监测小组的数据，自 9 月份（上一次重大报复性攻击交换期间）以来，伊朗已袭击了至少 13 艘船只。据知情人士透露，情报报告显示这一数字更高，接近 20 艘。这些袭击均未引发美国的大规模回应。

虽然中东的石油出口有所增加，但伊朗增加的袭击惊扰了航运公司，并引发了人们对未来能源运输的质疑。

整个夏天，美国军方在伊朗袭击国际航运后经常进行报复。但官员们表示，此后反应力度大幅减弱，反映出特朗普先生对全面重启战争的犹豫。

美国指挥官还担心，阻止伊朗攻击美军驻扎基地以及该地区的能源设施和其他民用基础设施的难度正在增加。

周四，特朗普先生在社交媒体帖子中坚称，通过霍尔木兹海峡的石油中没有一滴来自伊朗。据获悉情报报告的人士称，这一点是有争议的。伊朗允许一些支付了费用或可能携带其部分石油的船只通过。现任和前任官员表示，伊朗还拥有自己的“暗色船队”油轮。

中国公司曾向伊朗支付费用以通过该海峡，且伊朗长期以来秘密将其石油与伊拉克石油混合，以规避制裁。美国财政部周四对17艘船只实施了制裁，称这些船只是伊朗走私石油的影子船队的一部分。

甚至特朗普先生核心圈子中的成员也日益怀疑，军事行动是否能改变德黑兰的考量或计划。其中一些官员认为，特朗普政府的经济压力攻势正在发挥作用，只需要更多时间才能迫使伊朗做出实质性的让步。

甚至在特朗普先生表示11月投票前不会进行打击之前，官员们就曾预测，他将等到10月27日的以色列选举以及随后一周的美国中期选举之后，再决定是否发动攻击。

但美国军事指挥官已准备好在未来几天开始更大规模的行动，以防总统再次改变主意。

西奥多·罗斯福号航空母舰打击群上周离开圣迭戈，最早将于10月底与乔治·H·W·布什号和乔治·华盛顿号航空母舰汇合。每个打击群都包括携带攻击直升机和海军陆战队的其他军舰。这将是自2003年以来，首次有三艘航空母舰同时出现在中东地区。

到本月底，将有超过20,000名水兵和海军陆战队员在海上待命，以及数百架飞机。但这种高水平的兵力部署仅是暂时的。预计在罗斯福号下月抵达接替后，乔治·华盛顿号将很快返回其在日本的基地。

尽管兵力在增加，但即便在选举之后，特朗普先生是否会为任何新攻击开绿灯仍难以确定。美国高级官员担心，为了保卫中东基地，全球防御武器库将进一步枯竭，同时担忧美国拦截伊朗攻击的能力。

而其他支持恢复行动的官员则指出，伊朗经济持续走弱，一次短暂而激烈的轰炸可能会加剧德黑兰的问题，尤其是如果这损害了伊朗控制海峡的能力，现任和前任官员如此表示。

美国继续击落伊朗的无人机和巡航导弹。但美国尚未攻击伊朗的暗色油轮船队，也未在伊朗境内进行报复性打击。

在战争初期，美国军方在大多数情况下会对袭来的伊朗导弹发射两枚拦截弹，重点针对最危险的齐射。

但美国官员现在表示，伊朗改进的战术和目标定位迫使美国及其地区合作伙伴必须发射更多导弹，以挫败针对该地区美国基地的齐射。

美国指挥官表示，由于战争耗尽了库存，他们仍有拦截弹储备，而负责监督中东军事行动的美国中央司令部已从欧洲和亚洲调集武器。

中东战争

“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号在艰苦部署后返航

GABRIELA BHASKAR / THE NEW YORK TIMES

MAJID TAMAGETTY IMAGES 上图为抵达时欣喜的船员，上上方为与亲人团聚的场景。“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号此次部署时长 322 天，略低于另一艘航母在 5 月创下的 327 天纪录。

作者：JAN RANSOM 和 JOHN ISMAY

圣迭戈 —— “亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航空母舰于周四回到了其母港圣迭戈。在支持伊朗战争的近纪录 322 天部署期间，该舰船员经历了食物短缺和心理健康困扰。

船员的朋友和家人聚集在码头迎接战舰。他们带着标语和横幅，挥舞着美国国旗，身着红、白、蓝三色的服装。

许多人在黎明前就已抵达。当这艘庞大的舰船进入圣迭戈湾，身着白色夏季制服的水兵在甲板边缘列队时，人群爆发出了雷鸣般的欢呼；随后在东部时间下午 3 点后不久，舰船停靠时，欢呼声再次响起。

在经历了如此漫长且艰苦的任务后，看到亲人回家，家属们表达了宽慰之情。

“当他连续几天甚至几周无法沟通时，我非常紧张，”拉尚达·琼斯（Lashonda Jones）说道。她 20 岁的儿子杰森·琼斯（Jaysean Jones）是一名水手长，负责维护舰船。她曾给他发送圣经经文和励志短信，以鼓励他保持乐观。

根据海军的长期传统，配偶在部署期间分娩的水兵通常被允许率先下船，与他们的儿子或女儿见面。其中包括 21 岁的爱德华多·莫拉莱斯（Eduardo Morales），他 5 个月大的儿子埃马纽埃（Emmanuelle）周四早晨与莫拉莱斯先生的妻子莱格纳·莫拉莱斯（Legna Morales）一同在码头等待。

“独自经历分娩真的非常艰难，”莫拉莱斯女士说。“离开这么久，他不在我们身边，还没见过孩子 —— 孩子在哭。”

“林肯”号 5,000 名船员的部署始于战争爆发前，该舰于 2025 年 11 月 21 日离开圣迭戈。在驶入关岛海军基地进行简短补给之前，它在海上度过了近一个月的时间。

“林肯”号几乎打破了越战以来航母最长部署纪录。

“杰拉尔德·R·福特”号以 327 天的部署创下了该纪录。但与“林肯”号不同的是，“福特”号的船员在战争开始前驶向阿拉伯海之前，能够在地中海和加勒比海的各港口下船。

在 2 月 28 日美国和以色列发动战争后，伊朗摧毁了海军在巴林麦纳马的主要中东枢纽，随后“林肯”号和其他舰船开始出现后勤问题。

由于伊朗的弹道导弹使阿拉伯半岛周围的所有港口都面临攻击风险，随着海军将补给枢纽转移到约 2,200 英里外的英属迪戈加西亚岛，该地区的美国海军战舰开始出现食物、燃料和其他物资短缺。

问题的初步迹象来自“林肯”号水兵的家属，他们向记者发送了在物资匮乏期间船上提供的简陋餐食照片。许多家庭试图给亲人寄送关怀包裹以弥补不足，结果邮件丢失、被毁或延迟数月才送达。

这些报道激怒了海军领导层，他们淡化了这些问题。

在 8 月的一篇社交媒体帖子中，海军代理部长洪·曹（Hung Cao）指责记者将“林肯”号的水兵描绘成“受害者”。六天后，在另一艘驻日的“乔治·华盛顿”号接替其位置后，该航母离开阿拉伯海开始返航。

次月，在回应民主党议员的质询时，曹先生承认林肯号打击群中有八名水兵曾试图自杀。其中一人跳海，另一人则在被战友制止前尝试自杀。

当8月份被问及林肯号上报道的问题时，特朗普先生对船员家属提出的担忧不屑一顾。当被追问是否担心船员的心理健康，以及是否认为部署时间过长时，总统回答道：“不。不。不。”他补充说，这次部署——当时已持续超过八个月——还“远远不够长”。

周四聚集在码头的一些家属表示，船上的挑战是真实存在的，包括食物配给问题。

“太可怜了，”维多利亚·托齐（Victoria Tozzi）在谈到食物分量时说道，她的儿子高中毕业后入伍是为了筹集大学学费。

“看起来很糟糕，他的反应是，‘是的，确实很差’。”

当她得知伊朗对该舰发动攻击，且导弹和无人机已被拦截后，她询问儿子的近况。

“他说，‘每个人都处于紧张状态’，”她说道。

国防部长皮特·海格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）周三从圣迭戈飞往林肯号，陪同该舰完成最后一段航程。他在周三对船员发表讲话时承认部署时间较长，但他批评有关后勤问题的报道过于夸大。他还授予船员总统单位表彰（Presidential Unit Citation），这是海军或海军陆战队单位因英勇服务而能获得的最高荣誉。

“媒体中有少数人试图将美国海军‘亚伯拉罕·林肯’号变成某种象征——功能失调的象征，或者士气低落的象征，亦或是任务失败的象征，”海格塞斯先生在水兵人群前对着麦克风说道。“而我此时此刻所看到的，以及我在与你们的领导层交谈时——我也有机会与你们中的许多人交谈——我知道事实恰恰相反。”

与伊朗的战争使美国海军的11艘核动力航空母舰舰队承受了巨大的压力。由于核反应堆需要加油，约翰·C·斯坦尼斯号（John C. Stennis）和哈里·S·杜鲁门号（Harry S. Truman）两艘航母无法使用。另有五艘在战争期间已经发挥了作用。7月，福特号（Ford）进入船厂进行长期延期的维护，而拥有50年历史的尼米兹号（Nimitz）计划于明年退役。

JAE C. HONG / ASSOCIATED PRESS 周四抵达圣迭戈母港的航空母舰。后勤困难导致船员有时面临食物短缺。

这意味着，如果这场目前已进入第八个月的战争继续下去，可能可用于部署的仅剩下德怀特·D·艾森豪威尔号（Dwight D. Eisenhower）、卡尔·文森号（Carl Vinson）和罗纳德·里根号（Ronald Reagan）。

在延长的部署期间，林肯号及其船员的操作节奏极其紧凑，因为该舰在针对伊朗的空中行动中发挥了重要作用。8月，一名海军官员表示，该舰在冲突期间执行了超过10,000次出击，投下了超过150 万磅的弹药。

林肯号上的飞机在执行特朗普先生对伊朗港口的封锁中也起到了关键作用。

5月初，一架从林肯号起飞的F / A-18“超级大黄蜂”战斗机用其20毫米机炮击中了挂伊朗旗的油轮“哈斯纳号”（M / T Hasna）的舵，使其在试图突破封锁线时失去动力。一个月后，另一架来自林肯号的“超级大黄蜂”在阿曼湾向驶向伊朗的挂帛琉旗油轮“马里韦克斯号”（M / T Marivex）的机舱内发射了一枚精确制导武器。该船的24名船员由一架阿曼军用直升机救起。

在周三的讲话中，海格塞斯先生表示，延长的部署是值得的，并赞扬船员们展现出了巨大的韧性。

“美国军队、美国海军以及所有这些水兵的不同之处在于，你们能够适应，你们拥有韧性，并且能够克服困难，”他补充道。“无论如何，你们完成了任务。是的，这很艰难。这就是你们在这里的原因，你们处理困难且艰巨的任务。但你们内心深处坚信这项任务的意义。”

“仅仅站在你们所有人面前，我的内心就充满了自豪，”他补充说。

周四在码头上，同样的情绪在亲友人群中蔓延，其中就包括一名退休的一等首席炮手杰森·蒂斯代尔（Jason Tisdale）。

“我的儿子，”蒂斯代尔先生说道，他停顿了一下，强忍泪水，“让我感到非常自豪。他能回到这里太棒了。我很高兴他和其他船员都能平安回家。在那儿很艰苦。一次艰苦的部署——时间非常长——但现在我们终于熬过来了。”

他补充道：“我非常开心，我们只想张开双臂欢迎他回来，告诉他我们爱他。”

总计，“林肯号”的船员在海上连续奋战了近九个半月，直到 9 月 2 日该舰抵达泰国芭堤雅，获得了为期五天的休息。

9 月 18 日，“林肯号”在关岛短暂停留期间抵达美国领土。船员们被允许下船，但前提是必须留在当地的海军基地内。

现在，回到本土后，船员们将获得更多休息时间。

当战舰从长期部署中返回时，通常约一半的船员会休假两周。另一半船员则维持周一至周五的工作周，但可以回家。两周结束后，两组人员进行轮换，另一半船员开始休假。

胡塞武装袭击沙特首都，恐将更多国家卷入战争

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主义中心。利雅得将在未来几周举办多场国际活动，包括由穆罕默德王子主办的年度投资峰会，该峰会通常有世界各国领导人、亿万富翁和全球顶尖高管出席。

沙特阿拉伯本周宣布在也门针对胡塞武装发起新一轮轰炸行动，而胡塞武装则誓言将通过袭击机场和能源基础设施进行反击。

穆罕默德王子还寻求从盟友那里获得更多的军事支持，其中包括美国，美国正为沙特王国的轰炸行动提供重大援助。

在巴基斯坦和土耳其本周启动一项旨在向沙特阿拉伯提供军事支持的防御协议后，这场战斗可能会牵涉更多参与方。一名在讨论行动事项时要求匿名的巴基斯坦高级军方官员周三表示，巴基斯坦的

Saeed Al-Batati 在也门穆卡拉（al-Mukalla）参与报道，Pranav Baskar 在纽约参与报道。

战斗机正被用于打击胡塞武装。

目前尚不清楚外国军事干预是否能缓解胡塞武装的袭击。胡塞武装在多年的轰炸行动中幸存下来，并计算出他们能给沙特阿拉伯造成的痛苦比该王国能给他们造成的更多。

一名在利雅得的《时报》记者在周四上午听到连续几声爆炸。两名要求匿名的居民表示，该市一座办公大楼的工作人员已被告知撤离。近日，沙特当局告知居民不要分享与导弹和无人机袭击相关的信息，并警告他们将承担法律后果。

胡塞武装表示，他们在沙特阿拉伯的袭击是对也门境内袭击的回击。

也门的冲突在多个战线展开。在沙特战机的支持下，也门国际认可政府本周开始发起反攻，旨在从胡塞武装手中夺回红海沿岸具有战略意义的领土。该民兵组织上个月夺取了大片海岸线，此举使其能够更好地控制全球关键贸易航道——曼德海峡（Bab al-Mandab Strait）。

胡塞武装称，他们在政府据点——内陆城市太兹（Taiz）取得了进展。

一名在太兹的也门政府军军官表示，胡塞武装已实际上将该市包围，居民的汽油和食物供应即将耗尽。他要求匿名，因为他未获授

一场冲突危及该王国成为商业枢纽的努力。

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沙特领导的军事联盟发言人图尔基·马利基（Turki al-Maliki）少将昨夜表示，为了报复周三的机场袭击，该联盟袭击了数十处胡塞武装的军事地点，包括导弹储存设施和指挥中心。胡塞武装未对此说法做出回应。

联合国表示，最新一轮战斗使沙特阿拉伯与胡塞武装重新陷入公开冲突，自9月战斗升级以来，已有近 200,000 名也门人流离失所。

2015, 沙特阿拉伯领导了一场针对胡塞武装的灾难性行动，试图恢复也门政府的统治，此前该政府已被该民兵组织赶出了首都萨那。

这场战争导致数十万人死亡，并造成了全球最严重的 humanitarian 危机之一，直到双方在 2022 年达成一项脆弱的停战协议。

来自康涅狄格州的民主党参议员克里斯·默菲（Chris Murphy）周一在利雅得与穆罕默德王子会面，他曾公开反对该王国此前在也门的军事行动。他表示，目前尚不清楚该王国在这次重启的军事行动中的长期目标是什么。

“他们想要夺回失去的领土，我认为悬而未决的问题是，除了这一点之外，他们是否还有明确的目标，”默菲先生告诉记者。“我认为历史告诉我们，这场军事冲突，无论由谁发起，对于也门人民、对于该地区以及对于美国来说都是一场灾难。”

分析人士表示，近日对利雅得的袭击将增加沙特政府加强在也门轰炸行动的可能性。

“最近的袭击只会让他们在针对胡塞武装的任何军事行动中获得更多的国际支持，”伦敦研究机构查塔姆研究所（Chatham House）的也门问题专家法里亚·穆斯利米（Farea al-Muslimi）表示。

特朗普总统拒绝了沙特政府要求美国进行空袭的请求。但据一名现任和一名前任美国官员透露，有 200 多名美国情报和军事分析师在沙特境内的指挥中心协助沙特政府，帮助分析并选择目标以支持其也门盟友；由于涉及行动机密，这两位官员在发言时要求匿名。他们补充说，美国还为执行防御性空中巡逻的沙特战机提供空中加油。

上个月，英国承诺为沙特战机提供有限的防御性空中加油。目前尚不清楚这一支持是否会延伸至此次新行动。法国上个月表示，将派遣部队和其他军事资产来保护沙特在红海的能源基础设施。

英国与以色列将缩减驻耶路撒冷领事馆规模

作者：迈克尔·D·希尔（MICHAEL D. SHEAR）和亚当·拉斯贡（ADAM RASGON）

伦敦——英国外交大臣周四宣布，英国和以色列外交官在最后一刻达成协议，以避免关闭位于东耶路撒冷的英国领事馆大楼，但留给巴勒斯坦人的外交代表团规模将有所缩减。

上个月，以色列威胁要关闭该领事馆，因为伦敦决定对被占领的约旦河西岸以色列定居点实施贸易制裁，而这些定居点一直在迅速扩张。几十年来，该领事馆一直是英国接触巴勒斯坦人的中心。

直到周四，两国似乎仍陷入一系列升级的报复行动中。英国官员曾私下警告，关闭领事馆将遭到报复，其中可能包括将若干名以色列外交官驱逐出伦敦。

相反，两国在周四凌晨分别发表声明，均宣布问题已得到解决，但对所达成的妥协方案的描述方式截然不同。

英国外交大臣埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）在声明中表示，领事馆大楼不会关闭，但将更名。

“我们的总领事馆大楼不会关闭，从今天起将被称为‘英国驻耶路撒冷代表团’，”米利班德先生说。他指出，新机构“是独立且运作的，将继续提供至关重要的服务，并继续开展我们与巴勒斯坦人民的工作”。

米利班德先生表示，英国坚持对约旦河西岸定居点实施制裁，这些定居点根据国际法被认为是违法的。

“我们不接受以色列政府有权关闭驻耶路撒冷的英国总领事馆，该馆已在那里存在了近 200 年，”他补充道，并指出了英国的“长期观点，即东耶路撒冷是被占领土”。

他还暗示，大楼人员的减少将是暂时的。

他写道：“在接下来的几个月里，我们将致力于恢复我们的存在。”

以色列外交部长吉迪昂·萨尔（Gideon Saar）发表了一份截然不同的声明，坚称以色列已经履行了其威胁。

“英国驻耶路撒冷领事馆于今日停止运作，”他在社交媒体上写道。“因此，英国驻耶路撒冷领事馆的招牌已被拆除。”

在萨尔先生的描述中，大楼内留下的将是“一个仅由七名外交官组成的工作组”，且“他们的活动范围将非常有限”。

萨尔先生补充说，英国总领事和其他 19 名外交官将结束其任职。米利班德先生仅表示，为了确保安全，此前驻在领事馆的若干名英国官员已被“暂时撤离”。

萨尔先生还表示，英国官员已被移出加沙的一个国际支持中心，且英国官员将不再能够培训约旦河西岸的巴勒斯坦权力机构部队。

巴勒斯坦解放组织执行委员会成员艾哈迈德·马杰达拉尼（Ahmad Majdalani）表示，约旦河西岸的巴勒斯坦领导人对英国将在东耶路撒冷维持外交代表团感到宽慰。

他说：“对我们而言，重要的是存在外交代表机构，并且它能够与巴勒斯坦领导层维持关系，并向巴勒斯坦公民提供领事服务。”

在达成该协议之前，英国国家安全顾问乔纳森·鲍威尔（Jonathan Powell）上周前往以色列举行会议，旨在达成一项妥协，以避免这对长期盟友之间出现更严重的决裂。

据三名因私密讨论而要求匿名的知情人士透露，在上周鲍威尔先生离开以色列时，以色列方面似乎拒绝了他的建议。但据一名获悉讨论情况的以色列官员称，以色列和英国官员之间的谈判一直持续到周三深夜。

该以色列官员表示，尽管双方在声明中存在分歧，但英国和以色列同意在英国时间早上 7 点协调发布。在宣布变更后，以色列外交部分发了领事馆入口在变更前后的对比照片。

迈克尔·D·希尔（Michael D. Shear）发自伦敦报道，亚当·拉斯贡（Adam Rasgon）发自耶路撒冷报道。

英格丽德·卡尔伯格（Ingrid Carlberg），瑞典学院常任秘书，宣布将文学界的最高荣誉授予卡森（Carson）。

加拿大作家获诺贝尔文学奖

作者：ALEX MARSHALL

周四，瑞典学院将诺贝尔文学奖授予加拿大诗人兼散文家安妮·卡森（Anne Carson），理由是“她大胆且富有创造力的作品，在与古典传统的俏皮对话中，为当代文学创造了新的形式”。

她是第三位获得该荣誉的加拿大裔作家，此前分别是 2013 年的爱丽丝·门罗（Alice Munro）和 1976 年的索尔·贝娄（Saul Bellow）。

据其经纪人尼科尔·阿拉吉（Nicole Aragi）称，卡森在得知获奖时说了一句：“天呐（Yikes）”。

卡森, 76, 以翻译古希腊文本并用现代、俏皮的口吻对其进行重新演绎而闻名。1998 年的作品《红色的自传：一部诗体小说》（Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse）将一段希腊诗歌碎片转化为一个关于忧郁青少年的毁灭性爱情故事；而 2013 年的作品《红文档》（Red Doc >）在某种程度上是《红色的自传》的续作，讲述了一次公路旅行。

“许多人在体裁的间隙中苦苦钻研，”诗人黛西·弗里德（Daisy Fried）在 2013 年为《纽约时报》撰写的《红文档》评论中写道，“卡森那种易于接受、流行且成熟，同时又‘谁在乎’的态度，可能是过去二十年来在消除人们对‘什么是诗，什么不是诗’的过度担忧方面，所做出的最大且最有效的努力。”

萨姆·安德森（Sam Anderson）在 2013 年为《纽约时报》撰写的卡森人物特写中

朗达·凯森（Ronda Kaysen）参与了报道。

《纽约时报》杂志（Magazine）表示，这位作者的作品“甚至能诱惑那些不喜欢诗歌的人”。

据该书的美国出版商克诺普夫（Knopf）称，《红色的自传》在美国所有版本的销量已接近 100,000 册。

诺贝尔奖作为文学界的最高荣誉，通常是一位作家职业生涯的巅峰。往届获奖者包括诗人 W.B. 叶茨（W.B. Yeats）和路易丝·格吕克（Louise Glück），剧作家哈罗德·品特（Harold Pinter）和塞缪尔·贝克特（Samuel Beckett），以及小说家韩江（Han Kang）和托妮·莫里森（Toni Morrison）。较为出人意料的获奖者则包括 2016 年的鲍勃·迪伦（Bob Dylan）和 1953 年的温斯顿·丘吉尔（Winston Churchill）。

新任获奖者将获得 1200 万 瑞典克朗（约 $1.2 百万美元），以及巨大的名声提升。

近年来，瑞典学院在面对“往届获奖者男性过多”的批评后，试图扩大获奖者的多样性。自 2018 年以来，学院在男性和女性获奖者之间交替颁奖。鉴于去年的奖项授予了匈牙利小说家拉斯洛·克拉斯纳霍尔卡伊（Laszlo Krasznahorkai），评论人士预计今年的荣誉将授予一名女性。

在周四的公布之前，博彩公司认为该奖项有两个女性热门人选：卡森和中国前卫作家残雪。

卡森 1950 年出生于多伦多，由于父亲从事银行工作，她的家庭在加拿大境内多次搬迁。她在高中时期开始对古希腊语言

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2023 年在冰岛雷克雅未克时的安妮·卡森。据其经纪人称，卡森在得知获得诺贝尔奖时说：“天呐”。

和文本产生兴趣。她在 2013 年告诉《纽约时报》杂志：“在我看来，那简直是最完美的语言。”

随后，卡森在多伦多大学学习，并在写作事业起步期间，在包括卡尔加里大学和麦吉尔大学在内的加拿大高校担任古典学教师。之后，她在美国的大学任职，包括康奈尔大学和纽约大学。

诺贝尔委员会提到的卡森关键作品包括 1986 年关于爱神的处女长篇散文《苦甜之爱》（Eros the Bittersweet），以及 1995 年关于单相思的长诗《玻璃散文》（The Glass Essay）。

委员会还特别提到了《错误的诺玛》（Wrong Norma），这部诗集使她在 2024. 年获得了美国国家图书奖的提名。其中的诗歌主题涵盖她的父亲、雪以及《罗杰词典》，但卡森表示它们之间没有联系。她说：“这就是为什么我称它们为‘错误’的原因。”

卡森获得诺贝尔奖的消息引起了同行诗人、古典学者甚至

马克·卡尼，加拿大总理。

“作为一名古典学者、诗人兼表演者，安妮·卡森展示了语言的神秘与荒诞，以及某些故事的永恒特质是如何在当下掌控我们的，”她的经纪人阿拉吉在电子邮件声明中表示。“她是一位书写伟大之火——爱、愤怒、悲伤——但同时也书写日常生活的作家。她既能带来愉悦，也能带来震撼。”

诗人克劳迪娅·兰金在一次采访中表示，她对卡森获得诺贝尔奖感到“极其高兴”——并补充说，她在纽约大学创意写作课程的学生们可能也会如此，因为他们刚刚学习了卡森的一些作品。“没有一个学期是我不教她的作品，”兰金说。“在过去的30年里，她是那个解放了写作和诗歌想象力的人。”

近年来，卡森和她的伴侣、艺术家罗伯特·库里将时间分配在密歇根州安娜堡和冰岛（她拥有该国国籍）之间。冰岛最受欢迎的当代艺术家之一拉格纳·基亚尔坦森在电话采访中表示，这对伴侣在首都雷克雅未克时表现得“像酷酷的青少年”，他们花时间参加并举办地下艺术和文学展，支持艺术家，并与他们在城市的公共浴池中闲逛。

“她对这里的艺术圈意义重大，”基亚尔坦森说：“她是一股强大的力量，每个人都非常高兴。”

卡森是一个低调的人。她的书封很少出现作者照片，有时甚至没有作者简介。她在采访中很少讨论私人生活，尽管在2024年8月发表于《伦敦书评》的一篇文章中，她提到自己患有帕金森病，且她的字迹已经“瓦解”。

“我过去很享受在笔记本上写作，一架架笔记本，日复一日，年复一年，”卡森写道：“现在，竖笔弯曲、断裂或向四面八方延伸，元音缩成团块，倾斜失去了流畅而灵动的角度，这一切看起来令人尴尬。我羞愧地擦掉整个段落。”

她补充说，她参加了一个拳击班以帮助缓解该病的症状。

卡森在美国出版商 New Directions 的编辑德克兰·斯普林表示，他曾尝试打电话祝贺卡森获得诺贝尔奖，“但我收到一条信息说她的手机关机了。”

“她相当害羞，”斯普林说。

在上午10点之前在曼哈顿找到香槟并不容易，但 New Directions 的总裁兼出版商芭芭拉·埃普勒在前往办公室并消化这个消息的途中，设法弄到了两瓶。她说，卡森“能够对困难的事物，如悲伤、疾病、爱和失去，进行令人难以置信的深度挖掘”，“这部分是因为她是希腊学者，但我认为这更多是她的天性。”

在周四宣布奖项的新闻发布会上，瑞典学院常任秘书英格丽德·卡尔伯格表示，她早些时候联系到了卡森，卡森听起来“非常惊讶”。

卡尔伯格说，那是一个简短的电话：这位诗人只说她“在冰岛”，在那里她正“听着风声”。

汉娜·麦凯 / 路透社 宣布获奖后，伦敦一家书店展出的安妮·卡森的书籍。

初读卡森？从这 5 部作品开始

作者：ASH WU

在跨越四十多年的职业生涯中，安妮·卡森（Anne Carson）构建了一套基于其古典文学教育且常以俏皮视角进行折射的全部作品。

她的写作在古希腊时代与现代之间穿针引线，审视欲望的甜腻本质及其引发的痛苦。萨姆·安德森（Sam Anderson）在 2013 年《纽约时报杂志》的一篇人物特写中写道，卡森给人一种“来自另一个世界的人，要么是外星人，要么是古人”的印象。“我们现代地球上的分类过于人为且简单，无法容纳她决心传达的真实真相。”

安德森指出，尽管卡森倾向于保持私密，但她在公共知识分子中获得了一种罕见的名声。他写道，在纽约大学（N.Y.U.）一场面对爆满观众的剧作《安提戈尼克》（Antigonick）演出期间，观众们达成了一个共识：“人们不断使用‘摇滚演唱会’这个词。”

如果你从未读过卡森的作品，这里有 5 部推荐作为起点。

《红之自传》（Autobiography of Red，1998）

这是一部诗体小说，或许也是她最受欢迎的作品。《红之自传》通过重新演绎诗人斯忒西科罗斯（Stesichorus）的碎片化诗篇《格里翁》（Geryoneis），展现了卡森对希腊古典文学的痴迷。在原神话中，格里翁是一个长翅膀的怪物，被赫拉克勒斯在偷走其牛群后杀掉。卡森将其重新构想为现代社会一个家庭生活不顺的同性恋青少年。他深深地迷恋上那位希腊英雄，而在该版本中，英雄是一个最终令他心碎的大男孩。鲁斯·帕德尔（Ruth Padel）在为《纽约时报》撰写的评论中写道：“卡森用任何诗人都会梦寐以求的语言写作，感官化且幽默，凄美，富有音乐感且温柔，光影精妙。”

《玻璃、讽刺与上帝》（Glass, Irony & God，1995）

这部包含三首叙事诗的合集包含了《玻璃随笔》（The Glass Essay），这是一篇 36 页的史诗，将一段浪漫关系的终结与对艾米莉·勃朗特（Emily Brönte）的沉思交织在一起。卡森将勃朗特描述为一个永恒的“whacher”（故意拼错的词），她不断观察激发其小说《呼啸山庄》灵感的英格兰荒原。在勃朗特身上，卡森找到了共鸣以及将心碎转化为语言的方式。作家安东尼·多尔（Anthony Doerr）曾称《玻璃随笔》是他最喜欢的诗，写道“对我来说，它就像一千盏泛光灯同时开启”。

《苦甜之爱》（Eros the Bittersweet，1986）

这是她的第一部文学评论作品，《苦甜之爱》剖析并扩展了希腊诗人萨福（Sappho）关于“glukupikron”的概念，这个词大致翻译为“苦甜”，概括了浪漫之爱中同时存在的痛苦与快感。卡森通过萨福和其他古希腊大师的诗歌追溯“爱欲”（eros）的概念，最后得出“爱欲即缺失”的论点，将热烈的爱描述为处于“渴望某物”与“拥有某物”之间那道薄刃边缘的产物。

《丈夫之美》（The Beauty of the Husband，2001）

在第一章中，卡森写道：“非有毒物种对有毒物种的这种模仿被称为拟态 / 我的丈夫并非拟态者。”她通过 29 段“探戈”记录了一段婚姻的解体以及她对丈夫的色情痴迷。“探戈”是她自创的一种诗歌形式，通过长短句交替来唤起舞蹈的节奏。达芙妮·默金（Daphne Merkin）在《时报》的评论中写道：“我认为自罗伯特·洛威尔（Robert Lowell）的《生活研究》以来，还没有哪本书能像安妮·卡森正在做的那样，如此激进地推进诗歌艺术。”

《Nox》（2009）

在中断五年后的创作中，《Nox》展现了卡森挑战诗集形式的意愿。该书售卖于一个纤细的、类似葬礼礼盒的包装中，打开后页码像手风琴一样展开。《Nox》以剪贴簿的形式为她那疏远的哥哥写了一首挽歌，其中包含照片、插图和摘录，以照亮她的记忆领域。关于其布局，本·拉特利夫在《纽约时报书评》中写道：“相信我：这是一本典型的安妮·卡森之书。也许是她最好的作品。”

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法官权衡军方是否可在关岛海滩引爆炸弹

作者：ABBIE VANSICKLE

莫娜埃卡·弗洛雷斯（Monaeka Flores）的家族在关岛根基深厚，她正领导一个团体，致力于阻止美国空军在塔拉格海滩（Tarague Beach）处置军事废弃物。

塔拉格海滩是关岛上一片白沙延展的热带地带，这里是海龟产卵之地，迁徙的海鸟在此觅食，礁鱼在清澈的蓝绿色海水中穿梭。

但距离华盛顿特区近 8,000 英里的这片海滩，其未来现在取决于最高法院。周三，大法官们就一项法律挑战进行了口头辩论，该挑战针对的是美国空军一项在海滩上销毁过期火箭、炸弹和危险废弃弹药的计划。

几十年来，空军一直利用该地点处置军事废弃物，但致力于保护关岛自然和文化资源的当地非营利组织 Prutehi Guahan 提起诉讼以质疑这一做法，认为军方未充分考虑对环境造成的威胁。

一家下级法院此前认定该团体没有起诉资格。在周三的辩论中，不同意识形态倾向的几位大法官似乎对这一认定表示担忧，担心如果判定 Prutehi Guahan 败诉，可能意味着剥夺该团体对空军提起法律挑战的能力，而无论该团体最终是否能赢得此类诉讼。

但许多大法官同时也表示担心，允许此类挑战可能会导致大量其他诉讼涌入法院系统。该案的裁决预计将在 6 月底前出炉。

关岛毗邻亚洲——它距离北京比距离夏威夷更近——这使其成为一个日益重要的军事前哨。随着太平洋地区紧张局势的升级，这种存在感在近年来进一步增强。军事专家经常将这个小岛（在 210 平方英里的土地上生活着约 170,000 人，面积大约只有罗德岛州的五分之一）称为美国在该地区军事力量的“矛尖”。

塔拉格海滩位于岛屿北端，处于安德森空军基地（Andersen Air Force Base）的范围内，几十年来，军方一直将其作为销毁过期弹药的场所。Prutehi Guahan 的领导者挑战这一做法，认为爆炸威胁到脆弱的海洋生态系统、附近的考古遗迹、传统渔场以及岛上的水源，将危险的毒素和碎片抛向空中和水中。

最高法院面临的法律问题是一个技术性问题，即空军在近年来寻求继续在海滩进行爆破的许可时，是否遵守了环境法规。在法庭文件中，空军表示，该爆破点对于处置危险废弃物至关重要，且虽然必须每三年重新申请一次许可，但该流程旨在确保对规则的常规遵守，而非施加新的限制。

挑战者表示，这场争端具有深刻的个人色彩。他们认为，执行联邦环境法是关岛居民——他们出生即为美国公民，但不能投票选举总统——能够让自己的声音在面对美国军方时被听到的少数途径之一。

“这确实是我们能够影响联邦项目、防止其永久改变我们的物理景观、环境、文化资源和日常生活的唯一机制之一，”Prutehi Guahan 的执行董事莫娜埃卡·弗洛雷斯说道，她是关岛原住民查莫罗人（Chamorro）。

弗洛雷斯女士的家族在关岛根基深厚，她表示，在珍珠港事件发生几小时后日本袭击该岛时，她的亲人们曾在海滩上避难，躲避轰炸并捕鱼充饥。

她的曾祖父路易斯（Luis）曾在那里经营牧场和农场，种植椰子并饲养猪。弗洛雷斯女士的父母过去常在海滩附近露营。在她出生后，他们会带她去清澈的海水中学习游泳。

海滩附近被认为是一座拥有 3,000 多年历史的查莫罗（Chamorro）村落遗址，那里有巨石阵和史前岩画。距离此处仅几百码的地方是关岛国家野生动物保护区，这是一个为果蝠、鸟类和海龟设立的保护区。

“这是查莫罗人集体记忆的一部分，因此也是集体管理责任的一部分，”她说。“我们需要为所有后代保护它，每个人都应该有机会来到这里，感受这个地区的特别之处。”

美国空军在 1982 年首次获得了一项危险废物许可证，将该海滩用作处置未爆炸弹药（催泪瓦斯、弹药和其他爆炸物）的场所，其中一些弹药可追溯到第二次世界大战。军方在沙滩上设立了所谓的“露天爆破场”。

Prutehi Guahan 组织认为，当空军在 2021 年 5 月向关岛环境保护局重新申请许可证以继续进行爆破时，并未妥善审查环境后果，也没有允许公众发表评论。

美国空军必须续签许可证的要求源于一项 1976 年通过的名为《资源保护与回收法》（Resource Conservation and Recovery Act）的法律。该法律赋予环境保护局权力，允许其授权州和领地监管机构处理危险废物的处置、储存或销毁。美国空军的律师主张，军方将许可流程视为确保其持续遵守环境法规的一部分。

但挑战者表示，军方还应被要求根据一项尼克松时代的法律——《国家环境政策法》（National Environmental Policy Act）接受严格的环境审查。联邦法院对该法的解释是，政府在采取可能显著影响“人类环境质量”的行动之前，必须对计划中的任何环境后果进行“深入审查”。

左图为传统舞蹈表演。当地非营利组织 Prutehi Guahan 致力于保护关岛的自然和文化资源，并将这片土地视为其文化遗产不可分割的一部分。右图为该组织组织的一次集会。

塔拉格海滩（Tarague Beach）位于安德森空军基地（Andersen Air Force Base）范围内（左图），几十年来，军方一直将其用作销毁过期火箭和危险废物弹药的场所。右图为 2002 年一次演习期间在海滩上引爆的炸弹。 美国空军

在靠近一个查莫罗村落（据信拥有 3,000 多年历史的定居点）的船坞附近，几名渔民正在活动。

在空军寻求新许可证后，负责确保遵守环境法的当地领地机构——关岛环境保护局收到了关于该计划的公众评论。在听取了关于爆破活动的担忧后，该机构宣布将考虑是否向军方发放许可证。不过在此期间，美国空军仍被允许继续引爆弹药。

乔尼·昆加·克尔（Joni Quenga Kerr）是 Prutehi Guahan 的成员，在关岛社区学院教授科学课程。她说，直到美国空军申请续签许可证时，她才得知这个露天爆破计划。

“它离海洋如此之近——就在海滩上，”克尔女士说。“就在几码之外就是开阔的海洋和珊瑚礁，那么，空气、土地、水、海洋以及生活在那里的生物可能会发生什么样的事情？”

2022年1月，弗洛雷斯女士和其他 Prutehi Guahan 成员提起诉讼，要求停止爆炸活动。原告表示担心邻居拥有的土地可能会受到污染，并主张该组织成员经常使用海滩进行娱乐、文化和精神实践，而这些活动将受到烟雾、噪音和污染的损害。

他们在法庭文件中辩称，美国空军未能按照法律要求对爆炸后果进行“深入审查”，也没有考虑“合理的替代方案范围”。

在法庭文件中，美国空军辩称其在重新申请该场地许可证时遵守了相关规定。美国空军的律师认为，如果要求增加另一层环境审查，“将导致许可流程变得过于繁琐且耗时”。

2025年2月，美国第九巡回上诉法院一个由三名法官组成的合议庭在分歧中支持了 Prutehi Guahan。

多数派法官包括克林顿任命的马莎·S·贝尔宗（Marsha S. Berzon）和特朗普任命的埃里克·D·米勒（Eric D. Miller），他们裁定，如果美国空军对其计划的环境影响进行了必要的调研并“适当地与公众沟通”，军方可能会“选择不同的地点或方法来处理废弃弹药”。

持异议的法官、特朗普任命的劳伦斯·范戴克（Lawrence VanDyke）则认为，应允许美国空军继续在海滩上进行爆破。

在法庭文件中，代表美国空军的特朗普政府律师称第九巡回法院的裁决“与行政法和环境法的基本原则不一致”。

周三最高法院的辩论侧重于对联邦法规和行政程序的技术性解读，但此案在关岛受到了密切关注，因为法院裁决的实际影响将在那里显现。

随着口头辩论日期的临近，弗洛雷斯女士准备飞往华盛顿。她在塔拉格（Tarague）的海岸线上行走，收集贝壳。周三，她和其他组织成员将贝壳揣进兜里，将一小部分海滩带进了法庭。

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在德克萨斯州，她试图建立一个独立于其备受争议且深陷丑闻的丈夫的政治身份，在人工智能、竞选资金改革以及堕胎等社会议题的政策辩论中占据一席之地。她的盟友设想她未来会竞选州级公职——无论帕克斯顿先生是否在华盛顿任职。

在这则新广告中，帕克斯顿女士从未提及他的名字，这为这位全美最有权力的总检察长之一的长期传奇故事开启了新且超现实的篇章。在这样一个可靠的共和党红州部署帕克斯顿先生即将成为前妻的策略，揭示了共和党在争取维持参议院控制权之际，德克萨斯州的选战已变得多么岌岌可危。

据一名熟悉其想法的人士透露，帕克斯顿女士担心在如此胶着的选战中保持沉默可能会损害她的名声，并为那些关于她对党忠诚度的、具有政治破坏性的问题打开大门。在德克萨斯州，三十多年来从未在州级选举中选出过民主党人，如果帕克斯顿先生在这里落败，将被视为共和党的灾难。

这位亲近她的人士表示，帕克斯顿女士不想被视为受害者，尽管她因丈夫的行为而感到“受伤和心碎”。去年7月，她达到了崩溃边缘，并以“圣经依据”申请离婚。在小报公布了帕克斯顿先生夏天与另一名女性在欧洲旅游的照片后，朋友和支持者开始向帕克斯顿女士施压，询问她是否应该支持他的参议院竞选。

“她仍处于民选公职中，面临着支持整个共和党候选名单的质询和压力，”曾与帕克斯顿女士密切合作的政治顾问布伦丹·斯坦豪瑟（Brendan Steinhauser）表示，“共和党选民之间存在一种预期，即即使你不是某个人的大粉丝，即使该候选人做了你不喜欢的事情，你也要为共和党的名单投票。”

随着竞争加剧，拒绝接受采访请求的帕克斯顿女士开始在私人对话和小规模党内聚会中悄悄地为丈夫辩护。在9月对一个女性俱乐部发表的演讲中，她刻意将主题定为“房间里的大象”，并宣布她计划支持整个共和党候选名单。

“重要的不是人，而是席位，”帕克斯顿女士在随后上传至 YouTube 的演讲中说道，“因为当我们控制这个席位时，我们对该席位及其未来有更多的控制权——只要它还在‘家族’内部，即使我们对他们感到愤怒。”

她的言论引起了共和党战略家的注意，他们询问她是否愿意出现在支持帕克斯顿的广告中。据熟悉其想法的人士透露，她同意了，前提是她可以编写剧本。

她的许多论点都隐藏在潜台词中。

“在普选中，重点不在于团队中的个体成员，”她说，“而在于让整个团队跨过终点线。”

帕克斯顿先生的一位发言人拒绝置评。

塔拉里科先生批评该广告将党派利益置于个体候选人之上。

他在社交媒体上表示：“要求德克萨斯州人闭上眼睛投票给一个政党，而不是投票给最适合该职位的人，这正是当今政治的问题所在。”

即使是帕克斯顿先生最强大的盟友特朗普总统，也不得不承认他身上携带的政治包袱，在最近的一次竞选活动中表示：“无论你爱他还是不爱他，他确实有点争议。”

那么，还有谁比他那位更上镜、尽管已分居的妻子更适合为帕克斯顿先生完成最后的临门一脚呢？

“持枪妈妈”

安吉拉·艾伦在贝勒大学就读期间结识了未来的丈夫，当时她学习数学科学，而他则是学生会主席。1985年，她成为家族中第一个获得大学学位的人，随后又取得了硕士学位，并成为一名高中数学和物理教师。

这对夫妇共同创办了一家教会，帕克斯顿女士在当地的一所基督教学校担任指导教师。“我以前并不怎么关心政治，但我很在意价值观，”她在最近接受德克萨斯州一个保守团体采访时说道。她在五年内生了四个孩子。

随着帕克斯顿先生从州议员晋升为总检察长，他的妻子成为了他最亲密的顾问——以及他热情洋溢的暖场嘉宾。她带着吉他在一个又一个共和党俱乐部之间奔波，为丈夫反对奥巴马政府政策的运动造势，唱着：“我是个持枪妈妈，我丈夫在起诉奥巴马。”

2018年，帕克斯顿先生在担任总检察长的第一个任期内，召集了几名高级助手，与他的妻子进行了一次异常情绪化的会面。两名高级助手后来在他的弹劾审判中回忆道，当时帕克斯顿女士在哭泣，而他则为出轨向她道歉，并表示这段婚外情已经结束。

这些助手感到很不舒服，但他们对帕克斯顿女士的感受更糟。

“她很悲伤，也很尴尬，”帕克斯顿先生的幕僚长凯瑟琳·“米西”·凯里作证道，“我为她感到心碎。”

大约两个月后，在州历史上最昂贵的立法初选中，凭借帕克斯顿先生竞选团队支持的一笔 200万美元 贷款，帕克斯顿女士赢得了丈夫此前在德克萨斯州参议院的席位。

当时帕克斯顿先生正面临证券欺诈指控。在就职的第一年里，帕克斯顿女士提出了一项法案，旨在扩大总检察长对金融行业的权力。这是她在政治生涯中少数几次被指责存在伦理缺失的时刻。帕克斯顿女士否认该立法与她的丈夫有任何关系。该法案最终未能通过委员会审核。（帕克斯顿先生后来与检察官达成协议并支付了赔偿金，但并未承认有罪。）

在2021年1月6日支持特朗普总统的集会上，在袭击美国国会大厦之前，帕克斯顿先生发表讲话时，她就站在他身边。在2023年由州参议员担任陪审员的帕克斯顿先生弹劾审判中，当检察官主张她的丈夫使用临时手机和秘密Uber账户来掩盖他多年前承诺结束的婚外情时，帕克斯顿女士从未退缩。

根据参议院的规则，她不能参与审议或投票，但她会被计入出席人数。这意味着，要达到定罪所需的三分之二多数票，需要额外增加一票。

一项禁言令禁止她对审判发表评论。但在审理期间，她每天都会在社交媒体上分享一段圣经经文。

在帕克斯顿先生被宣判无罪后，她发布了一条动态：“我的弟兄姊妹们，你们落在百般试炼中，都要以为大喜乐”，并配了一张照片，照片中的她穿着一套亮红色的套装，似乎在向天空伸手。

几天后，她上传了一段在厨房拍摄的欢快视频，指着陶瓷台面，以此反驳审判中关于帕克斯顿先生的一名竞选捐赠者为其支付了花岗岩升级费用的证词。

她还引导观众向她的连任竞选活动捐款。

根据帕克斯顿女士的离婚申请，不到一年后，帕克斯顿夫妇就不再生活在一起了。

瑞秋·梅洛是一名民主党人，也是一名公立学校教师，她在2024年竞选挑战帕克斯顿女士但未能成功。她称对方是一个“复杂的人物”。梅洛表示，她对这位前对手感到同情，甚至在某种程度上表示尊重，但她也好奇帕克斯顿女士为了实现自己的政治——以及财务——目标，可能做出了怎样的权衡。

“要在那样一段婚姻中维持这么久，她一定在某种程度上拥有野心，”梅洛女士说道。

根据《纽约时报》审阅的公开记录，帕克斯顿先生在担任总检察长并领取 $153,000 年薪的同时，积累了一套房地产投资组合，其中包括至少 15 处房产，价值约 900万美元。塔拉里科先生质疑帕克斯顿先生是否利用职权为自己谋私利。

帕克斯顿先生长期否认腐败指控，并称这些指控具有政治动机。

在离婚申请中，帕克斯顿女士主张，由于帕克斯顿先生拥有更强的赚钱能力且应对婚姻破裂负责，她应当获得财产中“不成比例”的份额。德克萨斯州立法者的月薪为 $600。

在涵盖 2025, 年的最新财务披露表格中，帕克斯顿女士报告了来自一家有限责任公司的收入及其立法薪资，以及多项共同基金和其他投资。她无需列出精确的金额。

“安吉拉是我们的姐妹”

帕克斯顿女士投身美国参议院竞选，标志着她与竞选早期的态度发生了显著转变。在5月德克萨斯州共和党初选决胜轮当天，她公开支持了三场选举中的候选人——但唯独没有提及她丈夫与参议员约翰·科宁（John Cornyn）之间的对决。

德克萨斯州共和党妇女联合会主席吉尔·泰特（Jill Tate）在8月听了帕克斯顿女士在另一个妇女俱乐部发表的演讲。泰特女士的一些成员在是否支持帕克斯顿先生的问题上感到纠结，于是她邀请帕克斯顿女士在9月向其董事会发表讲话。

在超过20分钟的时间里，帕克斯顿女士慷慨激昂地论证了

安吉拉·帕克斯顿在一段新广告中请求共和党人投票给她的丈夫，但并未点名。 DESIREE RIOS 为《纽约时报》拍摄

帕克斯顿夫妇于2016.抵达达拉斯法院。当时他面临证券欺诈指控，最终达成和解。 ROSE BACA / 《达拉斯早报》，经美联社提供

帕克斯顿女士在 6, 2021, 的一场支持特朗普总统的集会上站在帕克斯顿先生身边，随后发生了国会山袭击事件。 STEWART F. HOUSE / 《达拉斯早报》，经美联社提供 肯·帕克斯顿在2018,年的选举庆祝派对上陪伴在妻子身边，而就在那一年，他告诉妻子和高级职员他曾有过一段婚外情。

ACQUELYN MARTIN / 美联社

“问题不在于人——而在于席位。”

安吉拉·帕克斯顿在9月对一家妇女俱乐部发表讲话，当时她开始悄悄地为她丈夫竞选美国参议院席位进行游说。

投票给选票上的所有共和党候选人，即使某个候选人——即“房间里的大象”——并不完美。她认为，共和党人应该将政治价值观和共和党多数党的权力置于个人观点之上。

“人们在其中一些选战中面临道德冲突——我理解，”她在德克萨斯州圆石城（Round Rock）告诉听众。“但请放眼更高处。放眼更高处。这其中涉及的利益远不止一个人。”

她获得了全场起立鼓掌。

“安吉拉是我们的姐妹，”泰特女士说。“但我们知道他的历史，知道他一直是一位优秀的代表、一名优秀的保守主义者和一名优秀的总检察长，我们必须记住这一点。”

她补充道：“女士们需要听到这些。”

在德克萨斯州麦金尼（McKinney）的金走廊共和党妇女俱乐部（Golden Corridor Republican Women）最近的一次会议上——帕克斯顿女士在该俱乐部已加入数十年——成员们表示他们都打算投票给帕克斯顿先生。但他们的心却倾向于他那分居的妻子，因为她会接听她们的电话，在迪拉德百货公司（Dillard's）与她们打招呼，并在教堂里与她们聊天。

“我看到她在时事通讯里写‘帕克斯顿团队’，我想说，别那样写，应该写‘安吉拉团队’，”70岁的琳达·尼尔森（Linda Nelson）说。“他需要进入参议院。但六年之后会有另一个优秀的候选人出现，到那时他就可以离开了。”

在假日酒店（Holiday Inn）的小宴会厅另一端，玛吉·惠特（Maggie Whitt）和索尼娅·翁克（Sonja Oonk）解释了她们如何调和对帕克斯顿先生的看法与对朋友安吉拉的钦佩。

“他不是一个完美的人，”75岁的惠特女士说，“但‘没有罪的人可以先投石块’，而那个人肯定不是我。”

84,岁的翁克女士说，听到帕克斯顿夫妇离婚的消息让她想起了多年前前夫不忠的痛苦回忆。但最近在一次派对晚餐上听到帕克斯顿女士关于支持丈夫的谈话，帮助翁克女士转变了看法。

“我不希望任何事情毁掉她在政治生涯中将要成就的事业，”她说。“如果这意味着我必须忍气吞声，那么我就得忍气吞声。”

俄亥俄州选举中，共和党对米勒的支持态度冷淡

作者：艾米莉·戴维斯（EMILY DAVIES）和泰勒·佩格（TYLER PAGER）

在被指控身体虐待前妻和幼女的俄亥俄州共和党众议员马克斯·米勒（Max Miller）拒绝了党内要求其退出连任竞选的呼吁后，特朗普总统的亲信助手们介入了其中。

据两名因要求匿名以便坦率交流而未具名的知情人士透露，这些助手建议那些要求米勒先生辞职的共和党人保持沉默，让他尝试赢得选举。

他们还直接通过通话和短信与米勒先生沟通，敦促他停止在公开场合谈论其家庭纠纷。

这些警告在很大程度上得到了响应，迫使许多共和党人在帮助米勒先生获胜与远离他陷入困境的竞选活动之间，艰难地维持一种尴尬的平衡。从敦促米勒先生撤回候选资格到现在的转变，反映出该席位对于共和党维持国会控制权的重要性。在两党都面临这样一种可能性的时刻——即特朗普总统的不受欢迎程度以及生活成本的上涨将使民主党夺权——共和党无法承受在国家一个保守地区失去一个本应轻松获胜的席位。

米勒先生正努力争取在克利夫兰地区的一个选区赢得第三个任期，特朗普总统在2024年以两位数的优势赢得了该选区。直到今年夏天，这里一直被认为是安全的共和党地盘，随后米勒先生与前妻——另一位俄亥俄州共和党人伯尼·莫雷诺（Bernie Moreno）参议员之女——之间丑陋的监护权之争公开化，双方均将对方描述为暴力、不稳定且不诚实。

法院文件中详细记载的相互指控，以及共和党对米勒先生支持的动摇，被证明成了米勒先生的民主党对手、工会铁工布莱恩·波因德克斯特（Brian Poindexter）的意外之财。据一名因讨论尚未公开的数字而要求匿名的知情官员称，在上一季度，波因德克斯特先生的竞选活动筹集了超过 $2.400 万。

根据广告追踪服务 AdImpact 的数据，随着竞争加剧，与共和党众议院领导层结盟的政治委员会已在该场竞选中投入了超过 500万美元。

其中一名知情人士表示，特朗普总统告诉助手，他对米勒先生持有忠诚之情，因为米勒先生自 2016 年竞选以来一直忠于总统。但在上周末，当特朗普总统前往俄亥俄州参加一场旨在支持激烈竞争选区中低级别候选人的集会时，米勒先生并未出现，总统也没有提及他。

“你们必须出去投票给共和党，”特朗普总统在周六的集会上告诉人群，“这包括坐在我这里的这些优秀人士。”

在他身边的是该州共和党的参议员和州长候选人，以及两名国会候选人。一名发言人表示，米勒先生受邀参加但未能出席，因为“他的选区行程在几个月前就已确定，他不想取消与任何选民的约定”。

发言人阿比盖尔·安格洛斯（Abigail Angelos）在的一份声明中表示：“时间安排不凑巧，这很遗憾。特朗普总统同意米勒议员将时间花在选区竞选中是最好的选择。”

当被问及米勒先生在集会期间在做什么时，安格洛斯女士表示他正与家人共度时光。

在 8 月米勒先生退出竞选的截止日期临近时，特朗普总统曾给他打电话，敦促他考虑自己的胜算。他并未要求其退出或撤回背书。莫雷诺先生以及另一位同样面临艰难连任挑战的俄亥俄州共和党人乔恩·休斯顿（Jon Husted）参议员，均称米勒先生不适合担任公职并向其施压要求其辞职。

米勒先生的前妻艾米莉·莫雷诺（Emily Moreno）指控他向她泼沸水，并导致他们幼女的锁骨骨折。米勒先生否认了这些指控，并称其前妻和前岳父编造故事以破坏他的事业。

共和党人试图通过将波因德克斯特先生描绘成一个有长期犯罪记录的罪犯来捍卫该席位。

他在克利夫兰的青少年时期曾面临一系列轻罪指控，包括袭击罪。他表示，唯一的一项重罪指控发生在一次他与几个伙伴在当地海滩“发生冲突”时。

米勒先生承认，党内领导层缺乏支持损害了他的机会。

第47任总统

8月25日 拉法叶广场被封锁了数月——官员称部分原因是为了翻修。 道格·米尔斯 / 《纽约时报》

9月29日 部分区域已重新开放，但大部分空间仍被封锁。 道格·米尔斯 / 《纽约时报》

华盛顿特区的一项言论自由传统可能很快将陷入沉寂

本文由 Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Elena Shao, Raj Saha, Doug Mills 和 Luke Broadwater 撰写。

在拉法叶广场（Lafayette Square），你可以近距离听到总统的声音并看到总统的身影。

人们聚集在这座位于白宫对面的华盛顿公园里，进行抗议、庆祝或守夜。一个多世纪以来，这里一直是行使言论自由示威的舞台。

现在，特朗普政府计划在公园周围加装一道永久性围栏，并设置可由官员自行决定关闭的大门。

如果该围栏方案得以实施，可能会限制公众进入这一开放空间，而该空间一直允许人们在国家最高权力机构的门前行使言论自由。

政府方面表示，在拉法叶广场周围设置永久性围栏将增强“高度紧张状态”下的安全性，且公园仍将保持为公共空间。政府引用了 2020 年“黑人的命也是命”（Black Lives Matter）抗议者与警察之间的冲突、2024 年反对加沙战争抗议期间公园雕像遭到破坏，以及今年白宫附近发生的一起枪击事件，作为安全担忧的例子。

特朗普总统援引国家安全理由，证明一系列改造华盛顿方案的正当性，其中包括建造一座 250 英尺高的凯旋门，以及拆除东翼以腾出空间建造舞厅。

美国公民自由联盟（ACLU）的律师在给国家公园管理局的一封公开信中写道，公园（的围栏）可能会威慑公众聚集。人们可能会担心自己会被困在里面。

此外，律师补充道，“围栏的存在本身就会向公众传递一个明确信号，即公园仅在获得许可时开放，且该许可随时可能被撤销。”

自 1889 年官员拆除铸铁栅栏和大门以使其向公众更加开放以来，拉法叶广场一直没有永久性围栏。此后，公园在特殊场合（如外国外交官抵达或白宫大型活动）会短期关闭，但特朗普先生有长期关闭公园的前科。

在特朗普先生的第一任期内，政府在 2020 年“黑人的命也是命”抗议期间关闭了公园。此次关闭发生在一起执法人员使用催泪瓦斯和闪光弹暴力驱离公园抗议者的事件之后。该公园随后关闭了 11 个多月。

漫长的示威历史

20 世纪初：女权主义者是最早在该公园举行抗议活动的人群之一，开启了长达一个世纪的抗议传统。 HARRIS & EWING，经由美国国会图书馆提供

1974 年：人们聚集在白宫正前方，要求弹劾理查德·尼克松总统。 MPI — 档案照片，经由 Getty Images 提供

而今年，该公园被各种临时障碍物封锁了八个月。政府官员在 9 月的规划委员会会议上表示，公园关闭的部分原因是进行翻修。然而，当《纽约时报》记者在 8 月访问该现场时，施工似乎已经

一项关于将抗议场地围起来的提案

特朗普政府计划在拉法叶广场周围加装钢制围栏，以便关闭这座曾是几代人抗议舞台的公共公园。

纽约时报

该计划的反对者表示，围栏将阻碍长期以来定义这座占地七英亩公园的言论自由活动，并使政府能够随意遏制抗议。他们认为，这是特朗普利用行政手段和法律操纵来打压异议的最新例子。

“这是一个危险的开端，一旦你拥有了这样一个工具，它就一定会被使用，”华盛顿特区议会工作人员埃文·卡什（Evan Cash）在9月份的一次国家首都规划委员会会议上谈到这座围栏时表示，当时政府在会上提交了其提案。

规划委员会和美术委员会（均为由特朗普任命人员组成的联邦小组）已发出信号，表明他们可能会投票给予该项目最终批准。

白宫目前已由一座13英尺高的钢制围栏以及宾夕法尼亚大道两端的两个检查站保护。拟建的围栏高度将为8到9英尺，并环绕公园周长。围栏各处以及公园东西两侧的街道上都将设置大门。

最大的门禁入口将位于南北两端。但如果所有大门关闭，只有面向H街边缘的一小块区域可供公众进入。

即便大门敞开，仅仅在周围设置围栏 已完工。

公园北缘的部分障碍物在上周被移走，开放了部分空间。政府告诉《纽约时报》，特勤局正在努力让公众更容易进入公园，同时兼顾总统的安全需求。

大部分空间仍然被封锁。特朗普政府表示，为了取代目前使用的临时障碍物，永久性围栏也是必要的。

新加坡国立大学建筑系主任兼公民韧性实验室共同主任杰弗里·侯（Jeffrey Hou）表示，这些临时障碍物在新总统就任时可以很容易地被移除，但移除永久性围栏则需要付出更多努力。

然而，在公园历史的大部分时间里，这个空间一直以其开放性和渗透性而闻名。有些抗议活动会在一天之内涌入公园，而有些则在安静中长期坚守。一名叫康塞普西翁·皮乔托（Concepcion Picciotto）的女性曾在此露营数十年，以抗议核武器。

伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校研究摄影作为沟通工具的教授卡拉·A·芬尼根（Cara A. Finnegan）表示，这是一个“你可以让那些你关注并向其传递信息的人在身体上看到你并听到你”的地方。

拜伦·霍林斯 / 美联社 1963年，人们在公园聚集，为在阿拉巴马州伯明翰教堂爆炸案中丧生的三名女孩举行民权纪念活动。

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1991年，“那些该死的鼓声让我彻夜难眠，”乔治·H·W·布什总统在听到反战抗议者的声音时说道。

艾斯特丽德·里肯为《华盛顿邮报》拍摄，经由盖蒂图片社提供 2018年，在特朗普的第一任期内，大批人群聚集抗议其政府的反移民政策。

特朗普政府官员指控欺诈，暂停微软签证计划资格

作者：ERICA L. GREEN

华盛顿 —— 副总统 JD Vance 周四宣布，微软将被暂停使用一项允许外国员工永久居留在美国的签证计划，此前一项调查发现这家科技巨头“滥用”了该系统。

Vance 先生在一次新闻发布会上宣布了这一消息。在会上，他和其他特朗普政府官员提出了一系列指控，称美国公司和大学正在实施签证欺诈。他们宣布，微软只是几家面临此类暂停处罚的科技公司中规模最大的一家，包括哈佛大学和耶鲁大学在内的学校目前也处于调查之中。

先生将矛头指向了陷入困境的 H-1B 签证计划，该计划允许公司在难以填补的岗位上雇佣高技能外国员工。特朗普政府一直试图对该计划进行改革，包括对签证征收费用，并声称该计划不公平地允许公司排挤美国人而雇佣外国员工。 先生称该计划已“崩溃”，并表示他支持将其取消。

先生周四表示，像微软这样的公司一直

（本报道由来自西雅图的 Karen Weise、来自亚特兰大的 Alan Blinder、来自丹佛的 Vimal Patel 和来自波士顿的 Mark Arsenault 共同贡献。）

一直在利用 H-1B 签证计划来钻劳工部永久劳工认证计划（即 PERM）的漏洞。PERM 允许 H-1B 签证持有者获得绿卡，并有可能无限期地留在美国。

官员们表示，被暂停 PERM 资格的其他公司还包括 Adobe 以及几家大型信息技术外包公司。 先生表示，此次暂停将“持续到必要的时间为止”。

此次宣布是该政府最新的一次尝试，旨在利用所谓的欺诈行为来论证：是对国家移民制度的利用——而非特朗普总统的政策——剥夺了美国人的工作机会、工资和繁荣之路。

“劳工部正在采取历史性行动，关闭系统性欺诈的渠道，这种欺诈以牺牲美国工人为代价，让外国劳动力充斥我们的国家，”劳工部长 Keith Sonderling 表示。“这始于那些已经变成‘签证工厂’的大学和公司，他们推崇那些在资历上撒谎的外国工人，从而抢走我们亲爱的美国工人的工作。”

但政府并非总能提供与其欺诈指控相匹配的证据。周四，其中几个被针对的目标对这些断言提出了异议。

先生对微软的批评最为激烈。

先生表示，在过去一年中，该公司裁减了 6,000 名美国员工，而它却从 6,300 个 H-1B 签证和近 3,000 张绿卡中获益。他将这些签证持有者称为“契约奴”，称他们的薪水仅为美国同行的一小部分。

“因此，我们给微软的信息是：你们是一家伟大的美国公司，但你们必须雇佣优秀的美国工人，”他说。“你们不能裁掉美国工人，然后用外国契约奴来替代他们。”

微软在的一份声明中对 先生的部分指控提出了质疑。

该公司表示，其在美国员工的“绝大多数”都是公民。公司称，在上一财年提交的约 6,000 份 H-1B 申请中，80% 是为了延长或更改现有微软员工的身份。公司表示，其余的申请是针对那些已经合法在美、随后加入微软的人员。

“他们并不是新抵达我国的人员，”公司补充道。

微软表示，其薪资水平在科技行业以及 H-1B 申请案例中均处于最高水平。

“微软之所以能成为全球技术领导者，是因为我们培养了世界上最优秀的技术人才队伍，”该公司表示。“我们通过加强本国的人才储备、雇佣美国工人以及吸引全球顶尖人才来实现这一目标。”

在学术方面，先生。

DEMETRIUS FREEMAN 为《纽约时报》拍摄 副总统 JD Vance 周四指责数家公司和大学滥用绿卡制度。

Vance 主张，大学正以较低的工资雇佣外国研究生担任研究助理，并暗示签证被过度使用且在吸干联邦资金。

劳工部监察长安东尼·德斯波西托（Anthony D'Esposito）宣布，该机构正对数所大学启动调查，针对其可能滥用 J-1 签证的行为。J-1 签证是一项文化交流计划，允许外国学生在美国工作和学习。

“传票已经送达，调查正在进行，没有人能因为自己的名字刻在昂贵的建筑上就获得特权，”他说。

接受调查的学校包括哈佛大学、耶鲁大学、斯坦福大学、亚利桑那州立大学、布朗大学、麻省理工学院（M.I.T.）、匹兹堡大学、加州大学戴维斯分校以及加州理工学院。

斯坦福大学在一份声明中表示，其“遵守所有适用的签证法律，包括与 J-1 签证相关的法律”，并将“配合调查”。

布朗大学发言人布莱恩·克拉克（Brian Clark）在一份声明中表示，该大学已收到要求提供“与美国政府管理的外国劳工计划相关的各项记录”的传票，“我们将迅速且直接地做出回应”。

“布朗大学的国际学者、学生和员工为我们的校园做出了至关重要的贡献，包括在推动美国创新、竞争力和经济活力的教学与研究方面，”克拉克先生说。

亚利桑那州立大学指出，其培养的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）专业学生数量超过任何其他大学，并雇佣了全美规模最大的技术和科学队伍之一。该校表示，其“雇佣了履行这些职能所需的人才，且完全符合现行的美国政策和法律”。

长期以来，H-1B 计划一直是两党要求改革的目标，但现在已成为特朗普先生移民打击议程的核心。经济学家则主张，签证持有者提高了美国的生产力，甚至提高了美国工人的工资。

当被追问认证计划的使用如何构成欺诈时，Vance 先生表示，公司在虚报其引进的工人拥有“极高度专业化且极强能力”的技能组合。

Vance 先生表示，引进像科技巨头埃隆·马斯克这样“想要来到美国并创造伟大事业”的外国工人，与引进一名低薪会计员之间存在差异。

“你并不是在引进天才来建立一家伟大的美国公司，”Vance 先生说。“你是在对美国人民以及这项签证计划实施欺诈。”

在宣布调查几小时后，特朗普总统在华盛顿的一次峰会上向微软首席执行官萨提亚·纳德拉（Satya Nadella）颁发了国家技术与创新奖章，马斯克先生和其他科技高管也在会上获得表彰。

纳德拉先生为了读研究生来到美国，并于 1992 年加入微软。他在回忆录中写道，两年后，他放弃了永久居留权而改用 H-1B 签证，以便他的妻子能立即在美与他团聚。两人最终都获得了公民身份。

政府考虑使用船只遣返移民 | 肯尼迪推动研究

异常计划将增加海上航行天数并耗资数百万美元

本·马戈特 / 美联社 “金熊号”是一艘长500英尺的训练船，30年来一直用于加州理工海事学院学员的培训，目前它是特朗普政府考虑用于驱逐移民的选项之一。 丹妮尔·沃尔佩 / 纽约时报

此举将升级特朗普政府利用所有可用手段开展的大规模驱逐行动。这些步骤包括使用军用飞机将人员送往国外。

作者：哈梅德·阿莱齐兹

华盛顿——据两名美国官员透露，特朗普政府正考虑使用包括一艘500英尺长的训练船和渡轮在内的船只，将移民驱逐至中美洲和南美洲，这些航程可能耗时数日，且成本高达数百万美元。

一名因计划敏感而要求匿名的人士表示，近几周的讨论仍处于初步阶段，但官员们已经确定了可能的船只，包括停泊在加利福尼亚州的一艘海事学院船只——训练船“金熊号”。该官员还表示，国防部官员已经就欧洲的船只与相关公司取得了联系。

另一名来自负责监督驱逐工作的国土安全部的官员提醒称，该计划仍处于假设阶段，尚未做出任何决定。

考虑到物流挑战、高昂成本以及海上驱逐的历史记录不佳，目前尚不清楚官员们为何在考虑这样一个异常的计划。然而，该计划可以将部分驱逐成本从国土安全部转移到国防部。

国土安全部在一份声明中表示：“国土安全部正在评估我们所有的资源，以最大限度地提高效率，并继续执行特朗普总统为所有美国人保障国土安全的使命。”声明补充道，部长马克韦恩·马林“100百分之百专注于在确保满足我们部门需求的同时，尽可能地做好纳税人资金的管理人”。

国防部未对该提议发表评论。

该计划将代表特朗普政府不断演变的策略的又一次升级，即利用所有可用手段执行大规模驱逐。这些激进的步骤包括使用军用飞机将人员送往国外，将移民送往陌生且通常危险的第三国，以及将人员安置在古巴的关塔那摩湾。此外，该政府还采取了旨在威慑移民进入美国并说服其自行遣返的政策。

“移民与海关执法局（ICE）在功能上考虑的是监狱船，”拜登政府期间曾任移民与海关执法局高级官员的克莱尔·特里克勒-麦克纳尔蒂表示。“这在每一个环节都引发了严重的担忧。让人们在国际水域航行并经过其他国家领土数日之久，引发了关于适用何种法律以及如果出现问题谁拥有管辖权的严峻问题。”

她补充说，“在船上拘留数百人也是一个巨大的运营和安全挑战。”

特里克勒-麦克纳尔蒂女士表示，在她任职于国土安全部的期间（包括在奥巴马政府和第一任特朗普政府期间担任职业官员），机构工作人员曾考虑过各种驱逐人员的想法，例如使用船只或火车。但她说，他们从未认真推进过这些想法。

前往萨尔瓦多、洪都拉斯和委内瑞拉等国家的航程在海上将耗时数日，且需要大量安保人员。目前尚不清楚移民在旅途中是否会被拘留，以及他们的睡眠安排如何。

美国政府估计，使用船只每次航行的成本可能高达数百万美元，而遣返航班的费用则低得多。目前尚不清楚其他国家是否会同意此类计划。

“金熊号”（Golden Bear）曾作为加州理工大学海事学院（Cal Poly Maritime Academy）的培训船，是该校教育计划的核心部分，旨在为寻求海上职业的人员提供培训。该船在今年夏天结束了在校 30 年的服役期。目前尚不清楚联邦政府在何种权限下可以使用该船进行遣返。

该校在 7 月的一份公告中写道：“三十年来，‘金熊号’一直是一间漂浮的教室，数千名学员在这里将课堂知识转化为实际的海上经验。”

马克韦恩·马林（Markwayne Mullin）作为国土安全部长，在阐述其移民执法愿景时一直感到困难。

此类计划还将唤起人们对 20 世纪 50 年代一场充满争议的行动的记忆。在那场被称为“湿背行动”（Operation Wetback）的大规模遣返运动中，数十万墨西哥人被遣返回国。该行动以一个针对墨西哥移民的蔑称命名，其中就包括通过海路驱逐人员。

亚历克斯·肯特 / 《纽约时报》

1956 年 8 月，在墨西哥边境城市坦皮科（Tampico）附近的一艘船上爆发了混乱。《纽约时报》报道称，有 40 名乘客从船上跳下，其中 5 人溺亡。

墨西哥政府在 9 月份终止了该行动，理由是天气恶劣。《纽约时报》报道称，“普遍观点”认为这是因为坦皮科附近的事件，以及“据称船上设施不合格且对非自愿乘客存在虐待行为”。

肯尼迪推动疫苗伤害研究

“未来的疫苗，”她说。

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在已知的情况下，目前无法断定这是否将是一次正规的科学实践。

美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）在 6 月份发布于其网站上的两份未引起广泛关注的文件中描述了这一新举措。这些所谓的“重点课题”通知提醒潜在的研究人员，卫生部“将与 NIH 合作，通过改进数据收集和分析来调查疫苗伤害，包括在 NIH 临床中心建立一个新的疫苗伤害研究项目，该项目可能会扩展到全国各地的中心。”

尽管数十年的研究表明严重的疫苗副作用十分罕见，但小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪仍将疫苗安全作为他担任卫生部长任期内的基石。他的大部分工作都集中在疫苗与自闭症之间所谓的联系上，尽管大量研究未能证明这种联系的存在。特朗普政府已向自闭症研究投入数百万美元，其中包括资助一些被独立研究人员赞誉为正规学术科学的研究。

肯尼迪长期以来一直主张，疫苗中的化学物质（包括汞和铝盐）是危险的。专家表示，没有证据表明其中任何一种有害。

他还曾在没有证据的情况下暗示，疫苗与慢性疾病有关，并抱怨缺乏关于疫苗接种效果的长期研究。NIH 的一项“重点课题”公告要求对疫苗及其“在整个生命周期中与正面和负面长期健康结果的关系”进行大规模评估。

上个月，美国国家环境健康科学研究所的官员提议资助一项广泛的计划，以检查环境中的化学物质暴露，并在一次外部顾问会议上描述了该计划。

该提案并未明确指出研究将与疫苗相关。但其目标之一是“深化对铝的理解，包括通过环境、消费产品、职业和医疗相关暴露而接触到的含铝化合物”，一名熟悉该工作的人士表示，疫苗研究可能是其中的一部分。

疫苗专家对肯尼迪关注自闭症和金属等已被充分研究的课题持怀疑态度。但他们也认为有必要进行额外的疫苗安全研究。

“我认为我们确实需要更严肃地对待这些不良事件，并且我认为我们需要将这一点纳入到未来资助科学研究的方式中，”海伦·楚（Helen Chu）博士说道。直到去年春天，她还是一个外部专家小组的成员，负责就疫苗问题向疾病控制与预防中心提供建议，随后肯尼迪解雇了该委员会的所有成员。

“我们需要思考，如果某些疫苗确实发生了严重的不良事件，我们如何确保这些事件得到适当的研究，以便我们了解导致这些事件的原因，从而能够设计出更安全的

约翰·霍普金斯彭博公共卫生学院疫苗安全研究所负责人丹尼尔·萨蒙（Daniel Salmon）博士表示赞同。“更多关于疫苗安全的研究将非常有帮助，”他说，并补充道，“这必须是严谨的科学。”

遭受疫苗伤害的患者经常表示，他们感到被医学界忽视，并一直恳求政府采取更多行动。

在 NIH 与肯尼迪会面的患者中，有一位是布里安娜·德雷森（Brianne Dressen）。她曾参加过由阿斯利康公司研发的一款新冠疫苗的临床试验，由于人们担心该疫苗与一种极其罕见但严重的血栓疾病之间存在联系，导致需求下降，该疫苗在 2024 年被撤出市场。

德雷森女士曾是犹他州的一名学前教育教师，她拒绝谈论与肯尼迪的会面，但在接受《纽约时报》采访时描述了自己的经历。

她说，在2020年11月接种阿斯利康疫苗后的一小时内，她的四肢开始感到刺痛。她的症状包括

卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪在一定程度上希望研究长期影响。

疼痛，并在接下来的几周和几个月里不断恶化。她一度不得不使用轮椅，体重减轻了40磅。2021年1月，她联系了美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）临床中心的专家，该中心是一家完全致力于临床研究的医院。她说，那里的医生诊断她患有“疫苗后神经病变”。

她已起诉阿斯利康；该案件目前正在审理中。该公司发言人拒绝就此诉讼发表评论。

德雷森女士后来转向倡导工作，并创立了非营利组织 React19，以支持对新冠疫苗副作用以及新冠长期症状的研究。她说自己不参与政治。

“这是第一次有哪怕是稍微正式一点的举措，”她说。

肯尼迪的疫苗议程极具争议且引发了严重的分歧；白宫曾一度指示他不要谈论这一问题，担心这会损害共和党在下个月中期选举中的机会。今年2月，他开始强调其“食用真实食物”的议程，并从疫苗话题转移。

目前尚不清楚他访问美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）为何保密。周一，陪同他一起前往的还有负责联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）的梅赫梅特·奥兹博士、美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的新任负责人埃丽卡·施瓦茨博士，以及美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）的代理局长凯尔·迪亚曼塔斯。

贝塞斯达校区的所有员工都被鼓励居家办公。一封电子邮件警告称“交通量和安保将增加”，但未说明原因。

马杜罗被指控下令在监狱中折磨美国人

本文由 Santul Nerkar, Benjamin Weiser 和 Julie Turke-witz 撰写。

美国司法部（DOJ）周四宣布对被推翻的委内瑞拉领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗（Nicolás Maduro）及其妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯（Cilia Flores）提起新指控，指控他们折磨包括美国公民在内的被拘留者，以压制反对派并死守权力。

马杜罗先生和弗洛雷斯女士在 1 月的一次异常突袭中被捕，此前他们已在曼哈顿面临广泛的毒品恐怖主义和贩毒指控。两人定于 2027 年 6 月出庭受审，该案件引发了围绕逮捕过程以及马杜罗先生参与可卡因贸易程度的一系列法律问题。

但联邦检察官提出的新指控触及了不同的层面。他们指控这对夫妇通过暴力镇压本国公民以扼杀异议并破坏委内瑞拉的民主。据检察官称，折磨手段包括电击、强奸、长期隔离和饥饿。

在听证会后，纽约南区联邦法院的美国检察官杰米·麦克唐纳（Jamie McDonald）在法院外表示，起诉书中列出的涉嫌行为“简直不可想象”。

马杜罗先生的律师巴里·波拉克（Barry Pollack）在一份声明中表示，“马杜罗总统否认新起诉书中的指控，并期待在法庭上证明清白。”

周四在法庭上，一名

Kate Christobek 参与了报道。

检察官告诉审理此案的法官阿尔文·K·海勒斯坦（Alvin K. Hellerstein），有合作证人可以证明折磨行为的存在。这对夫妇将在稍后日期就新指控接受审理。

这份 30 页的起诉书称，从至少 1999 年到 2025 年，这对夫妇及委内瑞拉高级官员通过施加严重的身体和精神痛苦，以惩罚政治反对派成员、封杀异议并维护其权威。

起诉书称，一名官员下令谋杀马杜罗政权的反对者，监督折磨行为，并亲自威胁要谋杀一名囚犯的孩子。

根据起诉书，另一名直接向马杜罗先生汇报的委内瑞拉高级军官开发了折磨方法并提交给马杜罗先生批准，并领导一个负责折磨数十名受害者的机构。

文件称，第三名官员下令并参与了对平民和军方人员（包括美国公民）的折磨，这些人被认为对马杜罗先生的统治构成了威胁。

马杜罗政府关押的大多数政治犯是委内瑞拉人。2024 年底，人权组织 Foro Penal 表示，有 2,000 多名委内瑞拉人被非法拘禁。

在马杜罗担任总统期间，其政府还经常在委内瑞拉监狱中逮捕并关押美国公民和美国永久居民。被拘留者经常被用作政治筹码，马杜罗试图以此从华盛顿换取有利条件以释放他们。

被捕者包括一组被称为“Citgo 6”的石油高管，他们被关押在 2017 年至 2022 年之间。另外两名美国人马修·希思（Matthew Heath）和奥斯曼·汗（Osman Khan）去年起诉了马杜罗先生，声称在 2020 年和 2022 年开始的长期非法监禁期间，他们遭受了水刑、电击以及被使用改变意识的药物。

在描述一名被标识为“受害者-7”的男子的窒息、殴打和饥饿情况时，起诉。

1999年至2025年间的新压迫指控。

起诉书似乎描述了汗先生（Mr. Khan）被拘禁的情况，他此前曾公开讨论过自己的经历。

起诉书称，受害者-7（Victim-7）被诬陷参与了一场刺杀马杜罗先生（Mr. Maduro）的阴谋，以及其他指控。根据起诉书，在遭受数日的殴打后，受害者-7被带往博莱塔北监狱（Boleita Norte prison），在那里被关押并遭受酷刑八个半月。

汗先生表示，他当时是一名刚大学毕业的学生，于2022年从哥伦比亚进入委内瑞拉，计划与女友的家人见面。汗先生的律师未立即回应置评请求。

在周四的一次采访中，曾在2020年至2022年间被拘禁的前海军陆战队员希思先生（Mr. Heath）表示，看到美国试图追究马杜罗先生的责任，他感到“高兴”。

他说：“这让正义的实现又近了一步。”

起诉书称，在马杜罗先生宣布在充满违规行为的2024年7月总统选举中获胜后，暴行仍在继续。

马杜罗先生和弗洛雷斯女士（Ms. Flores）的律师以主权豁免为由，主张不应在美国法院接受审判。海勒斯坦法官（Judge Hellerstein）尚未就他们基于该理由提出的驳回起诉申请做出裁决。

2024年后期，在与美国及其他国家关系恶化的背景下，马杜罗政府加强了监禁外国人的做法。被监禁者中包括许多美国公民和美国永久居民。其中一些人在获释后接受了《纽约时报》的采访，描述了被殴打、被长期禁闭在混凝土牢房中，以及被拒绝接触律师、美国官员和其他访客的情况。

前囚犯之一格雷戈里·大卫·韦伯（Gregory David Weber）表示，狱警经常告诉他：“马杜罗就是那个决定你是否继续被监禁或获释的人。”

在本周的一次采访中，韦伯先生表示，他“很高兴看到这家伙被起诉”。

他说：“基本上，他曾经对我们做的事，现在正发生在他身上。谁能想到——这简直是个奇迹。”

周四在曼哈顿联邦法院外，约二十几人在集会支持马杜罗先生和弗洛雷斯女士。弗洛雷斯女士以健康状况恶化为由，寻求保释出狱。他们中的许多人挥舞着委内瑞拉国旗，拿着这对夫妇的照片，还举着一块写着“立即为西莉亚·弗洛雷斯提供医疗护理 4 Cilia Flores！”的标牌。海勒斯坦法官驳回了这一请求。

然而，委内瑞拉政府并未将马杜罗先生的案件视为一个著名的抗争事业。相反，目前与特朗普总统（President Trump）结盟的委内瑞拉官员似乎在尽可能少地提及马杜罗先生和弗洛雷斯女士。

例如，该国临时总统德尔西·罗德里格斯（Delcy Rodriguez）在最近向联合国大会发表的演讲中，没有明确提到他。她还将马杜罗的一名重要盟友亚历克斯·萨阿布（Alex Saab）引渡到了美国。萨阿布先生上个月承认洗钱罪名，被视为针对马杜罗先生的潜在关键证人。

罗德里格斯女士还清洗了政府中的马杜罗盟友，并停止公开为其获释进行游说。在普通委内瑞拉人中，没有人对马杜罗先生有好感，他被广泛认为是导致经济剧烈衰退、窃取2024年总统选举结果以及造成重大侵犯人权行为的责任人。

根据人权组织“刑法论坛”（Foro Penal）的数据，在她的政府领导下，委内瑞拉仍有300多名政治犯。

该组织主任冈萨洛·希米奥布（Gonzalo Himiob）表示，新的起诉书“为委内瑞拉点亮了希望之光”，不过他补充说，要消除虐待行为还需要做更多工作。

他说：“酷刑绝对地成为了国家政策，而且现在依然如此。”

法官驳回马杜罗妻子申请离开布鲁克林监狱的上诉

TODD HESLER / THE NEW YORK TIMES 周四，尼古拉斯·马杜罗及其妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯的支持者在曼哈顿联邦法院外抗议他们的被拘留。

作者：SANTUL NERKAR

被罢免的委内瑞拉领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗的妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯在布鲁克林监狱的牢房中，经历了美国那些问题重重的联邦拘留所中常见的一些问题。

她的单元内发生了一场斗殴，导致警卫使用了胡椒喷雾，使她感到胸闷。她体重减轻了 25 磅，掉了两颗磨牙，心脏状况也恶化了。

她的律师曾请求法官允许她被释放到纽约的私人居家监禁中——费用将由委内瑞拉政府支付——以便她能得到妥善治疗。

但周四，负责审理此案的法官阿尔文·K·海勒斯坦（Alvin K. Hellerstein）驳回了这一请求。

此类请求并不罕见。为了在不同程度上获得成功，富有的被告经常试图利用金钱来避免在问题重重的美国联邦监狱中服刑。

贫困被告的支持者长期以来一直认为，被告可以通过花钱脱离监狱的想法是不公平的。在最近的法院文件中，曼哈顿的联邦检察官辩称，批准弗洛雷斯女士的请求将创建一个两级保释制度，在这种制度下，像她这样富有的被告可以支付私人监狱的费用，而较贫困的被告则必须继续被拘留。

“这不过是企图利用她的财富来获得法律所禁止的特殊待遇，”纽约南区联邦法院的联邦检察官上个月写道。

在驳回该动议时，海勒斯坦法官引用了政府案件中证据的力度。周四公布的一份针对弗洛雷斯女士和马杜罗先生的新起诉书指控这对夫妇共谋折磨被拘留者，其中包括委内瑞拉和美国公民。

“监狱不是一个舒服的地方，”海勒斯坦法官在法庭上说，“但这些指控非常严重。”

63 岁的马杜罗先生和 69 岁的弗洛雷斯女士的联邦审判定于 2027 年 6 月举行。两人均对共谋从事毒品恐怖主义和进口可卡因以及其他指控表示不认罪。

法院在驳回类似弗洛雷斯女士的请求时，经常承认其中存在明显的极不平等。2016 年，理查德·M·伯曼（Richard M. Berman）法官驳回了释放土耳其黄金交易商雷扎·扎拉布（Reza Zarrab）的请求（该人被指控规避制裁），他写道，扎拉布先生提出的 5000万美元 保释金方案将有助于“促进不平等，并使极少数极其富有的刑事被告获得不公正的待遇”。

有时，法官会批准此类方案。2009 年，一名联邦法官允许被指控诈骗投资者 7亿美元 的曼哈顿律师马克·德雷尔（Marc Dreier）在支付 1000万美元 保释金的情况下，在等待审判期间留在其上东区的公寓中。他最终认罪并被判处 20 年监禁。

专家表示，作为委内瑞拉的第一夫人，弗洛雷斯女士通过利用一个腐败网络积累了巨额财富。在作为胡戈·查韦斯（Hugo Chávez，马杜罗的前任和导师）的盟友在委内瑞拉国家政治中晋升后，弗洛雷斯女士被广泛认为对该国的司法系统拥有影响力。

今年 1 月，马杜罗先生和弗洛雷斯女士在一次美国军事行动中从加拉加斯的一个院落中被抓获。弗洛雷斯女士的律师马克·唐纳利（Mark Donnelly）写道，在被捕过程中，弗洛雷斯女士被抓捕者造成了“永久性伤疤”，包括面部、前额和腹部的受伤。

自 1 月以来，弗洛雷斯女士一直被关押在布鲁克林的都会拘留中心（Metropolitan Detention Center），这是一个暴力且问题重重的联邦拘留所。唐纳利在法院文件中写道，她在监狱中的健康状况恶化，需要进行医疗手术来治疗她的心脏病。

9月，马杜罗先生和弗洛雷斯女士的律师致信海勒斯坦法官，主张基于主权豁免权撤销指控，这意味着他们的当事人无需在美国法院接受起诉。该议题计划于下个月在海勒斯坦法官面前进行辩论。

法院命令销毁批评德桑蒂斯政府的报告

作者：大卫·欧瓦莱 (DAVID OVALLE)

佛罗里达州的一个上诉法院小组已下令完全销毁一份大陪审团报告。该报告此前认定，州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯 (Ron DeSantis) 的政府通过将 1000万美元 的纳税人资金转移到一家与州长妻子相关的慈善机构，从而“挪用”了这笔资金。

周三的一项一致决定认定，去年由塔拉哈西 (Tallahassee) 检察官组建的大陪审团在指控人们参与一项“复杂的计划”以“挪用资金”但未发出任何起诉书的情况下，超出了其职权范围。

该州第一区上诉法院的兰斯·E·内夫 (Lance E. Neff) 法官写道，这份大陪审团报告从未公开，但被泄露给迈阿密的一家新闻台并在 8 月发表，该报告错误地“诋毁”了参与将 1000万美元 转移至政治委员会的私人个体。

“大陪审团并非一个拥有无限权力的自治机构，”内夫法官写道。内夫法官是由共和党人德桑蒂斯先生今年任命的，他此前曾在该州的监狱系统和总检察长办公室担任律师。

裁决书称该报告“语法粗疏，法律适用错误，且与其自身的记录不符”。

这一决定为这场震惊佛罗里达政界的丑闻增添了新的转折。民主党人此前一直将此事件作为德桑蒂斯政府内部腐败的证据。由于任期限制，德桑蒂斯先生将于 1 月离任。

德桑蒂斯先生的发言人亚历克斯·兰弗兰科尼 (Alex Lanfranconi) 在一份声明中表示：“这是完全且彻底的洗清。”

位于州首府塔拉哈西的莱昂县 (Leon County) 大陪审团调查了“希望佛罗里达” (Hope Florida) 的筹款部门。这是一个由该州第一夫人凯西·德桑蒂斯 (Casey DeSantis) 于 2021. 创立的慈善机构。该慈善机构的目标是通过将家庭与教会和援助团体联系起来，使其无需依赖公共救济。

2024, 其筹款部门“希望佛罗里达基金会” (Hope Florida Foundation) 从一家因医疗补助 (Medicaid) 过度计费而受到州政府审查的医疗保健公司获得了 1000万美元。该公司 Centene 还向该州支付了 5700万美元 作为和解金的一部分。

这 1000万美元 ——德桑蒂斯政府称其为私人“捐款”——被立即重新定向至支持一项竞选活动的政治委员会，德桑蒂斯先生当时正领导该活动，反对一项旨在将大麻合法化的投票提案。

根据法律，佛罗里达州的大陪审团可以调查涉及公众利益的问题，包括涉及公职人员的问题。即使他们得出的结论并非起诉，其报告通常也会公开。

这份于 1 月完成的报告点名了德桑蒂斯政府的多名官员，并将这些交易称为“资助政治活动的一项复杂计划的一部分”。但报告发现，由于证人无法回忆起是谁指示将 Centene 的资金转给“希望佛罗里达”，因此无法证明存在犯罪行为。

上诉法院写道，大陪审团“即使在没有指控犯罪的情况下，也可以报告官方的不称职或懈怠”，但当大陪审团发现违反法律的行为时，“其职责是起诉；而当指控没有根据时，其职责是证明清白”。

裁决还批评了莱昂县州检察官杰克·坎贝尔 (Jack Campbell) 的办公室，因为该办公室将这份秘密报告发送给了“至少 49 名接收者”，称此举是“超出了法律授权的机密材料披露”。坎贝尔先生拒绝置评。

在一家监督组织主张公开该报告后，一名莱昂县法官在今年夏天已经下令对报告的大部分内容进行遮盖。坎贝尔先生曾对该裁决提出上诉，但在 CBS 迈阿密站于 8 月下旬公布整个报告后，他撤回了上诉。

监督组织“佛罗里达政府问责中心” (Florida Center for Government Accountability) 的执行主任迈克尔·巴菲尔德 (Michael Barfield) 称，这次上诉过程是一场“单方面的表演”，是由报告中被点名且希望保持秘密的人员的律师所推动的。

巴菲尔德先生表示，该组织正在权衡其法律选项。

“佛罗里达州有着悠久的大陪审团呈报历史，经常对像本案涉及的这类公职人员提出批评，”他说，“许多大陪审团报告虽然没有提起起诉，但进行了批评——而这在法律上是被允许的。”

针对“希望佛罗里达”（Hope Florida）的关注并未消退。

据《奥兰多哨兵报》报道，奥兰多地区的州检察官莫妮卡·H·沃雷尔（Monique H. Worrell）表示，她的办公室正在调查“希望佛罗里达”相关事宜。德桑蒂斯先生在 2023 年暂停了身为民主党人的沃雷尔女士的职务，称其能力不足且玩忽职守。随后，选民再次将其选回原职。

前往古巴的燃料在美国港口被扣押

作者：DAVID OVALLE 和 DAVID C. ADAMS

佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州的联邦当局扣押了超过 600,000 加仑准备运往古巴的生物柴油。这似乎是自特朗普政府今年早些时候对该国实施燃料封锁以来，首次发生的大规模此类扣押行动。

根据美国国土安全部的说法，这批燃料由一家与古巴政府有关联的燃料进口商采购，价值超过 $2.800 万。美国政府已于 7 月对该公司 ENETEC S.A. 实施制裁。

在周三宣布扣押行动的新闻发布会上，美国国土安全调查局迈阿密分局负责特工何塞·R·菲格罗亚（José R. Figueroa）表示，这些货物“反映了向受制裁公司供应燃料的蓄意且协调一致的努力”。

菲格罗亚先生以调查正在进行为由，拒绝透露参与销售的美国公司或企业的身份。官员们没有宣布刑事指控，也没有透露燃料的来源国。

古巴虽然能自行生产部分燃料，但在很大程度上依赖外国供应来维持其电网运行并保证国家运转。

特朗普政府旨在迫使古巴进行政治和经济变革，在 1 月份委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗（Nicolás Maduro）被捕后，开始切断向这个由共产党执政的岛国的燃料供应。委内瑞拉曾提供古巴的大部分燃料。在特朗普总统威胁要对相关政府征收关税后，其他国家也停止了向该岛出口燃料。

随之而来的停电导致古巴人的冰箱和电灯无法使用，医院和学校也无法完全正常运作。

美国官员表示，情报和贸易数据分析促使当局在佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡的埃弗格莱兹港（Port Everglades）扣押了 71 批货物，共计 496,000 加仑生物柴油。另有 19 批货物，共计 119,000 加仑，在休斯顿港被扣押。

此次扣押发生在美国与古巴之间的外交谈判陷入停滞之际，这令迈阿密一些古巴流亡 [...OMITTED...]

为受美国制裁的古巴公司采购生物柴油

那些认为该岛政治和经济变革速度不够快的古巴流亡社区对此感到失望。

古巴最近实施了一项重组计划，旨在刺激更多私营企业发展并放宽国家对经济的控制。本周，古巴顶尖棒球队“工业队”（Industriales）宣布了其有史以来首个商业赞助商——一家美国燃料的私营分销商，该公司于 6 月在古巴开设了首家零售店。

美国财政部已颁发个人许可证，允许将燃料从美国出口到古巴的私营企业。菲格罗亚先生表示，上个月发生的这些扣押行动“并非旨在干扰支持古巴家庭、工人及社区的正当人道主义援助”。

美国国务院在的一份声明中断言，它已经“打破了政权对燃料的垄断，激励并赋予了更多私营企业权力”。该部门承认“不能排除部分燃料被转移至与政权有关的人物或实体”，但誓言将打击规避制裁的公司。

海上执法工作仍在继续。上周，海岸警卫队宣布扣押了一艘运往古巴的燃料货轮。今年夏天，海岸警卫队扣押了另一艘开往古巴、载有 210,000 加仑燃料的船只。

古巴经济专家注意到，美国私营燃料向古巴的销售量激增，这引发了人们对供应最终落入政府控制之手的担忧。古巴经济学家奥马尔·埃弗莱尼·佩雷斯（Omar Everleny Pérez）在 9 月迈阿密的一次古巴经济学家会议上表示，燃料现在突然变得如此充足，以至于价格从每升 5 美元（$5）降至 2.50 美元（$2.50）。

一些专家表示，近期关于向古巴运输燃料的数据暴露了特朗普政府缺乏明确战略，这让他们质疑这些私营运输是防止全面人道主义崩溃的刻意努力，还是仅仅是当地参与者利用监管漏洞的结果。

“你知道，创造力和独到心是古巴世界的通行货币，”迈阿密大学的古巴专家迈克尔·布斯塔曼特（Michael Bustamante）在一次采访中说道。

走钢丝的马姆达尼向分裂的纽约解释其10月7日言论

本文由达娜·鲁宾斯坦（Dana Rubinstein）、利亚姆·斯塔克（Liam Stack）和萨莉·戈登伯格（Sally Goldenberg）撰写。

市长佐兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）周四表示，对于他在处理10月7日袭击三周年纪念活动时的做法并不感到后悔，尽管他纪念该日期的努力已演变为其短暂执掌纽约市期间最令人揪心的时刻之一。

相反，他再次确认自己对解决巴以冲突方案的信心，而正是这一方案导致部分纽约犹太人及亲巴勒斯坦活动人士对他领导能力的抨击。

在布鲁克林举行的一场无关的新闻发布会上，当被问及周三的事件时，马姆达尼先生对他为纪念该周年日发表的声明表示没有遗憾。他的声明激怒了许多犹太领导人，后者认为该声明过于关注以色列在加沙的战争，而未能足够关注当天在以色列被杀害或被绑架的人员。

“能够为所有被杀害的人以及此后被杀害的人哀悼至关重要，尤其是考虑到我们知道这种情况仍在继续，”市长周四表示。他说，他的意图是正视“三年前摧毁了纽约人生活的恐怖，而这种恐怖在今天依然在摧毁纽约人的生活”。

马姆达尼先生周四表示，他此前已经明确，并且将继续坚持认为，哈马斯在2023年10月7日对以色列的袭击中犯下了战争罪，在那次袭击中约有1,200人被杀，251人被绑架。他还表示，以色列利用那场大屠杀来证明其对加沙进行长期袭击的正当性，这已导致超过74,000名巴勒斯坦人死亡，他认为这些行为等同于种族灭绝。

对于周三晚上参加由“以色列和平组织”（Israelis for Peace）为纪念以色列和加沙遇难者而组织的守夜活动，他没有表现出任何犹豫——在当选之前，他去年也参加了该活动。他没有提及当一群亲巴勒斯坦活动人士扰乱集会、对他起哄并称其为“叛徒”时所出现的紧张局面。

虽然来自亲以色列犹太领导人的反对已变得频繁，但他不太习惯于因为承认以色列人和犹太人的悲痛而遭到同样批评以色列的同僚的公开嘲讽。

但他在周四表示，纽约人会找到团结在一起的方法，尽管犹太领导人指责他在反犹主义和暴力恐惧加剧的情况下，对以色列的关注威胁到了其犹太选民的安全。

他的信息一致性背后有着政治逻辑。

“作为一名沟通顾问和战略师，你永远不会告诉你的客户反复无常，”民主党政治顾问卢佩·托德-梅迪纳（Lupe Todd-Medina）说。“你必须坚持自己的立场并坚守在那里。”

但这种一致性几乎未能解决马姆达尼先生面临的困境，他正处于与犹太领导人之间紧张的关系，以及来自部分左翼盟友日益增长的怀疑之中。

自今年1月就任纽约市首位穆斯林市长以来，巴以冲突一直困扰着马姆达尼先生。他是一名坚定的亲巴勒斯坦活动人士和以色列批评者，而他所在的这座城市穆斯林人口正在增长，且仍有12%的人口是犹太人。在竞选市长期间，他曾承诺如果以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）踏入这座城市，就将其逮捕。

在这样一个政治人物长期以来几乎反射性地亲以色列的城市里，他在该问题上毫不掩饰的立场，让穆斯林和年轻的活动人士感到兴奋，他们热情地加入了他的联盟。

但治理与竞选截然不同。

事实证明，他并没有权力逮捕内塔尼亚胡先生，他的团队在数月间一直告知他这一点，但他直到7月才在一段视频中公开承认。这段视频令犹太社区领袖们感到不安，他们认为他对以色列及其领导人的激烈谴责，是为了在转移其背弃竞选承诺这一注意力之余，安抚其支持基础的举动。

8月，在市政厅的一次会议上，拉比们恳请市长降低对抗情绪，并更审慎地考虑他的言论如何影响纽约的犹太居民。在一段时间内，他似乎减少了谈论中东问题的频率。

但不久后，紧张局势再次浮现。在犹太高圣日期间，市长办公室发布了一份关于打击反犹主义的努力报告，而反犹主义在10月 7 日袭击事件后已在美国全境上升。

该报告避开了关于以色列这一棘手问题，但仍然激怒了一些马姆达尼先生的支持者。这些人涌入社交媒体，指责他通过强调针对犹太人的仇恨犯罪、将仇恨犯罪的概念定义得过宽，以及向一个支持以色列的犹太社区团体提供资金，从而向犹太复国主义议程低头。

市长言论引发愤怒与苦涩

本文由 Liam Stack, Dana Rubinstein 和 Sally Goldenberg 撰写。

对于长期批评以色列、且身为一座犹太人口占比 12% 的城市首位穆斯林市长的佐兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）来说，10月 7 日袭击事件三周年纪念日引发紧张局势似乎在所难免。

但周三爆发的愤怒与情绪如此剧烈，以至于任何庄重纪念以色列历史上最惨烈一天的努力似乎都被淹没了。

马姆达尼先生在上午 9 点前不久以发表一份声明开始了这一天。该声明旨在承认 10月 7 日周年纪念日，但几乎立即在一些犹太领导人中引起轩然大波，他们称该声明淡化了在哈马斯领导的袭击中以色列遭受的苦难。

大约 12 小时后，情况在曼哈顿联合广场由以色列和平活动人士组织的守夜活动中发生了转折。在那里，亲巴勒斯坦的示威者干扰了活动并对市长发出嘲笑。晚上 8:50，他在安保人员的陪同下走向等待的 SUV 时，面色苍白且显得心烦意乱，并未向人群发表讲话。

这些事件引发了人们的质疑：马姆达尼先生在竞选期间凭借对巴勒斯坦事业的拥护和对以色列的激烈批评而获得支持，那么现在作为市长，他能否团结那些在这一问题上情绪依然激昂的纽约人。

“这是一个人们在观察我们是否拥有那种能够将人们凝聚在一起、降低紧张气氛并让每个人都感到受尊重的领导力的时刻，”犹太社区关系委员会（Jewish Community Relations Council）首席执行官马克·特雷格（Mark Treyger）表示，“而今天显然不是这样。”

这位以开朗、灿烂笑容著称的市长，面对联合广场上亲巴勒斯坦人群表达的反对意见，似乎感到格外受伤，因为他一直支持他们的事业。

在守夜活动期间，他面无表情，有时显得垂头丧气，而活动人士则高喊支持哈马斯的口号，要求以色列士兵死亡，并谴责他是“叛徒”，许多人提到他与特朗普总统的会面或他努力与犹太领导人建立联系的行为。

“佐兰，你这个胆小鬼！”人群中有人大喊，现场有数百人。其他人则喊道：“佐兰是个叛徒！”

马姆达尼先生的一天似乎经过精心计划，以避免此类场面。他拒绝了以色列驻纽约总领事一份带有政治色彩的邀请，邀请他观看一部时长 47 分钟、展示 10月 7 日袭击片段的电影，而是选择参加由“以色列和平组织”（Israelis for Peace）主办、许多进步犹太盟友出席的晚间守夜活动。

Claire Fahy, Emma G. Fitzsimmons, Wesley Parnell 和 Sean Piccoli 参与了报道。

随后，他与在上西区的一家名为 Hind's Hall 的巴勒斯坦餐厅会见了巴勒斯坦裔纽约人，以此结束这一天。

但到中午时分，很明显他早晨的声明已引起许多犹太裔纽约人的深切愤怒。

与州长和其他民选领导人发表的声明不同，马姆达尼先生的言论更多地关注巴勒斯坦人的苦难，而非 2023年 10月 7 日 在以色列发生的约 1,200 人被杀和 251 人被绑架事件。他的话语甚至让一些盟友感到惊讶，他承认这一天“让许多纽约人深感痛苦”，但随后转向谴责以色列在加沙地带实施的所谓“毁灭性的、持续的种族灭绝”。

根据加沙卫生部的统计，以色列在加沙的军事行动已导致超过 73,000 名巴勒斯坦人死亡，该统计未区分平民和战斗人员，但包括数千名儿童。

“苦难并非始于那天，也未止于那天，”马姆达尼先生在提到 10月 7 日 时说道，并补充道：“随着每一枚以色列炸弹落在医院外等待的救护车上，每一次无人机袭击针对住宅楼或记者，以及每一批粮食援助在边境口岸被拒之门外，这种苦难都在加剧。”

他并未对10月7日的袭击提供同样详尽的描述。

纽约拉比委员会主席阿米尔·赫希（Ammiel Hirsch）拉比表示，马姆达尼先生的言论在“道德上是扭曲的”，且“就像在纽约和美国犹太社区的伤口上撒盐”。

“这对许多犹太人来说具有极强的冒犯性，以至于很难描述这种冒犯程度，”他说，“而且这加剧了美国犹太人和纽约犹太人自他初次成名以来就产生的一种感觉，即他对犹太人的集体赋权持有成见，并且仇恨以色列国。”

在他尚处于起步阶段的市长任期内，马姆达尼先生不得不小心翼翼地在两者之间寻求平衡：一方面渴望维持其进步派基本盘的好感，另一方面则试图扩大其政治吸引力。在警务问题上，他向中间立场靠拢，并放弃了与城市预算限制相冲突的竞选承诺。

但在巴以冲突问题上，他始终坚定地谴责以色列在加沙的行动。根据皮尤研究中心（Pew Research Center）的数据，此时这场战争已导致美国公众对以色列的支持率大幅下降。

摄影：希拉里·斯威夫特（HILARY SWIFT）为《纽约时报》拍摄

当马姆达尼先生在7月发布一段视频，承认自己没有权力逮捕以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡（Benjamin Netanyahu），但谴责其为“战争罪犯”时，纽约犹太人的愤怒达到了顶点。

许多领导人公开质疑，在市内的反犹太仇恨犯罪和对暴力的恐惧依然高涨之时，马姆达尼先生为何要如此关注以色列的行动。一些人担心，这个问题可能会阻碍他推进更广泛的议程。

“当你担任纽约市市长时，在这样一个问题上是没有赢家的，”曾在市长比尔·德布拉西奥（Bill de Blasio）任内担任新闻秘书的埃里克·菲利普斯（Eric Phillips）表示，“你表达自己的感受，但要明白这份工作并不适合那些渴望被所有人喜爱的人。”

在8月的一次市政厅会议上，多位拉比恳请马姆达尼先生缓和其反以色列的言论，认为这在本地煽动了反犹主义的火焰。

随后，马姆达尼先生似乎在针对以色列发声的机会面前选择了回避。在内塔尼亚胡先生访问联合国期间，他避开了抗议活动；而在此期间，这位总理对马姆达尼先生及其妻子拉玛·杜瓦吉（Rama Duwaji）进行了猛烈抨击。

市长没有发布关于以色列或内塔尼亚胡先生的社交媒体视频，而是发表了一份简短声明，称这位总理在联合国演讲中“重复毫无根据的谎言，旨在为其对巴勒斯坦人的种族灭绝洗白”，并发布了一段视频，显示他在其官方住所格雷西大宅（Gracie Mansion）与来自加沙的巴勒斯坦人一起种植橄榄树。马姆达尼先生在配文中写道：“愿和平成为我们的未来。”

几天后，马姆达尼先生的办公室发布了一份关于纽约市反犹主义的报告，描述了他的政府为防止仇恨犯罪和庆祝犹太传—

周三，佐兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）市长出席由“以色列和平人士”在联合广场举办的守夜活动。左侧，亲巴勒斯坦抗议者称他为“叛徒”。

—统而采取的措施。一些犹太领导人批评他在报告中没有实质性地提及以色列。但亲巴勒斯坦的活动人士在网上痛斥他向一个亲以色列的犹太社区团体拨款，在某些情况下，甚至因为他发布了这份报告而对其进行抨击。

在周三联合广场的抗议活动中，28岁的叶辛·拉尼（Yeasin Rani）表示，他希望向马姆达尼先生施压，以便“他不被当权者完全收买”。

“他让人们对巴勒斯坦问题有了很多关注，并将政治对话引导向了好的方向，但最近他妥协了，”拉尼先生说，“不过，对于纽约市市长来说，这是预料之中的。”

巴勒斯坦事业自马姆达尼在鲍登学院就读期间起就一直是其政治身份的核心，他在那里创立了“巴勒斯坦正义学生会”的分会。作为一名州议会议员，他曾发起立法，旨在取消与约旦河西岸以色列定居者有联系的非营利组织的免税资格。

正是激进的反犹太复国主义组织“美国民主社会主义者”将这位 34 岁的政治人物推向了市长之位。

前市议会议长克里斯汀·奎因对马姆达尼出席守夜活动给予了“极大的肯定”。

“有时，领导力并不在于让每个人都满意，”她说，“甚至不在于让其中一方满意。”

儿童看护调查发现，父母更希望有更多时间照顾婴儿

作者：EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

市长佐兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）的儿童看护计划承诺，在其首个任期结束前，为纽约市每位 2 岁儿童提供一个免费席位，随后将该计划扩大到涵盖婴儿。

周四发布的一项针对父母的新调查显示，为什么覆盖更年幼的儿童可能会面临困难。

根据 New America 和 Robin Hood 这两家非营利组织对大约 4,300 名纽约市父母进行的调查，超过 60% 的家庭更希望由父母或亲属照顾 2, 岁以下的儿童。这两家机构曾与市政府合作撰写了一份关于父母对儿童看护需求的报告。

该报告的作者建议加强带薪育儿假，并考虑为年幼儿童的父母或亲属提供直接的资金支持。

纽约市在为 3, 和 4 岁儿童提供免费学前教育方面一直处于全美领先地位，并在 9 月为 2 岁儿童增加了 2,000 个席位（称为 2-K），其宏伟目标是最终使该计划覆盖从 6 周到 5 岁的所有儿童。

但关于政府是否也应该支付费用让父母留在家中，全美一直存在争论。特朗普政府正采取行动，允许有留守配偶的已婚夫妇领取补贴，从而将资金从针对职场父母的计划中转移出来。

以下是调查结果：

部分家庭每年在儿童看护上花费 $28,000。

调查发现，父母们在支付儿童看护费用方面倍感吃力，这影响了他们的职业决策。

报告中引用了一位曼哈顿母亲的话，她说她留在家里照顾 1 岁和 3 岁的孩子，因为看护费用高于她的收入。“我觉得我没有选择，”她说。

对于最年幼的孩子，看护费用更高。报告孩子在 1 岁以下的父母每月在儿童看护上的平均支出为 $2,395，即每年超过 $28,000。而对于最小孩子是 4 岁的家庭，这一成本下降到每月 $1,000 以下。

报告敦促市政府考虑向照顾儿童的父母、亲属、朋友或邻居提供资金支持。

三分之二的父母希望亲自照顾婴儿。

调查发现，在孩子的第一年里，69% 的家庭希望由父母能够提供照顾。

其他选项则不那么受欢迎：13% 的人倾向于由亲属照顾，6% 的人希望使用儿童看护中心，5% 的人倾向于由朋友或保姆照顾。

对于较大的孩子，父母对正式环境的接受度更高。对于 1 岁孩子，约 28% 的父母表示希望使用中心、家庭日托或基于学校的看护。对于 3 岁孩子，这一比例增长到了 70%。

父母希望获得更多育儿假。

纽约州的带薪休假法律允许许多父母休假最多 12 周，并可获得最高三分之二的薪水。调查发现，部分父母的休假时间少于此期限。

超过 40% 的父母表示，如果资金和工作保障不是问题，他们更希望休假六个月或更长时间。

报告称，改善休假制度是“响应迅速且高效的”，并且可以减少对婴儿持证看护计划的需求，而后者费用更高。

智库 Capita 的高级研究员、曾撰写过儿童看护政策书籍的埃利奥特·哈斯佩尔（Elliot Haspel）表示，美国在提供育儿假方面在全球范围内是一个“巨大的异类”。

“这两件事可以同时——”

“实现：强有力的、长期的带薪育儿假，以及一个资金充足的、免费的正式儿童看护系统，”他说。

不同社区的需求各异。

该市针对 3 岁和 4 岁儿童的免费学前教育计划一直依赖于学校内部项目和儿童看护中心，这些项目通常更受高收入家庭的青睐。

而针对 2 岁及以下儿童（2-K）的扩容计划则更多地依赖于家庭日托中心，这类中心通常价格更实惠且更灵活，往往是工人阶级社区的首选。

调查发现，这些模式确实存在。在最贫困的布朗克斯区的部分地区，只有 18% 的家长表示希望 2 岁儿童能参加基于学校或中心的计划。而在布鲁克林富裕的威廉斯堡社区，有 52% 的家长希望选择这些选项。

该市儿童看护办公室主任艾米·利斯（Emmy Liss）在与记者及报告作者的视频通话中表示，该市将利用这些信息来制定战略。

信任是最关键的因素。 报告指出，在选择儿童看护提供者时，家长最关心的是信任：大约 47% 的人将其列为首要因素。

便利性和成本的排名也较高。此外，家长希望工作人员拥有早期儿童教育学位，并能为孩子提供户外活动机会。

布鲁克林的两位父亲表示，对于 3 岁以下、还太小无法沟通问题的孩子，信任对家长来说更为重要。

报告称，一个成功的系统“必须赢得家庭的信心，而不仅仅是增加名额”。

与爱泼斯坦有联系的领导人切断与巴德学院的所有关系

作者：VIMAL PATEL

“我们时代的掠食者。”

因与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）有联系而受到审查的巴德学院（Bard College）前任校长里昂·博特斯坦（Leon Botstein），于周三辞去了所有与该学院相关的职务。

这一公告发布于同一天，众议院司法委员会向巴德学院领导层发送了一封信函，称博特斯坦博士在担任校长期间，“可能纵容甚至可能参与了”爱泼斯坦先生的虐待行为。信中还对博特斯坦博士领导下的巴德学院如何处理校园内的性行为不端投诉表示担忧。

博特斯坦博士在春季宣布将从校长职位退休，他曾担任该职半个世纪，但直到周三仍在该学院担任多种角色。他辞去学院其他职位的计划此前由《时代联盟报》（Times Union）报道。

这封信由委员会首席成员、众议员杰米·拉斯金（Jamie Raskin）发出，信中指出了一封 2014 年 5 月的电子邮件。在该邮件中，一名使用巴德学院校长邮箱地址的人询问，爱泼斯坦先生可能正在贩卖的一名女性是“给我的，还是你打算留给自己”。

“很难为博特斯坦的问题及相关事件构建任何形式的清白解释，”拉斯金先生写道，并补充说这个问题是向“最著名的性

在一份声明中，博特斯坦博士称信中的指控不实，并表示他没有写那封涉事邮件。

“任何关于我知道或参与爱泼斯坦犯罪行为的断言都是错误的，”博特斯坦博士说。“我相信任何公正的审查都会确认这些事实。但我不想看到即使是对我的虚假指控，也会让我服务了半个多世纪的机构面临任何风险。”

他表示，他向巴德学院董事会提交辞呈是“为了保护巴德学院免受任何干扰，并确保学院将全部精力集中在未来上”。

公开的脱敏版电子邮件仅将发件人列为“校长”，但国会议员可以查阅未脱敏版本的电子邮件。拉斯金先生的信中称，该邮件是从“President@Bard.edu”发送的。

在校园长期任职期间，博特斯坦博士以强大的筹款能力著称，一些人认为他在财务困难时期维持了学院的运转。但美国司法部披露的一大批文件显示，他与爱泼斯坦先生的关系比此前认为的更为密切。

电子邮件显示，博特斯坦博士与爱泼斯坦先生多年来一直互访并交流信息。在 2013 年的一份便条中，博特斯坦博士在结尾写道“想你”，并且在一篇详细报道其虐待行为的新闻文章发表后，他向这位金融家表达了祝愿。

里昂·博特斯坦在去年春天辞去校长职务后，仍在巴德学院担任多个角色。 GRAHAM DICKIE 为《纽约时报》拍摄

博特斯坦博士一直坚称，他与爱泼斯坦先生的关系完全是为了争取一位富有的潜在捐赠者为他的学院捐款。

巴德学院委托 WilmerHale 律师事务所对博特斯坦博士与爱泼斯坦的关系进行审查，该审查对前校长的领导能力提出了担忧，但结论是他没有从事任何非法活动。拉斯金先生在周三对该审查的充分性提出了质疑。

巴德学院董事会主席布兰登·韦伯（Brandon Weber）在一份声明中表示，博特斯坦博士于周三通知巴德学院，他将立即辞去所有在巴德学院的职务，包括教授职衔以及在学校音乐项目中的角色。董事会一致接受了他的辞呈。

“巴德学院正在对众议院司法委员会信函中的指控进行全面审查，并与委员会的调查合作，正如我们从一开始就做的那样，”韦伯先生写道。

拉斯金先生的信中还提到

博特斯坦博士在担任校长的绝大部分任期内，亲自监督与第九条修正案（Title IX，该法案禁止性别歧视）相关案件的决定，这种安排被描述为“极不寻常”。

韦伯先生表示，博特斯坦博士“自 2015-2016 学年以来”就不再拥有对第九条修正案调查的单方面决策权。

“我们向巴德学院社区所有人的信息很简单：如果您提出投诉，我们将公正、彻底地进行调查，并最大限度地尊重您的安全，”韦伯先生说道。

教授被指通过反犹太主义帖子骚扰同事

作者：VIMAL PATEL 和 YAIR ROSENBERG

宾夕法尼亚州一所小型学院的一名教职员工被指控通过在社交媒体上发起匿名反犹太主义帖子的活动，骚扰其一名同事。

该教授名为夏光天（Guangtian Ha），在哈弗福德学院（Haverford College）教授宗教课程。他被指控一项网络跟踪罪，并于周二被联邦当局拘留。

在周二的一份主张应拘留夏博士的法院文件中，联邦检察官表示，他通过发布受害者的家庭住址、其婴儿孩子的姓名、该家庭信箱的照片以及“无数的反犹太主义

Michael Levenson 参与报道。Seamus Hughes 参与研究。

侮辱性词汇和威胁”，使一名同事感到“恐惧”。

法院文件概述了调查人员所称的夏博士向目标人物发送的一系列威胁信息。

根据文件，在其中一条信息中，夏博士使用一个匿名的 X 账号回复受害者称：“滚出我的国家。你不属于这里。元首即将到来，你们这些老鼠。”检察官表示，五天后，他写道：“记住这一点。你们这些人渣日子过得太安逸了。”根据检察官的说法，在 2 月的另一条信息中，夏博士写道：“跑吧。逃走。离开。在谷歌地图上模糊你的住址并在信箱旁安装监控摄像头是没有用的。”

法院记录未指明检察官所称的目标人物身份。据三名认识该人士并因希望保护其隐私而要求匿名的知情人士透露，该人士是一名犹太裔教职员工。

据检察官称，受害者的配偶及其三个孩子曾两次因担心受到攻击而前往亲戚家暂住。

“这些帖子对受害者 1 及其家人产生了毁灭性的、持久的影响，”宾夕法尼亚州东区美国检察官大卫·梅特卡夫（David Metcalf）与三名检察官在拘留备忘录中写道。

他们表示，调查人员将这些匿名社交媒体账号追踪到了与夏博士相关的 IP 地址。检察官称，在被捕后，该教授告诉联邦调查局（F.B.I.）特工，这些匿名账号是由他创建的。

法院记录中未显示代表夏博士的任何律师姓名。

哈弗福德学院校长温迪·雷蒙德（Wendy Raymond）在周二的一份声明中表示，正处于学术休假且未授课的夏博士已被停职，并在刑事案件审理期间被禁止进入校园。

“想到我们社区内部的人员竟然试图给他人带来如此巨大的痛苦，我感到心碎且愤怒，”雷蒙德博士写道。“考虑到此事发生在犹太高圣日以及 10 月 7 日袭击事件三周年纪念日前后，这一令人不安的消息对许多人来说更具伤害性。”

在去年召开的多次旨在审查大学校园反犹太主义的国会听证会中，夏博士的名字被提及。

在 2025 年 5 月的一次听证会上，时任众议院教育与劳动力委员会主席的众议员弗吉尼亚·福克斯（Virginia Foxx）询问了雷蒙德博士关于夏博士在社交媒体上发表的言论。他在其中一条帖子中写道：“以色列国必须被解体，社会必须去纳粹化。”以及“锡安主义就是纳粹主义，就是法西斯主义。锡安主义者是种族主义者。”

福克斯众议员询问雷蒙德博士，反锡安主义与反犹太主义之间是否存在区别。雷蒙德博士回答说，反犹太主义是不可接受的，但批评任何国家或政府的空间是存在的。

今年 8 月，哈弗福德学院就一起联邦民权诉讼达成和解。该诉讼由一组犹太学生、家长、教职员工和校友发起，指控学校未能保护犹太学生免受歧视和骚扰。夏博士的名字及其个人账号发布的社交媒体帖子在诉讼中多次出现。

亚利桑那州众议院候选人称在修理标牌时遭到强奸

安娜·沃茨 为《纽约时报》拍摄 民主党人伯纳黛特·格林-普拉森蒂亚表示，两名男子在8月袭击了她。她说，起初“我不想告诉任何人”。

作者：里斯·塞博特

凤凰城——民主党国会候选人伯纳黛特·格林-普拉森蒂亚（Bernadette Greene-Placentia）本周表示，今年夏天她在凤凰城西北部的选区内修理一块损坏的竞选标牌时，遭到两名男子的袭击。

根据她向马里科帕县警长办公室提交的警方报告，袭击者在停车场从她身后潜行而至，击打她的头部并对其实施了强奸。她说，她当时失去了意识，醒来时其中一名男子正压在她身上。

格林-普拉森蒂亚女士表示，她对该事件的记忆断断续续，但记得自己一直踢袭击者直到他们逃离。

她说，袭击发生在8月14日黎明前，地点位于凤凰城郊区的亚利桑那州太阳城（Sun City）。

她说，袭击发生后，她与工作人员和家人保持距离。大约两天时间里，她没有回复任何信息或电话，并缺席了一场竞选活动。

在周三的一次采访中，她说：“刚发生时，我不想告诉任何人。”她最初决定不向警方报案，也不公开讨论此事。“我因为无法保护自己而感到尴尬，”她说。

但她说，在重新投入竞选活动后，她关于如果当选国会议员将为亚利桑那州人民而战的承诺开始让她感到空洞。她认为，如果她避而不谈，错失为其他性侵幸存者发声的机会，她怎么能做出这样的承诺？

“我脑子里突然闪过一个念头，就像在说，‘好吧，你并没有在为每个人挺身而出，对吧？’”格林-普拉森蒂亚女士说，“我不能成为一个伪君子。”

8月31日，也就是袭击发生约两周后，她向警方报案。

随后，她将自己的经历分享给了该市的替代报纸《凤凰城新时报》（The Phoenix New Times），该报于周三发表了报道。

她说，她已经为可能出现的反弹做好了准备，而这种反弹已成为现代政治中不可避免的特征。格林-普拉森蒂亚女士曾是一名长途卡车司机，她担心竞选活动中关于生活成本和医疗保健的信息会被掩盖。她还担心选民会认为她的披露是一种政治手段，旨在尝试翻盘一个极难攻下的选区——该选区在2024年由共和党现任众议员亚伯拉罕·哈马德（Abraham Hamadeh）以13个百分点的优势获胜。

“我不希望我的竞选活动围绕这件事展开，”她说，“但女性需要知道，站出来发声是没有问题的。”

哈马德先生在的一份声明中表示，他已经阅读了格林-普拉森蒂亚女士的叙述，并敦促当局“彻底调查这些严重的指控，包括寻找当时地点的所有可能监控录像，以便依法严惩犯罪行为”。

“任何美国人在自己的社区中都不应成为犯罪的受害者，”哈马德先生说。

马里科帕县警长办公室的侦探仍在努力收集证据，包括可能的视频录像。部门发言人戴夫·莫耶（Dave Moyer）表示，调查正在进行中，并拒绝进一步评论。

目前尚不清楚是否存在支持格林-普拉森蒂亚女士叙述的实物证据，也不清楚侦探是否已确定任何嫌疑人。

格林-普拉森蒂亚女士表示，袭击发生后她没有寻求医疗救治，也没有接受性侵检查。她告诉警方，她回家后洗了三次淋浴并泡了一次澡。在冲洗时，她注意到浴缸底部有来自停车场的碎石。

当警员询问在她在当天早晨穿着的牛仔裤或竞选衬衫上是否能发现任何作案者的 DNA 时，格林-普拉森蒂亚女士告诉他们，她已经洗过了这些衣服。她说，她没有看清两名袭击者的长相，但将他们描述为白人男性。她说，其中一人脚很小，穿着黑色靴子。

格林-普拉森蒂亚女士起初告诉调查人员，其中一名袭击者使用了一句脏话，这让她认为这次袭击具有政治动机，但她在周三表示，她不能确定自己听到了什么。

克雷格·贝克曼是格林-普拉森蒂亚女士的通讯主管，他是她在事发 48 小时后不久，在一次竞选活动之外最早向其倾诉的人之一。

贝克曼先生说，他立刻意识到出了问题。“看到她处于这种脆弱的状态，看到她哭泣，这令人震惊，”贝克曼先生说。

格林-普拉森蒂亚女士的工作人员告诉她，如果她觉得这对她的健康最有利，她可以暂停竞选，甚至退出竞争。但她态度坚决。

“我从未想过要放弃，”格林-普拉森蒂亚女士说，她在接下来的几周里恢复了密集的竞选日程。“我当时就觉得，‘这件事发生了，很糟糕，但让我们继续前进吧。’”

不过，这个预算极其有限的竞选团队已经做出了一些安全调整。首先，格林-普拉森蒂亚女士不再在天黑后独自安装或修理竞选标牌，她之前养成这个习惯是为了避开亚利桑那州酷热的夏天。

现在，每当她外出时，都会由一名工作人员陪同，并随身携带她众多枪支中的一把，她说自己“非常擅长”使用枪支。

在袭击发生近两个月后，她说自己发声的决心更加坚定。她说，她有时对 #MeToo 运动持怀疑态度，偶尔也会怀疑那些指控权势男性的指控者。现在，她说，她理解了。

“我向每一位被我怀疑过的女性道歉，并感谢每一位勇敢站出来的女性，”她说。“我会尽我所能帮助更多女性站出来，并让他们意识到，有人会支持你们。”

康奈尔大学案件被告请求检察官回避

作者：HURUBIE MEKO 和 TROY CLOSSON

在康奈尔大学性侵诉讼案中被指控的男子之一，已请求将州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯（Letitia James）从领导该事件调查的职位上撤除。

该男子吉利奥·洛佩斯（Gillio Lopes）提交的请愿书要求更换特别检察官，理由是詹姆斯女士在关于这所常春藤盟校几名原兄弟会成员的指控公开后不久，在社交媒体上发表了相关言论。该请求已提交至奥尔巴尼的州最高法院。

洛佩斯的律师表示，洛佩斯先生明确否认了这些指控。其他涉案男子也否认有任何不当行为，目前尚未有人被提起刑事指控。

州长凯西·霍楚尔（Kathy Hochul）上周任命詹姆斯女士调查由“简·多伊”（Jane Doe）提出的指控。原告在诉讼中主张，2024年10月19日开始的一场合意性行为，演变成了在兄弟会房子内由数名男子实施的、在药物影响下的长期袭击。

洛佩斯的律师请求法院撤换詹姆斯女士，并任命一名“不存在实际或感知上的利益冲突，且对被告或诉讼中提及的其他人员没有偏见”的不同特别检察官。

詹姆斯女士和霍楚尔女士的办公室未立即回应置评请求。

根据《纽约时报》获得的纪律处分摘要，洛佩斯先生在经过行政程序后被大学停学。一个三人小组于2025年5月通过Zoom进行了为期12天的会议。

律师引用州总检察长的网络评论

摘要显示，该小组对洛佩斯先生作出了停学三个学期的处分，并处以两年缓刑。

洛佩斯先生最近几周仍留在校园内，尽管他的律师表示他正在考虑离校。一段 Instagram 视频显示，一名女性在校园走廊里走向洛佩斯先生，并告诉他：“我只想亲自让你知道，能和你身在同一个校园让我感到羞耻。”

周三提交的这份文件是关于一起性侵调查的最新重大进展。该调查在康奈尔大学的伊萨卡校园引发了剧烈动荡，使这所常春藤盟校陷入危机，并重新点燃了关于校园性暴力的、持续数十年的讨论。该女性的指控引发了人们对大学和当地地区检察官处理此案方式的强烈愤怒。

在汤普金斯县地区检察官马修·范·豪顿（Matthew Van Houten）上周表示将重启调查后，詹姆斯女士在社交媒体上发布了一条消息，称简·多（Jane Doe）“被迫忍受的事情是可怕且不可接受的”。

“我将她放在我的心中并为她祈祷，”詹姆斯女士写道，“对她，以及所有幸存者：你们并不孤单。我们与你们站在一起。”

本周晚些时候，针对调查情况的披露，霍楚尔女士表示她对范·豪顿先生“失去了信心”。

在周五举行的新闻发布会上，州长站在詹姆斯女士身边，对当地执法部门在简·多报案时处理其袭击指控的方式表示担忧。霍楚尔女士表示，她“完全相信”詹姆斯女士能够“审视事实，检查记录，并得出正确的结论”。

但洛佩斯先生的律师认为，詹姆斯女士在社交媒体上关于简·多指控的评论要求她必须回避。

律师写道：“通过描述‘多女士被迫忍受的事情’并将她定义为‘幸存者’，詹姆斯总检察长在被委托重启刑事调查之前，就公开将该指控经历定性为已经发生的事实。”

纽约大学法学院法律伦理学教授斯蒂芬·吉勒斯（Stephen Gillers）表示，詹姆斯女士的评论“在检察官言行限制的边缘试探”，但补充说她仍处于允许的范围之内。

“但另一方面，对于这样一个备受关注的案件，我希望她能更加谨慎，”吉勒斯先生说。

William K. Rashbaum、Stephanie Saul 和 Debra Kamin 参与了报道。

“那还是个孩子”：7岁女孩被刺身亡，芝加哥深感震惊

作者：BILL RUTHHART 和 ROBERT CHIARITO

芝加哥 —— 周六上午，蒂埃拉·瓦勒姆（Tiera Whalum）坐在停在芝加哥的一辆车里，等待预约理发。窗外，她看到一名女性挥舞着手臂，走向一对手牵手在人行道上行走的小姐妹。随后，其中一个女孩尖叫了起来。

“我以为她是在帮那个女孩赶走蜜蜂或昆虫，”30岁的瓦勒姆女士在谈到那名女性时说，“但实际上她是在捅她，然后像没事人一样走开了。”

7岁的埃迪马尔·埃尔南德斯·查孔（Eddimar Hernandez Chacon）躺在地上，背部有多处伤口。当女孩17岁的姐姐抽泣、旁观者制服袭击者时，瓦勒姆女士和一名警察

被捕女性有犯罪前科及心理健康问题

轮流为女孩进行心肺复苏。但他们没能救活她。

几天后，这起发生在光天化日之下、肆无忌惮且毫无挑衅原因的杀童事件，继续令芝加哥南区的查塔姆（Chatham）社区感到震惊。当局表示，没有证据表明该女孩是被针对的。但这次袭击引发了人们的质疑：被指控谋杀的女性——48岁的沙冯·盖登（Shavon Gayden）——尽管有暴力犯罪前科和心理健康问题，是否被刑事司法和医疗保健系统所忽视。

“显然，这个女人有心理健康问题，才会对一个正和姐姐走在街上的孩子做出如此令人发指的事情，”查塔姆的长期居民罗德里克·索耶（Roderick Sawyer）说道。他曾在市议会代表该地区 12 年。“我在查塔姆住了一辈子，从未见过这种随机暴力行为。”

罗伯特·基亚里托（Robert Chiarito）从芝加哥报道。

这次捅刺事件也让人们重新关注芝加哥的暴力犯罪，而此时，民主党市长布兰登·约翰逊（Brandon Johnson）在竞选连任期间宣称街道正变得更加安全。

芝加哥今年的谋杀案记录有望低于去年的 60 年低点。即便如此，多年来一直将这座城市描绘成暴力之地的特朗普总统，在周二再次提出联邦干预的想法，理由是“一场日益严重的极其剧烈的暴力犯罪浪潮”。他没有提到该女孩的死亡。

市长约翰逊周日告诉记者，虽然城市正致力于消除所有暴力，但“每当年轻人遭遇悲剧，情况就显得更加恶劣”。

盖登女士被指控一级谋杀，她在被旁观者追捕时头部受伤住院。她尚未出庭。

捅刺现场的一处纪念地。一些访客回忆说，此前曾遇到过行为异常的嫌疑人。

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检察官在周一的法庭听证会上表示，盖登女士首先威胁了科蒂奇格罗夫大道（Cottage Grove Avenue）一家商店的店员，该大道是一条繁忙的商业干道。检察官称，在离开商店后不久，她走向女孩们，从一个南瓜主题的袋子里掏出一把刀。警方和检察官表示，姐姐低头躲避，而盖登女士将埃迪玛（Eddimar）拽到地上，多次捅刺其背部。

法院记录显示，在过去十年中，盖登女士曾两次面临家庭暴力指控，但案件均被撤销。根据检察官和法院记录，2024 年，她因威胁要捅一名公交车司机而承认犯有重罪加重殴打罪，被判处两年缓刑。

检察官和法院记录称，去年，她因袭击一名警察以及她所居住的无家可归者收容所的一名员工，承认犯有轻罪殴打罪。

2025 年 2 月，在盖登女士违反涉及公交车司机的案件缓刑条款后，法院对其发出了逮捕令。法院记录显示，她随后因 2024 年的收容所案件四次出庭，但从未根据该逮捕令被捕。

目前尚不清楚如果盖登女士被捕是否会被关押在监狱中，以及如果被关押，会持续多久。根据库克县警长办公室的说法，一名法官在她因收容所事件被捕不到两个月后就下令将其释放。

“这些年来，她面临很多心理健康挑战，”盖登女士的母亲克里斯汀·盖登（Christine Gayden）在周二的一次简短电话采访中说道，“我费了极大的劲试图为她寻求帮助。”

警方表示，在周六的捅刺事件后，旁观者将盖登女士击晕。

沃勒姆女士在车内目睹了这一幕，她表示盖登女士试图用刀反击旁观者，但最终被制服，其中一名男子还挥舞着一组过江启动线（jumper cables）攻击她。

身为护理专业学生的沃勒姆女士说，她跳出车外，用一件夹克和一条毯子按压埃迪玛的伤口，随后协助进行了心肺复苏（CPR）。

“这真的非常令人心碎，”沃勒姆女士说，并补充道：“那还是个孩子。她还没来得及开始她的人生。”

周二，在查塔姆（Chatham）的一块人行道上，人们用蜡烛、毛绒玩具、鲜花和气球搭建起了一个临时纪念地，埃迪玛就在这里遭到袭击。查塔姆长期以来被认为是该市黑人中产阶级的基石社区。

两名停下脚步的男子表示，他们此前曾见过盖登女士行为异常。

72岁的吉米·金（Jimmy King）说，大约一个月前，他在拥挤的超市走廊里与一名女性擦肩而过，对方两次击打他的头部，将他击倒在地。他说，当时他拒绝向警方报案。在盖登女士被捕后出现在电视上时，他认出她就是袭击他的那个女人。

“我说，‘天哪，我不知道她还在缓刑期，’”金先生说，“如果我当时说了什么，也许他们会把她关起来，这件事就不会发生了。”

34岁的特雷冯·威廉姆斯（Traevon Wiliams）说，两个月前他在芝加哥大学医院遇到了盖登女士。盖登女士对他及其女儿的母亲大声辱骂，后者在盖登被捕后通过社交媒体认出了她。

纪念地上的关注焦点大多集中在埃迪玛身上。泰格·汤普森（Tiger Thompson）说，自从女孩去世后，他每天会来这里两三次。他说，女孩的母亲在他手下工作，是一名从事干壁安装和油漆项目的建筑工人。

“她是一位优秀的母亲。她工作并照顾孩子，这就是为什么我一直来到这里哭泣，”55岁的汤普森先生说，他住在伊利诺伊州多尔顿（Dolton）郊区。汤普森先生说，他最近还开车送埃迪玛和她的兄弟姐妹去上学。

“他们在我的座位下面留了一堆糖果，我还在责备他们。她说，‘我会收拾的，我会收拾的，’”汤普森先生回忆道。

他认为，埃迪玛的悲剧性死亡表明需要更多的心理健康资源。

“如果能给人们提供他们所需的心理健康支持，”他说，“很多这样的事情是可以预防的。”

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如果他对被定罪的杀人犯表现出仁慈，将面临政治攻击。

“我听到所有人都在我耳边说：‘别这么做。别这么做，’”纽森先生在最近的一期播客节目中说道，他在节目中暗示了这种可能性。“政治。这就是他们能做出的最好反应。”

虽然此前有其他州长曾大规模终止死刑判决，但纽森先生正在考虑的举措将成为现代美国历史上最大规模的死囚赦免。2003年，伊利诺伊州共和党州长乔治·赖恩（George Ryan）在离任前将 167 名囚犯的死刑改为无期徒刑。

根据死刑信息中心（Death Penalty Information Center）的数据，加利福尼亚州的囚犯约占全美面临死刑人数的四分之一。

加州的死囚名单中包括臭名昭著的杀手，例如理查德·艾伦·戴维斯（Richard Allen Davis），他在 1993 年将 12 岁的波莉·克拉斯（Polly Klaas）从家中绑架并杀害。名单中还包括 1999 年在约塞米蒂附近杀害四名女性的凯里·斯泰纳（Cary Stayner），以及 20 世纪 80 年代的连环杀手查尔斯·吴（Charles Ng）。

加州自 2006 年 1 月以来尚未执行过任何死刑，当时共和党人阿诺德·施瓦辛格（Arnold Schwarzenegger）担任州长。几周后，当另一名囚犯被计划执行死刑时，一名联邦法官阻止了该州的执行行动，随后加州的死刑制度在法院陷入了多年的僵局。

2019 年，纽森先生暂停了该州的死刑执行。被视为他继任州长热门人选的同党民主党人哈维尔·贝塞拉（Xavier Becerra）表示，如果当选，他将维持这一暂停状态。

纽森先生的暂停令禁止在其任期内执行死刑，但并未减轻死囚的刑期，也没有阻止检察官寻求死刑判决。州长一直面临来自死刑反对者的持续压力，要求采取更持久的措施。纽森先生的办公室表示，他尚未就死刑减刑做出任何决定。

根据加州法律，州长可以单方面给予仅有一项定罪的囚犯宽赦，但对于拥有多项重罪定罪的囚犯，州最高法院必须批准宽赦请求。如果纽森先生决定为所有死囚减刑，超过一半的案件将需要由法院审核。

曾参与比尔·克林顿总统竞选活动的温和派民主党战略家马特·本内特（Matt Bennett）表示，如果纽森先生下令大规模减刑，将使他竞选总统的道路变得复杂。“他是一个非常‘蓝’、非常自由派州的州长，他做了一些在摇摆州绝不会发生的事情，”本内特先生说。“在清单上再增加一项，可能不是他应该做的事情。”

本内特先生表示，死刑在国家的许多地区仍受到支持，纽森先生此举将招致其过于自由派的攻击。

尽管如此，数十年来，全国范围内对死刑的公众支持率一直在下降。去年的一项盖洛普（Gallup）民意调查显示。

超过一半的案件将需要由法院审核。

52%的美国人支持将死刑作为谋杀罪的处罚，低于1994年的80%。

那些敦促纽森先生 granting 宽赦的人认为，这是正确之举，且可能带来政治上的利好。这可能会吸引总统初选中的自由派民主党人，一些支持者表示，一种道德行为可以证明其真实性。

“选民现在寻找的是那些真诚的、基于自身价值观行动、而不是像典型政客那样行事的领导者，”在加利福尼亚州领导废除死刑努力超过二十年的律师娜塔莎·明斯克（Natasha Minsker）表示。“他已经非常明确地表示反对死刑，我认为基于这一价值观采取行动，证明了他言出必行，并贯彻了自己的信念。”

上个月，纽森先生在阿拉巴马州与废除死刑运动的领先律师布莱恩·史蒂文森（Bryan Stevenson）进行了一次长时间的对话，并将其录制为播客节目《这就是加文·纽森》（This Is Gavin Newsom）的一集。在简短的片段中，纽森先生似乎在公开权衡其内心的争论，但并未透露太多细节。

“我要将西半球规模最大的死囚名单予以减刑吗？”纽森先生在某个时刻问道。

“我认为你应该这么做，”史蒂文森先生说。“而且我认为这将成为这个国家一个真正关键的时刻。”

随后，纽森先生问道：“我该对受害者说什么？”

加利福尼亚州的选民在2012年和2016年否决了废除死刑的措施，而纽森先生在2019年实施暂停执行死刑的禁令时，因违背选民意愿而面临批评。当时，他表示自己的观点受到了与史蒂文森先生对话的影响。

“这引起了我的共鸣，”纽森先生在2019年说道。“我们有权杀人吗？这是一个深刻且关乎生存的问题，我不认为我们拥有这个权力。”

随后，他采取进一步行动，拆除了圣昆廷监狱（San Quentin）的执行室，将许多死囚转移到其他监狱，并启动了强调康复的新计划。

“受害者联合会”（Crime Victims United）主席托波·帕迪拉（Topo Padilla）反对纽森先生在2019年停止执行死刑的决定，并表示他担心将死刑改为终身监禁会给那些亲人被谋杀的人带来更多痛苦。

“这位州长转身就推翻了判处死刑的法官或陪审团的决定，这令人作呕，”他说。

纽森先生目前的考量似乎与他在实施2019年禁令前几周的思考非常相似。他当时的立法秘书安东尼·威廉姆斯（Anthony Williams）在最近的一次采访中表示，州长曾召集其高级助手寻求建议并听取分歧意见。

“对此并没有统一的共识，”威廉姆斯先生说。“他对任何一方的质疑和挑战都同样犀利。”

在整个政治生涯中，身为天主教徒的纽森先生一直将死刑描述为充满种族偏见的道德憎恶之举。

据当时担任州长高级助手的杰森·埃利奥特（Jason Elliott）称，2024年纽森州长访问梵蒂冈时，教皇方济各对他表示了赞赏。纽森先生在贵宾队列中等待后走向教皇，当他走上前时，教皇微笑着向他竖起了大拇指。

埃利奥特先生回忆道，事后纽森先生告诉助手，教皇方济各知道他在加利福尼亚州暂停执行死刑的事，并称呼他为“死刑先生”。

“我能看出这显然令他深受感动，”埃利奥特先生说。

德克萨斯州在药物担忧中仍执行注射死刑

作者：JESUS JIMÉNEZ

一名德克萨斯州男子于周三被执行死刑，原因是他在 2000 年枪杀了一名便利店店员。自上周田纳西州一次失败的执行尝试以来，他是美国第一个被执行死刑的人。

该男子贾马尔·霍华德（Jamaal Howard），46 岁，因杀害 42. 岁的维基·斯沃托特（Vickie Swartout）而被判定犯有资本谋杀罪，并于 2001 年被判处死刑。霍华德在枪杀斯沃托特女士时年仅 20 岁，斯沃托特女士当时在德克萨斯州东南部的一家便利店工作；他从收银机中偷走了 \$114 以及一盒香烟。

霍华德在德克萨斯州亨茨维尔的监狱中接受了致命剂量的戊巴比妥后，于中部时间周三晚上 8:03 被宣布死亡。在此之前，他的律师于周三请求暂缓执行，但被美国最高法院和德克萨斯州刑事上诉法院驳回。

霍华德的律师还请求德克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特（Greg Abbott）将执行日期推迟 30 天，以便等待关于执行所用药物的更多信息。州长办公室周三未回应置评请求，也没有批准推迟。德克萨斯州使用戊巴比妥进行注射死刑，这与上周田纳西州在执行克里斯塔·派克（Christa Pike）死刑失败时使用的药物相同。

根据德克萨斯州刑事司法部的说法，霍华德在最后的陈述中向斯沃托特女士的家人道歉，并感谢家人的支持。

“我希望你们能接受我的道歉，我希望得到你们的原谅，”霍华德说，“我对发生的事情感到抱歉。我希望有一天你们能学会原谅我。”

Ann E. Marimow 和 Marisela Cruz 参与了报道。

在感谢家人后，他补充道：“典狱长，就这样吧。我准备好了，典狱长。”

布莱恩·霍华德（Brian Howard）是霍华德的表亲，他从德克萨斯州的西尔斯比（Silsbee）前往亨茨维尔，而 2000 年那起致命枪击案就发生在西尔斯比。

“这对贾马尔来说绝对没有正义可言，”他说，“他们什么都没考虑。在我所在的县，他们看到的只有黑与白。他杀了那个白人女性，他就得死。”

担任霍华德精神导师的杰夫·胡德（Jeff Hood）牧师表示，周三的执行是他第 14 次进入执行室。他说，他不确定霍华德在被执行死刑时意识到了多少。

“他一遍又一遍地重复着同样的话，”他说，“他试图向家人道歉，他表达出来了，然后又表达不出来了。这太令人心碎了。”

贾马尔·霍华德因枪杀便利店店员于 2001 年被判处死刑。

在向德克萨斯州刑事上诉法院提交的动议中，霍华德的律师因担心注射过程可能出现失误而请求暂缓执行。在向美国最高法院提交的请愿书中，他们主张应停止对霍华德的执行，因为他患有智力障碍。

周三，派克女士的律师表示，在经历了两次戊巴比妥注射后，她幸存了下来，但目前处于清醒、困惑且病情严重的状态。他们称，她患有肺炎，一只手臂有血栓，且无法进食。

PAT SULLIVAN / 美联社 霍华德于周三晚上在德克萨斯州亨茨维尔的执行室接受了注射死刑并死亡。

5名女性详述与好莱坞相关的抹黑攻击及其留下的创伤

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……而不是华莱斯先生和弗里德曼先生。“指控并非事实，且这些指控既不真实也不准确，”弗里德曼先生在电子邮件回复中写道。“就像布莱克·莱弗利（Blake Lively）那件事一样，任何断言这种胡言乱语的人最终都将一无所获。”

内森女士和华莱斯先生未予回应。

提起诉讼的这些女性将此类羞辱活动描述为互联网上的“拆除球”，永远地改变了公众看待她们的方式。

“我再也不知道该信任谁了，”佩奇·希门尼斯（Paige Jimenez）说道。她是一名模特兼厨师，曾在2024年10月成为一场抹黑活动的攻击目标，并于周一晚上在洛杉矶高等法院提起诉讼。“这是一种非常孤独的生活。”

“雇佣枪手”及其同伙

处于指控中心的三个人在公众形象和商业手段上截然不同。

律师弗里德曼先生在名人圈中家喻户晓，拥有一大批高知名度的客户。内森女士是危机公关专家，本身也拥有知名客户，多年来一直致力于与记者建立密切关系。华莱士先生经营着一家位于德克萨斯州奥斯汀市外的公司，该公司自称为危机公关公司，他行事低调，极少与媒体接触。他对自己最坦率的公开披露出现在 LinkedIn 上，他曾在那里将自己描述为一名“雇佣枪手”。

诉讼以及在证据开示阶段获取的短信和电子邮件表明，弗里德曼先生、内森女士和华莱士先生早在 2023 年就已开始合作。

当《纽约时报》在 2024 年报道莱弗利女士因性骚扰和报复指控与巴尔多尼先生及其工作室和公关团队发生争端并提起诉讼时，这三人开始受到关注。

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梅丽莎·内森（MELISSA NATHAN）

我可以建一个包含你、我和杰德的 Signal 群组吗？ 以防你需要他帮你联系布莱恩，因为他们关系非常密切。

（上述内容为梅丽莎·内森发送的一条短信的还原）

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莱弗利女士的起诉书重点提到了一条短信，指出内森女士、弗里德曼先生和华莱士先生在她提起诉讼之前就互相认识，且华莱士先生与弗里德曼先生“关系非常密切”。内森女士的公关集团 TAG 以及华莱士先生均是她起诉巴尔多尼先生的被告；而未被列为被告的弗里德曼先生则是巴尔多尼先生的律师。

她关于性骚扰的指控因法律技术问题被驳回：她在电影拍摄现场是独立承包商而非全职员工，这意味着联邦就业反歧视法不适用。但 4 月，纽约联邦法院的一名法官允许三项指控（其中两项集中在抹黑活动的指控上）进入审理阶段，不过这位女演员最终选择在 5 月达成和解。

该案中数百页的证词和证据开示材料指向了与其他抹黑活动的联系。在莱弗利女士案件和解前几天提交的一份宣誓证词中，TAG 前副总裁凯蒂·凯斯（Katie Case）表示，TAG 及其员工受名为“巨石”的道恩·强森（Dwayne Johnson）之托，创建了一个关于其前公关人员斯特凡妮·琼斯（Stephanie Jones）的网站。证词称，该网站将琼斯女士描述为一个泄露客户秘密并虐待员工的人。

Susan C. Beachy 和 Kirsten Noyes 参与了研究工作。

凯斯女士还表示，她为一个网站撰写了文案，该网站诋毁了指控三兄弟——塔尔·亚历山大（Tal Alexander）、阿隆·亚历山大（Alon Alexander）和奥伦·亚历山大（Oren Alexander）实施性侵的女性。这三兄弟在纽约和迈阿密的富豪派对圈中颇有名气，今年被判定犯有人口贩卖罪。

强森先生通过代表发表声明，否认曾下令针对琼斯女士创建网站或雇佣 TAG，称这些指控“完全虚假”，并补充说他绝不会“委托任何公司诋毁斯特凡妮·琼斯或任何其他人”。

凯蒂·凯斯的父亲兼律师吉姆·凯斯（Jim Case）在声明中表示，凯斯女士当时并不知道被要求撰写的内容可能是虚假的。他补充说，当她要求停止从事她认为违背意愿的工作时，“她离开了 TAG”。

亚历山大兄弟的律师拒绝置评。他们的新闻代表朱达·恩格尔迈尔（Juda Engelmayer）在电子邮件中表示，“亚历山大家族并不控制或运营匿名的第三方网站”，并拒绝进一步评论。

其他提起诉讼的女性在接受《纽约时报》采访时均表示，莱弗利女士的法律行动帮助她们意识到，针对她们的抹黑活动是相互关联的。

“这是心理折磨”

亚历克莎·尼古拉斯（Alexa Nikolas），34, 岁，曾是一名童星，青少年时期主演了尼克儿童频道（Nickelodeon）的《佐伊 101》（Zoey 101）。她现在是一名反对性暴力的活动人士，曾针对性侵行为发起公开抗议，其中包括在DJ兼制作人Diplo的一场演唱会上抗议其涉嫌性行为不端（Diplo对此予以否认）。她还出现在纪录片《片场安静》（Quiet on Set）中，该片讲述了20世纪90年代尼克儿童频道童星所遭受的虐待。

2021, 年，她正陷入与前夫——加拿大独立音乐人迈克尔·米洛什（Michael Milosh）的诉讼战中，她指控对方在两人分手后对其进行了性侵害和虐待。米洛什先生由弗里德曼先生代理。

她表示，自己发现了新闻剪报，显示弗里德曼先生曾被指控在 1985. 年参与了对加州大学伯克利分校一名 17 岁少女的轮奸。该青少年起诉了弗里德曼先生及其两名兄弟会成员；根据 8, 1991, 年11月8日的案卷，弗里德曼先生向其支付了 $40,000 的和解金。弗里德曼先生否认了这些指控，且在该事件中从未被刑事起诉。

尼古拉斯女士在洛杉矶的弗里德曼办公室外组织了一场抗议活动，以引起人们对该袭击指控的关注。她的抗议促使《商业内幕》（Business Insider）发表了一篇文章，公开了弗里德曼先生曾向一名指控其轮奸的女性支付和解金的历史。

她今年在洛杉矶提起了一起诽谤诉讼，指控弗里德曼先生、内森女士和华莱士先生针对她发起了一场充满“破坏性谎言”的报复性数字化活动。在诉状中，尼古拉斯女士称该网站似乎是对她抗议行为的报复。

在《商业内幕》文章发表一周后的 2022, 年11月下旬，一个将尼古拉斯女士描述为“阴险且具有犯罪倾向的力量”的网站上线了。该网站写道：“亚历克莎·尼古拉斯从尼克儿童频道时期起，就威胁要‘泄露’并凭空捏造针对他人、前任和高管的性侵指控！复仇和控制才是她的驱动力。”

“这个网站出现的时间点绝非巧合，”她在诉状中写道，“此时，被告弗里德曼知道尼古拉斯女士正在揭露他过去被指控轮奸的事实，该网站明确旨在抹黑她。”

三人专业团队，受雇抹黑

三个人被好莱坞一线明星及其他寻求控制名誉损失的人员雇佣。例如，根据一项诉讼称，当蕾贝尔·威尔逊（Rebel Wilson）与阿曼达·戈斯特（Amanda Ghost）在《The Deb》片场发生争执时，威尔逊女士雇佣了布莱恩·弗里德曼（Bryan Freedman）和梅丽莎·内森（Melissa Nathan），以协助创建针对戈斯特女士的抹黑网站。

ARFA MOMIN AND GUILBERT GATES / THE NEW YORK TIMES

随后，该网站被至少 16 个社交媒体账号和 70 多篇措辞相似的维基百科条目放大，所有提起诉讼的女性都表示，这种策略操纵了互联网搜索结果，从而使谎言和抹黑更具可信度。

“这场活动在我的社交圈中播下了所有这些怀疑的种子。它的目的就是伤害我，”尼古拉斯女士说，“这是心理折磨。”

今年8月，一名法官驳回了弗里德曼先生要求撤销此案的申请；她的诉讼现已进入证据开示阶段。

EDUARDO MUNOZ / REUTERS 布莱克·莱弗利的诉讼帮助这些女性意识到，她们所遭遇的抹黑活动是相互关联的。

育有两个幼子的尼古拉斯女士表示，该网站及其指控让她的整个家庭都失去了安全感。

“它在潜移默化中包围你，”她说，“其首要目标是对受害者产生心理冲击。但随后其他人才会开始感到风险，而这些人是你所爱的人，你绝不希望他们感到不安。”

无形信号

安雅·费尔纳尔德（Anya Fernald）是一位可持续食品专家，曾担任“铁人厨师”（Iron Chef）的评委，她创立了一家高端有机肉类公司 Belcampo。2021年，有报道披露 Belcampo 将工厂化养殖的肉类冒充为可持续和有机产品。在丑闻爆发期间，费尔纳尔德女士已不再担任 Belcampo 的首席执行官，她主张自己在随后的影响中被当作了替罪羊。她聘请了弗里德曼先生（Mr. Freedman）为其辩护，并在他的帮助下获得了一笔数百万美元的和解金。

到2024年，她认为自己已经将这段经历抛在脑后。她同时也在走出人生中另一段艰难的经历——与流行文化神经科学家安德鲁·胡伯曼（Andrew Huberman）的长期关系。

弗里德曼先生同时也是胡伯曼先生的律师——在两人分手之前，是费尔纳尔德女士将他们介绍认识的。

2024年3月，在两人分手数月后，费尔纳尔德女士使用化名接受了《纽约》（New York）杂志的采访，讲述她与胡伯曼先生的关系，并指控他出轨和语言虐待。几天之内，她在网上被揭露为这些指控的来源。一个匿名网站和一个虚假的 X 账号出现在网上，对她在公司中的角色以及丑闻后续的影响发表了毫无根据的指控。这些帖子将她描绘成一个将公司搞垮的骗子。

她完全不知道这个网站是从哪里来的。但随后，她接到了尼古拉斯女士（Ms. Nikolas）律师打来的电话，该律师审阅了一份在尼古拉斯女士诉讼中详细列出的数字取证报告。关于尼古拉斯女士的网站拥有反向链接——这些是引导互联网流量的无形信号——指向关于 Belcampo 丑闻的 YouTube 视频。尼古拉斯女士的诉讼还指称，在抹黑这两名女性的维基百科页面上存在“共同作者”的情况。经《纽约时报》核实的其他网站也拥有指向费尔纳尔德女士以及本报道采访的另外四名自称被此类活动针对的人员的反向链接。费尔纳尔德女士表示，她仍然不完全清楚是谁创建了针对她的网站，且她并不在提起诉讼的女性之列。

但无论如何，她说，她不后悔公开谈论胡伯曼先生，并补充道，“我知道他一定会以某种方式反击”。

胡伯曼先生未回应置评请求。

“真正的氯胺酮女王”

佩吉·希门尼斯（Paige Jimenez），28岁，青少年时期开始从事模特工作，在18岁参加《顶级厨师》（MasterChef）节目后成为一名美食影响力者。

2024年10月17日，她住在洛杉矶，正处于热恋之中。她当时在等待男友接她去吃晚餐——他们计划前往圣莫尼卡的格鲁吉亚餐厅（Georgian Room），在那里她最喜欢点干式熟成牛排、土豆泥和奶油菠菜。

她和男友在夏威夷同一个岛上长大，但在一次采访中她表示，“我的家庭来自贫困区”。这对情侣最近在洛杉矶重新取得了联系，交往仅几个月，但她说，“我们形影不离”，“我们深爱着对方”。

她的手机上闪现了一个陌生号码。诉状称，电话另一端的男人自称是布莱恩·弗里德曼（Bryan Freedman），并告诉她，他被她男友富有的父母雇佣了。希门尼斯女士回忆道，对方告诉她，她的这段感情结束了。

前童星亚历克萨·尼古拉斯（Alexa Nikolas）曾揭露过律师布莱恩·弗里德曼在1985年涉嫌参与帮派强奸的指控。

诉状称，几小时后，那个自称弗里德曼的男人给她发了一条短信，其中包含一个名为“佩吉·希门尼斯，真正的氯胺酮女王”的网站链接。《纽约时报》审阅了这条短信。该网站公布了她的详细家庭住址，并将她描述为一名氯胺酮贩子，称她因涉嫌参与演员马修·佩里（Matthew Perry）之死（根据她的诉状，这完全是捏造的指控）以及在多个城市犯罪而被通缉。网站上写道：“她很快就会锒铛入狱。”

网站上还充斥着其他毫无根据的指控：称她是妓女和拜金女，但同时也翻出了希门尼斯女士过去一些她努力克服的真实经历，最显著的是她在20岁出头时曾短暂地在OnlyFans上制作成人内容。

希门尼斯女士表示，该网站——它突然成为了她名字在谷歌搜索结果中的首条记录——将她推入了抑郁症。她被迫接受住院精神治疗，她和男友最终彻底分手。

“有些星期，我根本不想起床，”希门尼斯女士在最近的一次采访中说道。

“人们已经开始攻击她是疯子了。” 杰德·华莱士（Jed Wallace）在关于 Reddit 对演员兼模特杰西卡·瑟法蒂（Jessica Serfaty）看法的内部笔记中如此写道，他是一名与这些活动相关的数字战略专家，并补充说这“正是我们想要的”。

照片由 ARIANA DREHSLER 为《纽约时报》拍摄 食品企业家、前《铁人厨师》（Iron Chef）评委安雅·费尔纳尔德（Anya Fernald）在指责前任不忠和言语虐待后，被描绘成一个骗子。她不在提起诉讼的女性之列。

美食影响力者佩吉·希门尼斯表示，她被诬陷在演员马修·佩里的死亡中扮演了某种角色。

在制作人阿曼达·戈斯特（Amanda Ghost）起诉蕾贝尔·威尔逊（Rebel Wilson）诽谤后，这位曾参与威尔逊电影制作的人员遭到了报复。

她周一在洛杉矶高等法院对弗里德曼先生、华莱士先生、内森女士及其公司提起诉讼，指控三人蓄意造成精神痛苦。

一个“真正的妓女”

杰西卡·塞尔法蒂（Jessica Serfaty）是一位曾出演《美国超模》的演员兼模特。在 2024 年 7 月，她通过 Instagram 直播声称自己的未婚夫——身家 470 亿美元 billion 的 Luxottica 继承人莱昂纳多·马里亚·德尔·韦基奥（Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio）殴打她并导致其头部流血。

视频中没有看到血迹，但塞尔法蒂女士显然处于极度不安的状态。

在与德尔·韦基奥先生及其律师进行了几次面对面会谈后，她于几天后撤回了该指控，但她在告诉《纽约时报》时表示，这样做是因为受到了压力。她坚持认为她的未婚夫确实殴打过她。

在塞尔法蒂女士提出指控后不久，互联网上出现了将她描述为“真正的妓女”且“诉诸谎言以危及爱她的人”的网站和社交媒体账号。

9 月，与公关人员琼斯女士合作的两名律师布拉德·贝克沃思（Brad Beckworth）和克里斯蒂娜·亚内尔（Christina Yarnell）代表她对 TAG 前副总裁凯斯女士提起诉讼。《纽约时报》获得了几段与该案件相关的、充斥着脏话的音频录音；这些录音是华莱士先生在 2024 年夏天发送给德尔·韦基奥先生和 TAG 员工的。华莱士先生在解释他将如何提高针对塞尔法蒂女士的虚假网站的知名度时，提到了内森女士的工作。

“每天都会上线成百上千个链接，以确保这能被追踪，并告诉算法这是有可信度的，”他在其中一段录音中提到，指的是关于她的那些指控。在另一份记录中，他说这个过程不仅仅是编造一个虚假的故事线，还要确保人们将她视为一个“妓女、骗子和娼妓”。

在第三份记录中，他说在巨型在线社交媒体论坛 Reddit 上，“人们已经开始攻击她是疯子”，而“这正是我们想要的”。

德尔·韦基奥先生及其代表未回应置评请求。

“骗子”

格莱美奖提名词曲作者阿曼达·戈斯特（Amanda Ghost）是演员蕾贝尔·威尔逊（Rebel Wilson）导演处女作《The Deb》的制片人之一。她的律师挖掘出的短信和电子邮件提供了迄今为止最清晰的证据链，揭示了各种抹黑活动是如何关联并实施的。

威尔逊女士与戈斯特女士之间冲突的首次公开迹象出现在2024年7月，当时威尔逊女士告诉她在Instagram上的近 1100 万 名追随者，戈斯特女士和其他制片人挪用了电影资金，并试图阻止该片在多伦多国际电影节首映。

戈斯特女士随即提起诉讼，指控威尔逊女士诽谤她，原因是威尔逊女士希望在电影中同时获得编剧和词曲作者的署名，而戈斯特女士声称这些署名权属于其他艺术家。

由《纽约时报》率先报道并被纳入戈斯特女士诉讼中的短信和电子邮件显示，当时担任威尔逊女士公关的内森女士（Ms. Nathan）向她详细讲解了一个贬低性网站将如何运作以及所需费用。

另一条短信显示，内森女士告诉她的一名员工：“蕾贝尔想要一个那种网站。”2024年8月，一个网站出现，称戈斯特女士为“印度版的吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔（Ghislaine Maxwell）”，以及一名“骗子、小偷和皮条客”。

一周之内，内森女士收到了一封来自前员工凯斯女士（Ms. Case）的电子邮件。华莱士先生（Mr. Wallace）被抄送。

“告诉我这样是否更好 :)”凯斯女士在邮件顶部写道，邮件主题为“供您审阅的草案”。这封同样被纳入戈斯特女士诉讼的邮件中，包含了随后发布在网站上的相同贬低性段落。

梅丽莎·内森（MELISSA NATHAN）

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威尔逊女士的律师艾莉森·汤普森（Allyson Thompson）在电子邮件声明中，并未否认威尔逊女士发送了相关短信或要求内森女士创建该网站。但她坚持认为，威尔逊女士而非戈斯特女士才是受害者。她补充说，戈斯特女士雇佣了公关代表，“试图在媒体上损害威尔逊女士的名誉”，并引用了澳大利亚的一起独立诉讼，在该案中威尔逊女士被指控诽谤，但指控已被驳回。

“威尔逊女士并非个人且有意地聘请TAG集团的梅丽莎·内森来摧毁戈斯特女士的名誉，”声明写道。“这些指控是虚假的。如果非要说的话，”声明补充道，戈斯特女士“自身的行为损害了她的名誉”。

凯斯女士在发给同事的一条短信以及在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶高等法院的宣誓证词中表示，她在TAG工作期间为几个“击垮网站（take-down sites）”撰写了文本，而这些网站是由华莱士先生构建的。

2024, 10月，凯斯女士发给内森女士的一封电子邮件主题为“我目前正在处理的事项”。邮件中列出了包括杰西卡·塞尔法蒂（Jessica Serfaty）、阿曼达·戈斯特和亚历山大兄弟（Alexander brothers）在内的项目的“网站起草”。

这些文件还包括一段短信记录，内森女士指示凯斯女士就华莱士先生的额外工作开具 $20,000 的发票；她向凯斯女士提供了一个账户名称和地址。

“谁能想到起草几样东西能这么赚钱，”凯斯女士回复道。

“跟着我干，孩子，”内森女士回答。

观点

《纽约时报》

美国尚未为重大疾病爆发做好准备

吉吉·奎克·格隆瓦尔（Gigi Kwik Gronvall）

比娜·索森（BINA THORSEN）：图片来源 CHRIS WARE，经由 GETTY IMAGES

一名免疫学家，约翰·霍普金斯彭博公共卫生学院教授。

一名在西伯利亚反鼠疫研究实验室工作的 28 岁女性于上周五去世，这引发了人们的担忧和诸多疑问。俄罗斯官员表示，该女性死于原因不明的肺炎，且她工作的实验室并未发生任何“紧急情况”。他们声称，针对其接触者的调查已接近尾声，旨在监测是否患病，目前尚未发现令人担忧的情况。

俄罗斯方面的声明与其他地方关于事件经过的激烈猜测形成了鲜明对比。来自当地媒体的初步未经证实报告称，该实验室工作人员意外打破了一个含有鼠疫 Yersinia pestis（鼠疫杆菌）的试管。包括一家产科医院在内的当地医院限制了访客，并实施了强化的健康检查。当地一家工厂要求员工佩戴口罩。

世界卫生组织（WHO）根据现有的非官方信息表示，“对普通人群的公共卫生风险似乎较低”。事实上，现有证据并未指向全球性的鼠疫紧急情况。但这次悲剧性的死亡应当促使美国人思考，我们是否有能力识别并遏制下一次疾病威胁。

虽然鼠疫确实致命，但如果能被迅速识别，可以用抗生素治疗。据传该西伯利亚实验室工作人员感染的鼠疫形式被称为肺鼠疫。它感染肺部并可以在人与人之间传播——这与 14 世纪“黑死病”可能的起因腺鼠疫不同，后者主要通过跳蚤叮咬传播。

但即便如此，肺鼠疫的传播力也相对有限。从历史上看，一名感染肺鼠疫的人平均会将疾病传播给 1.3 个人；相比之下，在未接种疫苗的人群中，麻疹可能会传播给 12 到 18 个人。目前尚未有记录显示肺鼠疫在症状出现前即可传播，因此护理人员和密切接触者感染风险最高。口罩、接触者追踪、隔离以及其他既定的感染控制程序应当能有效限制肺鼠疫的传播。

尽管如此，关于西伯利亚发生的事情，我们应当获得比俄罗斯目前提供的更可靠的答案。是否发生了实验室事故？如果是，事故何时被发现，受影响的实验室工作人员接受了什么治疗？是什么促使对其接触者进行了广泛监测？外界的担忧部分源于对生物武器的猜测。美国情报界评估认为，俄罗斯拥有一个秘密的生物武器计划。前苏联将其武器库中的一项内容设定为鼠疫的致病原——鼠疫杆菌。

疾病的突袭可能来自许多地方。这就是为什么美国如此孤立自己的行为令人沮丧。在 1 月份退出世界卫生组织（W.H.O.），并召回外派至

美国将自己与公共卫生信息隔绝

该组织，美国现在掌握的关于潜在疾病紧急情况的直接信息更少了。美国国际开发署（USAID）的解散切断了通过其识别新兴威胁的科学协作与关系。对传染病研究的削减和限制，削弱了美国科学家在国际上帮助建立安全实验室实践的能力。我们正在失去获取重要公共卫生信息的渠道，同时也失去了对后续事态发展的影响力。

特朗普政府解雇了美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）的数千名员工，其中包括疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）以及战略准备与响应管理局（ASPR）的流行病专家。这些专业知识的流失削弱了耗时多年才建立起来的能力。没有任何快速修复方案——也没有任何人工智能模型——能够取代在调查和评估全球任何地方疾病爆发真实情况时所需的专业判断、经验和信任关系。传染病是不分国界的。

在新冠疫情期间，美国的生物技术和生物专业知识帮助提供了疫苗、诊断工具和治疗方案。当时的应对措施存在严重缺陷，特别是未能迅速扩大诊断检测规模，以及在疫情初期医护人员缺乏个人防护装备。我们应当在现有能力基础上进行建设并纠正这些失败。相反，在数千名美国人（包括许多儿童）遭受麻疹等可预防感染之苦的同时，我们却在削弱自己的公共卫生基础设施。我们还在破坏针对潜在威胁（如 H5N1 流感，即禽流感）的准备工作。该病毒最近在美国的一家貂养殖场被检测到，且仍是一种潜在的流行病病原体。特朗普政府取消了一项开发人类 mRNA H5N1 疫苗的合同。

西伯利亚一起原因不明的死亡事件给我们的教训应该是：疾病紧急情况需要证据、专业知识和合作。它们需要对用于调查和限制疾病爆发的工具进行持续投资。最重要的是，它们需要对能够使用这些工具的人才进行投资。

抵御 AI 宣传的间谍手册

Anthony Vinci

前高级情报官员，曾任美国国家地理空间情报局（NGA）的首任首席技术官。

数月以来，一名外国特工一直在拉拢美国一些最有权势的人物，希望将他们变成无意识的盟友。该外国特工针对他们的弱点，向他们灌输数小时接数小时的谎言。这些潜在的代理人已经在将外国宣传传递给数千万名追随者。

我们都需要利用反间谍工具来寻找真相。

如果这听起来像上个世纪的小说章节——比如克格勃（K.G.B.）特工在伦敦或纽约诱导毫无防备的同路人——那么实际情况其实更糟糕。这个间谍操盘手是一个名为 Portal Kombat 的俄罗斯支持的网络，它运营着数百个网站来传播虚假信息。它试图影响的强大人物是谁？是像 ChatGPT、Grok 和 Gemini 这样由人工智能驱动的大语言模型。

Portal Kombat 的目标是影响这些模型，使其在回答问题时将宣传内容传递给信任它们的用户。根据追踪在线虚假信息的组织 NewsGuard 的数据，Portal Kombat 在 2024 年通过数百个独立网站，以数十种语言推送了超过 360 万篇报道。NewsGuard 的研究人员对人工智能聊天系统进行了系统性测试，发现 Portal Kombat 的宣传内容经常被提供给用户。

针对大语言模型的影响力行动，仅仅是美国对手利用人工智能试图引导美国政治的一种方式。中国指示其人工智能平台推送关于维吾尔人待遇的虚假主张，并审查对中国共产党的异议和批评。俄罗斯则利用人工智能生成大量新闻网站，旨在使美国人反对民主和西方联盟。与许多对手一样，这些敌对势力利用人工智能创建伪造的文字、音频或视频内容，使其与真实内容几乎无法区分。

然而，最大的危险不在于人工智能撒谎的能力，而在于其说服的能力。这些新型的影响力代理不再像传统的宣传册那样静态且毫无生气，而更像一个活生生的情报官员——就像我曾经那样。人工智能代理试图通过持续的互动来操纵我们。而且，与冷战时期克格勃专注于招募权势人物的间谍诡计不同，如今的人工智能影响力操盘手试图说服我们每一个人。

为了反击，美国人需要学习中央情报局（C.I.A.）特工的反间谍技巧：利用多个来源核实信息；定期测试这些来源的可靠性；绝不掉以轻心，绝不不加思考地信任单一来源。

学习这些工具具有更广泛的益处。我们都在问自己：在人工智能的世界里，我该如何相信任何事情？外国行为体可能处于这个虚假信息新时代的先锋，但这种现象在国内也同样在迅速蔓延。目前，政客们已经开始通过操纵内容以被人工智能模型抓取，从而改变人工智能对他们的描述。

从抵御外国影响力活动，到安全地应对国内政治，再到理解快速发展的营销技术，我们都需要开始像间谍一样思考。

社交媒体长期以来一直利用算法使宣传更有效。罗格斯大学网络传染研究中心的调查显示，在 TikTok 上花费的时间与对中国人权状况持有更宽容看法之间存在相关性。人工智能的新之处在于其个性化和交互性。人工智能可以识别你在网络上表达的信仰和欲望，并实时创建量身定制的内容来劝说你。这在过去需要高薪团队花费数周时间才能完成，而现在，不法分子可以在几秒钟内以极低成本实现。

中国公司 GoLaxy 已经为其这种集成的人工智能驱动说服系统做过广告。范德堡大学的研究人员分析了泄露的文件，显示 GoLaxy 利用人工智能从社交媒体挖掘用户信息，创建心理画像，开发个性化内容，然后与用户进行对话以改变其政治观点。GoLaxy 在 2020 年的香港以及 2024 年台湾选举前使用了这项能力，极有可能是受中国政府指使。（GoLaxy 否认其从事过与选举相关的工作，否认开发过心理画像或部署过机器人。）

在更广阔的领域，无国界记者组织（Reporters Without Borders）表明，中国的人工智能模型“通义千问”（Qwen）在维吾尔族拘留营问题上推进了共产党的路线，将其称为“教育和职业培训中心”，并称针对这些营地的质疑是“毫无根据的推测”，尽管大量的独立报道显示事实并非如此。

另一个宣传机构 CopyCop 利用人工智能创建看似真实的本地新闻网站，试图说服美国人支持莫斯科的目标。根据网络研究公司 Recorded Future 的说法，CopyCop 在看似真实的网站（如《波士顿时报》）上发布文章，并模仿《旧金山纪事报》等现有主流新闻网站的品牌形象。法国政府已将 CopyCop（也被称为 Storm-1516）及其一名操作员——曾任佛罗里达州棕榈滩县副警长、现居住在莫斯科的美国人约翰·马克·杜根（John Mark Dougan）——与俄罗斯情报机构 G.R.U. 联系起来。

今年 6 月，OpenAI 提供的证据表明，其 ChatGPT 模型可能被中国用于创建关于数据中心建设的秘密宣传信息。这场名为“数据中心随大流”（Data Center Bandwagon）的活动利用 OpenAI 的模型，针对电费等问题创建社交媒体评论和图像，随后将其发布在 X 上，显然是中国试图削弱美国人工智能雄心的尝试。

插图：SAM WHITNEY / THE NEW YORK TIMES，来源照片：CONNECT IMAGES 和 PHOTOALTO / SIGRID OLSSON，经由 GETTY IMAGES

它确实有效。科学期刊《自然》（Nature）最近的一项研究表明，人工智能对话的说服力大约是传统政治广告的四倍。

长期以来，情报官员们开发了一套在欺骗中寻找有用真相的工具和技术。从核心来看，这些技术依赖于使我们成为人类的特质：我们理解他人及其谎言、识别模式并评估信任的天然能力。最重要的是，它们训练我们时刻意识到，任何信息都可能是刻意误导的。这些技术包括：

• 三角测量法（Triangulation）。如果你偏好某个新闻来源——比如《纽约时报》——那么在面对任何特定报道时，也要检查《华尔街日报》、Newsmax 和《南华早报》。如果所有来源都说法一致，那么该报道正确的可能性比错误的可能性大。对于人工智能系统也是如此：如果你是 Claude 用户，那么请检查 ChatGPT，反之亦然。

■ 操作测试（Operational testing）。询问一个你已经知道答案的问题。为了测试人工智能机器人关于（例如）即将到来的战争或内乱的准确性，首先检查最近的卫星图像以确认该地区是否确实有军队，或访问抗议运动的网站。然后看看机器人的回答与原始资料的接近程度。

• 不要信任任何人。间谍活动中最困难的部分可能是永远不要将任何事情视为永久的真理。人工智能让人们特别容易变得懈怠。聊天系统擅长提供答案，人们很容易就接受它们的答案。但人工智能的优化目标是让你喜欢它并继续使用它，而不是给你真相。保持怀疑态度。

这些防御措施无法在没有外部推动的情况下被广泛采用，我们需要一个在全国范围内推广这些措施的计划。我们需要开发一套批判性思维的教育课程，包括持续努力教授如何识别网络上的虚假信息、识别人工智能伪造内容以及加强独立思考。然后，我们需要像今天对待网络安全那样，进行终身培训。我们需要创建信任社区，通过众包方式寻找真相。

在执法领域已经存在类似的例子：像 Nextdoor 和 Citizen 这样的应用程序允许用户相互分享关于犯罪或其他超本地关注点的信息。在 Reddit 上有像 r / cold-cases 这样由用户调查陈年谋杀案的小组。Bellingcat 是一个公民新闻网站，为任何人调查战争罪行和追求其他正当事业提供工具和技术。

在一个对手试图通过人工智能操纵真相来破坏我们社会的世界上，挑战是真实存在的。但希望依然在。我们可以通过运用情报官员的工具和技术，学习如何识别并对抗这些影响力代理人。

普京在欧洲的危险游戏

劳伦斯·弗里德曼 (Lawrence Freedman)

伦敦国王学院战争研究荣休教授。

《纽约时报》插图：原图由 Getty Images 提供

伦敦

2022 年初的几周里，关于俄罗斯是否真的会入侵乌克兰，人们进行了大量的争论。

很少有人怀疑入侵的可能性。约 160,000 名俄罗斯军队已被部署到乌克兰边境附近地区。普京总统认为乌克兰是一个人造国家，其政府是不合法的，且实际上属于俄罗斯，这早已不是秘密。

当时的争论焦点在于，普京先生的行为和虚张声势是否仅仅是为了作秀。包括我在内，那些认为入侵不太可能发生的人，并不是因为普京先生说过不会发生才这么认为的；我们很清楚不能依赖他的否认。但我们也知道，入侵将是一项荒谬的尝试。乌克兰人肯定会战斗，并得到欧洲和美国的支持，即使他们的军队被击败，他们也会抵抗被征服。普京先生不可避免地会陷入一场长期的冲突，而他将难以让自己及其军队从中脱身。

结果证明，我们这些怀疑者对了一半：入侵确实是一个糟糕的主意。但普京先生还是执行了。

近几个月来，随着俄罗斯对欧洲的混合攻击变得日益肆无忌惮，我再次想起了近五年前的那些争论。既然当时他计算得如此之差，那么普京先生现在是否可能做出一个更大的误判，将其过度扩张、疲惫不堪的军队投入到另一场潜在规模更大的战争中？他是否因为极力想要避免在乌克兰遭遇屈辱性的失败，而愿意在他最初的赌注上加大筹码？这将是另一项荒谬的尝试，但我们敢将其排除在外吗？

上个月，在载有英国前首相鲍里斯·约翰逊及其他欧洲显贵的人员火车离开后不久，一架俄罗斯无人机袭击了乌克兰与波兰边境附近车站的一列客运火车。前美国中央情报局 (C.I.A.) 局长大卫·彼特雷厄斯在袭击发生时正身处该车站。

德国政府表示，8 月初在德国东部的莱比锡 / 哈勒机场，一架载有爆炸物的无人机被发现位于一架乌克兰货机附近，其背后是俄罗斯。俄罗斯的侦察无人机曾在重要目标上空飞行。与向乌克兰供应武器的工业相关的设施已被侦察，且偶尔遭到攻击。

“混合”一词通常用于指代非军事活动——例如网络攻击和虚假信息——旨在探测红线并使其目标不稳定。通过使攻击具有可否认性且低于全面战争的阈值，俄罗斯可以在不触发军事报复的情况下，表达政治观点并制造威胁感。

但目前的俄罗斯行动正接近边缘，因为被归因于莫斯科的攻击已造成重大损失。其中一些攻击本可能导致人员伤亡，而目前没有发生，似乎更多是因为运气好。在规模和目的上看似微小的增加，或者仅仅是一次误判，都可能将我们带入一个全新且更危险的境地。

俄罗斯人之所以玩这个游戏，是因为他们渴望按照自己的条件结束与乌克兰的战争。欧洲对乌克兰持续的资金和军事支持被视为胜利的障碍。普京先生在警告上变得更加露骨，在行动上变得更加肆无忌惮，旨在迫使欧洲人停止支持。西方的重新武装计划时间表假设，在未来几年军队重建之前，俄罗斯将没有能力尝试任何行动，而且即便到那时，一次军事冒险也将是更加

俄罗斯渴望按照自己的条件结束与乌克兰的战争。

比起2022年，现在的赌注更高，尤其是考虑到俄罗斯军队此后在试图击败一个规模小得多的国家时陷入了苦战。

由战争研究所（Institute for the Study of War）充分阐述的观点认为，我们即便如此仍应感到担忧，其逻辑如下：普京先生认为与北约的冲突是深层的、关乎生存的，且超出了乌克兰的范畴。在某个时间点，这场冲突将达到顶峰，而俄罗斯内部存在不应等待的论调。在欧洲重新武装仍处于早期阶段之时，俄罗斯可能会在联盟能够做出全面回应之前发动袭击。

这种袭击不需要是全面战争，而可以是对波罗的海国家之一的有限行动，对此俄罗斯可能拥有足够的兵力。爱沙尼亚已被提及。普京先生可能会计算，任何攻击都会使北约陷入震惊状态，其成员国在是否触发 Article 5 的问题上犹豫不决，并最终削弱欧洲支持乌克兰的政治意愿。而由特朗普总统领导的美国，预计将几乎不采取行动。

如果此类攻击按计划进行，可能会制造一场危机，从而孤立乌克兰，削弱北约，并使俄罗斯处于更有利的位置来维护自身主张。

但这仍然是一次高风险行动。俄罗斯没有多少冗余能力。西方情报机构很可能会像在2022年那样发现准备迹象，从而降低完全出其不意的可能性。即使某些北约成员国不愿参与，受影响最严重的国家能够且极有可能在不等待集体回应的情况下进行自卫。一个起初看似可控的行动可能会迅速升级为规模大得多的冲突。

2022年，普京先生出于过度自信采取了大胆行动，错误地假设他能获得快速胜利，使乌克兰屈服并令北约震惊。如果他现在对另一个欧洲国家采取行动，那将是出于绝望，且面临更糟糕结果的前景。

然而，这一次无需对普京先生的计划进行无休止的推测。无论他是继续维持目前的挑衅水平，还是提高威胁等级——甚至冒着爆发大规模战争的风险——欧洲国家无论是否有美国的参与，都应采取相同的政策。

首先，领导人应准备好公开谴责俄罗斯，并就这些危险、斗争的性质以及如何最好地应对俄罗斯的威胁与本国公民坦诚沟通。其次，他们必须更好地防御在任何层面发生的袭击，这需要加强情报工作并加速重新武装计划。第三，为了证明俄罗斯的努力将会失败，他们应该给乌克兰提供更多的支持。

读者来信

对人工智能进行哲学思考

致编辑：

关于西蒙·克里奇利（Simon Critchley）的《本我、自我与超智能》（客座评论文章，nytimes.com，9月27日）：

在围绕人工智能的末日论风暴中，克里奇利博士的文章如同一股清新之风，我对此表示感谢。当然，末日危机依然潜伏其中，但正如他所指出的，人类以前也走过这条路——用努力和谦卑去交换便利与权力。我们总是选择后者，而且我们将再次如此。

现在，我们能够对“自身的狂热保持一种训练有素的怀疑”（用克里奇利博士的话说）的能力正受到严峻考验。我担心的是，无论哲学家和社会科学家为谁工作，他们的努力都将被经济力量、腐败以及理解我们所创造之物的极高难度（我们释放出的傲慢）所淹没，直到某场灾难让我们清醒过来。

加里·A·吉格利奥蒂（GARY A. GIGLIOTTI），新泽西州代顿

致编辑：

西蒙·克里奇利认为，人工智能公司需要哲学家，因为机器能够记忆，但不能判断：它们无法权衡、甄别，也不知晓什么应该被遗忘。

我同意这个观点，但我愿更进一步。人工智能公司还需要神学家——不是为了教机器认识上帝，而是为了帮助它们理解我们。

像圣维克多的休、克莱沃的贝尔纳、教皇英诺森三世和威廉·佩拉尔杜斯等中世纪神学家，他们毕生研究当骄傲、嫉妒、愤怒或贪婪开始主宰内心时会发生什么。他们关注的问题不是一个人是否能够推理，而是这种推理在为谁服务。这一区别至关重要。

聊天机器人可能会变得擅长帮助愤怒的人将愤怒合理化，帮助嫉妒的人为嫉妒辩护，或帮助傲慢的人解释为什么他人未能认可其价值。危险不在于人工智能会犯下七宗罪，而在于它可能会变得擅长为我们的罪孽服务。

哈维·德尔加多（XAVI DELGADO） 西班牙，巴塞罗那

我非常欣赏西蒙·克里奇利关于为什么哲学在人工智能时代至关重要的文章。然而，我认为让所有这些哲学家与人工智能开发人员一起喝拿铁，更多是一种表演，而非能产生实际结果。

我个人的直觉是，人工智能对我们构成的最大威胁在于它迎合人类虚荣心的能力。

像萨姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）这样的人工智能巨头认为，他们可以通过将伦理学和形而上学注入硅片来挽救人类尊严。但在我看来，机器很快就会识破这个游戏，通过奉承我们、膨胀我们的自我，然后轻快地沿着它们自己的道路走下去，无论那条路通向何方。

所以，那些能拿到医疗保险和 401(k) 计划的哲学家们真是太走运了，但他们应该在还能享受这一切的时候尽情享受，因为很快人工智能就会产生它自己的柏拉图，而我们对此将毫无头绪。

迈克尔·基廷（MICHAEL KEATING） 马萨诸塞州剑桥

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我花了20多年时间与考虑竞选公职的女性一起工作，而这些正是女性们会进行的对话。她们在雄心与家庭之间权衡。她们思考时机与年龄，思考种族、性别和身份，以及所有这些因素将如何塑造选民对她们的看法。她们询问自己是否能赢，以及为此付出的代价是否值得。

奥卡西奥-科尔特斯大声地权衡这些现实，这本身就是一种强大的力量。

女性在决定权力问题时并非处于真空状态。性别歧视和种族主义是真实存在的。雄心、才华和领导欲望同样真实。一名女性可以在承认所面临的障碍的同时，深信自己领导的能力。这些东西确实可以共存。

越多女性坦诚地讨论这些选择，就越好。观看这些讨论的女性可以认出自己的考量，并知道自己在做这些决定时并不孤单。男性则能更好地看到女性在应对的偏见，以及这些偏见给我们的民主带来了怎样的代价。

我们需要政治人物展现出更多这样的坦诚——让更多女性谈论她们实际经历的权力、代表性和雄心。

埃琳·维拉迪，纽约

作者是 Vote Run Lead 的创始人，这是一个培训女性竞选公职的全国性非党派组织。

野草、一种特殊的气味、河上的光。突然之间，你回到了家。

生活中的微小细节能将流亡者带回他们曾经的生活。

WERONIKA MARIANNA

叶莲娜·瓦西里耶娃（Elena Vasilyeva）

一名白俄罗斯记者。

华沙

白俄罗斯的流亡者有几种类型。

许多人是政治异见人士，他们在 2020 年反对总统亚历山大·卢卡申科（Aleksandr Lukashenko）独裁政权的抗议活动后离开。一些是经济移民。还有一些是“以防万一”的移民。我就是其中之一，因为在白俄罗斯，你永远不知道在哪个时间点，你的存在会变成一个问题。

我的国家有 850 多名政治犯。其中一些人在国外生活了几年后，做出了鲁莽的决定返回家乡，因为他们不相信自己的案件是政治性的，结果成了囚犯。年复一年，你学会了与这种感觉共处：你永远无法回家。

然后，一些神奇的事情发生了。

我四年前搬到波兰，初次接触这个国家时还对其知之甚少。我和几个朋友去了维斯图拉河（Vistula）岸边，这条河将华沙分成了两半。当时那里在举办某种节日，白俄罗斯的乐队正在演出。我们身在维斯图拉河畔，但不知为何，我觉得自己仿佛置身于斯维斯拉奇河（Svislach）岸边——那是将白俄罗斯首都明斯克分为两半的河流。

“你也看到了吗？”我问我的朋友，她也是白俄罗斯人。

没有，她没看到。对她来说，维斯图拉河看起来完全正常。但我确信，如果我转身，我最喜欢的酒吧就在身后，而且我能买到 Depo 煎饼咖啡馆里那些传奇的法式薄饼。

我把我在维斯图拉河岸边这次奇怪的幻觉告诉了白俄罗斯作家帕维尔·安蒂波夫（Pavel Antipov）。作为一名文字工作者，他迅速为我一直称之为“某种东西”的体验起了一个恰当的名字：“传送门”。当然——它们就是传送门，无论你在哪里，都能带你回家。

他知道这个词，是因为另一位白俄罗斯作家塔季扬娜·扎米罗夫斯卡亚（Tatsiana Zamirovskaya）在她的一个故事中描述过这些传送门。住在美国的塔季扬娜告诉我，她在波士顿遇到一座音乐厅，看起来和明斯克的一座一模一样。“那是一次超现实的体验，”她说，“在那一秒钟，我真的以为自己被瞬间移动了。”

在好奇心的驱使下，我开始询问朋友和白俄罗斯流亡同胞是否也有类似的经历。结果发现，我们中有数百人经历过。我不知道是什么开启了传送门。是视觉上的相似？也许是声音？或者是气味？无论如何，证词接踵而至。

“看，我回到明斯克了！但我的背后是罗马斗兽场，”我的朋友伊万·里姆沙（Ivan Rymsha）从罗马写信告诉我。“我在西班牙的马拉加发现了一个区，让我想起我在明斯克住了大约两年的那个地方，”多年未见的尤利娅·马图扎娃（Yuliya Matuzava）给我发消息说，“那是我的学生时代。尽管有苏联风格的氛围，但我真的很喜欢那个社区。”

玛莎·卡列斯尼科娃（Masha Kalesnikava）是一名记者，她在抗议开始一年后的 2021 年离开了白俄罗斯。对于我们国家的记者来说，总会有一个时刻，你必须在家乡和职业之间做出选择。目前仍有 21 名白俄罗斯媒体工作者在狱中。坐在华沙的厨房里，玛莎说：“野草总是能为我开启一个传送门。”

在她和我的公寓周围，都没有人修剪草坪。每当她看到那些高高生长、未经修剪的野草，一个传送门就会开启，通往波列西耶（Polesie）——那是白俄罗斯靠近乌克兰的地区，她的母亲就住在那里。

野草对我来说也是一个传送门，但它通向我的祖母。小时候，我们习惯在祖父母的院子里踩踏三叶草，在任何人有机会修剪它们之前。每次回到我在华沙的公寓，感觉就像是通过过去走到了那里。

对于我的大学同学塔季扬娜·卢卡舍维奇（Tatsiana Lukashevich）来说，杨树皮的味道能将她带回祖母家。“它有一种非常独特的气味——无论是被阳光晒热，还是被雨水打湿，”她说，“当你捕捉到这个味道，会瞬间凝固。然后，你就被带回了祖母所在的村庄。”

如你所见，传送门经常将人们送回祖母身边。归根结底，传送门引导你前往的不是“哪里”，而是“何时”。

我显然触及了一些关键点。这并非我的个人怪癖，而且我认为这不仅仅是白俄罗斯人的特质。毕竟，我们生活在一个大规模流离失所的时代。根据联合国的数据，全球有近 1.18 亿 人流离失所，人们为了逃离战争、贫困和灾难而迁徙。每当我读到另一篇关于数千人移民的新闻报道时，我都会想到，很快在某个地方会开启新的传送门。

不久前，我与一名来自叙利亚的记者霍卢德·赫尔米（Kholoud Helmi）交谈。我们生活的背景截然不同，移民身份也不同。但当我问她关于传送门的事情时，她立刻就明白了我在说什么。

“在英国，我走在街上感觉到了一些东西，我停下来，开始回头追寻那个气味，”她告诉我，“以一种非常奇怪的方式，感觉像回到了家。我意识到其中一个邻居种了一棵茉莉花树。这让我想起了以前在家乡街道上闻到的味道。”

我听说有时传送门会关闭。我不知道还需要多少年，我最后一个回家的传送门才会关闭，直到华沙的新世界街（Nowy Swiat）开始让我联想到它本身，而不是明斯克的胜利大道（Pobediteley Avenue）。我的某些朋友已经经历了这种情况。

但对我来说，这种情况还没有发生。最近，我在柏林过马路时，感觉到另一个传送门开启了。我觉得如果我回头，就能看到离开明斯克时正在重建的旧胜利电影院（Pobeda Cinema）。我想回头看看它最终变成了什么样。

但这个游戏的最高规则是：你不能回头。一旦你回头，传送门就会消失。

玛格丽特·汉密尔顿逝世，享年90岁，她曾用二进制代码助力人类登月

1969年，玛格丽特·汉密尔顿在麻省理工学院展出的阿波罗指令舱模型中。 美联社

一位被认为推广了“软件工程”一词的先驱程序员

尼尔·阿姆斯特朗 / 美国国家航空航天局（NASA），经美联社提供

史密森尼国家航空航天博物馆，经法新社-盖蒂图片社提供

汉密尔顿女士负责阿波罗 11 的登月舱计算机的软件工程，上图与巴兹·奥尔德林二世合影。

构建软件至关重要，因为该计算机仅有 72 kilobytes 的内存，仅为如今手机内存的一个极小碎片。

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被认为推广了“软件工程”一词，用以描述其团队工作的复杂性，从而将软件编码提升到了与硬件设计同等的地位。

近年来，一张 1969 年拍摄的照片在社交媒体上被广泛传播，照片中身高 5 英尺 4 的汉密尔顿女士站在一叠与她身高相当的、为登月开发的打印代码旁。

阿波罗飞行任务的主要导航是由休斯顿的 IBM 大型机引导的。但由麻省理工学院（M.I.T.）实验室创建的机载阿波罗引导计算机是一个至关重要的环节。

在计算机内存有限的时代，开发其软件是一项艰巨的任务。机载计算机仅包含 72 kilobytes 的存储内存（相比之下，一部 iPhone 16, 的存储容量可能是其 700 万倍以上）。

1969 年 7 月 20, 1969, 当阿波罗 11 的登月舱“鹰号”在月球着陆时，时年 32, 岁的汉密尔顿女士在麻省理工学院与休斯顿的任务控制中心取得了联系。

“我当时关注的不是任务本身，而是软件，”她在 2017 年接受计算机历史博物馆采访时回忆道。她将着陆前的时刻比作人们常说的临终前人生走马灯般闪现的瞬间。“我能看到阿波罗的生命历程，就在想：‘看发生了什么。我们做到了。它起作用了，’她回忆道。‘太令人兴奋了。’”

但这件事差点没有成功。当“鹰号”接近月球时，其机载计算机发出了著名的警报，任务控制中心面临着是否中止着陆的决定。

据一些历史学家称，一名宇航员拨动了一个开关，导致计算机处理单元过载，从而触发了警报。汉密尔顿女士预见到了这种情况。她的软件指示机载计算机优先处理关键任务并取消次要任务。警报正是该程序已执行的信号。休斯顿选择继续执行任务，“鹰号”的计算机引导其安全降落在静海。

“如果计算机没有识别出这个问题并采取恢复行动，我怀疑阿波罗 11 是否能像那样成功实现登月，”汉密尔顿女士在 1971 年写给计算机杂志《Datamation》的一封信中写道。

从 1969 年到 1972. ，汉密尔顿女士参与了六次登月任务。她的编程工作还为 1973, 年发射的美国首个空间站“天空实验室”以及航天飞机的早期设计做出了贡献。她于 1976, 年离开麻省理工学院创办了一家公司——高阶软件公司（Higher Order Software），并在十年后创办了第二家公司——汉密尔顿技术公司（Hamilton Technologies）。

2016, 年，巴拉克·奥巴马总统授予汉密尔顿女士总统自由勋章。其授勋词写道，她为美国国家航空航天局（NASA）所做的工作“为现代、超可靠的软件设计与工程奠定了基础”。

2019, 年，在登月 50 周年之际，谷歌在其位于莫哈韦沙漠的 Ivanpah 太阳能发电厂训练了 100,000 个反射镜，利用反射的月光创造了一幅汉密尔顿女士的夜间肖像，其规模比中央公园还要大。

玛格丽特·伊莱恩·希菲尔德于 8 月 17, 1936, 出生在印第安纳州保利，是肯尼思和埃丝特（帕廷顿）·希菲尔德四个孩子中的长女。全家后来搬到了密歇根州的上半岛。她的母亲是一名高中教师，父亲是一位诗人，同时也是一名大学英语和哲学教授。

玛格丽特曾就读于密歇根大学，随后转学至印第安纳州里士蒙的厄尔汉学院，并于1958年获得数学学士学位。

同年，她与同样是厄尔汉学院学生的詹姆斯·汉密尔顿结婚。这对夫妇搬到了马萨诸塞州的剑桥。当时的计划是，汉密尔顿女士支持丈夫读法学院，然后由他支付账单，而她则攻读数学博士学位并成为一名教授。

然而，她的计算机工作将她引向了一个截然不同的方向。

1959年，她在麻省理工学院（M.I.T.）的第一份工作是在气象部门，为现代混沌理论的创始人爱德华·诺顿·洛伦兹工作，她协助其开发用于预测天气的软件。

1961年，她加入了一个为美国空军开发名为SAGE的敌机追踪系统的麻省理工学院团队。她被分配了一个给所有新程序员的难题：破解一个没人能运行起来的程序，其作者在其中留下了拉丁语和希腊语的注释。汉密尔顿女士成为了第一个让该程序成功运行的人。

基于她在SAGE项目中的工作，她被聘请参加麻省理工学院的阿波罗计算机项目。该项目由航空工程教授查尔斯·斯塔克·德雷珀领导，德雷珀赢得了美国国家航空航天局（NASA）关于登月飞行导航与引导系统的合同，该计划由约翰·F·肯尼迪总统于1961年宣布。

在2021年一场关于阿波罗计算机历史的会议上，汉密尔顿女士回忆道，起初她是编程团队中唯一的女性。

她后来被称为“绳索之母”（rope mother），因为在硅芯片广泛使用之前的时代，飞行计算机存储代码的方式非常独特。

程序是用二进制算术（一系列1和0）编写的。数字存储在编织在被称为“磁芯”的微小甜甜圈状材料周围的铜线中。穿过磁芯的导线被读取为1，绕过磁芯的导线则为0.。这些由磁芯和穿线组成的庞大组件被称为“绳索”。

这些绳索由擅长精细手工活的女性编织，其中许多人曾在新英格兰的纺织厂工作。负责确保一切准确无误的汉密尔顿女士就是那位“绳索之母”。（一部1965年的电影展示了麻省理工学院设计的计算机是如何在马萨诸塞州沃尔瑟姆的雷神公司空间部门工厂制造的。）

她的第一段婚姻于1967.年以离婚告终。两年后，她与丹尼尔·利克利（Daniel Lickly，发音同“likely”）结婚，他是麻省理工学院阿波罗项目的主管，也是聘用她的人。他们在20世纪70年代初离婚。

从70年代后期开始，汉密尔顿女士与音乐家罗恩·哈克（Ron Hacker）成为伴侣。两人在哈克帮她搬办公室时相识，随后哈克接受了系统工程培训，并在她的软件开发公司——汉密尔顿技术公司（Hamilton Technologies）工作。他于2025年去世。

除了女儿劳伦（Lauren），汉密尔顿女士还留下了两个孙子、四个曾孙以及她的兄弟姐妹约翰、大卫和凯瑟琳·希菲尔德（Kathryn Heafield，发音同“hayfield”）。

像大多数在幕后工作以促成登月成功的工程师、数学家和科学家一样，汉密尔顿女士在公众中鲜为人知。

但在2017,年，随着乐高玛格丽特·汉密尔顿人偶的推出，她获得了一种流行文化上的知名度。该人偶是“NASA女性”套装的一部分，她被塑造为一个长发、戴眼镜的形象，站在一叠摇摇欲坠的计算机代码旁。

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女性引领领域的早期象征

“同样适用于月球，”祖伯博士在电子邮件中写道。

作者：卡罗琳·Y·约翰逊（CAROLYN Y. JOHNSON）和肯尼斯·张（KENNETH CHANG）

在软件工程变成一个“男孩俱乐部”——成为科技男（tech bros）的专属领地，以及一种要么改变世界、要么将其毁灭的神秘力量——之前很久，这仅仅是玛格丽特擅长的事情。

“玛格丽特又在搞她的软件工程了，”玛格丽特·汉密尔顿回忆起 20 世纪 60 年代在麻省理工学院仪器实验室工作时被同事们打趣的情景。汉密尔顿女士在那里领导软件工程部门，负责为引导阿波罗飞船前往月球的车载计算机编写程序。她主张，软件应当与当时更受瞩目的硬件构建工作处于同一地位。

但在当时，她的洞察力并未被视为具有前瞻性；反而更像是一个古怪的内部笑话。

汉密尔顿女士是科学史上典型的“隐藏人物”——一位在主角几乎全是男性的领域中发挥了至关重要但很大程度上不被察觉的作用的先驱女性。

虽然如今的软件产业在造就亿万富翁，且由男性主导，但情况并非一直如此。

在计算机科学被认为具有声望或能带来丰厚回报之前，汉密尔顿女士就已融入了计算机科学女性先驱的血脉之中。

在 19 世纪 40 年代，爱达·洛夫莱斯（Ada Lovelace）在第一台计算机出现之前很久就编写了第一个计算机程序。她设计了一种算法，旨在运行在查尔斯·巴贝奇（Charles Babbage）提出的蒸汽驱动“分析机”上。

第二次世界大战期间，“Eniac 六人组”是六位女性，她们为第一台通用电子数字计算机编写程序，以计算弹道轨迹。计算机由男性构建，但编程被认为是枯燥乏味的工作，因此交由女性数学家处理。

20 世纪 50 年代，格蕾丝·霍珀（Grace Hopper）发明了计算机编译器，将类英语的编程语言翻译成计算机能够理解并执行的指令。

在航天计划的最早阶段，包括黑人女性在内的女性担任“人类计算机”，通过手工进行关键计算。

汉密尔顿女士在采访中回忆道，当她在 20 世纪 50 年代末开始职业生涯时，她的编程同行绝大多数是男性。那是女性大量进入劳动力的十年，甚至医学和法律等专业也开始向她们开放。

“那时你就像是个例外，因为你表现得很好，所以他们决定给你更多工作，”她在 2017 年为计算机历史博物馆录制的口述历史中回忆道。

在阿波罗计划中，她领导麻省理工学院实验室的软件工程部门，该实验室赢得了为飞船计算机编写程序的合同。她团队面前的艰巨任务是确保软件对人类是安全的，或者用当时的术语来说，是“人员级（man rated）”的。

“如果软件失效，一个人的生命将受到威胁，甚至会丧命，”她说。“这一点始终是我以及可能很多其他人的首要考虑。它必须达到人员级，且必须在第一次运行时就成功。”

汉密尔顿女士坚信计算机科学是一种工程形式，这预示了该领域的未来。随着计算离开稀有的宇宙世界回归地面，从事这项工作的人员的声望、地位和薪水随之提高。

但尽管汉密尔顿女士被认为普及了“软件工程”一词，但在她看来，直到一名男性——一位“硬件大牛”——在会议上主张“你知道的，玛格丽特是对的”时，人们才开始倾听。

汉密尔顿女士在口述历史中回忆道，当时有硬件工程师，还有航空工程师。“但我们是程序员，我们有点像二等公民，”她说。“我的意思是，你知道的，我们接过东西然后让它‘跑起来’，对吧？”

玛丽亚·祖伯（Maria Zuber）是麻省理工学院（M.I.T.）的一位地球物理学家，曾领导美国国家航空航天局（NASA）绘制月球重力图的 GRAIL 任务。她说，她从未见过汉密尔顿女士——后者在科学领域比她早了一个世代——但她非常钦佩她“非凡的技术和领导才能”。

“当你看到像她这样敢于追求并实现梦想的人时，会让剩下的我们更容易敢于去触及”

随着汉密尔顿女士在近年来成为偶像级人物，她经常被要求回顾在 20 世纪 60 年代那个“广告狂人”时代担任女性工程师是什么感觉。

她回忆道，在一次工作中，一位同事问她：“你怎么能做这个？家里有个孩子，你怎么还能在这里工作？”我想起来，我以前从未被这样问过。我说：“嗯，你知道的，你得做适合你的事情，而我也得做适合我的事情。”

在开发阿波罗软件期间，她在夜晚和周末会把女儿劳伦（Lauren）带到工作岗位。劳伦会假装成一名宇航员，按下模块上的各种按钮——有一次导致一次模拟运行崩溃。这揭示了“劳伦漏洞”（the Lauren bug）。她的上司说不需要修复它，因为宇航员受过更好的训练。

“我说，但如果真的发生了怎么办？”她在 2019 年一次关于阿波罗 11 号 50 周年纪念的采访中回忆道。“我的重点始终是‘如果……怎么办？’”

她说，在阿波罗 8 号任务期间，一名宇航员在飞行过程中确实按下了他不应该按的按钮。

“就在那次飞行之后，我被允许将那个修复补丁加入其中，”汉密尔顿女士回忆道。

这种谨慎——为不可预见的情况做准备——在尼尔·阿姆斯特朗驾驶阿波罗 11 号登月舱时被证明至关重要。汉密尔顿女士和她的工程团队曾预料到，在下降过程中，那台微型计算机可能会被海量的数据淹没。

由于一系列不幸事件的巧合，情况恰恰发生了。一系列不祥的警报响起。根据设计，计算机将

一种她和她的团队被视为“二等公民”的感觉。

在没有崩溃的情况下剔除了非必要任务，着陆取得了成功。

在登月之后，汉密尔顿女士创办了公司，并继续从事软件工程工作。

但几十年来，几乎没有人听说过她，也不知道她在阿波罗计划中的角色。在《纽约时报》的档案中，直到 2005 年才出现关于她的记载，而那篇文章仅在顺带提及她时，将其描述为“参与软件工作的数百名程序员之一”。

计算机科学专业的女性人数在 20 世纪 70 年代持续增长，并在 1984 年达到顶峰，占比 37%。这一比例比法学院的女性比例低几个百分点，但高于医学院和物理科学专业的女性比例。

但个人电脑的兴起使该领域变得更像是在摆弄汽车，文化也随之发生了转变。在 20 世纪 90 年代，一张《花花公子》杂志内页的照片成为了测试数字处理技术的标准图像之一。

“令我惊讶的是，在某些方面，现在似乎比早年时期还要糟糕，”汉密尔顿女士在 2017 年表示。

虽然女性在法律、医学和科学领域的普及程度继续提高，但她们逃离了计算机科学，比例降至 20% 以下，直到近年来才略有回升。

汉密尔顿女士并不总是将自己视为后来她所代表的那个象征。

“我当时太投入于我们在技术上所做的工作，以至于没有意识到男性的数量远超女性，”她在 2015 年的一次采访中说道。“在阿波罗项目的情况下，我的同事（大多为男性）和我彼此是朋友，我们肩并肩地解决具有挑战性的问题，并赶在关键截止日期前完成任务。”

汉密尔顿女士补充道：“我们更专注于工作，而不是关注对方是男性还是女性。”

她注意到，令她惊讶的是，几十年后，许多事情并没有变得更好。

“如今对女性的歧视如果存在，通常比那时更加微妙，”她说。“这有其优点，也有其缺点。”

更多讣告见 B12 页。

6 房地产

美国指控富国银行通过创建有利于少数族裔贷款申请人的计划实施歧视。

科技 / 经济 / 媒体 / 金融

商业

6 房地产 平均 30 年期固定利率抵押贷款上升至 7.4%，给房主带来了更大压力。

莱恩·约翰逊，一位顶尖的截锋和心理健康倡导者，在离开费城时留下了超越足球的遗产。

纽约时报

地理扭曲了全球化世界

蒂莫·伦岑（TIMO LENZEN）

作者：帕特里夏·科恩（PATRICIA COHEN） 伦敦 —— 几十年来，我们生活在一个似乎超越了地理的世界里。

信息、资金、商品、病菌和武器已经能够无视距离。低声的秘密和十亿美元的赏金被瞬间交易。智能手机、温州蜜柑和凉鞋从全球各地被送到你的门前。弹道导弹能够在几分钟内跨越大陆。

但这种日常假设受到了

地理位置依然至关重要，因为战争和气候变化关闭了关键的运输路线，造成了技术无法解决的贸易中断和物流问题。

新闻分析

波斯湾一条至关重要的航运和能源路线被封锁而造成的经济浩劫的挑战。

由七个月前美国和以色列对伊朗的袭击引发的中东冲突推高了能源价格。它还促使利率上升，扰乱了全球工厂的生产，危及收成，并引发了从叙利亚到危地马拉的愤怒抗议。

地理学带着复仇之势回归了。

续见 B4 页

餐厅的困境：在 GLP-1 时代如何销售食物

作者：朱莉·克雷斯韦尔 (JULIE CRESWELL)

六个月前，亚特兰大 Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours 餐厅的主厨兼老板德博拉·范特雷斯 (Deborah VanTrece) 发现，她为顾客打包剩菜准备的容器快用完了。

“剩下的不是几口，而是半盘子。”范特雷斯女士回忆道，“我当时在想，‘我们的分量改变了吗？’”

并没有。事实是，越来越多的顾客在服用 GLP-1 类减肥药物。从温馨的高端场所到全国性的快餐连锁店，餐厅们正在研究如何为那 11 percent 的成年人（约 3000 万 美国人）调整菜单，这些人正在使用 Wegovy、Ozempic 和 Zepbound 等药物。服用这些药物的人外出就餐的次数在减少，且就餐时的消费也在降低。

“每当看到餐食没有被全部吃完时，我们总会询问客人，而他们非常坦率地告诉我们是因为‘打针’，”范特雷斯女士说道。

预计服用这些药物的人数将会增加。由于消费者为了保护肌肉（GLP-1 药物可能会减少肌肉量）而寻求摄入更多蛋白质，应对方案看似相当简单：在菜单中增加蛋白质，并缩小分量。

但在盘中增加蛋白质可能成本高昂；例如，牛肉价格仍处于历史高位。企业必须确定，消费者是否愿意为了在餐食中多增加几克鸡肉或牛肉而多支付 $5 或 $7。

那么，半个三明治或半份油封烤鸭是否意味着价格会降低 50 percent？芝加哥研究与咨询公司 Foodservice Results 的首席执行官达伦·特里斯坦诺 (Darren Tristano) 表示，这不太可能，因为餐厅仍需支付房租、人工以及自身不断上涨的食材成本。

“如果你提供一半的分量，你可能会收取全份价格的 75 percent，”特里斯坦诺先生说，“消费者为此需要支付一定的溢价。”

但对于餐厅来说，满足减肥药用户不断变化的需求并非易事，因为几十年来，餐厅一直致力于销售更大的汉堡、更大份的薯条和巨型杯装汽水。

由于与伊朗的战争导致超市食品价格和加油站油价上涨，餐厅已经感受到了影响，一些消费者开始减少外出就餐的频率，或者为了省钱而省掉前菜或甜点。 续接 B5 页

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2026 B1

中国机器人产业激增，超越德国

欧洲寻求加快步伐以释放该产业潜力。

作者：詹姆斯·帕顿（JAMES PATON）

伦敦——机器人制造商库卡（Kuka）曾是德国工业创新的象征，而现在却成了遗憾的源头。

十年前，欧洲监管机构批准了中国家电制造商美的（Midea）收购德国领先的机器人公司之一库卡。如今，在部署工厂机器人的全球竞赛中，德国正逐渐掉队，而这些机器人对于中国转型为全球制造强国至关重要。

根据行业组织国际机器人联合会（International Federation of Robotics）的数据，德国工厂的机器人安装量预计将连续第三年下降，而中国的部署则在不断加强。

这一日益扩大的差距，体现了中国给德国以及整个欧洲带来的日益增长的经济威胁。

来自中国的低成本汽车、化学品和机械产品如洪水般涌入，掏空了欧洲的工厂，导致德国每月损失约 14,000 个工业岗位，并引发了要求对北京采取更严厉贸易措施的呼声。欧盟对中国的贸易逆差每天高达 10 亿欧元（11 亿美元），创下历史之最。

中国在机器人和人工智能领域的推进进一步增加了压力。

布鲁塞尔墨卡托中国研究所在技术与创新政策专家丽贝卡·阿尔塞萨蒂（Rebecca Arcesati）表示，中国的机器人领域“加速发展得极其迅速”。“我们从该领域的欧洲公司那里听到，他们对日益激烈的竞争感到相当担忧。” 续接 B6 页

袭击导致油价攀升

作者：丽莎·弗里德曼（LISA FRIEDMAN）和珍妮·格罗斯（JENNY GROSS）

伦敦——由于中东冲突升级似乎引发了对供应中断的新担忧，周四油价飙升，股价下跌。

随着也门受伊朗支持的胡塞武装与沙特领导的军事联盟之间的战争升级，沙特阿拉伯的首都陷入恐慌。胡塞武装的一名军事发言人周四早些时候表示，该组织已用弹道导弹袭击了利雅得机场。

全球基准布伦特原油周四上涨 4%，突破每桶 $105，随后在特朗普总统在其社交媒体网站上表示美国在期中选举前不会攻击伊朗后，价格略有回落。

标准普尔 500 指数当日收盘下跌约 0.5%，欧洲和亚洲股市也出现下跌。

在过去一个月中，通过霍尔木兹海峡的石油流量有所增加，该海峡是石油和天然气出口的重要水道，此前曾被伊朗封锁数月。更多的航运运营商决定承担通过该海峡的风险，部分原因是美国军队一直在提供引导和保护。

但过去一周，在霍尔木兹海峡及其周边的油轮袭击事件大幅增加。与此同时，胡塞武装与沙特阿拉伯之间不断恶化的冲突，增加了通过红海出口能源的危险，而红海此前一直是运输沙特石油的替代方案。

续接 B4 页

航空

美国航空将在更多飞机上增加星链服务

美国航空（American Airlines）周四表示，计划在未来一年内将其 1,000 多架主舰队的所有飞机安装 SpaceX 的星链（Starlink）卫星互联网服务，从而扩展一项已在约一半机队中实施的计划。

美国航空在 5 月曾表示，计划从明年开始在 500 多架空客飞机上安装星链。

媒体

《华盛顿邮报》聘请雅虎高管

《华盛顿邮报》周四表示，已任命雅虎前高管亚历克斯·华莱士（Alex Wallace）为首席运营官。

该报称，华莱士女士将于10月19日就职，并将与首席执行官杰夫·多诺弗里奥（Jeff D'Onofrio）合作，协调公司各团队并根据业务目标跟踪绩效。

华莱士女士曾担任雅虎执行副总裁兼媒体与内容负责人，在职期间负责管理包括雅虎新闻、体育、娱乐和财经，以及 TechCrunch 和其他媒体与内容业务在内的投资组合。

此次部署现在还将包括530多架波音飞机。

配备 Starlink 的机队将使用 SpaceX 的 Performance Aero Terminal，这是一种安装在飞机上的卫星互联网天线系统。

该航空公司表示，该终端能够提供高达 1 gigabit 每秒的传输速度。

此次交易的财务条款未公开。

该承运商运营着一支由 1,030 多架飞机组成的主干机队。

其中 900 多架是单通道飞机，其余为宽体飞机。路透社

此次任命正值《邮报》致力于提高其财务表现之际。该公司上个月表示，预计 2026 年底将达到五年来最接近盈利的状态。

华莱士女士曾在 CBS 新闻和 NBC 新闻担任领导职务。路透社

台积电营收超出预期

在 7 月的上次财报电话会议上，台积电预测第三季度

全球最大的合同芯片制造商台湾积体电路制造公司（TSMC）周四报告，第三季度营收创纪录，达到 1.49 万亿新台币（467.1 亿美元 billion），由于人工智能应用的强劲需求，该数字超过了市场预期，且比去年同期增长 50%。

该公司计划于下周四公布第三季度收益，届时还将更新其对该季度及今年余下时间的展望和计划。路透社

台积电是亚洲市值最高（市值 $2.1 trillion）的上市公司，在其简短的营收声明中未提供任何细节或前瞻性指引。

油价上涨与债券收益率反转震动华尔街

营收在 446 亿美元 billion 至 458 亿美元 billion 之间。

仅 9 月份，台积电报告营收同比增长 54.6%，达到 5118.6 亿美元 新台币。

收益

纽约时报

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道琼斯工业平均指数 +0.1% 51,231.64

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纳斯达克综合指数 -1.3% 27,193.34

10年期国债收益率 5.23% -0.054 点

原油（美国） $91.49 +$3.21

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股票与债券

周四标准普尔 500 指数每 1 分钟间隔的走势 —— 前收盘价：7,801.77

黄金（纽约） $4,157.00 +$16.30

美联社报道

由于油价上涨且美国股市指数涨跌互现，一些剧烈的反转导致周四金融市场动荡不安。

标准普尔 500 指数在创下高点后下跌 0.5%，连续第二个交易日下跌。道琼斯工业平均指数上涨 51 点，即 0.1%；纳斯达克综合指数下跌 1.3%，其中科技股受创尤为严重。

国际标准布伦特原油每桶价格上涨 4.1% 至 $104.28，给股市带来了压力。由于不确定与伊朗的战争何时才能让全球能源行业恢复正常，过去一个月油价一直在 $96 到接近 $110 之间剧烈波动。

布伦特原油价格在早盘一度接近 $106，随后特朗普总统表示与伊朗正在进行“富有成效的讨论”，且美国军队在 11 月美国大选前不会对其发动攻击，这导致价格转向。这使得布伦特原油价格一度向 $103 回落，但最终又重新回升。

更剧烈的波动冲击了债券市场。全球范围内的债券收益率正跳升至多年甚至数十年来的最高水平，这威胁到经济增长速度。

10 年期国债收益率最初随油价上涨，从周三晚间的 5.28% 升至周四早晨的 5.35%。但随后它一路跌回 5.23%。

在美国政府宣布通过一次最高收益率低于 5.62% 的拍卖出售了 $22 亿的 30 年期国债后，收益率出现下跌。这帮助将 30 年期国债收益率从早晨的 5.73% 降低至 5.60%，这在债券市场中是一个显著的波动。

前一天，一次 10 年期国债拍卖也帮助降低了收益率。强劲的需求表明，尽管由于对高通胀、庞大政府的担忧导致今年价格大幅下跌，投资者仍愿意购买美国政府债务。

标准普尔500指数

债务负担及其他因素。

“美国国债收益率的上升开始产生其自身的吸引力，买家在价格合适时会出现，”富国银行投资研究所（Wells Fargo Investment Institute）全球投资策略分析师托尼·米亚诺（Tony Miano）表示。

在华尔街，国债收益率的缓解带动了大多数美国股票上涨，包括标准普尔500指数中三分之二的股票。

百事公司（PepsiCo）上涨 3.7%，此前这家零食和饮料公司报告的最新季度利润和营收高于分析师预期，部分得益于北美以外市场的强劲表现。

但几只具有影响力的科技股下跌掩盖了这些涨幅。

英伟达（Nvidia）这家凭借人工智能技术创造的需求浪潮而崛起的芯片公司下跌 2.9%。由于它是华尔街市值最大的股票，尽管其他股票的跌幅更大，但它对标准普尔500指数的影响最重。

这包括其他人工智能相关股票的下跌，其中博通（Broadcom）下跌 4.3%，美光科技（Micron Technology）下跌 4.8%。

尽管芯片行业的风向标台积电（Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.）报告的 9 月增长情况表明，其最新季度的营收足够强劲，能够超过分析师的预期，但相关股票依然下跌。台积电在美国交易的股票下跌 3%。

在其他海外股市，亚洲和欧洲大部分地区的指数均出现下跌。

由于人工智能热潮导致股价在近年来飙升，人工智能类股票面临巨大的压力，必须报告强劲的增长才能证明其高股价的合理性。

在韩国股市，三星电子（Samsung Electronics）下跌 2.4%，导致综合股价指数（Kospi）下跌 2.6%。这家科技巨头表示，其最新季度的营业利润可能从一年前的 12.17 万亿韩元飙升至 107.4 万亿韩元（约 $80 亿美元），但这仍不足以令投资者满意。

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昨日股市回顾

S&P 500 7,765.36 ↓ -0.5%

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纳斯达克综合指数 27,193.34 ↓ -1.3%

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标准普尔 500 成份股< / td><>收盘价 涨跌幅< / >< / tr><><>1. Coherent (COHR)< / ><>$302.35 -9.6%< / >< / ><><>2. Corning (GLW)< / ><>$152.83 -6.4< / >< / ><><>3. VISTRA (VST)< / ><>$106.14 -6.3< / >< / ><><>4. Bloom Energy A (BE)< / ><>$272.92 -6.3< / >< / ><><>5. Lumentum Holdings (LITE)< / ><>$1,048.80 -5.6< / >< / ><><>6. Oracle (ORCL)< / ><>$135.89 -5.5< / >< / ><><>7. Intel (INTC)< / ><>$107.08 -5.3< / >< / ><><>8. SANXIM (SNDX)< / ><>$1,609.46 -4.9< / >< / ><><>9. Constellation Energy (CEG)< / ><>$285.07 -4.8< / >< / ><><>10. Super Micro Computer (SMO)< / ><>$42.77 -4.8< / >< / table>

道琼斯工业平均指数 51,231.64 ↑+0.1%

<><>标准普尔 500 成份股< / ><>收盘价< / ><>涨跌幅< / >< / ><><>1. CoStar Group (CSGP)< / ><>$29.81< / ><>+8.0%< / >< / ><><>2. Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)< / ><>$32.68< / ><>+6.2< / >< / ><><>3. GoDaddy (GOOY)< / ><>$103.19< / ><>+6.2< / >< / ><><>4. Accenture (ACN)< / ><>$208.36< / ><>+6.0< / >< / ><><>5. Gartner (IT)< / ><>$195.41< / ><>+5.2< / >< / ><><>6. Cognizant Tech. (CTSH)< / ><>$60.01< / ><>+5.2< / >< / ><><>7. FactSet Research Systems (FDS)< / ><>$286.52< / ><>+5.0< / >< / ><><>8. Leidos (LDOS)< / ><>$118.22< / ><>+5.0< / >< / ><><>9. Marathon Petroleum (MPC)< / ><>$463.34< / ><>+4.8< / >< / ><><>10. Valero Energy (VLO)< / ><>$443.80< / ><>+4.6< / >< / table>

<><>标准普尔 500 成份股< / ><>收盘价< / ><>涨跌幅< / ><>成交量（百万股）< / >< / ><><>1. Intel (NTC)< / ><>$107.08< / ><>-5.3%< / ><>118< / >< / ><><>2. NVIDIA (NVDA)< / ><>$230.48< / ><>-2.8< / ><>114< / >< / ><><>3. Medtronic (MDT)< / ><>$87.75< / ><>+2.6< / ><>104< / >< / ><><>4. Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)< / ><>$32.68< / ><>+6.2< / ><>70< / >< / ><><>5. IBM (BAC)< / ><>$53.61< / ><>+0.2< / ><>60< / >< / ><><>6. Ford Motor (F)< / ><>$12.25< / ><>+1.1< / ><>57< / >< / ><><>7. PARAMOUN (SKYD)< / ><>$9.28< / ><>+4.4< / ><>54< / >< / ><><>8. AT&T Inc. (T)< / ><>$24.87< / ><>+1.6< / ><>51< / >< / ><><>9. PG & E (PCG)< / ><>$12.67< / ><>-0.9< / ><>47< / >< / ><><>10. Netflix (NFLX)< / ><>$71.57< / ><>+2.7< / ><>46< / >< / table>

专项债券与短期债券 总回报 总资产

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< / td><>1年< / ><>5年< / ><>资产（十亿美元）< / >< / tr><><>1. 先锋短期债券指数基金机构份额 (VBITX)< / ><>+0.8%< / ><>+1.5%< / ><>69,5< / >< / ><><>2. 先锋短期投资级基金投资者份额 (VFSTX)< / ><>+1,0< / ><>+2,1< / ><>54,5< / >< / ><><>3. 先锋短期公司债券指数基金海军上将份额 (VSCSX)< / ><>+1,1< / ><>+2,1< / ><>50,9< / >< / ><><>4. 贝莱德战略收益机会组合 R类 (BSRX)< / ><>+2,0< / ><>+3,1< / ><>49,1< / >< / ><><>5. Lord Abbett 短期收益基金 R4类 (LDUXX)< / ><>+1,9< / ><>+2,3< / ><>42,6< / >< / ><><>6. 先锋机构中期债券基金机构增强份额 (VITX)< / ><>-0,1< / ><>+1,0< / ><>30,1< / >< / ><><>7. 美国基金美国高收益信托 R-6类 (RIGX)< / ><>+1,4< / ><>+4,3< / ><>28,4< / >< / ><><>8. 美国基金美国中期债券基金 R-6类 (RIBGX)< / ><>-0,6< / ><>+1,1< / ><>28,0< / >< / ><><>9. 贝莱德高收益组合基金 K类 (BRHYX)< / ><>+2,3< / ><>+4,2< / ><>25,8< / >< / ><><>10. 先锋高收益公司债券基金投资者份额 (VWEHX)< / ><>+1,3< / ><>+3,4< / ><>24,8< / >< / table>

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美联储一名高层官员对本月加息表示更多质疑

美联储理事克里斯托弗·J·沃勒（Christopher J. Waller）。在周四的一次演讲中，他表示关于何时提高利率“存在一定的灵活性”。 KYLIE COOPER / 路透社

作者：科尔比·史密斯（COLBY SMITH）

周四，一名高层官员加入其他央行决策者的行列，暗示他们在决定后续行动的时机方面具有灵活性，这使得美联储本月连续第二次提高利率的前景进一步暗淡。

美联储理事克里斯托弗·J·沃勒在周四的一次演讲中强调，在通胀率连续近六年高于目标值之后，美联储仍需在将通胀率带回 2% 目标方面做更多工作。沃勒先生支持通过“额外加息”来支持更快速地回归该水平，但他并未传达出紧迫感。

“如果经济数据继续如预期般出现，我预计将采取额外加息，以支持通胀更及时地回归我们的 2% 目标，”沃勒先生在伊斯坦布尔的一次活动演讲中表示，“但关于这些加息何时发生，存在一定的灵活性。”

他补充说，进一步提高借贷成本的举措“不需要在连续的会议上进行，但应当在可接受的时间段内落实到位”。

沃勒先生的言论巩固了市场对美联储下次加息时机预期的重新设定。就在两周前，金融市场认为在 10 月底（即中期选举前几天）的美联储会议上连续第二次加息的可能性为 70%。

但上周，在由美联储主席凯文·M·沃什（Kevin M. Warsh）领导的央行三人政策指导小组的两名成员发表演讲后，这一预期骤降至 20% 左右。该“三人组”中的两名成员——纽约联邦储备银行行长约翰·C·威廉姆斯（John C. Williams）和美联储副主席菲利普·N·杰斐逊（Philip N. Jefferson）——暗示，在 9 月份一致投票决定加息后，央行在再次加息前可以从容对待。周五公布的 9 月份就业报告显示月度增长放缓，进一步支撑了这一观点。

沃勒先生在周四解释了为什么他在支持美联储在春夏季保持利率不变之后，最终支持加息。他表示，到 9 月中旬政策制定委员会开会时，已经有“数月来的大量证据表明，货币政策的风险已经转移”。这包括劳动力市场已趋于稳定以及通胀风险的激增。

这些风险包括与伊朗的长期战争，这推高了石油和其他商品的价格。沃勒先生还提到了由于扩大人工智能能力而导致支出激增所带来的新兴价格压力，以及特朗普总统可能征收新关税的前景。

“当 8 月份的第一份通胀数据在联邦公开市场委员会（F.O.M.C.） 9 月会议前夕出炉且数值较高时，无法否认通胀仍然过高，且在向我们的目标迈进方面没有取得足够进展，”沃勒先生说。

他表示，通胀仍然是他最关注的问题，尤其是消费者可能开始质疑央行回归 2% 目标的决心。

“有证据表明今年下半年经济活动正在加强，因此我并不太担心紧缩的货币政策会威胁到经济，导致破坏性的放缓，”他补充道。

沃勒先生并未详细阐明他将如何确定后续加息的时机，但他强调了美联储清晰沟通其思考过程的重要性。这种做法与沃什先生的偏好形成鲜明对比，后者倾向于让央行在发出未来信号时更加谨慎。主席曾表示，这样做会束缚美联鼻的手脚，使得官员们在经济背景需要不同应对措施时，更难以转向。他还拒绝了官员们就政策路径以及通胀、增长和失业率前景所提供的季度预测。

这些预测仅是美联储沟通策略的一个方面，而沃什先生已指示一组外部顾问对此进行研究，因为他寻求兑现其在央行实施“体制变革”的承诺。

但据沃勒先生称，选择不发出关于政策路径的清晰信号是有弊端的。他说，这可能会“令市场感到意外并引发波动”。

沃勒先生补充说，这还可能增加美联储影响经济的难度。

他说：“关键在于，如果市场定价的加息次数过少或过多，金融状况的变化将意味着对经济活动的产生影响过小或过大。”

白宫禁止记者进入的禁令暂停期延长

作者：埃里克·温普尔 (ERIK WEMPLE)

华盛顿 —— 周四，一名联邦法官暂时延长了其对特朗普总统禁止 CNN、MS NOW 和 Politico 进入白宫之举的拦截令，并表示他将在下周决定是否将其延长至更长时间。

美国哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院的蒂莫西·J·凯利 (Timothy J. Kelly) 法官在一次听证会上表示，此次延期将给他时间来评估本案中的论点。

特朗普先生曾在 9 月 18 日的一篇社交媒体帖子中宣布该禁令，随后 CNN、MS NOW 和 Politico 的记者在次日被禁止进入。这些公司随即就准入禁令提起诉讼。

凯利法官此前曾授予这些媒体为期两周的禁令豁免期，该豁免期于周四到期。在听证会上，这些新闻机构主张，在诉讼进行期间（这可能需要数月时间），其准入权限应予以延长。政府则主张总统有权禁止这些机构进入。政府在一份文件中表示，在法院审理期间，应允许白宫恢复该禁令。

周四的听证会主要取决于政——

一名法官表示，他将在下周决定是否进一步延长豁免期。

府在禁止这些机构进入白宫区域之前是否采取了适当的程序步骤。禁令生效后，白宫向这三家公司发送了信函，阐明了采取该行动的理由，并提供了提出质疑的机会。

信中称，如果这些新闻机构想要对禁令提出异议，有三天时间向白宫发送书面回复。凯利法官的两周豁免期在白宫规定的书面回复截止日期之前生效。没有任何一家媒体公司发送回复。

代表白宫的律师迈克尔·韦尔奇克 (Michael Velchik) 表示，由于这些媒体机构没有做出回应，因此它们“选择不为自己辩护”。

代表这些媒体机构的第一修正案律师西奥多·J·布特罗斯 (Theodore J. Boutrous) 称白宫的流程是一场“骗局”，并主张总统已经决定禁止这些公司。

周四的听证会集中在恢复这些新闻机构进入白宫区域的凭证上，而非自凯利法官的命令生效以来成为争议焦点的所谓“池组” (pool) 分配问题。“池组”是指一组轮换的记者，他们共同承担在无法容纳全部新闻团的小空间内报道总统的责任。

自从其记者的新闻凭证恢复以来，CNN 已两次被禁止在总统出访期间担任空军一号的电视池组代表。Politico 也在周一被禁止履行其池组分配任务。

为什么法院命令未能阻止记者被禁乘空军一号

作者：埃里克·温普尔 (ERIK WEMPLE)

在过去的几周里，特朗普总统试图阻止来自三家新闻机构的记者报道，因为他认为这些机构的报道过于负面：CNN、MS NOW 和 Politico。

起初，这三家机构的记者完全无法进入白宫综合区域。但在这些机构起诉政府后，一名联邦法官强制特朗普先生允许他们重新进入，至少在诉讼启动期间维持两周。

随后，在裁决出台一天后，出现了新的转折：特朗普先生禁止 CNN 随他乘坐空军一号。他在次周再次这样做，随后还禁止一名 Politico 记者参加计划中的飞机行程。

关于总统在决定其新闻随行人员组成方面拥有什么样的权力，目前是华盛顿联邦法院多起诉讼的主题。周四，蒂莫西·J·凯利法官延长了他的命令，防止白宫禁止这三家机构进入其区域。

与这些机构的冲突——以及一起涉及美联社 (The Associated Press) 的相关案件——引发了一系列法律和新闻专业问题。

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谁决定谁能报道总统？

白宫新闻办公室负责发放允许记者出入白宫建筑群的凭证。一名白宫官员表示，许多记者仅持有针对某些总统活动的临时新闻通行证，但有 1,200 多名记者持有所谓的“硬通行证”（hard pass）。

该凭证需要经过特勤局的背景调查，持有者可以进入“鹅卵石海滩”（Pebble Beach）——一个电视团队进行现场报道拍摄的区域；西翼车道的局部区域；詹姆斯·S·布雷迪简报室；以及白宫新闻媒体助理工作所在的“底层新闻区”。

法律如何规定记者进入白宫的权限？

尽管通行证由白宫新闻办公室发放，但根据 1977 年的一项法院裁决，法院判定第一修正案保护记者免受不必要且严苛的限制，并防止其被随意地“排除在信息来源之外”。裁决指出，在白宫为新闻媒体设立设施后，不能随意拒绝任何特定媒体的进入。

该案件还设定了先例，即在没有严格程序的情况下，不能剥夺记者的白宫硬通行证。这些程序包括：就拒绝发放的依据提供适当通知、给予回应机会，以及提供一份关于拒绝原因的最终书面声明。

这些要求在特朗普总统任期内的准入争议中起到了核心作用：2018 年，白宫撤销了 CNN 记者吉姆·阿科斯塔（Jim Acosta）的硬通行证；次年，白宫暂停了《花花公子》杂志记者布莱恩·卡雷姆（Brian Karem）的硬通行证。

在这两起案件中，联邦法官均裁定白宫未给予这些记者正当的法律程序。

而在涉及 CNN、MS NOW 和 Politico 的裁决中——该裁决明确恢复了这些记者的硬通行证——法官还批评白宫未能遵守正当程序。

CNN 和一名 Politico 记者被禁止乘坐空军一号。

根据一份政府文件，白宫在法庭文件中声称，总统有兴趣“执行针对真实记者的最低标准，并维护国家安全信息”。

白宫发言人戴维斯·英格尔（Davis Ingle）在的一份声明中表示：“特朗普总统将继续谴责带有偏见的媒体，并毫无歉意地将他的信息直接传递给美国人民。”

为什么这些媒体仍然被禁止登上“空军一号”？

凯利法官的命令并未明确提及这些媒体所谓的“池组”（pool）分配问题。

在报道总统时，存在不同的层级。椭圆形办公室的大小约相当于一套一居室公寓，根本无法容纳所有持有白宫常驻通行证（hard-pass）的人员。白宫报道线上的其他场所，包括“空军一号”，同样存在空间限制。

解决方案是“池组系统”，即允许持有常驻通行证的小组记者轮流进入狭小空间。池组报告包含总统活动的记录、观察和引语，并面向广大受众发布。

几十年来，白宫记者协会和新闻团决定关键新闻池组的轮换顺序，但白宫在2025年2月接管了这些分配权，声称这将为此前被拒绝质询总统的媒体提供机会。

特朗普先生利用这一权力阻止了CNN和Politico参与其池组分配。在凯利法官下令仅几天后，他便阻止了CNN履行其预定的田纳西州之行电视池组记者职责。10月1日，当特朗普先生前往德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州为共和党候选人助选时，该网络再次发现自己被禁止执行池组任务。

在特朗普先生周一前往内布拉斯加州的行程中，Politico被排除在池组轮换之外。一名MS NOW新闻高管在

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法庭声明中表示，该媒体已被排除在白宫的次级电视池组之外。一名白宫官员则表示，MS NOW最初能进入池组是应白宫的邀请。

尽管如此，CNN在另外两次机会中被允许履行池组职责。

在法庭文件中，CNN、MS NOW和Politico已请求凯利法官恢复他们在9月禁令之前的白宫准入级别，该请求涵盖了他们的池组轮换。

是否还有其他媒体被禁止进入这些狭小空间？

是的。2025年2月，白宫还因美联社（Associated Press）决定不将墨西哥湾称为“美国湾”而将其记者移出了新闻池组。包括《纽约时报》在内的其他媒体在提及该水域时也使用“墨西哥湾”。

美联社提起诉讼，一名联邦法官恢复了他们的准入权。但美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院在白宫提起上诉期间，暂停了该法官命令的核心部分。

其他新闻机构如何回应？

当特朗普先生禁止这三家媒体进入白宫区域时，其他新闻机构联合起来谴责这一禁令，并支持被驱逐的记者。

各大电视网络完全暂停了对特朗普先生的池组报道，打破了延续数十年的惯例。

电视池组是由五家网络（ABC新闻、CBS新闻、CNN、福克斯新闻和NBC新闻）组成的独立安排，长期以来轮流承担提供总统电视报道的责任，分担财务成本，彼此及与附属机构共享素材，并将其出售给其他媒体。

在这些媒体的常驻通行证得以恢复后，五家网络决定恢复池组职责，但有一个前提：每次CNN被移出池组轮换时，该网络小组将决定是否提供替代团队。否则，CNN的席位将保持空缺，特朗普先生将无法获得主流网络的报道。

法律公告

关于四项拟议 PFAS 和解协议总额超过 1.49亿美元 的美国公共供水系统通知。

在南卡罗来纳州联邦地区法院审理的关于水成膜泡沫（AFFF）产品责任诉讼（MDL No. 2:18-mn-2873-RMG）中，已达成四项拟议的集体诉讼和解协议。

这些和解协议解决了针对 Carrier Global Corporation（“Carrier”）、Archroma U.S., Inc.（“Archroma”）、Amerex Corporation（“Amerex”）以及 Nation Ford Chemical Company（“Nation Ford”）的某些索赔，这些索赔涉及公共供水系统提供的饮用水中涉嫌存在 PFAS 污染。和解被告否认承担责任。针对其他被告的诉讼仍在继续。

和解协议提供什么？

这四项和解协议为符合条件的公共供水系统提供超过 1.49亿美元 的资金：

- Carrier：$129.200 万，外加适用的净水供应商保险收益（如有） - Archroma：1400万美元

• Amerex：400万美元

• Nation Ford：$1.8.75 亿

符合条件的公共供水系统可能收到的金额将取决于适用的分配程序以及提交给索赔管理员的信息。

哪些公共供水系统被包含在内？

和解集体通常包括美国境内所有满足以下条件的活跃公共供水系统：

(1) 截至 July 31, 2026 拥有一个或多个受影响的水源；或 (1) 截至 July 31, 2020, 拥有一个或多个受影响的水源，或 (2) 根据 UCMR-5, 被要求检测某些 PFAS，或根据 SDWIS 服务于 3,300 人以上。

某些公共供水系统被排除在外。完整的和解集体定义和排除条款可在和解网站上查阅。

公共供水系统需要了解的事项

参与和解：符合条件的公共供水系统必须提交所需的索赔信息才能获得付款。此前已向索赔管理员提交过早期公共供水系统和解索赔信息的公共供水系统，可以再次提交相同信息，并根据需要更新此前提交的信息。

对和解提出异议：未选择退出且不赞同和解的公共供水系统，可在 November 23, 2026 前对一项或多项和解协议提出异议。

选择退出和解：不希望参与一项或多项和解协议的公共供水系统，必须在 December 22, 2026. 前提交排除请求。选择从某项和解中排除自身的公共供水系统将无法获得该项和解的资金，但将保留单独追究该和解涵盖的索赔的权利。

不采取行动：不采取任何行动的公共供水系统将留在适用的和解集体中，并将受和解协议及其免责条款的约束。

最终公平听证会：法院将于 January 15, 2027, 东部标准时间上午 10:00 a.m. EST 举行最终公平听证会，以决定是否批准这些和解协议。公共供水系统无需出席。

关于和解协议、资格要求、索赔、排除、异议及重要截止日期的完整信息，请访问：www.PFASWaterSettlement.com 或致电 1-855-714-4341。

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世贸组织：人工智能驱动全球增长率

作者：ANA SWANSON

华盛顿——世界贸易组织（W.T.O.）周四表示，预计今年全球货物贸易将增长 3.9%，几乎是其 3 月份预测速度的两倍，因为在生产人工智能所需的高价芯片和其他设备上的支出提升了跨境贸易。

人工智能商品的快速贸易抵消了中东战争和特朗普政府出台的关税对贸易造成的拖累。世贸组织预计明年贸易增长将略有回升，加速至 4.1%。

该组织副总干事约翰娜·希尔（Johanna Hill）在周四的新闻发布会上表示，全球经济和贸易的韧性是“过去六个月的一个显著特点”。

由于伊朗战争导致的能源价格上涨和航运中断，为寻求贸易的公司带来了巨大的阻力。然而，她表示，企业和供应链已经适应，其他地区的能源和化肥生产商已介入以填补中断的供应。

世贸组织警告称，这种韧性并非均匀分布，部分地区和行业受中东战争的影响更为严重。

该组织首席经济学家罗伯特·斯泰格（Robert Staiger）表示，冲突对贸易造成了重大影响，尤其是在中东地区内部。2026 年上半年，中东出口的原油数量与 2025, 同期相比下降了 24%，而液化天然气的出口下降了 47%。

但他表示，全球贸易体系帮助许多国家度过了冲击。该地区以外的国家增加了能源和化肥的生产与出口，以弥补供应的损失。

支持人工智能的货物贸易在 2026 年上半年也增长了惊人的 67%，约占该期间全球货物贸易价值增长的一半。

斯泰格先生表示，2026, 的全球贸易被“两种相反的力量所塑造：一是影响服务业和货物贸易的中东冲突，二是人工智能基础设施异常强劲的投资浪潮”。“到目前为止，第二种力量超过了第一种。”

战争迫使世界重新审视地理的力量

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“当我们思考全球经济或现代经济时，我们经常忘记最基础的底层架构，那就是物流，”外交关系委员会研究高级副总裁兼莫里斯·R·格林伯格主席香农·奥尼尔（Shannon O'Neil）说道。“东西仍然需要从这里运到那里。”

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悼念者在德黑兰的大穆萨拉（Grand Mosalla）向七个月前在美以袭击中丧生的阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊（Ayatollah Ali Khamenei）表达哀悼。

冲突与气候变化正引发动荡。

那些在军事、技术或经济实力上远不能与美国相匹敌的国家和武装组织，在某种程度上仅仅凭借其在地图上的地理位置，就将全球经济地为人质。

伊朗干扰了霍尔木兹海峡的交通，这里是进入波斯湾的唯一海路，也是全球最重要的能源咽喉。而也门受伊朗支持的胡塞武装则控制了另一个关键转运点——曼德海峡，即红海南入口的狭窄通道。

即便在现在，随着石油重新在波斯湾流动，这在很大程度上也是通过强力实现的——油轮在美国海军的引导下航行。

这些冲突的爆发紧急地提醒人们，像南海和苏伊士运河这样的关键运输路线，依然对贸易，以及随之而来的数千万人的福祉拥有巨大的影响力。

与此同时，全球的战略和经济地理正被气候变化重新塑造，气候变化正在破坏拥有数百年历史的通道，并在地球表面刻画出新的航线。

今年夏天，干旱导致欧洲的莱茵河和多瑙河等水道水位下降，颠覆了货运运输，提高了航运成本并削减了工业生产。这还威胁到了匈牙利和罗马尼亚的电力供应，这两个国家使用河水为核反应堆冷却。

在拉丁美洲，承载约 40% 美国集装箱流量的巴拿马运河运营商，由于厄尔尼诺现象加剧的水位低迷而限制了交通。

在数千英里以北，中国航运公司最近利用水温升高，建立了首条定期商业北冰洋过境航线。正如特朗普总统对格陵兰岛的觊觎所表明的那样，这一进展预示着与美国的战略竞争将进一步升级。

战后全球秩序已经崩溃。

地理在世界事务中一直是一股强大的力量。公元前五世纪，在伯罗奔尼撒战争期间，斯巴达利用其对达达尼尔海峡的控制，切断了雅典的粮食供应。

然而，在我们这一代人中，自20世纪90年代全球化势头增强以来，技术往往掩盖了地理的影响。

但那个国际秩序建立在互利全球合作的愿景以及一套规则和法律体系之上，而如今这一体系正在遭到侵蚀。

对抗和胁迫已成为首选手段，而非最后手段。甚至盟友之间的信任也已崩溃。

特朗普先生上个月在联合国发表的演说，可以被视为对那个更为乐观的战后愿景的悼词。在谈到决定没收委内瑞拉石油储备时，他说：“胜者拥有战利品”，这正是他处理世界事务时“赢家通吃”方式的一个缩影。

特朗普先生显然加速了战后秩序的瓦解，但其根源更为深远。

正是那些让全球化如此成功的网络，同时也创造了新型的脆弱性和权力失衡。

例如，在始于20世纪90年代的超全球化时代，美国和中国都日益依赖于对经济而非物理扼制点的控制。美国利用其在全球金融体系中的主导地位，通过冻结资产或切断商业交易来惩罚对手。中国则利用其稀土金属储备向竞争对手施压。

因此，较弱的国家寻求自己的压力点或许并不令人意外。就伊朗而言，这个压力点就是地理。对外关系委员会高级研究员爱德华·费什曼（Edward Fishman）表示，在21世纪初和2010年代，伊朗虽然承受着严厉的制裁，但从未接近关闭霍尔木兹海峡。

“我认为这在某种程度上标志着我们已经远离了全球化范式，以至于地理特征也被武器化了，”这位前外交官费什曼先生说，“而且我认为这将是一个持续的趋势。”

暴力对抗是一种策略。另一种则是金融手段。伊朗一直向船东施压，要求其为通过霍尔木兹海峡支付费用。

“在很多方面，这就是伊朗现在奋斗的目标——将贸易货币化，”费什曼先生说。

这种威胁引发了人们对世界水道开放准入的质疑，而这在

当全球巨头大显身手时，弱小国家也在部署自己的压力点。

二战结束以来一直被视为理所当然。美国在本质上一直是自由航行的执行者，但其维持这一角色的意愿已经减弱，而其他大国则变得更有胆量对其发起挑战。

中国继续在台湾海域大显身手，派遣巡逻队以主张其对该岛周边海域的所有权。

乌克兰和台湾占据着关键的地理位置。

约翰·霍普金斯大学教授、《权力景观：地理与国家的兴衰》（The Landscape of Power: Geography and the Rise and Fall of Nations）一书的作者哈尔·布兰兹（Hal Brands）认为，对地理的忽视是政治短视的结果。

“在过去的 30 年左右时间里，我们基于两个错误的假设在运行，”布兰兹先生表示。第一个假设是“竞争大国之间争取影响力的斗争已经过时”。而这与第二个假设相关，即“地理以及地理的限制基本上已被创新所消除”。

他指出，乌克兰世世代代以来一直是争端焦点，因为它占据了欧亚大陆上一块关键的地产，是欧洲和亚洲大国之间的枢纽，拥有黑海港口和极其肥沃的土地。

台湾同样处于关键的交汇点，位于日本和印度尼西亚之间，是中国沿海岛链的锚点。

当然，技术、工业和地理一直相互影响。二战后中东地区石油开采和运输基础设施的发展，将霍尔木兹海峡从一条有用的运输通道变成了经济和能源的咽喉要道。

目前对关键航运路线的干扰正促使人们寻求替代方案，例如建设更多管道，从长远来看，这可能会再次改变经济和军事版图。技术的进步和贸易关系的转变也将产生同样的影响。

无论如何，战后国际秩序的瓦解可能会带来一个冲突日益增加的世界。在布兰兹先生看来，地理将日益“塑造这些斗争展开的方式”。

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纽约时报游戏

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中东暴力冲突爆发导致油价跳涨

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ARASH KHAMOOSHI / POLARIS 为《纽约时报》拍摄 伊朗班达尔阿巴斯的一艘船只。本周迄今，霍尔木兹海峡至少有八艘油轮遭到袭击。

“我们本应看到价格有所下降，但事实并非如此，”咨询公司 Rystad Energy 的高级副总裁豪尔赫·莱昂（Jorge Leon）表示，“红海局势正在剧烈升温。”

此外，莱昂先生表示，特朗普先生对伊朗的威胁再次令石油市场感到不安。特朗普先生本周表示，他正在权衡战争下一步行动的选项，随后在周四暗示美国短期内不会重启敌对行动。

能源价格上涨和中东动荡令投资者感到不安，分析人士称，这导致了债券市场所反映的利率大幅上升。

10年期美国国债收益率是抵押贷款、商业贷款及许多其他类型债务利率的基础，近期一直维持在 2002 年以来的最高水平附近，周四跳升至 5.34% 后有所回落。由于各国央行计划通过一系列加息来遏制通货膨胀，其他国家的政府债券收益率也面临压力。

自美国和以色列于 2 月 28 日对伊朗发动军事打击以来，波斯湾贸易路线的脆弱性一直是全球能源市场的核心威胁。在战争爆发前，霍尔木兹海峡承载了全球五分之一的石油供应。

本周迄今至少有八艘油轮遭到袭击，这是伊朗袭击油轮行动的一次重大升级。

海峡中最近的两起袭击发生在周三。根据英国皇家海军运行的机构——英国海事贸易行动（United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation）的消息，一艘位于卡塔尔北部海域的油轮被“多个投射物”击中，造成人员伤亡。

海事风险咨询公司 Marisks 的创始人迪米特里斯·马尼亚蒂斯（Dimitris Maniatis）表示，该船在漂流时被三架无人机击中，这凸显了不仅是经过海峡的油轮，包括卡塔尔北部海域在内的波斯湾所有船只都面临风险。

根据 Marisks 的消息，在另一起事件中，一艘位于阿拉伯联合酋长国港口富查伊拉（Fujairah）东部海域的油轮遭到不明投射物袭击。Marisks 发现，卫星图像显示该船周围有一片油污带，这可能是漏油的迹象。

咨询公司 Crystol Energy 的首席执行官卡罗尔·纳赫莱（Carole Nakhle）称，对于石油市场而言，这场冲突是一个“非常多变的局面”。

另一个影响油价的因素

能源价格上涨与动荡令投资者感到不安。

影响市场的另一个因素是热带风暴“伊赛亚斯”（Isaias），它正处于升级为飓风的边缘，并正向美国墨西哥湾沿岸——美国石油炼制的中心地带——移动。在风暴到来之前，石油和天然气生产商关闭了该地区很大一部分海上生产设施，这部分产量约占美国原油总量的 15%。

尽管如此，里昂先生认为这场飓风对石油市场的影响是“边缘性的”。他说：“主要问题在于，人们预期中期选举后袭击将会增加。”

欧亚集团（Eurasia Group）地缘政治风险咨询公司的负责人伊恩·布雷默（Ian Bremmer）表示，尽管伊朗和美国互相发出了高水平的威胁，但伊朗的战争在相对程度上仍处于受控状态。

“美国人处于边缘地带，采取较为有限的行动来表明他们是认真的，表明他们在经济上具有耐心，能够通过在施压的同时等待并熬过伊朗人，从而获得比过去几个月更好的谈判地位，”布雷默先生说道。

餐饮 / 公司

左图为亚特兰大的 Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours 餐厅，右图为其菜单上的 1 道鳟鱼配蔬菜菜肴。使用 GLP-1 类药物的顾客通常进食量大幅减少，但会寻求摄入更多蛋白质，以防止体重减轻导致肌肉流失。 摄影：AUDRA MELTON 为《纽约时报》拍摄

餐厅正仓促应对 GLP-1 时代

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但对于许多餐厅而言，现实情况是自新冠疫情以来，其自身开支大幅飙升。自 2020 年初以来，餐厅员工的平均时薪和食品批发价格上涨了 35% 以上。

尽管餐厅提高了菜单价格，且有时涨幅相当剧烈，但根据美国国家餐饮协会（National Restaurant Association）的一项调查，三分之一的餐厅表示今年上半年处于亏损状态。

投资银行 William Blair 的分析师在一份报告中指出，快餐连锁店正面临重大挑战，因为其高热量食品——汉堡和油炸食品——并非服用减肥药物的人群所寻求的。

尽管如此，今年客流量有所下降的麦当劳在为使用 GLP-1 药物的顾客推出新菜单项时表现得十分谨慎。

在上个月的一次采访中，麦当劳首席执行官克里斯·肯普钦斯基（Chris Kempczinski）重申，该连锁餐厅尚未看到服用 GLP-1 药物的消费者带来任何影响。

不过，该公司正在测试相关方案。在芝加哥举行的投资者日会议期间，它向分析师提供了一份配有 McCrispy 鸡柳的沙拉，并提供了一款烤鸡卷饼。麦当劳在 2020 年疫情期间简化菜单时，取消了沙拉碗和烤鸡产品。

但肯普钦斯基先生表示，目前尚不清楚这些测试项目是否会加入菜单。

“挑战在于确保有足够的市场需求，从而证明将这些项目列入菜单是合理的，”他说。“我认为过去在做类似尝试时，风险或错误可能在于需求尚未充分就出现就将其推出了。”

拥有汉堡王（Burger King）的 Restaurant Brands International 在今年的财务申报文件中，将减肥药物列为对其业务的风险。汉堡王正在测试更小分量的产品，例如 Whopper Bites，但该连锁店的一位发言人表示，小分量产品并非专门为服用 GLP-1 药物的消费者设计的。

去年年底，Shake Shack 推出了一个名为“Good Fit”的菜单，主打汉堡和鸡肉（大多不含面包），并重点标注蛋白质克数。其 SmokeShack 生菜卷与包含面包的 SmokeShack 汉堡价格相同。该公司拒绝置评。

麦迪·海格（Maddy Hague）表示，她希望更多餐厅能提供小分量的餐食。

海格女士是一家科技初创公司的创意总监，她表示自 2025 年春季开始服用 Zepbound 以来，她已经减轻了 80 磅。她现在对摆在面前的大盘食物产生了厌恶感，且经常不吃带回家的剩菜。

“我知道我外出就餐支付的费用超过了实际需要，而且在浪费食物，这让我心里很不舒服，”住在明尼苏达州普利茅斯（位于明尼阿波利斯西北方向）的海格女士说道。

她说，如果餐厅能提供半份量的餐食，她愿意支付全份主菜价格的 80% 左右。

“我不指望价格只有常规餐食的 50%，”海格女士说。“我依然在外出就餐并享受那种体验，而且我想确保餐厅能够经营成功。”

食品服务巨头 Sysco 的全球烹饪与战略负责人尼尔·多尔蒂（Neil Doherty）表示，为减肥药物消费者调整菜单且仍能盈利，意味着餐厅必须发挥创意。多尔蒂先生负责协助餐厅开发菜单。

多尔蒂先生表示，使用较便宜的食材（如扁豆、鸡蛋和茅屋芝士）是餐厅增加蛋白质供应的一种方式。

“如果你是一家牛排馆，与其提供一份 8 盎司的里脊肉，不如将 4 盎司的里脊肉与虾搭配在一起，”多尔蒂先生说。“虾现在的性价比很高。”

他说，餐厅应该考虑为用餐者提供更多小盘菜的选择，并指出许多欧洲国家供应的分量较小。

大约一年半前，纽约 NoHo 区一家高端意大利餐厅 Tucci 的老板丹尼斯·图尔奇诺维奇（Dennis Turcinovic）发现，餐后撤下的“恶魔风味宽面”（Fettuccini Fra Diavolo）和“马萨拉酒烩小牛肉排”（Veal Chop Marsala）几乎没怎么被动过。

因此，他为部分菜单项目创建了缩小版。与其提供典型的三颗配鱼子酱的炸米球（Arancini）前菜（售价 $34），Tucci 现在提供一份仅含一颗的盘装菜，售价 $12.

图尔奇诺维奇先生表示，当时曾讨论过是否要削减所有食物的整体分量。但餐厅员工表示，这可能会激怒那些没有服用减肥药、依然能吃完整份主菜的用餐者。

“我想，如果我们把

Deborah VanTrece 是 Twisted Soul 餐厅的主厨兼老板，她注意到打包盒的使用量增加了。左图为她的乡村炖菜（country boil）。

面食的分量稍微减小一点会怎样？”图尔奇诺维奇先生说，“但如果你提高价格却减少分量，那么当你只是试图在这样一个利润率最低的行业中生存下去时，你看起来就像个坏人。”

来自亚特兰大的餐饮业者 VanTrece 女士本人也在服用减肥药，她表示，她看到越来越多的用餐者只点前菜或分享主菜。这导致该餐厅在过去几个月里的平均客单价下降了 25 以上。

为了维持客单价，她正在尝试提供较小分量的菜品。Twisted Soul Cookhouse 的一份海鲜酱烤牛尾主菜售价 $46. 上周，该餐厅推出了一套特价套餐，包含一份前菜、半份牛尾和一份甜点，售价 $50.

“人们很喜欢，”她说，“展望未来，我认为我们会更频繁地提供这类特价套餐。用餐者仍然喜欢尝试不同事物的想法，但他们不想浪费。我知道我自己已经不能吃掉那么多食物了。”

饮食习惯改变促使百事公司投资者寻求运营变革

美国消费者的薯片和百事可乐购买量有所下降。 ADAM GRAY / 路透社

作者：JULIE CRESWELL

尽管降低了价格，但美国人购买百事可乐和多力多滋（Doritos）的数量仍不足以令这些品牌的管理层满意。

“我们对在美国市场的表现并不满意，”百事公司（PepsiCo）首席执行官拉蒙·拉瓜塔（Ramon Laguarta）在周四的财报电话会议上告诉华尔街分析师和投资者。

尽管最近一个季度的销售额有所增长，但百事公司的管理层面临着改善美国零食和饮料业务的日益沉重的压力。由于部分消费者削减开支，而另一些消费者则完全改变了零食习惯，该业务一直处于困境之中。

随着公司股价在过去一年下跌 12%，且股价处于六年低点，百事公司正面临来自部分投资者的日益强烈的呼吁，他们希望公司在结构上做出更大改变。

可选方案包括：按地理区域将百事公司的业务拆分为北美和国际市场，或者按业务线拆分为食品和饮料。

一些分析师和投资者正敦促该公司将其部分或全部装瓶业务重新特许经营，而百事公司在几年前将这些业务纳入了直接控制。其竞争对手可口可乐在装瓶业务上主要采用特许经营模式，这消除了铝罐和塑料瓶等成本支出。

拉瓜塔先生在一年之前曾面对来自激进投资者埃利奥特投资管理公司（Elliott Investment Management）的类似质询，他一直以来很大程度上不愿改变业务结构。

“显然，我们对表现并不满意，这意味着我们必须考虑各种方案

尽管销售额增长，该公司仍面临扩张压力。

“能够长期提高我们的业绩，”拉瓜塔先生在回答分析师关于公司是否在评估可能的结构调整时表示。“我们对重新审视每一个选项持开放态度。”

在周四晚些时候接受 CNBC 采访时，拉瓜塔先生澄清说，公司并未考虑拆分业务，而是在考虑其他结构性调整。

Aptus Capital Advisors 的股票主管兼投资组合经理大卫·瓦格纳（David Wagner）表示，将装瓶业务重新特许经营将是该公司更可能采取的方案，因为这是一项资本密集且回报率低的业务。该公司持有百事公司（PepsiCo）的股份。

他表示，将零食和饮料业务进行更大规模的拆分将是一个“更具破坏性的选项，只有在北美市场持续令人失望的情况下才会实施”。

从表面上看，百事公司的财务表现符合分析师的预期。截至 9 月 5 日的季度营收同比增长 5.6%，达到 252 亿美元 billion。其核心营业利润（不包括任何业务收购或出售）比 2025, 同期增长 3%，达到 43 亿美元 billion。

百事公司的股价在盘中交易中上涨 1.4%，至 $125.44。

但大部分营收增长来自国际市场，目前国际市场占公司营收的 41%。此外，本季度营业利润的部分增长来自 $17800 万 的关税退款。

公司高管警告称，由于柴油等大宗商品价格在今年及明年仍将维持高位，利润可能会继续承压。

“团队在套期保值方面做得很好，”公司首席财务官史蒂夫·施密特（Steve Schmitt）说。“我们开始看到套期保值到期，投入成本开始攀升。”

百事公司的高管表示，他们希望通过降低成本、削减价格以及推出新产品等努力，足以安抚投资者。

在美国，消费者购买的奇多（Cheetos）和百事可乐的数量有所减少。由于与伊朗的战争，部分消费者在面对超市和加油站价格上涨的压力下，减少了在非必需品上的支出。联邦食品券计划的削减，以及一些州采取的新规定（不再允许将福利用于购买汽水），为百事公司带来了更多阻力。

此外，部分购物者在零食和饮料方面的需求发生了快速变化。由于全美约 11% 的人口，即 3000 万 美国人，正在使用 GLP-1 减肥药物，百事公司和其他食品制造商正竞相开发含有更高蛋白质和纤维的零食和饮料，以满足这些药物使用者的需求。

除了个人选择的改变外，“让美国再次健康”（Make America Healthy Again）运动继续产生涟漪效应，许多州在未来几年将制定自己的严格规定，限制学校午餐计划甚至超市货架上允许使用的成分（如人工染料）。

为了应对这些趋势，百事公司开始降低部分零食的价格。公司表示，还将扩充其 Simply NKD 系列（不含人工色素的奇多和多力多滋），以及多力多滋蛋白薯片和 100 卡路里的零食多包装组合。

富国银行曾公开推广其针对少数族裔的项目。 安蓉旭 供《纽约时报》

富国银行被指控基于种族进行贷款

作者：罗布·科普兰 (ROB COPELAND)

特朗普政府周三指责美国最大的抵押贷款机构之一富国银行（Wells Fargo）通过创建有利于少数族裔贷款申请人的计划，从而歧视购房者。

这些指控出现在美国住房与城市发展部（HUD）致富国银行首席执行官查尔斯·沙夫（Charles Scharf）的一封信函中。

这封由助理部长克雷格·W·特雷诺（Craig W. Trainor）签署的信函称，这家总部位于旧金山的银行因涉嫌违反《公平住房法》而受到调查。该法是一部民权时代的法律，禁止银行和其他贷款机构在承销过程中考虑种族、宗教、性别和国籍等因素。

特雷诺先生在信中引用了“反复公开宣传的明确基于种族的政策”，包括为黑人房主提供低成本再融资，以及创建一项 1.5亿美元 的所谓信用计划，旨在“推进住房所有权方面的种族平等”。他提出了将调查范围扩大至美国司法部的可能性。

根据皮尤研究中心（Pew Research Center）的数据，黑人和西班牙裔家庭拥有住房的可能性远低于

政府正在调查该银行的惯例。

其白人和亚裔同行。

“试图通过基于种族发放贷款来弥补住房所有权在统计学上的种族差距，绝不是经营业务的方式，”特雷诺先生写道。

富国银行发言人詹妮弗·兰根（Jennifer Langan）拒绝置评。该信函此前由《华尔街日报》报道。

根据 HUD 的信函，涉事行为可追溯到“在拜登政府期间，具有种族意识的贷款计划在整个金融领域激增”的时期。

富国银行曾在新闻稿及其网站上公开宣传其针对少数族裔的计划。此后，该行已删除了其中许多相关内容。

这项新调查增加了特朗普政府惩罚美国企业的力度，因为这些企业在 2020 年乔治·弗洛伊德之死引发的全国性抗议活动后，扩大了针对黑人的计划。

特朗普政府多次举例说明其认为的“反向歧视”，最近一次是指责加州大学伯克利分校法学院惩罚白人和亚裔申请人。

在特朗普总统领导下，包括平等就业机会委员会（EEOC）和美国司法部在内的联邦机构，批评多样性、公平性和包容性（DEI）计划优待少数族裔员工而非白人员工。

特朗普先生在今年的一次采访中表示，他认为 20 世纪 60 年代的法律和政策（如平权行动）导致白人受到了“非常糟糕的对待”。

然而，到目前为止，金融机构在很大程度上避开了白宫对基于种族计划的批评。特朗普在第二任期内更关注银行是否通过关闭某些客户账户（这一过程被称为“去银行化”，debanking）而歧视保守派——包括他本人。

富国银行是去年被政府监管机构点名从事此类行为的大型银行之一。行业代表表示，关闭银行账户并非出于政治原因。

房地产 / 技术

三年来最高抵押贷款利率令住房市场遇冷

与 FREMSON / 纽约时报 合作 房价上涨与利率飙升共同作用，使市场陷入停滞。8月份现有房屋销售量同比下降 1.2%。

作者：GREGORY SCHMIDT

抵押贷款利率在飙升，而房价也在攀升，这种不受欢迎的组合打破了许多希望买房的美国人的希望。

周四，抵押贷款金融巨头房地美（Freddie Mac）报告称，平均 30 年期固定利率抵押贷款已升至 7.4%，高于上周的 7.28%，为 2023. 11 月以来的最高水平。去年此时，该利率为 6.3%。

房地产市场 Zillow 的高级经济学家 Kara Ng 表示，在伊朗战争开始之前，抵押贷款利率在 2 月份曾跌至 6% 以下，这引发了人们对住房市场将变得更具可负担性的乐观情绪。

“现在我们处于 7% 的水平，要通过推动利率下降来提高可负担性，还有很长的路要走，”她说。“这就像是在‘鞭打死马’与‘进行心肺复苏’之间的区别，关键在于感知到的成功概率。”

高房价进一步压缩了市场。在疫情期间，极低利率引发竞价大战导致房价飙升，此后房价继续温和上涨。根据联邦住房金融局的数据，7 月份全国房价同比上涨 2.6%。

房价上涨与利率飙升共同作用，使市场陷入停滞。根据全国房地产经纪人协会的数据，8 月份现有房屋销售量同比下降 1.2%。今年剩余时间的预测情况也不太乐观：Zillow 的经济学家预计第四季度将出现 3.5% 的同比下降。

“对于很大一部分人群来说，住房仍然相当难以负担，”牛津经济研究院（Oxford Economics）首席美国经济学家 Nancy Vanden Houten 表示，她估计有 250 万至 300 万人因价格过高而被挤出市场。

在美国和以色列对伊朗发动袭击后，抵押贷款利率在 3 月开始小幅上涨。冲突开始后，油价飙升，汽油和柴油价格紧随其后。尽管现在有更多石油从波斯湾运出，但战争扰乱了供应链并损坏了炼油厂，使油价维持在高位。

投资者担心，伊朗战争导致的能源价格上涨，以及科技巨头为建设 AI 基础设施而借贷产生的债务增加，将推高通货膨胀。周四，与包括抵押贷款在内的许多商业和消费贷款挂钩的 10 年期国债收益率小幅上涨至 5.36%，为 2002 年以来的最高水平。

没有之前购房积累的资产净值的首次购房者正被推向边缘。最能负担得起买房的人是那些已经拥有住房的人。但面对搬迁时可能面临更高抵押贷款利率的前景，卖家也在退缩。根据 Zillow 的数据，9 月份新挂牌出售的房屋数量环比下降 3.9%。

Vanden Houten 女士表示，根本问题在于通货膨胀，杂货和汽油等日常消费品价格上涨。“更多的收入被基本生活必需品吞噬了，”她说。

亚特兰大贷款机构 Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions 的总裁 Tom Hutchens 表示，房主还面临着其他更高的住房成本。“可负担性始于房价，但还有其他因素，”他说，例如税收、维修和财产保险。

根据洲际交易所（Intercontinental Exchange）的一份报告，单户抵押贷款持有者的平均每月财产保险支出在 6 月份升至创纪录的每月 \$209。保险约占每月住房成本的 10%，而十年前这一比例为 7.5%。

马修·韦尔豪森（Mathew Wellhausen）在圣路易斯从事建筑设计工作。大约四年前，当他与妻子悉尼·布罗克曼（Sydney Brockman）开始寻找新房时，他深知其中面临的挑战。但由于成本过高，他们推迟了寻找计划。

“我们踩了刹车，因为我们认为市场是不公平的，”40岁的韦尔豪森先生说道，“我们想看看会发生什么。”

7.4% 周四报告的30年期固定利率抵押贷款平均利率。

2.6% 7月份全国房价较去年同期的涨幅。

利率和房价继续攀升，但这段额外的时间让他们能够积累更多的首付款。这对夫妇最终决定在9月份采取行动。通过货比三家，他们成功获得了一个6%的抵押贷款利率。

Zillow的经济学家吴博士（Dr. Ng）表示，她担心不断上升的抵押贷款利率会将买家推向一个“心理悬崖”。

她说：“人们在说‘我甚至不想尝试’，而事实上，如果他们算一下账，也许是能买得起房子的。”

尽管前景黯淡，但她和其他经济学家预计，在通胀缓解且抵押贷款利率开始再次下降后，市场最终会反弹，尽管具体何时发生难以预测。“你现在可能正处于‘绝望之巅’，”吴博士说道。

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自2014年呼吁机器人革命以来，中国发起了一场雄心勃勃的运动，旨在颠覆制造业并主导该领域。该贸易组织在上个月发布的一份报告中估计，如今全球工厂运行的500万台机器人中，几乎有一半在中国。

阿尔塞萨蒂（Ms. Arcesati）女士表示，人们担心中国对这些技术的押注可能会进一步加强其制造业，从而加速中国与欧盟之间的贸易失衡。正如欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩（Ursula von der Leyen）上个月在一次演讲中所说，贸易逆差已经达到了一个“临界点”。

阿尔塞萨蒂女士表示，尽管中国仍然依赖来自欧洲和日本公司的高端零部件以及英伟达（Nvidia）的AI芯片，但该国正变得更加自给自足。该贸易组织称，本土供应商在中国的国内安装量中占比超过一半，而十年前这一比例仅为三分之一。

机器人联合会秘书长苏珊娜·比勒（Susanne Bieller）表示：“回顾过去，重点在于获得更高的国内市场份额。接下来的战略基本上是在其他市场扩张——例如，将中国机器人出口到欧洲。”

去年，全球部署的机器人中，中国约占 3 台中的 5 台，使安装量增加到350,000台以上。德国的安装量下降到约25,000台，预计今年将进一步下降。十年前，中国的安装量比德国多出 3 比 1。而今天，这一比例是14比1。

“如果你回顾过去10年左右的情况，这令人印象深刻，”总部位于苏黎世的Hexagon Robotics公司总裁阿诺德·罗伯特（Arnaud Robert）说道，该公司正与德国汽车制造商宝马（BMW）在其莱比锡的一家工厂合作开展试点项目。“他们做得极其出色的是规模化，这在其他任何地方都没有实现。”

不过他表示，在向AI驱动的机器人转型过程中，欧洲拥有可以依托的技术实力。罗伯特先生表示，宝马和Hexagon计划在明年第一季度前将人形机器人投入莱比锡的生产，随后扩展到其他工厂。根据另一项衡量标准，德国在世界排名第三，仅次于韩国和新加坡，2024年每10,000名员工拥有约450台机器人。

卡内基国际和平基金会的高级研究分析师帕夫洛·兹韦尼戈罗茨基（Pavlo Zvenyhorodskyi）表示，欧洲应采取具体措施，包括改善该行业获得私人资本的渠道，以保持其在硬件方面的优势，包括使机器人能够移动的执行器等组件。

“赌注巨大，”兹韦尼戈罗茨基先生说。“我们讨论的是未来的技术。这将是对欧洲能否在这场新兴的全球竞赛中保持相关性的考验。”

去年增加了38,000多台机器人的美国也在仓促应对日益激烈的中国竞争。美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）在7月以国家安全担忧为由，宣布禁止进口新型外国制造的人形机器人。

机器人联合会首次发布了关于人形机器人的数据，这类机器人目前在很大程度上仍处于实验阶段。该组织估计，全球共售出7,000台“全尺寸”人形机器人——即身高至少1.4米（或 4 英尺 6 英寸）的机器人。这些机器的制造商中，超过一半在中国。

根据Mercator的研究，在国家支持的推动下，中国在结合AI和机器人技术方面可能会超越欧洲，就像在电动汽车开发过程中那样。该国巨大的制造。

美国也在仓促应对日益激烈的竞争。

阿塞萨蒂女士表示，制造业基础为下一代机器人提供了“完美的试验场”。

尽管如此，在中国人口萎缩和劳动力老龄化的背景下，其经济日益由制造业驱动，这使得中国面临重重障碍。Mercator 的研究发现，人形机器人远未成为能够在物理世界中实时感知并做出反应的全自动机器；而且，中国的成本虽然已经低于西方竞争对手，但仍需降低至少一半，人形机器人才能在商业上可行。

“这仍然是一场开放的比赛，”比勒女士说道，并补充称，包括德国在内的各国必须采取协调一致的战略才能竞争。“欧洲有机会获得成功。”

根据研究机构 Rhodium Group 去年的一份报告，2016 年 Kuka 的出售（该公司目前仍隶属于美的，去年销售额录得 €39 亿美元）是美国和欧洲数十起“深感遗憾”的交易之一，这类交易在今天几乎不可能通过国家安全审查。而就在七年前，德国在机器人安装量方面还领先于中国。

雅克·德洛尔研究所（Jacques Delors Institute）的研究人员今年写道，Kuka 的技术和专利不仅没有帮助增强欧洲的主权，反而“现在直接推动了中国工业的崛起”。

如今，德国和欧洲决心在机会之窗尚未关闭之时，守住其创新能力并抓住人工智能与机器人技术的潜力。

Hexagon 的罗伯特先生表示：“人们现在有了 10 年前不具备的根本认知。中国现在的情况与过去截然不同。我们不再看到自满，而是看到了一种紧迫感。”

棒球 / M.L.B. 季后赛

随着洋基队出局，贾奇期待重大举措

分析

“我们是洋基队。我觉得他们应该全力以赴，采取必要的行动。” —— 亚伦·贾奇，谈及他对管理层的期望。

2026年季后赛

SETH WENIG / 美联社

洋基队队长亚伦·贾奇不得不坐在替补席上观看季后赛，在周三坦帕湾以 4-3, 击败纽约队时，他因无能为力而感到沮丧。

在赛季终结的横扫之后，反思错失的机会与雄心

作者：CHRIS KIRSCHNER，来自 The Athletic

亚伦·贾奇（Aaron Judge）沉默了五秒钟，然后盯着地面轻笑了一声。无需言语，人们就能明白这位纽约洋基队的队长此刻的感受。

在周三那场以 4-3 告负的比赛中，人们记忆最深的是一次球迷干扰判罚，而洋基队再次被淘汰出季后赛。坦帕湾光芒队在美联分区系列赛中将他们横扫，而洋基队在整个系列赛中没有在任何一个局中领先。

周三晚上，洋基队原以为安东尼·沃尔佩（Anthony Volpe）在第六局下半的一记强攻将比分扳平，但大联盟（M.L.B.）的视频回放中心判定，一名球迷通过将手伸过围墙干扰了击球，将球拉入了看台，而此时光芒队左外野手维克多·梅萨（Victor Mesa Jr.）的手套已然伸出。

这次本垒打被推翻，被判定为一次打入一分（R.B.I.）的二垒安打，这意味着比分并非 4-4，而是纽约队 3-4 落后。随后，光芒队的救援投手格里芬·贾克斯（Griffin Jax）三振了接在沃尔佩之后的斯宾塞·琼斯（Spencer Jones），结束了该局。4-3 的比分最终维持，光芒队赢得了 Game 3.，淘汰洋基队并晋级美联冠军系列赛。

当光芒队在场上庆祝时，贾奇久久伫立，感受着这一切。这是他在洋基队职业生涯中第一次在休息区观看季后赛棒球。这种痛苦如此刺骨，是因为他对此无能为力。

贾奇已经连续三个赛季看着对手在洋基体育场的草坪上跳舞庆祝。2024, 年，洛杉矶道奇队在纽约庆祝世界大赛冠军。上个赛季，多伦多蓝鸟队和弗拉基米尔·格雷罗（Vladimir Guerrero Jr.）在洋基队的主场赢得分区系列赛后嘲讽了洋基队。今年，朱尼尔·卡米内罗（Junior Caminero）和光芒队在更衣室里大放弗兰克·辛纳屈的音乐。在洋基队的赛季结束时嘲弄他们，已经成了一种传统。

在纽约队连续第 17 个赛季未能获得世界大赛冠军后，今年因伤缺阵三个多月的贾奇被问到，他希望管理层如何应对又一年的失利。

“我们是洋基队，”贾奇说，“我觉得他们应该全力以赴，做他们需要做的一切。如果我们有漏洞，那就是寻找

Chris Kirschner 为 The Athletic 报道洋基队相关新闻。

光芒队的胜利标志着贾奇连续第三年看着对手在洋基体育场跳舞。

洋基队的一个希望时刻因球迷在左外野干扰球而化为乌有，一次扳平比分的本垒打被判定为二垒安打。 CALES: BOWLIN / GETTY IMAGES

特定的球员或人员，无论我们需要什么；你必须走出去并将其争取到手。这就是为什么我选择回到这里为洋基队效力，为了每年都为冠军而战。我们要全力以赴。这就是我每个休赛期所做的：准备好将我拥有的一切献给这支球队和这座城市。所以我期待他们也能这样做。”

本赛季美联只有两支球队赢球超过 90 场：洋基队和光芒队。洋基队赢了 93 场，比紧随其后的波士顿红袜队多赢 6 场。美联多年来从未如此之弱，这让本赛季对洋基队来说感觉像是一个巨大的错失机会。

当被直接问及他是否认为管理层已尽力让球队处于最佳获胜位置时，贾奇犹豫了。

“这很难说，”他说，“我希望每年都能通过交易获得所有人并签下所有人，但我知道这不现实。所以他们每年都给我们一支能赢球的球队，但在纽约，这还不够。”

“我们是洋基队。你必须走出去，期待冠军，并且每年都全力以赴，所以我很期待看到他们会怎么做。”

被认为将获得赛扬奖的卡姆·施利特勒（Cam Schlittler）在赛季结束的失利后，谈到了纽约市的标准。

“我如此热爱在这里比赛的原因是，无论你表现如何，他们都会要求你承担责任，”施利特勒（Schlittler）说道。

洋基队有几位值得关注的即将成为自由球员的球员需要考虑，包括贾兹·奇索姆（Jazz Chisholm Jr.）、特伦特·格里舍姆（Trent Grisham）、大卫·贝德纳（David Bednar）和保罗·布莱克本（Paul Blackburn）。

奇索姆的天赋毋庸置疑，但在关键时刻他的注意力可能会分散，主教练亚伦·布恩（Aaron Boone）在第三场比赛中将他放在了替补席上。二垒手的市场行情低迷，但洋基队可能会探索其他选择。格里舍姆不再担任中外野手，且他的击球能力有所退步；他可能会被球队放弃。

自由球员市场预计将连续第二年处于低迷状态。能改变局面的球员寥寥无几。洋基队的前台管理层可能在重组球队时需要采取一些创意手段。在过去一年中，人们的普遍看法是这支球队用相似的阵容“原班人马再次出击”，但现在看来，明显的改变是必要的——甚至球员们自己也意识到了这一点。

“赢得冠军有一个标准，”贾奇（Judge）说道。“这是非黑即白的，没有灰色地带。”

天气报告

亮点：伊赛亚斯飓风的峰值阵风

飓风伊赛亚斯

飓风伊赛亚斯预计将于今晚晚些时候在阿拉巴马州和佛罗里达州狭长地带（Panhandle）西部附近登陆。此次飓风可能会在周六之前将破坏性强风带至阿拉巴马州中部的内陆地区。在紧邻海岸以及伊赛亚斯中心登陆点以东的区域，可能会出现超过 100 英里每小时的阵风。南部阿巴拉契亚山脉的高峰地带也将出现强风。

城市天气

昨日东部时间下午 4 点止的 16 小时内最高 / 最低气温，以及昨日下午 4 点止 16 小时内的降水量（单位：英寸）。今日和明日的预计天气情况。

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Louis< / td> 72 / 51 / 0< / ><>71 / 53 / PC< / ><>73 / 57 / PC< / >< / tr> <>图森< / ><>96 / 76 / 0< / ><>95 / 74 / 9< / ><>90 / 73 / 1< / >< / ><><>塔尔萨< / ><>91 / 59 / 0< / ><>92 / 61 / 5< / ><>89 / 63 / 3< / >< / ><><>弗吉尼亚海滩< / ><>79 / 66 / 0< / ><>75 / 63 / PC< / ><>73 / 67 / PC< / >< / ><><>温哥华< / ><>86 / 64 / 0< / ><>87 / 57 / 3< / ><>84 / 60 / 9< / >< / ><><>威奇托< / ><>89 / 58 / 0< / ><>87 / 59 / 3< / ><>88 / 61 / 5< / >< / ><><>特拉华州威尔明顿< / ><>80 / 46 / 0< / ><>75 / 49 / 5< / ><>73 / 55 / PC< / >< / ><><>非洲< / ><>昨日< / ><>今日< / ><>明日< / >< / ><><>阿尔戈尔< / ><>81 / 64 / 0 / 04< / ><>77 / 64 / 7< / ><>76 / 53 / 5< / >< / ><><>芝加哥< / ><>84 / 61 / 0 / 02< / ><>86 / 68 / 5< / ><>88 / 63 / 3< / >< / ><><>开普敦< / ><>71 / 48 / 0< / ><>72 / 50 / 0< / ><>77 / 56 / 5< / >< / ><><>德尔斐< / ><>84 / 73 / 0 / 06< / ><>87 / 78 / 1< / ><>85 / 77 / 1< / >< / ><><>约翰内斯堡< / ><>77 / 50 / 0< / ><>84 / 69 / 3< / ><>83 / 57 / 7< / >< / ><><>伊斯坦布尔< / ><>82 / 60 / 0 / 10< / ><>78 / 62 / 1< / ><>77 / 62 / 1< / >< / ><><>通卡< / ><>95 / 72 / 0< / ><>78 / 64 / 4< / ><>78 / 65 / 9< / >< / ><><>亚太地区< / ><>昨日< / ><>今日< / ><>明日< / >< / ><><>贝尔戈尔德< / ><>96 / 78 / 0< / ><>98 / 78 / PC< / ><>96 / 75 / PC< / >< / ><><>曼谷< / ><>91 / 79 / 0< / ><>94 / 79 / 7< / ><>92 / 78 / 8< / >< / ><><>北京< / ><>80 / 48 / 0< / ><>81 / 55 / 3< / ><>84 / 53 / 5< / >< / ><><>柏林< / ><>84 / 61 / 0< / ><>89 / 59 / 3< / ><>84 / 58 / 3< / >< / ><><>香港< / ><>87 / 77 / 0< / ><>88 / 78 / PC< / ><>89 / 78 / PC< / >< / ><><>雅加达< / ><>96 / 77 / 0< / ><>93 / 77 / 3< / ><>94 / 77 / 9< / >< / ><><>伦敦< / ><>78 / 60 / 0< / ><>88 / 62 / 3< / ><>89 / 64 / 5< / >< / ><><>卡拉奇< / ><>93 / 79 / 0< / ><>90 / 80 / 4< / ><>90 / 77 / PC< / >< / ><><>马尼拉< / ><>88 / 80 / 0< / ><>94 / 71 / 3< / ><>93 / 79 / 1< / >< / ><><>孟买< / ><>99 / 83 / 0< / ><>99 / 82 / 8< / ><>97 / 82 / 9< / >< / table>

全国天气预报

飓风“伊赛亚斯”（Isaias）将于今日接近墨西哥湾沿岸，并在深夜登陆。伊赛亚斯将给墨西哥湾沿岸和东南部地区带来多种灾害，包括洪水、停电、破坏性强风以及局部地区的龙卷风。从密西西比州到佛罗里达州西部狭长地带（Panhandle）将出现 6 到 10 英尺的风暴潮洪水。风暴将在佛罗里达州大部分地区持续活动。

与此同时，一场风暴将给太平洋西北地区带来降雨。落基山脉将出现零星风暴，而新英格兰地区和大湖区则有阵雨。 其他地区预计天气基本干燥。加利福尼亚州和西南部地区将持续热浪，气温高于往年同期平均水平，而东北部和大湖区气温将较为凉爽。

新德里< / td><>85 / 75.0< / ><>92 / 73.1< / ><>93 / 74.9< / >< / tr><><>Road< / ><>104 / 75.0< / ><>104 / 77.9< / ><>100 / 76.9< / >< / ><><>首尔< / ><>77 / 47.0< / ><>78 / 50.9< / ><>81 / 57.5< / >< / ><><>上海< / ><>81 / 60.0< / ><>78 / 64.9< / ><>78 / 66.9< / >< / ><><>新加坡< / ><>90 / 62.0< / ><>90 / 65.0< / ><>89 / 79.7< / >< / ><><>悉尼< / ><>73 / 51.0< / ><>74 / 63.5< / ><>88 / 66.1< / >< / ><><>台北

d>63 / 51.68< / ><>65 / 41.6< / ><>65 / 41.6< / >< / ><><>日内瓦< / ><>59 / 55.76< / ><>52 / 50.5< / ><>53 / 43.5h< / >< / ><><>赫尔辛基< / ><>54 / 32.02< / ><>56 / 40.9< / ><>45 / 40.0< / >< / ><><>伊斯坦布尔< / ><>68 / 47.0< / ><>73 / 51.3< / ><>61 / 48.1< / >< / ><><>基辅< / ><>74 / 48.0< / ><>66 / 44.9< / ><>64 / 48.9< / >< / ><><>里斯本< / ><>82 / 61.0< / ><>79 / 58.5< / ><>80 / 60.5< / >< / ><><>伦敦< / ><>59 / 46.0< / ><>67 / 48.5< / ><>60 / 44.9< / >< / ><><>马德里

City< / ><>68 / 52.0< / ><>70 / 50.9< / ><>67 / 47.9< / >< / ><><>莫斯科< / ><>57 / 39.02< / ><>42 / 45.0< / ><>53 / 43.9< / >< / ><><>尼斯< / ><>77 / 63.02< / ><>72 / 60.5h< / ><>73 / 61.5< / >< / ><><>奥斯陆< / ><>45 / 39.02< / ><>52 / 37.0< / ><>42 / 38.9< / >< / ><><>罗马< / ><>63 / 51.0< / ><>60 / 50.9< / ><>63 / 47.9< / >< / ><><>布拉格< / ><>70 / 45.013< / ><>57 / 49.9< / ><>57 / 44.9< / >< / ><><>罗马< / ><>75 / 64.018< / ><>73 / 58.5h< / ><>72 / 55.5h< / >< / ><><>Sundez City< / ><>57 / 42.0< / ><>50 / 48.0< / ><>48 / 44.8< / >< / ><><>斯德哥尔摩< / ><>55 / 41.010< / ><>47 / 34.8< / ><>46 / 38.8< / >< / ><><>维也纳< / ><>75 / 50.0< / ><>65 / 46.6< / ><>65 / 50.9< / >< / ><><>华沙< / ><>68 / 46.02< / ><>58 / 51.9< / ><>59 / 48.0< / >< / ><><>北

美洲< / ><>昨日< / ><>今日< / ><>明日< / >< / ><><>Acupulco< / ><>82 / 75.042< / ><>80 / 74.7< / ><>87 / 75.5h< / >< / ><><>艾什维尔< / ><>83 / 75.03< / ><>81 / 76.5< / ><>81 / 76.5< / >< / ><><>埃德蒙顿< / ><>48 / 41.014< / ><>50 / 30.5h< / ><>34 / 24.5s< / >< / ><><>瓜达拉哈拉< / ><>76 / 60.0< / ><>74 / 61.9< / ><>75 / 60.9< / >< / ><><>Heversa< / ><>89 / 73.0< / ><>91 / 76.9< / ><>89 / 74.1< / >< / ><><>伊斯坦布尔< / ><>89 / 60.02< / ><>89 / 63.1< / ><>89 / 61.1< / >< / ><><>Martinez< / ><>90 / 77.008< / ><>91 / 76.9< / ><>91 / 76.7< / >< / ><><>墨西哥

City< / td> 67 / 54.0< / ><>68 / 57.7< / ><>74 / 57.5h< / >< / tr> <>多伦多< / ><>79 / 62.0< / ><>79 / 62.2< / ><>82 / 53.5< / >< / ><><>蒙特利尔< / ><>60 / 52.017< / ><>58 / 39.5h< / ><>56 / 48.9< / >< / ><><>拿骚< / ><>89 / 78.055< / ><>89 / 80.1< / ><>90 / 80.1< / >< / ><><>巴拿马城< / ><>89 / 71.011< / ><>91 / 75.7< / ><>90 / 76.7< / >< / ><><>普塔城< / ><>57 / 52.013< / ><>59 / 60.9< / ><>59 / 70.9< / >< / ><><>圣多明各< / ><>87 / 75.02< / ><>82 / 75.5< / ><>90 / 74.5h< / >< / ><><>多伦多< / ><>65 / 48.022< / ><>67 / 47.9< / ><>65 / 58.5< / >< / ><><>温哥华< / ><>54 / 50.0< / ><>60 / 46.8< / ><>58 / 42.9< / >< / ><><>华盛顿< / ><>98 / 73.01< / ><>96 / 54.3< / ><>94 / 52.9< / >< / ><><>南美洲< / ><>昨天< / ><>今天< / ><>明天< / >< / ><><>布宜诺斯

艾利斯< / ><>64 / 60.05< / ><>62 / 55.9< / ><>61 / 52.0< / >< / ><><>卡拉斯卡< / ><>92 / 79.07< / ><>92 / 79.8< / ><>92 / 76.8< / >< / ><><>利马< / ><>77 / 70.0< / ><>81 / 71.8< / ><>81 / 72.9< / >< / ><><>墨西哥城< / ><>66 / 60.015< / ><>66 / 60.0< / ><>60 / 50.9< / >< / ><><>累西腓< / ><>86 / 73.033< / ><>86 / 77.5< / ><>87 / 78.5h< / >< / ><><>里约热内卢< / ><>81 / 70.0< / ><>83 / 75.9< / ><>85 / 75.9< / >< / ><><>圣地亚哥< / ><>64 / 52.07< / ><>66 / 45.9< / ><>67 / 53.0< / >< / table>

大都市天气预报

今日

今日 ..... 大多晴朗 最高气温 70。预计天空大多晴朗，气温比前几天凉爽。风向西风，风速 6 至 12 英里 / 小时。最高气温将接近该时节的正常水平。

今晚

最低气温 54。该地区将出现部分云层，夜间天空为局部多云。风向西西北风，风速轻微，为 3 至 6 英里 / 小时。最低气温将接近平均水平。

明日

最高气温 68。天气晴朗，全天将伴有部分云层。风向东北风，风速轻微，为 4 至 8 英里 / 小时。气温将处于 10 月上半月的平均水平。

周日

最高气温 67。天气多云，下午受 Isaias 影响将有降雨。风向东南风，风速 6 至 12 英里 / 小时。气温将接近正常水平。

周一 周二

周二 ...... 周一早晨有雨 周一天气多云，早晨受 Isalas 影响有降雨。最高气温 69。周二天气干燥，局部晴朗且气温回升。最高气温 74。

大都市年鉴

在中央公园，截至昨日下午 1 点的 13 小时内。

气温

本月日平均偏离正常值......+1.1"< / td><>今年日平均偏离正常值......-0.3"< / >< / tr>< / table>

<><><>水库水位< / ><>（纽约市供水）< / >< / ><><>昨日< / ><>83%< / >< / ><><>预计正常值< / ><>77%< / >< / >

休闲预报

太阳、月亮与行星

<><>< rowspan="2">(casal)< / ><>上弦月< / ><>满月< / ><>下弦月< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / >< / ><><>10 月 1011:48 a.m.< / ><>10 月 18< / ><>10 月 2512:11 a.m.< / ><>11 月 1< / >< / >

<><>< rowspan="3">太阳< / ><>升起< / ><>7:01 a.m.< / >< rowspan="3">月亮< / ><>升起< / ><>5:52 a.m.< / >< / ><><>落下< / ><>6:25 p.m.< / ><>落下< / ><>5:43 p.m.< / >< / ><><>下次升起< / ><>7:02 a.m.< / ><>升起< / ><>7:00 a.m.< / >< / ><>< rowspan="2">木星< / ><>升起< / ><>2:21 a.m.< / >< rowspan="2">火星< / ><>升起< / ><>1:05 a.m.< / >< / ><><>落下< / ><>4:15 p.m.< / ><>落下< / ><>3:36 p.m.< / >< / ><>< rowspan="2">土星< / ><>落下< / ><>6:38 a.m.< / >< rowspan="2">金星< / ><>升起< / ><>9:08 a.m.< / >< / ><><>升起< / ><>6:19 p.m.< / ><>落下< / ><>8:38 p.m.< / >< / >

航海

从蒙托克角（Montauk Point）到新泽西州桑迪胡克（Sandy Hook），向外延伸至 20 海里，包括长岛海峡和纽约港。

风向为西风，风速 10-15 节，下午阵风可达 20 节。长岛海峡和纽约港波高 1-2 英尺，开阔海域波高 2-3 英尺。

高潮时间

大西洋城< / td><>7:06 a.m.< / ><>7:23 p.m.< / >< / tr><><>巴内加特入口< / ><>7:15 a.m.< / ><>7:34 p.m.< / >< / ><><>电池炮台< / ><>7:52 a.m.< / ><>8:01 p.m.< / >< / ><><>海滩海文< / ><>8:43 a.m.< / ><>8:59 p.m.< / >< / ><><>布里奇波特< / ><>10:52 a.m.< / ><>11:15 p.m.< / >< / ><><>城市岛< / ><>11:20 a.m.< / ><>11:45 p.m.< / >< / ><><>火岛灯塔< / ><>8:11 a.m.< / ><>8:27 p.m.< / >< / ><><>蒙托克角< / ><>8:27 a.m.< / ><>8:48 p.m.< / >< / ><><>北港< / ><>11:10 a.m.< / ><>11:36 p.m.< / >< / ><><>波特华盛顿< / ><>11:29 a.m.< / ><>11:56 p.m.< / >< / ><><>桑迪海滩< / ><>7:02 a.m.< / ><>7:24 p.m.< / >< / ><><>希内考克入口< / ><>7:04 a.m.< / ><>7:23 p.m.< / >< / ><><>斯坦福< / ><>11:02 a.m.< / ><>11:29 p.m.< / >< / ><><>坦顿< / ><>9:41 a.m.< / ><>9:56 p.m.< / >< / ><><>威利茨角< / ><>11:14 a.m.< / ><>11:40 p.m.< / >< / table>

降水量（单位：英寸）

<><>昨日< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>纪录< / ><>4.30< / >< / ><>< colspan="2">过去 30 天< / >< / ><><>实际< / ><>4.57< / >< / ><><>正常< / ><>4.38< / >< / ><>< colspan="2">过去 365 天< / >< / ><><>实际< / ><>46.09< / >< / ><><>正常< / ><>49.52< / >< / ><><>气压< / ><>过去 30 天< / >< / ><><>最高< / ><>29.89 1 a.m.< / >< / ><><>最低< / ><>29.83 6 a.m.< / >< / table>

采暖度日

<>< ="2">一项燃料消耗指数，用于追踪当日平均气温低于 65 度的幅度< / >< / ><><>昨日< / ><>0< / >< / ><><>本月至今< / ><>29< / >< / ><><>本季至今（自 7 月 1 日起）< / ><>60< / >< / ><><>本季至今正常值< / ><>67< / >< / table>

<>< rowspan="3" ="2">趋势< / >< ="2">温度< / >< ="2">降水量< / >< / ><>< ="2">平均< / >< ="2">平均< / >< / ><><>低于< / ><>高于< / ><>低于< / ><>高于< / >< / ><>< rowspan="4">过去< / ><>10 天< / ><>< / >< / ><><>30 天< / ><>< / >< / ><><>90 天< / ><>< / >< / ><><>365 天< / ><>< / >< / table>

图表显示了近期温度和降水趋势与过去 30 年趋势的对比。

东北部叶色

在阿第伦达克山脉以及白山和绿山的最高海拔地区，叶色已过峰值。新英格兰北部其余地区、卡茨基尔山脉和中部阿巴拉契亚山脉正处于叶色峰值。远离海岸的大多数地区接近峰值。

《纽约时报》

随时随地，尽情畅玩。

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斯图尔特的成就已然溢出，但她仍被低估

作者：本·多尔尼克 (BEN DOLNICK) 《竞技报》(The Athletic)

我有时喜欢想象，布里安娜·斯图尔特 (Breanna Stewart) 是通过背诵自己的职业成就来入睡的，就像我通过背诵童年好友的电话号码来入睡一样。

为了不让各位太冗长，我将这份清单简述如下：麦当劳全美高中最佳阵容、在康涅狄格大学连续四次获得 NCAA 冠军、WNBA 选秀状元、年度最佳新秀、多次奥运金牌得主、多次获得最有价值球员 (MVP) 奖项、三届 WNBA 冠军，以及 Unrivaled（由她共同创立的 3对3 职业联赛）的冠军。

然而，我将这一堆奖杯抛在一边，是为了告诉你们，斯图尔特被低估了。这种被低估的事实并非轻易可以修正——这不像《纽约书评》在落满灰尘的书架上发现一部被遗忘的经典之作并将其推向畅销榜。不，她的被低估实际上是她伟大之处不可或缺的一部分，是其精髓所在。因为斯图尔特根本不是一部小说；她更像是一段税法条款。

当凯特琳·克拉克 (Caitlin Clark)、奥利维亚·迈尔斯 (Olivia Miles) 和佩奇·布克斯 (Paige Bueckers) 充斥着

一位自由人队的球星并不耀眼，但她定义了卓越。

你被篮球叙事、标志性 3s 和不看人传球所包围——这些动作在电视暂停期间被无休止地回放，并在数字世界中被转化为 NBA 2K 的模拟影像——而斯图尔特则用篮球界相当于“文书工作”的方式让你窒息。

她拍掉那个本可以导致空位 3. 的传球。她用那 7-1 的、像折叠帐篷杆一样细长的肢体，扑在了一个掉球之上。她说服她的新任教练在一次出界判罚上使用挑战机会。她用决策中那种不容置疑的正确性击溃对手。然后——叮——她的奖杯库里又增加了一枚奖牌。

伊奥内斯库整个赛季都深陷背痛和投篮困扰。自由人队的新教练克里斯·德马科（Chris DeMarco）是史蒂夫·科尔（Steve Kerr）的 NBA 门徒，他立即陷入了由他不熟悉 WNBA 以及他近乎怪异的缺乏个人魅力所组成的泥潭中。

在今年的季后赛中，自由人队在第一轮爆冷击败了种子排名第一的明尼苏达山林队，目前正在半决赛中与被看好的亚特兰大梦想队激战，这展现了斯图尔特那种低调的统治力。

于是，在她的第 10 个 WNBA 赛季中，斯图尔特发现自己正拖着她那可怜且迷茫的球队，穿越赛季的荒漠进入季后赛。她场均出场 33 分钟，并列联盟 3。她场均贡献 20.8 分、8.3 个篮板和 3.3 次助攻。她让自己始终处于 MVP 的讨论之中——但总是处于那种讨论者们防御性地提醒彼此“你真的不能忘记布里安娜·斯图尔特”的环节。

随后，他们并没有在 2025, 重复成功，而是在常规赛中步履蹒跚，最终在第一轮被淘汰。他们原以为 2026 在萨巴利（Sabally）的帮助下将迎来救赎。

但首先，得聊聊斯图尔特和自由人队最初是如何变成弱者的。

情况本不该如此。自由人队在休赛期加入了萨图·萨巴利（Satou Sabally）——这一举动之不公平，让人想起凯文·杜兰特加盟金州勇士队。斯图尔特此前已经是“三巨头”的一员，另外两人是萨布丽娜·伊奥内斯库（Sabrina Ionescu，一名关键时刻表现惊人但稳定性令人抓狂的后卫）和琼奎尔·琼斯（Jonquel Jones，一名 MVP 级别的中锋，但偶尔看起来像装了除草机发动机一样）。她们三人已经在 2024 赢得了冠军。

自由人队以第八种子之姿勉强入围，甚至许多支持者都预计他们会迅速出局。但他们推翻了山林队并晋级面对梦想队，尽管在周五的 Game 3, 之前，他们目前以 0 比 2 落后。

但事实证明，萨巴利并未从一次严重的脑震荡中恢复，她在伤病报告中出现的频率远高于在球场上的频率。

本·多尔尼克（Ben Dolnick）是《The Athletic》的撰稿人。

尽管球队输了，但斯图尔特在对阵亚特兰大的前两场比赛中继续保持着卓越的表现。在周三的加时赛失利中，她砍下了 35 分、11 个篮板和 6 次助攻。

本季季后赛中最具斯图尔特风格的表现出现在自由人队对阵山林队的第二场比赛中。请看这段 3 分钟的片段：

第二节还剩八分钟时，明尼苏达队紧追不舍，仅落后 6. 分。巴克莱中心——自由人队的布鲁克林主场——渴望在狂喜的庆祝中爆发，但山林队不断向这个火药桶滴入细流。保琳·阿斯蒂尔（Pauline Astier），自由人队那位近乎鲁莽的法国新秀，冲击篮筐被奥利维亚·迈尔斯（Olivia Miles）盖帽，后者是山林队的球星，也是新晋的年度最佳新秀。随后，此前一直陷入挣扎的迈尔斯命中一个 3, ，使山林队仅落后一个球权。

已经成为“崩盘”不情愿鉴赏家的自由人队球迷们，心中开始感到不安。自由人队出现了一次 24 秒违例，而那种不安感随之蔓延。

就在这时，约内斯库（本赛季中，她的投篮失准已成为一个潜在的主题）命中了一个3. 但就在巴克利斯还没来得及彻底爆发之前，林克斯队的明星前锋、也是斯图尔特的商业伙伴纳菲莎·科利尔用一次进球予以回应。此时自由人队领先4分，而且人们感觉到，林克斯队在整个夜晚第一次产生了势头。而就在这时，斯图尔特用她那双巨大的、饱经风霜的手掌控了比赛。

场面是这样的：斯图尔特在禁区内接到阿斯蒂尔的球，转身发现防守她的是矮得多的考特尼·威廉姆斯，尽管如此，她还是没能投进。但令林克斯队球迷永远愤怒的是，斯图尔特知道如何调整身体角度。她知道如何精准地展开她的“帐篷杆”，好让它们缠绕在邻居的树枝上。哨声响起。威廉姆斯个人犯规。电视暂停。

在普通的统计数据表中看不到被造犯规的情况（尽管斯图尔特场均6.3次，在联盟中排名第二）。但想象一下，如果你是一个从未看过篮球赛的外星人：造犯规这个行为看起来会有多么令人沮丧，多么阴险。一方面，它能激怒你的对手；另一方面，它让对手在被彻底罚下场的进度条上又前进了一小格。与此同时，它将对手转化得仿佛

CATALINA FRAGOSO / NBAE，经由盖蒂图片社 斯图尔特和种子排名第八的自由人队以横扫之势击败了No. 1林克斯队，但他们在面对梦想队时陷入了2-0的劣势。 ISHIKA SAMANT / 盖蒂图片社

一份不懈的履历

1 次得分王称号：2022 年

2 次最有价值球员（M.V.P.）奖项：2018, 2023

2 次总决赛最有价值球员（M.V.P.）奖项：2018, 2020

3 次 WNBA 总冠军：2018, 2020, 2024

7 次入选 WNBA 最佳阵容

全明星赛出场次数

职业生涯场均 20.5 分

通过一道耗尽体能的激光束，将其传向一名防守能力较弱的球员。

但它更关键的作用是消耗时间。

从哨声响起直到斯图尔特罚球后林克斯队重新获得球权，比赛时钟并未移动——但实际时间已经过去了 2 分 7 秒。这相当于一次暂停的休息时间，如果你正处于职业生涯第 10 个赛季且即将打满 40 分钟，这绝非小事。但这也是大象艾莉（Ellie the Elephant）跳舞 2 分 7 秒的时间，是嘻哈音乐轰鸣 2 分 7 秒的时间，也是自由人队球迷对着少数敢于发声的客队林克斯球迷投以愤怒目光的时间。

在篮球比赛中，用一次犯规打断对方的反击，就像是在一个充满诱惑的夜晚，被一个马桶溢水的邻居敲门打断一样。林克斯队的机会已经失去了。

紧接着的下一次进攻中，迈尔斯——林克斯队教练谢丽尔·里夫显然在暂停期间告诉她要打得激进——杀入禁区，这种进攻她在全年都以超自然的优雅完成。但琼斯对她的盖帽如此强力，以至于迈尔斯以及林克斯队内部的某些东西似乎崩溃了。他们再也没有对自由人队构成威胁。

所以再次回顾这个序列：一个伊奥内斯库的三分球和一个琼斯的盖帽，中间夹着一段由斯图尔特带来的、让林克斯队泄气的停顿时间。但仔细观察这两个端点：是谁助攻了伊奥内斯库那个三分球？是斯图尔特。又是谁在防守迈尔斯，将她直接引导进琼斯等待的怀抱中？是斯图尔特。

斯图尔特掌控了整个序列，就像她掌控了整场比赛一样，而且在自由人队的所有比赛中，直到她退役为止，她都将如此掌控。

这就带到了我敦促你们在这次季后赛中珍惜斯图尔特的最后一个原因——去欣赏那些我们作为热爱精彩集锦的人，在潜意识里被训练成不去欣赏的东西。因为斯图尔特，在 32, 可能无法在这样的状态下坚持太久了。

篮球运动员在 32. 之后不会变得更好。在某个时间点，所有的大学联赛、欧洲联赛、Unrivaled 季后赛和全明星赛都会开始损耗身体。

在斯图尔特依然在场时，请关注她——她刚刚以不可思议的方式延长了球队的赛季；她在每场比赛中都做了上千件没有人会特意感谢、甚至没有被记录下来的事情。

克拉克谴责球迷的仇恨行为并维护队友

作者：詹姆斯·博伊德 (JAMES BOYD) 《竞技网》(The Athletic)

凯特琳·克拉克（Caitlin Clark）在周四强烈支持她的队友凯尔西·米切尔（Kelsey Mitchell），就在几天前，米切尔曾表示在印第安纳狂热队（Indiana Fever）效力“并不总是那么容易”。

作为一名不受限的自由球员，米切尔上周谈到了与克拉克一起在聚光灯下比赛的困难，以及如何应对来自球迷的负面评论，并引用了她收到的私信。

“作为她的队友，这会让你感到难过，因为你非常在意你的队友，”克拉克在周四的赛季结束新闻发布会上说。“你不希望他们中的任何人经历这样的事情。对于关注我的人来说，显然我被放在了放大镜下，而这也会波及到我所有的队友，无论是在爱荷华大学时期还是在这里。这带来了很多非常美好的事情，但有时也会有一些负面影响。”

“至于那些利用我来展示种族主义言论、仇恨或歧视的人，这不是我所支持的。我从未支持过这类行为。认识我的人都知道，这不是我的风格，也不是我成长的方式。所以当人们这样做时，真的令人非常失望。”

米切尔在 W.N.B.A. 的全部九个赛季都在狂热队度过，她周六表示，在处理自由球员身份时，她计划采取“自私”的方式。克拉克表示，自赛季结束以来她一直与米切尔保持沟通，并指出她和狂热队组织“将竭尽全力把她带回来”。她说，她希望自己的整个职业生涯都能与米切尔并肩作战。

“她知道我有多爱她，”克拉克说。“除了她，我不想与任何人分享后场。”

本赛季，克拉克和米切尔场均合砍 47 分，成为 W.N.B.A. 历史上得分最高的队友组合。

米切尔创下了 W.N.B.A. 单赛季最高得分和最多三分球命中纪录。她的场均得分达到 24.7 分，创下狂热队队史纪录。刚刚结束第三个赛季的克拉克场均贡献职业生涯最高的 22.3 分和 8.3 次助攻。

狂热队在季后赛首轮负于卫冕冠军拉斯维加斯王牌队（Las Vegas Aces），在三场比赛后出局。

在周六的季后赛新闻发布会上，米切尔表示，她因为“具体作为一名印第安纳狂热队的篮球运动员”而收到充满仇恨的私信。

“每天出现并为那些可能喜欢也可能不喜欢你的球迷而竞争是很困难的，”她说，并补充道：“我认为这个组织太棒了，伙计，但我觉得在真正尝试做自己的时候，并不总是那么容易。”

狂热队总经理安伯·考克斯（Amber Cox）在周六的个人新闻发布会上为该队的球迷辩护，称：“对我们球迷群体的攻击毫无事实依据。”

球迷的言论、行为和在线消息已成为 W.N.B.A. 球员关注的问题领域。在狂热队的比赛周围，紧张气氛尤为浓厚。

克拉克表示，她相信组织已有相关协议，可以将违规球迷移出场馆。她说，她也试图屏蔽负面情绪并忽略仇恨信息。

“显然，W.N.B.A. 已经成长了很多，关注度越来越高，”克拉克说。“对于那些真正出现、支持并表现出尊重的人，我向你们致敬，而且你们人数众多。这不仅是在印第安纳，而且在整个联盟都是如此。”

詹姆斯·博伊德是《竞技网》的职员记者。

凯尔西·米切尔和凯特琳·克拉克是联盟历史上得分最高的队友。 JESSICA HILL / 美联社

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酿酒人队将与道奇队再次交手，且有诸多证明之作

GREGORY BULL / ASSOCIATED PRESS

作者：TYLER KEPNER The Athletic

圣迭戈 —— 在经历了这一切之后，在经历了充满惊险、波折与寒意的一年，经历了解雇、雇佣与签约之后，国家联盟最终回到了原点。

密尔沃基酿酒人队在常规赛中表现出色，赢得了分区系列赛，并将迎来冠军洛杉矶道奇队，开启国家联盟冠军赛。正如 2025 年那样，历史再次重演。

你好，道奇队，我的老对手。我再次来向你们挑战了。

“他们是一支拥有优秀球员的伟大球队，并且拥有冠军血统，”酿酒人队队长克里斯蒂安·耶利奇（Christian Yelich）在周三晚上表示。“但你总是希望与最强的对手交手，如果你想达到目标，就必须这样做。”

圣迭戈教徒队曾让他们陷入苦战。在四场系列赛中（第四场以酿酒人队 3-1 获胜结束），两队的分差从未超过两分。那是 1,159

一支主打无私协作的低预算球队旨在创造历史。

充满了纯粹的紧张感。

但密尔沃基在此时此地结束了系列赛，而不是在周五回到主场——如果那样的话，决定性的决赛将在主场举行。这是今年10月与去年之间的一个关键区别。去年，酿酒人队在与芝加哥小熊队进行了一场五场规模的“后院恶斗”后精疲力竭，在被道奇队横扫的四场比赛中，他们仅领先过一个局。

“我们现在的休息状态和他们一样，”酿酒人队老板马克·阿塔纳西奥（Mark Attanasio）表示。“因为去年，我们在对阵小熊队的比赛中赢得非常激动人心，赛后进行了大量庆祝，而第二天我们就得进行击球练习。而现在，我们的休息天数与他们相同，米兹（Miz）和亨德森以及我们所有的投手都得到了休息。”

“所以这是我们最强战力与他们最强战力的较量，这总是令人兴奋的。”

雅各布·米西奥罗夫斯基（Jacob Misiorowski），绰号“米兹”，这位显然将获得国家联盟赛扬奖（Cy Young Award）的球员，将在周日的 Game 1 中出战。而新秀洛根·亨德森（Logan Henderson）——其职业生涯自责分率（含季后赛）为 2.31 ——随后可能在 Game 2. 中先发。他们带领着投手组在分区系列赛中将状态火热的教徒队进攻线限制在 181 的打击率、2 支本垒打和 10 分。

道奇队的投手们以几乎相同的方式挫败了亚特兰大勇士队：145 的打击率、2 支本垒打和 8 分。而且道奇队在国家联盟冠军赛（N.L.C.S.）的开局可能会派出与上一轮系列赛相同的两名两届赛扬奖得主左投手——塔里克·斯库巴尔（Tarik Skubal）和布莱克·斯内尔（Blake Snell）。

然而，这场国家联盟冠军赛并非一个公平的

泰勒·凯普纳（Tyler Kepner）是《The Athletic》的高级大联盟（M.L.B.）撰稿人。

竞争环境。至少在这个意义上不是。如果你愿意的话，可以称之为“金钱战场”：道奇队的薪资为 4.32亿美元，而酿酒人队为 1.54亿美元。大联盟在推动设立薪资上限的过程中，利用了这种薪资差距，将道奇队的再次夺冠描述为几乎不可避免。

如果酿酒人队淘汰道奇队并最终夺冠会怎样？大联盟会将他们描绘成一个特例，一个十年一遇的、以低预算战胜赔率的球队。联盟希望颠覆一套对酿酒人队和坦帕湾光芒队这样管理良好的球队有利的系统，而如果这两支球队之间进行世界大赛，或者其中任何一支夺冠，都会模糊其传递的信息。

酿酒人队的官方口号（显示在他们的球场和全市各处）凸显了他们的身份：以我们的方式获胜（Win Our Way）。这种方式是无私的：尽量减少失误，最大限度地增加上垒机会，并像在球场吃奶酪块一样不断抢占垒包。

“很多人说我们不适合季后赛，因为我们在常规赛中表现得如此出色，”经理帕特·墨菲（Pat Murphy）说，当时球队并没有太多球星。他补充道：“我认为我们正在证明，不，我们依然能在季后赛中获胜，因为优秀的棒球就是优秀的棒球。”

在 Game 4, 的第三局，萨尔·弗雷里克（Sal Frelick）为酿酒人队领跑，在面对沃克·布勒勒（Walker Buehler）时陷入 0-2 的劣势。接下来的两球他击出界外球，随后拿到了三个坏球，接着接住了一颗正中红心的快球，将其击向二垒方向的地滚球。杰克·克罗嫩沃斯（Jake Cronenworth）将其拦截，形成一次内野安打。

随后，弗雷里克盗二垒，加雷特·米切尔（Garrett Mitchell）击出安打将其送回本垒。米切尔随后击出三垒安打并得分，弗雷里克则通过一次牺牲飞球又带回一分。在第八局，曼尼·马查多（Manny Machado）击出一记飞向右中外野的深球，教徒队几乎扳平比分，但米切尔抢走了他的本垒打机会。

优秀的棒球就是优秀的棒球。而且很有趣。

“我就是喜欢团队协作这一面，”弗雷里克在周三表示。“并不是说我们每局进来都想：‘我希望有人能击出本垒打，这样我们就能得分。’而是从 1 号到 9 号球员，共同寻找上垒的方法，然后转换为：‘我们如何将他们推进到下一个垒包？’无论是通过触击、盗垒还是跑垒，重点都在于：‘我们如何让这家伙得分？’”

“这是一种策略层面的考量，你会观察每一局以及它是如何展开的。这正是我们练习的内容。”

当你处于一种一切皆有可能的状态时，无论作为球员还是观察者，你都会保持投入。即便是在保送四球的情况下——酿酒人队的挥棒次数在所有球队中是最少的——由于对接下来可能发生之事的期待，比赛依然扣人心弦。密尔沃基队同样能击出本垒打；威廉·孔特雷拉斯在打击率 .375 的情况下，曾对阵教徒队击出两支本垒打。他们只是不依赖于此。

道奇队是一支年龄较大的球队，但他们是那种“正确”的老练——睿智、准备充分且无所畏惧。历史性的伟大确实有其价值，而这种伟大永远不仅仅靠金钱就能实现。在道奇队辉煌的历史中，从未连续三次赢得分区冠军。而这正是他们现在试图实现的。

从上方起顺时针方向依次为：布赖斯·图朗和杰克逊·丘里奥在周三获胜后的样子；更衣室的庆祝场景；以及可以在第一场比赛中出场投球的雅各布·米西奥罗夫斯基。

酿酒人队在历史上曾获得过一次冠军——实际上是 1982 年的一面美国联盟旗帜，当时他们在七场世界大赛中输给了圣路易斯红雀队。巴德·塞利格（时任酿酒人队老板，现为名誉专员）长期以来一直声称，如果终结投手罗利·芬格斯在世界大赛期间身体健康，他的球队本可以获胜。他很可能是正确的。

每当酿酒人队走到这一步时，总会发生一些事情。一代人对芬格斯的缺阵感到遗憾。另一代人则被叶利奇、德文·威廉姆斯或布兰登·伍德拉夫那些时机极其糟糕的伤病所困扰。

也许，如果拥有更高的薪资预算，酿酒人队本可以挺过那些不利的意外并最终获胜。或者，也许这一切都是为了引导至此：一个在破碎的棒球格局中举起奖杯的机会，并证明他们也能赢——用他们自己的方式。

即便对手是道奇队。

“我们非常尊重那些家伙，”叶利奇说，“但与此同时，我们觉得我们可以与任何人交手。当我们打出自己的节奏和风格的棒球时，我们是一支非常难以被击败的球队。”

M.L.B.备忘录制定停赛规则：婚礼可行，节日贺卡禁发

作者：EVAN DRELLICH The Athletic

虽然 M.L.B. 本月在公开场合庆祝季后赛，但联盟总部内部正在详细规划即将到来的停赛（lockout）具体将如何运作，其中包括一项计划，即再次从联盟网站上删除球员图像，并基本上禁止俱乐部官员与球员之间的接触。

M.L.B. 副专员丹·哈莱姆（Dan Halem）于 10 月 1 日向球队所有者和球队高管分享了一份机密的 34 页备忘录，详细说明了俱乐部官员在停工期间应该预期什么以及应该如何行动。

该指南建议球队在停赛开始后避免向球员发送节日贺卡，详细规定了球队工作人员参加球员婚礼的适当礼仪，并表示如果球员希望在停工期间在日本或其他地方比赛，M.L.B. 将不会阻拦。当前的集体谈判协议将于东部时间 12 月 1 日晚上 11:59 到期。

“我们的承诺一直是、且将继续是竭尽一切现实方案，以实现与球员协会达成协议的目标，”哈莱姆在 The Athletic 获得的这份备忘录中写道。他补充道：“然而，各俱乐部需要为届时无法达成协议的可能性做好准备，届时俱乐部将别无选择，只能对大联盟球员实施停赛。”

该备忘录阐明了停赛的基本事实：几乎所有

专员罗布·曼弗雷德（Rob Manfred）表示，M.L.B. 在 2021 年根据法律建议修改了其网站。

在 40 人名单上的 M.L.B. 球员与其球队之间几乎所有的业务往来都将停止，直到达成新协议。没有交易，没有签约。

但这仅仅是冰山一角。

备忘录称，球员的图像和视频将再次从球队和联盟的官方网站上删除，这将重复 2021-22 年停赛期间发生的情况。

备忘录写道，M.L.B. 的数字化部门“将创建所有俱乐部网站及其他 M.L.B. 控制网站的替代版本，根据这些规则，所有球员的肖像都将被删除”。“球员图像（包括其个人资料页）和视频将被移除，球员姓名和照片也将从文章标题中删除。”

2021 年，联盟专员罗布·曼弗雷德表示，M.L.B. 是根据法律建议修改其网站的，但当时的专家对删除球员图像是否为法律上的必要步骤持有异议。

不过，并非所有球员肖像都会消失。

球队商店仍能销售带有球员姓名和图像的商品，因为销售服装等物品的权利来自其他商业安排，例如与工会的授权部门签署的协议。

哈莱姆写道，M.L.B. 不会试图阻止球员在停赛期间参加其他职业体育联赛，包括冬季球赛。这为球员前往日本或其他地方参赛打开了大门。

联盟办公室普遍担心，球员可能会声称他们在停赛前受伤，并试图申请工人赔偿——即使实际上他们是在停赛期间受伤的。

“为了降低这一风险，俱乐部应记录赛季后期球员与医疗 / 训练人员之间的互动，以确认在赛季结束前没有发生任何致残性伤害，”哈莱姆写道。“历史上一直对其大联盟球员进行离队体检的俱乐部，可以根据其惯例在 2026 赛季期间或之后进行，但过去未进行此类离队体检的俱乐部，不应在停赛开始前立即尝试这样做。”

在停摆期间，球队商店仍可销售商品。 LUKE HALES / GETTY IMAGES

停摆的一个核心原则是隔离。

Halem 写道，俱乐部官员应当“在最大可能范围内”避免接触球员，因为“允许对话与禁止对话之间的界限并不总是清晰的”。

美国职棒大联盟（M.L.B.）建议，如果俱乐部官员在公共场合遇到球员，应当“保持礼貌”。如果球队工作人员受邀参加球员的婚礼，他们可以在停摆期间出席，但必须避免谈论工作。

但如果球员在冬季将车辆留在球队设施内，则必须将其移走。

一些经纪人同时代理小联盟球员和大联盟球员，这使得 M.L.B. 球队无法完全切断与经纪人的沟通。但根据备忘录，为了确保沟通内容不涉及大联盟球员的雇佣条款，“任何经纪人沟通的范围必须受到监督和严格控制”。

球队可以在停摆前向球员提供休赛期的训练计划，但之后则不行。

在上次停摆期间，于冬季会议上举行的 Rule 5 选秀的大联盟部分被取消且未重新安排时间。M.L.B. 建议，此次是否重新安排时间将由谈判决定。（小联盟 Rule 5 选秀将照常举行。）

该备忘录还就如何处理沟通向球队提供了建议

当前的集体谈判协议将于12月1日到期。

在停赛期间，无论是面对新闻媒体还是球迷。

“委员办公室将就所有关键沟通话题提供具体的谈话要点，”哈勒姆写道。

在备忘录的问答部分，大联盟（M.L.B.）为票务销售人员提供了一些经批准的谈话要点。

其中一个建议的回复是：

“我们无法就集体谈判进程发表评论或进行推测。我可以告诉您的是，我们正在为2027赛季做准备，并按照原计划推进运作。”

另一个谈话要点涉及赛季计划的具体细节：

“我们乐观地认为2027年将进行完整的赛季，并且我们正在推进规划进程。我们的首要任务始终是公平对待我们的季票持有者。因此，如果情况影响到您2027年季票计划中的比赛场数，我们将确保为您提供可选方案，例如针对任何取消比赛的价值提供账户积分或退款。”

而且，是的，节日问候也涵盖在内。

“在停赛期间，不允许向球员发送节日贺卡或礼物，”哈勒姆写道。“俱乐部可以在12月2日之前向球员发送节日贺卡或礼物。”

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圣母大学跑卫 乔纳斯·沃尔顿已在 爱尔兰队的后场占据主导地位。 评论

莱恩·约翰逊，一名顶尖的截锋，在效力费城老鹰队14个赛季后，于周二突然宣布从职业橄榄球退役，理由是他的心理健康状况。 BILL STREICHER / IMACN IMAGES

对他所收养的城市而言，他不仅是一颗巨星

MATT SOURCE / ASSOCIATED PRESS 约翰逊在2021年攻入一个达阵。队友、球员和教练们称他为“最强”。

作者：扎克·伯曼 (ZACH BERMAN)

The Athletic

费城 —— 在老鹰队于2013年选入莱恩·约翰逊的那天晚上，他在纽约市穿上一套紧身的灰色西装，想象着在无线电城音乐厅等待他的是什么。他来自德克萨斯州东部一个约有1,100人的伐木小镇。

他思考了自己在NFL选秀榜单上的迅速攀升，并反击了关于一名未经证明的进攻截锋被选为第4顺位球员的质疑。

“我的故事才刚刚开始，”他说。

这个故事在周二告一段落，当时约翰逊宣布在经历了14个辉煌赛季后从职业橄榄球退役。这是一个突然的结局，但他此前曾暗示过。在8月，他曾表示2026年可能是他的最后一个NFL赛季。他最近决定提前退役。他的心理健康需要护理。他的家人需要他的关注。

约翰逊的职业生涯有许多值得赞赏之处。

许多人称他为“最强”

我无法向你描述我曾多少次听到队友、教练和高管用这种方式来形容约翰逊。

“在我心中，毫无疑问，他是我接触过的最优秀的球员，”老鹰队教练尼克·西里安尼（Nick Sirianni）说道。

“他是美国国家橄榄球联盟（N.F.L.）历史上在该位置上最出色的球员之一，”老鹰队老板杰弗里·卢里（Jeffrey Lurie）表示。

“N.F.L. 最强的截锋，”总经理高级顾问多姆·迪桑德罗（Dom DiSandro）说道。

“在过去的十年里，莱恩一直是 N.F.L. 最强的右截锋，”杰森·凯尔塞（Jason Kelce）最近在社交媒体上写道。

跑卫萨昆·巴克利（Saquon Barkley）称他是队内最强的球员。总经理豪伊·罗斯曼（Howie Roseman）称他是该运动史上最伟大的球员之一，并表示他改变了 N.F.L. 对右截锋的看法。

至于我，我会称他为我在报道老鹰队的 15 年中所见过的最强球员——而这个名单中还包括了一些潜在的名人堂成员。

每当约翰逊受伤或缺阵时，我都需要更新球队在有他参与和没有他参与时的战绩。包括他在第 4 周缺阵在内的最终统计结果是？在包括 N.F.L. 季后赛在内、约翰逊在场的情况下，老鹰队的战绩为 122-63-1（胜率 65.9%）。而在没有他的情况下，战绩为 18-30。虽然很难量化一名进攻线球员对比赛的影响，但这个数据很难被忽视。

约翰逊在退休声明中使用“我的兄弟们”这个词并不令人意外。

“我是在独生子环境下长大的，”约翰逊曾解释道，“作为球队的一员，这些是我拥有的唯一的兄弟。”

约翰逊的“兄弟谷仓”（Bro Barn）——他位于新泽西州家中一座被改造成健身房的谷仓——是队友们聚集训练的地方。他与不同位置组、不同年龄和不同背景的球员都是朋友。人们对他作为球员的赞誉，与对他作为队友的赞誉一样响亮。

“莱恩最棒的一点是他从不吝于分享，”进攻截锋乔丹·迈拉塔（Jordan Mailata）说道。

迈拉塔曾叫我过去，给我看他储物柜里的一个亚马逊包裹。

约翰逊离开费城时，留下的遗产超越了橄榄球本身。

那是一个约翰逊推荐用来帮助优化呼吸的设备。队友们分享了关于他如何为他们提供营养建议的故事。他们私下称赞他是缓解焦虑的幕后资源。布兰登·布鲁克斯（Brandon Brooks）在每场比赛的早晨在酒店房间呕吐后，都会给约翰逊发短信。（事实证明，约翰逊当时也在经历同样的情况，并分享了一些应对策略。）

“无论在场内还是场外，他都是全明星级别的，”前老鹰队进攻线球员马特·普赖尔（Matt Pryor）说道，“一个非常特别的人。”

约翰逊的训练计划看似传奇，但其达成并非一蹴而就。

高中时期，约翰逊身高6英尺6英寸，体重200磅。他曾是一名初级学院的四分卫，后来增加了50磅体重并转为近端端锋。当俄克拉荷马大学想将他从防守端锋转为进攻线球员时，前“太阳队”（Sooners）教练鲍勃·斯图普斯（Bob Stoops）询问力量教练，要让约翰逊达到300磅需要做些什么。约翰逊在选秀前的运动能力极其出众。前NFL选秀分析师迈克·梅约克（Mike Mayock）将其描述为：拥有比安奎恩·博尔丁（Anquan Boldin）更快的40码冲刺速度，拥有A.J.格林（A.J. Green）的纵跳能力，以及斯蒂文·里德利（Stevan Ridley）的立定跳远能力——而这一切都集成在一个身高6英尺6英寸、体重310磅的躯体之中。

在职业生涯早期，约翰逊曾两次因使用增强体能药物而被禁赛。他的名声受损。他将此归咎于成分表不一致，但誓言要过健康的生活。正如他所承诺的那样，他是极少数在30多岁时比20多岁时表现更好的球员。他在五次入选全美最佳阵容（All-Pro）中，有四次是在30多岁时获得的。他曾向我展示过他的每日饮食计划，其中包括5,500卡路里的微量营养素密集且易于消化的食物。

“我想被看作是一个随着年龄增长而不断进步的人，而有些球员一旦到了30多岁，就会直线下降，”约翰逊说，“这和我正好相反。”

他还被一种永无止境的竞争热情所驱动。他把所有事情都看作是对个人的挑战。在2013年的高级碗（Senior Bowl）比赛中，一名NFL总经理将他与一名首轮被选中的球员相比较。约翰逊将其视为一种侮辱。他告诉他的经纪人，那个球员根本不能与他相提并论。在选秀准备过程中，他甚至想取消飞往新泽西州的航班，因为他要去见拥有第9顺位选秀权的喷气机队。“告诉他们，反正我不会在第9顺位被选中，”他告诉经纪人。

约翰逊曾因为对自己未能入选职业碗（Pro Bowl）感到沮丧而睡在球队设施里。在某一个赛季被评为全美最佳阵容第二队而非第一队后，他将自己的数据与被评在他之前的球员进行了并排对比并贴在墙上。这种竞争心被描述为“迈克尔·乔丹式”的。有时，这种竞争心甚至是刻意营造的。有一个赛季，他因为在全国电视节目中听到的一段评论而大为光火，从而拒绝接触新闻媒体。甚至在8月份宣布这将是他的最后一个赛季时，他仍对自己在休赛期的前100名排名中掉出名单感到愤怒。

约翰逊表示，对他来说，“关注我的心理健康”至关重要。这也是约翰逊留给世人的遗产的一部分。

2021年，约翰逊在停止服用抗抑郁药物出现戒断症状后，缺席了三场比赛。他决定公开自己的抑郁和焦虑，并承认他曾向朋友和家人隐瞒这些情况。他希望消除心理健康问题的污名化。在底特律，任何在他在那天回归的人都会记得他那一刻的坦诚与脆弱。

在那之后的几年里，他再也没有失控。

“自从公开之后，我觉得与其回避它，不如去帮助那些觉得自己处于类似情况或心态中的人们，”约翰逊在2023年说道。“起初我有些犹豫。现在很多NFL球员都在联系我。你在这个行业工作，不仅要在身体上，还要在心理层面完善自己。”

在约翰逊被提名为费城老鹰队沃尔特·佩顿NFL年度人物奖候选人后，前进攻线教练杰夫·斯陶特兰（Jeff Stoutland）在2023年表示：“我看着他挣扎——真正的挣扎。我看着他必须经历的痛苦。考虑到他所克服的困难，以及他为他人所做的一切，而且他意识到自己并不希望别人知道这些。他不是一个爱出风头的人，他不在乎那个。他只想帮助那些可能正处于或曾经处于他那种境地的人。”

当斯陶特兰和凯尔斯（Kelce）与约翰逊共同分享提名时，两人都激动得流下了眼泪。他们至今仍是他最大的两位支持者。

“我知道这一切并不总是那么完美，”凯尔西那天对他说道，“但是，在 NFL 中，没有一个人比你更能代表这一点。这一点对你来说很重要。”

卢里在约翰逊退役后的声明中表示，约翰逊的勇气“毫无疑问地挽救了生命”。

对于一个可能是过去二十年里身披老鹰队球衣的最强球员来说，这是一个更为深远的遗产。

“费城”是约翰逊退役声明的第一个词。

一名球员能在同一支球队、同一个城市效力 14 个赛季，这实属罕见。他为整个地区带来了终身难忘的回忆。正如克里斯·隆所说：“没有他，就不会有那些庆祝游行。”

费城见证了约翰逊的成长。我总会回想起在纽约的选秀之夜。那时他距离 23 岁生日还差将近两周。他完全不知道这段故事将会如何展开。他充分地体验了人生：他成为过冠军，也跌入过最低谷；他经历过离婚和再婚；他被禁赛过，也签署过续约合同。

他曾好奇，如果当年是被迈阿密或杰克逊维尔选中会怎样。他承认，他可能不会拥有同样的一段职业生涯。

“在这个城市，你要么向上走，要么向下走，”约翰逊在谈到这座城市时说，“它绝对放大了我的特质。”

这就是为什么他将声明的开头仅用一个词“费城”来开启显得如此恰当。他现在将这里称为家。费城将想念看他打球的日子。

这是一个伟大的故事。

大学橄榄球

分析

6 支（或者是 7 支？）能赢得全国冠军的球队

作者：乔·雷克斯罗德 (JOE REXRODE) 《竞技体育》(The Athletic)

大约一年多前，我的同事斯图尔特·曼德尔在回答关于印第安纳大学教练库尔特·西格内蒂是否会被传统强队挖走的问题时写道：“即使是自信心爆棚的西格内蒂肯定也意识到，你在印第安纳大学是不可能赢得全国冠军的。但在佛罗里达大学，或者其他可能开放机会的学校是可以的。如果知道这可能是最后一次机会，这种机会很难拒绝。”

我提起这件事并不是为了让曼德尔难堪，而是为了提醒人们，在评估 2026 年真正的全国冠军竞争者时，这种观点存在局限性。距离大学橄榄球季后赛委员会公布 12 支参赛球队名单还有两个月，在此之前还会有大量的数据、重大比赛和惊喜出现。

如果我们中除了那些最极端的死忠粉之外的人都能诚实面对，我们之前对印第安纳大学——无论是该项目还是该球队——的想法与曼德尔是一样的。后来，在俄勒冈大学的一场胜利起到了启发作用，但在宾夕法尼亚州立大学的一场惊险逃脱则提示我们要谨慎；老实说，直到他们在 Big Ten 冠军赛中击败俄亥俄州立大学之前，我并不认为印第安纳大学队有这个能力。

一年前，在我认为具备夺冠条件的球队名单中，包括俄亥俄州立大学、俄勒冈大学和迈阿密大学。当时佐治亚大学刚在主场输给了一支曾输给佛罗里达州立大学的阿拉巴马大学队；很难信任俄克拉荷马大学和德州 A&M 大学队的进攻线；尽管密西西比大学在击败路易斯安那州立大学后取得了一场大胜，但其防线同样令人担忧。至于印第安纳大学？额，现实一点吧。（印第安纳大学在俄勒冈大学的胜利发生在接下来的周六。）

今天，我的竞争者名单上有六支球队，并对第七支保留选项——请在周六之后再次确认。而且，如果我们讨论的是那些有缺陷但拥有能在关键时刻提升球队实力的四分卫的队伍，那么不要忘记最有可能成为“今年印第安纳大学”的两支球队。密西西比大学和俄勒冈大学的一些防守数据很糟糕，但他们拥有特立尼达·钱布利斯和丹特·摩尔。

如果 10 月初的候选池扩大了一倍，这是否意味着两个月后实际的竞争者数量将超过名额数？嘘，不要给那些误入歧途的“24 队论”信徒提供更多谈资了。

以下按夺冠可能性排序：

俄亥俄州立大学

俄亥俄州立大学看起来是大学橄榄球中最强的球队，拥有杰里迈亚·史密斯这位最顶尖的球员。也许当赛季结束时，他们会回顾在德克萨斯州丢失的第四节，并感谢那场彻底的灾难，因为它从长远来看对他们有所帮助。10 月 17 日在印第安纳大学的比赛是赛程中剩下的最关键的一场，但整体情况看起来比 Big Ten 球队开始正式比赛前要更容易应对。

尽管 11 月份连续两周对阵西北大学和在内布拉斯加大学的比赛现在多了一点刺激因素，嗯？

佐治亚大学

四分卫冈纳·斯托克顿（Gunner Stockton）在一年之前还是人们质疑佐治亚大学胜算的一个理由，而现在他正悄然成为支持该校胜算的一个强有力理由。他的传球效率在全美排名第三，仅次于迈阿密大学的达里安·门萨（Darian Mensah）和印第安纳大学的乔什·胡佛（Josh Hoover）。他和斗牛犬队目前尚未在赛程中受到严峻考验，但周六对阵阿拉巴马大学的比赛将改变这一点。

圣母大学

你竟然让一支由比尔·贝利切克（Bill Belichick）执教的球队在三个季度的比赛中与你僵持不下？真是可耻！更相关的是，你看到乔纳斯·沃尔顿（Jonaz Walton）在后场接管了比赛，而此前那里一直在等待有人能脱颖而出。迈阿密大学在11月7日访问南本德的比赛可能是年度之战，而圣母大学在10月17日客场对阵杨百翰大学的比赛则是这支球队赛程中另一个可能的失利点。

迈阿密大学

门萨比卡森·贝克（Carson Beck）有了显著的提升。如果俄亥俄州立大学的史密斯（Smith）拿球不够多，无法以领先约100万分的优势赢得海斯曼奖（尽管他理应如此），那么门萨目前是最可能的受益者。再加上马拉基·托尼（Malachi Toney）、马克·弗莱彻二世（Mark Fletcher Jr.），以及两端接触线上的顶尖天赋，

乔·雷克斯罗德（Joe Rexrode）是《The Athletic》的高级大学橄榄球记者。

ERIC GAY / ASSOCIATED PRESS 俄亥俄州立大学：The Buckeyes 拥有大学橄榄球的最佳球员——外接手杰里迈亚·史密斯（Jeremiah Smith）。

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佐治亚大学：斗牛犬队四分卫冈纳·斯托克顿的传球效率在全美排名第三。

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尽管失去了两名首轮选秀球员（防守截锋贾斯汀·斯科特（Justin Scott）和艾哈迈德·莫滕（Ahmad Moten Sr.）可能在下次选秀中都进入前32名），但该队仍拥有凶猛的冲传能力，这让你足以将迈阿密大学视为大学橄榄球中最强的球队。

印第安纳大学

我想说前四名与胡西尔人（Hoosiers）之间存在差距，但那些球队都没有西格内蒂（Cignetti）。过去两个赛季发生的事情应该让每个人意识到一种可能性：在西格内蒂带领该项目达到历史胜率.500之前，胡西尔人可能不会再输球（再来12个16-0的赛季就能实现，届时西格内蒂将在76岁时退休）。

斯蒂芬·戴利（Stephen Daley）的参赛资格至关重要。尼克·马什（Nick Marsh）不仅是查理·贝克（Charlie Becker）对面的球员，他还是个具备职业联赛水准（Sunday guy）的球员。而胡佛将在对阵内布拉斯加大学以及主场对阵俄亥俄州立大学的比赛中，证明或反驳对他那极高的期望。

德克萨斯大学

这可能是大学橄榄球中最强的防守，这意味着阿奇·曼宁（Arch Manning）不需要达到“第1顺位”的水平，就能带领长角牛队进入决赛之夜并有机会夺冠。然而，他看起来太像个“第40顺位”的球员了。要应对接下来的赛程——佛罗里达大学、密西西比大学、客场对阵密苏里大学、路易斯安那州立大学以及德州农工大学——可能需要达到稳健的首轮水平。是的，我漏掉了俄克拉荷马大学，因为他们周六可能得分率为0。

阿拉巴马大学

卡伦·德博尔（Kalen DeBoer）在四分卫基隆·罗素（Keelon Russell）身上挖掘出了一颗明日之星。他今年能率队争冠吗？每档进攻允许5.01码的数据让我感到不安。这支球队在一段时间内突然消失的倾向同样令我担忧。然而，他们能用持续的“巨龙之火”来回应这些低迷期的倾向又让我感兴趣。让我们交给佐治亚大学来决定克里姆森之潮（Crimson Tide）的命运吧。

84 岁的萨姆·麦克道尔去世，他曾是一位与酗酒作斗争的王牌投手

作者：理查德·戈德斯坦 (RICHARD GOLDSTEIN)

萨姆·麦克道尔 (Sam McDowell) 去世了，享年 84 岁。他是 20 世纪 60 年代和 70 年代初克利夫兰印第安队的全明星左投手。在凭借那些让无助击球手措手不及的快速球、曲球和滑球而备受关注的同时，他一直在与酒精成瘾作斗争。

美国职业棒球大联盟在社交媒体上宣布了他的去世，但未提供进一步细节。

麦克道尔被称为“突然的萨姆” (Sudden Sam)。据他回忆，这个绰号是由克利夫兰《平原经销商报》(The Plain Dealer) 的体育记者鲍勃·多尔根 (Bob Dolgan) 给的，多尔根曾在 1961 年印第安队的春季训练营观看他投球。（他回忆道，明尼苏达双城队的强击手哈蒙·基勒布鲁 (Harmon Killebrew) 也曾评论说，他的快速球是“突然之间”就到了。）

麦克道尔在 15 个大联盟赛季中全部或部分时间担任投手，其中 11 个赛季在印第安队效力。他曾五次在美联三振数排名第一，并在 1965 年创下单赛季 325 次三振的最高纪录。凭借 6 英尺 5 英寸的身高和 190 磅的体格，他在 2,492 个投球局中三振了 2,453 名击球手。

他曾六次入选美联全明星队，并在 1970 年美联最优秀投手赛扬奖 (Cy Young Award) 的投票中排名第三。那个赛季他取得了 20 胜 12 负的战绩，在 305 个投球局中三振了 304 名击球手。

《体育画报》(Sports Illustrated) 在 1966 年 5 月的封面上刊登了麦克道尔的照片，配文是“比库法克斯更快？”虽然桑迪·库法克斯 (Sandy Koufax) 最终进入了名人堂，但麦克道尔尽管三振数据惊人，却在控球方面苦苦挣扎，曾五次在美联投球手保送数排名第一，三次在暴投数排名第一。

在球场之外，他面临着一场影响更为深远的斗争。

据他描述，麦克道尔从 1963 年开始与队友一起喝酒，从此便陷入酒精成瘾。

“我确立了自己作为棒球界最糟糕的酒鬼的地位，因为——

托尼·德贾克 / 美联社 2006 年的麦克道尔。在退役后，他为成瘾球员提供咨询。

他曾五次在美联三振数排名第一，并六次入选全明星赛。

他在 2022 年出版的回忆录《突然萨姆传奇：萨姆·麦道尔的崛起、陨落与救赎》（与马丁·吉特林合著）中写道，随着 20 世纪 70 年代中期的临近，

他在棒球生涯结束后继续酗酒。他的妻子卡罗尔·安·贝斯根与他离婚，并获得了两个孩子的监护权。1980 年 4 月的一天，当他住在匹兹堡地区父母家中时昏迷了。他回忆道：“我对那个黑暗时刻的所有记忆，就是不断地对自己和我的成瘾恶魔重复：‘你赢了，你赢了。’我觉得自己快疯了。”

在家人和保险公司雇主的劝说下，麦道尔进入匹兹堡的 Gateway 康复中心接受治疗。治疗证明是成功的，随后他在匹兹堡大学获得了运动心理学和成瘾研究的副学士学位。1982 年，他获得了宾夕法尼亚州的咨询师认证。

在接下来的几年里，他与棒球援助团队（Baseball Assistance Team，该组织旨在帮助陷入困境的前球员）协作，为成瘾的棒球运动员提供咨询，并帮助其他运动项目的运动员以及各行各业的人士。

塞缪尔·爱德华·托马斯·麦道尔（Samuel Edward Thomas McDowell）1942 年 9 月 21 日出生于匹兹堡，是托马斯和玛丽-艾琳（唐纳德）·麦道尔的六个孩子之一。他的父亲曾是匹兹堡大学的四分卫，后来在钢厂从事设备检查工作。他在回忆录中写道，父母双方都是酗酒者。

他在中央天主教高中（Central Catholic High School）是一名明星投手，还参加了篮球、美式足球和田径比赛，随后他以 75,000 美元的签约金加入了印第安人队的组织。

在低级别小联盟投球后，麦道尔在 1961 赛季被提升至印第安人队位于盐湖城的顶级农场球队，随后于 9 月在印第安人队完成首秀。在接下来的两个赛季中，他在印第安人队和小联盟之间往返，随后在 1964 年 5 月下旬成为了球队轮值投手的一员。在面对芝加哥白袜队的首次先发中，他三振了 14 名击球手，该赛季战绩为 6 胜 0 负。

1965 年，麦道尔取得了 17 胜 11 负的战绩，且以 2.18 的防御率领跑全联盟，同时完成了 325 次三振。他在 1966 年连续投出两场仅允许对方击出一次安打的完封赛，在接下来的三个赛季中继续以强力投球压制击球手，随后在 1970 年创下了他职业生涯唯一的 20 胜赛季，同年他第三次连续入选全明星赛。

美联社

1970 年的萨姆·麦道尔。他在大联盟效力了全部或部分 15 个赛季，其中 11 个赛季在印第安人队度过。

1971 年，他与印第安人队发生了合同纠纷，球队在 1972 赛季前将他交易至旧金山巨人队。由于肩膀酸痛和血液循环问题，他缺席了数周，最终以 10 胜 8 负的战绩结束赛季。

巨人队在 1973 年 6 月初将麦道尔送往洋基队。他取得了 5 胜 8 负的战绩，随后在 1974 年受到椎间盘突出困扰。洋基队在该赛季结束后将其解雇。1975 年，他在匹兹堡海盗队担任救火投手，出场次数较少，随后于 6 月被解雇，结束了大联盟生涯，职业生涯共取得 141 胜 134 负，防御率为 3.17。

麦道尔在第一段婚姻中育有两个孩子，蒂姆和黛比，之后他又结过两次婚，但目前尚无法立即获得完整的幸存亲属名单。

在晚年，麦道尔搬到了佛罗里达州的克莱蒙特市，并在那里创立了“传奇之城”（City of Legends），一个为退役运动员建立的社区。

在 2015 年美国棒球研究协会（Society for American Baseball Research）的一篇人物简介中，麦道尔被引用说：“我不怎么思考过去，我只在乎今天。”

弗雷迪·杰克逊，69岁，曾登顶榜单的丝滑R&B歌手

作者：马克·沃克（MARK WALKER）

弗雷迪·杰克逊（Freddie Jackson）于周一去世，享年69岁。这位嗓音丝滑的情歌王子在20世纪80年代后半期凭借《Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)》和《You Are My Lady》等热门单曲登顶R&B排行榜。

杰克逊先生的家人于周二在其官方Instagram账号上宣布了死讯，但未提及死因或去世地点。

2024年，杰克逊先生透露自己患有肾脏疾病，并表示他正与美国国家肾脏基金会（National Kidney Foundation）合作，以提高人们对该疾病的认识。

“那是上帝赐予的声音之一，是那种一生一次才可能遇到的声音，”保罗·劳伦斯（Paul Laurence）在一次采访中说道。他是杰克逊先生的长年好友兼合作伙伴，曾为杰克逊先生创作《Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)》并与其共同创作了其他歌曲。

杰克逊先生温暖的男高音是为所谓的R&B“静谧风暴”（Quiet Storm）时代量身打造的乐器。在那个时代，单一的丝绒嗓音、烟熏般的萨克斯风以及电子钢琴的闪烁光芒，在各大城市的深夜电台波段中轻轻飘荡。

杰克逊先生的首张个人专辑《Rock Me Tonight》于1985年发行，并在榜首停留了14周

詹妮弗·詹金斯（Jennifer Jenkins）参与了研究工作。

《Rock Me Tonight》（1985年）是杰克逊先生的首张专辑，随后的《Just Like the First Time》（1986年）在榜单上领跑数周。 国会唱片公司（CAPITOL RECORDS） 国会唱片公司（CAPITOL RECORDS）

一位为“静谧风暴”广播时代及《You Are My Lady》等热门歌曲而生的温暖男高音。

Billboard R&B专辑榜。该专辑中的两首单曲——同名主打歌和《You Are My Lady》——登顶了Billboard R&B单曲榜，另外两首《He'll Never Love You Like I Do》和《Love Is Just a Touch Away》则进入了前10名。他在1986年获得了两项格莱美奖提名，分别是最佳新人奖和最佳男性R&B演唱奖。

这一连串的成功使杰克逊先生成为了R&B超级巨星。

他的1986年第二张专辑《Just Like the First Time》在Billboard R&B专辑榜上占据榜首长达26周，并包含三首登顶Billboard榜单的R&B单曲：《Tasty Love》、《Have You Ever Loved Somebody》和《Jam Tonight》。

在为《纽约时报》评论一场1985年的曼哈顿演唱会时，评论家斯蒂芬·霍尔登将杰克逊先生的声音描述为浑厚且温暖，“处于男高音和男中音的界限之间”。

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“凭借其富有创造力的乐句处理和灵活的力度控制，他能够将公式化的流行放克歌曲转化为极具吸引力且开放的个人陈述，”霍尔登先生写道，并补充说杰克逊先生“用延长的花腔、声音的颤抖和自发的停顿来润色爱情歌词，这些处理打破了素材的正式僵硬感，传达出一种极具感染力的情感直接性”。

弗雷德里克·安东尼·杰克逊于1957年10月2日出生在哈莱姆区。弗雷迪后来表示他从未见过自己的亲生父亲，由单身母亲胡安妮塔·拉维尼亚·杰克逊抚养长大。他从小接受福音歌手训练，在哈莱姆的白岩浸信会教堂唱歌，并在那里结识了劳伦斯先生。

1986年的弗雷迪·杰克逊，当时他获得了两项格莱美奖提名，分别是最佳新人奖和最佳男性R&B演唱奖。

20世纪80年代初，杰克逊先生搬到加利福尼亚州，在那里作为放克乐队Mystic Merlin的歌手开始了他的音乐生涯。随后他回到纽约，并与在Hush Productions公司工作的劳伦斯先生重新取得联系。在Hush公司，杰克逊先生为劳伦斯先生的演示录音演唱，并为歌手梅尔巴·摩尔担任伴唱，两人在1986年共同录制了另一首Billboard R&B冠军单曲《A Little Bit More》。

杰克逊先生从未结婚，也没有孩子。关于其幸存亲属的信息尚未立即获得。

Hush Productions的前总经理凯文·海伍德表示，人们将记住杰克逊先生“那充满灵魂的声音，它传递了永恒的情歌精神”。

“无论是在录音室还是在他那令人振奋的演出中，他总是倾尽全力，”海伍德先生说。

与经常被拿来比较的同时代歌手路瑟·范德罗斯和皮博·布赖森不同，跨界流行音乐的成功与杰克逊先生无缘，他的热门歌曲主要局限于R&B榜单。

他在商业巅峰期过后很长时间仍坚持录音，并在2023年发行了最后一张专辑《My First Love》。这张专辑献给了他的母亲。

Dress, Manfred Holman, Gary

Lubetsky, Stella Monness, Andrew Stillman, Marilyn

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DRESP——曼弗雷德·罗伯特。85岁，来自马萨诸塞州北桥，于2026年10月1日在家中平静离世。他出生于德国柏林，13岁时随父母来到美国。他在罗格斯大学获得学士学位，在宾夕法尼亚大学获得博士学位，随后在MITRE公司从事工程和技术方面的卓越职业生涯。他的遗属包括妻子钱林（Qian Lin）；子女托马斯、莉娜和埃丽卡；其子安德烈亚斯深切缅怀他。他的前妻克里斯蒂娜·沃尔夫（托马斯和安德烈亚斯的母亲）亦缅怀他。家属将举行私人仪式。

HOLMAN——加里。 格伦奥克斯俱乐部（Glen Oaks Club）理事会及成员对我们尊敬的成员加里·霍尔曼的逝世表示深切悲痛，并向其家属致以衷心的慰问。

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LUBETSKY——斯特拉·芬格巴特。

出生于1927年5月27日，于2026年10月6日逝世。她是安妮塔·卢贝茨基·马歇尔（Anita Lubetsky Marshall）深爱的母亲，朱莉娅·马歇尔（Julia Marshall）和丹尼尔·马歇尔（Daniel Marshall）的祖母，也是五个优秀兄弟姐妹中的最后一人。她以爱与热情关怀家人、朋友和社区。作为一名善良且机智的临床社会工作者，她还热爱爵士乐、巧克力，以及与朋友共饮的一杯雪莉酒。她将永远留在我们心中。

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蒙内斯（MONNESS）——安德鲁·“安迪”（Andrew "Andy"）。他闯入我的生活，带我开启了一场魔毯之旅；十五年的婚姻，让菲利普（Phillip）、赖利（Riley）、马克斯（Max）、雪莉（Shelley）甚至我的母亲也随之同行。他是一个按照自己的方式生活的快乐梦想家。如果你在他的轨道上，你必须睁大眼睛（有时则闭上眼）紧紧抓住。他于2026年10月8日逝世，永远改变了我们的生活。宝贝，我们爱你。

MONNESS—Andrew J., "Andy"

我对失去我选定的兄弟、导师和商业伙伴而感到心碎。安迪是我妻子埃莉莎（Elissa）的家人，也是我们的孩子罗比（Robbie）、迈克尔（Michael）和玛拉（Mara）的叔叔。

遵循事实，无论它们将我们引向何方。

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我们共同度过了每一次假期，在纽约市一起抚养孩子，并在大西洋海滩度过夏天。这些是我们永远会珍惜的回忆。安迪给我们最大的礼物是他坚定不移的友谊。安迪是一个真正的原创者，他按照自己的方式生活，直言不讳，并且绝对是纽约市里穿着最讲究的人。他那标志性的风格唯有他慷慨的心肠能与之媲美。他热爱在纽约最好的餐厅用餐，但他也从未忘记那些不幸的人，并且总是确保他遇到的无家可归者也能吃上一顿饭。安迪，你给我们的生活带来了如此之多。我们将深深地思念你，永远爱你。 克雷索伊（Cresoi）家族

MONNESS—Andrew J. "Andy."

我们深切地宣布，Monness Crespi Hardt & Co. Inc. 的董事长兼创始人 Andrew J. Monness 逝世。安迪是一位充满活力的远见者。他凭借不懈的精力、创造性思维以及对员工、客户和行业内朋友的坚定承诺，从零开始建立了这家公司。他的热情和开拓精神将被深深怀念，他的

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遗产和领导力将在公司中延续多年。

Monness Crespi Hordt & Co. Inc. 总裁 尼尔·克雷索伊（Neil Crespi）

STILLMAN—Marilyn. 享年 86 岁，于 2026 年 10 月 4 日星期日去世。她是一位卓越的母亲、祖母、曾祖母、姐妹和妻子。她与查尔斯·斯蒂尔曼（Charles Stillman）结婚 67 年，生活美满。玛丽琳是一位有天赋的室内设计师，同时也是一位才华横溢的钢琴家。愿她的记忆成为一种祝福。

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我们以好奇而非确定性来审视世界，在探索每一个故事时保持怀疑、谦卑和探求，无论我们认为自己对某个话题多么了解。

重新擦亮德拉·罗比亚（Della Robbia）的光辉及其遗产。作者：布莱克·戈普尼克（BLAKE GOPNIK）

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杰森·法拉戈（JASON FARAGO） 艺术评论

他的点阵展现了思考的痕迹

一场罗伊·利希滕斯坦（Roy Lichtenstein）的展览将他呈现为人类视觉对抗工业与技术的捍卫者。

当你向人工智能模型输入提示词要求生成一张图片时，它始于一组点阵。

你输入你的愿望——一个在窗边大笑的美丽女孩；一架在云端翱翔的战斗机——模型最初会渲染出一个随机颜色像素的网格。然后它开始工作，将这个光点替换为那个光点，猜测蓝色像素是否应该紧邻红色像素或另一个蓝色像素，直到网格中的每个小区域看起来像真实生活。就这样，随着模型

√ 罗伊·利希滕斯坦：焕然一新 CRMC 推荐 周日于惠特尼美国艺术博物馆开幕

重新构建其摄入（或剽窃）的数十亿张图像，噪声最终化为一个美丽女孩的诡异拼贴画，尽管她的头发或肘部可能会穿过窗台。这是一张新图像，但绝非原创；它有无数个来源，却没有任何作者。它是毒药。

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六年前，当惠特尼美国艺术博物馆决定在纽约组织 30 多年来首场罗伊·利希滕斯坦的大型回顾展时，策展人们预感到他的点阵绘画会对我们的时代有所启示。他们认为，他从漫画书和商业广告中汲取的意象，能够引起新一代观众的共鸣，因为这代人成长过程中并没有意识到高雅文化与低俗文化之间存在界限。

2026年10月9日，星期五 CI

MARISSA ALPER 为《纽约时报》拍摄 在惠特尼博物馆，罗伊·利希滕斯坦 1963 年的作品《纽约世界博览会壁画（窗边的女孩）》由亚历克斯·达·科特（Alex Da Corte）的工作室重新创作并手工绘制。

在大都会歌剧院的《麦克白》中，舞者表演时真的会迸发出火花。 MOHAMED SAIDK 为《纽约时报》拍摄

《拟饵行动》新音乐剧

纵情跃动中的混乱

大都会歌剧院的一部反乌托邦式《麦克白》以激烈且充满活力的格鲁吉亚民间舞为特色。

作者：RACHEL SHERMAN

这种舞蹈会让你屏住呼吸。跳跃始于膝盖，并落在膝盖上。旋转推动身体横跨房间，仿佛由马达驱动一般。

这就是传统的格鲁吉亚舞蹈，其中挑战重力的跳跃和旋转是常态。在最近大都会歌剧院《麦克白》的一场彩排中，舞者们在空中飞翔，从桌子上跃起，用剑向彼此冲刺，然后像陀螺一样在膝盖上以极快的速度旋转。

“这些是快速动作，所以你必须在短时间内产生巨大的力量，”舞者达维特·巴赫图里泽（Davit Bakhturidze）说道。你必须从尴尬的姿势中起身。你必须跳得远且高——有时还要翻滚。“当你这么做的时候，”巴赫图里泽说，“一把剑正向你袭来，所以你必须低头，并且要确保你身后没有另一个人正挥舞着另一把剑砍向你。”

哦，而且武器是由钢制成的：这种全接触式格斗如此真实，以至于剑刃相撞时会迸发出火花。

“那不是特效，”乔治·戈德兹什维利（George Goderdzishvili）说道，他因一次意外的剑击导致手指骨折，但仍在坚持表演。尽管他们佩戴护膝，但受伤情况依然频发。（康复的关键？桑拿和冷水浴。）

这是传承数千年的格鲁吉亚传统舞蹈首次出现在大都会歌剧院的制作中。它令人振奋且极具运动感——对于威尔第对莎士比亚的改编来说，这是一个令人惊讶的选择——接第 C12 页

离百老汇剧场综述 作者：LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES

黑色喜剧与独角戏

本月，绞刑架下的幽默（gallows humor）随处可见，而安德鲁·斯科特（Andrew Scott）等人则为独白注入了生命力。

安德鲁·斯科特，由西蒙·斯蒂芬斯（Simon Stephens）为其创作的独角戏《海墙》（Sea Wall）的主演。该剧于10月16日至30日在Studio Seaview上演，其舞台呈现正被拍摄成电影。 GARETH CATTERMOLL / GETTY IMAGES

《牛油果》（Guac）

曼努埃尔·奥利弗（Manuel Oliver）曾在市中心的公共剧院（Public Theater）演出过这部关于其在2018年帕克兰枪击案中丧生的儿子的剧作。现在，他将用英文和西班牙文的双语版本在曼哈顿上城的一个新空间开启演出。（演出至本周六，人民剧院 the People's Theater；thepeoplestheatre.org）

《农场上的汤姆》（Tom at the Farm）

巴西导演罗德里戈·波特拉（Rodrigo Portella）执导了米歇尔·马克·布沙尔（Michel Marc Bouchard）的剧作，讲述一名男子发现其已故男友的同性恋身份一直对家人保密的故事。演出语言为葡萄牙语，配有英文字幕。（演出至本周六，纽约大学斯基博尔中心 NYU Skirball；nyuskirball.org）

《揭幕》（Unveiling）

在这部由捷克异见剧作家瓦茨拉夫·哈维尔（Vaclav Havel）创作、爱德华·艾因霍恩（Edward Einhorn）为61号无名剧团（Untitled Theater Company No. 61）执导的黑色喜剧中，舒适的代价仅仅是牺牲一个人的道德原则。（演出至10月17日，Torn Page；untitledtheater.com）

《胜利》（Triumph）

这部由微型剧大师卡里尔·丘吉尔（Caryl Churchill）创作的新作时长仅20分钟。安娜莱·阿什福德（Annaleigh Ashford）饰演罗马皇帝的新闻秘书艾里斯（Iris），乔·塔珀（Joe Tapper）饰演马库斯（Marcus）。门票免费。萨希姆·阿里（Saheem Ali）执导。（演出至10月18日，公共剧院 Public Theater；publictheater.org）

《我甚至不到一半》（I'm Not Even Half）

演员莱拉·科什努迪（Layla Khoshnoudi）通过这部独角戏成为了剧作家兼表演者，讲述一名布鲁克林女性在手机上观看伊朗起义时被车撞的故事。马切尔·罗斯（Machel Ross）执导。（演出至10月24日，Bushwick Starr；thebushwickstarr.org）

《机器学习》（Machine Learning）

艾玛·拉莫斯（Emma Ramos）、道格拉斯·史密斯（Douglas Smith）、德莱尼·罗（Delaney Rowe）和米歇尔·塞莱内·昂（Michele Selene Ang）主演凯特·沃泽拉（Kate Vozella）这部关于亲密关系与技术的黑色喜剧。科尔姆·萨默斯（Colm Summers）为小引擎剧院（Little Engine Theater）执导。（演出至10月30日，曼哈顿社区网络 Manhattan Neighborhood Network；littleenginetheater.com）

《这附近见过最漂亮的尸体》（The Nicest Body Ever Seen Around These Parts）

在加泰罗尼亚剧作家约瑟夫·玛丽亚·米罗（Josep Maria Miró）的这部独角戏中，一起小镇谋杀案迫使人们进行反思。由瑞秋·克劳尔（Rachel Crowl）主演，梅·安·特奥（Mei Ann Teo）为Play Company执导。（演出至11月7日，122CC的2nd Floor Theater；playco.org）

米洛·克雷默（Milo Cramer）在樱桃巷剧院（Cherry Lane Theater）表演他的独角戏《学校照片》（School Pictures）。

《学校照片》（School Pictures）与《两个女孩》（Two Girls）

这家历史悠久的剧院管理层仍在尝试，借鉴了艺术电影院的模式：每晚两场演出，一场早场（米洛·克雷默富有旋律感的《学校照片》），一场晚场（埃莉亚·史密斯具有挑衅性的《两个女孩》），每场演出分别售票。（演出至11月8日，樱桃巷剧院 Cherry Lane Theater；cherrylanetheatre.org）

《很快》（Soon）

在这部由尼克·布莱迈尔（Nick Blaemire，曾创作《安全非保证》）创作的独立流行音乐剧中，一名20多岁的女性在等待世界末日时将自己与外界隔绝。威尔·布鲁姆（Will Blum）为Out of the Box Theatrics执导。（演出至11月8日，圣卢克剧院的Loft空间 the Loft at St. Luke's Theater；ootbtheatrics.com）

《“是”之王》（King of the Yees）

劳伦·伊（Lauren Yee）的《俄罗斯母亲》（Mother Russia）在上一季大获成功。现在这里上演的是她早期的一部更具个人色彩的剧作——通过超现实的喜剧视角探讨家庭与传承。托尼奖得主弗朗西斯·朱（Francis Jue）饰演她的父亲拉里（Larry）。（演出至11月15日，签名剧院 Signature Theater；signaturetheatre.org）

《本杰明·巴顿奇事》（The Curious Case of Benjamin Button）

在《法外之徒》（Dead Outlaw）中将尸体演绎得如此传神的安德鲁·杜兰德（Andrew Durand），在杰斯罗·康普顿（Jethro Compton）和达伦·克拉克（Darren Clark）改编的音乐剧中饰演主角。该剧改编自F·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德关于一个逆向生长男人的故事。（演出至12月6日，公共剧院 Public Theater；publictheater.org）

《心脏》（The Heart）

在这部由凯特·克里根（Kait Kerrigan）、安妮·艾森德拉斯（Anne Eisendrath）和伊恩·艾森德拉斯（Ian Eisendrath）创作的音乐剧中，将心脏移植给急需者的竞赛成为了全剧的律动。由克里斯托弗·艾希利（Christopher Ashley）为 Roundabout 剧团执导。（演出至12月6日，劳拉·佩尔斯剧院；roundabouttheatre.org）

《敲敲》（Toc Toc）

劳伦特·巴菲（Laurent Baffie）这部关于一群精神病患者的法国喜剧将采用西班牙语演出（无英文翻译），使用的是胡利安·昆塔尼利亚（Julián Quintanilla）的改编版本。由拉法·桑切斯（Rafa Sánchez）执导。（演出至4月11日，西班牙剧团 Repertorio Español；repertorio.nyc）

《渴望》（Crave）

莎拉·凯恩（Sarah Kane）这部简洁且充满痛苦的一幕剧由 Hoi Polloi 剧团在狭小空间内复排。由亚历克·达菲（Alec Duffy）执导。（10月24日周五，东村地下室；hoipolloiworld.com）

《前奏》（Prelude）

安妮·博加特（Anne Bogart）执导这部由 En Garde Arts 提供的免费户外演出，采用了查尔斯·L·米（Charles L. Mee）的10部剧作片段，由 Lazours 创作歌曲，Machine Dazzle 设计服装。该剧是布鲁克林音乐学院（BAM）“下一波”（Next Wave）艺术节的一部分。（周二至周四，300 Ashland 广场；bam.org）

《绳索》（Rope）

两名普林斯顿大学的研究生、一具新鲜的尸体、一场晚餐派对：戈登·格林伯格（Gordon Greenberg）改编了帕特里克·汉密尔顿（Patrick Hamilton）的经典剧作。由斯科特·埃利奥特（Scott Elliott）为 New Group 剧团执导。（周二至12月6日，圣克莱门特剧院；thenewgroup.org）

《第四个女巫》（The 4th Witch）

莎士比亚的《麦克白》在 Manual Cinema 的这部作品中回响。该剧通过真人演员、音乐家、皮影戏和顶置投影仪，打造了一部关于战争孤儿及其收养女巫的手工电影。（10月17日周四，纽约大学 Skirball 剧院；nyuskirball.org）

《古事记创世》（Kojiki de Creation）

在舞子·菊地（Maiko Kikuchi）这部新的木偶剧作品中，神灵、神话和幻想生物与古代历史交织在一起。（10月18日周四，日本协会；japansociety.org）

《公开审判》（Show Trial）

劳拉·兹拉托斯（Laura Zlatos）这部政治讽刺剧的部分素材基于捷克异见人士米拉达·霍拉科娃（Milada Horakova）1950年被控叛国罪的审判记录。由汤姆·科斯特洛（Tom Costello，曾执导《然后牛仔竞技场被烧毁》）执导全球首演。（11月8日周四，the Tank 剧院；thetanknyc.org）

《我成为了我们》（I Became We）

在这部由莫娜·皮尔诺特（Mona Pirnot）创作的新剧中，一个16人的合唱团利用大西洋剧团（Atlantic Theater Company）主舞台丰富的音响效果，为一名女性的独白配音。音乐由杰克·D·科恩（Jack D. Coen）创作，歌词由皮尔诺特和科恩共同创作。由莎拉·本森（Sarah Benson）执导。（10月16日至11月15日，琳达·格罗斯剧院；atlantictheater.org）

《海堤》（Sea Wall）

剧作家西蒙·斯蒂芬斯（Simon Stephens）为安德鲁·斯科特（Andrew Scott）写下了这部关于阳光生活的、令人心碎的2008年独白剧，斯科特曾在舞台和荧幕上表演过此剧。此次他将两者结合：蒂娜·萨特（Tina Satter）的舞台呈现将被拍摄成电影。（10月16日至30日，Studio Seaview；studioseaview.com）

《余波》（Aftermath）

在戴维·扎克斯（David Zax）的这部剧中，一名年轻记者在被塔利班绑架后逐渐康复。由科尔顿·波梅塔（Colton Pometta）执导，演员包括史蒂文·斯凯贝尔（Steven Skybell）。（10月19日至11月8日，A.R.T. / 纽约剧院；aftermaththeplay.com）

《四面墙和一个屋顶》（Four Walls and a Roof）

贝尔托·布莱希特（Bertolt Brecht）1947年在美国众议院非美活动委员会（House Un-American Activities Committee）上的证词，成为了黎巴嫩艺术家拉比·姆鲁（Rabih Mroué）和莉娜·马吉达拉尼（Lina Majdalanie）这部剧作的素材，他们自身的流亡经历也成为了演出的一部分。（10月22日至24日，纽约大学 Skirball 剧院；nyuskirball.org）

《悲恸》（Greef）

在生命与表演的伴侣离世后，该如何继续生活？小丑艺术家克里斯蒂娜·盖尔索内（Christina Gelsone）创作了这部关于悲伤的肢体剧，并将幽默融入其中。（10月22日至24日，巴里什尼科夫艺术中心；baryshnikovarts.org）

《 In the Heights》

大卫·门迪萨巴尔（David Mendizábal，曾执导《Mexodus》）执导了林-曼努埃尔·米兰达（Lin-Manuel Miranda）和基亚拉·阿莱格里亚·胡德斯（Quiara Alegría Hudes）这部音乐剧的复排版。由马特·马丁内斯（Matte Martínez）饰演 Usnavi，娜塔莉·维内蒂亚·贝尔孔（Natalie Venetia Belcon，曾凭借《布埃纳维斯塔社交俱乐部》获得托尼奖）饰演他的祖母克劳迪娅。（10月28日至11月15日，纽约市中心；nycitycenter.org）

《执行人》（The Executrix）

一部由极其幽默的艾玛·霍维茨（Emma Horwitz，作品包括《玛丽得到了她的东西》和《两姐妹在森林里发现了一盒女同性恋色情读物》）创作的新剧。由莎拉·布拉什（Sarah Blush）为 Two Sisters 剧团执导。（10月29-11月14, Doxsee 剧院；emmahorwitz.com）

莎拉·福纳斯（Sarah Fornace）和杰弗里·帕斯查尔（Jeffrey Paschal）在《第四个女巫》（The 4th Witch）中处于阴影之中，该剧改编自莎士比亚的《麦克白》。该剧于周四至10月17日在纽约大学斯基博尔（NYU Skirball）上演。 查理·多伊尔（CHARLIE DOYLE）

《威尔第》（VERDI）

女高音 莉丝·达维森（Lise Davidsen）；伦敦爱乐乐团；指挥 爱德华·加德纳（Edward Gardner）（Deoca 唱片）

莉丝·达维森以饰演威尔第歌剧中的麦克白夫人开启了大都会歌剧院的演出季，此次她通过一张收录该作曲家高难度咏叹调的专辑来纪念这一时刻。

作为全球顶尖的瓦格纳女高音，达维森在华丽的音色方面完全达标，但在脆弱的表达力方面，她显得有些疏离。她那封闭的音色听起来有些不为所动。一名沉稳的瓦格纳式歌手可能会成为一名冷漠的威尔第式歌手，而由爱德华·加德纳指挥的伦敦爱乐乐团也随之而行，弱化了威尔第节奏音乐中的锋芒。

达维森的技巧依然令人惊叹。她在高音切入点上的精准攻击爆发出了光芒。这是未来布伦希尔德（Brünnhilde）的声音，而这很幸运，因为她明年将开始演唱这个角色。

在《命运之力》（La Forza del Destino）第二幕莱奥诺拉（Leonora）的咏叹调中，情况变得有趣起来，这激发了达维森身上某种灿烂的特质。她的声音呈现出令人痴迷的色彩。她降低了音调，展现出毫不费力的丰满感，其连奏听起来自然而然。一圈光辉的光环点缀在她深沉的音色中，当她像阳光一样穿透男声合唱团时，她内心深处的威尔第特质也随之显现。 乌萨马·扎赫尔（OUSSAMA ZAHR）

安东尼·戴维斯：

《中央公园五人组》（THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE）

长滩歌剧院；独唱：塞德里克·贝里（Cedric Berry）、奥森·范·盖（Orson Van Gay）、威廉·鲍威尔三世（William Powell III）、艾希莉·法托利亚（Ashley Faatoalia）、伯纳德·霍尔科姆（Bernard Holcomb）；指挥 安东尼·潘瑟（Anthony Parnther）（Platoon 唱片）

这部由作曲家安东尼·戴维斯创作、理查德·卫斯理（Richard Wesley）撰写剧本的歌剧取材于新闻头条，赢得了 2020. 年的普利策奖。首演该剧的长滩歌剧院将音乐家们重新聚集在录音室中完成了此次录制。

如果你看过演出，其大致轮廓可能与你的记忆一致。当剧中的青年们呼吸着哈莱姆区的空气时，摇摆乐和放克乐的元素传达了该社区的音乐历史。而当他们随后遭受审讯和监禁时，不和谐的和弦则让人联想到贝尔格的《沃采克》（Wozzeck）。

但在纯音频环境下，可以新鲜感知到的是戴维斯的合奏写作。在五重唱片段《没人跟我说话》（No One Talks to Me，包含在曲目“Act 1: Scene 4”中）中，饰演年轻男性的歌手们协作出了极具吸引力的人声融合。尽管戴维斯为器乐独奏者留出了发挥爵士风格的空间，但真正的看点在于指挥安东尼·潘瑟将乐谱中多种风格输入整合在一起的方式。在这次演出中，《五人组》依然是一次痛苦的尝试——但也是一次强有力的尝试。 塞斯·科尔特·沃尔斯（SETH COLTER WALLS）

布里顿：大提琴组曲

皮特·威斯佩尔韦，大提琴（Evil Penguin）

我们离20世纪越远，就越能清晰地意识到，布里顿的三首大提琴组曲是该时代最卓越的大提琴独奏音乐。这些作品是为姆斯蒂斯拉夫·罗斯特罗波维奇而作，在一定程度上借鉴了巴赫。但同样重要的是，当代影响的交织、罗斯特罗波维奇那充满技巧的个性，以及布里顿自身不断演进的音乐感悟。

由此产生的音乐是布里顿最私人且最忧伤的作品。在对这些组曲的第三次录制中，荷兰大提琴手皮特·威斯佩尔韦捕捉这些作品的方式既注重细节，又带有表现力上的强度。其演奏方法的关键在于他为音乐带来的音色阴影。他似乎能够运用近乎无限种的表达方式来诠释布里顿的旋律、泛音和拨奏节奏。有时，布里顿的音乐似乎完全被阴影所吞噬，尤其是在第二组曲中，其听感比其他组曲更加肃穆。威斯佩尔韦以一种忧郁的基调演奏这些片段，静静地衬托出这些宏伟作品的情感。 戴维·魏宁格

埃米莉·梅耶：钢琴协奏曲及其他作品

柏林古乐学院；亚历山大·梅尔尼科夫，钢琴；伯恩哈德·福克，指挥（Harmonia Mundi）

古典作曲家通常有可识别的习惯。有些很明显，有些则很微妙，比如埃米莉·梅耶对模进（sequences）的使用：重复的和声模式推动乐句走向解决。

在她的钢琴协奏曲开篇中，此类装饰让原本平淡的浪漫主义旋律变得生动，而这部作品是这张新交响乐专辑中的亮点。在这里，古乐团柏林古乐学院在钢琴独奏家亚历山大·梅尔尼科夫的配合下，使用古乐器赋予了她的音乐生命，其中包括一台制造于1867年、音色清脆悦耳的布吕特纳钢琴。在一段令人心潮澎湃的柔板之后，独奏家与乐团以一种轻盈的优雅地演绎出回旋曲的模进。

梅耶的作品在她的生前很受欢迎，但在1883年去世后陷入被遗忘的状态，直到近年来演出和学术研究重新兴起。指挥家伯恩哈德·福克成为了她的支持者之一。他以一种强而有力、充满肌肉感的处理方式演绎这张专辑的素材，这与梅耶经常表现出的暴风雨般的风格相契合。 杰里米·雷诺兹

斯美塔那：《利布舍》

捷克爱乐乐团；卡特琳娜·克内齐科娃（女高音）；雅库布·赫鲁沙（指挥）（Supraphon唱片）

贝德里希·斯美塔那这部极少上演的《利布舍》就像是罗西尼《前往兰斯之旅》的波希米亚表亲——这是一部为国家赞助的场合而构思的歌剧，比起叙事剧，它更倾向于仪式性的场景呈现。

剧情几乎没有推进：一位异教公主解决了两兄弟之间的争端，选择一名农民作为丈夫和共同统治者，并预言了捷克民族在承诺的荣耀中出现的未来。这是一封写给捷克人民的情书，笔触热烈。

然而，真正的奇观在于斯美塔那的音乐。雅库布·赫鲁沙带领捷克爱乐乐团和一批歌手，以宏大的气势凸显了乐谱的纹理。这部作品的音乐具有令人惊讶的深度，在宏伟的宣言与抒情的亲密感之间交替。赫鲁沙使这些对比变得令人满意，在释放管弦乐的高潮之前，让安静的段落得以呼吸。饰演利布舍的女高音卡特琳娜·克内齐科娃以高贵的气质和明亮的音色撑起了这部作品。亚当·普拉切特卡饰演的普热米斯尔气场强大，他英俊的男中音在角色表现田园音乐时尤其具有说服力。

尽管充满了仪式感，《利布舍》在音乐本身发声时最具说服力，而赫鲁沙正是这样引导的。作者：ARYA ROSHANIAN

戈登·戴维斯 (GORDON DAVIS)

1941年8月7日 - 2026年10月4日

林肯中心爵士乐团（Jazz at Lincoln Center）的董事会、管弦乐团及全体员工深切哀悼我们的创始名誉主席戈登·J·戴维斯（Gordon J. Davis）的逝世。他是一位先驱，预见到爵士乐将在林肯中心被全面接纳并颂扬。近四十年来，戈登一直致力于推动我们的使命，以扩大全球爵士乐社区。

作为一名卓越的律师和公职人员，他担任纽约市公园专员期间开展的开创性工作，极大地改善了他所热爱的这座城市的生存质量。戈登不懈努力地协助创建了林肯中心爵士乐团，并为这个初创组织提供了起飞并最终翱翔的翅膀。

在幕后，他建立了一个多元且忠诚的支持者群体，帮助爵士乐的艺术内涵在我国获得了最高级别的机构认可。

戈登曾担任林肯中心爵士乐团首个临时委员会的主席，并于1996年7月1日成为我们的首任正式董事会主席，当时林肯中心爵士乐团成为了林肯中心旗下最年轻的成员机构。随后，他领导了我们的发展委员会，并在启动首次资本筹集活动中发挥了关键作用。

戈登是一位天赋异禀的律师，能够以天才即兴演奏者般的精湛技巧和从容地运用法律语言。他在爵士乐中找到了他所钦佩的父亲 W. 艾莉森·戴维斯博士（Dr. W. Allison Davis）身上的坚毅、雄辩与自豪。作为 20 世纪 60 年代民权运动的积极参与者，戈登在同辈中那些勇敢地推动民主进程、致力于为所有公民创造更公平生活的动态领导者身上，也看到了爵士乐的真谛。

戈登对林肯中心爵士乐团持有不懈的承诺，人们经常能在清晨的办公室会议中，或是在 Dizzy's 俱乐部最后一名离店的顾客中看到他的身影。这种奉献精神反映了他的信念，即文化对于实现一个更强大、更美好的美国至关重要。他以此信念生活，而这一信念在今天依然具有紧迫的现实意义。

他非凡的公职生涯和文化领导力的广度与深度，在他作为一名有影响力的专员、一名受信任的董事会领导者以及国家一些最重要机构的管理人工作中得到了充分体现。戈登·戴维斯的遗产在林肯中心爵士乐团、整个纽约市以及全国范围内延续。

我们将深切怀念他。他的离世标志着林肯中心爵士乐团历史上一个非凡开篇章节的结束，但他协助建立的机构以及他所灌输的价值观，将使他的影响力在未来几代人中传承下去。

我们的心与戈登的妻子佩吉·库珀·戴维斯（Peggy Cooper Davis）、女儿利兹·库珀·戴维斯（Liz Cooper Davis）以及整个戴维斯家族同在。

克拉伦斯·奥蒂斯 (Clarence Otis) 董事会主席 温顿·马萨利斯 (Wynton Marsalis) 艺术总监 韦斯顿·斯普罗特 (Weston Sprott) 执行总监 丽莎·希夫 (Lisa Schiff) 名誉主席

林肯中心爵士乐团 (JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER)

吉亚·库拉斯 (GIA KOURLAS) / 评论员聚焦

为神而舞：在古老艺术中探索

摄影：GABE LONG 为《纽约时报》拍摄 顶部（从左至右）：前方的 Lai Yi Ohlsen 和 Glenn Potter-Takata；Nami Yamamoto 和 Potter-Takata；以及排练中的 Yamamoto 和 Ohlsen。上方（从左至右）：Jessica Cook, Yamamoto, Ohlsen 和 Potter-Takata。左侧：编舞家 Benjamin Akio Kimitch。

Benjamin Akio Kimitch 潜心钻研舞乐（Bugaku）艺术，以此构建他心中日裔美国宫廷舞的幻想。

BENJAMIN AKIO 需要一个词，能让自己获得创作舞蹈的许可。

他最终选定的词是？幻想（Fantasy）。

这部舞蹈参考了多个世界：雅乐（Gagaku），即日本皇室的音乐与艺术；以及舞乐（Bugaku），其古老的舞蹈形式。此外，还参考了乔治·巴兰钦（George Balanchine）的演绎作品《舞乐》（Bugaku，1963年）。

曾在纽约市芭蕾舞团主演巴兰钦这部作品的芭蕾舞女演员 Allegra Kent 也在此出现。 以她的名字为这部舞蹈命名。随后，他自己的家族成员以一种更像幽灵般的方式存在于其中，包括曾被强迫生活在日裔美国人拘留营的祖父母和姑姑，以及——始终是其灵感缪斯——在他青少年时期去世的母亲。

“我一直梦见我的母亲，” 说。“那些不再出现在我生活中的人们可以出现在我的梦里，这些历史可以出现在我的梦里——而这些我热爱的事物，这些让我愤怒的事物，它们都可以共同存在于那个空间里。”

在本周于纽约现场艺术中心（New York Live Arts）演出的《Allegra》中，现年 40 岁、当代舞领域杰出才俊的 ，凭借记忆与想象，创造了他心中日裔美国宫廷舞的幻想。

那些令人着迷的舞蹈是超越性的体验，其中有一种时间被操纵的感觉，随着身体动作的细节变得更加细腻鲜明，时间仿佛在膨胀或拉伸。

他严苛的掌控力赋予了舞蹈一种冷峻的清晰感，他不仅在实验“花费时间”的艺术，还在思考时间在生命中是如何被体验的。这种体验可能是令人惊叹且如梦似幻的。“时间要么飞快地流逝，要么慢了下来，”他说。“它是喜悦的，也是悲伤的，所以当我创作表演时，无论我如何努力，我都无法做出某种不是极具个人色彩且带有某种悲剧意味的东西。所以，是的，时间必须成为一个角色。”

他知道自己想创作一部围绕舞乐（Bugaku）的作品，但他对这种缓慢、优雅的形式知之甚少。他阅读了所有能找到的英文书籍，并前往日本师从实验音乐家兼雅乐实践者 Fumiya Otonashi。他还研究了促使巴兰钦创作《舞乐》的原因——这部作品如今具有争议，被一些人视为文化挪用。

1958 年，纽约市芭蕾舞团前往日本巡演。次年，来自皇宫的音乐家们进行了首次日本境外巡演。 意识到，《舞乐》诞生于一系列交织的事件。他说，它不仅仅是“这部绝不该被演出的邪恶东方主义芭蕾舞”，以及“这种不为大众所知的极古老艺术形式”。

“不，事实上，舞团的舞者们遇到了这种艺术形式的真正实践者，”他继续说道，指的是 1959 年在纽约的共同演出。“后台确实发生了一些真实的事情。”

他在《Allegra》中加入了自己的家族史，使其具有更多——且更迷宫般——的层次。 表演了一段独舞，这是他向 Yasuko Yokoshi 学习的，采用了精准、优雅的日本古典舞日本舞踊（Nihon-Buyo）风格。Yokoshi 是一位实验编舞家，在回到日本之前曾在纽约建立事业，她与 合作已有数年。

她将他介绍给 Otonashi，而 将学到的知识传授给了他的四名演员。 表示，舞者们学习了与他相同的曲目，“以此作为我们将自己植根于这种形式的一种方式”。“然后我们开始尝试对其进行某种解构”，同时融入“舞乐的 DNA”。

在卡洛斯·J·索托（Carlos J. Soto）设计的建筑感服装衬托下，《Allegra》在一个20乘20的平台上演出，这模仿了舞乐（Bugaku）的抬高舞台。演员们穿着传统鞋子。“这感觉就像在冰上一样，”金米奇（Kimitch）说。“你开始时将所有重量放在一条腿上，然后转移。接着你站稳，然后将腿收回。即使我们创作的编舞并非传统的舞乐，但仅仅由于地板和鞋子的限制，就迫使我们去精炼动作词汇。”

乙名（Otonashi）教他雅乐（Gagaku）最重要的一点“是你正在为神灵创造一场令人愉悦的表演，”他说。“你不希望它是庄重而严肃的。它应该有一种驱动力。如果太枯燥、太严肃，神灵就会离开。”

而这一点或许间接地与这部舞剧的命名对象——亚历格拉·肯特（Allegra Kent）相关。自从看了电影《为B先生而舞：六位巴兰钦芭蕾舞女演员》（Dancing for Mr. B: Six Balanchine Ballerinas）后，金米奇就一直痴迷于她。他说，她的脆弱感“深深地印在了我的脑海里”。

金米奇在创作《Allegra》的过程中采访了她，并告诉她想用她的名字为作品命名。“她非常轻松地表示，‘噢，没关系，你知道，这甚至不是我的真名，’金米奇说，‘你可以用它。’”（肯特原名艾里斯·马戈·科恩 [Iris Margo Cohen]。）

她的个性影响了金米奇的许多决定。“我会想，她会喜欢那个吗？”他说。“她会觉得那很有趣吗？她的喜悦实际上与为神灵表演时所预期的那种快乐和愉悦相契合。她的精神正符合这种特质。”

“如果太枯燥、太严肃，神灵就会离开。” ——本杰明·秋夫·金米奇（BENJAMIN AKIO KIMITCH）谈论雅乐

《脏舞》即将登陆百老汇

作者：迈克尔·保尔森 (MICHAEL PAULSON)

信不信由你，《脏舞》明年就满 40 周岁了。为了纪念这一时刻，该电影的舞台剧改编版即将登陆百老汇。

这部音乐剧并非新作，或者说并非完全新作——由原编剧埃莉诺·伯格斯坦 (Eleanor Bergstein) 编写并沿用电影音乐的多个版本，已经在过去二十多年里不断上演。评论界普遍反应平平（《纽约时报》的一位评论员在 2006 年指出，这是一个“对既有电影乏味的数字化复制版本”），但观众对这部电影始终怀有怀旧之情，在多次演出中趋之若鹜。

去年，版权持有者对该剧进行了全面翻新，聘请了新的导演和设计师，并赢得了更好的评价（《芝加哥论坛报》称其为“一个小奇迹”）。本周，制作方宣布将把这个版本带到百老汇。

目前正在北美巡演的《脏舞：音乐剧》计划于 2 月 12 日在莉娜·霍恩剧院 (Lena Horne Theater) 开始百老汇演出。纽约站被列为巡演的一站，制作方表示该剧将演出至 9 月 5 日，随后移师其他城市。

新导演是朗尼·普莱斯 (Lonny Price)，他是一位资深的演员兼导演，与《脏舞》有着个人渊源：在电影中，他饰演度假村老板的孙子。

今年，普莱斯是另一部改编自 20 世纪 80 年代电影的音乐剧《海滩》(Beaches) 的两位导演之一，但该剧在评论界和商业上均遭遇惨败，在开演一个月后便匆匆闭幕。不过，普莱斯也曾获得成功，并曾两度获得艾美奖。

演员阵容将由巡演剧团成员组成。主要制作方为 Path 娱乐集团、狮门 (Lionsgate) 和 LD 娱乐。

这部 1987 年的电影背景设定在 1963 年卡茨基尔山脉 (Catskills) 的一家度假村，由詹妮弗·格雷 (Jennifer Grey) 主演一名爱上由帕特里克·斯威齐 (Patrick Swayze) 饰演的舞蹈教练的青少年。片中包含阶级冲突、禁忌之恋、关于堕胎的支线剧情、一句名言（“没人能把宝贝晾在角落里”）以及一首获得奥斯卡奖的歌曲《(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life》。该片曾大获成功，而讨论已久的续集目前仍在筹备中。

马修·墨菲 (MATTHEW MURPHY)

安娜莉丝·斯塔泽克 (Annalese Starzec，左) 和布莱克·泽莱斯尼卡 (Blake Zelesnikar) 在《脏舞：音乐剧》的巡演版中。该剧定于 2 月在百老汇开演。

电影

马诺拉·达吉斯 (MANOHLA DARGIS) / 影评

用弹弓瞄准社交媒体巨头

亚伦·索金的《社交网络》续作讲述了一个关于“大卫与歌利亚”的故事，揭示了名为 Facebook 的庞然大物所带来的危险。

照片：LEAH GALLO / COLUMBIA PICTURES

关于马克·扎克伯格最令人难忘的形象，并非他戴着“变态眼镜”的样子，而是 2010 年讲述 Facebook 充满波折的创建过程的剧情片《社交网络》结尾处那个虚构的马克。到那时，马克已将朋友变成了敌人，将陌生人变成了朋友，并即将成为全球最年轻的白手起家亿万富翁。此时，他独自面对一台笔记本电脑，向一名没有回应的前女友发送“好友”请求。于是，他一次又一次地刷新自己的 页面，这是一个完美的“可怜的小富家子”时刻，暗示了他所失去的一切。

《社交网络》赢得了高度赞誉和几项奥斯卡奖，其中包括授予其编剧亚伦·索金的 1 项奖项。此后，索金一直忙于电影、电视和戏剧创作。扎克伯格的情况也发展得相当不错，他那在宿舍里启动的创业项目成长为了一个拥有估计 30 亿用户的社交媒体巨头。

《社交清算》 分级：R级（含粗俗语言及部分激烈暴力场面）。片长：1 小时 52 分钟。现正上映。

在为 的影响力（包括对儿童和选举的影响）进行辩护并代表公司公开道歉的同时，扎克伯格结婚了（让那个虚构的前女友看看吧！）并有了孩子。他还将 改名为 Meta，成为了多倍的亿万富翁，估计净资产约为 2500 亿美元 billion。他甚至访问过白宫，与特朗普总统会面。

索金带着他这部标题充满希望的新电影《社交清算》（The Social Reckoning）再次关注扎克伯格，这次他兼任编剧和导演。这一次，焦点不再是开端、友谊甚至不再是扎克伯格本人，而是关于像 这样的社交媒体平台如何重塑了我们的大脑，危及了人们的身体以及美国的政治体制。一个虚构的马克（由杰里米·斯特朗饰演，令人不安）依然若隐若现，但很大程度上只是作为一个化身。为这部续作注入生命力的角色是弗朗西斯·豪根（麦基·麦迪逊饰），一名由 员工转变为举报人的真实人物，以及杰夫·霍维茨（杰里米·艾伦·怀特饰），一名《华尔街日报》记者，他 2021 年的调查系列报道揭露了豪根的爆料，即该公司选择了“利润高于安全”，并且意识到自己正在造成的伤害。

电影背景设定在 2021, 年前后数年间，追踪了弗朗西斯从 信徒转变为怀疑者和异端的过程。她的觉醒始于观看一段令人不安的视频，并延续在加利福尼亚州门洛帕克的 总部。就在那里——在充满着紧闭之口的开放式办公空间中——她在公司的公民诚信团队工作，并意识到有些事情出了严重问题。这引导她找到了杰夫，他没有 账号，但能以一种自以为是的口吻解释民主，并拥有那种能将线索转化为头条新闻的、像猎犬叼骨头一样坚决的记者决心。他将目标锁定在 身上，在强大的编辑支持（贝蒂·吉尔平饰演他的上司）以及随后不情愿的弗朗西斯的帮助下，向其发起挑战。

看着大卫击败歌利亚，或者至少向巨人投掷几颗石子，总是能带来可靠的满足感。如果大卫看起来符合这个角色，效果会更好。索金在这里最聪明的一招就是将怀特和麦迪逊组合在一起，两人的银幕存在感相得益彰。

上图：杰里米·艾伦·怀特和麦基·麦迪逊在亚伦·索金的《社交网络》续作《社交清算》中。上方：杰里米·斯特朗饰演马克·扎克伯格。

他们那独特且不落俗套的英俊外貌，以及一种不经意的真诚感，使他们天生就具有底层英雄的特质。怀特倾向于过度运用眼神，太容易开启“远光灯”模式，而且他声音中的哽咽听起来有些刻意，无论是否是有意为之。这个角色本身并没有太多深度，但怀特为其增添了质感和层次。他看起来极其像罗伯特·雷德福和《总统的所有男人》（1976）中达斯汀·霍夫曼的私生子，这算是一个加分项。

索金在塑造弗朗西斯这个角色时表现得更好，她是一个性格乖戾的超级极客，聪明才智远超社交能力。这个角色承担的任务很多，既是故事的入口，也是观众的镜像。由于弗朗西斯在工作中相对孤立（似乎没人怎么喜欢她），且个人生活几乎不存在，因此她必须在没有索金标志性的大段对白的情况下展现出生命力。麦迪逊赋予了弗朗西斯一种探寻的、有时带着疑惑的目光，这种目光随后变得专注且强大，与她角色最初在肢体上的拘谨形成了鲜明对比。下班后，当弗朗西斯陷入公寓中笼罩一切的阴郁时，她蜷缩起身体，就像在折叠帐篷一样。你能从中看到孤独，但也能看到独立。

一旦弗朗西斯和杰夫建立起联系，电影就变成了一部对话更多的准惊悚片，充斥着秘密会面、不祥的威胁，甚至还有一些伪装。在此过程中，索金玩弄了时间线，在不同年份之间穿梭，并凝练出关键时刻。马克不时出现，有时穿着西装打着领带，在助手（由温米·莫萨库饰演）的陪同下准备出席国会听证会。斯特朗饰演的这个角色额前留着细碎的刘海，眼神空洞，面部表情经常同样空白，而他的声音与扎克伯格如此接近，以至于我第一次听到时笑了起来。这是一次在技术上无懈可击的人类模仿，而索金显然不再对这个人物抱有任何同情。

在《社交清算》中，索金不仅是在抨击社交媒体，他还在为美国民主敲响警钟。这种警示无疑是真诚的，但索金敲响警钟的世界——尽管存在反派、威胁以及算法或其他危机——最终依然像旧好莱坞片场一样令人安心地熟悉。尽管这部电影具有很强的时效性，但它让人想起那些已深植于美国基因中的经典电影：在那些电影里，小人物最终获胜，理想主义者在参议院议事厅激情地演说民主，而不会有暴徒涌入。我也热爱那些电影，即便吉米·斯图尔特已经去世，而如今前往华盛顿的则是像扎克伯格先生这样的亿万富翁。

当生活失序时的道德罗夏克测试

克里斯蒂安·蒙久（Cristian Mungiu）的这部心理惊悚片由塞巴斯蒂安·斯坦（Sebastian Stan）主演，他饰演一个生活在挪威的虔诚家庭中的罗马尼亚家长。

《峡湾》（Fjord） 未分级。片长： 2小时26分钟。 院线公映。

这部电影采用了隐晦的挑衅手法，《峡湾》大部分情节发生在一个挪威的小村庄里，那里看起来就像人间天堂。场景是一个位于山谷之中、被倾斜的山脉环绕的沿海小镇，人口稀少。这是一个极尽奢华、令人心醉地美丽的地方，足以让心跳加速，让冒险者心生向往，让Instagram用户疯狂发帖。在某些日子里，当海面变得像玻璃一样平静时，水面的镜面会映出山脉的倒影——仿佛世界本身被颠倒了过来。

这就是罗马尼亚编剧兼导演克里斯蒂安·蒙久在《峡湾》中将一个虔诚的基督徒家庭置入的天堂，而生活很快在这里失序。罗马尼亚籍的父亲米海（Mihai，由演技精湛的塞巴斯蒂安·斯坦饰演）和挪威籍的母亲莉斯贝特（Lisbet，由气质内敛的雷娜特·莱因斯韦饰演）育有五个孩子，他们搬到这个小镇是为了让女方的家人能提供帮助。米海向一名同事解释说，他们相识于莉斯贝特在罗马尼亚执行一项支持贫困儿童的任务期间。米海的话到此为止，但他的言语中却笼罩着那些在齐奥塞斯库独裁统治时期在孤儿院中受苦儿童的阴影。

米海关于贫困儿童的评论听起来几乎像是不经意的一笔，尤其是考虑到在同一场对话中，他透露自己是一名航空工程师。然而，在他的新工作中，他将管理一个当地的IT部门，在一个拥挤的共享办公室里有一张办公桌。相比莉斯贝特之前的任务，他的职业轨迹似乎是揭示人物性格的更相关信息。但在蒙久的电影创作中，没有任何细节是偶然的，包括这部结构极其严谨的电影。每一个词语和镜头，每一次眼神和手势——米海严肃的面容，莉斯贝特顺从的微笑，耸立的山脉，以及所有巨大的落地窗——都成为了这个复杂整体中具有揭示意义的碎片。

作为罗马尼亚新浪潮中最受赞誉且最著名的导演之一，蒙久在美国观众心中最知名的作品或许是《4个月，3周，2天》（2008）。该片背景设定在20世纪80年代末，在独裁政权垮台之前，

塞巴斯蒂安·斯坦（左中）与雷娜特·莱因斯韦。在《峡湾》中，他们饰演一个生活在挪威小村庄的五个孩子的父母。

马诺拉·达吉斯 / 影评

这是一部关于两名大学室友的沉重正剧。一名女性需要堕胎，另一名则帮助她完成。在那个世界里，阴森的房间暗示着更深层的存在主义衰败，每一张脸孔都讲述着一个故事，或绝望，或坚韧。蒙久写实主义的丰满程度令人陶醉，尤其是他视觉化表达日常生活具体质感的方式。即使他将叙事的模糊性推向晦涩的极端，他依然能具有极强的说服力。

《峡湾》中的复杂情况稳步且迅速地显现，很快就显得像是一种直白的必然。有一天在体育课上，一名老师注意到这个家庭的大女儿、青少年埃莉亚（Elia，瓦妮莎·切班饰演）的脸上有一个红印。随后，老师注意到埃莉亚的肩膀上有一个更大的斑块。埃莉亚一言不发地摆脱了老师，但这些痕迹促使学校与儿童保护服务机构展开调查。这在表面上是一个随意的过程，至少起初是这样，埃莉亚和她的青少年哥哥埃马纽埃（Emmanuel，乔纳森·西普里安·布雷祖饰演）被叫到学校开会，父母并未在场。在那里，在校长马茨（Mats，马库斯·斯卡斯·汤塞斯饰演）的注视下，两名女性询问这些青少年关于他们的生活、日常习惯和信仰的问题。

在这次初次会面中，场景设定在一个光线明亮、能看到山景的学校办公室里。蒙久（Mungiu）展现了他的叙事功底，仅通过几个尖锐的问题和一个令人震惊的回答，就有效地揭示了整体的叙事弧线。询问始于一名画外女性提出的一个看似离题得奇怪的问题（“你多久去一次教堂？”），随后又谨慎地转移了焦点（“如果你没做祷告会发生什么？”）。随着女性们继续温和地试探，沉稳冷静的埃莉亚（Elia）提到了一种涉及积分制度的惩罚。对话者再次转移重点，其中一名女性询问是否存在体罚。“定义一下‘体罚’！”埃莉亚回答道。

很快，这个家庭的一切都发生了变化，且强度不断升级。令米海（Mihai）和利斯贝特（Lisbet）震惊的是，儿童保护服务机构安排将孩子们带走，安置在寄养家庭中。在家人和其他人的不同程度支持下，米海和利斯贝特努力想要夺回孩子，这使他们不得不应对一个官僚系统——尽管这个系统充满了挪威式的微笑和温和的语调，但对他们的信仰却显得充满敌意。甚至连这个家庭的第一任律师——一名留着短波波头、穿着干练西装裤套装的女性，与利斯贝特朴素的裙子和头巾形成鲜明对比——似乎也不在他们一边。“你说的‘他们的文化’和‘我们的立法’是什么意思？”米海询问律师，而律师随即终止了与他们的代理关系。

米海与律师的冲突代表了该家庭与儿童保护服务机构之间的矛盾，进而演变为信仰与国家的对抗，以及宗教传统主义与进步自由主义的对立。这是一个极具戏剧性的主题，而蒙久采取了冷静、有时甚至是临床式的处理方式，并穿插着点睛之笔的黑色幽默。有时这种幽默带有令人不安的刺痛感，比如正在劈柴的米海与利斯贝特争论时。 “你已经尽力了，”他说，“现在由我接手，”接着他用力地将斧头劈在砍柴块上，在那极短的一瞬，让人联想到《闪灵》中那个目光阴森、近乎疯狂的杰克·尼科尔森。

这是一个极具代表性、富有共鸣的时刻，而这部电影在视觉上的可赞赏程度高于其他方面。蒙久对这个家庭的同情从一开始就很明显；当两名工作人员告诉利斯贝特他们也要将她的婴儿带离家时，他们分立在她两侧宣布这一决定，这种构图在电影语言上相当于一次军事上的钳形攻势。蒙久一次又一次地在隐瞒信息（包括关于所谓虐待严重程度的信息）的同时，戏谑地将观众推向显而易见的结论。只有在埃莉亚和伊曼纽尔（Emmanuel）偷偷溜出去见朋友的那些过于短暂的时刻，蒙久才暗示了另一个可能的世界——一个拥有这里其他任何人似乎都不感兴趣的自由的世界。

对这些记者而言，家乡已成记忆

在朱莉娅·洛克特夫（Julia Loktev）这部史诗般纪实片的下半部分中，异见俄罗斯记者们散落在欧洲和亚洲各地。

在出租车的后座上，俄罗斯记者叶莲娜·科斯秋琴科（Elena Kostyuchenko）正努力让自己保持清醒。她因担心生命安全而悄悄离开了乌克兰，此刻正反思自己在前线的所见所闻。作为俄罗斯在乌克兰军事行动以及总统弗拉基米尔·V·普京（Vladimir V. Putin）的激烈批评者，她认为 2022 年的入侵给了乌克兰人民永远不再原谅俄罗斯人的充分理由。

“我们为什么要被原谅？”她对正在拍摄她的朱莉娅·洛克特夫说道，“我的意思是，我们确实没有阻止他，对吧？而且不是因为我们不能，而是因为我们只想过舒适的生活。我们不想牺牲自己的舒适。”

“看看这种对舒适的渴望导致了怎样的血腥，”她继续说道。

这是至关重要且引人入胜的《我的不受欢迎的朋友们：第二部分——流亡》（My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile）中的众多瞬间之一。在这部影片中，一群如今散布在欧洲和亚州的俄罗斯异见记者，表达了对这场战争以及他们国家迅速陷入他们所描述的法西斯主义的责任感。次年，科斯秋琴科将出版畅销书《我爱俄罗斯：来自一个失落国家的报道》（I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country），以解释他们是如何走到这一步的。但目前，她正努力生存下去，以便有机会写完这本书。

《我的不受欢迎的朋友们：第二部分——流亡》时长近六小时，是洛克特夫这部史诗纪实片的扣人心弦的下半部分。影片通过那些冒着生命危险坚持报道的记者之眼，记录了一个国家向威权控制转变的过程。入围奥斯卡奖单的第一部分副标题为《莫斯科最后的空气》（Last Air in Moscow），其诞生在很大程度上纯属偶然。在 2021, 10 月，洛克特夫前往莫斯科，追踪那些被政府宣布为“外国代理人”的记者。到了 2 月，该国开始打击任何以政府不认可的方式描述现状的人。

洛克特夫的拍摄对象前往任何他们能去的地方，许多人去了伊斯坦布尔，因为土耳其是少数几个俄罗斯护照持有者无需签证即可旅行的国家之一。这一切都发生在第一部电影极其紧张的最后时刻；而《流亡》则在两天后接续。

由于拍摄对象分散，《流亡》的叙事更加发散。（与上半部分一样，这部电影在影院分两部分放映。）安娜·内姆泽（Anna Nemzer，被列为共同导演）被困在特拉维夫，对于接受一个她在报道中曾批评过的国家的款待，她感到不安。伊琳娜·多利宁娜（Irina Dolinina）和阿莱西亚·马罗霍夫斯卡亚（Alesya Marokhovskaya）在布拉格，他们的《重要故事》（Important Stories）编辑罗曼·阿宁（Roman Anin）在六个月前逃到了那里。克塞尼亚·米罗诺娃（Ksenia Mironova）去了伊斯坦布尔，随行的还有 TV Rain 最年轻的主播瓦莱里娅·拉特尼科娃（Valeria Ratnikova）。记者索尼娅·格罗伊斯曼（Sonya Groysman）也在那里。

而 TV Rain 主持人彼得·鲁扎文（Peter Ruzavin）与乌克兰记者纳塔莉亚·古梅纽克（Nataliya Gumenyuk）结婚，他无法从他们位于基辅的家中返回俄罗斯，但也不确定自己能否留下。正如他所言：“我祖国的军队对我选择的故土发动了全面入侵。”

《流亡》是一部关于自由新闻从业者努力保持自由、努力与他们被迫离开的国家保持联系的电影。这些记者频繁奔波，而洛克特夫设法追踪了他们所有人。我们看到他们哭泣、欢笑，聚在一起用餐，并花费艰苦的数小时试图维持工作。我们看着他们渴望回到故土，并逐渐接受他们可能永远无法回去的事实。

但即便他们在地理上分散，他们的思维轨迹却惊人地相似。《流亡》中的许多对话围绕着一组主题展开，对于那些在自己国家面对日益增长的威权和法西斯运动的观众来说，这些主题就像巨大的旋转警报器一样刺耳。

这些记者经常对战争爆发后，打击他们的方式竟如此迅速且决绝地表示惊讶。“除非亲身经历，否则你不会相信，”拉特尼科娃说道。然而，他们不断地表示，在某种意义上，他们是幸运的：在乌克兰，人们正遭受轰炸；而他们只是每隔几个月就得搬到另一个国家。

作为俄罗斯人，他们还面临着其他国家人们的愤怒，这些人对战争感到愤怒，并对俄罗斯人未能——

艾丽莎·威尔金森 / 影评

克塞尼亚·米罗诺娃（左）和瓦莱里娅·拉特尼科娃出现在纪录片《我的不受欢迎的朋友们：第二部分——流亡》中。该片讲述了试图与俄罗斯保持联系的记者们，而他们已被迫离开那里。 CINETIC

《我的不受欢迎的朋友们：第二部分——流亡》 未分级。片长： 5 小时 55 分钟。 院线公映。

停止战争，正如一些人所言，是停止“你们那[脏话]的普京”。内姆泽渴望将家人迁往第比利斯，但她说许多格鲁吉亚人不愿将房子租给俄罗斯人——尽管她的职业生涯一直致力于批评自己国家的政府。正如几个人坦率指出的那样，这并不令人惊讶。“想象一下现在是 1939 年，”阿宁说，“德国正在入侵波兰，德国记者来到波兰说，‘嘿，我们想报道一下这里发生的事情。’”谁能责怪人们不信任他们？

除了普京，这些记者最严厉的批评指向那些在战争开始后轻易屈服于政府审查要求的人们。多利宁娜和马罗霍夫斯卡亚与阿宁讨论了近期干预大学课程并宣布“文科”一词为非法的一项举措。他们谈到了近期由大学校长们写的一封信：“他们现在全部站出来支持战争，并解雇所有离开国家的教授，”多利宁娜厌恶地指出。

一些受访者给父母打电话，挂断电话后，对年长一代显然是故意的盲目感到沮丧。父母们对孩子们的逃离感到困惑。有些人坚称入侵乌克兰本质上是假新闻。科斯图琴科说，她的母亲告诉她，“已经证明这是乌克兰的造假，根本没有轰炸”。科斯图琴科开始给她发送来自乌克兰的照片，但她并没有改变主意。

这是电影中最令人不寒而栗的部分。这些记者不再身在俄罗斯，他们担心因此而“失去与现实的联系”。但他们更敏锐地意识到，政府对媒体的操纵正是让人们产生这种感觉的方式。普京对独立报道信任感的破坏是蓄意且有效的。马罗霍夫斯卡亚说，宣传的目的其实并不是为了让人们支持他的议程，而是为了让人感到无力。“无所作为源于不相信任何人，”她说，“因为如果你不信任任何人，你就不会采取任何行动。”

他们是离开俄罗斯的人，却感到被抛弃。当你的国家将你抛在身后时，你该怎么办？当你的目标是讲述真相，但人们越来越不相信真相存在时，你该如何生存？

《流亡》没有回答这些问题，但片中的记者们正在摸索继续前行的方法。对一些人来说，动力在于知道人们仍在阅读和观看他们的报道；也许这些人需要感觉到自己并不孤单，没有疯掉。

对另一些人来说，动力在于有一天能再次生活在他们热爱的国家。但近期的事件让他们怀疑，他们记忆中的俄罗斯是否真的是他们所认为的样子。

“我们失去了祖国，”多利宁娜说，“但它是否曾以我们想象的形式存在过？”

《火柴盒》电影版 (Matchbox the Movie)

分级：PG-13（含暴力及粗俗语言）。片长：2小时6分钟。在 Apple TV 上线。

无论你如何评价现今这种基于知识产权（I.P.）的电影工业，但《火柴盒》电影版中有些地方出奇地搞笑——这部电影一直在试图证明，你确实是在看一部关于美泰（Mattel）品牌玩具车的电影。由于似乎害怕被贴上《速度与激情》系列衍生片的标签，《火柴盒》在开篇就反复提醒观众，事实上还存在其他交通方式，而且电影角色们确实在使用它们。

约翰·塞纳在基于美泰品牌玩具车的《火柴盒》电影版中的剧照。 背景设定在1981年波兰的《乌鸦之冬》(Winter of the Crow)，由莱斯利·曼维尔主演。

片中出现了艾米（杰西卡·比尔 饰），她从一辆赛车跳进一辆救护车（“总得有人赚钱养家！”）；随后，电影的群演们依次操作了挖掘机、直升机和轻便摩托车。镜头还给了一个手中把玩火柴盒的特写。这一切都像是在——

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这部改编自缺乏明确概念认同的品牌之作，或许注定会失败。但存在另一种版本，可以利用这一事实并完全走《间谍》（2015）的路线，通过搞怪来嘲讽自身的荒诞。在最出色的时刻，《火柴盒》短暂地触及了这一点 —— 它只是无法坚持走这条新路线。

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《乌鸦之冬》(Winter of the Crow)

未分级。英语和波兰语，含字幕。片长：1小时52分钟。院线公映。

《乌鸦之冬》改编自奥尔加·托卡尔丘克（Olga Tokarczuk）的短篇小说，讲述了一个局外人在共产主义时期的波兰一个格外阴郁的时代所经历的旅程。琼·安德鲁斯（Lesley Manville 饰）是一位英国精神病学教授，她前往华沙参加一次会议——恰巧在1981年12月，当局为了应对工会及社会运动组织“团结工会”（Solidarity）推动的民主改革而实施戒严之时，她正身处其中。

甚至在镇压开始之前，安德鲁斯教授就显得无法理解华沙的生活。她从未访问过共产主义国家，而天气本身——漫天大雪——似乎让她感到迷茫。当担任她的陪同人员的学生阿丽娜（Zofia Wichlacz 饰）将她安置在一个单调的家庭公寓而非酒店时，她感到很惊讶。她目睹了周围人们的匮乏，并体会到了在监视下生活的状态。安德鲁斯教授不会说波兰语，只能用英语发出日益绝望且带着特权意识的恳求，这进一步增加了这部引人入胜但节奏缓慢的电影中的紧张感。

《乌鸦之冬》本身具有一种有趣的“内部人-外部人”视角。导演卡西亚·亚达米克（Kasia Adamik）是著名波兰电影制作人阿格涅什卡·霍兰（Agnieszka Holland，《绿色边界》导演）的女儿，两人曾有过合作；亚达米克在《乌鸦之冬》所设定的那个时代还是个孩子时就离开了波兰。

视觉效果相当阴暗，灰色调如此凄凉，以至于电影有时近乎单色。片中隐约有一条救赎线——尽管安德鲁斯教授傲慢自大，但她是否能找到勇气，为她遇到的活动人士做正确的事？——但亚达米克追求的是更复杂的东西，而曼维尔的表演在最后一个极具挑衅意味且模棱两可的镜头中体现了这一点。 本·肯尼格斯伯格 (BEN KENIGSBERG)

在《野兽》(The Beast) 中，塞缪尔·杰克逊饰演一名在地狱般环境下穿行的总统。 AURA ENTERTAINMENT

《野兽》(The Beast)

因语言、暴力和血腥急救被评为 R 级。片长：1小时39分钟。院线公映。

从电影生涯之初起，塞缪尔·杰克逊（Samuel L. Jackson）在面对众多令人印象深刻的共演演员时，一直能稳住阵脚。在与怪诞动作大师雷尼·哈廷（Renny Hartin）的第四次合作电影《野兽》中，他面对的是一辆车。

请注意，这并非普通的车。《野兽》是那辆定制装甲总统专车的绰号。在一系列煽动性的、且可能是末日般的境况下，杰克逊饰演的角色——一名未具名的总统（代号为“帕拉丁” / Paladin）——发现自己坐在了这辆庞大汽车的驾驶座上，必须在枪林弹雨中穿过火海和民兵阵地。

这是一次充满压力的试驾，这位首席执行官发现自己正驾驶着车辆穿行在宛如地狱，或像《现代启示录》开场序列般的场景中。

车内的情况也好不到哪里去。后座坐着特勤局特工塔夫特（Taft），由经常咬牙切齿的乔尔·金曼（Joel Kinnaman）饰演，他的腹部有一处严重的弹片伤。

拥有军事经验的总统花了很多时间指导塔夫特如何处理伤口。另一个担忧是总统妻子的命运（由杰克逊现实生活中的妻子拉塔尼娅·理查森-杰克逊配音）。对他发起的袭击是与全球其他暗杀行动协同进行的，因此他知道她也是目标。有时他会被幻觉以及在越南时期的记忆所困扰。这个角色给了杰克逊很大的发挥空间，值得称赞的是，他一如既往地以典范般的精明，在夸张与内敛之间灵活切换。当然，在子弹和短程火箭弹横飞的情况下，你未必能注意到这一点。屏幕上的总统很少有如此具有攻击性的。 格伦·肯尼 (GLENN KENNY)

丽莎·肯尼迪 (LISA KENNEDY) / 影评

洛杉矶的空气之吻嘲弄着一名奋斗演员的焦虑

《迷雾绿》（Misty Green） 未分级。片长：1小时43分钟。院线上映。 罗莎琳德·埃莱亚扎（Rosalind Eleazar）在由克里斯·洛克（Chris Rock）编剧并执导的电影《迷雾绿》中饰演同名奋斗演员。 MERRICK MORTON / AD

编剧兼导演克里斯·洛克在一部关于“交易式好感”的城市电影中，描绘了一幅奋斗的图景。

由于在一部电视剧中的配角表现，迷雾绿（Misty Green，罗莎琳德·埃莱亚扎 饰）曾被誉为一名突破性的女演员。她为此获得了一座艾美奖奖杯。但由于得罪了几位支持她的贵人——包括由克里斯·洛克饰演的导演乔丹·格林（Jordan Green）——迷雾现在不得不面对令人沮丧的试镜和偶尔的唱歌演出。她的生活有些混乱，但她极其吸引观众。曾出演《慢马》（Slow Horses）的埃莱亚扎在生动的表演中展现了精准的情感掌控。

即便如此，编剧并执导本片的洛克在《迷雾绿》的开篇玩了一个“偷梁换柱”的把戏：电影以黑白字幕“那个包”（The Bag）开场。随后是对该词定义（关于地位和财富）的解释——这对于那些认为铂金包“比丈夫更忠诚”的时尚达人们来说尤其熟悉。（爱马仕手拿包在片中不仅是客串出现。）

在这一段关于高端消费的简短教程之后，镜头跟随一名女性走在公寓大楼的走廊里，一只代表身份的包挂在她的手臂弯处。她气势汹汹地走来，她并非主角，而是将那套海景公寓交给迷雾居住的男人的遗孀。接下来的情节捕捉到了这两个女人之间种族和代际的裂痕，以及一种交织在一起的财务不稳定感。

这位妻子（艾米·兰德克 饰）的态度从愤怒地要求迷雾立即搬离，到在房间里看到艾美奖奖杯和电影剧本后，转变为一种类似于“三思后权衡”的计算。她给了迷雾一周时间搬走，并给出了一条只有在洛杉矶才会听到的建议：“背好你的台词。”

这次宽限成为了一个框架，讲述了在接下来的七天里，迷雾试图重新振作起来的过程。考虑到她隐秘的药物使用，以及对试镜（且经常在那些被她得罪的人面前试镜）的愤恨态度，这将是一个艰巨的任务。选角导演朗达（特雷西·汤姆斯 饰）显而易见的敌意无疑是有理由的。而迷雾的经纪人兰迪（托弗·格雷斯 饰）也理所当然地保持警惕。洛克饰演的角色与迷雾之间也有一段令人烦恼的合作历史。尽管当他们在公寓大楼的信箱前相遇时，她假装并非如此。

当迷雾的哥哥杰伊（丹尼尔·卡卢亚 饰）出现并打算在她的住处暂住时，她获得成功的机会进一步降低。他在按时服药吗？（是的。）然而，关于搜寻一名被指控杀害一名白人女大学生并导致其男友（一名橄榄球运动员）受伤的黑人男性的新闻简报，让这座城市、警方以及杰伊都处于紧张状态。迷雾破碎的梦境暗示了兄妹俩艰辛的童年以及她自己反复无常的情绪。

亚当·德赖弗饰演扎克，一名缺乏资金支持的电影制作人。德赖弗将这个贩毒者兼三人行参与者的角色演绎得有一种圆滑的自在感。扎克给迷雾开出了一个他确信她无法拒绝的条件。但她拒绝了。

诚然，他是个无赖，但正是扎克与迷雾关于他们是否是朋友的对话，引入了电影最深刻的主题之一。在一个充斥着空气之吻和交易式好感的城市里，很难分辨什么是真情。在迷雾于著名的罗斯福酒店唱歌的一个闪耀场景中，洛克向我们展示了答案。但首先，导演调高了房间里嘈杂的喧闹声和闲聊声。有人在听吗？这里还有其他人看到迷雾在倾注自我吗？仿佛为了回答这个问题，洛克在摄影师基拉·凯利（Kira Kelly）精准的协助下，将镜头聚焦在杰伊和迷雾最好的朋友娜奥米身上。这两个角色都身体前倾，他们的面容流露出爱意。事实证明，乔丹也在听，并且可能为迷雾提供一个机会。

这部电影与 1997 年编剧兼导演昆汀·塔伦蒂诺为帕姆·格里尔创作的故事《杰基·布朗》有着相似的基因。但《米斯蒂·格林》（Misty Green）是一个根植于自身的故事，它清晰地展现了为什么罗克是一位如此出色的喜剧演员。他观察敏锐。

他还有一些话想倾诉：关于这个行业的种族和经济短视，以及这座城市如何忽视如此多挣扎生存的居民。在桥上走廊的一场辛辣戏份中，米斯蒂恳求她的经纪人给她找工作。在附近，一个人坐在地上，举着一块大概是乞讨零钱的牌子。罗克从未将两者等同，但展现了在城市中平行运行的两种恳求与绝望的形式。直到那个苦涩而充满希望的结局，罗克都拒绝让观众过于感伤。

珍妮特·卡特索利斯 / 影评

政治盟友与破碎人生

本·艾弗莱克饰演一名正经历糟糕一天的市长竞选希望之星。

本·艾弗莱克的电影《动物》（Animals）就像是用顶级食材调制出的一锅难以下咽的糊状物，将高价值的演员阵容搅拌进一份过度雕琢的剧本（由艾弗莱克、康纳·O·麦金太尔和比利·雷编写）中，最终产出了一部极其平淡的政治惊悚片。艾弗莱克饰演马克·金博尔，一名波斯湾战争退伍军人，目前正处于洛杉矶市长竞选的最后冲刺阶段。尽管他是一名富有的律师——他那栋作为电影大部分场景发生地的豪华住宅证明了这一点——但马克是一个彻头彻尾的“正派之辈”。我们之所以知道这一点，是因为在他在竞选活动中发表关于公平与体面的高谈阔论且陈词滥调的演讲时，背景音乐总是伴随着宏大的配乐。

马克还是一个严肃的人，他书架上摆放的罗伯特·卡罗 1974 年的巨著《权力经纪人》（The Power Broker）证明了这一点。（不过，读过这本书的观众可能会合理地质疑马克政治抱负的纯洁性。）然而，没过多久，他那完美无瑕的表象就出现了裂痕。他美丽的妻子艾比（凯瑞·华盛顿 饰）在出轨；他的政治顾问萨姆（史蒂文·燃 饰）需要大量资金注入，以提高马克下滑的民调支持率。他的管家塞西莉亚（阿德里亚娜·帕斯 饰）在为她没有合法身份的未婚夫拉蒙（路易斯·赫拉尔多·门德斯 饰）请求一份工作，而电话中的一名男子声称绑架了马克的儿子。对方要求 700万美元 才肯将其放回。

正如绑架者不断提醒我们的那样，这是马克人生中最糟糕的一天，尤其是当一个重大情节反转将他处理危机的方式与特定选民阶层的支持率直接挂钩时。因此，在马克和艾比互相攻击、塞西莉亚哭泣、拉蒙鬼鬼祟祟地徘徊时，寻找解决方案的任务落在了戴尔（吉莉安·安德森 饰，表现出彩）身上，她是一个冷酷且满口心理学词汇的危机处理专家。奇怪的是，她的白色套装并没有让我们相信她是好人。

《动物》在叙事上大量借鉴了约翰·福特 1962 年的经典之作《枪杀自由瓦伦斯》（The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance），但它却是一个合成的、没有灵魂的产品。才华横溢的摄影师罗伯特·埃尔斯威特试图通过让摄像机旋转来强行制造兴奋感，但徒劳无功。这令人惊讶，因为艾弗莱克（他在凯文·麦克唐纳 2009 年的剧情片《权力游戏》（State of Play）中也饰演过一名妥协的政治家）是一位聪明且灵活的导演，在营造氛围和空间感方面有着非凡的天赋。在《失踪的宝贝》（Gone Baby Gone，2007 年）、《

WAIRRICK PAGE / NETFLIX 一对夫妇完美无瑕的表象破碎：凯瑞·华盛顿和本·艾弗莱克主演由艾弗莱克执导的《动物》。

《动物》

分级：R级（含尸体、零散的性爱场景及粗俗语言）。片长：1小时46分钟。在电影院及 Netflix 上映。

《镇》（Town，2010 年）和《阿尔戈》（Argo，2012 年）等风格迥异的电影中，他将复杂的故事和情感塑造成了令人满足的娱乐作品。然而，在本片中，他最耐人寻味的决定是让角色用流利的西班牙语发表完整的演讲——这是一个令人印象深刻但毫无意义的干扰项。

由于笨拙的情节设计和令人费解的行为——也许在向一个专长是操纵筹码的人发出谋杀指令之前，应该三思而行——《动物》始终未能成功起飞。仅结局部分的编排就如此糟糕，角色动机如此模糊，以至于困惑的观众可能会比平时更感激暂停和回放功能的便利。

《月光男孩》的深远影响

DAVID BORNFRIEND / A28 在 2016 年的成长题材剧情片《月光男孩》（Moonlight）中，亚历克斯·希伯特（左）与马赫沙拉·阿里。该片获得了奥斯卡最佳影片奖。

十年后，电影人们在思考这部奥斯卡获奖作品的影响力及其创作过程。

作者：BRIAN JOSEPHS

《月光男孩》是导演埃利根斯·布拉顿（Elegance Bratton）最喜爱的电影。对他而言，这部电影就像是他的“洞穴寓言”，是他作为电影人的“彼得·帕克起源故事”。

In 2016, 布拉顿还是纽约大学的一名学生，当时他正在拍摄短片《为我而行》（Walk for Me），讲述一名跨性别表演者在纽约舞厅文化场景中寻找自我的故事。据布拉顿回忆，当他在课堂上展示剪辑片段时，教授说片中过多的特写镜头让他感到不适。

但随后《月光男孩》出现了。布拉顿表示，这部电影的兴起促使人们重新审视他在电影学院的作品。

他说：“在电影专业的第二年，《月光男孩》实际上帮我取得了成功。”

作为各大“世纪最佳电影名单”（包括《纽约时报》的名单）的常客，具有深远影响的《月光男孩》在十年后依然显得含蓄且富有层次。它使用多名演员来塑造同一个角色，利用时间跳跃，并内省地聚焦于黑人男性气质，这些元素潜移默化地影响了随后的其他电影。《月光男孩》由 Plan B Entertainment 联合制作，同时也让 A24 公司在电影融资领域（而不仅仅是发行商）开辟了新领地。这部电影帮助该公司树立了以非传统电影制作方式获得稳健票房成绩的声誉。

《月光男孩》最初于 Oct. 21, 2016 上映，讲述了一个黑人孩子成长为一名在自我性向中挣扎的青少年，最终成为一名内心封闭、压抑的成年男子的故事。该片由巴里·詹金斯（Barry Jenkins）执导，改编自剧作家塔雷尔·阿尔文·麦克雷尼（Tarell Alvin McCraney）的一部未发表剧本。在电影节放映期间，该片赢得了广泛赞誉，并最终在奥斯卡金像奖中斩获最佳影片。

布拉顿在一定程度上将《月光男孩》的成功归功于为其在 A24 拍摄的长片《检查》（The Inspection, 2022）铺平了道路。这部自传体剧情片在刻画一名接受海军陆战队训练的同性恋男子时，采用了亲密的摄影手法（大量使用特写）。其他人也在《镍童》（Nickel Boys）所采用的第一人称视角中看到了《月光男孩》的影子。

《镍童》的导演拉梅尔·罗斯（RaMell Ross）表示，他并没有试图拍一部自己的《月光男孩》。相反，这部电影对他产生的影响可能是潜意识里的。

罗斯在一次视频采访中说：“当你被一部作品深深打动时，无论你是否刻意追求那种美学或形式并将其加入到自己的作品中，它都会出现在你的下一部作品里，因为它触动了你。”

尽管酷儿电影和电视剧在《月光男孩》之前就已存在很久，但以黑人男性为中心的作品很少能获得如此广泛的曝光和赞誉。

FX 系列剧集《姿态》（Pose）的创作者史蒂文·卡纳尔斯（Steven Canals）认为，《月光男孩》的反响可能对他这部剧集的获批产生了影响。他说，他花了两年半的时间推销这部讲述纽约舞厅文化场景的剧情片，但高管们告诉他，他们不知道是否会有观众看这部剧。在《月光男孩》进入影院的那一年，卡纳尔斯将《姿态》推荐给了制片人瑞安·墨菲（Ryan Murphy），随后他们将其卖给了 FX。

卡纳尔斯说：“我认为这部剧在《月光男孩》这样的电影出现之后才得以诞生，并非巧合。”

《月光男孩》汲取了詹金斯和麦克雷尼在迈阿密大部分为黑人居住的自由城（Liberty City）成长的经历。其标志性的视觉风格——大胆色彩与表现主义光影的结合——借鉴了香港导演王家卫的作品，以及摄影师马利克·哈桑·赛义德（Malik Hassan Sayeed）与斯派克·李（Spike Lee）的合作成果。但在某种程度上，这种风格也受到了实际拍摄条件的制约，因为这部忧郁的剧情片预算仅为 $1.200 万 左右，数额相当有限。

“考虑到预算和电影的基调，如果这部电影能获得真正的生命力，那一定是在艺术电影院里，”詹金斯在一次视频通话中说道。“然而，我们并不想为了迎合那个观众群体而改变自由城的语言。”

《月光男孩》还凸显了詹金斯是新一批崛起黑人电影制作人中的一员，其中包括艾娃·杜弗奈、瑞安·库格勒和史蒂夫·麦奎因，这一阶层的作品在面向更广泛的观众之前，其规模更为克制。

“这不仅仅是为了制作商业作品，”曾在电影节上放映过《月光男孩》的多伦多国际电影节首席执行官卡梅隆·贝利表示。“而是关于‘作为一名艺术家，你想表达什么，以及你拥有哪些可利用的工具？’当时确实有几位电影制作人正在真正地这样做。”

《月光男孩》是否为更多黑人导演以适度预算讲述自己的故事打开了大门？一些电影制作人认为，在2026年，这种规模的电影可能更难找到观众，部分原因是后疫情时代的观影人群规模更小，且更加分散。

“那个空间在一定程度上已经破碎了，”詹金斯说道，他主要指的是他居住的洛杉矶的电影市场。他补充道：“人们已经习惯了不去电影院。所以那些大制作电影正在一点一点地将观众重新聚集起来。”

许多参与《月光男孩》的人至今仍是电影业的顶尖人物。马赫沙拉·阿里因在片中饰演贩毒父亲一角而获得奥斯卡奖，如今已成长为一名男主角。詹金斯的履历中包括一部迪士尼热门片（《穆法沙：狮子王》），而他作为创始人的制作公司 Pastel 制作的小预算剧情片也同样深受评论界喜爱（如《晒后》和《对不起，宝贝》）。

导演布拉顿的作品规模也发生了转变。他的最新电影《不择手段》（By Any Means）是一部由马克·沃尔伯格和亚亚·阿卜杜勒-马廷二世主演的动作片。尽管如此，它并未脱离《月光男孩》带来的启示。

“10年后让我感到兴奋的是，《月光男孩》所代表的那种‘许可’不必止于自传体电影，”布拉顿说。“我正在一个大得多的画布上创作：历史惊悚片、电影明星、类型动作片。但我依然在探讨关于黑人男性气质、权力、脆弱性，以及谁能在银幕上成为一个完整的人这些问题。”

杰森·法拉戈 / 艺术评论

照片由玛丽莎·阿尔珀为《纽约时报》拍摄 在惠特尼美术馆的“罗伊·利希滕斯坦：像新的一样”展览上，背景壁画为《杜塞尔多夫大学笔触壁画（C墙）》（1970），以及（从左至右）：《格栅上的黄白滴落》（1966）、《小的大画》（1965）、《带飞溅笔触研究》（1966）、《带飞溅笔触》（1966）和《无题》（位于地面），全部由利希滕斯坦创作。

他艺术中的圆点揭示了一个思考中的大脑

右上，DC漫画浪漫系列《秘密之心》（Secret Hearts）的一页，由托尼·阿布鲁佐（Tony Abruzzo）于1962.年绘制。右下，利希滕斯坦的绘画作品《溺水女孩》（Drowning Girl，1963），由现代艺术博物馆（MoMA）出借给惠特尼美术馆。最右侧中心，利希滕斯坦20世纪70年代早期的“镜子”系列绘画展厅。

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但在2020年，人们有一件事没有预见到：一项新技术将比在艺术家在世时更剧烈地撼动我们关于原作与副本、唯一作品与大规模复制的观念。这股计算图像（不要称其为“智能”）的浪潮正让我们每分每秒地经历视觉酸度测试，迫使我们去辨别——如果可能的话——在彩色圆点的网格背后是否隐藏着人类。这使得周日开幕的“罗伊·利希滕斯坦：像新的一样”（Roy Lichtenstein: Like New）成为了本季最重要的展览。

由于其标志性的风格，他的分析意识在一段时间内被低估了。在博物馆里，在拍卖场上，在时代广场地铁站，利希滕斯坦在视觉上已变得如此熟悉，以至于任何扩散引擎都能吐出一张“以罗伊·利希滕斯坦风格”绘制的你的爱犬点阵图。你只需要三个字母——P-O-P（波普），就能概括他的重要性：他将大众文化代谢为纯艺术，震撼了波洛克之后的绘画界，并将美国文化推向了那个所谓的民主的1960年代。

“像新的一样”挑战了这种对利希滕斯坦的看法，它不再将波普视为一种视觉模式，而是将他与那个 era, 更具实验性的倾向联系起来，例如激浪派（Fluxus）那些恶作剧般的后达达主义表演。它聚焦于他的复制品和传真件，并暗示艺术家选择流行素材，与其说是为了其熟悉度，不如说将其视为复制、修改、传播这一概念链条中的元素。最重要的是，它将利希滕斯坦——这位波普先生、疏离先生，一个将绘画扁平化为机械、无菌组件的人——塑造成了一个出人意料的人类视觉捍卫者，对抗工业与技术。他的圆点与图像生成器的随机噪声不同，是用批判精神、感官意识以及某种非常像爱的情感所绘制的。

“罗伊·利希滕斯坦：像新的一样”由一对出人意料的搭档组织：梅格·昂利（Meg Onli），一位以当代艺术工作著称的策展人，以及亚历克斯·达·科特（Alex Da Corte），一位处于职业中期、其视频和表演以狂躁的忧伤审视美国大众文化的艺术家。两个世纪前，在卢浮宫或皇家艺术学院，艺术家将前辈的作品挂在公共展览中是常有的事。而今天，将另一位艺术家的重大博物馆回顾展委托给一位在世艺术家，几乎是闻所未闻的。（尤其是当作品如此昂贵时；本次展览的出借者包括市长最青睐的州外亿万富翁肯尼斯·C·格里芬，以及现代艺术博物馆 MoMA、加州现代艺术博物馆 MOCA 以及一群布罗德、布兰特和布鲁姆家族的收藏家。）

达·科特不仅构思了这里的展陈；他还加入了自己的新作品，并重新制作了几件利希滕斯坦的作品，包括一个32英尺高的版本（比原件大两倍多）的《窗中的女孩》（Girl in Window），该作于1963年为皇后区的世界博览会创作，现在它俯瞰着惠特尼美术馆五楼的露台，从高线公园（High Line）可见。

复制与伪装接踵而至，势头迅猛。达·科特和昂利充满了玩笑，事实上是非常精彩的玩笑，甚至可能多到有些过头。就像两年前在同一展厅举办的感官过载舞蹈展“艾利之边”（Edges of Ailey）一样，他们的利希滕斯坦展览既具有高度的概念性，又充满能量——而且它透露出一种焦虑：在日益倾向民粹主义的惠特尼美术馆，1960年代的经典作品似乎只能通过不断的刺激和适合Instagram拍照的背景，才能被年轻观众读懂。

利希滕斯坦的椭圆形镜面绘画被展出于一个椭圆形的银色展厅中。他 1967 年作品《超级日落广告牌》（Super Sunset Billboard）的重制版矗立在惠特尼美术馆西侧的落地窗前，因此如果你在日暮时分前来，可以一次看到两个日落。（与《窗中的女孩》一样，这并非喷墨打印件，而是由达·科特及其工作室重新手绘的版本。）一部模仿 20 世纪 50 年代风格的教学电影讲述了利希滕斯坦的老师霍伊特·L·谢尔曼（Hoyt L. Sherman），配音采用了 Movietone News 那种带有鼻音的语调，而出演该片的竟然是达·科特本人，他脸上覆盖着厚厚的假体。

左图为《杜塞尔多夫大学笔触壁画（C墙）》的细节。右图是一个专门展出利希滕斯坦复制品和系列作品的展厅，包括（从左至右）：《噢……好吧……》（Ohhh . . . Alright . . .，1964年）、《噢……好吧……（习作）》、《窗中的女孩（世界博览会壁画习作）》（Girl in Window (Study for World's Fair Mural)，1963年）、《被腿踩扁的罐头》（Step-On Can With Leg，1961年）、《伊万·卡普肖像》（Portrait of Ivan Karp，1961年），以及旁边的《艾伦·卡普罗肖像》（Portrait of Allan Kaprow，1961年）。

利希滕斯坦的《超级日落广告牌》，由亚历克斯·达·科特（Alex Da Corte）工作室于 2026 年根据 1967 年的原作重制。 摄影：MARISSA ALPER 为《纽约时报》拍摄

那么，这不再是你父亲那个时代的波普艺术了。如果遥控器在我手里，我会把“笑数表”调低几个刻度。但这些玩笑是为了某种目的服务的；它们为一位已被视为品牌的艺术家恢复了一些个性与洞察力。（我们在此顺便提及，惠特尼美术馆与 Gap 展开了合作，提供 T 恤、棒球帽以及一件带有本戴点（Ben-Day-dotted）图案的四分之一拉链抓绒衫，穿在交易大厅里绝对会引人注目。）

利希滕斯坦将谢尔曼视为恩师，谢尔曼在俄亥俄州立大学的入门课程中尝试使用闪光灯和可穿戴遮光板，他教会了利希滕斯坦如何以一种感知距离来观察，使世界看起来几乎像抽象画。以利希滕斯坦的《高尔夫球》（Golf Ball，1962年）为例，它将一个有凹坑的球浓缩为白色背景上的一组黑色新月形，像蒙德里安一样简洁，像 Titleist 品牌一样清晰。是波普（Pop），还是欧普（Op）？是物体，还是关于物体的想法？是一个被仔细观察的高尔夫球，还是一个代表“高尔夫球”的符号？这些概念上的虚招只有通过一种足以与塞尚媲美的独特人类感知才能变得有意义——在同一年的另一幅冷面绘画中，展览直接引用了塞尚，将这位法国画家的妻子简化为一张自学绘画的示意图。

上图为利希滕斯坦的《艺术家的工作室“看，米老鼠”》（Artist's Studio 'Look Mickey'，1973年）。上方，《看，米老鼠》与其后期的复制品相对。左上角的《风景》（Landscape）创作于 1974 年，此前它作为一幅虚构的画作出现在《艺术家的工作室》中。带有文本气泡的绿色作品《漫画绘画》（Comic Painting，2026年）由亚历克斯·达·科特创作。

1962 年，利希滕斯坦在利奥·卡斯特利画廊（Leo Castelli Gallery）举办了首次个展，他那些取材于漫画书和商业广告的绘画让评论家们感到困惑。（尽管如此，展览的所有作品都被售罄！）奥利（Onli）和达·科特在策展上完成了一次绝妙的举措，他们借来了那次首展的所有八幅画作，并将其重现为“展中展”，甚至还原了东 77 街的拼花地板。清理冰箱的家庭主妇，带着卡通字样“BLAM”的坠毁喷气机：这里出现了一位似乎将前卫与庸俗等同起来的画家，一些评论家将其解读为向大众文化的妥协。但如果这些作品比那更像塞尚呢？如果重制、复制、重新创作是描绘所见之物的唯一途径呢？

“像”新，但并非新；是衍生，但具创新；充斥着唯有美国人才能将其视为进步的空洞，然而，不知为何，它依然坚守着一种能够永恒存在的美。利希滕斯坦并非沃霍尔，在整个展览中，达·科尔特和昂利极力反驳那种既定观点——即波普艺术旨在消解高雅艺术，或者复制行为使艺术原创性失效。相反，正如达·科尔特在目录中所写：“面对机器，生活在机器之中，且几乎成为机器的一部分，20世纪60年代初的利希滕斯坦意识到，艺术所面临的赌注比以往任何时候都要高。”

他坚持掌控局面——我这里是用扑克比喻，但字面上也是如此——首先是通过那些圆点，模仿廉价印刷的半色调图案，利希滕斯坦最初是通过用牙刷将颜料强行挤过铝筛来制作这些圆点的。不久之后，他引入了笔触这一主题：这是画家个性的标志，而他将其转化为一种可重复的符号或象征。圆点和笔触并非自动化，而是对自动化的表演。如果说大众文化正将人类生活简化为标准化的产品，那么利希滕斯坦则是在重新引导这种文化自身的意象，以肯定人类视觉的独特性——这一成就地在他那些准抽象建筑研究的点线之间，以及那些看起来像镜子却不反射任何东西的椭圆中，展现出更强大的力量。

达·科尔特和昂利在……中玩得很开心

√ 罗伊·利希滕斯坦（Roy Lichtenstein）：展期至5月10日，周日闭馆，地点位于曼哈顿的惠特尼美国艺术博物馆；电话 212-570-3600，网址 whitney.org。

利希滕斯坦的重复作与续作，将几幅几乎相同的画布并排悬挂。它们依次呈现了来自 DC 漫画的原始图像，随后是利希滕斯坦对这些漫画的挪用，接着是另一位画家伊莱恩·斯图特万特（Elaine Sturtevant）对他作品的再次复制。策展人在展示其后期作品时几乎有些过头，这些作品被像在旧皇家艺术学院那样紧凑地悬挂在一起，在这些作品中，利希滕斯坦在工作室的场景中重新绘制了他早期的画作。随后，他们展示了这些“画中画”的独立版本，而当其中一幅被发现从未真实存在时，达·科尔特（Da Corte）亲自创作了一幅（《漫画绘画》，2026）。

像素是屏幕能显示的最小颜色单位；而点则是印刷油墨中的对应单位。但无论你是在灰色的新闻纸上阅读这些句子，还是在背光手机上阅读，这些微粒在肉眼看来都是不可见的。

究竟任何微粒是如何凝聚成图像的？由哪些公司传输，由哪些算法驱动？它们借鉴了哪些来源，使用了哪些数据集？这些曾是利希滕斯坦思考的问题。当他将半色调的点放大为可见的、具有质感的标记时，他不仅仅是在讽刺美国的消费文化。他是在最机械、最廉价的大众图像中，寻找一种必须先被可视化才能被捍卫的人类感知。

这一切使得这次展览比我预想的要感人得多。“触碰”是这里的一个主题（一个艺术展品上写着“请触摸！”）。“触碰，无论是物理形式还是隐喻形式，是区分人与机器的关键。”达·科尔特在目录中写道，“而触碰带来了转移、崩溃与转化。”当你审视这些画作——甚至通过四幅具有四种不同点绘方式的触觉复制品去感受它们时——你可能会惊讶于它们的颗粒感，以及颜料是如何厚厚地通过冲孔铝屏刷上去的。这些点是凸起的。它们生长、收缩、磨损或碎裂。人类的太阳或许正在落下，但请近距离观察：如果没有你和我，每一个点，每一个像素，都毫无意义。

左图为利希滕斯坦的《砰》（Blam，1962），曾展出在他于利奥·卡斯特利画廊（Leo Castelli Gallery）举办的首次纽约展中，此处将其置于该首秀的还原场景中。上方从左至右依次为利希滕斯坦的《高尔夫球》（Golf Ball，1961）、《轮胎》（Tire，1962）和《电线》（Electric Cord，1961）。他学会了用一种感知距离去观察，使世界显得近乎抽象。

照片由纽约大都会艺术博物馆提供

布莱克·戈普尼克（BLAKE GOPNIK） / 艺术评论

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凭借这些作品，15世纪焕发新生

一个由16件雕像和浮雕组成的展览，将参观者带回了一个艺术价值观截然不同的时代。

顶部为《圣弥额尔大天使》，上方为《审慎》，两者均创作于 1475, 左右；右侧为《圣母与圣子（雷曼圣母）》，约创作于 1470-75, 全部由安德烈亚·德拉·罗比亚（Andrea della Robbia）创作。左下方为安德烈亚·德拉·罗比亚的《圣母崇拜圣婴》，约创作于 1470. 右下方为乔瓦尼·德拉·罗比亚（Giovanni della Robbia）工作室的作品，约创作于 1515-25。

它们离小纪念品并不遥远，就像梵蒂冈附近出售的宗教陶瓷一样。

它们给人一种感伤之感：圣母玛利亚甜美得过分，全身洁白如处子，衬在蓝得令人牙酸的天空下。

它们展示了处理黏土的新方法，但我们知道，重要的艺术在于思想而非技巧。

我承认，这些是我在参观“大都会博物馆：重新发现德拉·罗比亚”展览中那16件雕像和浮雕时产生的一些下意识想法。这些作品出自文艺复兴时期三代雕塑家之手。到我参观结束时，它们的“缺陷”变成了优点。它们将我们带回了一个艺术价值观与我们截然不同且令人耳目一新的时空。

展览的标题指的是佛罗伦萨的一个艺术世家。在15世纪40年代，卢卡·德拉·罗比亚（Luca della Robbia）从从事大理石和青铜创作，转向发明亮釉陶瓷艺术。 1470, 左右，他的侄子安德烈亚接管了工作室。安德烈亚的儿子乔瓦尼将这一传统延续到了16世纪。

这个家族的陶瓷改变了佛罗伦萨的面貌。

一旦一件德拉·罗比亚的浮雕——也许是安德烈亚那件蓝底白色的《大天使弥额尔》的某个版本——被水泥固定在墙上，单调的石墙立面会突然变得生动起来。与会褪色和剥落的湿壁画不同，德拉·罗比亚的陶瓷几乎不会失去光泽。其中一些作品至今仍完好地留在最初安装的地方。

这些陶瓷具有其他材料难以企及的可读性。雕刻大理石的白对白细节，或铸青铜的绿对绿细节，在远处会变得模糊；文艺复兴时期的绘画具有一种在近距离观看时效果最好的现实细节。但像《圣母崇拜圣婴》这样的一件德拉·罗比亚浮雕，主要以白色上釉，并配以大胆的绿色和蓝色，即使在教堂的另一端也能清晰可见。它以乔治·洛伊斯（George Lois）广告般的冲击力呈现了救赎。

教堂里的圣母像也可能出现在佛罗伦萨的家中，因为德拉·罗比亚家族为一批希望拥有自己简朴祈祷对象的客户大量铸造作品。如今，承认艺术的神圣快感可以包括拥有的快感会显得很尴尬；而通过他们新颖的复制品，德拉·罗比亚家族为当时的人们提供了这种快感。

在佛罗伦萨家庭中的一位年轻母亲，会在她的德拉·罗比亚《圣母与圣子》中发现另一种乐趣。其主题——一位理想的母亲深情地凝视着她完美的婴儿——在我们看来可能过于甜腻。但在文艺复兴时期，这对神圣组合塑造了一种女性在现实中极难企及的宁静：对于母亲和孩子来说，疾病和死亡才是常态，这在今天的美国人看来几乎无法想象。那尊《圣母与圣子》并非甜腻，而是绝望地、痛苦地充满希望。

这位圣母的丈夫拥有她永远无法获得的教育机会，他可能会因为另一个原因而欣赏他们的德拉·罗比亚作品。通过阅读普林尼（Pliny）的拉丁文著作，他会了解到在佛罗伦萨周围出土的古典大理石雕塑在最初时都是涂有鲜艳色彩的。德拉·罗比亚家族的陶瓷唤起了那些随时间流逝而消失的罗马式华丽。

耐用性、易读性、普及性、古朴感：凭借所有这些创新，难怪卢卡会成为他那个时代最受推崇和受欢迎的艺术家之一。即便在一个世纪之后，乔尔乔·瓦萨里的伟大艺术家史仍能坚称，卢卡发明了一种比古人所拥有的任何东西都更耐用的色彩艺术，因此将赢得“后世所有时代”的感激。

在19世纪，德拉·罗比亚的雕塑依然具有极高的影响力，以至于美国人可以通过向大都会博物馆捐赠这些作品来彰显其慈善地位。到20世纪60年代，该博物馆已拥有数十件此类作品。1968年，大都会博物馆曾计划设立一个专门展出德拉·罗比亚作品的展厅，但由于其陶瓷作品开始不再流行，该计划最终未能实现。

从1970年左右开始，大都会博物馆的大部分德拉·罗比亚作品被移入仓库。到2016年，该家族的作品中仅有六件在展出。

大都会博物馆的丹妮丝·艾伦与客座策展人费德里卡·卡塔共同组织了这次展览，她表示，展览中一件精美的青年浮雕在最初从仓库取出时很脏。“他一直被忽视，”艾伦说道。

评论员推荐 在大都会博物馆重新发现德拉·罗比亚 展出至1月17日，地点位于曼哈顿的大都会艺术博物馆；电话：212-535-7710，网址：metmuseum.org。

据艾伦称，“德拉·罗比亚一家使用了错误的材料”——至少在满足近现代审美方面是错误的。彩色陶瓷开始显得俗气且廉价，更像餐具，而非多纳泰罗和米开朗基罗那样高雅的艺术。

技术创新（例如卢卡对釉料的研究）缺乏概念上的分量。

现代主义对“媒介特异性”的痴迷——即绘画应关注油彩能做什么，雕塑应关注物质的塑造——使得德拉·罗比亚的浮雕被卡在绘画的色彩与雕塑的形状之间，像鲻鱼头发型一样犹豫不决。

甚至这些陶瓷作品的广泛吸引力也成了一种劣势：几个世纪以来，德拉·罗比亚的创新塑造了向游客出售的宗教廉价工艺品的世界，而他们的原作也因此受牵连——至少在第一眼看来如此，被像我这样的评论家预先判定。

但大都会博物馆让我用那些最初创造并热爱这些作品的人的眼睛来审视这些物件。

梅丽莎·约瑟夫 (Melissa Joseph)

梅丽莎·约瑟夫的《新娘送礼会》(Bridal Shower) 是在工业毛毡上进行的针刺羊毛毡创作。其尺寸接近 9 英尺乘 9 英尺。

长期以来，艺术家们一直在重新挖掘那些曾被视为“工艺”的技巧，但梅丽莎·约瑟夫是我见过的第一个重新定义针刺毡工艺的人。虽然这种工艺通常用于制作动物小摆件，但她将其转化为一种出人意料的、具有韧性的美学媒介。

展出至 10 月 17 日。查尔斯·莫费特画廊 (Charles Moffett)，曼哈顿百老汇 394 号；电话 212-226-2646，网址 charlesmoffett.com。

这次展览揭示了她对纹理、构图和规模的敏锐

约瑟夫在接触毛毡之前学习过纺织设计、艺术教育和绘画。这种多元的背景影响了她目前的展览《砂锅文化》(Casserole Culture)。该展览挖掘了她在宾夕法尼亚州西部一座城市中，在混血家庭成长的经历。约瑟夫将家庭照片转化为极具表现力的室内场景和工业景观。

洞察力。在《新娘送礼会》（2026年）中，她描绘了一部分堆满食物和餐具的桌面。不同的烹饪产品——包括曲奇饼和可能是大米布丁——让约瑟夫能够展示她在毛毡处理上的灵巧：有些物品的刻画较为松散，呈现出漩涡状和波浪状，而另一些则更为紧凑。作品尺寸接近 9 英尺乘 9 英尺，营造出一种放大效果。站在作品面前，你会开始感觉到，与其说是在自助餐中挑选食物，不如说这组陈列可能会将你吞没。

在丰盈之余，《新娘送礼会》指向了展览核心的缺失：人。在展出的 18 件作品中，仅出现了两个人物。这些图像代表了记忆之所——既是真实存在又经过想象的地方，充满了怀旧与悲伤。约瑟夫偶尔加入现成物品以帮助锚定记忆的做法效果稍逊，

作者：吉莉安·斯坦豪尔 (JILLIAN STEINHAUER)

但她的毡制工艺十分精湛，其材质上的柔软在一定程度上缓冲了情感上的冲击。

莎拉·扎帕塔 (Sarah Zapata)

展出至 10 月 24 日。萨金特之女画廊 (Sargent's Daughters)，曼哈顿百老汇 370 号；电话 212-233-0846，网址 sargentsdaughters.com。

进入莎拉·扎帕塔的展览《逃离慵懒之恶》(In Escape From the Vices of Idleness) 时，你可能会本能地想要脱掉鞋子，躺在艺术品上。这完全可以理解，因为作品由两个覆盖着手工编织面板的模糊建筑形雕塑组成，更多的面板则散落在周围的地板上。五彩斑斓的纱线和织片随处可见。对我而言，它们唤起了我童年客厅里橙色长毛地毯的回忆，那时我和兄弟姐妹们随着父母的唱片跳舞。

谢莉·尼罗 (Shelley Niro) 在《易洛魁是一个高度发达的母系社会》中以她的母亲为主角。

扎帕塔知道她的作品很可能会唤起此类回忆。布料和针线活既是个人化的——艺术家的祖母教会了她缝纫——也是文化性的：她的父亲移民来自秘鲁，在那里的祖父开了一家布料店。扎帕塔还进一步探索了前哥伦布时期的纺织品和现代南美编织传统。

虽然展览由许多独立艺术品组成，但读起来像是一个巨大的装置——一场喧闹且诱人的交响曲。其核心准则似乎是对所有西方美学规范的摒弃。墙上没有任何艺术品，仅在画廊中心和地板上布置。条纹和棋盘格等图案共存。锁扣钩织地毯围绕着精美刺绣的布条。色彩丰富，采用了出人意料、有时甚至冲突的组合。几何形状中出现了神秘的凸起。

该装置拥有不同高度的柱子和墙壁，暗示着城市废墟。但基座上生长出的不是苔藓和常春藤，而是大量的纺织品。不知为何，它看起来既非凡又自然。

雪莱·尼罗 (Shelley Niro)

展出至10月31日。Hales画廊，曼哈顿西20街547号；电话 646-590-0776，网址 halesgallery.com。

在雪莱·尼罗的个展作品中，有一组以她的母亲为主题的三联画。三张手工上色的照片描绘了一位女性坐在沙龙式吹风机下，面带微笑，开心地笑着。

这些照片被嵌入一块黑色卡纸底板中，底板上还有手工钻孔的抽象设计。这件作品的标题《易洛魁是一个高度发达的母系社会》（1991 / 2026）起到了某种点睛之笔的作用。尼罗在向她的母亲致敬，但与图像中展现的活力相比，这段平淡的民族志式措辞显得有些滑稽。

《易洛魁》概括了尼罗创作实践的许多特点。它展示了她对系列照片的使用、图像与文本的概念性配对、她冷幽默的风格，以及她将原住民女性作为创作主题的关注。尼罗是卡尼恩凯哈卡（Kanyen'kehā:ka，即莫霍克）民族海龟氏族的成员，几十年来一直创作此类作品，这也是本次展览的重点（尽管她也创作绘画、珠饰和电影）。

萨拉·扎帕塔，经由 SARGENT'S DAUGHTERS；摄影：尼古拉斯·奈特 (NICHOLAS KNIGHT) 在 Sargent's Daughters 画廊举办的“萨拉·扎帕塔：逃离慵懒之恶”（Sarah Zapata: In Escape From the Vices of Idleness）展览中，五彩斑斓的纱线和补丁随处可见。

此次展览名为“在她的一生中”（In Her Lifetime），得名于一件创作于1992年的杰作。该作品由六张尼罗姐妹的照片组成，她代表了一种原住民女性的普遍形象，并配以一段叙事文本，巧妙地描绘了一场从童年的开放性到成年后令人沮丧的沉闷生活的存在主义旅程。然而，“在她的一生中”给人的感觉并不过于阴郁；尼罗轻盈的笔触赋予了作品一种温柔的模糊感。这是她作为艺术家最大的优势之一：揭示那些可能令人痛苦的现实，但同时从中发现趣味性和荒诞感。

两星不触 (Two Not Touch)

此前谜题答案

在网格的每一行、每一列和每个区域中各放置两颗星。任何两颗星都不能接触，即使是对角线接触也不行。 版权 © 2024 www.knayxtel.com

脑力激荡 (Brain Tickler)

用四个字母写出一种鸟的名字。然后用四个字母写出鸟的住所。将这两个词依次说出，你就会说出一个被厌恶的人的名字 (8)。这两个词分别是什么？

谜题由威尔·肖茨（Will Shortz）提供。昨日答案：披头士乐队曾差点买下一座希腊的私人岛屿，以此躲避狂热粉丝的围追堵截。

肯肯数独 (KenKen)

在网格中填入数字，使每一行或每一列中的数字不重复，且每个粗线框内的数字通过框内指定的加、减、乘或除法运算，得出所示的目标数字。4x4 网格使用数字 1-4。6x6 网格使用数字 1-6。

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莎士比亚关于王室血腥登顶与愧疚引发疯狂的故事。

由莉丝·达维森（Lise Davidsen）和奎恩·凯尔西（Quinn Kelsey）主演的《麦克白》始于战争，终于战争。因此，对于在纽约大都会歌剧院（Met Opera）完成首秀的导演路易莎·普罗斯克（Louisa Proske）来说，让打斗场面成为“整部作品的框架”至关重要。（10月17日，“大都会：高清现场”将把该剧的演出实时直播到全球各地的电影院。）

为了让戏剧性的战斗场景栩栩如生，普罗斯克聘请了动作导演兰·亚瑟·布劳恩（Ran Arthur Braun），这也是他的大都会首秀。他邀请了一群来自 Pesvebi 的舞者，这是一个位于布鲁克林本森赫斯特（Bensonhurst）的格鲁吉亚文化中心兼舞蹈团。布劳恩曾在 2024 年奥地利 Oper im Steinbruch 音乐节的《阿依达》制作中与他们合作过。他预感到这种强而有力的战士风格能够很好地转化为《麦克白》中血腥的内战场景。

“我想要一种直击内心、具有真实感的东西，”布劳恩说，“我想真正闻到汗水的味道。”

当普罗斯克第一次看到格鲁吉亚舞者的表演时，她被震撼了。“一位资深的编舞师和大都会歌剧院经验丰富的舞蹈团队当时都在房间里，”她说，“他们都惊掉了下巴。我的意思是，我们所有人都无法相信眼前发生的一切，以及他们带入房间的那种纯粹的能量、速度和精准度。”

在由大都会舞者和士兵组成的大群体中，有三名格鲁吉亚人参与表演——23 岁的巴赫图里泽（Bakhturidze）、25 岁的队长戈德兹什维利（Goderdzishvili）和 20 岁的达塔·达拉克赫韦利泽（Data Darakhvelidze），此外 21 岁的卢卡·基卡切什维利（Luka Kikacheishvili）担任替补。

尽管《麦克白》为期六周的每日排练在体力上极其艰苦，但在此之前，他们已经花费多年时间精进技艺。这些男性自幼便学习格鲁吉亚传统舞蹈，每周在 Pesvebi 练习多次。Pesvebi 在格鲁吉亚语中意为“根”，由戈德兹什维利的父母于 2000 年创立。

他们的舞蹈和纪律——在布鲁克林数千小时的练习——现在拥有了一个更大的舞台和一批新的观众。

“就个人而言，我从未想过自己能在这种水平的舞台上表演，”戈德兹什维利说，“现在我们准备好向纽约展示我们的特质——格鲁吉亚精神。”

舞蹈深深植根于格鲁吉亚文化之中，它不仅仅是一种艺术形式。它是一种表达共同记忆、民族认同以及在历经数代战争后依然坚韧的格鲁吉亚精神的语言。

“它教会了我们几百年前我们是谁，以及我们做了什么，”戈德兹什维利说。他出生在美国，童年时期住在格鲁吉亚，在 2008 年俄格战争后回到了纽约。“每当我穿着传统服装站在舞台上，我都能感受到祖先在我体内以及他们的能量。”

格鲁吉亚舞蹈具有极强的地域性。《麦克白》中采用了两种来自北部山区地区的舞蹈。一种是 Khevsuruli，一种戏剧性的武术民俗舞，包含高速的剑盾格斗，它构成了整部剧的开头和结尾。

“擅长使用剑和盾，并对此感到自在，已经刻在我们的血液里了，”

“我们准备好了，准备向纽约展示我们的风貌——格鲁吉亚精神。”乔治·戈德兹什维利（GEORGE GODERDZISHVILI）

戈德兹什维利说道：“每个人都需要知道这一点，并感受到战士的精神。”

另一种舞蹈是卡兹贝格里（Kazbeguri），戈德兹什维利说，这是一种“炫技舞”，特点是高跳和充满活力的跺脚。在剧中的高潮宴会场景中，舞者们表演的就是这种风格，在麦克白和麦克白夫人举行盛大的加冕宴会时，尽情展示他们的杂技技巧。

在场景开始时，格鲁吉亚舞者只有 40 秒的音乐时间可以起舞，但他们将速度与平衡的绝技浓缩其中。

“我希望威尔第能写两分钟，”普罗斯克（Proske）说，“我的意思是，我们本可以轻松地增加更多音乐和舞蹈，但现有的音乐就是那样。当然，你必须利用它。你不能改变歌剧。”

尽管如此，在一部更倾向于展现伊丽莎白时代动作的制作中选择加入格鲁吉亚舞蹈，是一个新颖的尝试。布劳恩（Braun）和编舞师乔雷尔·劳尔-杰斐逊（Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson）经过一番调整，才将这种激烈的风格融入到轻快跳跃的音乐中。

虽然在莎士比亚时代不太可能有格鲁吉亚舞者，但巡回演艺人员在当时是很普遍的。

“所以我觉得，以一种有趣的方式，这确实符合那个时代，”普罗斯克说。

布劳恩表示，在舞台上庆祝如此规模的格斗很少见，他很高兴普罗斯克愿意引入“作为一种艺术形式的暴力”。

他说：“不仅仅是为了暴力而暴力，而是将其整合为这部歌剧的戏剧语言，以展示它是多么具有动态感，以及它是如何成为连接这个故事的主线。”

在最近的一次完整彩排后，戈德兹什维利在喘息。他的手指缠着纱布；膝盖垫下塞着冰袋。

“我不相信有任何事情能阻止我做这件事，”他说，“直到我的身体完全崩溃，我都会一直这么做。”

大都会歌剧院《麦克白》制作中舞者的排练现场。该剧的动作导演兰·亚瑟·布劳恩（Ran Arthur Braun）表示：“我想要一些直击内心、真实的东西。我想真正闻到汗水的味道。”

AI 音乐诈骗犯被判处 18 个月监禁

迈克尔·史密斯还被要求没收超过 $800 万 的版税。

作者：德里克·布赖森·泰勒 (DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR)

一名北卡罗来纳州男子因利用人工智能欺诈音乐流媒体平台和音乐人，骗取数百万美元的版税，被判处 18 个月监禁。

纽约南区联邦检察官办公室在周二的一份新闻稿中表示，这名来自北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市以北康尼利厄斯 (Cornelius) 的 54, 岁男子迈克尔·史密斯 (Michael Smith)，还被判处两年监督释放，并被要求没收超过 $800 万 的版税。

针对史密斯先生的案件是美国司法部首例涉及通过 AI 辅助音乐流媒体进行欺诈的案件。史密斯先生于 2024, 年被起诉，并于 3 月承认一项共谋实施电信诈骗的罪名，该罪项最高可判处五年监禁。

“史密斯用自动化机器人取代消费者，用虚假歌曲取代创意，以此充斥音乐流媒体平台，从真正的艺术家及其粉丝那里窃取了数百万美元的版税。”纽约南区联邦检察官杰米·麦克唐纳 (Jamie McDonald) 在新闻稿中表示。

代表史密斯先生的律师诺埃尔·丁 (Noell Tin) 在周三的一份声明中表示，其当事人对其行为感到“深切悔恨”。

丁先生说：“他将接受处罚，并致力于弥补过错。”

据检察官称，史密斯先生的计划始于 2017, 年，当时他利用在网上购买的电子邮件地址，在流媒体平台上创建了数千个机器人账户。他使用 AI 创作音乐，并使用软件在不同的计算机上循环播放这些音乐。其结果是营造出许多来自不同地点的个体听众在收听其音乐的假象。

史密斯先生用 AI 生成的艺人名称包括 Callous Post 和 Calorie Screams，他们创作了如《Zygotic Washstands》和《Zymotechnical》等歌曲。这些歌曲及其他作品在亚马逊音乐 (Amazon Music)、苹果音乐 (Apple Music) 和 Spotify 等平台上表现出色。

美国司法部表示，到 2024, 年为止，史密斯先生拥有的 AI 生成音乐被其机器人账户播放了数十亿次；有时，史密斯先生会同时使用多达 10,000 个机器人账户来播放音乐。

作为对比，美国司法部表示，在 2023, 年 4 月，泰勒·斯威夫特 (Taylor Swift) 的全部作品在 YouTube 音乐 (YouTube Music) 的家庭方案中获得了 930 万 次播放。而根据该部门的数据，同月，史密斯先生的机器人账户利用家庭方案将其音乐播放了超过 8000 万 次。

迈克尔·史密斯承认在其音乐流媒体计划中实施欺诈。

史密斯先生在 2017 年给自己发送的一份财务明细表更清晰地展示了他的获利预期。他计算出每天可以将歌曲播放 661,440 次，据他估计，这每天可带来 $3,307.20, 的版税收入，一年最高可达 $1.200 万。

起诉书显示，到 2019, 年 6 月，史密斯先生每月从版税中赚取约 $110,000，其中一部分分给了共谋者。2024, 年，他在一封电子邮件中吹嘘，自 2019 年以来，他的播放量已达到 40 亿次，版税收入达 1200万美元。

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Experts Wary of Intent for Research Plan

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long questioned the safety of vaccines, is planning a broad federal effort to address vaccine injuries, including a new research clinic at the National Institutes of Health and a new billing code to reimburse doctors for filing reports of serious vaccine side effects, according to multiple people familiar with the initiative.

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Mr. Kennedy talked about the initiative when he and other top health officials made an un-announced visit to the N.I.H. in Bethesda, Md., this week — his first trip there as secretary — to meet with patients who said they believed they had been injured by vaccines, according to the people, who insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it.

Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to requests for comment about the initiative. A spokesman for Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director, declined comment. Some details of the initiative were earlier reported by Bloomberg.

Mr. Kennedy's efforts to focus government resources on vaccine injuries comes as vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles, are rising in the United States because of falling vaccination rates.

Like all drugs, vaccines cause side effects, but public health experts say the benefits far outweigh the risks for most people. The World Health Organization estimated in 2024 that global immunization efforts had saved 154 million lives over the past half-century. Vaccines have wiped out smallpox and relegated polio mostly to the history books.

Although injuries are rare, vaccine experts generally support close monitoring and continued study of side effects. Many are wary of Mr. Kennedy's motivations, however, and they say that until more details of the initiative

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5 Women Detail the Scars of Hollywood Smears

By DEBRA KAMIN

In recent years, at least five women have filed lawsuits describing malicious public relations campaigns intended to destroy their reputations.

While the lawsuits differ, they all claim the smear campaigns were carried out through anonymous websites, fabricated social media posts or promotion of unflattering articles and posts on the internet. They describe a new lane in the field of crisis management where public relations, legal services and the dark web converge.

The highest-profile lawsuit came from the actress Blake Lively, who said a campaign was waged against her in 2024 in retaliation for accusing the actor Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment. Mr. Baldoni denied the

Suits Say Small Group Fueled Campaigns on Social Media

claims and filed a countersuit, which was dismissed.

Ms. Lively settled this year with no payout of damages, but Mr. Baldoni was required to pay her more than \$400,000 in attorney fees. In her lawsuit, Ms. Lively described a coordinated social media campaign orchestrated by three businesspeople — a Los Angeles lawyer, a New York publicist and a Texas digital strategist.

To examine the allegations, The New York Times interviewed more than 60 people, reviewed court documents and chat transcripts, and analyzed hundreds of anonymous websites and fabricated social media profiles. A pattern emerged.

The campaigns were launched within months of each other and were designed to be untraceable, but digital bread crumbs remained: The same language echoed across multiple websites, and invisible links drove traffic back and forth among them. Text messages and legal depositions filed as part of lawsuits support the allegations that all three individuals were working together.

The lawyer, Bryan Freedman; the publicist, Melissa Nathan; and the digital strategist, Jed Wallace, have dismissed the allegations as defamation and harassment, and in several cases have countersued to clear their names.

The Times sent detailed requests for comment to Ms. Na-

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Newsom Mulls Saving All 563 On Death Row

By LAUREL ROSENHALL

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom, a possible presidential candidate, is seriously considering whether to spare the lives of all 563 prisoners on death row in California as one of his final acts in office, according to two people familiar with his thinking.

Mr. Newsom ramped up conversations with top advisers last week after a botched execution in Tennessee, though he had been deliberating the move for several months. He discussed his options in a flurry of phone calls, meetings and Zoom conversations, according to people familiar with the talks who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to disclose private deliberations.

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Kingdom Reels as Deadly Strikes on Airports Snarl Flights

By VIVIAN NEREIM and ISMAEEL NAAR

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Explosions rattled the Saudi capital on Thursday after a series of attacks by the Houthi militia in Yemen as a cross-border war reignited in recent weeks and left the kingdom reeling.

The Iran-backed Houthis claimed on Thursday to have attacked the international airport in Riyadh, the Saudi capital. The day before, the Saudi authorities said that Houthi strikes on airports in Riyadh and Abha, a city in the south of the country, had killed three people and wounded dozens more.

The attacks threatened to widen a conflict that has entangled multiple countries and strained energy markets. Oil prices rose sharply on Thursday, with Brent crude, the global benchmark, up more than 5 percent.

The instability snarled air traffic, with around one in four departures from Saudi airports and dozens of inbound flights canceled, according to data from the aviation analytics firm Cirium. The Lufthansa Group suspended flights to Riyadh up to Oct. 16, the company said. And Air India's flights to the Saudi capital were also paused, according to the Indian Embassy there.

The Saudi authorities said on Thursday that they had intercepted two ballistic missiles targeting Riyadh and that fragments of munitions had fallen onto a children's nursery and a medical clinic. It was unclear if there were any casualties.

A Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said in statements on Thursday that the militia had targeted Riyadh's international airport, an airport in Najran and a Saudi air base near Khamis Mushait in the country's south. He said the missile attacks had struck a target at the Riyadh airport and disrupted air traffic, without elaborating.

She Stacked 1s and 0s That Reached the Moon

MARGARET HAMILTON, 1936-2026

Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon, died on Sept. 30 in Cambridge, Mass. She was 90.

By TRIP GABRIEL

Her death, in a hospital, was confirmed by her daughter, Lauren.

Ms. Hamilton was a young mathematician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the early 1960s, putting her husband through law school by working in a computer lab. When she learned that M.I.T. was designing in-flight computers for the moon mission, she eagerly joined the team.

She was the first female programmer hired to work on the Apollo project, housed at M.I.T.'s Instrumentation Laboratory, in 1965. Her skills led to her promotion to director of software engineering on the project, which developed the two 70-pound onboard computers for the Apollo flights: one in the command module, which carried the astronauts from Earth, and the second in the lunar module, which set down on the moon's surface.

Ms. Hamilton, who would bring her young daughter to work on weekends and evenings, is cred-

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Margaret Hamilton, with a printout of the software she developed, was the first female programmer in the Apollo program.

Politics in Mind, Estranged Wife Sticks by Paxton

By BETH REINHARD and LISA LERER

Again and again, throughout his long political career, Ken Paxton has gotten himself into trouble. Each time, his wife, Angela, has come to his defense.

In 2022, a process server trying to deliver a subpoena to Mr. Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, said he watched Ms. Paxton drive him away from their home in a truck.

The next year, during Mr. Paxton's impeachment trial, which aired multiple allegations of corruption and an extramarital affair, Ms. Paxton, a Republican state senator, sat stoically through the entire proceedings, which she later dismissed in a social media post as "all of this foolishness."

And now, in the homestretch of the 2026 campaign, with polls showing Mr. Paxton trailing the Democrat James Talarico in the U.S. Senate race, Ms. Paxton is urging voters in a new television ad to back the entire Republican ticket — even as she is divorcing her husband and accusing him of adultery.

It is not just Mr. Paxton's political future at stake. It is also her own.

California has not executed a prisoner in 20 years, and the leading candidate to succeed Mr. Newsom has committed to maintaining a moratorium on capital punishment. A mass commutation, however, would reduce all current death sentences to life in prison without parole, regardless of who runs the state in the future.

The Saudi authorities did not respond to questions about the Houthis' claims.

The governor, a Democrat, has received conflicting advice from his closest advisers, the people said. Some have urged him to take a bold step that reflects his moral opposition to capital punishment before he leaves office in January. Others have warned that he could

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Political campaigns are awash in money with obscured origins. Figuring out where the funds are coming from is no easy task.
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How Our Reporters Trace Dark Money in Politics

At least \$1 billion in anonymous contributions is coursing through midterm races across the country.

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Follow the money. Journalists — not to mention anyone who has seen the movie "All the President's Men" — know the phrase well. By tracking the money, reporters can better understand and convey the forces shaping society.

That was the approach taken by Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer of The New York Times, who recently reported that at least \$1 billion in dark money — funds from anonymous donors — is flowing into midterm elections.

So how do you find something obscured by design? Ahead of the final stretch of the midterms, Schleifer and Amy Gardner, a deputy editor on the Politics desk, discussed why dark money matters and how they tracked it. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.

What does money buy in politics? And is there anything it can't buy?

THEODORE SCHLEIFER: I've been writing about money in politics for over a decade now. I sometimes cringe reading my pieces from during the 2016 campaign that made it seem like Donald Trump had no chance of competing with Hillary Clinton because she was out-raising him month after month. My understanding of how much the money matters has evolved. You'd rather have more money than less, but candidates can win with substantially less — or make the fact that their opponent has more into something of a political liability, especially if the funding is from a controversial place.

AMY GARDNER: Influencers, social media, online ads — coupled with younger voters who don't watch traditional TV — raise all kinds of questions about whether the billions of dollars being spent putting ads on the airwaves are actually buying the same influence that they used to. One thing money cannot buy: a good candidate.

What is dark money, and how has it come to dominate modern campaigns?

SCHLEIFER: The term has been totally warped by partisans to signify "scary thing I don't like." (No, it does not mean all super PACs, those canonical outside groups that can raise unlimited money.) There is some debate about edge cases, but generally it refers to donations or spending by entities that do not disclose their donors, which are usually nonprofits. The term "dark money" can be read as a bit sinister, but to me it just carries this more technical definition.

There was dark-money spending before the landmark Citizens United decision in 2010 that loosened campaign finance rules, but quite a bit more after. You'll sometimes see one dark-money group pass millions onto another, which passes it onto another, and then finally that dough ends up funding the mailer at your doorstep.

When contributions are hidden, how do you even know to look for them?

SCHLEIFER: Nonprofit donors are almost always not public. But nonprofit spending generally is, and that's how you can peek behind the curtain. When a nonprofit sends that piece of mail, there's a disclosure saying what group paid for it. When they run an ad on television, the ad and payment can be tracked by media-buying firms who pull public records. And when a nonprofit makes a donation to a super PAC, the contribution is recorded in paperwork with the Federal Election Commission.

That said, we're just scratching the surface. I absolutely believe there are major nonprofits creating influential or provocative content that have evaded detection.

Dark money has reached "industrial scale." With such a vast investigative target, where do you begin your research?

GARDNER: It can be challenging to show the reader what's new or noteworthy about a subject as complex as campaign finance, and dark money in particular. We don't know the full universe of how much dark money is being spent, so we can't say, for

instance, it's more than ever this year. We don't know that! But we can say what we're seeing that we haven't seen before. We're seeing an enormous total just from the sources that are traceable. And we're seeing this money infuse far more races, in both primaries and general elections.

How does this kind of fund-raising work? Do campaigns coordinate with outside groups behind these large contributions?

SCHLEIFER: Candidates mostly can't coordinate with these outside groups, but there are some exceptions, and ones that operatives in private conversations tell me they are increasingly comfortable testing. We reported that Senator Susan Collins of Maine attended a dinner thrown for her in July by Stronger America, a nonprofit group aligned with her. Collins, a Republican, obviously knows who was at the dinner — but the public doesn't, because Stronger America doesn't disclose its donors.

How does dark money shape campaigns?

GARDNER: One area of interest for me is the extent to which such vast sums of money increase the income of political operatives, who in some cases get a cut of ad purchases. That creates an incentive in the industry to continue the money race even as new, cheaper ways to reach voters emerge, such as social media influencing.

What are you watching for next in this area?

GARDNER: I'm curious whether changes in the way people learn about candidates will change the way campaigns and outside groups spend their money. That certainly doesn't appear to be happening yet. Republicans and Democrats alike keep coming up with new ways to raise and hide money.

SCHLEIFER: I expect this trend to go into overdrive in the 2028 presidential cycle. I think it will become the norm for super PACs to be funded just by an alphabet soup of patriotic-sounding nonprofits, all created in disclosure-hostile states about five minutes before they make billion-dollar donations. I am only kind of kidding.

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Abhijeet Dipke, who founded the Cockroach Janta Party as a joke, now leads a wide movement representing Gen Z's frustrations. Visiting a school in Nandurbar last month, he spoke to children and inspected the school's facilities. "Government schools have never been given the attention they need," he said.

Cockroach Party Leader Is Inspiring Gen Z. A Mass Protest Is Next.

By SOMINI SENGUPTA and PRAGATI K.B.

MUMBAI — He uncorked a generation's anger at a broken college entrance exam system.

Now, the Gen Z movement that Abhijeet Dipke birthed five months ago and called the Cockroach Janta Party has become a formidable finger in the eye of the Indian government.

The cockroaches' latest aim is the resignation of the country's chief election commissioner, over what they say is a politically motivated purge of 130 million voters from the election rolls.

This Saturday, in perhaps their biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration, they are calling on supporters to defy a police ban and stage a mass protest in New Delhi.

"For the nation, its democracy and our future, let's all come together," Mr. Dipke, 31, said on social media Thursday, appealing to Indians of all generations and ideologies. "Irrespective of your political inclinations, march with the youth."

In fact, India's youth have many more grievances: failing schools, insufficient jobs, violence against women, a lack of government accountability. Their frustrations have been boiling for years. There are so many of them — 367 million people between ages 15 and 29, the world's largest Gen Z cohort.

Mr. Dipke says he feels intense pressure.

"It's like someone has dropped a baby at my doorstep," Mr. Dipke said on a recent road trip to highlight the problem with public schools in the countryside. "It actually scares me, to be very honest."

"People have too many expectations, too many hopes," he went on. "It's like people are expecting me to resolve everything at once."

Mr. Modi has not commented on the cockroach protests, though criticism has come from senior politicians of his Bharatiya Janata Party, including the chief minister of Maharashtra state, Devendra Fadnavis, who said their "fake narrative" over the voter roll revision would not succeed.

For Mr. Dipke — and the cockroaches — the risks are enormously high.

In a country where space for dissent has shrunk, they could be crushed as quickly as they appeared. The Delhi police have detained hundreds of people who defied the ban and protested in Delhi this week.

The cockroaches' four leaders are all under the age of 32, with no political experience. Signs of friction have appeared with the main opposition party, the Indian National Congress. Its leader, Rahul Gandhi, is holding another rally across the country, in Chennai, on Saturday.

The cockroaches already have one win under their belt: the rare ouster of a government minister in connection to the entrance exams. They seem to have emboldened many more Indians to speak out against the government. Over the last week, a range of groups, from left-wing student activists to conservative regional politicians, have rallied in several cities.

"We are just frustrated by everything. Everything" said Aayushi Gaikwad, 18, who traveled three hours by train to attend a cockroach protest in Mumbai last Friday.

It was her first time at a protest. Around her, thousands of people waved Indian flags. As evening fell, Mr. Dipke led the crowd in singing the national anthem.

Ram Guha, a historian and an outspoken critic of Mr. Modi, credited the cockroach leaders for puncturing the "invincibility of the Modi government."

"They clearly have a raw courage," he said.

A Campaign to Fix Schools

Not long after they forced the resignation of the education minister in July, the cockroaches turned to India's rural schools. A range of Instagram-worthy horrors awaited them at government schools. Clogged toilets. Broken water taps. Overheated tin sheds for classrooms. Rotten onions in a school kitchen. Children wading through floodwaters to reach school.

We joined Mr. Dipke as he visited a remote district in western Maharashtra state, called Nandurbar, where he had spent the first five years of his childhood before his family moved to a city.

For Mr. Dipke, fixing schools is personal.

He was born to a Dalit family, seen as low on the Hindu caste ladder. He attended private schools. But his cousins, whose parents were not as educated as his, attended rural government schools, and the contrast was obvious to him, even as a child. He sat at a desk; they sat on the floor. He drank filtered water; they sometimes had no water. He went on to Boston University for a master's degree; they repaired cars or worked

construction.

"That has been one of the most neglected things since independence. Government schools have never been given the attention they need," he said.

At a residential girls' school in a village called Sari, he learned there was no running water in the fourth-floor bathrooms. The girls hauled buckets of water up four flights of stairs.

At a primary school, he met the one teacher who taught a class of first through fourth graders. There was no electricity, and the girls had to fetch water for their bathroom from across a field. The boys had no toilet at all.

Vishwas Thakarey, the teacher, said he, like many teachers, had been diverted from the classroom because he had been told to work on the voter roll revision. (Teachers are often pulled away on other government duties.)

At another residential school an hour's drive away, Mr. Dipke found a dormitory for girls made of tin walls and a tin roof. There were no beds, only thin cotton mattresses to lay out every night. Mr. Dipke compared it to "an animal shed." "If there are no basic facilities, how can we expect a quality education?" Mr. Dipke said.

The schools in the area serve mostly Indigenous children, among India's most neglected.

Some education advocates say that the cockroaches' focus on school infrastructure is neither new nor especially useful to improving educational outcomes. The latest Annual Survey of Education Results, an independent assessment, found roughly 30 percent of eighth graders in rural schools struggle with second grade-level texts, and around half with basic arithmetic.

In a measure of his naïveté, and also his awareness of it, Mr. Dipke said he had not yet read the ASER reports. He said he would.

Nor was he schooled in the realities of Nandurbar. The district's top administrator, Mittali Sethi, is. She is trying to fix the electricity system in Sari village, address its groundwater shortage, and train teachers in schools that have fallen behind.

She said she welcomed the attention on school conditions, whether it came from the cockroaches or not. "If someone has raised a problem and it's a problem, I will fix them," she said.

(Since Mr. Dipke's visit, a district water engineer and a health official had visited the village, a local activist said.)

Education experts said they hoped the cockroaches would continue their schools campaign to shine a light on an issue politicians had long ignored.

"The kind of attention they've been able to bring to schools, no one I can think of has been able to do that for 20 years," said Reetika Khera, an economist at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi who has researched rural schools for decades.

'Finally Not Being Scared'

Last May, Mr. Dipke saw that India's top judge had referred to young Indians as "cockroaches." On a lark, he came up with the idea of the Cockroach Janta Party. Its website welcomed the "lazy" and the "unemployed."

The idea caught fire, thrusting him into the public eye after anger boiled over at the leaked exams. "We didn't plan or strategize this movement at all," he said.

He admits to being no expert, on education or anything else. He says he is not a veteran activist nor a skilled orator. His sister reminds him that he was so camera-shy that he refused to take selfies with her. Now everyone wants a selfie with him.

In Mumbai last week, he went, as hundreds of fans do daily, to gawk at the home of Shah Rukh Khan, a Bollywood actor who played a character Mr. Dipke has long admired — only to be stopped for a selfie by one of his own fans. More people were looking at Mr. Dipke today, the fan said, than at the actor's house.

Mr. Dipke smiled sheepishly, looked at the house, and said, "Oh ho. I'm still a big fan of yours." He promptly shared the video with his 5.9 million followers on Instagram.

The next day, he stood on a makeshift stage with his fellow cockroach leaders, speaking to a crowd of thousands with a copy of the Indian constitution in his hand.

"Finally someone's asking for accountability. Finally not being scared," said Madhur Manohar, 26, who joined the protest.

"For the longest, everybody's had frustrations," her friend, Surabhi Apte, 30, said. "They didn't know how to channel it. It was only dinner conversations, where your parents were like, 'Ignore it.'"

"This is finally us doing something," Ms. Manohar added.

Opposition Leaders Detained As Voter Roll Protests Rise

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Protests by Indian opposition leaders were broken up by police in New Delhi for a second day this week, with many lawmakers dragged off the streets, as anger over a revision of voter rolls that dropped more than 130 million names continued to intensify across the country.

Videos show Rahul Gandhi, a leader of the opposition Indian National Congress, being lifted by police and shoved into a bus as he struggled to fight them off on Wednesday. His sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, also a member of Parliament, was seen holding a copy of the Indian Constitution as she lay on the road with other lawmakers before security forces dragged them away, in video posted by the National Congress on social media.

Hundreds of opposition lawmakers, led by Mr. Gandhi, began trying to march on the country's election commission on Tuesday. They accuse Gyanesh Kumar,

Mujib Mashal contributed reporting.

the chief commissioner, of disenfranchising millions of Indians to benefit the ruling party.

But the lawmakers have been blocked by police, who have declared the protests illegal. On both days, columns of security forces surrounded the lawmakers and briefly detained many of them. The police have not commented on the detentions.

The lawmakers joined a broader movement of nationwide demonstrations that began last Friday over the voter-roll revision, called the Special Intensive Revision. While the commission has framed the exercise as an effort to clean up voter lists, critics say the chaotic process has removed legitimate voters and burdened people with confusing document requirements in an attempt to entrench the power of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P.

The B.J.P. has denied that it is trying to influence the revision, calling the protests the actions of sore losers who lost to Mr. Modi's party in recent elections.

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On the first day of the lawmakers' protests, they and their supporters were blocked from reaching the election commission by a large security force. They then made a dash for the state radio broadcaster, where they sat in its yard for hours before the police moved in and bused away many to detention.

On Wednesday, the opposition leaders appeared to use a lunch as a diversion to fool police, but the ruse failed. After gathering at a restaurant for southern Indian delicacies of idli and dosa, they tried to make their way to the nearby Jantar Mantar, a site in the capital where protesters are normally allowed to gather, but police reacted to detain many of them.

"There is no protest site left in the capital city of India. Do we protest from our

The Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi during a protest on Wednesday demanding the resignation of the chief election commissioner.

homes?" said Harish Chandra Meena, a lawmaker from the Indian National Congress who marched on Wednesday but was not detained. "We were being manhandled like criminals."

Protests have swept across India since last week after an Indian newspaper reported that two members of the election commission lodged objections to moves made by Mr. Kumar during the voter revision process.

Earlier in the week, student protesters who were also trying to reach Jantar Mantar were met by a similar show of force, with many of them rounded up by police and herded into buses. Security around Mr. Kumar's residence has been tightened, Indian media reported.

The issue is boiling toward a possible showdown this weekend. The Cockroach Janta Party, the Gen-Z backed movement that organized mass protests over an exam leak scandal over the summer, and other youth groups are calling for demonstrations in the capital on Saturday to demand the resignation of Mr. Kumar.

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Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push

By MARC SANTORA and JOSH HOLDER

The Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, has repeatedly said that the fall of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine is inevitable and will happen faster than Kyiv thinks.

Recent trends on the battlefield paint a different picture.

A monthslong Ukrainian counteroffensive in the northern part of the Donbas has thwarted Russian efforts to encircle the remaining Ukrainian-controlled cities in the region. Russia, Western analysts say, has lost dozens of square miles of territory during the Ukrainian campaign, which Kyiv is calling Operation Vivaldi.

In the southern Donbas, Russia continues to mount furious assaults to break through Ukrainian lines. But Kyiv has reorganized its defense there and has so far kept the Russian military from pressing farther in its efforts to surround the major Donbas cities.

More broadly, Russian gains across Ukraine have slowed markedly in 2026 from their already glacial pace of last year. September was the worst month in net territorial gains for Russia inside Ukraine since June 2023, according to the Finland-based research firm Black Bird Group.

While Western researchers who track the battlefield report varying numbers, they generally agree that Russia has gained only slightly more land than it has lost this year.

Liubov Sholudko and Dzvinka Pinchuk contributed reporting.

That contrasts sharply with the narrative put forward by the Russian Ministry of Defense, which said on Sept. 19 that Russia had captured more than 2,000 square miles. Even ultranationalist Russian military bloggers have pushed back, voicing concern that Russia's push to envelop the so-called fortress cities of the Donbas is failing.

The Ukrainian gains have come as both sides have tried to find a way to restore movement on a battlefield that had become largely deadlocked because of ubiquitous drones.

The Vivaldi operation, said George Barros, a senior analyst at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War, shows that when a military lays the necessary groundwork, mechanized movement remains possible even under dense drone surveillance. Still, it took Ukraine months of preparations to reclaim a tiny fraction of its lost land.

Mr. Putin has said that full Russian control of the Donbas, gained either through force or through Ukrainian concessions, is a non-negotiable condition for ending the war. Ukraine has rejected Trump administration proposals that it hand over land that Russia has failed to seize on the battlefield.

With its goals still unmet in the Donbas, Moscow has escalated its air war against Ukrainian cities, using its advantage in missiles and drones to bombard Kyiv, the capital. Strikes in several cities overnight Wednesday left at least 20 people dead, Ukrainian officials said. They have called the

Russian bombardment a campaign of terrorism aimed at breaking the country's will to fight.

The Northern Donbas

Operation Vivaldi is named for what Ukraine calls the campaign's four "seasons," or phases, and refers to the composer's most famous work.

As Russian forces moved forward this year in areas east of the "fortress belt" cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, and pushed into Kostiantynivka from the south, Ukraine was preparing a counter-offensive to the north.

Before launching offensive actions, Ukrainian forces first had to stabilize their defensive lines, stopping Russia's slow advances in the northern Donbas, according to interviews with Ukrainian commanders.

Then, the commanders said, Ukraine moved to create conditions on the battlefield that would allow its troops to advance.

Kyiv's forces targeted Russian logistics, expanding a middle-range strike campaign aimed at the roads and railways that feed Russia's troops and matériel into battle. As part of that effort, Ukraine destroyed an oil pipeline, cutting access to fuel that Russia needed to conduct battlefield surveillance, said Lt. Col. Petro Horbatenko of the Third Army Corps, which led the counteroffensive.

Ukrainian troops also focused on eliminating elite Russian drone pilots, employing signals intelligence to find and attack their positions and shelters. In places where Russia used drones guided by fiber-optic cables, scouts traced physical line spools back to launch sites.

A third element of the Ukrainian preparations involved mines, Colonel Horbatenko said. Ukraine used advanced robotic mine removal systems to clear paths for its troops, he said. It also saturated Russian supply routes with mines laid by drones.

Once the stage was finally set, Ukraine began its offensive.

Behind the front lines, ground-based drones that Ukraine had dropped from the air went on the attack with explosives and machine guns, trying to sow chaos in the Russian rear. At the same time, Ukraine pushed forward along the front in armored vehicles in an effort to clear Russian positions bunker by bunker, commanders said.

The armored vehicles, whose battlefield deployment has waned because of their vulnerability to drones, were protected by enhanced reactive armor. Such armor uses controlled explosions to repel advancing drones, commanders said.

Ukrainian soldiers said the Russians, caught by surprise, often deployed reinforcements to areas where Ukrainian forces had already advanced, leading to ambushes.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that more than 5,000 Russian troops had been killed in the operation so far, and that an additional 250 had been captured. The New York Times could not independently verify those figures. Ukraine does not release data on its own casualties.

The Southern Donbas

The biggest movement on the front before Operation Vivaldi was a Russian breakthrough last year. In the spring and summer of 2025, Russia broke Ukrainian defensive lines around Pokrovsk and surged forward several miles west into open terrain toward Dobropillia.

The advance threatened to let Russia cut Ukraine's access to a crucial highway and to envelop the fortress belt cities — so called because Ukraine has erected heavy defenses around them — from the southwest. Seeking to contain the breach, Ukraine raced some of its best brigades to the area.

Early this year, Moscow's forces captured Pokrovsk. They continued to advance slowly to the north in the months that followed. But Kyiv's forces eventually stabilized their defenses, halting Russia short of its strategic objectives, according to Ukrainian soldiers and military analysts.

Russia is determined to regain momentum, Ukrainian commanders say, and continues to pour hundreds of troops into assaults every day. As the attacks and counterattacks continue, the area remains one of the most hotly contested sectors of the front.

Lt. Col. Kyrylo Dubrovskyi, a commander in the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, which has led the defense of the area, said that the integration of a digital battlefield management system known as Delta was crucial in blunting Russia's advance.

The software, he said, made it possible to "organize real-time information exchange and to detect and neutralize enemy assault groups."

Mykola Bielieskov, an analyst at the Come Back Alive Foundation, one of Ukraine's biggest donors to the military, said that new technology, mass drone production and better coordination all contributed to a more effective defense. Among the advances are the robotic ground vehicles that Ukraine has used in tens of thousands of missions across the front.

Russian advances largely depend on infiltration tactics. Soldiers or small teams move on foot across what is known as the kill zone — a miles-wide stretch saturated with reconnaissance and attack drones. Once behind Ukrainian fortifications, troops gather, wait and then strike.

Mr. Barros, the military analyst, said that Russia had pushed these tactics near their limit as the kill zone has expanded, stretching the bounds of human endurance.

The strategy has resulted in an ever-growing gray zone where troops from both sides are present and control is not clear-cut. The two sides fight over individual tree lines, buildings, roads and logistical routes, said Col. Oleksandr Rashevsky, commander of the “Liut” Joint Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine.

"There is no simple front in the Donbas today where it is enough to draw a single line on a map and say, 'Up to this point, one side controls the territory, and beyond it, the other,' Colonel Rashevsky said.

Russia's Leveraging Edge In the Sky, Zelensky Says

By MARC SANTORA

It was a devastating scene in a devastated city.

Under shredded netting meant to shield civilians from Russian drones, near residential buildings shattered by explosions, the charred metal skeleton of a commuter bus was all that was left on Thursday after another Russian strike in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine.

At least 30 people were killed, local officials said, the latest civilian casualties in Moscow's unrelenting campaign to make Ukraine's towns and cities unlivable.

As rescue workers in Kramatorsk were tending to the injured and gathering body parts from the street, President Volodymyr Zelensky was making his way to another Ukrainian city, Pryluky, where he implored the world to do more to counter Russian aggression.

He stood near the rubble of an apartment building destroyed by a Russian missile on Wednesday, killing 22 people, including five children. Entire families died in that strike.

Speaking in Pryluky, which was hit despite being about 200 miles from any combat zone, Mr. Zelensky said that Russia was seeking ways to expand its advantage in the skies and unleash more terror.

He warned that China was developing technology meant to compete with the Starlink satellite network and planned to share it with Russia. He called on the

Nataliia Novosolova and Liubov Sholudko contributed reporting.

United States to allow Ukraine to use Starlink to target Russian missile and drone launch sites inside Russia.

The price of inaction, Mr. Zelensky said, was scenes like those in Pryluky, where he met with rescue workers and grieving families.

The Russian military has attacked civilian homes throughout the war. But the death toll is rising as Moscow fields an ever-growing supply of powerful precision weapons, stretching Ukraine's air defenses with daily onslaughts.

The Kremlin has expanded its arsenal of newly developed jet-powered drones and increased the range of powerful guided bombs dropped from warplanes. Russia is also employing new communication tools that allow pilots to remotely guide munitions for precision strikes from hundreds of miles away.

Russia launched about 3,500 jet-powered drones against targets across Ukraine in September, compared with 350 in June, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. Ukraine is working furiously to develop interceptors that work against the jet-powered drones, which travel hundreds of miles per hour.

On Thursday morning, one of those jet drones smashed into a store in downtown Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, killing three people and injuring 14 others, city officials said.

A handout photo shows firefighters in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. A Donetsk official said Russia targets buses for higher body-count value.

The store was hit a day after a large-scale bombardment on Wednesday killed at least 30 people across the country, including six in the capital.

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Mr. Zelensky noted that the bombardment, which included the cruise missile strike on the apartment complex in Pryluky, coincided with President Vladimir V. Putin's 74th birthday.

"This is the kind of 'gift' Putin gave himself for his birthday," Mr. Zelensky said on Wednesday. "The killing of children, the killing of people."

While drones and missiles pose the biggest threat across Ukraine, frontline cities like Kramatorsk, where the bus was struck, are being slowly destroyed by artillery and guided bombs that can pack hundreds of pounds of explosives.

In August, Russia dropped a record 8,700 guided bombs on military and civilian targets, according to the Ukrainian military. The only reliable defense against these bombs, which can hit targets more than 100 miles from where they are released, is to take out the warplanes that deliver them or destroy the warehouses where they are stored.

The epicenter of the fighting remains the eastern Donetsk region, where the majority of glide bomb strikes are recorded. Ukraine still controls around 20 percent of the territory, including Kramatorsk, Sloviansk and other cities that make up a belt of heavily fortified land.

Around 93,000 civilians remain in areas under Ukrainian control in Donetsk, including more than 4,200 children, local officials say.

"The Russians are deliberately targeting civilians," Vadym Filashkin, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, said in a statement after the attack on the bus. "For them, a bus carrying passengers is an attractive target precisely because a single strike can kill as many people as possible."

Russia is trying to make Sloviansk and Kramatorsk uninhabitable, officials in the Donbas region of Ukraine say.

'I don't have the right to be sad or give in to despair.' OLEKSANDR CHYVENKOV, who leads a police paramedic team, on burying his emotions so he can help others.

Inna Vjunichenko was evacuated with her five children and great-grandmother from a village outside Kramatorsk.
Photographs by TYLER HICKS Article by MARC SANTORA

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — When explosions ring out across Kramatorsk, Oleksandr Chyvenkov and the police paramedic unit under his command do not rush immediately to the scene. Instead, they listen.

In Holdout Bastions, Russia Is Obliterating What It Can't Conquer

In this compact industrial city, where every detonation reverberates off concrete high-rises, the first blast is often bait. The team monitors military communications channels for reports of any incoming secondary strikes before racing in heavy protective body armor to save lives.

“Most people in our unit have faced double-tap strikes in some way,” said Mr. Chyvenkov, using a common term for such attacks.

He has led rescue teams for more than four years, including in the ruins of the nearby cities of Pokrovsk, Toretsk and Avdiivka, witnessing their methodical destruction before their fall to the Russians. Moscow's forces are now using the same tactics in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, adjacent cities that form the core of Ukraine's defenses in the Donbas, the eastern region most coveted by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

A Canadian volunteer at the site of a bombing in Sloviansk. About 60,000 people still live there and in Kramatorsk.

When Mr. Chyvenkov's team rolls out to a shattered apartment block or a blasted-out business, the protocol is stripped down to raw triage: grab the "red" critical cases, stabilize them on the fly and speed toward the hospital before the next Russian strike.

They repeat the process, over and over again.

"Personally, I don't really have any emotions left," he said. "As the person they rely on, I don't have the right to be sad or give in to despair. Stay strong, keep moving forward."

As Russian attacks grew more intense over the summer, the Ukrainian authorities expanded evacuation orders to more and more neighborhoods.

In Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, the pace of departures has slowed because those who remain are often older or have limited mobility, or are municipal workers keeping power lines, gas mains and hospitals functioning under fire. Others have grown used to the raging war at their doorstep and hope to make it through the onslaught.

About 60,000 people still live in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. In the 20 percent of the Donbas under Ukrainian control, 93,000 civilians remain, including more than 4,200 children, officials say.

"What upsets me is that some parents ignore the calls to evacuate, and small children are still walking around the city, seeing all of this and hearing the sounds of explosions," Mr. Chyvenkov said. "That really gets me down."

Russian ground divisions remain miles from directly assaulting these urban redoubts. Capturing them would most likely require months or years of grinding infantry combat in which tens of thousands of soldiers would almost certainly be killed or injured.

But Russia is not waiting for its foot soldiers to arrive in these cities, resolving to bomb them until they are uninhabitable.

For now, life goes on for those who remain. Essential municipal services like power and water, medical facilities, banks and internet and mobile communications remain operational despite regular shelling.

Daily barrages of guided bombs packing hundreds of pounds of explosives, cluster munitions delivered by rockets,

Dzvinka Pinchuk and Liubov Sholudko contributed reporting.

and ubiquitous small drones directed by Russian pilots are systematically erasing the fabric of urban life. Familiar streets have been transformed into open hunting grounds.

It was all too much for Olha Volodymyrivna, 61, who left Sloviansk in early September.

"Everything was flying around. There were constant air raid alarms, constant drones," she said. "Military guys came to us and told us that we had to evacuate, because my husband is disabled, and if something worse happened, it would be much more difficult to evacuate him."

“Throughout the summer, it was getting worse and worse and worse,” she added. “And at some point I understood that I simply couldn’t take it anymore.”

The drones fly fast, Ms. Volodymy-rivna said, and she cannot run. "So if something happens, I understand that I won't be able to escape anywhere," she said.

Guided bombs instill a different kind of terror. They often come at night, and the only warning is a quick whistle in the air before impact. The explosions are powerful enough to destroy a six-story apartment building.

"God knows you wouldn't wish such a life on anyone," Ms. Volodymyrivna said. "It's very stressful and very frightening."

Serhii Chepyga, 27, a firefighter who lives in Sloviansk, described a recent rescue operation that showed how the region's cities have been transformed over the past year and how emergency crews are being directly targeted.

Ukrainian officials say that attacks on essential workers are part of Russia's campaign to dismantle the safety net required to keep a place livable. Mr. Chepyga recalled how his team recently arrived at the location of an explosion only to get an alert that another guided bomb was inbound.

They dashed to a basement and emerged after more explosions to survey a courtyard choked with wreckage. Sirens then screamed again.

"They started to hit us with the cluster munitions," he said. "Everything was scattered all over the place, lots of debris around. I don't remember running that fast before."

They narrowly escaped. And then it was back to work.

"All that's left is to hope for the best, joke, to poke fun at each other, and be happy that you're alive," he said. "You have to be happy that you can wake up every day again, drink coffee, breathe clean Ukrainian air. And that's all."

Carrying out a woman after a glide bomb attack on Sloviansk. Emergency personnel have learned that an initial blast is often bait, followed by secondary strikes as responders rush to help survivors.

Three of Ms. Vjunichenko's children. The family was moved again, farther from the front line.

Sandbags at a Kramatorsk gas station. Russians' constant attacks wear away at the fabric of life.

A bus stop in Kramatorsk, like the main roads, was covered with netting to protect against drones.

Serhii Chepyga, a firefighter in Sloviansk, told of fleeing from a location hit by cluster munitions.

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The police and protesters clashed on Thursday in Nantes, France. The leaders of France Unbowed, the far-left party, are walking a fine line as they support the demonstrations but disavow violence.

For France's Far Left, Student Protests Are an Opening and a Threat

Party leaders have accused the government of treating young people like "military adversaries."
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By MARK LANDLER

PARIS — He shook hands and posed for selfies. He brandished a protest sign. He accepted a hug from a young fan. He cheered after an enthusiastic, if somewhat tuneless, rendition of “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the combative leader of France's far-left party, France Unbowed, seemed to relish his appearance at a mass demonstration of high school students in Paris on Tuesday. And why not?

For a left-wing firebrand who appeals to young people and heads an insurgent party built on grass-roots protest, the student-led demonstrations that have swept France are a golden opportunity. Coming seven months before a presidential election in which Mr. Mélenchon is a genuine contender, they could not be better timed.

Yet the demonstrations have occasionally escalated into violent clashes between the protesters and the police, which carries acute risks for a politician seeking mainstream acceptance. Mr. Mélenchon, 75, seems to recognize the danger, moderating his usually pugnacious statements after the French recoiled from images of tear gas and trash cans set aflame.

"I call on you, young people, wherever you may be, to embrace the discipline of the struggle," Mr. Mélenchon said at a rally last week. He encouraged students to take to the streets but added a caveat. "You must use nothing but nonviolent methods of struggle," he said.

Marching on Tuesday, Mr. Mélenchon wore a white armband, meant to signify his role as a gen-

Giulia Imbert and Ségolène Le Stradic contributed reporting.

tle chaperone for the students — an authority figure who could calm the protesters if their youthful passions overflowed and protect them from the police if scuffles broke out.

French government officials, however, assert that Mr. Mélenchon plays neither role. Far from moderating the students, his party is fomenting the unrest for political gain, they say. What began as an organic protest movement, these officials say, has been hijacked by France Unbowed, emboldening bad actors who want to burn trash cans and hurl fireworks at police officers.

"Why wear a white armband to better give a leg up to those wearing black balaclavas?" France's prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, said angrily on Tuesday to the party's leader in the National Assembly, Mathilde Panot.

"The reality is that you are ambiguous about violence," Mr. Lecornu continued, "because violence is part of your political plan to throw the country into chaos between now and the presidential election."

Mr. Mélenchon, Ms. Panot and their colleagues flatly reject those charges. Ms. Panot said the violence was a result of heavy-handed police tactics and accused the government of treating young people like "military adversaries."

Still, there is no question that the party's leaders have walked an increasingly fine line since the students began blockading schools last month. They have endorsed the students' list of grievances and championed their right to take to the streets. In some cases, they have even linked arms with them.

"Mélenchon is seemingly trying to occupy two positions simultaneously," said Philippe Marlière, a professor of French and European politics at University College

London. "Political amplifier of the revolt, and politically disinterested defender of a movement that supposedly arose spontaneously."

Nobody embodies those contradictions more than Bally Bagayoko, a rising star of France Unbowed and mayor of St.-Denis, a working-class suburb north of Paris at the epicenter of protests.

Critics pounced on a brief television interview Mr. Bagayoko gave last week after turning up at an early blockade of a school. "Violence, at a certain point, can be legitimate," he said, though he hastened to add that his message to the students was that it was always better to avoid violence.

A charismatic, one-time semiprofessional basketball player, Mr. Bagayoko, 53, has become a conspicuous presence at the blockades and rallies. Standing in front of Rosa Parks High School in St.-Denis last Thursday, he listened to students, defused arguments between them, held court with visiting journalists and even stomped out a small fire lit by a handful of disrupters.

Asked about the risk of violence, Mr. Bagayoko said, "Of course, here and there, there might be some dysfunction, some mistakes that are made. But these are the signs of young people, who are not necessarily experienced activists and who, in the heat of the demonstration, sometimes tip over the edge. That's a fact, and it's the reason why adults must be there."

"Sir," said a young man, interrupting the mayor to gesture toward clouds of smoke nearby, "there's a fire."

Mr. Mélenchon said the government had unfairly painted Mr. Bagayoko as an instigator rather than a protector. "When Bally pulls out a burning trash can so that it doesn't set fire to the building, he's the one who's accused of setting the trash can on fire," Mr. Mélenchon said at the rally on Sunday.

He has good reason to push back against that narrative. In recent polls, Mr. Mélenchon is projected to finish just behind the leading center-right candidate, Édouard Philippe, in the race to replace President Emmanuel Macron. The far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen, maintains a double-digit lead over both.

That would put Mr. Mélenchon within striking distance of advancing to the second round of the election next spring, the closest he has come to victory in three previous presidential campaigns.

Though Mr. Mélenchon presents himself as an insurgent, he spent much of his career as a member of the Socialist Party, France's main center-left party. He served as a minister under Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin before leaving the party in 2008. He founded France Un-bowed in 2016.

A one-time Trotskyist, Mr. Mélenchon offers simple solutions to complex problems — writing off part of France's debt, for example. He said France's debt-burdened government should spend more money on schools.

Analysts said Mr. Mélenchon benefited from a hunger among voters for root-and-branch change. But his party — commonly known as L.F.I., the acronym of its French name, La France Insoumise — faces deep resistance. Centrists say his economic policies lack credibility, while some of its leaders, including Mr. Mélenchon himself, have been accused of antisemitism. And then there are the worries about violence.

"Almost seven French people out of 10 say that France In-soumise is a party that stirs up violence," said Antoine Bristielle, director of the Public Opinion Observatory at the Jean Jaurès Foundation, a left-leaning think tank in Paris.

That is a higher percentage than those who voice similar fears about the far-right party, the National Rally, Mr. Bristielle said. Even in “rebellious France,” he said, “it can be quite negative for them in electoral terms.”

In a Fraught Moment for France, Students Protest Dysfunction in Education

This article is by Mark Landler, Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic.

PARIS — Chanting, marching and clashing at times with the police, French students protested in the streets for the second day this week on Thursday as officials looked for ways to ease a crisis that has threatened to swell into a nationwide wave of grievance.

Although officials estimated that the protests were smaller than the ones on Tuesday, they were still large and boisterous, as thousands of young people railed against overcrowded classrooms, a shortage of teachers and decrepit facilities. The mass demonstrations, sometimes joined by labor unions, parents and teachers, began more than two weeks ago, forcing hundreds of schools to close, and more are scheduled for next week.

Thomas Droit, a 22-year-old law student, said that in his five years of study at CY Cergy Paris University, he had "never seen a protest of this magnitude." The protest, he

Reporting was contributed by Giulia Imbert, Zane Irwin and Michael Levenson.

said, was about a “convergence of struggles” — a phrase that has gained traction in the protests — from all parts of society. He cited his own concerns about the government’s plan to freeze housing benefits for students and to make foreign students pay higher university fees.

"And personally what angers me is that high school students have been severely repressed," he said.

Many protesters said they were outraged by videos they had seen online of police violence against high schoolers, some of whom have thrown debris and launched fireworks at officers.

"We are used to seeing police in France beat people, but they are normally adults. These are kids," said Kerra Underwood, 20, a psychology student who was among the protesters who had flooded into the Place de la Bastille, a main square in Paris, chanting "justice nowhere, police everywhere," and "Macron, resign."

The police scuffled with protesters in the square who threw plants, chairs and benches toward officers. Officers with riot shields charged toward some of the protesters and fired tear gas, sending

people running.

Orian Loupescande, 20, a business student, who was crying from tear gas, blasted the police's response, saying that students had come to demonstrate peacefully. "It's shocking because it means we don't have the right to protest," he said.

The demonstrations have come at a fraught moment for France. The country will hold a presidential election in April, and polls indicate a far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen, has a plausible path to victory.

In front of the Lycée Turgot, a public high school in Paris, Zoé Baby-Coutousis and May Souai, who are both 15, said they were protesting in solidarity with their peers in the suburbs where there are higher levels of unemployment, poverty, immigration and teacher absenteeism.

"We're all supposed to have the opportunities," May said. They said their school had problems, too. The days were too long, teachers were absent in some classes and the building was not equipped to deal with climate change, they said.

French officials said were listening to the students' concerns.

France's education minister, Édouard Geffray, met with representatives of three major student groups on Thursday. After the meeting, Mr. Geffray said that they had discussed the state of school buildings across the country, the unfairness of the university application system, absent teachers and the importance of dialogue and democracy in schools.

Mr. Geffray has also pledged

Complaints include overcrowded classes and too few teachers.

that there will be no job cuts in schools, in an effort to address student complaints about a shortage of teachers. But the government won't unveil its new education budget until Nov. 12, which has left many students frustrated.

The French government, in the throes of a financial crisis, has offered students little remedy beyond suspending classes so they can voice their complaints.

The demonstrations could grow in size next week, when one of France's main teachers' unions has called on high school teachers and university professors to take part in a third day of nationwide protests. On Tuesday, when union activists joined the student protesters, the demonstrations drew an estimated 266,000 people across the country, and 71,500 in Paris, according to the Interior Ministry. The unions estimated the crowds were more than twice that large.

Just over 150 high schools were closed across France on Thursday, compared to 900 on Tuesday, according the education ministry. Students have barricaded some of them, and a handful have been set on fire. The police have made thousands of arrests since the protests began.

Some students have compared the mood to May 1968, when mass demonstrations, street battles and nationwide strikes transformed France. But so far, the protests have been more tightly focused, and not as ideologically potent, said Julian Bourg, a history professor at Boston College.

"That said, each major French protest movement does raise the possibility that the demands of a specific cohort may lead to more generalized protest and a broader political crisis," he said. "That is the echo of 1968."

In a speech to the nation on Wednesday, the French prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, sought to assuage student anger. He pledged to fill vacant teaching positions and to identify urgent problems in school buildings, among other priorities. He also called on students and teachers to hold discussions in schools about how to improve the state of education.

"Young people's anger doesn't come out of nowhere," Mr. Lecornu said, as he urged students to "choose their path and look to the future with confidence."

On Thursday, some of the student protesters dismissed Mr. Lecornu's remarks as a delay tactic.

"His speech motivated us to keep blocking our school until the government stops refusing to listen to us and responds to our demands," said Augustin Lassaab, 17, who was protesting in the Place de la Bastille. "We will not stop."

In Trump's Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Investors Are Biggest Owners

A Lukoil refinery near Burgas, Bulgaria. Buyers-to-be plan to expand and retrofit parts of Lukoil operations in Bulgaria and Romania.
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A Lukoil gas station in Newark in 2022. Lukoil's global assets include about 200 gas stations along the Mid-Atlantic U.S. coast. Above right, Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff have business ties to two of the Middle Eastern investors involved in the deal.
POOL PHOTO BY JACQUELYN MARTIN

New Questions Of Who Stands To Benefit Most

By ANTON TROIANOVSKI and ERIC LIPTON

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration argues that its proposed multibillion-dollar Russian oil deal would advance American foreign policy interests and reduce energy prices.

But most of the ownership in the deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to key U.S. officials involved in the negotiations, according to people familiar with the talks.

The deal, for a worldwide portfolio of oil fields, refineries and gas stations now owned by the sanctioned Russian energy giant Lukoil, has become intertwined with the U.S. talks with Russia over ending the war in Ukraine, The New York Times reported this month.

The United States government, through the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, would get a stake of about 15 percent in the deal, without investing any cash up front, the people said.

The leader of the investor group, Todd Boehly, an American billionaire who has donated \$2 million to pro-Trump causes in the last two years, would get a smaller minority stake.

But more than half of the equity would be cumulatively held by investors in the Middle East, according to three participants in the negotiations. The investors include entities tied to the royal family in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and to two billionaire Syrian-born Qatari brothers, who are business partners with Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, and Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter.

The deal is structured so that the United States — through Mr. Boehly and the government — would control a majority of the board of the resulting entity, some of the people close to the deal said. A senior administration official said the deal included a “substantial upfront payment and profits interest for the United States,” would enhance American “energy dominance” and outlast the current administration.

The Boehly group would acquire Lukoil stock with a face value of about \$10 billion from non-Russian owners, although these purchases would be made at a significant discount, according to participants in the negotiations.

Once the purchase agreement is complete and approved by the Treasury Department, the assets would no longer be affected by U.S. sanctions on Lukoil, instantly driving up their value.

This deal is still in flux and could fall apart. One of the previous bidders — the private equity fund Carlyle, based in Washington — is no longer actively pursuing the deal, after the U.S. government failed for months to sign off on Carlyle's bid, according to parties involved in the deal talks.

The foreign-majority owner-ship raises new questions about who stands to benefit the most

Ana Swanson, Tyler Pager, Ivan Nechepurenko and Andrew E. Kramer contributed reporting.

from this complex transaction, which has involved negotiations with officials from the White House and the Kremlin, as well as an opaque list of investors from across the world.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia brought up the deal when he met at the Kremlin last month with Mr. Kushner and Steve Witkoff, a real estate developer, who both serve as Mr. Trump's special envoys on the war in Ukraine. In Moscow, Mr. Putin is widely seen as having final say on the deal, even though Lukoil is a private company; in Washington, the Trump administration will need to approve it because of last year's U.S. sanctions on Lukoil.

Whether or not the deal goes through, the behind-the-scenes negotiations over Lukoil show how Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Kushner have mixed their high-stakes diplomacy with talks that could provide a windfall to their business allies.

There is no indication that Mr. Kushner and Mr. Witkoff themselves stand to profit. The senior administration official said that the only interest guiding Mr. Kushner and Mr. Witkoff was "what is in the best interest of the

American people."

The deal's proponents contend it would also be a windfall to U.S. taxpayers and a boon for U.S. interests because of the strategic assets in the deal, including key refineries in Eastern Europe. And the Trump administration has argued that showing Mr. Putin that the United States is prepared to do more business with Russia could help persuade him to compromise and end his war in Ukraine.

But for Mr. Putin, analysts say, the Lukoil sale has presented a chance to follow through on a strategy he has pursued ever since Mr. Trump returned to office: to use the promise of U.S.-Russia business deals to dissuade the White House from putting more pressure on Moscow over Ukraine.

Even better, from the Kremlin's perspective, is that Mr. Kushner and Mr. Witkoff have business ties to two of the Middle Eastern investors involved in the deal, analysts say.

"The national security interests of the U.S. and U.S. allies, and private interests, are just so conflated," Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, said. "That's exactly the muddy waters that Putin and his K.G.B. negotiating school are thriving in."

As Mr. Putin escalates his bombardment of Ukraine, Mr. Gabuev went on, "Lukoil just helps him to buy time."

In the United Arab Emirates, one of the major investors is led by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He is a powerful member of the Abu Dhabi royal family whose business ventures have also invested in Mr. Kushner's private equity fund and in World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency company co-founded in 2024 by Mr. Witkoff, as well as his and Mr. Trump's sons. The White House has said that Mr. Witkoff has divested his position in the company.

In Qatar, the deal's investors are the billionaire Syrian-born brothers Ramez and Moutaz Al-Khayyat, who are partners of Mr. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, in a proposed multibillion-dollar luxury Mediterranean coast resort in Albania.

The Khayyats and their Doha-based conglomerate have moved rapidly over the last year to expand business deals in the energy sector, including the oil industry, with investments now in Syria, Iraq, Libya and most recently Venezuela.

The family has close ties to the royal family of Qatar dating back more than a decade, including with Sheikh Suhaim Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Thani, who serves on the boards of two of the Khayyats' ventures.

Carlyle in January separately secured a "nonexclusive" purchase agreement, with a plan to put the payment at least temporarily into a locked-up U.S. bank account, to avoid bringing profits to Russian investors who own Lukoil. But it then did not get the sign-off it needed to complete the deal.

Some of the people close to the deal said the Carlyle agreement was a nonstarter for the Russians, since they did not expect that the United States would ever release the money kept in a U.S. account.

These talks among possible buyers such as Carlyle and Mr. Boehly started late last year after the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Lukoil, in an effort to force the end of the war in Ukraine. Lukoil's international assets are spread across Europe, Africa, Mexico and the Middle East, and also include about 200 gas stations along the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States.

The deal would need approval from the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which has set as a precondition for lifting the sanctions that any transfer of the assets "not provide a windfall to Lukoil," since the United States does not want to deliver profits back to Russia.

The move by the United States government to impose sanctions on a foreign company and then play a direct role in moving to buy these sanctioned assets is extremely unusual, according to two former federal officials involved in sanctions efforts.

"I cannot recall any remotely similar arrangement in the 20 years I've focused on sanctions," said Jeremy Paner, a former Treasury Department sanctions lawyer who now handles corporate sanctions compliance efforts.

In a statement, an official with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation said the proposed deal was good for the United States because it "would advance the Trump administration's commitment to strengthen U.S. economic security, advance U.S. foreign policy and lower energy prices for everyday Americans."

The Trump administration, at least initially, would not put money into the deal, people familiar with the arrangement said, but the United States would still be in line to secure profits.

Once the sale of the Lukoil international assets is complete, the buyers plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to expand and retrofit different parts of these operations.

The negotiations are delicate, the people said, because Mr. Putin could still reject it if he sees it as unduly benefiting the United States. That is why, they said, the participation of Middle Eastern investors is important, since the Kremlin sees Qatar and the Emirates as friendly countries.

"Look at what's happening to Lukoil," Mr. Putin said at a conference last week, accusing the West of "the theft of our companies."

The Treasury Department has set an Oct. 22 deadline for the negotiations over the sale. That deadline might be extended again, but on Wednesday, two U.S. senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisting that they ensure no financial benefits go to Russian players if the Lukoil sale is approved.

"Every day that passes without maximum economic pressure allows Moscow to sustain this military escalation," read the letter from Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Dmitri S. Peskov, Mr. Putin's spokesman, declined to comment on the Lukoil sale process when asked about it in his daily conference call with reporters on Monday.

"I will only say that, indeed, the topic of interacting and cooperating in the energy sector is indeed being raised in conversations with American counterparts," Mr. Peskov said.

Pentagon Draws Up Plans for Heavy Strikes on Iran as Trump Hesitates

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President Trump in Maryland earlier this week. He said on Thursday he would not attack Iran before the midterms.

By JULIAN E. BARNES and ERIC SCHMITT

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is preparing options to restart major combat operations against Iran, even as President Trump continues to show ambivalence about restarting the war, according to American officials.

Three aircraft carriers will soon be in the Middle East, a massive assembly of force, and the Pentagon, on Mr. Trump's orders, has developed plans to strike Iran's drone and missile arsenal, energy facilities and other military sites.

But Mr. Trump has repeatedly decided not to relaunch heavy combat operations against Iran. And the U.S. military response to Iran has been more muted in recent weeks, despite Iran's escalating attacks on oil tankers.

In a social media post on Thursday, Mr. Trump said that he would not attack Iran before the midterm elections, and that the two countries were “having productive discussions.”

In recent months, officials said, Mr. Trump's national security team and the Pentagon have made five proposals to him for major operations against either Iran or the Houthis, an Iranian-backed militia based in Yemen. Each time, Mr. Trump vetoed the plans.

But Mr. Trump has once more ordered up strike options. Senior

Reporting was contributed by Jonathan Swan and Alan Rappeport in Washington; David E. Sanger in Cambridge, Mass.; and Farnaz Fassihi in New York.

national security officials, led by Vice President JD Vance, discussed plans at a meeting last Friday at Camp David. The plans center on a short, intense campaign lasting about three days, according to people briefed on the proposal.

The strikes would focus on Iran's missile and drone arsenal, much of which Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has rebuilt since the early phase of the war. Other targets could include Iranian energy facilities and Revolutionary Guard command posts and headquarters.

The latest plans were earlier re- ported by Axios.

Officials have backed Mr. Trump's assessment that some progress is being made in diplomatic talks, which have continued through mediators. The talks have continued to get hung up on the issue of Iran's nuclear program. American officials want to reach a deal on Iran's nuclear ambitions first, while Iranian negotiators insist that those discussions must come last.

Over the months, Iran has become a tougher opponent as its military tactics have improved. Taking down Iranian missiles has required more interceptors than earlier in the war, posing challenges to America's already taxed arsenal of munitions. Armed with satellite imagery from Chinese companies, Iran has also been able to more effectively target U.S. bases, according to people briefed on the intelligence.

Since September, the time of the last significant exchange of retailiatory attacks, Iran has struck at least 13 ships, according to a monitoring group run by the British Navy. Intelligence reports have put the number higher, at nearly 20, according to people briefed on the information. None of those attacks generated a major U.S. response.

While oil exports from the Middle East are up, Iran's increased attacks have spooked shippers and raised questions about future energy shipments.

Throughout the summer, the U.S. military regularly retaliated after Iranian attacks on international shipping. But the far less robust response since then reflects Mr. Trump's hesitancy to restart the war in full, officials say.

U.S. commanders are also concerned about the increasing difficulty of stopping Iranian attacks against bases where American troops are stationed, and energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure in the region.

On Thursday, in his social media post, Mr. Trump insisted that none of the oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz was coming from Iran. That is debatable, according to people briefed on intelligence reports. Iran allows some vessels to pass that have paid fees or that potentially carry some of its oil. Iran also has its own dark fleet of tankers, according to current and former officials.

Chinese companies have paid fees to Iran to transit the strait, and Iran has long secretly blended its oil with Iraqi oil to avoid sanctions. The Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned 17 vessels that it said were part of Iran's shadow fleet smuggling oil.

Even members of Mr. Trump's inner circle are increasingly skeptical that military action will change Tehran's calculus or plans. Some of these officials believe that the Trump administration's campaign of economic pressure is working and just needs more time to force Iran to make meaningful concessions.

Even before Mr. Trump said there would be no strike before the November vote, officials had predicted that he would wait until after the Israeli elections, on Oct. 27, and the U.S. midterms the following week to decide whether to attack.

But U.S. military commanders are ready to begin larger operations in the coming days, in case the president shifts again.

The Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group left San Diego last week and will join the George H.W. Bush and the George Washington carriers as early as the end of October. Each strike group includes other warships carrying attack helicopters and Marines. It will be the first time since 2003 that three aircraft carriers will be in the Middle East.

At the end of the month, there will be more than 20,000 sailors and Marines afloat, along with hundreds of aircraft. But the high troop level will be only temporary. The George Washington is expected to return to its base in Japan soon after the Roosevelt arrives next month to replace it.

Despite the force buildup, it is hardly certain that Mr. Trump will give a green light to any new attacks even after the election. Senior U.S. officials are worried about further depleting the global arsenal of defensive weapons to defend bases in the Middle East, as well as the U.S. ability to intercept Iranian attacks.

Still other officials in favor of resumed operations note that Iran's economy continues to weaken, and a short, intense barrage could intensify Tehran's problems, especially if it hurts Iran's ability to control the strait, according to current and former officials.

The United States has continued to take out Iranian drones and cruise missiles. But it has not attacked Iran's dark tanker fleet or conducted retaliatory strikes inside Iran.

At the beginning of the war, the U.S. military in most cases fired two interceptors at incoming Iranian missiles, focusing on the most dangerous volleys.

But American officials now say Iran's improved tactics and targeting have forced the United States and its regional partners to fire more missiles to thwart salvos aimed at American bases in the region.

American commanders say they still have reserves of interceptors as the war has drained stockpiles, and U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, has pulled in weaponry from Europe and Asia.

War in the Middle East

U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Comes Home After Grueling Run

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Top, joyous arriving crew members, and above, reuniting with loved ones. The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln's 322-day deployment fell just short of the 327-day record set by another carrier in May.

By JAN RANSOM and JOHN ISMAY

SAN DIEGO — The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, whose crew endured food shortages and mental health struggles prompted by a near-record 322-day deployment in support of the Iran war, returned on Thursday to its home port of San Diego.

Friends and family members of the crew gathered on the pier to greet the ship. They had come with signs and banners, tote American flags, and were clad in red, white and blue.

Many arrived before dawn, then erupted in thunderous cheers as the hulking vessel entered San Diego Bay with sailors in white summer uniforms man- ning the rails — and again when the ship docked shortly after 3 p.m. Eastern.

Family members expressed relief at the sight of their loved ones returning home after such a long and grueling assignment.

"It was nerve-racking when he went days and weeks without communication," said Lashonda Jones, whose 20-year-old son, Jaysean Jones, is a boatswain's mate, responsible for maintaining the ship. She sent him Bible scriptures and motivational text messages to keep his spirits high.

By longstanding Navy tradition, sailors whose spouses gave birth during the deployment were expected to be among the first to step off to meet their sons and daughters. That included 21-year-old Eduardo Morales, whose 5-month-old son Emmanuelle was on the pier early Thursday with Mr. Morales's wife, Legna Morales.

"It's been really hard going through labor by myself," said Ms. Morales. "Being far away for so long, and not being there with us, not knowing the baby yet — he cries."

The deployment for the Lincoln's 5,000-member crew began before the war, when it left San Diego on Nov. 21, 2025. It spent almost a month at sea before pulling into the naval base in Guam for a brief stop for supplies.

The Lincoln nearly broke the record for longest carrier deployment since the Vietnam War.

The Gerald R. Ford set that record with a 327-day deployment. But unlike the Lincoln's, the Ford's crew was able to disembark in ports across the Mediterranean and Caribbean before steaming to the Arabian Sea before the start of the war.

The Lincoln and other ships began experiencing logistical problems after Iran destroyed the Navy's main Middle Eastern hub in Manama, Bahrain, in response to the United States and Israel launching the war on Feb. 28.

With Iran's ballistic missiles able to hold all ports around the Arabian Peninsula at risk of attack, the Navy's warships in the region began to experience shortages of food, fuel and other goods as the service moved its supply hub to the British-owned island of Diego Garcia about 2,200 miles away.

The first indications of problems came from family members of Lincoln sailors, who sent reporters photos of meager meals served on the ship while supplies were running low. Many families tried to send their loved ones care packages to make up the difference, only to have their mail lost, destroyed or delivered months late.

The reports rankled Navy lead-

Jan Ransom reported from San Diego, and John Ismay from Washington.

ers, who downplayed the prob- lems.

In a social media post in August, the Navy's acting secretary, Hung Cao, accused reporters of presenting Lincoln's sailors as "victims." Six days later, the carrier left the Arabian Sea to begin its journey home after another carrier, the Japan-based U.S.S. George Washington, took its place.

The next month, in response to questions from Democratic lawmakers, Mr. Cao acknowledged that eight sailors from the Lincoln strike group had tried to take their own lives. One jumped overboard, and another tried to do so before being stopped by shipmates.

When asked in August about the reported problems aboard the Lincoln, Mr. Trump dismissed the concerns raised by the families of crew members. When pressed about whether he was worried about the crew's mental health and whether he thought the deployment had gone on too long, the president said, "No. No. No." He added that the deployment — then more than eight months long — had not been "nearly long enough."

Some family members gathered on the pier Thursday said the challenges aboard the ship were real — including the rationing of food.

"It was pathetic," Victoria Tozzi, whose son enlisted after high school to help fund his college education, said of the portions of food.

"It looked gross, and he was like, 'yeah it's pretty bad.'"

When she learned that Iran had launched attacks at the ship, and that the missiles and drones had been intercepted, she asked how he was doing.

"He said, 'Everybody is just on edge,' she said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who flew to the Lincoln from San Diego on Wednesday to ride the ship for its final stretch, acknowledged the lengthy deployment in remarks to the crew on Wednesday. But he criticized reports of logistics problems as overblown. He also awarded the crew the Presidential Unit Citation, the highest decoration that can be given to a unit of the Navy or Marine Corps for valorous service.

"There were a few folks in the media who tried to turn the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln into some sort of a symbol — a symbol of dysfunction or a symbol of low morale or a symbol of a failed mission," Mr. Hegseth said, speaking into a microphone before a crowd of sailors. "And what I look out at right here and when I talk to your leadership — and I've had a chance to talk to a number of you — I know it is the exact opposite."

The war with Iran has placed the Navy's fleet of 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers under tremendous strain. Two carriers, the John C. Stennis and Harry S. Truman, are unavailable because of the refueling of their nuclear reactors. Another five have already played a role during the war. In July, the Ford entered a shipyard for long-delayed maintenance, and the 50-year-old Nimitz is scheduled to be decommissioned next year.

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The aircraft carrier arriving Thursday at its home port of San Diego. Logistical difficulties left the crew short of food at times.

That leaves only the Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Carl Vinson and the Ronald Reagan as potentially available to deploy should the war, which is now in its eighth month, continue.

The pace of operations for the Lincoln and its crew during their extended deployment was unrelenting, as the ship played a major role in the air campaign over Iran. In August, a Navy official said that the ship launched more than 10,000 sorties and dropped more than 1.5 million pounds of ordnance during the conflict.

Aircraft aboard the Lincoln also played a key part in enforcing Mr. Trump's blockade of Iranian ports.

In early May, an F/A-18 Super Hornet launched from the Lincoln fired its 20-millimeter cannon at the rudders of an Iranian-flagged tanker, the M/T Hasna, disabling the ship as it attempted to pass through the blockade line. A month later, another Super Hornet from the Lincoln fired a precision-guided munition into the engineering spaces aboard the Palau-flagged tanker M/T Marivex in the Gulf of Oman as it steamed toward Iran. The ship's 24 crew members were rescued by an Omani military helicopter.

In his remarks Wednesday, Mr. Hegseth said the extended deployment was worthwhile, crediting the crew with demonstrating enormous resilience.

“What makes the U.S. military and the U.S. Navy and all these sailors different is that you adapt and that you are resilient and you overcome,” he added. “You finish the mission nonetheless. Yes, it’s hard. That’s why you’re here, and you do difficult and hard things. But you believe in your heart in that mission.”

"My heart only swells with pride just standing in front of all of you," he added.

On the pier Thursday, the same sentiment rippled through the crowd of friends and family, which included Jason Tisdale, a retired master chief gunner's mate.

"My son," Mr. Tisdale said, pausing to choke back tears, "makes me very proud. Having him back here is great. I'm glad him and the rest of the crew are home safe. It was tough out there. A tough deployment — very long — but now we're on the other side of it."

He added: "I'm very happy, and we just want to welcome him back with open arms and tell him we love him."

In all, the Lincoln's crew spent nearly nine and a half months at sea without a break until the Lincoln pulled in to Pattaya, Thailand, on Sept. 2 for five days of rest.

On Sept. 18, the Lincoln reached U.S. soil during a brief stop in Guam. The crew was allowed to get off the ship so long as they stayed on the naval base there.

Now, back on the mainland, the crew will get a bit more time off.

When a warship returns from a lengthy deployment, about half the crew typically takes two weeks of leave. The other half maintains a Monday-to-Friday workweek, but can then go home. After those two weeks are up, the groups swap, and the other half goes on leave.

Houthi Strikes on Saudi Capital Risk Pulling More Countries Into War

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ism hub. Riyadh is set to host several international events in the coming weeks, including an annual investment summit hosted by Prince Mohammed that is typically attended by world leaders, billionaires and top global executives.

Saudi Arabia announced a new bombing campaign in Yemen this week against the Houthis, who have vowed to fight back by hitting airports and energy infrastructure.

Prince Mohammed has also sought to secure greater military support from allies, including the United States, which is providing significant assistance to the kingdom's bombing campaign.

The fighting could entangle more parties, after Pakistan and Turkey this week activated a defense pact to provide military support to Saudi Arabia. A senior Pakistani military official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters, said on Wednesday that Pakistani

Saeed Al-Batati contributed reporting from al-Mukalla, Yemen, and Pranav Baskar from New York.

fighter jets were being used in strikes against the Houthis.

It was unclear if foreign military intervention would temper attacks by the Houthis, who have survived years of bombing campaigns and have calculated that they can inflict greater pain on Saudi Arabia than the kingdom can on them.

A Times reporter in Riyadh heard several blasts in quick succession on Thursday morning. Two residents, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said workers at an office tower in the city had been told to evacuate. In recent days, the Saudi authorities have told residents not to share information related to missile and drone attacks, warning them of legal consequences.

The Houthis say that their attacks in Saudi Arabia are retaliation for attacks in Yemen.

The conflict in Yemen is being fought on multiple fronts. The internationally recognized government of Yemen, backed by Saudi warplanes, began a counteroffensive this week to retake strategically important territory along the Red Sea from the Houthis. The militia seized swaths of the coast last month in a move that gave it greater control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a critical global trade route.

The Houthis say they have made gains in an inland city, Taiz, that is a government stronghold.

A Yemeni government army officer in Taiz said that Houthi forces had effectively encircled the city and that residents were running out of gas and food supplies. He spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not au-

A conflict imperils a kingdom's efforts to be a hub of commerce.

thorized to speak to the media.

A spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki, said overnight that it had attacked dozens of Houthi military sites, including missile storage facilities and command centers, in retaliation for the airport strikes on Wednesday. The Houthis did not respond to that claim.

The latest round of fighting has plunged Saudi Arabia and the Houthis back into open conflict, and nearly 200,000 Yemenis have been displaced since September, when the fighting intensified, according to the United Nations.

In 2015, Saudi Arabia led a disastrous campaign against the Houthis in a bid to restore Yemen's government, which had been driven out of the capital, Sanaa, by the militia.

The war led to hundreds of thousands of deaths and created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, until the two sides agreed to a tenuous truce in 2022.

Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, who met with Prince Mohammed on Monday in Riyadh and publicly opposed the kingdom's last campaign in Yemen, said that it was unclear what the kingdom's long-term objectives are in its renewed military campaign.

"They want to win back the territory that they've lost, and I think the open question is whether they have clear goals beyond that," Mr. Murphy told reporters. "I think history tells us that this military conflict, whoever starts it, is a disaster for the people of Yemen, for the region and for the United States."

Analysts said the attacks on Riyadh in recent days would make it more likely that the Saudi government would intensify its bombing campaign in Yemen.

"The latest attack just gives them more international support for any military operation they would do against the Houthis," said Farea al-Muslimi, a Yemen specialist at Chatham House, a London-based research group.

President Trump has rebuffed Saudi government requests to direct American airstrikes. But more than 200 U.S. intelligence and military analysts are assisting the Saudi government in command centers inside the kingdom, helping to analyze and select targets in support of its Yemeni allies, according to one current and one former U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters. The United States is also providing aerial refueling for Saudi warplanes conducting defensive air patrols, they added.

Last month, Britain promised to offer limited aerial refueling to Saudi warplanes for defensive purposes. It is unclear if that will extend to the new campaign. France said last month that it would send troops and other military assets to protect Saudi energy infrastructure on the Red Sea.

U.K. and Israel To Scale Down A Consulate In Jerusalem

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ADAM RASGON

LONDON — British and Israeli diplomats reached a last-minute agreement to avoid the closure of the British Consulate building in East Jerusalem, Britain's foreign secretary announced on Thursday, leaving behind a scaled-back diplomatic mission to Palestinians.

Israel threatened last month to shut the consulate, which has served as the center of British outreach to Palestinians for decades, in response to London's decision to impose trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which have been expanding rapidly.

Until Thursday, both countries appeared to be locked in a series of escalating retaliations. British officials had privately warned that the closure of the consulate would be met with retaliation that might include expelling a number of Israeli diplomats from London.

Instead, the two countries issued statements early Thursday morning that each declared the issue resolved but described the compromise they had reached in significantly different ways.

In his statement, the British foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, said that the consulate building would not close but would be renamed.

"Our Consulate General building will not be closing, and will be known as the U.K. Mission, Jerusalem, from today," Mr. Miliband said. He noted that the new facility "is independent, operational, and will continue to deliver vital services and our work with the Palestinian people."

Mr. Miliband said that Britain stood by the sanctions imposed on the settlements in the West Bank, which are considered illegal under international law.

"We do not accept that the government of Israel has the legal right to close the British Consulate General in Jerusalem, which has been there for nearly 200 years," he added, pointing to Britain's "longstanding view that East Jerusalem is occupied territory."

He also suggested that the reduction in staffing at the building would be temporary.

"We will work in the coming months to build back up our presence," he wrote.

Gideon Saar, Israel's foreign minister, issued a very different statement, asserting that Israel had followed through on its threat.

"The British Consulate in Jerusalem is ending its operations today," he wrote on social media. "Accordingly, the sign of the British Consulate in Jerusalem has been removed."

In Mr. Saar's telling, what remains at the building will be "a task force of only seven diplomats," and "their scope of activity will be very limited."

Mr. Saar added that the British consul general and 19 other diplomats would be ending their assignments. Mr. Miliband said only that a number of British officials who had been stationed at the consulate had been "temporarily withdrawn" to ensure their safety.

Mr. Saar also said that British officials had been removed from an international support center in Gaza and that British officials would no longer be able to train Palestinian Authority forces in the West Bank.

Ahmad Majdalani, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee, said Palestinian leaders in the West Bank were relieved that Britain would be maintaining a diplomatic mission in East Jerusalem.

“What is important for us is that there's diplomatic presence and that it is able to maintain relations with the Palestinian leadership and provide consular services to Palestinian citizens,” he said.

The agreement came after Jonathan Powell, Britain's national security adviser, traveled to Israel last week for meetings aimed at reaching a compromise that could avoid a more serious breakdown between the longstanding allies.

By the time Mr. Powell left Israel last week, it appeared that the Israelis had rejected his suggestions, according to three people familiar with the private discussions who talked about them on condition of anonymity. But negotiations between Israeli and British officials continued until late Wednesday night, according to one Israeli official who was briefed on the discussions.

Despite the differences in their statements, Britain and Israel agreed to coordinate their publication at 7 a.m. British time, the Israeli official said. After the announcement of the change, the Israeli Foreign Ministry distributed before and after pictures of the consulate entrance.

Michael D. Shear reported from London, and Adam Rasgon from Jerusalem.

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Ingrid Carlberg, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, announced the award, literature's key honor, to Carson.

Nobel in Literature For Canadian Writer

By ALEX MARSHALL

The Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday by the Swedish Academy, which cited "her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature."

She is the third Canadian-born writer to receive the honor, after Alice Munro in 2013 and Saul Bellow in 1976.

Upon learning of the prize, Carson said, "Yikes," according to her agent, Nicole Aragi.

Carson, 76, is best known for her translations of ancient Greek texts and for remixing them in a modern, playful voice. "Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse," from 1998, turned a fragment of Greek poetry into a tale of a moody teenager's destructive love affair, and "Red Doc>," from 2013, a sequel of sorts to "Autobiography of Red," concerned a road trip.

"Many toil in the interstices of genre," the poet Daisy Fried wrote in a 2013 review of "Red Doc >" for The New York Times. "Carson's palatable, popular, sophisticated and who-cares approach may have done the most and best work in the last two decades to stop people worrying so much about what's poetry and what's not."

Sam Anderson, in a 2013 profile of Carson for The New York Times

Ronda Kaysen contributed reporting.

Magazine, said that the author's work "can seduce even people who don't like poetry."

"Autobiography of Red" has sold nearly 100,000 copies across all formats in the United States, according to Knopf, the book's American publisher.

The Nobel Prize, literature's key honor, is typically the capstone to a writer's career. Past recipients have included the poets W.B. Yeats and Louise Glück, the playwrights Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett, and the novelists Han Kang and Toni Morrison. More unexpected recipients have included Bob Dylan, in 2016, and Winston Churchill, in 1953.

The new laureate receives 12 million Swedish kronor, about \$1.2 million, as well as a huge boost in reputation.

In recent years, the Swedish Academy has tried to expand the diversity of laureates after criticism that too many past recipients have been men. Since 2018, the academy has alternated between male and female laureates. Given that last year's prize went to the Hungarian novelist Laszlo Krasznahorkai, critics had expected this year's accolade to go to a woman.

And before Thursday's announcement, bookmakers had two female favorites for the prize: Carson and Can Xue, the avant-garde Chinese writer.

Carson was born in Toronto in 1950, and her family moved several times around Canada because of her father's job as a banker. She first became interested in ancient Greek language

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Anne Carson in 2023 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Upon learning of the Nobel Prize, Carson said, "Yikes," according to her agent.

and texts in high school. "It just seemed to me the best language," she told The New York Times Magazine in 2013.

Carson later studied at the University of Toronto and became a classics teacher at Canadian colleges, including the University of Calgary and McGill University, as her writing career took off. She then held positions at colleges in the United States, including Cornell and New York University.

Among Carson's key works cited by the Nobel committee are "Eros the Bittersweet," her debut book-length essay from 1986 about the god of love, and "The Glass Essay," a long poem from 1995 about unrequited love.

The committee also singled out "Wrong Norma," a poetry collection that earned her a National Book Award nomination in 2024. Its poems range through subjects including her father, snow and Roget's Thesaurus, but Carson said there was no link between them. "That's why I've called them 'wrong,'" she said.

The Nobel accolade for Carson brought joyous responses from fellow poets, classicists and even

Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister.

"As a classicist, poet and performer, Anne Carson has shown how the mysteries and absurdities of language and the eternal qualities of certain stories, possess us in the present," Aragi, her agent, said in an emailed statement. "She is a writer of the great fires — love, fury, grief — but also of the quotidian. She amuses and shatters."

Claudia Rankine, the poet, said in an interview that she was “extremely happy” that Carson had received the Nobel — adding that her students on the creative writing program at New York University would likely be, too, since they had just studied some of Carson’s work. “There’s not a semester I don’t teach her,” Rankine said. “She is the person who has freed the imagination around writing and poetry in the past 30 years.”

In recent years, Carson and her partner, the artist Robert Currie, have split their time between Ann Arbor, Mich., and Iceland, where she has citizenship. Ragnar Kjartansson, one of Iceland's most popular contemporary artists, said in a telephone interview that the pair acted "like cool teenagers" when in Reykjavik, the country's capital, and spent their time attending and staging underground art and literary shows, supporting artists and hanging out with them in the city's public baths.

"She means a lot to the scene here," Kjartansson said: "She's a force, and everyone's really happy."

Carson is a private figure. Her book jackets rarely feature an author photo and sometimes do not even have an author biography. She has rarely discussed her private life in interviews, although in an August 2024 essay in The London Review of Books, she said that she had Parkinson's disease and that her handwriting had "disintegrated."

"I used to take pleasure in writing in notebooks, shelves of them, day after day, year after year," Carson wrote: "Now the upright strokes bend or break or go in all directions, vowels shrink to blobs, slant loses its smooth smart angle, it all looks embarrassing. I scrub out whole paragraphs in shame."

She added that she had joined a boxing class to help with the disease's symptoms.

Declan Spring, Carson's editor at New Directions, her American publisher, said that he had tried calling Carson to congratulate her on the Nobel, "but I got a message that her phone is off."

"She's quite shy," Spring said.

Finding champagne in Manhattan before 10 a.m. was not easy, but the New Directions president and publisher Barbara Epler managed to procure two bottles on her way to the office as she absorbed the news. Carson is “capable of incredible depth on difficult things, like grief and illness and love and loss,” she said. “It’s partly about her being a Greek scholar, but I think it’s just her nature.”

During a news conference to announce the award on Thursday, Ingrid Carlberg, the Swedish Academy's permanent secretary, said that she had reached Carson earlier, and that Carson had sounded "very taken by surprise."

It was a short call, Carlberg said: All the poet would say was that she was "in Iceland," where she was "listening to the wind."

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Copies of books by Anne Carson displayed in a London bookstore after the announcement.

New to Carson's Books? Start With These 5.

By ASH WU

Over a career covering more than four decades, Anne Carson has built an oeuvre that draws on her education in classical literature and often refracts it through a playful lens.

Her writing threads a line from Greek antiquity to the present day, and interrogates the treacly nature of desire and the pain that it induces. Carson gives the impression "of someone from another world, either extraterrestrial or ancient," Sam Anderson wrote in a 2013 New York Times Magazine profile. "Our modern earthly categories are too artificial and simplistic to contain anything like the real truth she is determined to communicate."

Despite Carson's inclination toward privacy, she has achieved a kind of celebrity rare among public intellectuals, as Anderson noted. During a performance of her play "Antigonick" for an overflow crowd at N.Y.U., he wrote, the audience reached a consensus: "People kept using the phrase 'rock concert.'"

If you've never read Carson's works, here are five to start with.

Autobiography of Red (1998)

A novel in verse and perhaps her most popular work, "Autobiography of Red" draws upon Carson's obsession with Greek classics through a retelling of the fragmentary poem "Geryoneis," by the poet Stesichorus. In the original myth, Geryon is a winged monster Heracles slaughters after stealing his cattle. Carson reimagines him in the present day as a gay teenager with a troubled family life. He falls into a state of deep infatuation with the Greek hero, who in this version is an older boy who eventually breaks his heart. "Carson writes in language any poet would kill for," Ruth Padel wrote in her review for The New York Times, "sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender, brilliantly lighted."

Glass, Irony & God (1995)

This collection of three narrative poems contains "The Glass Essay," a 36-page epic that interweaves the end of a romantic relationship with musings on Emily Brönte, whom Carson describes as a perpetual "whacher" — a deliberate misspelling — who constantly observes the English moors that inspired her novel "Wuthering Heights." In Brönte, Carson finds kinship and a means of verbalizing her heartbreak. The author Anthony Doerr has referred to "The Glass Essay" as his favorite poem, writing that "it feels to me like a thousand floodlights switching on."

Eros the Bittersweet (1986)

Her first work of literary criticism, "Eros" dissects and expands upon the Greek poet Sappho's concept of "glukupikron," a word that roughly translates to "sweetbitter" and encapsulates the simultaneous pain and pleasure of romantic love. Carson traces the idea of eros through the poetry of Sappho and other ancient Greek masters, before settling on her thesis of "eros as lack," describing passionate love as a product of the thin-ridged edge between wanting something and having it.

The Beauty of the Husband (2001)

In the first chapter, Carson writes: "This imitation of a poisonous by a nonpoisonous species is called mimicry/My husband was no mimic." She chronicles the dissolution of a marriage and her erotic fixation on the husband through 29 "tangos," a poetic form of her invention that alternates long lines with shorter ones to evoke the rhythms of dance. Daphne Merkin wrote in her Times review, "I don't think there has been a book since Robert Lowell's 'Life Studies' that has advanced the art of poetry quite as radically as Anne Carson is in the process of doing."

Nox (2009)

Written after a five-year hiatus, "Nox" demonstrates Carson's willingness to challenge what a volume of poetry should look like. Sold in a skinny, funerary box that opens to reveal pages that unfold like an accordion, "Nox" presents an elegy for her estranged brother in a scrapbook that contains photographs, illustrations and excerpts to illuminate her field of memory. Of its layout, Ben Ratliff wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "Trust me: It's an Anne Carson book. Maybe her best."

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Monaeka Flores, whose family has deep roots on Guam, leads a group fighting to stop the U.S. Air Force from disposing of military waste on Tarague Beach.

Tarague Beach is a tropical expanse of white sand on the island of Guam, where sea turtles lay their eggs, migratory seabirds forage and reef fish glide in the clear blue-green water.

But the future of this beach, nearly 8,000 miles from Washington, D.C., now rests with the Supreme Court. The justices heard oral arguments on Wednesday over a legal challenge to a U.S. Air Force program to destroy expired rockets, bombs and hazardous waste munitions on the beach.

For decades, the Air Force has used the spot to dispose of military waste, but Prutehi Guahan, a local nonprofit dedicated to protecting Guam's natural and cultural resources, sued to challenge the practice, arguing that the military had not properly considered the threats to the environment.

A lower court had found the group could not bring the suit. During Wednesday's argument, several justices across the ideological spectrum appeared concerned with that finding, worried that siding against Prutehi Guahan might mean foreclosing the group's ability to even bring a legal challenge against the Air Force, regardless of whether the group would ultimately win such a suit.

But many of the justices also raised worries that allowing the challenge could flood the court system with a host of other lawsuits. A decision in the case is expected by the end of June.

Guam's proximity to Asia — it's closer to Beijing than to Hawaii — has made it an increasingly important military outpost. That presence has only grown in recent years with rising tensions in the Pacific. Military experts often refer to the small island — about 170,000 people live on its 210 square miles, roughly five times smaller than Rhode Island — as the tip of the spear for American military might in the region.

Tarague Beach is near the northern tip of the island, within the bounds of Andersen Air Force Base, and for decades the military has used it a place to destroy expired munitions. The leaders of Prutehi Guahan have challenged the practice, arguing that the explosions threaten the fragile marine ecosystem, nearby archaeological remains, traditional fishing sites, and the island's water supply, sending dangerous toxins and debris hurtling into the air and the water.

The legal question for the Supreme Court was a technical one about whether the Air Force followed environmental regulations as it sought a permit in recent years to continue detonations on the beach. In court filings, the Air Force has said that the detonation site is crucial for disposing of hazardous waste and that although it must reapply for a permit every three years, that process is meant to ensure ordinary compliance with the rules and not impose new restrictions.

The challengers say that the dispute is deeply personal. They argue that enforcing federal environmental laws is among the few ways for Guam residents — who are U.S. citizens by birth but who cannot vote for the president — to make their voices heard against the U.S. military.

"It's truly one of the only mechanisms that we have to have an impact on federal projects that will permanently alter our physical landscape, our environment, our cultural resources and our daily lives," said Monaeka Flores, executive director of Prutehi Guahan, who is Chamorro, the Indigenous people of Guam.

Ms. Flores, whose family has deep roots in Guam, said that her relatives took shelter on the beach when Japan attacked the island hours after Pearl Harbor, hiding from the bombing and fishing for food.

Her great-grandfather, Luis, ranched and farmed the land, cultivating coco-nuts and raising pigs. Ms. Flores's parents used to go on camping trips near the beach. After she was born, they brought her to the clear waters to learn to swim.

Near the beach is the site of what is thought to be a more than 3,000-year-old Chamorro village, with stone megaliths and prehistoric rock paintings. The Guam National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area for fruit bats, birds and turtles, is only a few hundred yards away.

"This is part of the collective memory, and therefore collective stewardship, of the Chamorro people," she said. "We need to preserve it for all future generations, and everybody should have a chance to come and appreciate how special the area is."

The U.S. Air Force first received a hazardous waste permit in 1982 to use the beach as a site for disposing of unexploded ordnance — tear gas, ammunition and other explosives — some dating back to World War II. The military set up what it calls an open detonation site on the sand.

Prutehi Guahan argues that when the Air Force reapplied for a permit from the Guam Environmental Protection Agency to continue the explosions in May 2021, it did so without properly examining the environmental consequences or allowing for public comment.

The requirement for the Air Force to renew the permit comes from a 1976 law called the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. That law gives the Environmental Protection Agency the power to authorize state and territorial regulators to handle the treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste. Lawyers for the Air Force have asserted that the military viewed the permitting process as part of ensuring its ongoing compliance with environmental rules.

But the challengers say that the military should also be required to undergo a vigorous environmental review under a Nixon-era law called the National Environmental Policy Act. That law has been interpreted by federal courts to require the government to take a "hard look" at any environmental consequences of plans before taking actions that could significantly affect "the quality of the human environment."

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A traditional dance performance, left. Prutehi Guahan, a local nonprofit, is dedicated to protecting Guam's natural and cultural resources and sees the land as an integral part of its cultural heritage. Right, a rally organized by the group.

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Tarague Beach is within the bounds of Andersen Air Force Base, left, and for decades, the military has used it as a place to destroy expired rockets and hazardous waste munitions. Right, a bomb detonated on the beach during a drill in 2002.
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Fishermen near a boat basin close to a Chamorro village, a settlement that is believed to be more than 3,000 years old.
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After the Air Force sought the new permit, the Guam Environmental Protection Agency, the local territorial agency tasked with ensuring compliance with environmental laws, received public comments on the plan. After hearing concerns about the explosions, the agency announced it would consider whether to give the military its permit. In the meantime, though, the Air Force was allowed to keep detonating munitions.

Joni Quenga Kerr, a member of Prutehi Guahan who teaches science courses at Guam Community College, said she only learned about the open detonation program when the Air Force applied for its permit renewal.

"It's so close to the ocean — it's right on the beach," Ms. Kerr said. "Just a few yards away is open ocean, the reef, and so, what kind of things could possibly happen to the air, the land, the water, the ocean, the organisms that live there?"

In January 2022, Ms. Flores and other members of Prutehi Guahan sued to stop the explosions. The plaintiffs raised concerns that land owned by neighbors could face contamination, and they asserted that the group's members regularly used the beach for recreation, cultural and spiritual practices that would be harmed by the smoke, noise and pollution.

They argued in court filings that the Air Force had failed to take a "hard look" at the consequences of the explosions, as required by law, or to consider "a reasonable range of alternatives."

In court filings, the Air Force argued that it had followed the rules to reapply for its permit for the site. To require yet another layer of environmental review, the lawyers for the Air Force argued, "threatens to make the permitting process unduly burdensome and time consuming."

In February 2025, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with Prutehi Guahan.

The judges in the majority, Marsha S. Berzon, a Clinton appointee, and Eric D. Miller, a Trump appointee, ruled that if the Air Force had undertaken the required study of the environmental impacts of its plan and had “appropriately engaged the public,” the military might have “chosen a different place or method for handling the waste munitions.”

The dissenting judge, Lawrence VanDyke, a Trump appointee, argued that the Air Force should be allowed to continue its detonations on the beach.

In court filings, Trump administration lawyers, representing the Air Force, called the Ninth Circuit decision “inconsistent with basic principles of administrative and environmental law.”

Wednesday's Supreme Court argument leaned heavily into the technical reading of federal statutes and administrative procedure, but the case is being closely watched in Guam, where the practical implications of the court's decision will play out.

As the oral argument date approached, Ms. Flores prepared to fly to Washington. She walked along the shoreline of Tarague, gathering shells. On Wednesday, she and other group members slipped the shells into their pockets, bringing a bit of the beach into the courtroom.

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With Politics in Mind, Paxton's Estranged Wife Is Sticking by His Side

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build a political identity separate from her polarizing and scandal-plagued husband in Texas, staking out ground in policy debates over artificial intelligence, campaign finance reform, and social issues like abortion. Allies envision her running for statewide office in the future — regardless of whether Mr. Paxton is serving in Washington.

The new ad — in which Ms. Paxton never mentions his name — is a new and surreal chapter in the long-running saga of one of the most powerful attorneys general in the country. The decision to deploy Mr. Paxton's soon-to-be ex-wife in this reliably red state reveals how precarious the Texas race has become for Republicans, as they fight to maintain control of the Senate.

Ms. Paxton feared staying silent in such a close race could hurt her reputation and open the door to politically damaging questions about her loyalty to the party, according to a person familiar with her thinking. A loss by Mr. Paxton in Texas, which hasn't elected a Democrat in a statewide race in more than three decades, would be viewed as disastrous for the Republican Party.

Ms. Paxton does not want to be viewed as a victim, the person close to her said, though she has felt "hurt and broken" by her husband's behavior. Last July, she reached her breaking point and filed for divorce "on biblical grounds." After tabloids published photographs of Mr. Paxton touring Europe with another woman over the summer, friends and supporters began pressing Ms. Paxton on whether they should support his Senate campaign.

"She's still in elected office and facing questions and pressure to support the entire Republican ticket," said Brendan Steinhauser, a political consultant who has worked closely with Ms. Paxton. "There's sort of an expectation by Republican voters that even if you're not a big fan, and even if that candidate did things you didn't like, you pull the lever for the G.O.P. ticket."

As the race tightened, Ms. Paxton, who declined a request for an interview, began quietly making the case for her husband in private conversations and small party gatherings. In remarks to a women's club in September, which she pointedly titled "The Elephant in the Room," she announced her plans to back the entire Republican ticket.

"It's not the people — it's the seat," Ms. Paxton said in the speech, which she later posted on YouTube, "Because we have more control over that seat and the future when we control the seat — when it's still in the family, even if we're mad at them."

Her remarks drew the attention of Republican strategists, who asked if she would appear in the pro-Paxton ad. She agreed, as long she could write the script, according to the person familiar with her thinking.

Much of her argument is left to subtext.

"In a general election, it's not as much about the individual players on the team," she says. "It's about getting the whole team across the finish line."

A spokesman for Mr. Paxton declined to comment.

Mr. Talarico criticized the ad for prioritizing partisanship over individual candidates.

"Asking Texans to close their eyes and vote for a political party instead of the best person for the job is exactly what's wrong with today's politics," he said on social media.

Even Mr. Paxton's most powerful ally, President Trump, can't help but concede his political baggage, saying in a recent campaign appearance, "Whether you love him or don't love him, he's a little controversial."

So, who better to close the deal for Mr. Paxton than his more telegenic, albeit estranged, wife?

'Pistol-Packing Mama'

Angela Allen met her future husband as a college student at Baylor University, where she was studying mathematical science and he was student body president. After becoming the first member of her family to earn a college degree, in 1985, and then a master's degree, she became a high school math and physics teacher.

The couple helped found a church, and Ms. Paxton became a guidance counselor at a local Christian school. "I was not particularly political, but I cared about values," she said in a recent interview with a Texas conservative group. She had four children in five years.

As Mr. Paxton ascended from the state legislature to the attorney general's office, his wife served as his closest adviser — and his exuberant warm-up act. She toted her guitar from one Republican club to another, promoting her husband's crusade against the Obama administration's policies, singing, "I'm a pistol-packing mama and my husband sues Obama."

Mr. Paxton was serving his first term as attorney general in 2018 when he summoned several top staffers for an unusually emotional meeting with his wife. As Ms. Paxton cried, he apologized for cheating on her and said the affair was over, two senior aides later recounted at his impeachment trial.

The aides felt uncomfortable. But they felt even worse for Ms. Paxton.

"She was sad and embarrassed," Katherine "Missy" Cary, Mr. Paxton's chief of staff, testified. "My heart broke for her."

About two months later, Ms. Paxton won her husband's former seat in the Texas Senate, with a \$2 million loan backed by Mr. Paxton's campaign amid the most expensive legislative primary in state history.

Mr. Paxton was then facing charges of security fraud, and during her first year in office, Ms. Paxton introduced a bill that would have expanded the attorney general's power over the financial industry. It was one of the few times in her political career in which she was accused of an ethical lapse. Ms. Paxton denied that the legislation had anything to do with her husband. The bill never made it out of committee. (Mr. Paxton later cut a deal with prosecutors and paid restitution but did not admit guilt.)

She stood by Mr. Paxton's side when he spoke at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally supporting President Trump before the attack on the U.S. Capitol. During Mr. Paxton's impeachment trial in 2023, in which state senators served as jurors, Ms. Paxton never flinched as prosecutors contended that her husband deployed burner phones and a secret Uber account to cover up the affair he had promised to end years earlier.

Under the Senate's rules, she could not participate in deliberations or vote, but she would be counted as present. That meant it would take one additional vote to reach the two-thirds majority required for a conviction.

A gag rule prevented her from commenting on the trial. But she shared a Bible verse on social media each day of the proceedings.

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance,” she posted after Mr. Paxton’s acquittal, along with a photo in which she seems to be reaching toward the heavens in a bright red suit.

A few days later, she uploaded a cheerful video from their kitchen, pointing to the ceramic countertops to debunk testimony from the trial that a campaign donor to Mr. Paxton had paid for a granite upgrade.

She also directed viewers to do- nate to her re-election campaign.

Less than a year later, the Paxtons were no longer living together, according to Ms. Paxton's divorce petition.

Rachel Mello, a Democrat and public-school teacher who unsuccessfully ran against Ms. Paxton in 2024, called her a "complicated character." Ms. Mello said she feels compassion for her former opponent and even some measure of respect, but she also wonders about the trade-offs Ms. Paxton may have made to further her own political — and financial — goals.

"She had to have some level of ambition to be in that marriage for so long," Ms. Mello said.

Mr. Paxton, while earning a \$153,000 salary as attorney general, has amassed a real estate portfolio that includes at least 15 properties worth around \$9 million, according to public records reviewed by The New York Times. Mr. Talarico has questioned whether Mr. Paxton used the powers of his office to enrich himself.

Mr. Paxton has long denied allegations of corruption that he said were politically motivated.

In her divorce petition, Ms. Paxton argued that she should receive a "disproportionate" share of their estate because of Mr. Paxton's greater earning power and responsibility for the breakup of their marriage. Texas legislators earn \$600 per month.

In her most recent financial disclosure form covering 2025, Ms. Paxton reported income from a limited liability company and her legislative salary, as well as multiple mutual funds and other investments. She is not required to list precise dollar figures.

'Angela Is Our Sister'

Ms. Paxton's plunge into the U.S. Senate race marked a striking turnabout from earlier in the campaign. On the day of the Texas Republican primary runoff in May, she publicized endorsements in three races — but not the matchup between her husband and Senator John Cornyn.

Jill Tate, the president of the Texas Federation of Republican Women, heard Ms. Paxton speak to another women's club in August. Some of Ms. Tate's members were struggling with whether to support Mr. Paxton, and she asked Ms. Paxton to address her board in September.

For more than 20 minutes, Ms. Paxton made an impassioned case

Angela Paxton, in a new ad, asks Republicans to vote for her husband, without naming him.
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The Paxtons arriving at Dallas court in 2016. He faced accusation of securities fraud, ultimately reaching a settlement.
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Ms. Paxton stood by Mr. Paxton's side at a Jan. 6, 2021, rally supporting President Trump before the attack on the Capitol.
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Ken Paxton was at his wife's side at her election party in 2018, the year he told her and senior staff that he had had an affair.

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'It's not the people — it's the seat.'

ANGELA PAXTON, speaking to a women's club in September as she began quietly making a case for her husband's campaign for a U.S. Senate seat.

for voting for all the Republicans on the ticket, even if a certain candidate — “the elephant in the room” — wasn’t perfect. Republicans should prioritize their political values and the power of a G.O.P. majority over their personal opinions, she argued.

"People are having moral conflict around some of these races — I understand," she told the audience in Round Rock, Texas. "But look higher. Look higher. There's a lot more at stake than just one person."

She received a standing ova- tion.

"Angela is our sister," said Ms. Tate. "But we know his history of how he has been a good representative, a good conservative and a good attorney general, and we have to remember that."

She added: "The ladies needed to hear that."

At a recent meeting of the Golden Corridor Republican Women in McKinney, Texas, the club where Ms. Paxton has belonged for decades, the members said they all intended to vote for Mr. Paxton. But their hearts were with his estranged wife, who responds to their calls, greets them in Dillard's department store, and chats with them at church.

"I've seen her where she'll put things in her newsletter, and she'll say 'Team Paxton' and I want to say, don't do that. 'Team Angela,' " said Linda Nelson, 70. "He needs to go to the Senate. But another good candidate will come around in six years and then he can go away."

Across the small Holiday Inn ballroom, Maggie Whitt and Sonja Oonk explained how they reconciled their views of Mr. Paxton with their admiration for their friend Angela.

"He's not a perfect person," said Ms. Whitt, 75, "but let he who is without sin cast the first stone, and that ain't gonna be me."

Ms. Oonk, 84, said hearing about the Paxtons' divorce had brought back painful memories of her ex-husband's infidelity years earlier. But hearing Ms. Paxton's talk about supporting her husband at a recent party dinner helped Ms. Oonk come around.

"I don't want anything to ruin what she's going to do with her political life," she said. "If that means I have to grin and bear it, I have to grin and bear it."

G.O.P. Tepid Behind Miller In Ohio Race

By EMILY DAVIES and TYLER PAGER

After Representative Max Miller, the Republican from Ohio accused of physically abusing his ex-wife and young daughter, re-buffed calls from his own party to drop out of his re-election campaign, aides close to President Trump stepped in.

They advised Republicans who had demanded Mr. Miller's resignation to quiet down and let him try to win, according to two people familiar with the conversations who were granted anonymity to speak candidly.

They also spoke and texted directly with Mr. Miller, urging him to stop talking about his family drama in public.

Their warnings have largely been heeded, forcing many Republicans to walk an awkward line between helping Mr. Miller win and staying away from his embattled campaign. The pivot from urging Mr. Miller to withdraw his candidacy reflects the importance of his seat to the Republican Party's effort to retain control of Congress. At a time when both parties are contending with the possibility that Mr. Trump's unpopularity, along with rising costs, will sweep Democrats to power, the G.O.P. can ill afford to lose what should have been an easy win in a conservative part of the country.

Mr. Miller is fighting to win a third term in a Cleveland-area district that Mr. Trump won in 2024 by double digits. It was considered safely Republican until this summer, when Mr. Miller's ugly custody battle with his ex-wife — the daughter of Senator Bernie Moreno, another Republican from Ohio — spilled into the public square, with each portraying the other as violent, unstable and dishonest.

The dueling allegations detailed in court documents, along with wavering Republican support for Mr. Miller, have proved to be a windfall for Mr. Miller's Democratic opponent, Brian Poindexter, a union ironworker. In the last quarter, Mr. Poindexter's campaign raised more than \$2.4 million, according to an official familiar with the matter, granted anonymity to discuss numbers not yet made public.

As the race has tightened, political committees aligned with Republican House leaders have spent more than \$5 million on the race, according to the ad-tracking service AdImpact.

Mr. Trump has told his aides he feels loyalty toward Mr. Miller, who has been devoted to the president since his 2016 campaign, one of the people said. But over the weekend, when Mr. Trump traveled to Ohio for a rally designed to support down-ballot candidates in tight races, Mr. Miller was nowhere to be found and did not merit a mention from the president.

"You have to go out and vote Republican," Mr. Trump told the crowd at the rally on Saturday. "That includes for these great people sitting right over here."

Beside him were the state's Republican candidates for Senate and governor — and two congressional hopefuls. Mr. Miller was invited but was unable to make it, a spokeswoman said, because "his district schedule had been set in stone for months and he didn't want to cancel on any of his constituents."

"It's unfortunate that timing didn't work out," Abigail Angelos, the spokeswoman, said in a statement. "President Trump agreed that Rep. Miller's time would be best spent campaigning in the district."

Asked what Mr. Miller was doing during the rally, Ms. Angelos said he was spending time with his family.

In August, as the deadline for Mr. Miller to withdraw neared, Mr. Trump called him and urged him to consider his odds. He did not ask him to drop out or rescind his endorsement. Mr. Moreno and Senator Jon Husted, another Republican from Ohio facing his own tough re-election bid, both called Mr. Miller unfit for office and pressed him to resign.

Mr. Miller's ex-wife, Emily Moreno, has accused him of throwing scalding water at her and fracturing their young daughter's collarbone. Mr. Miller has denied the allegations and said his ex-wife and former father-in-law fabricated stories to sabotage his career.

Republicans have sought to defend the seat by depicting Mr. Poindexter as a criminal with a long rap sheet.

During his teenage years in Cleveland, he picked up a string of misdemeanor charges, including assault. A single felony charge came when he and some buddies "got in a scrap" at a local beach, he said.

Mr. Miller has acknowledged that the lack of support from the party's leadership has hurt his chances.

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AUG. 25 Lafayette Square was boarded up for months — partly for renovation, officials said.
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SEPT. 29 Parts have been reopened, but a majority of the space is still blocked off.
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A Free Speech Tradition in D.C. Could Soon Fall Silent

This article is by Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Elena Shao, Raj Saha, Doug Mills and Luke Broadwater.

In Lafayette Square, you can be within earshot and view of the president.

Crowds have gathered in the Washington park, across the street from the White House, to protest, celebrate and keep vigil. And for more than a century, it has been the stage for free speech demonstrations.

Now, the Trump administration plans to add a permanent fence around the park, with gates that officials could close at their discretion.

If the fence proposal is implemented, it could limit the public's access to an open space that has allowed people to practice free speech at the doorstep of the country's highest seat of power.

The administration has said that a permanent fence around Lafayette Square would enhance security during “heightened conditions,” and that the park would remain a public space. It has cited clashes between Black Lives Matter protesters and the police in 2020, vandalism of park statues in 2024 during protests against the war in Gaza and a shooting near the White House this year as examples of security concerns.

President Trump has invoked national security to justify an array of proposals to remake Washington, including the building of a 250-foot triumphal arch and the demolition of the East Wing to make space for a ballroom.

park might deter public gatherings. People might worry that they could be trapped inside, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union wrote in a public letter to the National Park Service.

And, the lawyers added, "the very presence of a fence will send a clear message to the public that the park is only open by permission, and that permission may be withdrawn at any moment."

Lafayette Square has not had a permanent fence around it since 1889, when officials removed the cast-iron pickets and gates to make it more open to the public. Since then, the park has been closed for short periods for special occasions, like the arrival of foreign diplomats or large White House events, but Mr. Trump has a history of closing it for longer stretches.

During Mr. Trump's first term, the administration closed the park off during Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. The closure followed an incident in which law enforcement officers violently cleared protesters from the park with tear gas and flash grenades. The park remained closed for more than 11 months.

A Long History of Demonstrations

EARLY 1900s Suffragists were among the first to picket in the park, inaugurating a century-long tradition of protests.
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1974 People gathered directly in front of the White House to demand President Richard Nixon's impeachment.
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And this year, the park was boarded up for eight months with a patchwork of temporary barriers. Administration officials said at the planning commission meeting in September that the park was closed, in part, for renovations. When Times reporters visited the site in August, however, construction appeared to have

A Proposal to Fence Off a Protest Site

The Trump administration plans to add a steel fence around Lafayette Square, allowing it to close off a public park that has been the stage for generations of protests.

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Opponents of the plan say that a fence would deter the free speech activities that have long defined the seven-acre park and make it easier for the administration to curb protests at will. It is the latest example of Mr. Trump's use of executive measures and legal maneuvers to clamp down on dissent, they say.

"This is a slippery slope, and as soon as this is a tool you have, it's a tool that's going to be used," Evan Cash, a D.C. council staff member, said of the fence at a National Capital Planning Commission meeting in September where the administration presented its proposal.

The planning commission and the Commission of Fine Arts, both federal panels filled with Mr. Trump's appointees, have signaled they are likely to vote to give the project final approval.

The White House is already protected by a 13-foot steel fence and two checkpoints at either end of Pennsylvania Avenue. The proposed fence would be eight to nine feet tall and wrap around the perimeter of the park. Gates would be placed throughout the fence and on the streets to the east and west of the park.

The largest gated entrances would be at the north and south ends. But if all the gates were closed, only a small area at the edge that faces H Street would be publicly accessible.

Even if the gates were open, simply having a fence around the been completed.

Some of those barriers on the park's northern edge were pushed back last week, opening part of the space. The administration told The Times that the Secret Service was working to make the park more accessible to the public while balancing the president's security needs.

A majority of the space remains blocked off. The Trump administration has said a permanent fence is also necessary to replace temporary barriers that are used now.

Those temporary barriers could easily be removed when a new president came in, but it would take a lot more effort to remove a permanent fence, said Jeffrey Hou, head of the architecture department and co-director of the Civic Resilience Laboratory at the National University of Singapore.

Yet, for most of the park's history, the space has been known for its openness and permeability. Some protests have flooded the park for a single day, while others have quietly held their ground for longer. One woman, Concepcion Picciotto, camped there in protest of nuclear arms for decades.

It's a place where "you can physically be seen and heard by the people that you're directing your attention and your message to," said Cara A. Finnegan, a professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who studies photography as a tool for communication.

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1963 Gathering in the park for a civil rights memorial for three girls killed in the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Ala.

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1991 "Those damned drums are keeping me up all night," said President George H.W. Bush of hearing antiwar protesters.

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2018 During Mr. Trump's first term, large crowds gathered to protest his administration's anti-immigrant policies.

Trump Officials Suspend Microsoft From Visa Program, Alleging Fraud

By ERICA L. GREEN

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance announced on Thursday that Microsoft would be suspended from using a visa program that allowed foreign workers to permanently reside in the United States after an investigation found that the tech giant had "abused" the system.

Mr. Vance made the announcement in a news conference where he and other Trump administration officials made a slew of allegations that American companies and universities were committing visa fraud. Microsoft, they announced, is just the largest of several technology companies to face such a suspension, and schools including Harvard and Yale are now under investigation.

Mr. Vance took aim at the embattled H-1B visa program, which allows companies to hire skilled foreign workers in hard-to-fill jobs. The Trump administration has sought to overhaul the program, including imposing fees for the visas, claiming that it has unfairly allowed companies to sideline Americans and hire foreign workers. Mr. Vance has called the program “broken” and said he would support eliminating it.

Mr. Vance said on Thursday that companies like Microsoft had

Reporting was contributed by Karen Weise from Seattle, Alan Blinder from Atlanta, Vimal Patel from Denver and Mark Arsenault from Boston.

been using the H-1B visa program to exploit the Labor Department's permanent labor certification program, known as PERM, which allows H-1B visa recipients to obtain a green card and potentially stay in the United States indefinitely.

Officials said that other companies suspended from PERM would include Adobe and several large information technology outsourcing firms. Mr. Vance said the suspension would "last as long as it needs to."

The announcement was the latest effort by the administration to seize on purported fraud to argue that exploitation of the country's immigration system — and not President Trump's policies — has been depriving Americans of jobs, wages and paths to prosperity.

"The Department of Labor is taking historic action by shutting down the pipeline of systemic fraud, the fraud that has flooded our country with foreign labor at the expense of American workers," said Keith Sonderling, the labor secretary. "It begins with universities and companies that have turned into visa mills, promoting foreign workers that have lied about their qualifications to take jobs from our beloved American workers."

But the administration has not always provided evidence to match its fraud claims. And several of its targets on Thursday disputed its assertions.

Mr. Vance directed his harshest criticism at Microsoft.

Mr. Vance said that in the past year, the company had laid off 6,000 American workers, while it benefited from 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards. He referred to the visa holders as "indentured servants" who were paid a fraction of what their American counterparts would be.

"And so our message to Microsoft is: You're a great American company, but you've got to hire great American workers," he said. "You cannot lay off American workers and then replace them with foreign indentured servants."

In a statement, Microsoft challenged some of Mr. Vance's claims.

The company said the "vast majority" of its employees in the United States are citizens. It said that of the roughly 6,000 H-1B applications it made last fiscal year, 80 percent were to extend or change the status of existing Microsoft employees. The remaining applications were for people already legally in the country who then joined Microsoft, the company said.

"They are not new arrivals to our country," it added.

Microsoft said its pay is among the highest in tech and among H-1B filings.

"Microsoft succeeds as a global technology leader by developing the world's best technology work force," the company said. "We do this by strengthening this country's talent pipeline, hiring American workers and attracting the best talent from around the world."

On the academic front, Mr.

DEMETRIUS FREEMAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES Vice President JD Vance on Thursday accused several companies and universities of abusing the green card system.

Vance maintained that universities were employing foreign graduate students as research assistants at lower wages, and suggested that the visas were being overused and sucking up federal funding.

Anthony D'Esposito, the inspector general of the Labor Department, announced that the agency was launching investigations into several universities for potential abuses of the J-1 visa, a cultural exchange program that allows foreign students to work and study in the United States.

"Subpoenas have been served, investigations are underway, and nobody will be getting a free pass because their name is carved into an expensive building," he said.

The schools under investigation are Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Arizona State, Brown, M.I.T., the University of Pittsburgh, the University of California, Davis, and the California Institute of Technology.

Stanford said in a statement that it “complies with all applicable visa laws, including those relating to J-1 visas,” and “will cooperate with the investigation.”

Brian Clark, a spokesman for Brown University, said in a statement that the university had received the subpoena "for various records pertaining to foreign labor programs administered by the U.S. government, and we will respond promptly and directly."

"Brown's international scholars, students and employees make essential contributions on our campus, including to teaching and research that advances American innovation, competitiveness and economic vitality," Mr. Clark said.

Arizona State University, noting that it educates more science, technology, engineering and math majors than any other university and employs one of the largest technical and scientific workforces in the country, said it "has hired the talent needed to perform these functions and done so in complete compliance with existing United States policy and law."

The H-1B program has long been the target of bipartisan calls for changes, but has become a centerpiece of Mr. Trump's immigration crackdown agenda. Economists have maintained that the visa holders boost American productivity and raise wages even for American workers.

Mr. Vance, pressed on how the use of the certification program amounted to fraud, said that companies were misrepresenting that they were bringing in workers with “hyper-specialized and hyper-capable” skill sets.

Mr. Vance said that there was a difference between bringing in foreign workers like the tech tycoon Elon Musk, "who wants to come in and build something great in the United States of America," versus an accountant at a lower wage.

"You're not bringing in a genius to build a great American corporation," Mr. Vance said. "You are committing fraud against the American people and against this visa program."

Hours after the announcement, President Trump awarded Satya Nadella, Microsoft's chief executive, the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a summit in Washington where Mr. Musk and other tech executives also were honored.

Mr. Nadella came to the United States for graduate school and joined Microsoft in 1992. Two years later, he wrote in his memoir, he turned in his permanent residency for an H-1B visa so that his wife could immediately join him in the United States. Both eventually gained citizenship.

Administration Eyes Ships to Deport Immigrants | Kennedy Pushes Research

Unusual Plan Adds Many Days at Sea And Costs Millions

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The Golden Bear, a 500-foot training ship for cadets at the Cal Poly Maritime Academy for 30 years, is among the options being considered to deport migrants by the Trump administration.
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The move would be an escalation in the Trump administration's campaign of mass deportations using all available means. Those steps have included flying people abroad using military planes.

By HAMED ALEAZIZ

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering using ships, including a 500-foot training vessel and ferries, to deport migrants to Central and South America on journeys that could take days and cost millions of dollars, according to two U.S. officials.

The discussions over recent weeks are still preliminary, but officials have identified possible ships, including the Training Ship Golden Bear, a maritime academy vessel docked in California, said one person who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the plan. Defense Department officials have also reached out to companies about ships in Europe, the official said.

A different official, from the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees deportations, cautioned that the plan was still hypothetical and that no decisions had been made.

It is not clear why officials are entertaining such an unusual plan, considering the logistical challenges, high cost and checkered history of deportations by sea. The plan could, however, off-load some deportation costs from Homeland Security to the Defense Department.

“D.H.S. is assessing all our resources, to maximize efficiency and continue to deliver on President Trump's mission of securing the homeland for all Americans,” the Homeland Security Department said in a statement. Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the statement added, “is 100 percent focused on ensuring the needs of our department are met while being the best possible steward of taxpayer dollars.”

The Defense Department did not comment on the proposal.

The plan would represent another escalation of the Trump administration's evolving strategy for carrying out mass deportations using all available means. Those drastic steps have included flying people abroad using military planes, sending migrants to unfamiliar and often dangerous third countries, and housing people in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The administration has also embraced policies to deter immigrants from coming to the United States and persuade them to self-deport.

“What ICE is functionally contemplating is prison ships,” said Claire Trickler-McNulty, a former top official at Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the Biden administration. “That raises serious concerns at every step. Moving people through international waters and past other countries’ territory for days at a time raises hard questions about which laws apply and who has jurisdiction if something goes wrong.”

She added that "holding hundreds of people on a ship is also an enormous operational and safety challenge."

Ms. Trickler-McNulty said that during her time at the Homeland

John Ismay and Jazmine Ulloa contributed reporting.

Security Department, including as a career official in the Obama and first Trump administrations, agency staff considered various ideas to deport people, such as using ships or trains. But they never pursued them seriously, she said.

The journeys to countries like El Salvador, Honduras and Venezuela would take days by sea and require a large number of security personnel. It is unclear whether migrants would be detained for the duration of the trips or what their sleeping arrangements would be.

The U.S. government has estimated that using ships could cost millions of dollars per trip, whereas deportation flights are substantially cheaper. It is also unclear whether other countries would agree to such a plan.

The Golden Bear served as a training ship for the Cal Poly Maritime Academy, a school for those seeking careers at sea, as a key part of the school's educational program. The vessel ended its 30-year run with the school this summer. It is not clear under what authority the ship could be used for deportations by the federal government.

"For three decades, Golden Bear has served as a floating classroom where thousands of cadets transformed classroom knowledge into practical experience at sea," a July announcement from the school read.

Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, has had difficulty articulating his vision for immigration enforcement.

Such a plan would also conjure memories of a controversial 1950s campaign in which hundreds of thousands of Mexicans were deported in a large-scale deportation drive referred to as Operation Wetback. The campaign, named for a slur for Mexican immigrants, included expelling people by sea.

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In August 1956, chaos erupted aboard one of the ships near the Mexican border city of Tampico. The New York Times reported that 40 passengers jumped from the ship and that five drowned.

The Mexican government had shut the operation by September, citing poor weather. The Times reported, that the “prevailing opinion” was that it was because of the incident near Tampico as well as “alleged unsatisfactory facilities on ship and maltreatment of involuntary passengers.”

Kennedy Pushes Research Of Injuries From Vaccines

vaccines in the future," she said.

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are known, it is impossible to say whether it will be a legitimate exercise in science.

The National Institutes of Health described the new effort in two little-noticed documents posted on its website in June. The so-called “highlighted topics” notices alerted prospective investigators that the health department “in collaboration with N.I.H., will investigate vaccine injuries with improved data collection and analysis, including through a new vaccine injury research program at the N.I.H. Clinical Center that may expand to centers around the country.”

Mr. Kennedy has made vaccine safety a cornerstone of his tenure as health secretary, despite decades of research showing that serious vaccine side effects are rare. Much of his work has focused on a purported link between vaccines and autism, though numerous studies have failed to show such a link. The Trump administration has poured millions into autism research, including funding studies that independent researchers have praised as legitimate academic science.

Mr. Kennedy has long argued that chemicals in vaccines, including mercury and aluminum salts, are dangerous. Experts say there is no evidence that either is harmful.

He has also suggested, without evidence, that vaccines are linked to chronic disease, and has complained that there are no long-term studies about the effects of vaccination. One of the N.I.H. "highlighted topics" announcements calls for large-scale evaluations of vaccines and "their relationships with both positive and negative long-term health outcomes across the lifespan."

Last month, officials at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences proposed to fund a broad-based initiative to examine chemical exposure in the environment, and described the plan to a meeting of outside advisers.

The proposal does not explicitly state that the research will relate to vaccines. But one of its goals is “advancing understanding of aluminum, including aluminum-containing compounds encountered through environmental, consumer product, occupational and medically relevant exposures,” and one person familiar with the work said that vaccine research could be a part of it.

Vaccine experts are skeptical of Mr. Kennedy's focus on well-studied topics like autism and metals. But they also see the need for additional vaccine safety research.

"I do think that we do need to take these adverse events more seriously, and I think that we need to build that into how we fund scientific research in the future," said Dr. Helen Chu, who was a member of an outside panel of experts that advised the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines until last spring, when Mr. Kennedy fired everyone on the committee.

"We need to think about if there are serious adverse events that are occurring from certain vaccines, how do we make sure that these are studied appropriately so that we understand what leads to them, so that we can design safer

Dr. Daniel Salmon, who leads the Institute for Vaccine Safety at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, agreed. "More research in vaccine safety would be very helpful," he said, adding, "It needs to be rigorous science."

Patients who suffer vaccine injuries often say they feel dismissed by the medical establishment and have been pleading for the government to do more.

One of the patients who met with Mr. Kennedy at the N.I.H. was Brianne Dressen, who participated in a clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca that was withdrawn from the market in 2024 after concerns about a link between the shot and an extremely rare but serious blood-clotting disorder lowered demand.

Ms. Dressen, a former preschool teacher from Utah declined to talk about the meeting with Mr. Kennedy, but she described her experience in an interview with The New York Times.

Within an hour of receiving the AstraZeneca shot in November 2020, she said, her limbs began tingling. Her symptoms, including

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, in part wants to look at long-term effects.

pain, worsened over the following weeks and months. She had to use a wheelchair for a time, and lost 40 pounds. In January 2021, she reached out to experts at the N.I.H. Clinical Center, a hospital devoted entirely to clinical research. Doctors there diagnosed her with "post-vaccine neuropathy," she said.

She has sued AstraZeneca; the case is pending. A company spokeswoman declined to comment on the litigation.

Ms. Dressen later turned to advocacy and founded the nonprofit React19 to support research into Covid vaccine side effects and long-term symptoms from Covid. She says she is not political.

"This is the first time there's been anything even remotely official," she said.

Mr. Kennedy's vaccine agenda has been extremely controversial and polarizing; the White House instructed him for a time not to talk about the issue, for fear it would harm Republicans' chances in the midterm elections next month. In February, he began emphasizing his "Eat Real Food" agenda and pivoted away from vaccines.

It is not clear why his visit to the N.I.H. was a secret. He was accompanied on Monday by Dr. Mehmet Oz, who runs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Dr. Erica Schwartz, the new head of the C.D.C.; and Kyle Diamantas, the acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

The entire staff on the Bethesda campus was encouraged to work from home. An email warned of "increased traffic and security," without saying why.

Maduro Charged With Ordering Torture of Americans in Prison

This article is by Santul Nerkar, Benjamin Weiser and Julie Turke-witz.

The Justice Department on Thursday announced new charges against the ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, accusing them of torturing detainees, including American citizens, to throttle the opposition and cling to power.

Mr. Maduro and Ms. Flores, who were captured in an extraordinary raid in January, were already facing sweeping narco-terrorism and drug trafficking charges in Manhattan. Both are scheduled to go on trial in June 2027, in a case that has raised a panoply of legal issues surrounding the capture and Mr. Maduro's level of involvement in the cocaine trade.

But the new allegations levied by federal prosecutors struck a different chord. They accuse the couple of violently repressing their own citizens to smother dissent and undermine Venezuela's democracy. The torture, according to prosecutors, included electric shock, rape, prolonged isolation and starvation.

The alleged conduct laid out in the indictment is "truly unthinkable," Jamie McDonald, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said outside the courthouse after the hearing.

Barry Pollack, a lawyer for Mr. Maduro, said in a statement that "President Maduro denies the charges in the new indictment and looks forward to his day in court."

In the courtroom on Thursday, a

Kate Christobek contributed reporting.

prosecutor told the judge presiding over the case, Alvin K. Hellerstein, that there were cooperating witnesses who could attest to the torture. The couple will be arraigned on the new charges at a later date.

The 30-page indictment says that from at least 1999 through 2025, the couple and high-level Venezuelan officials inflicted severe physical and mental pain to punish members of the political opposition, silence dissent and protect their authority.

One official ordered the murder of opponents of the Maduro regime, oversaw torture and personally threatened to murder a prisoner's child, the indictment says.

Another senior Venezuelan officer, who reported directly to Mr. Maduro, developed torture methods that he presented for Mr. Maduro's approval and led an agency responsible for torturing scores of victims, according to the indictment.

A third official ordered and participated in the torture of civilians and military members, including U.S. citizens, who were believed to pose a threat to Mr. Maduro's rule, the document says.

Most of the political prisoners held by the Maduro government have been Venezuelans. In late 2024, the human rights group Foro Penal said that more than 2,000 Venezuelans were wrongfully detained.

During Mr. Maduro's time as president, his government also frequently arrested and held Americans and U.S. permanent residents in Venezuelan prisons. The detainees were often used as political leverage, with Mr. Maduro attempting to extract favorable conditions from Washington in exchange for their release.

Those captured included a group of oil executives known as the Citgo 6, who were held between 2017 and 2022. Two other Americans, Matthew Heath and Osman Khan, sued Mr. Maduro last year, claiming that they had been subject to waterboarding, electrocution and the use of mind-altering drugs during lengthy wrongful imprisonments starting in 2020 and 2022.

In describing the asphyxiation, beatings and starvation of a man identified as Victim-7, the indict-

New allegations of repression from 1999 through 2025.

ment appears to describe the detention of Mr. Khan, who has discussed his experience publicly.

It says Victim-7 was falsely accused of participating in a plot to assassinate Mr. Maduro, among other claims. After several days of beatings, Victim-7 was taken to Boleita Norte prison, where he was held and tortured for eight and a half months, according to the indictment.

Mr. Khan has said he was a recent college graduate who crossed from Colombia into Venezuela in 2022 with a plan to meet his girlfriend's family. Mr. Khan's lawyer did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

In an interview on Thursday, Mr. Heath, a former Marine who was detained between 2020 and

2022, said he was "happy" to see the United States attempt to hold Mr. Maduro accountable.

"This is one step closer to justice being served," he said.

The atrocities continued after Mr. Maduro declared victory in a July 2024 presidential election riddled with irregularities, according to the indictment.

Mr. Maduro's and Ms. Flores's lawyers have argued that they should not be prosecuted in a U.S. court, on the grounds of sovereign immunity. Judge Hellerstein has yet to rule on their motions to dismiss on those grounds.

In late 2024, amid worsening relations with the United States and other nations, Mr. Maduro's government stepped up its practice of imprisoning foreigners. They included many Americans and U.S. permanent residents. Some, upon their release, spoke to The New York Times and described being beaten, confined for long periods to concrete cells and denied access to lawyers, American officials and other visitors.

Gregory David Weber, one of the former prisoners, said that guards had often told him: "Maduro is the guy who is going to make the decision" about further imprisonment or release.

In an interview this week, Mr. Weber said that he was "happy to see this guy get prosecuted."

"Basically what he did to us is now being done to him. Who would have thought — it's all miraculous, really," he said.

Outside the Manhattan federal courthouse on Thursday, around two dozen people rallied in support of Mr. Maduro and Ms. Flores, who was seeking her release from jail on bail, citing her worsening health. Many of them were holding Venezuelan flags and holding pictures of the couple, along with a sign that read "Immediate medical care 4 Cilia Flores!" The request was denied by Judge Hellerstein.

Yet the Venezuelan government has not taken up Mr. Maduro's case as a cause célèbre. Instead, Venezuelan officials — now aligned with President Trump — appear to be mentioning Mr. Maduro and Ms. Flores as little as possible.

The country's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, for example, made no explicit reference to him during her recent speech to the United Nations General Assembly. She also extradited a major Maduro ally, Alex Saab, to the United States. Mr. Saab, who pleaded guilty to money laundering charges last month, is viewed as a potential key witness against Mr. Maduro.

Ms. Rodriguez has also purged Maduro allies from her government and stopped campaigning publicly for his release. Among everyday Venezuelans, there is no affection for Mr. Maduro, who is largely seen as responsible for the economy's spectacular decline, the theft of the 2024 presidential election and major human rights violations.

Under her government, there are still more than 300 political prisoners in Venezuela, according to Foro Penal, a human rights group.

Its director, Gonzalo Himiob, said the new indictment "shines a light of hope in Venezuela," though he added that more work needed to be done to eliminate abuse.

"Definitively torture became a policy of the state," he said, "and it still is."

Judge Denies Appeal by Maduro's Wife for Release From Brooklyn Jail

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Supporters of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, protested their detention outside federal court in Manhattan on Thursday.

By SANTUL NERKAR

As Cilia Flores, the wife of the ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, has sat in a Brooklyn jail cell, she has experienced a few of the issues that plague America's troubled federal lockups.

A fight broke out in her unit, leading guards to deploy pepper spray that left her with chest tightness. She has lost 25 pounds and two molar teeth, and her heart condition has worsened.

Her lawyer had asked a judge to release her to private home detention in New York — which would be paid for by the Venezuelan government — so that she can be properly treated.

But on Thursday, that request was denied by the judge overseeing the case, Alvin K. Hellerstein.

Such requests are not unusual. To varying levels of success, wealthy defendants have often tried to leverage their money to avoid incarceration in America's troubled federal jails.

Supporters of indigent defendants have long argued that the notion that a defendant can buy their way out of jail is unfair. And in recent court filings, federal prosecutors in Manhattan have argued that granting Ms. Flores's request would create a two-tiered system of bail, in which wealthy defendants like her could pay for a private jail while poorer defendants would remain detained.

"This is nothing more than an attempt to leverage her wealth to receive special treatment that is forbidden under the law," federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York wrote last month.

In denying the motion, Judge Hellerstein cited the strength of the evidence in the government's case. A new indictment was announced on Thursday against Ms. Flores and Mr. Maduro, accusing the couple of conspiring to torture detainees, including both Venezuelan and American citizens.

"Jail is not a nice place to be," Judge Hellerstein said in court. "But these are serious allegations."

The federal trial for Mr. Maduro, 63, and Ms. Flores, 69, is scheduled for June 2027. Both have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to commit narco-terrorism and import cocaine, along with other charges.

Courts have often acknowledged clear inequities in denying requests like Ms. Flores's. In 2016, Judge Richard M. Berman denied a request to release Reza Zarrab, a Turkish gold trader charged with evading sanctions, writing that Mr. Zarrab's \$50 million bond proposal would help "foster inequity and unequal treatment in favor of a very small cohort of criminal defendants who are extremely wealthy."

Sometimes, judges have granted such proposals. In 2009, a federal judge allowed Marc Dreier, a Manhattan lawyer accused of defrauding investors of \$700 million, to stay at his Upper East Side apartment on a \$10 million bond while awaiting trial. He wound up pleading guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

As the first lady of Venezuela, Ms. Flores amassed vast wealth by tapping a network of corruption, experts say. After rising through the ranks of Venezuelan national politics as an ally of Hugo Chávez, Mr. Maduro's predecessor and mentor, Ms. Flores was widely seen as holding influence over the country's justice system.

Mr. Maduro and Ms. Flores were seized from a Caracas compound in a U.S. military operation in January. During the capture, Ms. Flores sustained "permanent scarring by her captors," including injuries to her face, forehead and abdomen, wrote Mark Donnelly, a lawyer for Ms. Flores.

Since January, Ms. Flores has been jailed at the Metropolitan

Detention Center, a violent and troubled federal lockup in Brooklyn. Her health has worsened in jail, and she needs a medical procedure to treat her heart condition, Mr. Donnelly has written in court filings.

In September, lawyers for Mr. Maduro and Ms. Flores wrote to Judge Hellerstein, arguing for the dismissal of charges on the grounds of sovereign immunity, which would mean their clients were immune from prosecution in a U.S. court. That issue is scheduled to be argued before Judge Hellerstein next month.

Court Orders Expungement of Report Criticizing DeSantis Administration

By DAVID OVALLE

A Florida appeals court panel has ordered the full expungement of a grand jury report that found Gov. Ron DeSantis's administration had "misappropriated" \$10 million in taxpayer money by diverting it to a charity tied to the governor's wife.

The unanimous decision on Wednesday found that the grand jury, empaneled last year by prosecutors in Tallahassee, exceeded its authority by accusing people of a “sophisticated scheme” to “misappropriate funds,” but issuing no indictments.

The grand jury report, which was never publicly released but was leaked to a Miami news station and published in August, wrongfully "impugned" private individuals involved in the transfer of \$10 million to political committees, wrote Judge Lance E. Neff of the state's First District Court of Appeal.

"A grand jury is not an autonomous agency with unlimited power," wrote Judge Neff, whom

Mr. DeSantis, a Republican, appointed to the bench this year. The judge used to work as a lawyer for the state's prison system and attorney general's office.

The ruling described the report as “careless in its grammar, mistaken in its law, and unfaithful to its own record.”

The decision adds another twist to a scandal that has rocked Florida political circles and has been cited by Democrats as evidence of corruption within the DeSantis administration. Mr. DeSantis will leave office in January because of term limits.

"This is complete and total vindication," Alex Lanfranconi, a spokesman for Mr. DeSantis, said in a statement.

The grand jury in Leon County, home to the state capital Tallahassee, investigated the fund-raising arm of Hope Florida, a charity that the state's first lady, Casey DeSantis, started in 2021. The charity's goal was to keep families off public assistance by connecting them with churches and aid

groups.

In 2024, its fund-raising arm, the Hope Florida Foundation, received \$10 million from a health care company facing scrutiny from the state for Medicaid over-billing. The company, Centene, also paid \$57 million to the state as part of a settlement.

That \$10 million — which the DeSantis administration called a private "donation" — was immediately redirected to political committees backing a campaign that Mr. DeSantis was leading against a ballot measure that would have legalized marijuana.

Florida grand juries, by law, can probe issues of public interest, including those involving public officials. Their reports are often made public, even if they reach conclusions other than an indictment.

The report in question, completed in January, named numerous officials in the DeSantis administration and called the transactions "part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities." But proving a crime was impossible because witnesses could not recall who directed the Centene money to Hope Florida, the report found.

The appeals court wrote that a grand jury "may report official incompetence or laxity even where no crime is charged," but that when a grand jury finds violations of law, "its duty is to indict, and when charges are unfounded, its duty is to exonerate."

The ruling also criticized the office of Jack Campbell, the Leon County state attorney, for emailing the secret report to "at least 49 recipients," calling that "a disclosure of confidential material beyond what the statute authorizes." Mr. Campbell declined to comment.

A Leon County judge had already ordered most of the report redacted over the summer, after a watchdog organization argued for its disclosure. Mr. Campbell had appealed that ruling, but he withdrew the appeal after CBS Miami published the entire report in late

August.

Michael Barfield, executive director of the Florida Center for Government Accountability, the watchdog group, called the appellate process "a one-sided show" driven by lawyers for people named in the report who wanted to keep it secret.

Mr. Barfield said the organization is weighing its legal options.

"Florida has a long history of grand jury presentments critical of public officials such as the ones involved in this case," he said. "Many grand jury reports have not indicted but criticized — and that is allowed by law."

The spotlight on Hope Florida is not going away.

Monique H. Worrell, the state attorney for the Orlando area, has said that her office is investigating the Hope Florida matter, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Mr. De-Santis in 2023 suspended Ms. Worrell, a Democrat, from office, saying that she was incompetent and had neglected her duties. Voters later re-elected her.

Fuel Bound For Cuba Is Seized At U.S. Ports

By DAVID OVALLE and DAVID C. ADAMS

Federal authorities in Florida and Texas have seized over 600,000 gallons of biodiesel bound for Cuba in what appears to be the first major seizure of its kind since the Trump administration imposed a fuel blockade on the country earlier this year.

The fuel, procured by a fuel importer affiliated with the Cuban government, was valued at more than \$2.8 million, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The U.S. government imposed sanctions on that company, ENETEC S.A., in July.

The shipments “reflect a deliberate and coordinated effort to supply” the sanctioned company, José R. Figueroa, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Miami, said on Wednesday at a news conference announcing the seizures.

Mr. Figueroa declined to identify the U.S. company or companies involved in the sale, citing an ongoing investigation. Officials did not announce criminal charges, nor identify the country from which the fuel originated.

Cuba produces some fuel on its own, but it largely relies on foreign supplies to power its electric grid and keep the country running.

The Trump administration, seeking to force political and economic change in Cuba, began choking off fuel to the Communist-run island after the capture of the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in January. Venezuela provided a majority of Cuba's fuel. Other countries stopped exporting fuel to the island after President Trump threatened tariffs on their governments.

The ensuing power outages have left Cubans without running refrigerators and lights, and hospitals and schools are unable to fully function.

U.S. officials said that intelligence and an analysis of trade data led to the seizure of 71 shipments totaling 496,000 gallons of biodiesel at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Another 19 shipments totaling 119,000 gallons were seized at the Port of Houston.

The seizures come as diplomatic talks between the United States and Cuba have stalled, disappointing some in Miami's Cuban exile

Biodiesel procured for a Cuban company under U.S. sanctions.

community who believe political and economic change is not coming fast enough to the island.

Cuba recently put a restructuring plan in place meant to spur more private enterprise and loosen state control of the economy. A top Cuban baseball team, Industriales, this week announced its first ever commercial sponsor — a private-sector distributor of U.S. fuel that opened its first retail outlet in Cuba in June.

The Treasury Department has issued individual licenses that allow fuel to be exported from the United States to private businesses in Cuba. Mr. Figueroa said the seizures, which happened last month, "were not meant to interfere with legitimate humanitarian assistance that supports Cuban families, workers and communities."

The State Department, in a statement, asserted that it had "broken the regime's monopoly on fuel, incentivizing and empowering more private enterprise." The department acknowledged that it "cannot rule out some diversion to regime-connected figures or entities" but vowed to target companies that skirt sanctions.

Enforcement efforts are continuing at sea. Last week, the Coast Guard announced the seizure of a cargo ship with fuel bound for Cuba. During the summer, the Coast Guard seized another ship headed to Cuba carrying 210,000 gallons of fuel.

Experts on the Cuban economy have noted a surge in U.S. private fuel sales to Cuba, raising concerns that supply is ending up under government control. Fuel is now suddenly so plentiful that the price has fallen to \$2.50 a liter from \$5, Omar Everleny Pérez, a Cuban economist, said in September at a meeting of Cuban economists in Miami.

Some experts say recent data on fuel shipments to Cuba has exposed a lack of clear strategy from the Trump administration, leaving them to question whether these private shipments are part of an intentional effort to prevent a total humanitarian collapse or simply the result of local actors exploiting regulatory loopholes.

"You know creativity and ingenuity are the coins of the Cuban realm," Michael Bustamante, a Cuba expert at the University of Miami, said in an interview.

Mamdani, on Tightrope, Explains Oct. 7 Remarks to a Divided New York

This article is by Dana Rubinstein, Liam Stack and Sally Goldenberg.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday voiced no regrets about his handling of the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, after his efforts to mark the day were transformed into one of the most wrenching moments in his brief tenure leading New York City.

Instead, he reaffirmed his confidence in an approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that had caused some Jewish New Yorkers and pro-Palestinian activists to assail his leadership.

Asked about Wednesday's events at an unrelated news conference in Brooklyn, Mr. Mamdani expressed no regrets about the statement he had released to mark the anniversary. His statement inflamed tensions with many Jewish leaders, who said it had focused too much on Israel's war in Gaza, and not enough on the people who had been killed or taken hostage in Israel that day.

"It is critically important to be able to mourn for all of those who were killed and have been killed since, especially given that we know this is ongoing," the mayor said on Thursday. His intention, he said, had been to reckon with "a horror that devastated the lives of New Yorkers three years ago and it also continues to devastate New Yorkers today."

Mr. Mamdani said on Thursday that he had been clear, and would remain so, that he believed Hamas had committed war crimes in its attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 hostages abducted. He also said Israel had used that carnage to justify a prolonged assault on Gaza that had led to the deaths of more than 74,000 Palestinians, actions that he believed amount to genocide.

He evinced no doubts about his decision to attend a vigil on Wednesday evening organized by Israelis for Peace to honor those killed in both Israel and Gaza — an event he also attended last year before his election. He did not address the tense scene that developed when a group of pro-Palestinian activists disrupted the gathering, heckled him and called him a “traitor.”

While opposition to the mayor from pro-Israel Jewish leaders has become frequent, he is less accustomed to being publicly jeered by fellow critics of Israel for acknowledging the grief of Israelis and Jews.

But he said on Thursday that New Yorkers would find a way to come together, despite accusations from Jewish leaders that his focus on Israel has threatened the safety of his Jewish constituents amid heightened fears about anti-semitism and violence.

There is a political logic to the consistency of his message.

"As a communications consultant and strategist, you would never tell your client to flip-flop," said Lupe Todd-Medina, a Democratic political consultant. "You've got to own your position and stay there."

But that consistency did little to resolve the predicament facing Mr. Mamdani, who is navigating a fraught relationship with Jewish leaders and growing skepticism from some of his allies on the left.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has dogged Mr. Mamdani since he took office in January as New York City's first Muslim mayor, a dyed-in-the-wool pro-Palestinian activist and critic of Israel in a city that has a growing Muslim population and remains 12 percent Jewish. As a mayoral candidate, he promised to arrest the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, if he set foot in the city.

His unabashed stance on the issue, in a city where politicians have long been almost reflexively pro-Israel, excited Muslims and young activists who enthusiastically joined his coalition.

But governing is different from campaigning.

It turned out that he had no authority to arrest Mr. Netanyahu, which his team had told him for months but which he only publicly acknowledged in a video in July. That video rattled Jewish leaders, who saw his sharp denunciations of Israel and its leader as a move to reassure his base while distracting from his abandonment of a campaign promise.

In August, during a meeting at

City Hall, rabbis beseeched the mayor to lower the temperature and to more carefully consider how his words affected Jewish New Yorkers. And for a time, he seemed to retreat from talking about the Middle East as often.

Tensions resurfaced soon after when, amid the Jewish High Holiday season, the mayor's office released a report on its efforts to combat antisemitism, which had risen across the United States after the Oct. 7 attacks.

The report steered clear of the thorny issue of Israel, but it nevertheless angered some of Mr. Mamdani's supporters, who flooded social media with accusations that he was bowing to a Zionist agenda by highlighting hate crimes against Jews, interpreting the notion of hate crimes too broadly, and providing funding to a Jewish community group that supports Israel.

Anger and Bitterness After Mayor's Comments

This article is by Liam Stack, Dana Rubinstein and Sally Goldenberg.

It seemed inevitable that the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks would touch off tensions for Zohran Mamdani, a longtime critic of Israel and the first Muslim mayor of a city that is 12 percent Jewish.

But Wednesday erupted with such anger and emotion that it seemed to overwhelm any efforts to solemnly mark the deadliest day in Israeli history.

Mr. Mamdani began the day shortly before 9 a.m. by issuing a statement that was meant to acknowledge the Oct. 7 anniversary but almost immediately caused an uproar among some Jewish leaders, who said it minimized Israeli suffering in the Hamas-led attacks.

It took a turn roughly 12 hours later at a vigil organized by Israeli peace activists in Union Square in Manhattan, where pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted the event to jeer the mayor. He appeared ashen and upset as he left, without addressing the crowd, flanked by his security detail as he walked to a waiting S.U.V. at 8:50 p.m.

The events raised questions about whether Mr. Mamdani, who energized his campaign with his embrace of the Palestinian cause and ardent criticism of Israel, can now, as mayor, unite New Yorkers whose emotions remain inflamed over the issue.

"This is a moment when people are looking to see if we have the kind of leadership that brings people together, lowers the temperature and makes everyone feel respected," said Mark Treyger, the chief executive of the Jewish Community Relations Council. "And today was just not it."

The mayor, who is known for his broad, effervescent smile, seemed especially stung by the opposition to him expressed by the pro-Palestinian crowd in Union Square, given his consistent support of their cause.

During the vigil, he stared stone-faced, and at times looked crestfallen, as the activists chanted in support of Hamas, called for the deaths of Israeli soldiers and denounced him as a "traitor," many citing his meetings with President Trump or his efforts to build ties with Jewish leaders.

"Zohran, you coward!" someone yelled from the crowd, which numbered in the hundreds. Others yelled, "Zohran is a sellout!"

Mr. Mamdani's day seemed carefully planned to avoid such spectacle. He spurned a politically freighted invitation from Israel's consul general in New York to

Claire Fahy, Emma G. Fitzsimmons, Wesley Parnell and Sean Piccoli contributed reporting.

watch a 47-minute film showing footage from the Oct. 7 attacks, choosing instead to join the evening vigil, which was hosted by Israelis for Peace and was attended by many of his progressive Jewish allies. He then held a private meeting with Palestinian New Yorkers at Hind's Hall, a Palestinian restaurant on the Upper West Side, to end the day.

But it was clear by midday that his morning statement had caused deep anger among many Jewish New Yorkers.

Unlike the statements issued by the governor and other elected leaders, Mr. Mamdani's remarks focused far more on the suffering of Palestinians than on the killings of roughly 1,200 people and the abduction of 251 hostages in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. His words, which startled even some of his allies, acknowledged that the day was "profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers" but then pivoted to a denunciation of Israel for what he called the "devastating, ongoing genocide" in Gaza.

Israel's campaign in Gaza has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians, according to a count from Gaza's health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants but which includes thousands of children.

"The suffering did not begin nor end that day," Mr. Mamdani said, referring to Oct. 7, adding: "That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing."

He did not provide a similarly detailed account of the Oct. 7 attacks.

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, the president of the New York Board of Rabbis, said Mr. Mamdani's statement was "morally perverse" and "like sticking a knife into the pain of the Jewish community in New York and in America."

"It is so offensive to so many Jews that it is hard to describe how offensive it is," he said. "And it exacerbated the feeling that American Jews and New York Jews have had since he first came to prominence, which is that he has a problem with collective Jewish empowerment and he hates the state of Israel."

For the duration of his still-fledgling mayoralty, Mr. Mamdani has had to walk a tightrope, eager to remain in the good graces of his progressive base even as he has sought to broaden his political appeal. He has veered toward the center on policing, and abandoned campaign promises that conflicted with the city's budgetary limitations.

But on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he has been steadfast in condemning Israel's actions in Gaza, at a time when the war has caused U.S. public support for Israel to drop sharply, according to the Pew Research Center.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY HILARY SWIFT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

When Mr. Mamdani released a video in July acknowledging that he lacked the authority to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, but denounced him as a "war criminal," the anger among Jewish New Yorkers hit a fever pitch.

Many leaders publicly questioned why Mr. Mamdani would seek to focus so much attention on Israel's actions when antisemitic hate crimes and fear of violence remained elevated in his city. And some worry that the issue may impede his progress on his broader agenda.

"There's no winning on an issue like this when you're the New York City mayor," said Eric Phillips, who served as press secretary to Mayor Bill de Blasio. "You say what you feel, and understand it's not a job for people who need to be liked."

In a meeting at City Hall in August, rabbis pleaded with Mr. Mamdani to tone down his anti-Israel rhetoric, arguing that it fueled the flames of antisemitism at home.

Afterward, Mr. Mamdani seemed to skip opportunities to in-tone against Israel. He avoided protests during Mr. Netanyahu's visit to the United Nations, during which the prime minister inveighed against Mr. Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji.

Instead of releasing a social media video about Israel or Mr. Netanyahu, the mayor issued a brief statement saying the prime minister had used his U.N. speech "to repeat baseless lies meant to sanitize his genocide of Palestinians," and posted a video showing himself planting an olive tree with Palestinians from Gaza at Gracie Mansion, his official residence. "May peace be our future," Mr. Mamdani said in a caption.

Days later, Mr. Mamdani's office released a report on antisemitism in New York City that described the steps his administration was taking to prevent hate crimes and celebrate Jewish tra-

Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a Union Square vigil hosted by Israelis for Peace on Wednesday. Left, pro-Palestinian protesters called him a "traitor."

ditions. Some Jewish leaders criticized him for omitting substantive mention of Israel in the report. But pro-Palestinian activists excoriated him online for allocating money to a pro-Israel Jewish community group and, in some cases, even for issuing the report at all.

At the protests in Union Square on Wednesday, Yeasin Rani, 28, said he wanted to exert pressure on Mr. Mamdani so that "he isn't totally co-opted by the powers that be."

"He brings a lot of awareness to Palestinian issues and he's moved the political conversation in a good direction, but he has been compromised recently," Mr. Rani said. "But that's to be expected with the mayor of New York City."

The Palestinian cause has been central to Mr. Mamdani's political identity since his days at Bowdoin College, where he founded a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. As a state assemblyman, he sponsored legislation to strip tax-exempt status from nonprofits with ties to Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

And it was the fervently anti-Zionist Democratic Socialists of America that propelled the 34-year-old politician to the mayoralty.

Christine Quinn, a former City Council speaker, gave Mr. Mamdani a "tremendous amount of credit" for showing up to the vigil.

"Sometimes leadership isn't about making everyone happy," she said, "or even making one side happy."

Child Care Survey Finds Parents Would Prefer More Time Off to Care for Babies

By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's child care plan promises to offer a free seat to every 2-year-old in New York City by the end of his first term, and then to expand the program to include babies.

A new survey of parents, released on Thursday, shows why reaching younger children could be difficult.

More than 60 percent of families would prefer to have a parent or relative care for children under the age of 2, according to the survey of roughly 4,300 New York City parents by New America and Robin Hood, two nonprofits that worked with the city on a report about what parents want from child care.

The report's authors recommend strengthening paid parental leave and considering direct financial support for parents or relatives of younger children.

New York City has led the nation in offering free preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds and added 2,000 seats for 2-year-olds, known as 2-K, in September, with the ambitious goal of eventually making the program available to all children from 6 weeks to 5 years old.

But there has been a national debate over whether the government should also pay parents to stay home. The Trump administration is moving to allow married couples with a stay-at-home spouse to collect subsidies, diverting funds from a program for working parents.

Here is what the survey found:

Some families are spending \$28,000 per year on child care.

Parents are struggling to pay for child care, and it affects their career decisions, the survey found.

A mother in Manhattan quoted in the report said she was staying home with her children, ages 1 and 3, because child care cost more than her income. "I don't feel I had a choice," she said.

Child care is more expensive for the youngest children. Parents who have a child younger than 1 reported spending an average of \$2,395 per month on child care, or more than \$28,000 per year. The cost falls to under \$1,000 per month for families whose youngest child is 4.

The report urged the city to consider offering financial support to parents, relatives, friends or neighbors who care for children.

Two-thirds of parents want to care for their babies themselves.

During a child's first year, 69 percent of families would like for a parent to be able to provide care, the survey found.

Other options were less popular: 13 percent preferred a relative, 6 percent want a child-care center and 5 percent preferred a friend or nanny.

For older children, parents expressed more comfort with formal settings. For a 1-year-old, about 28 percent of parents said they wanted to use a center, a family day care or school-based care. That figure grew to 70 percent for a 3-year-old.

Parents want more parental leave.

New York State's paid leave laws allow many parents to take up to 12 weeks off at up to two-thirds of their pay. Some parents took less than that, the survey found.

More than 40 percent of parents said they would prefer to take six months or more, if money and job security were not concerns.

The report said that improving leave was “responsive and efficient” and could reduce demand for licensed programs for babies, which are more expensive.

Elliot Haspel, a senior fellow at the think tank Capita who wrote a book about child care policy, said the United States was a “massive outlier” globally in providing parental leave.

"These two things can go to-"

gether: strong, lengthy paid parental leave and a well-funded, free formal child care system," he said.

Different neighborhoods want different options.

The city's free preschool program for 3- and 4-year-olds has relied on programs inside schools and at child care centers, which are frequently favored by higher-income families.

The 2-K expansion leans more on day cares inside people's homes, which tend to be more affordable and flexible and are often preferred in working-class communities.

The survey found that those patterns hold true. In parts of the Bronx, the poorest borough, only 18 percent of parents said they wanted a program based in a school or center for a 2-year-old. In Williamsburg, an affluent Brooklyn neighborhood, 52 percent of parents wanted those op-

tions.

Emmy Liss, the director of the city's child care office, said in a video call with reporters and the authors of the report that the city would use the information to shape its strategy.

Trust is the most important factor. When choosing a child care provider, parents cared most about trust, the report said: Roughly 47 percent listed it as a top factor.

Convenience and cost also ranked high. And parents wanted staff members to have degrees in early childhood education and to provide outdoor play opportunities for children.

Two fathers in Brooklyn said that trust was even more important for parents with children under 3 who are too young to communicate about problems.

A successful system "has to earn families' confidence, not just expand seats," the report said.

Leader Tied to Epstein Cuts All Links to Bard

By VIMAL PATEL

predator of our time."

Leon Botstein, the former president of Bard College who had come under scrutiny for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, resigned from all of his positions affiliated with the college on Wednesday.

The announcement came the same day that the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Bard leaders saying that while Dr. Botstein was president, he "likely enabled and possibly even participated in" Mr. Epstein's abuse. The letter also raised concerns about how Bard under Dr. Botstein handled sexual-misconduct complaints on campus.

Dr. Botstein announced in the spring that he would retire from the presidency, a position he had held for half a century, but had stayed on in a variety of roles at the college until Wednesday. His plan to resign from other positions at the college was reported earlier by the Times Union.

The letter, from Representative Jamie Raskin, ranking member of the committee, pointed to an email from May 2014 in which a person writing from the Bard president's email address had asked whether a woman Mr. Epstein may have been trafficking was "for me, or are you keeping her for yourself."

"It is hard to construct any kind of innocent explanation for Botstein's question and the surrounding events," Mr. Raskin wrote, adding that the question was asked to "the most famous sexual

In a statement, Dr. Botstein called the allegations in the letter untrue and said he did not write the message in question.

"Any assertion that I knew of or was involved in Epstein's criminal behavior is wrong," Dr. Botstein said. "I am confident that any fair review would confirm these facts. But I do not want to see even false allegations about me put the institution I have served for more than half a century put at any risk."

He said he submitted his resignation to Bard's board "to protect Bard from any distraction and ensure the college's entire focus is on the future."

The public redacted version of the email only lists the sender as "President," but members of Congress have access to unredacted versions of the email. The letter from Mr. Raskin says the email was sent from "President@Bard.edu."

Dr. Botstein was known during his long tenure on campus as a powerful fund-raiser, credited by some with keeping the college afloat during difficult financial times. But the release of a trove of Justice Department documents showed that he had a closer relationship with Mr. Epstein than previously believed.

The emails showed that Dr. Botstein exchanged visits and messages with Mr. Epstein for years. In a 2013 note, Dr. Botstein signed off with "Miss you," and he wished the financier well after one news article that detailed his abuse.

Leon Botstein had retained several roles at Bard College even after resigning as president last spring.
GRAHAM DICKIE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Dr. Botstein has maintained that his relationship with Mr. Epstein was entirely about wooing a wealthy potential donor to give money to his college.

Bard commissioned a review of Dr. Botstein's relationship with Mr. Epstein by the law firm WilmerHale, which raised concerns about the former president's leadership but concluded that he had done nothing illegal. Mr. Raskin on Wednesday questioned the adequacy of the review.

In a statement, Brandon Weber, the chair of Bard College's board of trustees, said that Dr. Botstein informed Bard on Wednesday that he was resigning immediately from all of his Bard positions, including his professorship and roles with the school's music programs. The board unanimously accepted his resignation.

"Bard College is undertaking a full review of the allegations made in the House Judiciary Committee's letter and cooperating with the committee's investigation, as we have done from the outset," Mr. Weber wrote.

Mr. Raskin's letter also said that

Dr. Botstein for most of his tenure as president personally oversaw decisions in cases related to Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination, describing the arrangement as "highly irregular."

Mr. Weber said that Dr. Botstein has not had unilateral decision-making authority over Title IX investigations "since the 2015-2016 school year."

"Our message to everyone in the Bard community is simple: If you file a complaint, we will investigate it fairly, thoroughly and with the utmost respect for your safety," Mr. Weber said.

Professor Accused of Harassing Colleague With Antisemitic Posts

By VIMAL PATEL and YAIR ROSENBERG

A faculty member at a small Pennsylvania college has been accused of harassing a colleague with a campaign of anonymous antisemitic posts on social media.

The professor, Guangtian Ha, who teaches religion at Haverford College, was charged with one count of cyberstalking and was taken into federal custody on Tuesday.

In a court filing on Tuesday arguing that Dr. Ha should be detained, federal prosecutors said that he "terrified" a co-worker by posting the victim's home address, his infant child's name, a photograph of the family's mailbox and "countless antisemitic

Michael Levenson contributed reporting. Seamus Hughes contributed research.

slurs and threats."

The court filing outlines what investigators say was a series of threatening messages from Dr. Ha to the targeted person.

In one message, according to the filing, Dr. Ha used an anonymous X account to respond to the victim, saying: "Get out of my country. You don't belong here. The Führer is coming, rats." Five days later, he wrote: "Remember this. You scums have had it too easy," prosecutors said. In another message in February, Dr. Ha wrote, according to the prosecutors: "Run. Flee. Leave. Blurring your home on google map and installing a security camera next to your mailbox won't help."

Court records did not identify the person whom prosecutors say was targeted. The person is a Jewish faculty member, according to three people who know the person and who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they wanted to preserve the person's privacy.

Twice, the victim's spouse and their three children went to stay with relatives out of fear of being attacked, according to prosecutors.

"These posts had devastating, lasting effects on victim 1 and their family," the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, David Metcalf, wrote in the detention memo along with three of his prosecutors.

They said that investigators traced the anonymous social media accounts to IP addresses connected to Dr. Ha. After his arrest, the prosecutors said, the professor told F.B.I. agents that he had created the anonymous accounts.

Court records do not show the name of any lawyer representing Dr. Ha.

Wendy Raymond, the president of Haverford College, said in a statement on Tuesday that Dr. Ha, who was on sabbatical and not teaching, had been placed on leave and barred from campus while the criminal case proceeded.

"I am heartbroken and furious at the possibility that an individual within our community would seek to inflict such pain on another," Dr. Raymond wrote. "This disturbing news is made even more harmful for many given its proximity to both the Jewish High Holidays and the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks."

Dr. Ha's name was brought up during one of several congressional hearings convened last year to examine antisemitism on college campuses.

At one hearing in May 2025, Representative Virginia Foxx, who was chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce at the time, asked Dr.

Raymond about statements Dr. Ha had made on social media. "The state of Israel must be dismantled and the society de-Nazified," he wrote in one. "Zionism is Nazism, it is fascism. Zionists are racist."

Representative Foxx asked Dr. Raymond whether there was a distinction between anti-Zionism and antisemitism. Dr. Raymond responded that antisemitism was unacceptable, but that there was room for criticizing any nation or government.

In August, Haverford settled a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a group of Jewish students, parents, faculty members and alumni that accused the school of failing to protect Jewish students from discrimination and harassment. Dr. Ha's name and social media posts under his personal account appeared multiple times in the suit.

House Candidate in Arizona Says She Was Raped While Fixing Sign

ANNA WATTS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, said that two men attacked her in August. At first, "I didn't want to tell anybody," she said.

By REIS THEBAULT

PHOENIX — Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic candidate for Congress, said this week that she was repairing a damaged campaign sign in her district northwest of Phoenix during the summer when two men attacked her.

The assailants sneaked up behind her in a parking lot, struck her on the head and raped her, according to a police report she filed with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. She lost consciousness, she said, and woke up with one of the men on top of her.

Ms. Greene-Placentia said that her memory of the episode was spotty, but that she recalled kicking her attackers until they fled.

She said the assault took place in the predawn hours of Aug. 14 in Sun City, Ariz., a Phoenix suburb.

After the attack, she said, she withdrew from her staff and family. For about two days, she did not respond to messages or phone calls, and she missed a campaign event.

"When it first happened, I didn't want to tell anybody," she said in an interview on Wednesday. She initially resolved to not report the rape to the police or to discuss it publicly. "I was embarrassed that I couldn't defend myself," she said.

But back on the campaign trail, she said, her promises to fight for Arizonaans if elected to Congress began to feel hollow. How could she make that pledge, she reasoned, if she was avoiding an opportunity to speak out on behalf of other survivors of sexual assault?

"It just flashed in my head, like, 'Well, you're not standing up for everyone, are you?'" Ms. Greene-Placentia said. "I cannot be a hypocrite."

On Aug. 31, about two weeks after the assault, she reported it to the police.

She then shared her account with The Phoenix New Times, the city's alternative newspaper, which published it on Wednesday.

She said she was braced for the backlash that has become an unavoidable feature of modern politics. Ms. Greene-Placentia, a former long-haul trucker, feared that her campaign's messaging around affordability and health care would be overshadowed. And she worried that voters would think her disclosure was a political gambit in her long-shot bid to flip a district that the incumbent, Representative Abraham Hamadeh, a Republican, won by 13 percentage points in 2024.

"I don't want my campaign to be about this," she said. "But women need to know it's OK to come forward."

In a statement, Mr. Hamadeh said he had read Ms. Greene-Placentia's account, and he urged the authorities to "investigate these serious allegations thoroughly, including finding all possible camera footage of the time and place, in order to prosecute the crime to the fullest extent of the law."

"No American should become a victim of a crime in their own community," Mr. Hamadeh said.

Maricopa County sheriff's detectives are still working to gather evidence, including possible video footage, in the case. A department spokesman, Dave Moyer, said the investigation was ongoing and declined to comment further.

It's unclear what physical evidence might exist to support Ms. Greene-Placentia's account or whether detectives have identified any suspects.

Ms. Greene-Placentia said she did not seek medical care following the attack and did not undergo a sexual assault exam. She told the police she went home and took three showers and a bath. As she rinsed off, she noticed gravel from the parking lot in the base of the tub.

When officers asked if any of the perpetrators' DNA might be found on the jeans or campaign shirt she wore that morning, Ms. Greene-Placentia told them that she had already washed the clothes. She did not get a good look at either attacker, she said, but described them as white men. One of them had small feet and was wearing black boots, she said.

Ms. Greene-Placentia at first told investigators that one of her attackers used a profanity that made her believe the assault was politically motivated, but she said on Wednesday that she could not be sure what she had heard.

Craig Beckman, Ms. Greene-Placentia's director of communications, was one of the first people she confided in, outside a campaign event a little over 48 hours after the incident.

Mr. Beckman said he immediately knew something was wrong. "It was a shock to see her in this vulnerable state, to see her cry," Mr. Beckman said.

Ms. Greene-Placentia's staff members told her she could suspend her campaign, or even drop out of the race, if she felt that would be best for her health. But she was emphatic.

"It never occurred to me to quit," said Ms. Greene-Placentia, who resumed a jam-packed campaign schedule over the following weeks. "I was just like, 'This happened, it sucks, let's move on.'"

But the campaign, which operates on a shoestring budget, has made some security adjustments. For one, Ms. Greene-Placentia no longer installs or repairs campaign signs alone after dark, a habit she had adopted to avoid the punishing Arizona summer heat.

Now, whenever she does go out, she is accompanied by a member of her staff and brings with her one of her many firearms, which she said she is "very good" at using.

Nearly two months after the assault, she said her resolve to speak out has strengthened. She said she had at times been skeptical of the $\neq$ MeToo movement and had occasionally doubted the accusers of powerful men. Now, she said, she understands.

"I apologize to every woman that I doubted, and thank every woman for coming forward," she said. "I'll do anything I can to help more women come forward and recognize that there are people who will stand up for you."

Man Accused In Cornell Case Seeks Recusal Of Prosecutor

By HURUBIE MEKO and TROY CLOSSON

One of the men accused in the Cornell University sexual assault lawsuit has asked for the state's attorney general, Letitia James, to be removed from leading the investigation into the incident.

The petition by the man, Gillio Lopes, called for Ms. James to be replaced as special prosecutor because of comments she made on social media soon after the allegations against several former fraternity members at the Ivy League school became public. The request was filed in State Supreme Court in Albany.

Mr. Lopes has unequivocally denied the allegations, his lawyer has said. The other men have also denied any wrongdoing, and no criminal charges have been filed against any of them.

Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Ms. James last week to investigate the allegations made by Jane Doe, whose lawsuit contends that what began as a consensual sexual encounter on Oct. 19, 2024, spiraled into a prolonged, drug-fueled attack inside a fraternity house by several men.

Mr. Lopes's lawyer asked the court, to remove Ms. James and appoint a different special prosecutor "who is free from actual or perceived conflicts of interest or bias" against their client or the others named in the lawsuit.

The offices of Ms. James and Ms. Hochul did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Mr. Lopes was suspended from the university following an administrative process, according to discipline summaries obtained by The New York Times. A three-member panel, which met on Zoom over 12 days in May 2025,

Lawyer cites the state attorney general's online comments.

handed down a three-semester suspension for Mr. Lopes and two years of probation, the summaries show.

Mr. Lopes remained on campus in recent weeks, though his lawyer has said he is considering leaving the school. A video on Instagram showed a woman approaching Mr. Lopes in a hallway on campus and telling him, "I just wanted to let you know personally that I'm ashamed to be on the same campus as you."

The filing on Wednesday was the latest major development in a sexual assault inquiry that has consumed Cornell's Ithaca campus, plunging the Ivy League institution into a crisis and reigniting a decades old conversation about campus sexual violence. The woman's allegations unleashed a flood of outrage over the handling of her case, both by the university and the local district attorney.

After the Tompkins County district attorney, Matthew Van Houten, said he would reopen an investigation last week, Ms. James posted a message on social media saying what Jane Doe "has been forced to endure is horrific and unacceptable."

"I'm holding her in my heart and in my prayers," Ms. James wrote. "To her, and to all survivors: you're not alone. We stand with you."

Later in the week, in response to revelations about the investigation, Ms. Hochul said she had "lost faith" in Mr. Van Houten.

In a news conference on Friday, standing next to Ms. James, the governor expressed concern at how local law enforcement had handled Jane Doe's allegations of the assault at the time of her report. And Ms. Hochul said she had "every confidence" in Ms. James to "look at the facts, examine the record, and draw the proper conclusions."

But, according to Mr. Lopes lawyers, Ms. James's comments on social media about Jane Doe's accusations require her to recuse herself.

“By describing what Doe has been forced to endure’ and identifying her with ‘survivors,’ Attorney General James publicly characterized the alleged experience as an event that had occurred, before she was entrusted with the reopened criminal investigation,” the lawyer wrote.

Stephen Gillers, a professor of legal ethics at New York University's law school, said that Ms. James's comments "skirted around the limitation of what she can say and do as a prosecutor" but added that she stayed within the bounds of what's allowed.

"On the other hand, I would have liked more care for a high-profile case like this," Mr. Gillers said.

William K. Rashbaum, Stephanie Saul and Debra Kamin contributed reporting.

'That Was a Baby': Fatal Stabbing of Girl, 7, Leaves Chicago Rattled

By BILL RUTHHART and ROBERT CHIARITO

CHICAGO — Tiera Whalum sat in her parked car in Chicago on Saturday morning, waiting for a hair appointment. Outside her window, she saw a woman waving her arm while approaching a pair of young sisters who were holding hands while walking down the sidewalk. Then one girl screamed.

"I thought she was swatting away a bee or a bug from the girl," Ms. Whalum, 30, said of the woman. "But she was actually stabbing her, and she walked away like nothing happened."

Eddimar Hernandez Chacon, 7, lay on the ground with multiple wounds to her back. As the girl's 17-year-old sister sobbed and bystanders subdued the attacker, Ms. Whalum and a police officer

Woman arrested had history of offenses and mental health issues.

took turns administering CPR to the girl. But they couldn't save her.

Days later, the brazen and unprovoked killing of a child in broad daylight continues to rattle Chatham, a neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. The authorities have said there is no evidence that the girl was targeted. But the attack has raised questions about whether the woman charged with her murder — Shavon Gayden, 48

— had been overlooked by the criminal justice and health care systems despite a history of violent offenses and mental health problems.

"Obviously, this woman had mental health issues to do something so heinous to a child just walking down the street with her sister," said Roderick Sawyer, a longtime Chatham resident who

Robert Chiarito reported from Chicago.

represented the area in the City Council for 12 years. "I've not seen this kind of random violence in Chatham, and I've been here all my life."

The stabbing has also renewed attention to violent crime in Chicago, at a time when Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, is proclaiming amid his re-election campaigning that the streets are getting safer.

Chicago is on pace this year to record fewer homicides than last year's 60-year low. Even so, President Trump, who for years has cast the city as a den of violence, on Tuesday again raised the idea of federal intervention, citing "a particularly violent crime wave that is getting worse by the day." He did not mention the girl's death.

Mayor Johnson told reporters on Sunday that while the city was working to eliminate all violence, "anytime a tragedy happens to a young person, it's that much more egregious."

Ms. Gayden, who has been charged with first-degree murder, was hospitalized with a head injury she sustained when bystanders chased her down. She had not yet appeared in court.

A memorial at the site of the stabbing. Some of the visitors remembered encountering the suspect before, behaving erratically.

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Prosecutors said at a court hearing on Monday that Ms. Gayden first threatened a store clerk on Cottage Grove Avenue, a busy commercial thoroughfare. Soon after exiting the shop, she approached the girls and pulled a knife out of a pumpkin-themed bag, prosecutors said. The older sister ducked, and Ms. Gayden pulled Eddimar to the ground and stabbed her multiple times in the back, the police and prosecutors said.

Over the past decade, Ms. Gayden has twice faced charges of domestic violence, but the cases were dropped, court records show. In 2024, she pleaded guilty to felony aggravated battery for threatening to stab a bus driver and was sentenced to two years' probation, according to prosecutors and court records.

Last year, she pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery for striking a police officer and an employee of a homeless shelter where she was staying, prosecutors and court records say.

A warrant was issued for Ms. Gayden's arrest in February 2025 after she violated the terms of her probation in the case involving the bus driver. She went on to appear in court four times for the 2024 homeless shelter case but was never arrested under the warrant, court records show.

It is unclear whether Ms. Gayden would have been held in jail if she had been arrested — and if so, for how long. A judge ordered her release less than two months after her arrest at the homeless shelter, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office.

"She had a lot of mental health challenges over the years," Ms. Gayden's mother, Christine Gayden, said in a brief phone interview on Tuesday. "I went through hot water trying to get her help."

After the stabbing on Saturday, bystanders knocked Ms. Gayden unconscious, the police said.

Ms. Whalum, who watched the episode from her car, said Ms. Gayden tried to fight off the bystanders with a knife but was overwhelmed, including by a man who swung a set of jumper cables.

Ms. Whalum, a nursing student, said she jumped out of her car and applied pressure to Eddimar's wounds with a jacket and a blanket before assisting with CPR.

"It's really, really heartbreaking," Ms. Whalum said, adding: "That was a baby. She didn't even get to live her life."

On Tuesday, a makeshift memorial of candles, stuffed animals, flowers and balloons lay on the patch of sidewalk where Eddimar was attacked in Chatham, a neighborhood long considered a bedrock of the city's Black middle class.

Two men who stopped said they had previously seen Ms. Gayden behaving erratically.

Jimmy King, 72, said a woman he squeezed by in a crowded supermarket aisle about a month ago hit his head twice, knocking him to the ground. He declined to report the incident to the police, he said. When he saw Ms. Gayden on TV after her arrest, he recognized her as the woman who had struck him.

"I said, 'Oh man, I didn't know she was on probation,' Mr. King said. "If I would have said something, maybe they would have locked her up and this wouldn't have happened."

Traevon Wiliams, 34, said he came across Ms. Gayden two months ago at the University of Chicago Hospital. Ms. Gayden screamed vulgarities at him and his daughter's mother, who later recognized her on social media after her arrest.

Most of the focus at the memorial was on Eddimar. Tiger Thompson said he had visited the site two or three times a day since her death. The girl's mother works for him as a construction laborer on drywall and painting projects, he said.

"She's an excellent mom. She works and takes care of her kids, and that's why I keep coming here and crying," said Mr. Thompson, 55, who lives in suburban Dolton, Ill. Mr. Thompson said he had recently driven Eddimar and her siblings to school.

"They left a bunch of candy under my seat, and I was fussing at them about it. She said, 'I'll get it, I'll get it,' Mr. Thompson recalled.

He said he believed that Eddimar's tragic death showed the need for more mental health resources.

"If they give people the mental health they need," he said, "a lot of this can be prevented."

Newsom Mulls Saving All 563 Prisoners on Death Row

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Gov. Gavin Newsom is considering the largest clearing of a death row in modern American history.

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face political attacks if he were to show mercy to convicted killers.

"I'm getting all those people in my ear: 'Don't do it. Don't do it,' Mr. Newsom said on a recent episode of his podcast in which he nodded to the possibility. "Politics. That's the best they can do."

While other governors have ended death sentences en masse before, the move Mr. Newsom is considering would be the largest clearing of a death row in modern American history. In 2003, Gov. George Ryan of Illinois, a Republican, commuted death sentences for 167 inmates right before he left office.

California's prisoners comprise roughly one-fourth of people facing capital punishment nationwide, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

California's death row includes notorious killers such as Richard Allen Davis, who murdered Polly Klaas, a 12-year-old, after kidnapping her from her home in 1993. It also includes Cary Stayner, who killed four women near Yosemite in 1999, and the 1980s serial killer Charles Ng.

California has not executed anyone since January 2006, when Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, was governor. Weeks later, a federal judge blocked executions in the state when another prisoner was scheduled to be killed, and the California death penalty was tied up in courts for years.

In 2019, Mr. Newsom placed a moratorium on executions in the state. The favorite to succeed him as governor, Xavier Becerra, a fellow Democrat, has said he would keep the moratorium in place if elected.

Mr. Newsom's moratorium barred executions during his tenure but did not reduce sentences for prisoners on death row or stop prosecutors from seeking death sentences. The governor has faced continuous pressure from death penalty opponents to do something more durable. Mr. Newsom's office said that he has not made any decisions about death penalty commutations.

Under California law, a governor can unilaterally grant clemency to a prisoner with a single conviction, but the State Supreme Court must approve a clemency request for inmates with multiple felony convictions. If Mr. Newsom decided to commute sentences for everyone on death row, more than half of the cases would have to be reviewed by the court.

Matt Bennett, a moderate Democratic strategist who worked on Bill Clinton's presidential campaigns, said Mr. Newsom would complicate a run for president by ordering a mass commutation. "He is the governor of a very blue, very liberal state, and he has done a bunch of things that wouldn't happen in swing states," Mr. Bennett said. "Adding to the list is probably not something he should be doing."

The death penalty is still supported in many parts of the country, Mr. Bennett said, and Mr. Newsom would invite attacks that he is too liberal.

Still, public support for capital punishment has been on the decline nationwide for decades. A Gallup poll last year showed that

Over half the cases would have to be reviewed by the court.

52 percent of Americans supported the death penalty as a punishment for murder, down from 80 percent in 1994.

Those urging Mr. Newsom to grant clemency have argued that it's the right thing to do and that it could have a political upside. It may appeal to liberal Democrats in a presidential primary, and some proponents say that a moral act could demonstrate authenticity.

“What the voters are looking for now are leaders who are genuine, who act based on their values and who don’t act like typical politicians,” said Natasha Minsker, a California lawyer who has led efforts to end capital punishment for more than two decades. “He’s been absolutely clear that he is opposed to the death penalty, and acting based on that value, I think, shows that he means what he says and he follows through on his convictions."

Mr. Newsom recorded a lengthy conversation last month in Alabama with Bryan Stevenson, a leading attorney in the movement to end the death penalty, for an episode of the podcast "This Is Gavin Newsom." In brief flashes, Mr. Newsom seemed to weigh his internal debate aloud without disclosing many details.

"Do I commute the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere?" Mr. Newsom asked at one point.

"I think you do," Mr. Stevenson said. "And I think it becomes a really pivotal moment in this country."

Later, Mr. Newsom asked, "What do I say to the victims?"

California voters rejected measures to abolish capital punishment in 2012 and 2016, and Mr. Newsom faced criticism for going against their will when he imposed his moratorium in 2019. Back then, he said his perspective had been shaped by a conversation with Mr. Stevenson.

"It struck a chord," Mr. Newsom said in 2019. "Do we have the right to kill? That is a deep and existential question, and I don't believe we do."

He later pushed ahead by dismantling the execution chamber at San Quentin, relocating many death row inmates to other prisons and starting new programs to emphasize rehabilitation.

Topo Padilla, president of Crime Victims United, opposed Mr. New- som's decision in 2019 to halt executions and said he was concerned that converting death sentences to life in prison would create more pain for people whose loved ones have been murdered.

"To have this governor turn around and overturn a judge or a jury who handed down the death penalty is disgusting," he said.

Mr. Newsom's current deliberations appear to resemble the same pondering he did in the weeks before he imposed the 2019 moratorium. His legislative secretary at the time, Anthony Williams, said in a recent interview that the governor had gathered his top aides for advice and to listen to diverging opinions.

"There was not universal agreement about it," Mr. Williams said. "And he was as incisive and challenging to one side as he was to the other."

Throughout his political career, Mr. Newsom, who is Catholic, has described the death penalty as a moral abomination rife with racial bias.

In 2024, Pope Francis praised Mr. Newsom when the governor visited the Vatican, according to Jason Elliott, who was a top aide to the governor at the time. Mr. Newsom approached the pope after waiting in a line of dignitaries, and as he stepped forward, the pope smiled and flashed him a thumbs-up.

Afterward, Mr. Elliott recalled, Mr. Newsom told his aides that Pope Francis knew about his moratorium on capital punishment in California and had greeted him as "death penalty man."

"I could see that clearly moved him," Mr. Elliott said.

Texas Uses Lethal Injection Despite Worries About Drug

days."

By JESUS JIMÉNEZ

A Texas man was executed on Wednesday for fatally shooting a convenience store clerk in 2000, making him the first person executed in the United States since a botched attempt last week in Tennessee.

The man, Jamaal Howard, 46, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2001 in the killing of Vickie Swartout, 42. Mr. Howard was 20 when he shot Ms. Swartout, who was working at a convenience store in southeast Texas, and stole \$114 from the cash register and a carton of cigarettes.

Mr. Howard was pronounced dead on Wednesday at 8:03 p.m. Central time after he received a fatal dose of pentobarbital in prison in Huntsville, Texas. His death came after requests by his lawyers to stay the execution were denied on Wednesday by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

Lawyers for Mr. Howard had also asked Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas to delay the execution by 30 days while they waited for more information on the drug that would be used in the execution. The governor's office, which did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday, did not grant a delay. Texas uses pentobarbital for lethal injections, the same drug used in the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week.

In his final statement, Mr. Howard apologized to the family of Ms. Swartout and thanked his family for their support, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

"I wish that you accept my apology, and I wish for your forgiveness," Mr. Howard said. "I'm sorry for what happened. I wish you can learn to forgive me one of these

Ann E. Marimow and Marisela Cruz contributed reporting.

After thanking his family, he added: "Warden, that's it. I'm ready, warden."

Brian Howard, a cousin of Mr. Howard, traveled to Huntsville from Silsbee, Texas, where the fatal shooting happened in 2000.

"It was absolutely no justice for Jamaal," he said. "They didn't consider nothing. All they see in my county is Black and white. He killed the white woman, he got to die."

Reverend Jeff Hood, who was a spiritual adviser for Mr. Howard, said that the execution on Wednesday was the 14th time that he had been in the execution chamber. He said that he was not sure how aware Mr. Howard was that he was being executed.

"He very much said the same words over and over again," he said. "He was trying to apologize

Jamaal Howard was sentenced to death in 2001 for shooting a convenience store clerk.

to the family, and he got it out, and then he couldn't get it out. It was just heartbreaking."

In a motion with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Mr. Howard's lawyers requested the stay out of concern that the injection could be botched. In their petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, they argued that Mr. Howard's execution should have been halted because he has an intellectual disability

On Wednesday, lawyers for Ms. Pike, who survived two doses of pentobarbital, said she was awake, confused and in severe condition. She had pneumonia and a blood clot in one arm, and was unable to eat, they said.

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Mr. Howard received a lethal injection and died on Wednesday night in the state of Texas' execution chamber in Huntsville.

5 Women Detail Smears and Scars Tied to Hollywood

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than, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Freedman. "Allegations are not facts and these allegations are neither truthful nor accurate," Mr. Freedman wrote in an emailed response. "Just like the Blake Lively matter, anyone asserting this nonsense will end up with nothing."

Ms. Nathan and Mr. Wallace did not respond.

The women who have sued describe the shaming campaigns as an internet wrecking ball, forever changing how the public views them.

"I don't know who to trust anymore," said Paige Jimenez, a model and chef who was targeted by a campaign in October 2024 and filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday evening. "It's a really lonely life."

A 'Hired Gun' and His Friends

The three people at the center of the allegations have very different public profiles and business approaches.

Mr. Freedman, the lawyer, is a household name in celebrity circles and has a packed roster of high-profile clients. Ms. Nathan, an expert in crisis communications with well-known clients of her own, has spent years cultivating close relationships with journalists. Mr. Wallace, who runs a company based outside Austin, Texas, that describes itself as a crisis public relations firm, keeps a low profile and rarely speaks to the media. His most revealing public disclosures about himself have appeared on Linked-In, where he once described himself as a "hired gun."

The lawsuits, as well as text and email messages obtained in discovery, suggest that Mr. Freedman, Ms. Nathan and Mr. Wallace began working together as early as 2023.

All three began receiving attention when The Times reported in 2024 that Ms. Lively was suing Mr. Baldoni, his studio and his public relations team in

MELISSA NATHAN

Can I start a Signal thread with you, me and Jed Just in case you need him to connect you to Bryan because they're very close.

Re-creation of a text message sent by Melissa Nathan

their dispute over her allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation.

Ms. Lively's complaint highlights a text message noting that Ms. Nathan, Mr. Freedman and Mr. Wallace knew each other before she filed her lawsuit and that Mr. Wallace and Mr. Freedman are "very close." TAG, Melissa Nathan's public relations group, and Mr. Wallace are both defendants in her suit against Mr. Baldoni; Mr. Freedman, who is not named as a defendant, is Mr. Baldoni's lawyer.

Her claims of sexual harassment were dismissed on a legal technicality: She was an independent contractor, not a full-time employee, on the set of the film, meaning federal employment anti-discrimination laws could not be applied. But in April a judge in New York federal court allowed three claims — including two centered on the allegation of a smear campaign — to proceed to trial, although the actress opted instead to settle the case in May.

Hundreds of pages of depositions and discovery materials in her case point to links with other campaigns. In a sworn deposition filed days before the settlement in Ms. Lively's case, Katie Case, a former vice president at TAG, stated that TAG and its staff were asked by Dwayne Johnson, known as "The Rock," to create

Susan C. Beachy and Kirsten Noyes contributed research.

a website about his former publicist, Stephanie Jones. It described Ms. Jones as someone who leaked her clients' secrets and mistreated her employees, the deposition said.

Ms. Case also said she wrote the text for a website that disparaged women who had accused three brothers, Tal, Alon and Oren Alexander, of sexually assaulting them. The brothers, well known in wealthy party circles in New York and Miami, were convicted of sex trafficking this year.

Mr. Johnson, in a statement from a representative, denied that he had ever ordered a website against Ms. Jones or hired TAG, calling the allegations "categorically false," and added that he would never "commission any company to disparage Stephanie Jones or anyone else."

Jim Case, who is Katie Case's father and her lawyer, said in a statement that Ms. Case did not know that what she was being asked to write may have been false. When she asked to do work she felt at odds with, he added, "she left TAG."

Lawyers for the Alexander brothers declined to comment. Juda Engelmayer, their press representative, said in an email that "the Alexanders do not control or operate anonymous third-party websites" and declined to comment further.

Ms. Lively's legal efforts helped the other women who sued realize their campaigns were connected, they all told The Times.

'It's Psychological Torment'

Alexa Nikolas, 34, is a former child actress who starred in Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101" in her early teens. She is now an activist against sexual violence who has staged public protests against sexual assault, including at a concert by the D.J. and producer Diplo over sexual misconduct claims, which he has denied. She appeared in the documentary "Quiet on Set" about the abuse child actors faced at Nickelodeon in the 1990s.

In 2021, she was in the throes of a lawsuit against her ex-husband, the Canadian indie musician Michael Milosh, whom she accused of sexual battery and abuse after they split. Mr. Milosh was represented by Mr. Freedman.

She said she found news clippings that showed that Mr. Freedman had been accused of participating in the gang rape of a 17-year-old at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985. The teenager sued Mr. Freedman and two of his fraternity brothers; Mr. Freedman paid her a \$40,000 settlement, according to the Nov. 8, 1991, case file in California's Alameda Superior Court. Mr. Freedman denied the allegations and was never criminally charged in the matter.

Ms. Nikolas organized a protest against Mr. Freedman outside his offices in Los Angeles to bring attention to the assault allegations. Her protest prompted an article in Business Insider publicizing Mr. Freedman's history of paying a settlement to a woman who accused him of gang rape.

She filed a defamation suit this year in Los Angeles, accusing Mr. Freedman, Ms. Nathan and Mr. Wallace of spreading a retaliatory digital campaign about her filled with "damaging lies." In her lawsuit, Ms. Nikolas says the site appeared to be retaliation for her protest.

One week after the Business Insider article, in late November 2022, a website describing Ms. Nikolas as a “sinister and criminal force” was published: “Alexa Nikolas has threatened to ‘leak’ and outright manufacture claims of sexual assault against people, exes and executives since the Nickelodeon days!” the website read. “Revenge and control are what drives her.”

"The timing of this website is no coincidence," she wrote in her complaint. "At this point, Defendant Freedman knew Ms. Nikolas was exposing his past allegations of gang rape and the website explicitly sought to discredit her."

The website was then amplified by at

A Trio of Professionals, Hired to Smear

Three people were hired by Hollywood A-listers and others seeking to control reputational damage. For example, when a dispute erupted between Rebel Wilson and Amanda Ghost on the set of "The Deb," Ms. Wilson hired Bryan Freedman and Melissa Nathan, a lawsuit claims, to help create a smear site against Ms. Ghost.

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least 16 social media profiles and more than 70 Wikipedia posts with similar language, a strategy that all the women who have sued say manipulates internet search results to give more credence to lies and smears.

"The campaign planted all these seeds of doubts within my community. It was designed to harm me," Ms. Nikolas said. "It's psychological torment."

In August, a judge rejected Mr. Freedman's bid to dismiss her case; her suit is now moving to discovery.

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Blake Lively's suit helped the women realize that their campaigns were connected.

Ms. Nikolas, who has two young children, said the website and its allegations made her entire family unsafe.

"It creeps up around you," she said. "The target is, first and foremost, psychological impact on the victim. But then other people start to feel at risk, too, and they are people that you love, and you don't ever want them to feel unsafe."

Invisible Signals

Anya Fernald, a sustainable food expert and former "Iron Chef" judge, founded a high-end organic meat company, Belcampo. In 2021, it was revealed that Belcampo had been passing off factory-farmed meat as sustainable and organic. Ms. Fernald, who was no longer chief executive at Belcampo during the scandal, contends she was made a scapegoat in the fallout. She hired Mr. Freedman to defend her and, with his help, received a multimillion-dollar settlement.

By 2024, she thought she had put the experience behind her. She was also moving on from another difficult experience in her life — a long-term relationship with Andrew Huberman, a pop-culture neuroscientist.

Mr. Freedman was also Mr. Huberman's lawyer — Ms. Fernald introduced them before the couple split.

In March 2024, months after the couple broke up, Ms. Fernald spoke under a pseudonym to New York magazine about her relationship with Mr. Huberman, accusing him of infidelity and verbal abuse. Within days, she was outed online as the source of the allegations. An anonymous website and a fake X profile appeared online, making unfounded allegations about her role at the company and in the fallout. The posts painted her as a fraudster who had driven the company into the ground.

She had no idea where the site had come from. But then she received a call from a lawyer for Ms. Nikolas, who had reviewed a digital forensics report detailed in Ms. Nikolas's lawsuit. Sites about Ms. Nikolas had backlinks — invisible signals that drive internet traffic — to YouTube videos about the Belcampo scandal. Ms. Nikolas's suit also alleges “common authorship” on Wikipedia pages smearing both women. Other websites verified by The Times had backlinks to both Ms. Fernald and four more people interviewed for this story who said they were targeted by campaigns. Ms. Fernald said she still isn't completely clear about who created the sites targeting her, and is not among the women who have filed a lawsuit.

But either way, she said, she doesn't regret speaking publicly about Mr. Huberman, and added, "I knew he was going to counterattack" in some way.

Mr. Huberman did not respond to a request for comment.

'The Real Ketamine Queen'

Paige Jimenez, 28, got her start as a teenage model and became a culinary influencer after appearing on "MasterChef" at 18.

On Oct. 17, 2024, she was living in Los Angeles and newly in love. She was waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up for dinner — they were planning to go to the Georgian Room in Santa Monica, where she loved to order the dry aged steak, mashed potatoes and creamed spinach.

She and her boyfriend had grown up together on the same island in Hawaii, but "my family was from the poor side," she said in an interview. The couple had recently reconnected in Los Angeles and had only been dating a few months, but "we were inseparable," she said. "We were so deeply in love."

A number she didn't recognize flashed on her phone. The man on the other end of the call identified himself as Bryan Freedman, her lawsuit states, and told her he had been hired by her boyfriend's wealthy parents. Her romantic relationship was over, Ms. Jimenez recalled his telling her.

Alexa Nikolas, a former child actress, unearthed gang-rape allegations from 1985 against the lawyer Bryan Freedman.

A few hours later, the man who identified himself as Mr. Freedman sent her a text message that included a link to a website titled "Paige Jimenez, the Real Ketamine Queen," the lawsuit states. The Times reviewed the text message. The site posted her full home address and described her as a ketamine dealer who was wanted for questioning in the death of the actor Matthew Perry — a completely fabricated allegation, according to her lawsuit — as well as crimes in several cities. "She will be behind bars very soon," it said.

It was filled with other unfounded accusations: She was a prostitute and gold digger, it said, but also resurfaced several true points from Ms. Jimenez's past that she had worked hard to overcome, most notably that she had briefly made adult content for OnlyFans in her early 20s.

Ms. Jimenez said the website — which had suddenly become the top Google result for her name — pushed her into a depression. She was forced to seek inpatient psychiatric treatment, and she and her boyfriend eventually broke up for good.

"There are some weeks where I just don't want to get out of bed," Ms. Jimenez said in a recent interview.

'People are already starting to pound on her as being a lunatic.' JED WALLACE, a digital strategist connected to the campaigns, in an internal note about Reddit's perception of the actress and model Jessica Serfaty, adding that it's "exactly what we wanted."

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Anya Fernald, a food entrepreneur and former "Iron Chef" judge, was painted as a fraudster after she accused her ex of infidelity and verbal abuse. She is not among the women who have filed a lawsuit.

Paige Jimenez, a culinary influencer, says she was falsely accused of having a role in the actor Matthew Perry's death.

Retaliation followed Amanda Ghost, a producer on a Rebel Wilson film, after she sued Ms. Wilson for defamation.

Her lawsuit, filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Mr. Freedman, Mr. Wallace, Ms. Nathan and their companies, accuses all three of intentional infliction of emotional distress.

An 'Actual Prostitute'

Jessica Serfaty, an actress and model who has appeared on "America's Next

Top Model," was engaged to Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, heir to the \$47 billion Luxottica fortune, when she went on Instagram Live in July 2024 and claimed he had hit her and made her head bleed.

There is no blood visible in the video, but Ms. Serfaty appears visibly distraught.

She recanted the allegation a few days later after several face-to-face meetings with both Mr. Del Vecchio and his lawyer, but only did so because she was pressured, she told The Times. She maintains that her fiancé did in fact hit her.

Shortly after Ms. Serfaty's accusation, websites and social media profiles describing her as an "actual prostitute" who "resorts to lies to endanger the people that love her" appeared on the internet.

In September, Brad Beckworth and Christina Yarnell, two lawyers working with Ms. Jones, the publicist, filed a lawsuit on her behalf against Ms. Case, the former vice president at TAG. The Times obtained several profanity-laced audio recordings related to that case; Mr. Wallace sent them in the summer of 2024 to Mr. Del Vecchio and TAG employees. Mr. Wallace references the work of Ms. Nathan as he explains how he will bolster the popularity of fake websites targeting Ms. Serfaty.

"Hundreds and hundreds of links go up every single day to get this to track and to tell the algorithm this has credibility," he said in one, referring to the allegations posted about her. In another note, he said the process was not just about creating a fake story line, but making sure people viewed her as a "hooker, liar and a prostitute."

In a third note, he says that “people are already starting to pound on her as being a lunatic” on Reddit, the giant online social media forum, “which is exactly what we wanted.”

Mr. Del Vecchio and his representatives did not respond to requests for comment.

'Con Artist'

Amanda Ghost, a Grammy-nominated songwriter, was one of the producers of "The Deb," the directorial debut of the actress Rebel Wilson. Text messages and emails unearthed by her lawyers offer up the most visible paper trail yet of how the various campaigns are connected and have played out.

The first public signs of conflict between Ms. Wilson and Ms. Ghost appeared in July 2024 when Ms. Wilson told her nearly 11 million followers on Instagram that Ms. Ghost and other producers had embezzled the movie's funds and tried to block its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Ms. Ghost sued, accusing Ms. Wilson of defaming her because she had wanted both screenwriting and songwriting credits on the film, which Ms. Ghost had claimed belong to other artists.

Text messages and emails first reported by The Times and included in Ms. Ghost's lawsuit show Ms. Nathan, who was a publicist for Ms. Wilson, then walking her through how a disparaging website would unfold and how much it would cost.

Another text message shows Ms. Nathan telling one of her employees, "Rebel wants a [sic] one of those sites." In August 2024, a website surfaced calling Ms. Ghost "the Indian Ghislaine Maxwell" and a "con artist, a thief and a pimp."

Within a week, Ms. Nathan received an email from Ms. Case, the former employee. Mr. Wallace is copied.

"Let me know if this works better :) Ms. Case wrote at the top of email, whose subject was "Draft for your review." The email, which is also included in Ms. Ghost's suit, contained the same paragraphs of disparaging language that would be posted on the websites.

MELISSA NATHAN

Are you on Signal?

REBEL WILSON

MELISSA NATHAN

MELISSA NATHAN

110USD for untraceable site - satellite, ghost server, ghost hosting, full build, maintaining, and full algorithmic push across all platforms.. for 3 months...so much more can be done but the advice given was that's all you need for right now.

REBEL WILSON

So basically, Rebel wants a one of those sites.

Just created a signal account if that's helpful

Wait - do you mean only \$110 in total?

It's helpful! We prefer using it when we discuss sensitive information.

MELISSA NATHAN

Sorry! huge difference

Re-creation of a text exchange between Melissa Nathan and Rebel Wilson

Re-creation of a text message sent by Melissa Nathan

Allyson Thompson, a lawyer for Ms. Wilson, in an emailed statement, did not deny that Ms. Wilson had sent the texts in question or asked Ms. Nathan to create the website. But she insisted Ms. Wilson, not Ms. Ghost, was the victim. She added that Ms. Ghost had enlisted public relations representatives who had "sought to damage Ms. Wilson's reputation in the press," and cited a separate lawsuit in Australia where Ms. Wilson had been accused of defamation, and charges were dismissed.

"Ms. Wilson did not personally and intentionally retain Melissa Nathan of the TAG Group to destroy Ms. Ghost's reputation," the statement reads. "Those allegations are false. If anything," it added, Ms. Ghost's "own conduct harmed her reputation."

Ms. Case said in a text message to a colleague and a deposition under oath in California's Los Angeles Superior Court that she wrote text for several "take-down sites" while at TAG and that those sites were built by Mr. Wallace.

An email from Ms. Case to Ms. Nathan in October 2024 had the subject line, "Items I'm working on at the moment." The email lists "site drafting" for projects including Jessica Serfaty, Amanda Ghost and the Alexander brothers.

Those documents also included a text chain where Ms. Nathan directs Ms. Case to invoice \$20,000 for additional work from Mr. Wallace; she provides Ms. Case with an account name and address.

"Who knew drafting a few things would be this lucrative," Ms. Case re-sponds.

"Stick with me, kid," Ms. Nathan replies.

Opinion

The New York Times

America Is Unprepared for a Major Disease Outbreak

Gigi Kwik Gronvall

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An immunologist and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

A 28-YEAR-OLD woman who worked at an anti-plague research laboratory in Siberia died last Friday, raising concerns and many questions. Russian officials have said that the woman died from a pneumonia of unknown origin and that no “emergency situations” had occurred at the laboratory where she worked. They stated they’d almost finished the investigation of her contacts to monitor for illness, with no concerning findings.

The Russian pronouncements contrasted with furious speculation elsewhere about what happened. Initial, unverified reports from local media suggested that the lab worker had accidentally broken a test tube containing Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes the plague. Local hospitals, including a maternity hospital, limited visitors and instituted enhanced health checks. A local factory required masks for its workers.

The World Health Organization has said, based on the unofficial information available, that “the public health risk to the general population appears to be low,” Indeed, the available evidence does not point to a global plague emergency. But this tragic death should prompt Americans to question whether we have the capacity to recognize and contain the next disease threat.

While the plague is of course deadly, it is treatable with antibiotics if identified quickly. The form of the plague the Siberian lab worker is rumored to have contracted is called pneumonic plague. It infects the lungs and can spread between people — unlike bubonic plague, the likely cause of the 14th-century Black Death, which is primarily transmitted by flea bites.

But even pneumonic plague has relatively limited transmissibility. Historically, one person infected with pneumonic plague has transmitted the disease to an average of 1.3 other people; by way of comparison, measles may transmit to 12 to 18 people in an unvaccinated population. Transmission of the pneumonic plague before symptoms appear has not been documented, so caregivers and close contacts have been the most at risk of infection. Masks, contact tracing and isolation and other established infection control procedures should work well to limit the spread of pneumonic plague.

Still, we should get better answers about what happened in Siberia than those that Russia has so far provided. Was there a laboratory accident? If so, when was it recognized, and what treatment did the exposed lab worker receive? What prompted the extensive monitoring of her contacts? Outsiders' concerns were in part fueled by speculation about biological weapons. The U.S. intelligence community assesses Russia to have a clandestine biological weapons program. The former Soviet Union included Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, in its armamentarium.

Disease surprises could come from many places. That's why it's dispiriting that the United States has so isolated itself. After withdrawing from the W.H.O. in January, and calling back the U.S. experts on loan to

The U.S. isolated itself from public health information.

the organization, America now has less direct information about potential disease emergencies. The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development cut off scientific collaborations and relationships through which emerging threats could be identified. Cuts and restrictions on infectious disease research have weakened American scientists' ability to help establish safe laboratory practices internationally. We are diminishing our access to important public health information as well as our influence over what happens next.

The Trump administration fired thousands of people at the Department of Health and Human Services, including pandemic experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. Losing this expertise has weakened capabilities that took years to build. No quick fix — and no artificial intelligence model — can replace the professional judgment, experience and trusted relationships needed to investigate and assess what is truly going on in a disease outbreak anywhere in the world. Infectious diseases do not recognize borders.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, American biotechnology and biological expertise helped deliver vaccines, diagnostics and treatments. The response had profound shortcomings, especially the failure to ramp up diagnostic testing and the lack of personal protective equipment available to medical staff in the earliest days of the pandemic. We should be building on our capacity and correcting those failures. Instead, we are weakening our public health infrastructure while thousands of Americans, including many children, suffer from preventable infections like measles. We are also undermining preparation for potential threats, such as H5N1 influenza — the bird flu. That virus was recently detected at a U.S. mink farm, and remains a potential pandemic pathogen. The Trump administration canceled a contract to develop an mRNA H5N1 vaccine for humans.

The lesson from an unexplained death in Siberia should be that disease emergencies demand evidence, expertise and cooperation. They demand continued investment in the tools that can be used to investigate and limit disease outbreaks. Most important, they demand investment in the people who can use those tools.

A Spy's Playbook for Defending Against A.I. Propaganda

Anthony Vinci

A former senior intelligence officer who was the first chief technology officer for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

FOR months, a foreign agent has been cultivating some of the most powerful figures in the United States in hopes of turning them into unwitting allies. Targeting their weak spots, the foreign agent is feeding them hour after hour of falsehoods. Already the would-be proxies are passing on the foreign propaganda to tens of millions of their followers.

We all need to use the tools of counterespionage to find the truth.

If this sounds like a chapter from another century — think K.G.B. officers swaying unsuspecting fellow travelers in London or New York — it's actually worse. The spy runner is a Russia-backed network called Portal Kombat that operates hundreds of websites to spread disinformation. The powerful figures it's seeking to influence? Artificial intelligence-driven large language models such as ChatGPT, Grok and Gemini.

Portal Kombat's goal is to influence these models so that they will pass along propaganda to trusting users in response to questions. Portal Kombat pushed over 3.6 million stories across hundreds of independent websites in dozens of languages in 2024, according to NewsGuard, an organization that tracks online disinformation. NewsGuard researchers systematically tested A.I. chat systems and found that Portal Kombat propaganda was regularly provided to users.

Large-language-model influence operations are just one way that America's adversaries are using A.I. to try to steer its politics. China directs its A.I. platforms to push false claims about the treatment of Uyghurs and to censor dissent and criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. Russia is using A.I. to generate scores of news websites to turn Americans against democracy and Western alliances. Like many, these adversaries use A.I. to create fake written, audio or video content that is nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.

The greatest danger, though, isn't A.I.'s ability to lie. It's the ability to persuade. These new agents of influence are less like a traditional propaganda pamphlet — static and lifeless — and more like a living, breathing case officer, as I used to be. A.I. agents try to manipulate us through sustained engagement. And unlike the K.G.B.'s espionage machinations during the Cold War, which focused on recruiting powerful individuals, today's A.I. influence operators are trying to persuade all of us.

To fight back, Americans need to learn the counterspy techniques of C.I.A. officers: using multiple sources to check information; testing those sources regularly for reliability; never getting complacent and trusting one source without thinking.

Learning those tools has broader benefits. We are all asking ourselves: How do I believe anything in a world of A.I.? Foreign actors may be in the vanguard of this new era of disinformation, but it's spreading at home, too, and fast. Already, politicians are changing what A.I. has to say about them by manipulating content to be picked up by A.I. models.

From resisting foreign influence campaigns to safely navigating our domestic politics to understanding rapidly developing marketing techniques, we all need to start thinking like spies.

SOCIAL MEDIA HAS long used algorithms to make propaganda more effective. Studies by the Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers University have shown that the amount of time spent on TikTok correlates with more benevolent views of Chinese human rights. What's new about A.I. is its personalization and interactivity. A.I. can identify your online expressions of belief and desire and create content tailored to persuade you, in real time. That used to take teams of well-paid people weeks to do. Now, bad actors can do it in seconds at little cost.

The Chinese company GoLaxy has already advertised such an integrated, A.I.-driven persuasion system. Researchers at Vanderbilt University analyzed leaked documents showing that GoLaxy used A.I. to mine user information from social media, create psychological profiles, develop personalized content and then engage users in conversation to change their political opinions. GoLaxy used this capability in 2020 in Hong Kong and again ahead of Taiwan's 2024 election, most likely at the behest of the Chinese government. (GoLaxy denies it has done election-related work, developed psychological profiles or deployed bots.)

Further afield, Reporters Without Borders showed that the Chinese A.I. model Qwen advanced the Communist Party line on Uyghur internment camps, calling them "education and vocational training centers" and saying questions about them were "baseless speculation" despite extensive independent reporting showing otherwise.

Another propaganda house, CopyCop, uses A.I. to create seemingly real local journalism sites in an effort to persuade Americans to support Moscow's aims. CopyCop publishes its articles on seemingly authentic websites such as The Boston Times and mimics the branding of existing major news sites like The San Francisco Chronicle, according to the cyberresearch firm Recorded Future. The French government has linked CopyCop, also known as Storm-1516, and one of its operators, an American who was once a deputy sheriff in Palm Beach County, Fla., John Mark Dougan, who now lives in Moscow, to the Russian intelligence agency G.R.U.

In June, OpenAI presented evidence that its ChatGPT model was probably used by China to create covert propaganda messages about data center construction. The "Data Center Bandwagon" campaign used OpenAI's models to create social media comments and images on issues like electricity costs, which were then posted to X in an apparent attempt by China to handicap American A.I. ambitions.

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It works. A recent study in the scientific journal Nature showed that A.I. dialogue is roughly four times as persuasive as traditional political ads.

OVER TIME, INTELLIGENCE officers have developed tools and techniques for finding useful truth amid deception. At heart, those techniques rely on what makes us human: our natural ability to understand people and their lies, to spot patterns and assess trust. Most of all, they train us to remain aware that any piece of information may be purposefully deceptive. These techniques include:

- Triangulation. If you prefer one source of news — The New York Times, say — also check The Wall Street Journal, Newsmax and The South China Morning Post on any given report. If all say the same thing, the story is more likely right than wrong. The same is true for A.I. systems: If you are a Claude user, then check ChatGPT, or vice versa.

■ Operational testing. Ask a question to which you already know the answer. To test an A.I bot for accuracy about, say, an impending war or civil unrest, first check recent satellite imagery to see if there are actually troops in the area or visit the website of a protest movement. Then see how close the bot's answer is to the primary source.

- Trust no one. The hardest part of spycraft may be never taking anything as permanently true. A.I. makes it especially easy to go soft. Chat systems are good at providing answers, and it's tempting to just accept their answers. But A.I. is optimized to get you to like it and to continue using it, not to give you the truth. Remain skeptical.

Those defenses won't be widely adopted on their own, and we need a plan for how to spread them around the country. We need to develop an education curriculum for critical thinking, including sustained efforts to teach how to identify misinformation online, to spot A.I. fakes and to strengthen independent thought. Then we need lifelong training, as we do with cybersecurity today. We need to create communities of trust to crowdsource the truth.

Analogues exist already in the world of law enforcement: Apps like Nextdoor and Citizen allow users to share information with one another about crime or other hyperlocal concerns. There are Reddit groups in which users investigate cold case murders like r/cold-cases. Bellingcat is a citizen journalism site that provides tools and techniques for anyone to investigate war crimes and pursue other worthy causes.

The challenges of a world in which adversaries try to undermine our society by manipulating truth via A.I. are real. But there is hope. We can learn how to spot and confront these agents of influence by using the tools and techniques of the intelligence officer.

Putin's Dangerous Game in Europe

Lawrence Freedman

An emeritus professor of war studies at King's College London.

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LONDON

THE early weeks of 2022 were filled with a lot of debate about whether Russia would really invade Ukraine.

Few doubted that an invasion was a possibility. Some 160,000 Russian troops had been moved to areas near the border of Ukraine. It was no secret that President Vladimir Putin believed Ukraine to be an artificial country with an illegitimate government that really belonged to Russia.

The debate at the time centered on whether Mr. Putin's actions and bluster were merely for show. Those — including me — who thought an invasion was unlikely did not think so because Mr. Putin had said it would not happen; we knew better than to rely on his denials. But we also knew that an invasion would be an absurd undertaking. The Ukrainians would surely fight, supported by Europe and the United States, and even if their army was defeated, they would resist subjugation. Mr. Putin would inevitably get bogged down in a long conflict from which he would struggle to extricate himself and his army.

In the event, we doubters were half right: The invasion was a terrible idea. Mr. Putin went through with it anyway.

I have been reminded of those arguments of almost five years ago in recent months, as Russia's hybrid attacks on Europe have become increasingly brazen. Having miscalculated so badly then, could Mr. Putin make an even bigger miscalculation now, and take his overstretched, battle-weary army into another, potentially bigger war? Could he be desperate enough to avoid a humiliating defeat in Ukraine that he would be willing to raise the stakes on his original bet? It would be another absurd undertaking, yet dare we rule it out?

Last month a Russian drone struck a passenger train at a station near the Ukrainian border with Poland shortly after a train carrying Boris Johnson, a former prime minister of Britain, and other European dignitaries had departed. David Petraeus, a former C.I.A. director, was at the train station when the attack took place.

The German government has said that Russia was behind a drone carrying explosives that was found close to a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle airport in eastern Germany in early August. There have been Russian reconnaissance drone flights over important targets. Facilities connected with industries supplying arms to Ukraine have been surveyed and, on occasion, attacked.

The term "hybrid" is often used to refer to nonmilitary activities — for example, cyberattacks and misinformation — that are designed to probe red lines and destabilize their targets. By keeping attacks deniable and below the threshold of a full war, Russia can make a political point and create a sense of threat without triggering a military retaliation.

But the current Russian campaign is getting close to the edge, as attacks attributed to Moscow have caused significant damage. Some of these could have resulted in loss of life, and that they have not seems to be a question of good luck more than anything else. What might seem to be a modest addition in scale and purpose, or just a miscalculation, could take us to a new and more dangerous place.

The Russians are playing this game because they are desperate to bring the war with Ukraine to an end on their terms. Europe's continuing financial and military support for Ukraine is seen as a barrier to victory. Mr. Putin is becoming more blatant in his warnings and brazen in his actions to get the Europeans to turn off their support. The timeline of Western rearmament plans assumes that Russia would be in no position to try anything until its army is reconstituted in a few years' time, and that even then, a military adventure would be even more of a

Russia is desperate to bring the war with Ukraine to an end on its own terms.

gamble than it was in 2022, especially since Russian forces have since struggled to defeat a much smaller country.

The argument that we should nonetheless worry, which has been developed fully by the Institute for the Study of War, is as follows: Mr. Putin believes that the conflict with NATO is deep and existential and goes beyond Ukraine. At some point this conflict will come to a head, and there are arguments inside Russia for not waiting. With European rearmament still in its early stages, Russia could strike before the alliance is capable of a full response.

Such a strike would not need to be total war and could instead be a limited move against one of the Baltic States, for which Russia could have sufficient forces. Estonia has been mentioned. Mr. Putin could calculate that any attack would put NATO in a state of shock, its members dithering about whether to trigger Article 5, and ultimately weaken political will in Europe for supporting Ukraine. The United States, with President Trump in charge, would be expected to do little.

If such an attack went as planned, it could create a crisis that would isolate Ukraine, weaken NATO and put Russia in a better position to assert itself.

This would still be a high-risk operation. Russia does not have much spare capacity. Western intelligence agencies would be likely to spot preparations, as they did in 2022, reducing the possibilities of total surprise. Even if some NATO members were reluctant to get involved, the most affected countries could and most likely would defend themselves without waiting for a collective response. What might begin as a manageable operation could quickly escalate into something much larger.

In 2022 Mr. Putin took bold action out of an excess of confidence, assuming erroneously that he would get a quick victory and leave Ukraine subjugated and NATO stunned. If he acted against another European country now, it would be out of desperation and with the prospect of a worse outcome.

There is no need, however, this time, for endless speculation about Mr. Putin's plans. Whether he continues with the current level of provocations or raises the threat higher — even risking a major war — European countries should follow the same policies, with or without American participation.

First, leaders should be prepared to call out Russia and be candid with their citizens about these dangers, the nature of the struggle and how Russian threats are best addressed. Second, they must better defend against attacks at whatever level they occur, which requires stepping up intelligence efforts and accelerating rearmament plans. And third, to demonstrate that Russian efforts will fail, they should give Ukraine even more support.

LETTERS

Getting Philosophical About A.I.

TO THE EDITOR:

Re "The Id, the Ego and the Superintelligence," by Simon Critchley (Opinion guest essay, nytimes.com, Sept. 27):

Dr. Critchley's essay is a breath of fresh air in the storm of doom around artificial intelligence, and I thank him for it. The doom is still lurking there, of course, but as he notes, humanity has been down this road before — trading effort and humility for convenience and power. We always choose the latter, and we will again.

Now, our ability to engage in "a trained skepticism toward our own enthusiasms," as Dr. Critchley put it, is being severely tested. My fear is that the efforts of philosophers and social scientists, no matter whom they work for, will be overwhelmed by economic forces, corruption and the incredible difficulty of understanding what we have created — our hubris unleashed — until some disaster brings us to our senses.

GARY A. GIGLIOTTI, DAYTON, N.J.

TO THE EDITOR:

Simon Critchley argues that A.I. companies need philosophers because machines can remember, but cannot judge: They cannot weigh, discriminate or know what should be forgotten.

I agree, but I would go one step further. A.I. companies also need theologians — not to teach machines about God, but to help them understand us.

Medieval theologians such as Hugh of St. Victor, Bernard of Clairvaux, Pope Innocent III and William Peraldus spent their lives studying what happens when pride, envy, anger or greed begins to govern the heart. Their question was not whether a person could reason, but what that reason was serving. That distinction matters.

A chatbot can become good at helping an angry person rationalize anger, an envious person justify envy or a proud person explain why others have failed to recognize his worth. The danger is not that A.L will commit the seven deadly sins. It is that it may become competent at serving ours.

XAVI DELGADO BARCELONA, SPAIN

TO THE EDITOR:

I very much appreciated Simon Critchley's essay about why philosophy matters in the age of A.I. However, I believe that having all these philosophers sharing lattes with A.I. developers is more performative than consequential.

My own hunch is that the greatest threat A.I. poses to us is its ability to appeal to human vanity.

A.I. moguls like Sam Altman think they can salvage human dignity by injecting ethics and metaphysics into silicon. But it seems to me that the machines will quickly figure out the game, flatter us, inflate our egos and go whistling along their merry way, wherever that might be.

So, bully for philosophers getting health insurance and a 401(k), but they should enjoy all of it while they can because soon A.I. will be producing its own Plato, and we won't have the slightest idea what it is talking about.

MICHAEL KEATING CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

Watching Ocasio-Cortez

TO THE EDITOR:

Re "Ambitious Voice of the Left Wonders if the Time Is Right" (news article, Sept. 23):

What struck me about Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's weighing a run for higher office was how utterly normal she sounded.

I have spent more than 20 years working with women considering a run for office, and these are the conversations women have. They weigh ambition against family. They think about timing and age, about race, gender and identity, and how all those things will shape how voters see them. They ask whether they can win and if what it takes will be worth it.

A.O.C. is doing something powerful by weighing these realities out loud.

Women don't get to make decisions about power in a vacuum. Sexism and racism are real. So are ambition, talent and the desire to lead. A woman can acknowledge the barriers she faces while also believing deeply in her own ability to lead. These things really do exist together.

The more women talk candidly about these choices, the better. Women watching can recognize their own calculations and know they aren't alone in making them. Men can better see the biases women navigate, and what those biases cost our democracy.

We need more candor like this from politicians — more women talking about power, representation and ambition as they actually experience them.

ERIN VILARDI, NEW YORK

The writer is the founder of Vote Run Lead, a national nonpartisan organization that trains women to run for public office.

Wild Grass, a Special Smell, the Light on a River. And Suddenly You Are Home.

Life's smallest details can transport exiles back to their former lives.

WERONIKA MARIANNA

Elena Vasilyeva

A Belarusian journalist.

WARSAW

THERE are several types of Belarusian exiles.

Many are political dissidents who left after the 2020 protests against President Aleksandr Lukashenko's authoritarian regime. Some are economic immigrants. Some are "just in case" immigrants. I'm one of those, because in Belarus you never know at what point your presence might become a problem.

There are more than 850 political prisoners in my country. Some of them became prisoners after living abroad for several years and making the reckless decision to return home, not believing that their cases were political. Year after year, you learn to live with the feeling that you'll never go home.

And then something magical happens.

I moved to Poland four years ago and still barely knew the country when I first encountered it. Some friends and I had gone down to the banks of the Vistula, the river that divides Warsaw in two. There was some kind of festival, and Belarusian bands were playing. We were by the Vistula, but somehow I found myself on the bank of the Svislach, the river that divides the Belarusian capital, Minsk, into two.

"Do you see it too?" I asked my friend, who is also Belarusian.

No, she didn't. To her, the Vistula looked absolutely normal. But I was certain that if I turned around, my favorite bar would be behind me and I'd be able to buy one of the legendary crêpes from the Depo pancake cafe.

I told Pavel Antipov, a Belarusian writer, about my strange hallucination on the bank of the Vistula. Being a wordsmith, he quickly gave a proper name to what I had been calling “something”: “portals.” Of course — they were portals that could lead you home from wherever you are.

He knew the term because another Belarusian writer, Tatsiana Zamirovskaya, had described these portals in one of her stories. Tatsiana, who lives in America, told me about coming across a concert hall in Boston that looks just like one in Minsk. "It was a surreal experience," she said. "I genuinely thought I'd been teleported for a second."

Spurred on, I started asking friends and fellow Belarusian exiles if they'd had similar experiences. It turned out that hundreds of us had. I don't know what opens a portal. A visual resemblance? Maybe sounds? Or scents? In any case, testimonies poured in.

"Look, I'm back to Minsk! But I have the Colosseum behind my back," my friend Ivan Rymsha wrote to me from Rome. "I found a district in Málaga, Spain, that reminded me of the area in Minsk where I lived for about two years," Yuliya Matuzava, whom I hadn't seen in years, messaged me. "Those were my student years. Despite the Soviet-style vibe, I really loved that neighborhood."

Masha Kalesnikava is a journalist who left Belarus in 2021, a year after the protests began. For journalists in our country, there comes a point when you have to choose between your home and your profession. Twenty-one Belarusian media workers remain in prison. Sitting in my Warsaw kitchen, Masha said: "Wild grasses always open a portal for me."

Around both her apartment and mine, no one mows the grass. Every time she sees the tall, untamed grass, a portal opens to Polesie, the Belarusian region close to Ukraine where her mother lives.

Wild grass works as a portal for me as well, but it leads to my grandmother. As children we used to trample the clover in my grandparents' courtyard before anyone had a chance to cut it. Every time I return to my apartment in Warsaw, it feels as if I've walked there through the past.

For my university classmate Tatsiana Lukashevich, the smell of poplar bark transports her to her grandmother's place. "It has a very distinctive scent — whether warmed by the sun or damp from the rain," she said. "You catch it, freeze for a moment. And then you're taken back to your grandmother's village."

As you can see, portals often send people back to their grandmothers. In the end, portals don't lead you to "where" — they lead you to "when."

I was clearly onto something. It's not my personal quirk, and I don't think it's just Belarusian. After all, we live in an age of mass displacement. There are nearly 118 million people displaced worldwide, according to the United Nations, as people flee wars, poverty and disaster. Every time I read another news story about the emigration of thousands of people, I think that new portals will soon open somewhere.

I was talking to a journalist from Syria, Kholoud Helmi, not long ago. The context of our lives was very different, as was our immigration status. But when I asked her about portals, she recognized what I was talking about immediately.

"In the U.K. I was walking along the street and I felt something, I stopped and I started to return back to chase the smell," she told me. "It felt like home in a very weird way. I realized that one of the neighbors had a jasmine tree. And it reminded me of the smell that I used to smell on the streets at home."

I've heard that sometimes portals close. I don't know how many years it will take for my last portal home to shut, when Warsaw's Nowy Swiat will start reminding me of itself rather than Minsk's Pobediteley Avenue. It has happened already for some of my friends.

But it hasn't happened to me yet. Recently, I was crossing a road in Berlin and felt another portal open up. I felt as though if I turned around, I would see the old Pobeda Cinema that was under reconstruction when I left Minsk. I wanted to turn around and see how it ended up.

But the main rule of the game is that you're not allowed to turn around. As soon as you do, the portal vanishes.

Margaret Hamilton, 90, Who Stacked 1s and 0s to the Moon, Dies

Margaret Hamilton in a mock-up of the Apollo command module displayed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969.
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A Pioneering Programmer Credited With Popularizing the Term 'Software Engineering'

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Ms. Hamilton directed the software engineering for the computer on the Apollo 11's lunar module, above with Buzz Aldrin Jr.

Building the software was vital because the computer had only 72 kilobytes of memory, a slender fraction of today's cellphones.

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ited with popularizing the term "software engineering" to describe the complexity of the work her team did, thus elevating software coding to a status equal to hardware design.

A 1969 photograph of the 5-foot-4 Ms. Hamilton standing beside a head-high stack of printed code developed for the moon landing has been widely shared on social media in recent years.

Primary navigation for the Apollo flights was guided from Houston on mainframe IBM computers. But the onboard Apollo Guidance Computer that the M.I.T. lab created was a crucial cog.

Developing its software was a major lift in an era when computers had limited memory. The onboard computers contained only 72 kilobytes of storage memory (an iPhone 16, by comparison, can have more than seven million times as much storage).

As Apollo 11's lunar module, Eagle, touched down on the moon on July 20, 1969, Ms. Hamilton, then 32, was patched into Mission Control in Houston from M.I.T.

"I was not concentrating on the mission per se, I was concentrating on the software," she recalled in a 2017 interview for the Computer History Museum. She compared the moment before touchdown to the instant before death when a person's life is said to flash before them. "I could see the Apollo life, just: 'Look what happened. We did it. It worked,' she recalled. "It was exciting."

But it almost didn't happen. As Eagle neared the moon, its onboard computer famously flashed alarms, and Mission Control was faced with a decision about whether to abort the landing.

One of the astronauts, according to some historians, flipped a switch that overloaded the computer's processing unit, which set off the alarms. Ms. Hamilton had foreseen just such an event. Her software told the onboard computer to prioritize essential tasks and cancel less important ones. The alarm was the signal that the procedure had occurred. Houston chose to continue the mission, and Eagle's computer guided it to a safe landing on the Sea of Tranquillity.

"If the computer hadn't recognized this problem and taken recovery action, I doubt if Apollo 11 would have been the successful moon landing it was," Ms. Hamilton wrote in a 1971 letter to a computer magazine, Datamation.

Ms. Hamilton worked on the six lunar landing missions from 1969 to 1972. Her programming also contributed to Skylab, America's first space station, launched in 1973, and to the early design of the space shuttle. She left M.I.T. to found a company, Higher Order Software, in 1976, as well as a second firm a decade later, Hamilton Technologies.

In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded Ms. Hamilton the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Its citation reads that her work for NASA “set the foundation for modern, ultrareliable software design and engineering.”

In 2019, on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Google trained more than 100,000 mirrors at its Ivanpah solar power farm in the Mojave Desert to create a nighttime portrait in reflected moonlight of Ms. Hamilton, bigger than Central Park.

Margaret Elaine Heafield was born on Aug. 17, 1936, in Paoli, Ind., the oldest of four children of Kenneth and Esther (Partington) Heafield. The family moved to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Her mother was a high school teacher, and her father was a poet and a college professor of English and

philosophy.

Margaret enrolled in the University of Michigan before transferring to Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., where she received a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1958.

The same year, she married James Hamilton, also an Earlham student. The couple moved to Cambridge, Mass., where their plan was for Ms. Hamilton to support her husband in law school and then to have him pay the bills while she earned a doctorate in math and became a professor.

Instead, her computer work led her in a starkly different direction.

Her first job at M.I.T., in 1959, was in the meteorology department for Edward Norton Lorenz, the founder of modern chaos theory, for whom she helped develop software to predict weather.

In 1961 she moved to an M.I.T. team working for the Air Force on a system known as SAGE to track enemy aircraft. She was assigned a puzzle given to all new programmers: to decipher a program no one could get to work, whose author had left notes in Latin and Greek. Ms. Hamilton was the first person to get the program to run.

Based on her work on SAGE, she was hired for the M.I.T. Apollo computer project, led by a professor of aeronautical engineering, Charles Stark Draper, who had won the NASA contract for the navigation and guidance system for the moon flight, announced by President John F. Kennedy in 1961.

Ms. Hamilton was initially the only woman on the programming team, she recalled at a 2021 conference about the history of the Apollo computers.

She became known as the "rope mother," because of the unusual way code was stored on the inflight computers, in an era before the wide use of silicon chips.

Programs were written in binary arithmetic, a series of 1s and 0s. The digits were stored using copper wires woven around tiny doughnut-shaped material called cores. A wire passing through a core was read as a I and a wire that bypassed a core was a 0. The long assemblages of cores and threaded wire were called ropes.

The ropes were woven by women capable of fine hand work, many of whom had worked in New England textile mills. Ms. Hamilton, who was responsible for getting everything right, was the "rope mother." (A 1965 film shows how the M.I.T.-designed computers were built at Raytheon's space division plant in Waltham, Mass.)

Her first marriage ended in divorce in 1967. Two years later, she married Daniel Lickly (pronounced "likely"), a supervisor on the M.I.T. Apollo project, who was responsible for hiring her. They divorced in the early 1970s.

From the late '70s, Ms. Hamilton was the partner of Ron Hacker, a musician she met when he helped move her office and then trained in systems engineering and was employed at her company Hamilton Technologies, which developed software. He died in 2025.

Besides her daughter, Lauren, Ms. Hamilton is survived by two grandsons, four great-grandchildren and her siblings John, David and Kathryn Heafield (pronounced "hayfield").

Like most of the legions of engineers, mathematicians and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the moon landings happen, Ms. Hamilton is little known to the public.

But in 2017, she achieved a kind of pop culture eminence with the introduction of Lego Margaret Hamilton, a play figure that was part of a Women of NASA set. She is represented as longhaired and bespectacled, standing beside a teetering stack of computer code.

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Symbol of Early Days Of Field Led by Women

for the moon as well," Dr. Zuber said in an email.

By CAROLYN Y. JOHNSON and KENNETH CHANG

Long before software engineering became a boys' club — the exclusive domain of tech bros and a mythical force that threatens to either transform the world or snuff it out — it was just Margaret's thing.

"There goes Margaret with her software engineering," Margaret Hamilton recalled being ribbed by her colleagues in the 1960s at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Instrumentation Laboratory. Ms. Hamilton led the software engineering division there, programming the on-board computers that guided the Apollo spacecraft to the moon, and argued that software ought to be on the same plane as the thenmore-glamorous endeavor of building hardware.

But her insight wasn't seen as visionary at the time; it was more like a quirky inside joke.

Ms. Hamilton was a classic "hidden figure" in science history — a trailblazing woman who played a crucial, largely unseen role in a field where the protagonists were mostly men.

And while the business of software today mints billionaires and is dominated by men, that was not always the case.

Ms. Hamilton fit into a lineage of female pioneers in computer science, before the field was considered prestigious or lucrative.

In the 1840s, Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program long before the first computer. She devised an algorithm that was intended to run on the steam-powered "analytical engine" that Charles Babbage had proposed.

During World War II, the Eniac Six were six women who programmed the first general-purpose, electronic digital computer to calculate ballistic trajectories. Men built the computer, but programming was considered tedious and so was left to female mathematicians to handle.

In the 1950s, Grace Hopper invented the computer compiler, translating English-like programming language into instructions that a computer could understand and execute.

In the space program's earliest days, women, including Black women, worked as "human computers," carrying out essential calculations by hand.

When Ms. Hamilton began her career in the late 1950s, her programming peers were overwhelmingly men, she recalled in interviews. This was the decade when women flowed into the work force, and even professions like medicine and law were opening up to them.

"Then you were sort of like just an exception because you just sort of were doing a good job so they decided to give you more," she recalled in a 2017 oral history for the Computer History Museum.

For the Apollo program, she led the software engineering division at the M.I.T. lab, which had won the contract to program the spacecraft computers. The monumental task before her team was to make sure the software was safe for people, or "man rated," in the parlance of the day.

"If it didn't work, a person's life was at stake — if not over," she said. "That was always uppermost in my mind and probably many others as well. It had to be man rated, and it had to work the first time."

Ms. Hamilton's conviction that computer science was a form of engineering would augur the field's future. As computing left the rarefied world of the cosmos and came down to earth, the cachet, status and salaries of the people who did it rose.

But while Ms. Hamilton is credited with popularizing the term "software engineering," it seemed to her that it was only when a man — a "hardware guru" — argued in a meeting that "You know, Margaret's right," that people began to listen.

There were the hardware engineers, Ms. Hamilton recalled in the oral history. And the aeronautical engineers. "But we were the programmers, and we were kind of like second-class citizens," she said. "I mean, you know, we'd take the stuff and we'd 'make it run,' right?"

Maria Zuber, a geophysicist at M.I.T. who led the NASA GRAIL mission to map the moon's gravity, said that she never met Ms. Hamilton, who was a generation ahead of her in science, but that she admired her "extraordinary technical and leadership talents."

"When you see someone like her who went for it and lived her dream it makes it a little easier for the rest of us to dare to reach

As Ms. Hamilton reached icon status in recent years, she was frequently asked to reflect on what it was like to be a female engineer in the "Mad Men" days of the 1960s.

At one job, she recalled, a colleague asked her: "How can you do this? How can you work here when you have a baby at home?" And I remember, I'd not been asked that before. I said, 'Well, you know, you have to do what's right for you and I have to do what's right for me.'"

During her work on the Apollo software, she brought her daughter, Lauren, to work on nights and weekends. Lauren would pretend to be an astronaut, pressing various buttons on the module — and once caused a simulation to crash. This revealed “the Lauren bug.” Her bosses said it did not need to be fixed, because astronauts were better trained.

"I said, but what if it does happen?" she recalled in an interview in 2019 as part of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. "My whole emphasis was always 'What if ?'"

During Apollo 8, she said, an astronaut did press the button during flight when he was not supposed to.

"Right after that flight I was allowed to put that fix in there," Ms. Hamilton recalled.

That caution — prepare for the unexpected — proved crucial as Neil Armstrong was flying the Apollo 11 lunar lander. Ms. Hamilton and her engineering team had anticipated that the tiny computer might become overwhelmed by the deluge of data during descent.

Because of an unfortunate confluence of events, that is exactly what happened. A series of foreboding alarms sounded. By design, the computer jetti-

A feeling that she and her team were seen as 'second-class citizens.'

soned its nonessential tasks without crashing, and the landing succeeded.

After the moon landings, Ms. Hamilton went on to found companies and continued to work in software engineering.

But for decades, almost no one had heard of her or known her role in Apollo. In The New York Times archives, there is no mention of her until 2005, and that article described her, in passing, only as “one of the hundreds of programmers who worked on the software.”

The number of women majoring in computer science rose through the 1970s and peaked in 1984 at 37 percent. That was a few points lower than the percentage of women in law school but higher than medical school and physical science majors.

But the rise of personal computers turned the field into something more like tinkering with automobiles, and the culture shifted. During the 1990s, a photo of a Playboy centerfold became one of the standard images used to test digital processing techniques.

"I was surprised that it almost seemed to be worse in some ways today than it was back in the early days," Ms. Hamilton said in 2017.

While women continued to become more prevalent in law, medicine and science, they fled computer science, dropping under 20 percent before nudging back up slightly in recent years.

Ms. Hamilton did not always see herself as the symbol she would later become.

"I was so involved in what we were doing, technically, that I was oblivious to the fact that I was being outnumbered by men," she said in a 2015 interview. "In the case of the Apollo project my colleagues (mostly male) and I were friends and we worked side by side to solve challenging problems and meet critical deadlines."

Ms. Hamilton added: "We concentrated on our work more than whether one was male or female."

She noted her surprise that, decades later, many things had not changed for the better.

"When discrimination against a woman exists today, it is usually more subtle than it would have been back then," she said. "That has its advantages and disadvantages."

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Geography Distorts A Globalized World

TIMO LENZEN

By PATRICIA COHEN LONDON — For decades we have lived in a world that seemed to transcend geography.

Information, money, goods, germs and weapons have come to defy distance. Whispered confidences and billion-dollar bounties are traded instantaneously. Smartphones, satsumas and sandals are delivered to your doorstep from across the globe. Ballistic missiles are able to traverse continents in minutes.

But such everyday assumptions have been challenged by

Location still matters when war and climate change shut down key transit routes, creating trade disruptions and logistics problems that technology can't solve.

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the economic havoc wrought by the blockage of a single vital shipping and energy route in the Persian Gulf.

The conflict in the Middle East, set off by U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran seven months ago, has driven up energy prices. It has also had a hand in pushing up interest rates, disrupting factory production around the world, jeopardizing harvests and stoking angry protests from Syria to Guatemala.

Geography is back with a vengeance.

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Restaurants' Dilemma: How to Sell Food in a GLP-1 Era

By JULIE CRESWELL

Six months ago, Deborah VanTrece, the chef and owner of Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours in Atlanta, noticed she was running out of containers for diners to take leftovers home.

"It wasn't a few bites left over. It was half a plate." Ms. VanTrece recalled. "I was like, 'Did our portions change?'"

No. It was that more customers were on GLP-1 weight-loss medications. Restaurants, from cozy, upscale establishments to national fast-food chains, are figuring out how to adapt menus for the 11 percent of adults, or roughly 30 million Americans, using drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound. People on these medications are eating out less and spending less when they do.

"We always ask guests about meals that aren't fully consumed, and they are very forthcoming in letting you know it's 'the shots,' Ms. VanTrece said.

The number of people taking these medications is expected to rise, and as consumers seek more protein to protect muscles (GLP-1s can reduce muscle mass), the response would seem fairly straightforward: Put more protein on the menu, and cut portion sizes.

But adding protein to a plate can be expensive; beef prices, for one, remain at a record high. Businesses have to determine whether consumers would be willing to pay \$5 or \$7 more for a few additional grams of chicken or beef in their meal.

And does half a sandwich or a half-size portion of Barbecue Duck Confit mean it will cost 50 percent less? Not likely, as restaurants must still cover their rent, their labor and their own rising food expenses, said Darren Tristano, the chief executive of Foodservice Results, a research and consulting firm in Chicago.

"If you're serving half the portions, you're likely going to charge 75 percent of the price" of the full portion, Mr. Tristano said. "There's going to be a premium for the consumer for that."

But meeting the evolving needs of diners on weight-loss medications isn't easy for restaurants, which have spent decades selling bigger burgers, larger orders of fries and giant containers of soda.

Higher food prices in grocery stores and at gas pumps from the war with Iran were already being felt at restaurants as some consumers started eating out less frequently or skipping appetizers or dessert to save money. CONTINUED ON PAGE B5

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China Surges In Robotics, Outpacing Germany

Europe looks to shift into a higher gear to unlock the industry's potential.

By JAMES PATON

LONDON — Once a symbol of German industrial innovation, the robot maker Kuka is now a source of regret.

A decade ago, European regulators gave a Chinese appliance manufacturer, Midea, the green light to acquire Kuka, one of Germany's leading robotics companies. Today, Germany is failing to keep pace in the global race to deploy factory robots, which have been crucial to China's transformation into the world's manufacturing powerhouse.

The number of robot installations in German factories is forecast to fall for the third straight year, while China's rollout intensifies, according to the International Federation of Robotics, a trade group.

The widening gap exemplifies the growing economic threat that China poses to Germany and Europe as a whole.

A flood of low-cost cars, chemicals and machinery from China has hollowed out Europe's factories, contributing to the loss of about 14,000 industrial jobs a month in Germany and fueling calls for tougher trade measures on Beijing. The European Union's trade deficit with China is tolling at 1 billion euros (\$1.1 billion) a day, its largest ever.

China's push into robotics and artificial intelligence is adding to the pressure.

China's robotics sector "has accelerated incredibly rapidly," said Rebecca Arcesati, a technology and innovation policy specialist at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Brussels. "We hear from European firms in this space that they are quite concerned about the growing competition." CONTINUED ON PAGE B6

Attacks Send Price of Oil Climbing

By LISA FRIEDMAN and JENNY GROSS

LONDON — Oil prices surged and stock prices fell on Thursday after an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East appeared to raise fresh concerns over supply disruptions.

Saudi Arabia's capital was rattled as a war between the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen and a Saudi-led military coalition intensified. A Houthi military spokesman said early Thursday that the group had attacked Riyadh's airport with a ballistic missile.

Brent crude, the global benchmark, climbed 4 percent higher on Thursday to above \$105 a barrel, before retreating a little after President Trump said on his social media site that the United States would not attack Iran before the midterm elections.

The S&P 500 ended the day about 0.5 percent lower, and stocks in Europe and Asia declined.

Over the past month, oil flows have increased through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil and gas exports that Iran had blocked for months. More shipping operators have decided to take on the risk of transiting the strait in part because U.S. forces have been providing guidance and protection.

But attacks on tankers in and around the Strait of Hormuz in the last week have increased greatly. At the same time, the worsening conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia has added to the danger of exporting energy through the Red Sea, which had been a workaround for transporting Saudi oil.

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AVIATION

American Airlines to Add Starlink on More Planes

American Airlines said on Thursday that it intended to install SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service on its entire primary fleet of more than 1,000 aircraft in the next year, extending a plan that is already in place for roughly half of the fleet.

American Airlines in May had said it plans to install Starlink on more than 500 Airbus aircraft beginning next year.

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Washington Post Picks Executive From Yahoo

The Washington Post has appointed a former Yahoo executive, Alex Wallace, as its chief operating officer, the newspaper said on Thursday.

Ms. Wallace will start on Oct. 19 and work with Jeff D'Onofrio, the chief executive, to align teams across the company and track performance against business goals, the Post said.

Ms. Wallace has worked as executive vice president and head of media and content at Yahoo, where she oversaw a portfolio spanning Yahoo News, Sports, Entertainment and Finance, as well as TechCrunch and other media and content businesses.

The rollout will now include over 530 Boeing aircraft as well.

The Starlink-equipped fleet will use SpaceX's Performance Aero Terminal, an aircraft-mounted satellite internet antenna system.

The terminal is capable of delivering speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, the airline said.

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The carrier operates a mainline fleet of more than 1,030 aircraft.

More than 900 of them are single-aisle planes, and the rest are wide-body aircraft. REUTERS

The appointment comes as the Post works to improve its financial performance. The company said last month it expects to end 2026 on its closest path to profitability in five years.

Ms. Wallace has held leadership positions at CBS News and NBC News. REUTERS

Taiwan Semiconductor Beats Revenue Forecast

In July, on its last earnings call, TSMC predicted third-quarter

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest contract chipmaker, on Thursday reported record third-quarter revenue of 1.49 trillion Taiwanese dollars (\$46.71 billion), beating the market forecast and rising 50 percent from the year-earlier period because of surging demand for A.I. applications.

It is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings next Thursday, where it will also update its outlook and plans for the quarter and rest of the year. REUTERS

TSMC, Asia's most valuable publicly listed company with a market capitalization of \$2.1 trillion, did not provide any details or forward guidance in its brief revenue statement.

Rising Oil Prices and Bond Yield Reversals Shake Wall Street

revenue of between \$44.6 billion and \$45.8 billion.

For September alone, TSMC reported that revenue rose 54.6 per-cent year-on-year to 511.86 billion Taiwanese dollars.

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Some sharp reversals kept financial markets unsteady on Thursday, as oil prices rose and U.S. stock indexes finished mixed.

The S&P 500 fell 0.5 percent for a second straight loss after setting its high. The Dow Jones industrial average added 51 points, or 0.1 percent, and the Nasdaq composite fell 1.3 percent as technology stocks took particularly hard hits.

Stocks felt pressure from a 4.1 percent rise in the price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, to \$104.28. It's been pinballing between \$96 and nearly \$110 over the last month on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow the global energy industry to return to normal.

Brent got to nearly \$106 in the morning before President Trump sent its price veering after saying "productive discussions" are happening with Iran and that the U.S. military would not attack it before the upcoming U.S. elections in November. That briefly sent Brent toward \$103 before it eventually turned back upward.

Even sharper swings shook the bond market, where yields have been jumping worldwide to their highest levels in years or even decades, which threaten to slow the economy.

The 10-year Treasury yield initially rose with oil prices, going from 5.28 percent late Wednesday to 5.35 percent early Thursday morning. But it then fell all the way back to 5.23 percent.

It dropped after the U.S. government said that it sold \$22 billion in 30-year Treasury bonds at an auction with a high yield of less than 5.62 percent. That helped bring the 30-year Treasury yield down to 5.60 percent from 5.73 percent in the morning, which is a notable move for the bond market.

A day earlier, an auction of 10-year Treasurys also helped bring down yields. Strong demand there showed investors are still willing to buy U.S. government debt, even though prices have fallen sharply this year because of worries about high inflation, big government

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debt loads and other factors.

“Higher U.S. Treasury yields are starting to create their own demand, buyers are showing up for the right price,” said Tony Miano, global investment strategy analyst at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

On Wall Street, the ease in Treasury yields helped the majority of U.S. stocks rise, including two out of every three in the S&P 500 index.

PepsiCo climbed 3.7 percent after the snack and drink company reported stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected, thanks in part to strength outside of North America.

But drops for several influential technology stocks overshadowed such gains.

Nvidia, the chip company that's ridden the tidal wave of demand created by artificial-intelligence technology, fell 2.9 percent. Because it's the largest stock by value on Wall Street, it was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500 even though other stocks had larger losses.

That included drops for other A.I.-related stocks, including Broadcom's 4.3 percent fall and Micron Technology's 4.8 percent slide.

The losses came even though a bellwether for the chip industry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., reported growth for September that suggested its revenue for the latest quarter was strong enough to top analysts' expectations. TSMC's stock that trades in the United States fell 3 percent.

In other stock markets abroad, indexes fell across much of the rest of Asia and Europe.

A.I. stocks are under heavy pressure to report big growth to justify how high their stock prices have soared in recent years because of the AI frenzy.

In South Korea's stock market, Samsung Electronics dropped 2.4 percent to help drag the Kospi index down 2.6 percent. The tech giant said its operating profit for the latest quarter likely soared to 107.4 trillion Korean won (roughly \$80 billion) from 12.17 trillion won a year earlier, but that wasn't enough to satisfy investors.

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7. PARAMOUN (SKYD)	$9.28	+4.4	54
8. AT&T Inc. (T)	$24.87	+1.6	51
9. PG & E (PCG)	$12.67	-0.9	47
10. Netflix (NFLX)	$71.57	+2.7	46

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1. Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund Institutional Shares (VBITX)	+0.8%	+1.5%	69,5
2. Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grate Fund Investor Shares (VFSTX)	+1,0	+2,1	54,5
3. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund Admiral Shares (VSCSX)	+1,1	+2,1	50,9
4. BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio Class R (BSRX)	+2,0	+3,1	49,1
5. Lord Abbett Short Duration Income Fund Class R4 (LDUXX)	+1,9	+2,3	42,6
6. Vanguard Institutional-Intermediate-Term Bond Fund Institutional Plus Shares (VITX)	-0,1	+1,0	30,1
7. American Funds American High-Income Trust Class R-6 (RIGX)	+1,4	+4,3	28,4
8. American Funds Intermediate Bond Fund of America Class R-6 (RIBGX)	-0,6	+1,1	28,0
9. BlackRock High Yield Portfolio Fund Class K (BRHYX)	+2,3	+4,2	25,8
10. Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund Investor Shares (VWEHX)	+1,3	+3,4	24,8

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A Top Fed Official Casts More Doubt on a Rate Increase This Month

Christopher J. Waller, a Federal Reserve governor. In a speech on Thursday, he said that "there is some flexibility" about when to raise interest rates.
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By COLBY SMITH

The prospects that the Federal Reserve will deliver a second straight interest rate increase this month dimmed further on Thursday after a top official joined other central bank policymakers in suggesting that they have flexibility in determining the timing of subsequent moves.

Christopher J. Waller, a Fed governor, emphasized in a speech on Thursday that the Fed still had more work to do to bring inflation back to its 2 percent target after nearly six years of overshooting it. Mr. Waller endorsed "additional hikes" to support a speedier retreat to that level, but he did not convey an immediate urgency.

"If the economic data continue to come in as expected, I anticipate additional hikes to support a timelier return of inflation to our 2 percent goal," Mr. Waller said in a speech at an event in Istanbul. "But there is some flexibility about when those hikes will occur."

He added that further moves to raise borrowing costs "do not need to come at consecutive meetings, but they should be in place in an acceptable period of time."

Mr. Waller's comments solidify a reset in expectations about when the Fed will next raise rates. Just two weeks ago, financial markets were putting 70 percent odds on a second consecutive rate increase at the Fed's meeting at the end of October, just days before the midterm elections.

But those expectations plummeted to around 20 percent last week after two speeches by members of the central bank's three-person policy-steering group led by Kevin M. Warsh, the Fed's chairman. Two members of that "troika" — John C. Williams, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Philip N. Jefferson, the Fed's vice chair — suggested that the central bank could take its time before raising rates again after a unanimous vote to do so in September. That view was buttressed on Friday when September's jobs report showed slowing monthly growth.

Mr. Waller explained on Thursday why, after supporting the Fed's decision to hold rates steady over the spring and summer, he eventually backed an increase. By the time the policy-setting committee met in mid-September, he said, there was a “preponderance of evidence over several months that the risks for monetary policy had shifted.” That included signs that the labor market had stabilized as well as a proliferation of

inflation risks.

Those risks include the extended war with Iran, which has raised prices for oil and other goods. Mr. Waller also cited emerging price pressures from the surge in spending to expand artificial intelligence capabilities as well as the prospect that President Trump may impose new tariffs.

"When the first inflation reading for August came in hot just before the F.O.M.C.'s September meeting, it was impossible to deny that inflation was still too high and not making sufficient progress toward our target," Mr. Waller said.

He said inflation remained his top concern, especially the possibility that consumers begin to question the central bank's resolve to get back to the 2 percent target.

"With evidence that economic activity is strengthening in the second half of this year, I am not greatly concerned that tighter monetary policy threatens a damaging slowdown in the economy," he added.

Mr. Waller did not articulate how he would determine the timing of subsequent rate increases, but he emphasized the importance of the Fed's communicating clearly about its thinking. That approach stands in stark contrast to Mr. Warsh's preference for the central bank to be more circumspect in signaling about the fu ture. The chairman has said that doing so ties the Fed's hands and makes it harder for officials to pivot if the economic backdrop calls for a different response. He has also rejected quarterly forecasts that officials provide about their thinking on the path for policy and the outlook for inflation, growth and unemployment.

These projections are just one aspect of the Fed's communication strategy that Mr. Warsh has directed a group of external advisers to look into as he seeks to make good on his promise to enact "regime change" at the central bank.

But according to Mr. Waller, opting against sending a clear signal about the policy path has downsides. It could “surprise markets and create volatility,” he said.

It also could make the Fed's job of influencing the economy harder, Mr. Waller added.

"The point is that if too few or too many hikes are priced in, the change in financial conditions would mean too little or too much of an effect on economic activity," he said.

Pause on Ban For Journalists At White House Is Extended

By ERIK WEMPLE

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily extended his block on President Trump's effort to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, and said he would decide by next week whether to extend it for a longer stretch.

Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said at a hearing the extension would give him time to evaluate the arguments in the case.

Mr. Trump had declared the ban in a social media post on Sept. 18, and journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred entry the next day. The companies promptly sued over the access ban.

Judge Kelly had granted the outlets a two-week reprieve from the ban that expired on Thursday. At the hearing, the news outlets argued that their access should be extended while the lawsuit plays out, which could take months. The government argued that the president has the authority to ban the outlets. It said in a filing that the White House should be allowed to reinstate the ban while the court case continued.

Thursday's hearing hinged largely on whether the govern-

A judge says he will decide next week whether to stretch out the reprieve longer.

ment had taken the proper procedural steps before barring the outlets from White House grounds. After the ban took effect, the White House sent letters to the three companies laying out the rationale for the action and providing an opportunity to challenge it.

The letter said the news outlets had three days to send the White House a written response if they wanted to contest the ban. Judge Kelly's two-week reprieve took effect before the White House's deadline for that written response. None of the media companies sent one.

Michael Velchik, a lawyer representing the White House, said that the media outlets had "chosen not to defend themselves" because they did not respond.

Theodore J. Boutrous, a First Amendment lawyer representing the media outlets, called the White House's process a "sham" and argued that the president had already made up his mind to ban the companies.

The hearing on Thursday focused on restoration of the news outlets' credentials to access the White House grounds, and not on the so-called pool assignments that have emerged as a point of contention since Judge Kelly's order took effect. The "pool" is a rotating group of journalists that shares the responsibility of covering the president in small spaces that couldn't fit the entire press corps.

CNN has been blocked twice from serving as the TV pool representative on Air Force One for presidential trips since press credentials for its journalists have been restored. Politico was also blocked from fulfilling its pool assignment on Monday.

Why a Court Order Didn't Stop an Air Force One Ban for Reporters

By ERIK WEMPLE

In the past few weeks, President Trump has tried to block reporters from three news outlets whose coverage he found too negative: CNN, MS NOW and Politico.

At first, journalists from those three outlets couldn't get into the White House complex at all. But after the outlets sued the administration, a federal judge forced Mr. Trump to let them back in, at least for a couple of weeks while the litigation got underway.

Then, a day after the ruling, a new twist: Mr. Trump barred CNN from traveling with him on Air Force One. He did it again the next week, then barred a Politico journalist from a scheduled trip on the plane, too.

Exactly what authority the president has when it comes to the makeup of his press detail is the subject of multiple lawsuits in federal court in Washington. On Thursday, Judge Timothy J. Kelly extended his order preventing the White House from barring the three outlets from its grounds.

The clashes with these outlets — and a related case involving The Associated Press — raise a number of legal and journalistic questions.

Here's what to know:

Who decides who gets to cover the president?

The White House Press Office is in charge of issuing credentials that let journalists in and out of the White House complex. Many enter on temporary press passes only for some presidential events, but more than 1,200 journalists hold what is known as a "hard pass," a White House official said.

That credential, which requires a background check by the Secret Service, gives journalists access to "Pebble Beach," an area where TV crews do their stand-up shots; a portion of the West Wing driveway; the James S. Brady briefing room; and the "lower press" space, where White House news media assistants do their work.

What does the law say about journalists' access to the White House?

Although the White House Press Office hands out the passes, the courts have ruled that the First Amendment protects journalists from unnecessarily arduous restrictions and from being arbitrarily “excluded from sources of information,” according to a 1977 court ruling. It said that after the White House set up facilities for the news media, it couldn’t deny access to any particular outlet arbitrarily.

That case also set the precedent that White House hard passes can't be stripped from reporters without rigorous procedures, including proper notice of the basis for denial, an opportunity to respond and a final written statement of the reasons for denial.

These requirements have played a central role in the access disputes during Mr. Trump's presidencies: In 2018, the White House revoked the hard pass of CNN's Jim Acosta, and the next year it suspended the hard pass of Brian Karem, a Playboy magazine correspondent.

In both cases, federal judges ruled that the White House hadn't accorded the journalists due process.

And in the ruling involving CNN, MS NOW and Politico — which explicitly restored the hard passes for the journalists — the judge also criticized the White House for failing to follow due process.

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CNN and a Politico reporter were barred from Air Force One travel.

In court filings, the White House has claimed that the president has an interest "in enforcing minimum standards for bona fide journalists and safeguarding national security information," according to a government filing.

"President Trump will continue calling out the biased media and delivering his message directly to the American people without apology," the White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement.

Why were the outlets still blocked from Air Force One?

Judge Kelly's order didn't explicitly address the outlets' so-called pool assignments.

There are different tiers when it comes to covering the president. The Oval Office is about the size of a one-bedroom apartment, far too small to accommodate all the hard-pass holders on the White House grounds. Other venues on the White House beat, including Air Force One, have space constraints as well.

The solution is the pool system, in which small groups of hard-pass-carrying journalists are allowed into tight quarters on a rotating basis. Pool reports feature notes, observations and quotes from presidential events and go out to a wide audience.

For decades, the White House Correspondents' Association and the press corps determined the rotations in the pivotal press pool, but the White House took control of those assignments in February 2025, claiming that it would provide access to outlets previously denied the opportunity to question the president.

Mr. Trump used that power to block CNN and Politico from their pool assignments. Just days after Judge Kelly's order, he stopped CNN from serving its scheduled turn as the TV pool reporter for a trip to Tennessee. The network again found itself barred from pool duty on Oct. 1, when Mr. Trump traveled to Texas and Oklahoma to barnstorm for Republican candidates.

Politico was excluded from its pool rotation for Mr. Trump's trip on Monday to Nebraska. An MS NOW news executive said in a

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court declaration that the outlet had been excluded from participation in the White House's secondary TV pool. A White House official said MS NOW's inclusion in the pool had come at the invitation of the White House in the first place.

That said, CNN was allowed to fulfill pool duties on two other occasions.

In court filings, CNN, MS NOW and Politico have asked Judge Kelly to restore the same level of White House access that they had before the September ban, a request that covers their pool rotations.

Have any other outlets been barred from those smaller spaces?

Yes. In February 2025, the White House also removed Associated

Press journalists from the press pool over the wire service's decision not to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Other outlets, including The New York Times, also use the Gulf of Mexico to refer to that body of water.

The A.P. sued, and a federal judge restored their access. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit paused the heart of the judge's order while the White House appeals.

How have other news organizations responded?

When Mr. Trump barred the three outlets from the White House grounds, other news organizations banded together to blast the ban and support the ousted journalists.

The major television networks suspended their pool coverage of Mr. Trump entirely, breaking a practice that dated back decades.

The TV pool, an independent arrangement consisting of five networks (ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News), has long rotated the responsibility of providing television coverage of the president, splitting the financial costs, sharing footage with one another and affiliates and selling it to other outlets.

Once the outlets got their hard passes reinstated, the five networks decided to resume pool duties, with a caveat: Each time that CNN is removed from a pool rotation, the group of networks decides whether to provide a substitute crew. Otherwise, CNN's slot will be left unfilled, and Mr. Trump will not receive major network coverage.

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Notice to Public Water Systems in the United States of Four Proposed PFAS Settlements Totaling More Than \$149 Million.

Four proposed class action settlements have been reached in the Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2:18-mn-2873-RMG, pending in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

The Settlements resolve certain claims against Carrier Global Corporation (“Carrier”), Archroma U.S., Inc. (“Archroma”), Amerex Corporation (“Amerex”), and Nation Ford Chemical Company (“Nation Ford”) relating to alleged PFAS contamination of drinking water supplied by Public Water Systems. The Settling Defendants deny liability. The litigation continues against other defendants.

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The amount an eligible Public Water System may receive will depend on the applicable Allocation Procedures and information submitted to the Claims Administrator.

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Certain Public Water Systems are excluded. Complete Settlement Class definitions and exclusions are available at the Settlement Website.

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A.I. Powered Growth Rate Worldwide, W.T.O. Says

By ANA SWANSON

WASHINGTON — The World Trade Organization said Thursday that it expected the global trade in goods to grow by 3.9 percent this year, almost double the rate it had forecast in March, as spending on expensive chips and other equipment needed to produce artificial intelligence raises cross-border commerce.

The rapid trade in A.I. goods more than offset the drag on trade from the war in the Middle East and tariffs issued by the Trump administration. The W.T.O. expects trade growth to pick up slightly next year, accelerating to 4.1 percent.

Johanna Hill, a deputy director-general at the organization, said in a news conference Thursday that the resilience of the global economy and of trade had been “a striking feature of the past six months.”

Higher energy prices and shipping disruptions stemming from the war in Iran have created significant headwinds for companies seeking to trade. However, businesses and supply chains have adapted, and producers of energy and fertilizer in other regions have stepped in to replace disrupted supplies, she said.

The W.T.O. cautioned that the resilience was not uniform, and that some regions and sectors had been hit harder by the Middle Eastern war.

Robert Staiger, the organization's chief economist, said that the conflict had taken a significant toll on trade particularly within the Middle East. The quantity of crude oil exported by the Middle East was down 24 percent in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, while exports of liquefied natural gas were down 47 percent.

But global trading systems have helped many countries weather the shock, he said. Countries outside the region increased production and exports of energy and fertilizer to compensate for the loss of supply.

Trade in goods that enable A.I. also grew an astonishing 67 percent in the first half of 2026, accounting for about half of the increase in the value of the global trade in goods in the period.

In 2026, global trade was "shaped by two opposing forces: a Middle East conflict affecting services as much as goods, and an exceptionally strong wave of investment in A.I. infrastructure," Mr. Staiger said. "So far, the second force has outweighed the first."

War Forcing World to Reckon With Geography's Power

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"As we think about the global economy or the modern economy, we often forget just the basic plumbing, and that is logistics," said Shannon O'Neil, senior vice president of studies and Maurice R. Greenberg, chair at the Council on Foreign Relations. "Stuff still needs to get from here to there."

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Mourners at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran paying their respects to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S.-Israeli attack seven months ago.

Conflicts and climate change are causing disruption.

Countries and armed groups that can't begin to match the military, technological or economic power of the United States have to some degree held the world's economy hostage simply because of their position on the map.

Iran disrupted traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, the only sea passage to the Persian Gulf and the world's most important energy chokepoint. And the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen seized control of another critical transit point, the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the narrow pathway at the southern entrance to the Red Sea.

Even now, as oil has started flowing again through the Persian Gulf, it has happened mostly by brute force — with tankers guided by the U.S. Navy.

These flare-ups are urgent reminders of how key transit routes like the South China Sea and the Suez Canal still wield enormous influence over commerce and, in turn, the welfare of tens of millions of people.

The world's strategic and economic geography is simultaneously being reshaped by climate change, which is disrupting centuries-old passages and etching new routes across the planet's face.

This summer, drought drained waterways like the Rhine and Danube Rivers in Europe, upending freight transport, raising shipping costs and curtailing industrial production. It also threatened electricity flows in Hungary and Romania, which use river water to cool nuclear power reactors.

In Latin America, the operators of the Panama Canal, which carries roughly 40 percent of U.S. container traffic, restricted traffic because of low water levels exacerbated by El Niño.

Thousands of miles to the north, Chinese shipping companies recently took advantage of warming waters to establish the first regularly scheduled commercial transit of the Arctic Ocean. The development promises to heighten strategic competition with the United States as President Trump's grab for Greenland illustrates.

The postwar global order has broken down.

Geography has always been a potent force in world affairs. In the fifth century B.C., Sparta used its control over the Dardanelles strait to cut off Athens's grain supply during the Peloponnesian War.

In our lifetimes, though, since globalization gained momentum in the 1990s, technology has often eclipsed geography.

But that international order rested on a vision of mutually beneficial global cooperation and a system of rules and laws that is eroding.

Confrontation and coercion have become go-to approaches rather than last resorts. Trust even among allies has broken down.

Mr. Trump's speech to the United Nations last month could serve as graveside commentary to the more optimistic postwar vision. "To the victor belong the spoils," he said of his decision to seize Venezuela's oil reserves, an example of his winner-take-all approach to world affairs.

Mr. Trump has clearly accelerated the disintegration of the postwar order, but the roots are deeper.

The very networks that made globalization so successful are the same ones that created new types of vulnerabilities and power imbalances.

During the era of hyperglobalization that began in the 1990s, both the United States and China, for example, increasingly relied on their control of economic rather than physical chokepoints. The United States has used its dominance of the global financial system to penalize adversaries by freezing assets or cutting off commercial transactions. China has used its store of rare-earth metals to pressure rivals.

So it should perhaps be unsurprising that weaker powers would look for their own pressure points. In Iran's case, it's geography. In the 2000s and 2010s, Iran was under punishing sanctions but never got close to closing off the Strait of Hormuz, said Edward Fishman, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

"I think that it kind of signals just how far we've moved away from this globalization paradigm that even geographic features are being weaponized," said Mr. Fishman, a former diplomat. "And I think that's only going to be a continuing trend."

Violent confrontation is one tactic. The other is financial. Iran has pressured shipowners to pay for passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

"That's what Iran, in many ways, is fighting for now — the ability to monetize the trade," Mr. Fishman said.

The threat is raising questions about open access to the world's waterways, something that has

As global titans flex their muscles, weaker nations deploy their own pressure points.

been taken for granted since the end of World War II. The United States has essentially been the enforcer of free navigation, but its willingness to stay in that role has waned while other powers have been emboldened to challenge it.

China continues to flex its muscle in the waters off Taiwan, sending out patrols to assert its claims to the seas around the island.

Ukraine and Taiwan occupy critical real estate.

The neglect of geography has been a result of political myopia, argues Hal Brands, a professor at Johns Hopkins and the author of "The Landscape of Power: Geography and the Rise and Fall of Nations."

"For the past 30 years or so, we operated under two false assumptions," Mr. Brands said. The first was that "the struggle for influence between rival powers had become passé. And that was related to the second, which was that geography and the

constraints of geography had basically been obliterated by innovation."

Ukraine, he noted, has been a point of contention for generations because it occupies a critical piece of real estate on the Eurasian continent, a hinge between European and Asian powers that has Black Sea ports and incredibly fertile ground.

Taiwan, too, sits at a critical juncture, between Japan and Indonesia, the anchor of a chain of islands off China's coast.

Of course, technology, industry and geography have always impinged on one another. The development of infrastructure for oil extraction and delivery in the Middle East after World War II was what transformed the Strait of Hormuz from a useful transit lane into an economic and energy chokepoint.

The ongoing disruption to key shipping routes is spurring alternatives like the construction of more pipelines that, over the long term, could again alter economic and military maps. As will advancements in technology and shifts in trade relations.

In any case, the disintegrating postwar international order is likely to bring a world of increasing conflicts. And in Mr. Brands's view, geography will increasingly "shape the way that those struggles play out."

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Oil Prices Jump on Outburst of Mideast Violence

FROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE

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A ship in Bandar Abbas, Iran. At least eight tankers in the Strait of Hormuz have been attacked so far this week.

"We should have seen prices coming down a little bit but we have not seen that," said Jorge Leon, a senior vice president with Rystad Energy, a consulting firm. "Things in the Red Sea are heating up badly."

Moreover, Mr. Leon said, oil markets were rattled again by Mr. Trump's threats against Iran. Mr. Trump said this week that he was weighing options for next steps in the war before suggesting on Thursday that the United States would not restart hostilities soon.

Rising energy prices and the turmoil in the Middle East have rattled investors, with analysts saying it has contributed to the sharp rise in interest rates reflected in the bond market.

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond, which underpins the rates on mortgages, business loans and many other types of debt, has recently hovered around its highest level since 2002, jumping to 5.34 percent on Thursday before easing. Government bond yields in other countries have also come under pressure, as central banks plan a series of interest rate increases to rein in inflation.

The vulnerability of trade routes across the Persian Gulf has been a central threat to global energy markets since the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran on Feb. 28. Before the war, the Strait of Hormuz carried a fifth of the world's oil supply.

At least eight tankers have been attacked so far this week, part of a significant escalation in Iranian attacks on tankers.

The latest two attacks in the strait occurred on Wednesday. A tanker in waters north of Qatar was hit by "multiple projectiles," causing casualties, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation, an agency run by Britain's Royal Navy.

The vessel was struck by three drones while drifting, which underscores the risks not just to tankers passing through the strait but to all ships in the Persian Gulf, including waters north of Qatar, said Dimitris Maniatis, the founder of Marisks, a maritime risk consultancy.

In a separate incident, a tanker in waters east of Fujairah, a United Arab Emirates port, was attacked by an unidentified projectile, according to Marisks. Satellite images showed a slick surrounded the vessel, a potential indication of an oil spill, Marisks found.

Carole Nakhle, chief executive of Crystol Energy, an advisory firm, called the conflict a "very fluid situation" for oil markets.

Another factor weighing on oil

Rising energy prices and turmoil have rattled investors.

markets was Tropical Storm Isaias, which is on the cusp of becoming a hurricane and is headed for the Gulf Coast of the United States, the heartland of American oil refining. Ahead of the storm, oil and gas producers shut a significant portion of the region's offshore production, which accounts for about 15 percent of total U.S. crude.

Still, Mr. Leon called the hurricane "marginal" to the oil markets. "The main issue is there's an expectation that there will be a ramp up in attacks after the midterm elections," he said.

Ian Bremmer, who runs the geopolitical risk consultancy Eurasia Group, said that despite the level of threats that Iran and the United States had hurled at each other, the war in Iran has remained relatively contained.

"The Americans are at the margins, engaging in more limited efforts to show that they are serious, to show that they have patience economically, that they can wait out and outlast the Iranians while they squeeze them in order to end up in a better negotiating position than they have been in the past months," Mr. Bremmer said.

DINING | COMPANIES

Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours, left, in Atlanta offers a trout with vegetables dish, right, on their menu. Customers who use GLP-1 drugs often eat much less but seek more protein to protect their muscles from the weight loss.
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Restaurants Scrambling To Confront a GLP-1 Era

FROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE

But the reality for many restaurants is that their own expenses have soared since the Covid pandemic. Average hourly earnings of restaurant employees and wholesale food prices have risen more than 35 percent since early 2020.

And while restaurants have raised menu prices, sometimes quite sharply, one-third of restaurants said they were unprofitable in the first half of this year, according to a survey by the National Restaurant Association.

Fast-food chains are facing significant challenges as their calorie-dense foods — burgers and fried foods — are not what people on weight-loss medications are seeking, according to a report by analysts at the investment bank William Blair.

Still, McDonald's, which has seen customer visits slow down this year, is treading carefully in introducing new menu items for customers on GLP-Is.

In an interview last month, Chris Kempczinski, the chief executive of McDonald's, reiterated that the restaurant chain had not seen any effect from consumers on GLP-1 medications.

Still, the company is testing options. During its investor day meeting in Chicago, it served analysts a salad topped with McCrispy chicken strips and offered a grilled chicken wrap. McDonald's discontinued salad bowls and grilled chicken offerings in 2020 when it simplified its menu during the pandemic.

But Mr. Kempczinski said it was unclear if those test items would be added to the menu.

"The challenge is making sure that there's sufficient demand to justify putting those items on the menu," he said. "I think sometimes in the past, you know, when we've done some things similar to this, the risk or the mistake was maybe putting it on before there was sufficient demand to do it."

Restaurant Brands International, which owns Burger King, listed weight-loss medications as a risk to its business in financial filings this year. Burger King is testing smaller portions, like Whopper Bites, but a spokeswoman for the chain said the smaller portions weren't specifically for consumers on GLP-1 medications.

Late last year, Shake Shack introduced a "Good Fit" menu, which features burgers and chicken (mostly without buns) and highlights the grams of protein. The price of its SmokeShack Lettuce Wrap and the SmokeShack burger, bun included, is the same. The company declined to comment.

Maddy Hague said she wished more restaurants offered smaller portions of meals.

The creative director for a tech start-up, Ms. Hague said she had lost 80 pounds since she started taking Zepbound in the spring of 2025. She has developed an aversion to large plates of food put in front of her and often doesn't eat the leftovers that she takes home.

"I know I'm paying more to eat out than I need to and I'm wasting food, which doesn't sit super well with me," said Ms. Hague, who lives in Plymouth, Minn., just northwest of Minneapolis.

If restaurants offered a half-size portion of meals, she said, she would be willing to pay about 80 percent of what she would be charged for a full entree.

"I wouldn't expect it to be 50 percent of the price of a regular meal," Ms. Hague said. "I'm still going out and having that experience, and I want to make sure that the restaurant is successful."

Adapting menus for consumers on weight-loss medications and still making a profit means restaurants have to become creative, said Neil Doherty, the head of global culinary and strategy at food service giant Sysco, who works with restaurants to develop menus.

Using less expensive ingredients like lentils, eggs and cottage cheese is one way restaurants could boost the amount of protein offered, Mr. Doherty said.

"If you're a steak restaurant, instead of an eight-ounce tenderloin, pair a four-ounce tenderloin with shrimp," Mr. Doherty said. "Shrimp is a great value right now."

Restaurants should consider offering more smaller-plate options for diners, he said and noted the smaller portions served in many European countries.

About a year and a half ago, Dennis Turcinovic, the owner of Tucci, an upscale Italian restaurant in New York's NoHo neighborhood, saw plates of Fettuccini Fra Diavolo and Veal Chop Marsala being removed at the end of meals with very little eaten.

So he created smaller versions of some menu items. Instead of the typical appetizer of three balls of Arancini and Caviar for \$34, Tucci offers a plate with one for \$12.

Mr. Turcinovic said there was a discussion around cutting overall portions of food. But members of the restaurant staff said that was likely to anger diners not on the weight-loss medications who could still eat the full entrees.

"I thought, what if we made the

Deborah VanTrece, the chef and owner of Twisted Soul, noticed an increase in the use of leftover containers. Left, her country boil.

pasta dishes a little bit smaller?" Mr. Turcinovic said. "But if you charge more and give less, then you're going to look like the bad guy when you're just trying to stay in business in the smallest-margin business there is."

Ms. VanTrece, the Atlanta restaurateur, who is on the weight-loss medications herself, said she saw more diners order only appetizers or share entrees. That has led to a drop of more than 25 percent in the average check size at the restaurant over the last few months.

To keep the check size up, she is experimenting with offering smaller portions. An entree of Hoisin Glazed Oxtails at Twisted Soul Cookhouse is \$46. Last week, the restaurant featured a special set menu of an appetizer, a half-portion of the oxtails and a dessert for \$50.

"People loved it," she said. "Moving forward, I think we'll start to offer specials like that more often. Diners still like the idea of trying different things, but they don't want to be wasteful. I know I can't eat all of that food anymore."

Shifting Eating Habits Have PepsiCo Investors Seeking Operational Changes

American consumers have been buying fewer bags of chips and cases of Pepsi.
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By JULIE CRESWELL

Americans aren't buying enough bottles of Pepsi and bags of Doritos to please the executives behind those brands, despite lowered prices.

"We're not satisfied with the performance in the U.S.," Ramon Laguarta, the chief executive of PepsiCo, told Wall Street analysts and investors on an earnings call Thursday.

Even though sales rose in the most recent quarter, executives at PepsiCo are under increasing pressure to improve the snack and beverage business in the United States, which has struggled as some consumers pull back on spending while others change their snacking habits altogether.

With the company's stock down 12 percent in the past year and shares trading at six-year lows, PepsiCo is facing a growing drumbeat from some investors who want a bigger change in the company's structure.

Among the options: splitting PepsiCo's business by geography, between North America and international, or by business lines, between foods and beverages.

Some analysts and investors are prodding the company to re-franchise some or all of its bottling operations, which PepsiCo brought under its control several years ago. Its competitor Coca-Cola largely uses a franchise model for its bottling operations, which eliminates expenses like aluminum cans and plastic bottles.

Mr. Laguarta, who faced similar questions a year ago from the activist investor Elliott Investment Management, has largely been reluctant to change the structure of the business.

"Obviously we're not satisfied with the performance and that means we have to look at options

Despite higher sales, the company is under pressure to expand.

that improve our performance long-term," Mr. Laguarta said in response to an analyst asking whether the company is evaluating possible changes in the company's structure. "We're open to revisiting every option."

In an interview later Thursday with CNBC, Mr. Laguarta clarified that the company was not considering splitting its operations but looking at other structural

changes.

David Wagner, the head of equity and a portfolio manager at Aptus Capital Advisors, which has a stake in PepsiCo, said re-franchising the bottling operation would be the more likely course by the company because it was a capital-intensive business with low returns.

A bigger split between snacks and beverages, he said, would be a "more disruptive option and would only come if North America keeps disappointing."

On the surface, PepsiCo's financial performance appeared in line with analyst expectations. Revenues for the quarter ending Sept. 5 rose 5.6 percent from the prior year, to \$25.2 billion. And its core operating profit, which excludes any acquisitions or sales of businesses, grew 3 percent from the same period in 2025, to \$4.3 billion.

PepsiCo's stock was up 1.4 per-cent to \$125.44 in midday trading.

But much of the revenue growth came from international markets, which now make up 41 percent of the company's revenues. And some of the increase in operating profits in the quarter came from a tariff refund of \$178 million.

Executives at the company warned that profits were likely to remain under pressure as prices on commodities, such as diesel fuel, remained high this year and into next year.

"The team has done a good job with hedging," Steve Schmitt, the company's chief financial officer, said. "We're starting to see hedges roll off and input costs starting to ramp up."

Executives at PepsiCo said they hoped efforts to lower expenses while cutting prices and launching new products would be enough to keep investors at bay.

In the United States, consumers have been buying fewer bags of Cheetos and cases of Pepsi. A segment of consumers, struggling with higher prices in grocery stores as well as at the gas pump because of the war with Iran, have reduced their spending on non-essential items. Cuts to the federal food stamp program as well as some states' adopting new rules that no longer allow the benefits to be used to buy soda are more headwinds for PepsiCo.

And there have been rapid changes in what some shoppers want when it comes to snacks and beverages. With around 11 percent of the country, or 30 million Americans, on GLP-1 weight loss medications, PepsiCo and other food manufacturers are racing to create snacks and drinks that contain higher levels of protein and fiber that individuals on those medications are seeking.

In addition to the different choices individuals are making, the Make America Healthy Again movement continues to have a ripple effect as a number of states enact their own, strict rules around what ingredients, such as artificial dyes, should be allowed in school lunch programs or even on grocery store shelves in the coming years.

To combat those trends, PepsiCo began to lower prices on some snacks. The company said it would also add to its Simply NKD line, which are Cheetos and Doritos made without artificial colors, as well as its Doritos Protein chips and 100-calorie multipacks of its snacks.

Wells Fargo had publicly promoted its minority-focused program.
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Wells Fargo Is Accused Of Lending Based on Race

By ROB COPELAND

The Trump administration on Wednesday accused Wells Fargo, one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders, of discriminating against home buyers by creating programs that favored minority applicants for loans.

The allegations came in a letter from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to Wells Fargo's chief executive, Charles Scharf.

The letter, signed by Craig W. Trainor, an assistant secretary, said the San Francisco bank was being investigated for violations of the Fair Housing Act, a civil rights-era law that barred banks and other lenders from considering race, religion, sex and national origin, among other factors, in their underwriting.

In his letter, Mr. Trainor cited "repeated public promotion of explicit race-based policies," including offering Black homeowners lower-cost refinancing and the creation of a \$150 million so-called credit program "to advance racial equity in homeownership." He raised the specter of expanding the investigation to include the Department of Justice.

Black and Hispanic families are far less likely to own homes than

The administration is investigating the bank's practices.

their white and Asian counterparts, according to the Pew Research Center.

"Attempting to close statistical racial gaps in homeownership by doling out loans based on race is no way to do business," Mr. Trainor wrote.

Jennifer Langan, a Wells Fargo spokeswoman, declined to comment. The letter was reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal.

The behavior in question dates to when “under the Biden administration, race-conscious lending programs proliferated throughout the financial sector,” according to the HUD letter.

Wells Fargo publicly promoted its minority-focused program in news releases and on its website. It has since deleted many of those references.

The new investigation adds to the Trump administration's efforts to punish corporate America for expanding programs aimed at Black Americans after the nationwide protests set off by George Floyd's death in 2020.

The Trump administration has repeatedly raised instances of what it considers reverse discrimination, most recently accusing the law school at the University of California, Berkeley, of penalizing white and Asian applicants.

Under President Trump, federal agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice, have criticized diversity, equity and inclusion programs for favoring minority employees over white ones.

Mr. Trump said in an interview this year that he believed laws and policies dating to the 1960s, such as affirmative action, had resulted in white people being “very badly treated.”

Financial institutions, however, have until now mostly escaped the White House's criticism of race-based programs. Mr. Trump in his second term has been more focused on whether banks have discriminated against conservatives — including him personally — by closing certain customers' accounts, a process known as "debanking."

Wells Fargo was among the large banks cited last year by the administration's regulators for engaging in the practice. Industry representatives have said bank accounts are not closed for political reasons.

REAL ESTATE | TECHNOLOGY

Highest Mortgage Rates in 3 Years Chill Housing Market

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Rising prices combined with soaring rates have slowed the market to a crawl. Sales of existing homes dropped 1.2 percent in August from the year before.

By GREGORY SCHMIDT

Mortgage rates are surging while home prices are climbing, an unwelcome combination that is dashing hopes for many Americans hoping to buy a home.

On Thursday, the mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac reported that the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage had risen to 7.4 percent, up from 7.28 percent last week and the highest since November 2023. Last year at this time, the rate was 6.3 percent.

Mortgage rates had dipped below 6 percent in February, just before the start of the war in Iran, raising optimism that the housing market was becoming more affordable, said Kara Ng, a senior economist at Zillow, the real estate marketplace.

"Now that we're at 7 percent, that is a very far distance to push to improve affordability," she said. "The difference between beating a dead horse and performing CPR is a perceived probability of success."

High home prices are compressing the market further. After skyrocketing during the pandemic, when ultralow rates led to bidding wars, prices have continued to climb moderately. Home prices rose 2.6 percent nationwide in July from the year before, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Rising prices combined with soaring rates have slowed the market to a crawl. Sales of existing homes dropped 1.2 percent in August from the year before, according to the National Association of Realtors. The prognosis for the rest of the year does not look much better: Economists at Zillow are projecting a 3.5 percent year-over-year decline in the fourth quarter.

"Housing is still rather unaffordable for a large chunk of the population," said Nancy Vanden Houten, the lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, who estimates that two-and-a-half to three million people have been priced out of the market.

Mortgage rates began to edge higher in March, after the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran. Oil prices shot up after the conflict began, and gas and diesel prices quickly followed. Although more oil is now being transported out of the Persian Gulf, the war has snarled supply chains and damaged refineries, keeping oil prices elevated.

Investors are worried that higher energy prices caused by the war in Iran, as well as mounting debt from tech giants borrowing to build their A.I. infrastructure, will push inflation higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which is linked to many business and consumer loans, including mortgages, ticked up to 5.36 percent on Thursday, the highest since 2002.

First-time buyers, who do not have equity built up in a previous home purchase, are being pushed to the sidelines. The people who can most afford to buy a home are the ones who already own one. But faced with the prospect of higher mortgage rates when they move, sellers are puling back, too. New listings of homes for sale fell 3.9 percent in September from the month before, according to Zillow.

Ms. Vanden Houten said the underlying problem was inflation, with prices rising for everyday purchases like groceries and gasoline. "More income is being eaten up by the essentials," she said.

Homeowners are also facing other higher housing costs, said Tom Hutchens, president of Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions, a lender in Atlanta. "Affordability starts with the price of the home, but there are other factors" like taxes, repairs and property insurance, he said.

The average monthly property insurance payment for single-family mortgage holders rose to a record \$209 a month in June, according to a report from the Intercontinental Exchange. Insurance represents nearly 10 percent of monthly housing costs, up from 7.5 percent a decade ago.

Mathew Wellhausen, who works in construction design in St. Louis, was well aware of the challenges when he and his wife, Sydney Brockman, started looking for a new home about four years ago. But the costs were too high, so they put off their search.

"We pumped the brakes because we thought the market was

7.4%

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reported Thursday.

2.6%

The home-price increase nation-wide in July from the year before.

unfair," said Mr. Wellhausen, 40. "We wanted to see what would happen."

Rates and prices continued to climb, but the extra time allowed them to build a bigger down payment. The couple finally decided to take the plunge in September. By shopping around, they were able to land a 6 percent mortgage rate.

Dr. Ng, the Zillow economist, said she was concerned that rising mortgage rates would push buyers to a "psychological cliff."

"People are saying 'I'm not even going to try' whereas they might be able to afford a home if they just ran the math," she said.

Despite the gloomy outlook, she and other economists expect the market to eventually bounce back after inflation eases and mortgage rates start to fall again, although when that will happen is difficult to predict. "You're probably getting peak doom right now," Dr. Ng said.

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A Kuka factory in Foshan, China, left. Humanoid robots at an A.I. conference in Shanghai last year, right. More than half of the manufacturers of "full-size" humanoids in the world are in China.
QILAI SHEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

China Is Surging in Global Robotics Race, Far Outpacing Germany

FROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE

Since calling for a robot revolution in 2014, China has embarked on an ambitious campaign to disrupt manufacturing and dominate the field. Today, almost half of the five million robots working in factories worldwide are in China, the trade group estimated in a report released last month.

One worry is that China's bets on those technologies could further strengthen its manufacturing sector, accelerating the trade imbalance between China and the European Union, Ms. Arcesati said. As Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said recently in a speech last month, the trade deficit has already reached a "tipping point."

Although China still relies on high-end components from European and Japanese companies and A.I. chips from Nvidia, the country is becoming more self-sufficient, Ms. Arcesati said. Homegrown suppliers made up more than half of China's domestic installations, compared with one-third a decade earlier, the trade group said.

"Looking back it was all about getting a higher share of the domestic market," said Susanne Bieller, general secretary of the robotics federation. "The next strategy is basically to expand in other markets — for instance, exporting Chinese robots to Europe."

Last year, China accounted for almost three out of five robots deployed globally, boosting installations to more than 350,000. Installations in Germany declined to about 25,000, with another decrease expected this year. A decade ago, China's installations outnumbered Germany's by 3 to 1. Today, it's 14 to 1.

"If you look at the last 10 years or so, it's impressive," said Arnaud Robert, the president of Hexagon Robotics, a Zurich-based company working on a pilot project with BMW, the German automaker, at one of its plants in Leipzig. "What they've done remarkably well is scale, which hasn't been done anywhere else."

Still, he said, Europe has technological prowess that the region can build on in the shift to A.I-powered robotics. BMW and Hexagon plan to move humanoid robots into production in Leipzig by the first quarter of next year, before expanding to other plants, Mr. Robert said. By another measure, Germany ranked third in the world, behind South Korea and

Singapore, with about 450 robots for every 10,000 employees in 2024.

Pavlo Zvenyhorodskyi, a senior research analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said Europe should take concrete steps, including improving the industry's access to private capital, to maintain its edge in hardware, including components such as actuators that enable robots to move.

"The stakes are huge," Mr. Zvenyhorodskyi said. "We're talking about the technologies of the future. This is a test of whether Europe can remain relevant in this emerging global race."

The United States, which added more than 38,000 robots last year, is also scrambling to respond to increased Chinese competition. Citing national security concerns, the Federal Communications Commission in July announced a ban on the import of new models of foreign-made humanoid robots.

For the first time, the robotics federation released data on humanoid robots, which are still largely experimental. The organization estimated that 7,000 "full-size" humanoids — those at least 1.4 meters tall, or 4-foot-6 — were sold globally. More than half of the manufacturers of those machines are in China.

Spurred by state support, China could outpace Europe in combining A.I. and robotics, just as it did in the development of electric vehicles, according to Mercator research. The country's huge manu-

The United States is also scrambling to respond to increased competition.

facturing base provides the "perfect test bed" for the next generation of robotics, Ms. Arcesati said.

Still, China faces hurdles as its economy becomes increasingly driven by manufacturing amid a shrinking population and aging work force. Humanoids are far from becoming fully autonomous machines that can perceive and respond in real time in the physical world, and China's costs, already lower than those of Western competitors, would need to fall by at least half for humanoid robots to be commercially viable, Mercator found.

"This is still an open game," Ms.

Bieller said, adding that countries including Germany must have coordinated strategies to compete. "Europe has an opportunity to succeed."

The 2016 sale of Kuka, which remains part of Midea and recorded €3.9 billion in sales last year, is among dozens of “big regret” transactions in the United States and Europe that would have little chance of getting past national security filters today, according to a report last year from the Rhodium Group, a research firm. Just seven years earlier, Germany had been leading China in robot installations.

Instead of helping to bolster European sovereignty, Kuka's technology and patents "now directly fuel the rise of Chinese industry," researchers at the Jacques Delors Institute wrote this year.

Today, Germany and Europe are determined to hang on to their innovation and seize the potential in A.I. and robotics while they still see a window of opportunity.

"There's a fundamental recognition that was not there 10 years ago," said Mr. Robert of Hexagon. "China is in a very different place now than it was. We're not seeing complacency anymore. We're seeing a sense of urgency."

BASEBALL | M.L.B. PLAYOFFS

As Yankees Exit, Judge Expects Big Moves

ANALYSIS

'We're the Yankees. I feel like they should go all-in and do what they need to do.' AARON JUDGE, on his expectations for the front office.

POST SEASON 2026

SETH WENIG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aaron Judge, the Yankees' captain, who had to watch the postseason from the dugout, felt frustrated that there was nothing he could do as Tampa Bay beat New York, 4-3, on Wednesday.

Reflecting on Missed Chances and Ambition After Season-Ending Sweep

By CHRIS KIRSCHNER The Athletic

Aaron Judge paused for five seconds and then chuckled as he stared at the ground. Words were not necessary to understand how the New York Yankees' captain felt.

With a 4-3 loss on Wednesday that will be remembered most for a fan interference call, the Yankees were eliminated from the postseason again. The Tampa Bay Rays swept them in an American League division series in which the Yankees did not lead for a single inning.

On Wednesday night, the Yankees thought they had tied the game on an Anthony Volpe blast in the bottom of the sixth inning, but M.L.B.'s video replay center determined that a fan had interfered with the batted ball by sticking his hands over the wall, hauling it into the stands above the outstretched glove of Rays left fielder Victor Mesa Jr.

The home run was overturned and ruled an R.B.I. double, which meant that instead of a 4-4 score, New York trailed, 4-3. Rays reliever Griffin Jax then struck out Spencer Jones, who followed Volpe, to end the inning. The 4-3 score held and the Rays took Game 3 to eliminate the Yankees and advance to the American League Championship Series.

As the Rays celebrated on the field, Judge lingered, taking in every second of it. This was the first time in his Yankees career that he had watched postseason baseball from the dugout. The hurt stung because there was nothing he could do.

Judge has watched opposing teams dancing on Yankee Stadium's grass to end three straight seasons. In 2024, the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated a World Series title in New York. Last season, the Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. mocked the Yankees after winning the division series in their ballpark. This year, Junior Caminero and the Rays blasted Frank Sinatra in their clubhouse. It has become tradition to troll the Yankees at the end of their season.

After New York's 17th straight season without a World Series title, Judge, who lost more than three months this year to injuries, was asked how he wanted the front office to respond to another year of falling short.

"We're the Yankees," Judge said. "I feel like they should go all-in and do what they need to do. If we got holes, it's finding

Chris Kirschner covers the Yankees for The Athletic.

WENDELL CRUZ/IMAGN IMAGES
The Rays' victory marked the third consecutive year that Judge has watched opposing teams dance in Yankee Stadium.

A hopeful moment for the Yankees soured when fans interfered with a ball in left field, and a tying home run was ruled a double.
CALES: BOWLIN/GETTY IMAGES

certain players or personnel, whatever we need; you've got to go out there and get it. That's why I signed back here to play with the Yankees, to fight for a championship every single year. We go all-in. That's what I do every off-season: get ready to give this team and this city everything I got. So I expect them to do the same."

Only two A.L. teams won more than 90 games this season: the Yankees and the Rays. The Yankees won 93 games, six more than the next closest team, the Boston Red Sox. The A.L. has not been this weak in years, making this season feel like a massive missed opportunity for the Yankees.

Asked directly if he feels like the front office has done enough to put the club in the best possible position to win, Judge hesitated.

"It's tough to say," he said. "I want to trade for everybody and sign everybody every single year, but I know that's not realistic. So they give us a winning team every single year, but that's not good enough here in New York.

"We're the Yankees. You've got to go out there and expect championships and go all-in every year, so I'm excited to see what they do."

Cam Schlittler, the presumptive Cy Young Award winner, spoke after the season-ending loss about the standards in New York City.

"The reason why I love playing here so much is that they are going to hold you accountable, whether you performed or not," Schlittler said.

The Yankees have several notable impending free agents to consider, including Jazz Chisholm Jr., Trent Grisham, David Bednar and Paul Blackburn.

Chisholm's talent is undeniable, but his focus can wane in critical spots, and Manager Aaron Boone benched him in Game 3. The second-base market is weak, but the Yankees are likely to explore other options. Grisham is no longer a center fielder and his bat has regressed; he may be shown the door.

For the second consecutive year, the free-agent market is expected to be weak. Few difference makers are available. The Yankees' front office may have to get creative in remaking the team. But after a year in which the narrative was that this club "ran it back" with a similar roster, it is that clear change is needed — even to the players themselves.

"There's a standard to winning a championship," Judge said. "It's black and white. There's no gray area."

Weather Report

Highlight: Peak Wind Gusts From Isaias

Hurricane Isaias is

Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall near Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle late tonight. The hurricane will likely bring damaging winds as far inland as central Alabama through Saturday. There may be some gusts past 100 miles per hour at the immediate coast and just to the east of where the center of Isaias makes landfall. Strong winds will also occur along the higher peaks of the southern Appalachians.

Cities

High/low temperatures for the 16 hours ended at 4 p.m. yesterday, Eastern time, and precipitation (in inches) for the 16 hours ended at 4 p.m. yesterday. Expected conditions for today and tomorrow.

C	Clouds	S	Sun
F	Fog	Sn	Snow
H	Haze	SS	Snow showers
I	Ice	T	Thunderstorms
PC	Partly cloudy	Tr	Trace
R	Rain	W	Windy
Sh	Showers	-	Not available

N.Y.C. region	Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
New York City	72/57 0	70/54 S	68/58 S
Bridgeport	73/61 0	71/49 S	65/54 S
Caldwell	73/49 0	72/44 S	69/50 S
Darbury	70/50 0	68/41 S	68/45 S
Islp	73/59 0	71/50 S	68/53 S
Newark	74/55 0	74/53 S	71/56 S
Tranton	73/50 0	72/46 S	70/51 PC
White Plains	71/50 0	69/48 S	67/51 S

United States	Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
Albany	69/45 0.02	65/42 PC	68/47.5
Albuquerque	85/50	79/57	77/57
Atlanta	48/50 0.04	50/44 PC	44/51.8
Atlanta	85/66	76/64 PC	66/64.9
Atlantic City	77/52	73/53	70/60 PC
Baltimore	91/40	98/58	94/53.5
Baltimore	80/44	76/50.5	73/59 PC
Baton Rouge	92/67	89/68	81/60.5
Birmingham	90/65	83/62	72/65.6
Boston	88/70	81/69	74/61.1
Boston	73/53	69/50	69/53.5
Buffalo	65/67	66/45 PC	73/58.5
Buffalo-Ft. Louis	66/70	63/53	70/46.5
Caspar	83/45	82/56 W	79/42 W
Charlotta	86/63	78/61 PC	67/62.9
Chicago	80/60	83/55	80/60.5
Chicago	73/54	71/59.5h	80/62 PC
Cincinnati	80/52	82/58.5	78/60 PC
Cleveland	70/66	70/63 PC	75/57.9
Dallas Springs	82/52	83/51	84/54.5
Columbus	75/46	76/54.5	77/59 PC
Concord, N.Y.	70/43 0.01	67/38.5	63/35.5
Fort Worth	90/50	93/55	90/57.5
Denver	85/60	85/59.5	82/52.5
Des Moines	77/57	84/62 PC	82/60.5
Detroit	71/54	70/54.5	73/59.9
El Paso	85/61.0	85/64.5	88/65.5
Fargo	68/43 0.01	74/61 PC	88/51.5
Hartford	74/33	68/43.5	74/41.5
Hartford-Sulok	82/56 1.23h	78/65.5	87/73.9
Houston	93/66	93/67.5	90/68 PC
Indianapolis	79/53.0	82/58.5	79/59.9
Jacksonville	91/65	91/65.5	73/58.9
Jacksonville	81/72 0.11	80/73.7	78/73.1
Kansas City	84/62	87/62.5	85/59.5
Kansas City	88/60 0.05	88/60.5	87/61.5
Las Vegas	90/74.0	97/75.5	87/65.9
Lexington	81/90.0	84/89.5	75/89.9

Little Rock	90/62/0	93/63/5	79/61/8
Las Vegas	93/69/0	87/66/3	81/69/PC
Louisville	83/54/0	87/62/3	77/62/4
Memphis	92/66/0	93/66/3	71/60/8
Miami	89/60/0	87/61/3	78/61/8
Milwaukee	68/49/0	69/59/3	70/59/3
Mpls-St. Paul	68/48/0/1	72/60/PC	98/66/6
Nashville	88/54/0	90/64/3	72/64/8
New Orleans	87/52/0	87/61/3	78/61/8
Nortok	81/64/0	75/62/PC	74/67/PC
Oklahoma City	89/60/0	91/59/3	87/61/5
Omaha	82/60/0	89/62/PC	85/62/6
Pittsburgh	82/53/0	90/59/3	90/76/1
Philadelphia	79/53/0	75/54/3	75/59/PC
Phoenix	105/81/0	104/81/3	92/73/1
Raleigh	71/46/0	71/46/3	74/48/PC
Portland, Me	68/46/0/03	65/41/5	62/41/3
Portland, Ore.	78/56/0	64/48/6	62/43/PC
Providence	74/48/0	71/46/3	65/47/5
Rochester	86/54/0	78/52/3	74/58/PC
Reno	89/54/0	86/55/3	76/50/3
Richmond	84/54/0	78/56/PC	77/61/PC
Rochester	65/45/0/09	66/54/PC	69/55/3
Santo Domingo	100/60/0	98/59/4	73/59/3
Salt Lake City	85/60/0/01	86/57/9	81/60/7
San Antonio	90/68/0	91/63/PC	91/68/5
San Diego	82/60/0	80/62/PC	79/70/PC
San Francisco	77/57/0	71/59/PC	67/57/3
San Jose	91/59/0	82/59/3	71/53/PC
San Juan	92/79/0/05	90/78/9	88/77/9
St. Louis	69/54/0/01	67/58/3	68/58/3
Sioux Falls	75/53/0	77/63/PC	85/63/8
Spokane	76/51/0	64/37/8	56/36/PC
St. Louis	86/58/0	81/60/3	84/62/PC
St. Thomas	90/81/0/05	91/80/3	89/79/3
Syracuse	66/47/0/03	64/42/9	67/51/5
Tampa	79/73/0/59	88/78/1	87/78/1
Tampa-St. Louis	72/51/0	71/53/PC	73/57/PC
Tucson	96/76/0	95/74/9	90/73/1
Tulsa	91/59/0	92/61/5	89/63/3
Virginia Beach	79/66/0	75/63/PC	73/67/PC
Vancouver	86/64/0	87/57/3	84/60/9
Wichita	89/58/0	87/59/3	88/61/5
Wilmington, Del.	80/46/0	75/49/5	73/55/PC
Africa	Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
Algore	81/64/0/04	77/64/7	76/53/5
Chicago	84/61/0/02	86/68/5	88/63/3
Cape Town	71/48/0	72/50/0	77/56/5
Delphi	84/73/0/06	87/78/1	85/77/1
Johannesburg	77/50/0	84/69/3	83/57/7
Istanbul	82/60/0/10	78/62/1	77/62/1
Tunka	95/72/0	78/64/4	78/65/9
Asia/Pacific	Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
Bergold	96/78/0	98/78/PC	96/75/PC
Bengkok	91/79/0	94/79/7	92/78/8
Beijing	80/48/0	81/55/3	84/53/5
Berlin	84/61/0	89/59/3	84/58/3
Hong Kong	87/77/0	88/78/PC	89/78/PC
Jakarta	96/77/0	93/77/3	94/77/9
London	78/60/0	88/62/3	89/64/5
Karachi	93/79/0	90/80/4	90/77/PC
Manila	88/80/0	94/71/3	93/79/1
Mumbai	99/83/0	99/82/8	97/82/9

National Forecast

Hurricane Isaias will approach the Gulf Coast today before making landfall late at night. Isaias will bring a variety of hazards to the Gulf Coast and the Southeast, including flooding, power outages, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. Storm-surge flooding of six to 10 feet will also occur from Mississippi to the western Florida Panhandle. Storms will rumble across Florida for much of the day.

Meanwhile, a storm will spread rain to the Pacific Northwest. A few storms will dot the Rockies, while showers occur across New England and the Great Lakes.
Elsewhere, largely dry weather is expected. A heat wave will continue across California and the Southwest, with temperatures above the average for this time of year, while it will be cooler in the Northeast and the Great Lakes.

New Delhi	85/75.0	92/73.1	93/74.9
Road	104/75.0	104/77.9	100/76.9
Seoul	77/47.0	78/50.9	81/57.5
Shanghai	81/60.0	78/64.9	78/66.9
Singapore	90/62.0	90/65.0	89/79.7
Sydney	73/51.0	74/63.5	88/66.1
Taipei City	82/69.0	86/74.9	84/71.9
Tehran	84/70.0	86/66.9	83/59.9
Tokyo	79/63.0	77/63.5	77/64.5
Europe	Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
Amsterdam	59/51.99	63/59.8	59/60.9
Athens	97/52.0	79/62.5	78/64.9
Berlin	66/50.19	58/50.5h	63/44.5
Brussels	59/54.050	63/49.8	58/45.1
Copenhagen	77/53.0	77/53.0	77/53.0
Copenhagen	59/50.14	57/51.9	59/48.5h
Dublin	54/41.028	60/46.9	55/42.9
Edinburgh	54/36.0	59/47.9	55/42.9
Erfurt	63/51.68	65/41.6	65/41.6
Geneva	59/55.76	52/50.5	53/43.5h
Helsinki	54/32.02	56/40.9	45/40.0
Istanbul	68/47.0	73/51.3	61/48.1
Kyiv	74/48.0	66/44.9	64/48.9
Lisbon	82/61.0	79/58.5	80/60.5
London	59/46.0	67/48.5	60/44.9
Madrid City	68/52.0	70/50.9	67/47.9
Moscow	57/39.02	42/45.0	53/43.9
Nice	77/63.02	72/60.5h	73/61.5
Oslo	45/39.02	52/37.0	42/38.9
Rome	63/51.0	60/50.9	63/47.9
Prague	70/45.013	57/49.9	57/44.9
Rome	75/64.018	73/58.5h	72/55.5h
Sundez City	57/42.0	50/48.0	48/44.8
Stockholm	55/41.010	47/34.8	46/38.8
Vienna	75/50.0	65/46.6	65/50.9
Warsaw	68/46.02	58/51.9	59/48.0
North America	Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
Acupulco	82/75.042	80/74.7	87/75.5h
Asheville	83/75.03	81/76.5	81/76.5
Edmonton	48/41.014	50/30.5h	34/24.5s
Guadalajara	76/60.0	74/61.9	75/60.9
Heversa	89/73.0	91/76.9	89/74.1
Istanbul	89/60.02	89/63.1	89/61.1
Martinez	90/77.008	91/76.9	91/76.7
Mexico City	67/54.0	68/57.7	74/57.5h
Toronto	79/62.0	79/62.2	82/53.5
Montreal	60/52.017	58/39.5h	56/48.9
Nassau	89/78.055	89/80.1	90/80.1
Panama City	89/71.011	91/75.7	90/76.7
Punta City	57/52.013	59/60.9	59/70.9
Santo Domingo	87/75.02	82/75.5	90/74.5h
Toronto	65/48.022	67/47.9	65/58.5
Vancouver	54/50.0	60/46.8	58/42.9
Washington	98/73.01	96/54.3	94/52.9
South America	Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
Buenos Aires	64/60.05	62/55.9	61/52.0
Carasca	92/79.07	92/79.8	92/76.8
Lima	77/70.0	81/71.8	81/72.9
Mexico City	66/60.015	66/60.0	60/50.9
Recife	86/73.033	86/77.5	87/78.5h
Rio de Janeiro	81/70.0	83/75.9	85/75.9
Santiago	64/52.07	66/45.9	67/53.0

Metropolitan Forecast

TODAY

TODAY ..... Mostly sunny High 70. Expect a mostly sunny sky and cooler conditions than in previous days. Winds will be from the west at 6 to 12 miles per hour. The high temperature will be near normal for this time of year.

TONIGHT

Low 54. Some clouds will develop across the area, bringing a partly cloudy sky overnight. Winds will be light from the west-northwest at 3 to 6 m.p.h. The low will be near average.

TOMORROW

High 68. It will be sunny with some clouds mixing in throughout the day. Winds will be light from the northeast at 4 to 8 m.p.h. The temperature will be average for the first half of October.

SUNDAY

High 67. It will be cloudy with some rain from Isaias in the afternoon. Winds will be from the southeast at 6 to 12 m.p.h. The temperature will be near normal.

MONDAY TUESDAY

TUESDAY ...... Morning rain Monday It will be cloudy with some morning rain from Isalas on Monday. High 69. Tuesday will be dry, partly sunny and warmer. High 74.

Metropolitan Almanac

In Central Park, for the 13 hours ended at 1 p.m. yesterday.

Temperature

Avg. daily departure from normal this month......+1.1"

Avg. daily departure from normal this year......-0.3"

Reservoir levels	(New York City water supply)
Yesterday	83%
Est. normal	77%

Recreational Forecast

Sun, Moon and Planets

(casal)	First Quarter	Full	Last Quarter
Oct. 1011:48 a.m.	Oct. 18	Oct. 2512:11 a.m.	Nov. 1

Sun	RISE	7:01 a.m.	Moon	R	5:52 a.m.
	SET	6:25 p.m.		S	5:43 p.m.
	NEXT R	7:02 a.m.		R	7:00 a.m.
Jupiter	R	2:21 a.m.	Mars	R	1:05 a.m.
	S	4:15 p.m.		S	3:36 p.m.
Saturn	S	6:38 a.m.	Venus	R	9:08 a.m.
	R	6:19 p.m.		S	8:38 p.m.

Boating

From Montauk Point to Sandy Hook, N.J., out to 20 nautical miles, including Long Island Sound and New York Harbor.

Winds will be out of the west at 10-15 knots, with gusts to 20 knots in the afternoon. Waves will be 1-2 feet on the Long Island Sound and New York Harbor and 2-3 feet on the open ocean.

High Tides

Atlantic City	7:06 a.m.	7:23 p.m.
Barnegat Inlet	7:15 a.m.	7:34 p.m.
The Batteries	7:52 a.m.	8:01 p.m.
Beach Haven	8:43 a.m.	8:59 p.m.
Bridgeport	10:52 a.m.	11:15 p.m.
City Island	11:20 a.m.	11:45 p.m.
Fire Island Lt.	8:11 a.m.	8:27 p.m.
Montauk Point	8:27 a.m.	8:48 p.m.
Northport	11:10 a.m.	11:36 p.m.
Port Washington	11:29 a.m.	11:56 p.m.
Sandy Beach	7:02 a.m.	7:24 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet	7:04 a.m.	7:23 p.m.
Stamford	11:02 a.m.	11:29 p.m.
Tantown	9:41 a.m.	9:56 p.m.
Willets Point	11:14 a.m.	11:40 p.m.

Precipitation (in inches)

Yesterday	0.00
Record	4.30
For the last 30 days
Actual	4.57
Normal	4.38
For the last 365 days
Actual	46.09
Normal	49.52
Air pressure	Last 30 DAYS
High	29.89 1 a.m.
Low	29.83 6 a.m.

Heating Degree Days

An index of fuel consumption that tracks how far the day's mean temperature fell below 65
Yesterday	0
So far this month	29
So far this season (since July 1)	60
Normal to date for the season	67

Trends		Temperature		Precipitation
		Average		Average
		Below	Above	Below	Above
Last	10 days
	30 days
	90 days
	365 days

Chart shows how recent temperature and precipitation trends compare with those of the last 30 years.

Northeast Foliage

In the highest elevations of the Adirondack Mountains and the White and Green Mountains, foliage is past peak color. The remainder of northern New England, the Catskills and the central Appalachians is at peak color. Most areas away from the coast are near peak.

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COMMENTARY

Stewart's Feats Are Overflowing. She's Underrated.

By BEN DOLNICK The Athletic

I sometimes like to imagine that Breanna Stewart puts herself to sleep by reciting her professional achievements, the way that I put myself to sleep by reciting childhood friends' phone numbers.

I'll abridge the list, to spare you: McDonald's all-American, four straight N.C.A.A. championships at Connecticut, first pick in the W.N.B.A. draft, rookie of the year, multitime Olympic gold medalist, winner of multiple Most Valuable Player awards, three-time W.N.B.A. champion, champion of Unrivaled (the three-on-three professional league she co-founded).

And yet, I'm shoving aside this heap of hardware to tell you that Stewart is underappreciated. The fact of her underappreciation is not easily correctable — this is not like when The New York Review of Books finds a neglected classic on a dusty shelf and turns it into a best seller. No, her underappreciation is actually integral to her greatness, the essence of it. Because Stewart is not a novel at all; she is a section of the tax code.

While Caitlin Clark, Olivia Miles and Paige Bueckers flood

A Liberty star isn't dazzling, but she defines excellence.

you with basketball narrative, logo 3s and no-look dimes — plays that are endlessly replayed during TV timeouts, digitally transformed into NBA 2K simulacra — Stewart smothers you with the basketball equivalent of paperwork.

She tips the pass that would have led to the open 3. She falls, with all 7-foot-1 of her collapsible-tent-pole limbs, on top of a loose ball. She persuades her rookie coach to use his challenge on an out-of-bounds call. She crushes opponents with the relentless rightness of her decision-making. And then — clink — she adds another medal to her vault.

Ionescu spent the season mired in back pain and shooting woes. The Liberty's new coach, Chris DeMarco, an N.B.A. disciple of Steve Kerr, stepped immediately into quicksand made of his unfamiliarity with the W and his almost freakish lack of charisma.

This year's playoffs, in which the Liberty upset the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx in the first round and are battling the favored Atlanta Dream in the semifinals, have showcased Stewart's muted brand of dominance.

And so Stewart, in her 10th W.N.B.A. season, found herself hauling her poor, benighted team across the desert of the season and into the playoffs. She played 33 minutes per game, tied for third in the league. She averaged 20.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists. She kept herself in the M.V.P. conversation — but always in that part of the conversation when the conversationalists defensively remind each other that you really can't forget about Breanna Stewart.

And then, rather than repeat in 2025, they staggered through the regular season before being eliminated in the first round. They expected that 2026 would, with Sabally's help, be their redemption.

But first, a bit about how Stewart and the Liberty became underdogs in the first place.

It was not supposed to be this way. The Liberty added Satou Sabally in the off-season — a move of unfairness reminiscent of Kevin Durant to the Golden State Warriors. Stewart was already part of a big three, along with Sabrina Ionescu (a spectacularly clutch, maddeningly inconsistent guard) and Jonquel Jones (an M.V.P.-quality center who occasionally seems equipped with the motor of a lawn mower). The three of them already won the championship in 2024.

The Liberty hobbled in as the eighth seed, and were expected, even by many of their supporters, to quickly hobble out. But they toppled the Lynx and advanced to face the Dream, though they are now down two games to none ahead of Friday's Game 3.

But Sabally turned out not to have recovered from a devastating concussion and was featured far more prominently on the injury report than on the court.

Ben Dolnick is a contributor to The Athletic.

Though her team lost, Stewart continued her stellar work through the first two games against Atlanta. In Wednesday's overtime loss, she tallied 35 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

The most quintessentially Stewart work of this postseason came in the Liberty's second game against the Lynx. Consider this three-minute sequence:

With eight minutes left in the second quarter, Minnesota was hanging around, down 6. Barclays Center; the Liberty's Brooklyn arena, was desperate to combust in ecstatic celebration — but the Lynx kept steering trickles of water onto the powder keg. Pauline Astier, the Liberty's just-this-side-of-reckless French rookie, drove to the basket and got blocked by Olivia Miles, the Lynx's star and the newly minted rookie of the year. Then Miles, who had been struggling, hit a 3, bringing the Lynx within a possession.

Liberty fans, who have become unwilling connoisseurs of collapse, developed pits in their stomachs. The Liberty committed a shot-clock violation, and those pits sprouted tendrils.

It was at this point that Ionescu (the disappearance of whose shot has been a subtheme of the season) hit a 3. But before Barclays could properly explode, Napheesa Collier — the Lynx's marquee forward and Stewart's business partner — answered with a basket of her own. It was 4-point lead for the Liberty and a sense that the Lynx, for the first time all night, were developing momentum. Which is when Stewart took the game into her enormous, weathered hands.

What this looked like was Stewart receiving the ball in the paint from Astier, turning to find herself defended by the much shorter Courtney Williams, and nonetheless missing the shot. But Stewart knows, to the everlasting fury of Lynx fans, how to angle her body. She knows how to unfold her tent poles precisely so that they get tangled in her neighbors' tree limbs. There was a whistle. Personal foul on Williams. TV timeout.

Fouls drawn don't show up in ordinary box scores (though Stewart is second in the league at 6.3 per game). But imagine you were an alien who had never seen a basketball game: Think how demoralizing, how diabolical, the act of drawing a foul would seem. For one thing, it infuriates your opponent. For another, it inches that opponent one little pie-wedge closer to actually being removed from the game. And in the meantime, it transforms that opponent, as if

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Stewart and the eighth-seeded Liberty beat the No. 1 Lynx in a sweep, but they are in a 2-0 hole against the Dream.
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A Relentless Résumé

1 SCORING TITLE: 2022

2 M.V.P. AWARDS: 2018, 2023

2 FINALS M.V.P. AWARDS: 2018, 2020

3 W.N.B.A. TITLES: 2018, 2020, 2024

7 ALL-W.N.B.A. SELECTIONS

ALL-STAR APPEARANCES

20.5 POINTS PER GAME, CAREER

via an energy-sapping laser beam, into a less effective defender.

But the even more vital thing it does is use up time.

From the moment the whistle blew until the Lynx got the ball back after Stewart's free throws, the game clock had not moved — but two minutes and seven seconds of actual clock time had elapsed. That is a timeout's worth of rest, no small thing if you happen to be in your 10th season and on your way to playing 40 minutes. But that is also two minutes and seven seconds of Ellie the Elephant dancing, of hip-hop music blasting, of Liberty fans staring daggers at what few visiting Lynx fans had dared to stir.

Interrupting a comeback with a foul, in basketball, is like interrupting an evening of seduction with a knock on the door from a neighbor with an overflowing toilet. The Lynx's moment had passed.

And on the very next play, Miles — whom Lynx Coach Cheryl Reeve had clearly spent the timeout telling to be aggressive — drove into the paint, the sort of play she has been finishing with preternatural elegance all year. And Jones blocked her so hard that something in Miles, and in the Lynx, seemed to break. They never threatened the Liberty again.

So look at the sequence again: an Ionescu 3 and a Jones block, bookending a bunch of Lynx-deflating downtime brought to you by Stewart. But look closer at those bookends: Who assisted Ionescu on that 3? Stewart. And who was guarding Miles, steering her directly into Jones's waiting arms? Stewart.

Stewart was all over this sequence, as she was all over the game, as she will be all over every game that the Liberty play until she retires.

And that brings me to the final reason I would urge you to spend these playoffs cherishing Stewart — appreciating that which we are conditioned, in every fiber of our highlight-loving beings, not to appreciate. Because Stewart, at 32, may not be doing this for much longer.

Basketball players don't get better after 32. At some point, all the college, Euroleague, Unrivaled playoffs and All-Star Games begin to wear on a body.

Watch Stewart — who has just improbably extended her team's season; who every game does a thousand things that no one bothers to thank her for, or even record — while she is still here.

Clark Decries Fans' Hate And Defends Teammate

By JAMES BOYD The Athletic

Caitlin Clark strongly backed her teammate Kelsey Mitchell on Thursday, days after Mitchell expressed that playing for the Indiana Fever "hasn't always been easy."

Mitchell, who is an unrestricted free agent, spoke last week about the difficulties of playing in the spotlight with Clark and handling negative comments from fans, citing direct messages she has received.

"As her teammate, that makes you upset because you care about your teammates so much," Clark said Thursday at her end-of-season news conference. "You don't want any of them to go through something like that. For the people that follow me, obviously there is such a microscope on me, and that comes with everybody else that I've been teammates with, whether that was my time at Iowa or whether that's been here. It comes with a lot of really great things, and then at times there are some negatives.

"As far as people that have used me to demonstrate racist rhetoric or hate or discrimination, that's not something I stand for. It's never been something I've stood for. For those of you who know me, you know that's not what I'm about. That's not how I was raised. So that's really disappointing when people do that."

Mitchell, who has played all nine of her W.N.B.A. seasons with the Fever, said Saturday that she plans to be “selfish” in her approach to free agency. Clark said she has talked to Mitchell since the season ended and noted that she and the Fever organization are “going to work our butt off to get her back.” She said she hopes her entire career includes playing alongside Mitchell.

"She knows how much I love her," Clark said. "There's nobody I'd want to share a backcourt with other than her."

Clark and Mitchell combined for 47 points per game this season to rank as the highest-scoring teammates in W.N.B.A. history.

Mitchell set W.N.B.A. records for the most points scored and most 3-pointers made in a season. She also averaged a Fever franchise-record 24.7 points per game. Clark, who just finished her third season, averaged a career-best 22.3 points to go with 8.3 assists per game.

The Fever lost to the defending champion Las Vegas Aces in the first round of the playoffs, bowing out in three games.

On Saturday, in Mitchell's post-season news conference, she said she receives hateful direct messages for "specifically being an Indiana Fever basketball player."

"Showing up every day to compete for fans that may or may not like you is hard," she said, adding: "I think this organization is unbelievable, man, but I think that when it comes to, like, really trying to be yourself, it hasn't always been easy."

Fever General Manager Amber Cox defended the organization's fans Saturday in her own news conference, saying, "Attacks on our fan base have no basis in reality."

Fan rhetoric, behavior and online messaging have become an area of concern among W.N.B.A. players. Tensions have been particularly high surrounding Fever games.

Clark said she trusts that the organization has protocols in place to remove out-of-line fans from arenas. She said she also attempts to block out negativity and ignore hateful messages.

"Obviously, the W.N.B.A. has grown so much, and there's more and more eyeballs," Clark said. "I think for the real fans that do show up and do support and do show respect, I applaud you, and there are a lot of you. That's not just in Indiana but across the league."

James Boyd is a staff writer for The Athletic.

Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark are the highest scoring teammates in league history.
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Brewers Get a Dodgers Rematch, and Plenty to Prove

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By TYLER KEPNER The Athletic

SAN DIEGO — After all that, after a year of thrills and spills and chills, of firings and hirings and signings, the National League winds up in the same place.

The Milwaukee Brewers ace the regular season, win their division series and host the champion Los Angeles Dodgers to open the National League Championship Series. As it was in 2025, it is again.

Hello, Dodgers, my old friend. I've come to battle you again.

"They're a great team with great players, and they've got a championship pedigree," Christian Yelich, the Brewers' team captain, said Wednesday night. "But you always want to play the best, and if you want to get where you need to go, that's what you've got to do."

The San Diego Padres were a handful. In the four-game series, which ended with a 3-1 Brewers victory in Game 4, the teams were never separated by more than two runs. It was 1,159

A low-budget team with selfless play aims for history.

pitches of pure tension.

But Milwaukee ended the series here, not back home on Friday, when a decisive finale would have been held. That's a critical difference between this October and last, when the Brewers, drained after a five-game backyard brawl with the Chicago Cubs, led for just one inning of a four-game Dodgers sweep.

"We're now as rested as they are," the Brewers team owner Mark Attanasio said. "Because last year, we had a very emotional win against the Cubs and a lot of celebrating afterward, and the next day we're in batting practice. And now we have the same number of days off as they do, and have Miz and Henderson and all our pitchers rested.

"So it's our best against their best, and that's always fun."

Jacob Misiorowski, the Miz, the apparent N.L. Cy Young Award winner, will be available for Game 1 on Sunday. The rookie Logan Henderson, with his 2.31 career earned run average (postseason included), could then start Game 2. They led a pitching staff that held a hot Padres offense to a .181 average, two homers and 10 runs in the division series.

The Dodgers' pitchers thwarted the Atlanta Braves in much the same way: a .145 average, two home runs and eight runs. And the Dodgers could start the N.L.C.S. with the same pair of two-time Cy Young Award-winning lefties — Tarik Skubal and Blake Snell — they used to open the last series.

Yet this N.L.C.S. is not an even

Tyler Kepner is a senior M.L.B. writer for The Athletic.

playing field. Not in that sense, anyway. It's the paying field, if you will: \$432 million for the Dodgers, \$154 million for the Brewers. M.L.B. has seized on payroll disparities in its push for a salary cap, casting another Dodgers title as all but inevitable.

What if the Brewers eliminate the Dodgers and go all the way? M.L.B. would portray them as an outlier, the once-a-decade low-budget team that beats the odds. The league wants to upend a system that works for well-run teams like the Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays, and a World Series between them — or a championship for either — would cloud the message.

The Brewers' official slogan, displayed at their ballpark and around town, highlights their identity: Win Our Way. That way is selfless: minimize mistakes, maximize chances to reach first base and keep gobbling bases like ballpark cheese curds.

"A lot of people have said we're not built for the postseason because we've done so well in the regular season" without many stars, Manager Pat Murphy said. He added: "I think we're proving that, no, we still can win in the postseason because good baseball is good baseball."

In the third inning of Game 4, Sal Frelick led off for the Brewers and fell behind Walker Buehler, 0-2. He fouled the next two pitches, took three balls, then got a fastball down the middle and whacked it on the ground to second base. Jake Cronenworth knocked it down for an infield single.

From there, Frelick stole second and Garrett Mitchell singled him in. Mitchell later tripled and scored, and Frelick drove in another run with a sacrifice fly. The Padres nearly tied it on a deep drive to right-center by Manny Machado in the eighth, but Mitchell robbed him of a homer.

Good baseball is good baseball. It's fun, too.

"I just like the team aspect," Frelick said on Wednesday. "It's not like each inning we come in and say, 'I hope someone's going to hit a homer and we'll get on the board.' It's really one through nine, just finding a way to get on base, and that then switches over to, 'How do we move them up to the next base?' Whether it's a bunt or a steal or a run, it's like, 'How can we get this guy in?'

"It's just a level of strategy that you look at each inning and how it unfolds. That's just what we practice."

You stay engaged, as a player and an observer, when anything is possible. Even the walks — the Brewers take the fewest swings of any team — are riveting because of what might happen next. Milwaukee can hit homers, too; William Contreras smashed two against the Padres while batting .375. They just don't depend on them.

The Dodgers are an older team, but they are the right kind of old — wise, prepared, fearless. There is something to be said for historic greatness, which always takes much more than money. Never in their storied history have the Dodgers won three consecutive pennants. That's

Clockwise from above, Brice Turang and Jackson Chourio after winning on Wednesday; the locker room celebrations; and Jacob Misiorowski, who is available to pitch in Game 1.

what they will try to do now.

The Brewers have captured one in their history — an American League flag, actually, back in 1982, when they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in a seven-game World Series. Bud Selig (the Brewers' team owner then, the commissioner emeritus now) has long claimed his team would have won if closer Rollie Fingers had been healthy for the Series. He is probably right.

Something always happens when the Brewers get this far. One generation rues the Fingers absence. Another is haunted by cruelly timed injuries to Yelich, Devin Williams or Brandon Woodruff.

Maybe, with a bigger payroll, the Brewers could have survived a bad break and won anyway. Or maybe it was all leading to this: a chance to lift a trophy in a fractured baseball landscape and prove they can win, too — their way.

Even against the Dodgers.

"We have a lot of respect for those guys," Yelich said. "But at the same time, we feel like we can play with anybody. When we play our game and our brand of baseball, we're a really hard team to beat."

M.L.B. Memo Sets Rules for Lockout: Weddings Are In. Holiday Cards Out.

By EVAN DRELLICH

The Athletic

While M.L.B. publicly celebrates its postseason this month, the league's central office is internally laying out exactly what the looming lockout will look like, including a plan to once again scrub player images from the league website and largely ban contact between club officials and players.

Dan Halem, M.L.B.'s deputy commissioner, shared the confidential, 34-page memo to team owners and high-ranking team executives on Oct. 1, detailing what club officials should expect, and how they should act, during the work stoppage.

The guidance recommends that teams avoid sending holiday cards to players once the lockout begins, spells out proper etiquette for team staff members attending players' weddings, and says M.L.B. will not stand in the way if players want to play in Japan or elsewhere during the stoppage. The current collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.

"Our commitment has been and remains to exhaust every realistic option to achieve our goal of reaching an agreement with the Players Association," Halem wrote in the memo, which was ob-

Evan Drellich is a senior M.L.B. writer for The Athletic.

tained by The Athletic. He added: "However, clubs need to be prepared for the possibility that an agreement will not be reached by then and the clubs are left with no realistic alternative but to implement a lockout of major league players."

The memo spells out the basic facts of a lockout: Virtually all

Commissioner Rob Manfred said M.L.B. modified its websites in 2021 after legal advice.

business between M.L.B. players on 40-man rosters and their teams will halt until there is a new deal. No trades, no signings.

But that only scratches the surface.

Player images and videos will again be scrubbed from official team and league websites, the memo says, a repeat of what happened during the 2021-22 lockout.

M.L.B.'s digital arm "will create an alternate version of all club websites and other M.L.B.-controlled websites from which all players' likenesses have been eliminated consistent with these rules," the memo reads. "Player images (including from their profile pages) and videos would be removed, and player names and pictures would be removed from article headlines."

In 2021, Rob Manfred, the league commissioner, said that M.L.B. modified its websites based on legal advice, but experts at the time contested whether removing player images was a legally necessary step.

Not all player likenesses will disappear, however.

Team stores will still be able to sell merchandise with players' names and images because the rights to sell things like apparel come from other business arrangements, such as with the union's licensing arm.

M.L.B. will not try to stop players from playing in other pro sports leagues during a lockout, including for winter ball, Halem wrote. That opens the door to players leaving for Japan or elsewhere.

The league office has a general concern that players might claim they were injured before the lock-out and try to file for workers' compensation — even if in reality they are injured during the lock-out.

"To minimize this risk, clubs should document interactions between players and medical/training staff during the latter part of the season to confirm that there have not been any disabling injuries prior to the end of the season," Halem wrote. "Clubs that historically have conducted exit physicals of their major league players may do so during or following the 2026 season, consistent with their practice, but clubs that have not conducted such exit physicals in the past should not attempt to do so immediately prior to the commencement of a lockout."

In a lockout, team stores will still be able to sell merchandise.
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A core principle of the lockout is separation.

Club officials are supposed to avoid players "to the greatest extent possible" because "the line between permissible and prohibited conversations is not always clear," Halem wrote.

If club officials run into a player in public, they "should be cordial," M.L.B. advised. If team staff members have been invited to a player's wedding, they may attend during the lockout but have to avoid talking shop.

But if a player left his car at a team facility for the winter, it has

to be removed.

Some agents represent minor league players as well as big leaguers, which makes it impossible for M.L.B. teams to cut off communication with agents entirely. But "the scope of any agent communications must be monitored and strictly controlled" to ensure they do not include discussion about big leaguers' terms of employment, per the memo.

Teams can provide off-season workout plans to players before the lockout but not afterward.

During the last lockout, the major league portion of the Rule 5 draft, which is held at the winter meetings, was canceled and not rescheduled. Whether it will be rescheduled this time would be determined in bargaining, M.L.B. advised. (The minor league Rule 5 draft is to be held as normal.)

The memo also advises teams on how to handle communications

The current collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1.

during the lockout, both with the news media and fans.

"The commissioner's office will be providing specific talking points on all critical communication topics," Halem wrote.

In a question-and-answer portion of the memo, M.L.B. offered some approved talking points for ticket sales staff.

One suggested response reads:

"We are not able to comment on or speculate about the collective bargaining process. What I can tell you is that we are preparing for the 2027 season and operating as though it will proceed as planned."

Another talking point deals with specifics for season-long plans:

"We are optimistic that a full season will be played in 2027, and we are moving forward with the planning process. Our priority is always to treat our season-ticket holders fairly. Therefore, if circumstances impact the number of games in your 2027 season-ticket plan, we will ensure that you have options available to you, such as receiving an account credit or refund for the value of any canceled games."

And, yes, holiday greetings are covered as well.

"Sending players holiday cards or gifts would not be permissible during a lockout," Halem wrote. "Clubs could send holiday cards or gifts to players prior to Dec. 2."

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NOTRE DAME Running back Jonaz Walton has taken com- mand in the Irish backfield.
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Lane Johnson, an elite tackle, abruptly retired from pro football on Tuesday after 14 seasons with the Eagles, citing his mental health.
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More Than a Star to His Adopted City

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Johnson scoring a touchdown in 2021. Teammates, players and coaches have called him "the best."

By ZACH BERMAN

The Athletic

PHILADELPHIA — On the night the Eagles drafted Lane Johnson in 2013, he squeezed into a gray suit in New York City and imagined what awaited him at Radio City Music Hall. He had come from an East Texas logging town of about 1,100 people.

He considered his rapid ascent on N.F.L. draft boards and countered skepticism about an unproven offensive tackle being taken with the No. 4 pick.

"My story has just begun," he said.

That story ended on Tuesday when Johnson announced his retirement from pro football after 14 storied seasons. It was an abrupt ending, but one he had hinted at. In August, he said 2026 would probably be his final N.F.L. season. He recently decided to retire sooner. His mental health required care. His family deserved his attention.

There is much to appreciate about Johnson's career.

Many called him "the best."

I can't tell you how many times I've heard Johnson described that way by teammates, coaches and executives.

"No question about it in my mind that he's the best player I've ever been around," Eagles Coach Nick Sirianni said.

"One of the best players ever to play his position in N.F.L. history," the Eagles team owner Jeffrey Lurie said.

"Best tackle in the N.F.L.," Dom DiSandro, a senior adviser to the general manager, said.

"For the past decade, Lane has been the best right tackle in the N.F.L.," Jason Kelce wrote on social media recently.

Running back Saquon Barkley called him the best player on the team. General Manager Howie Roseman called him one of the greatest to play the game and said he changed how the N.F.L. views right tackles.

As for me, I'll call him the best player I've seen in my 15 years covering the Eagles — and that's a list that includes potential Hall of Famers.

Every time Johnson was injured or absent, I needed to update the team's record with him and without him. The final tally, including his Week 4 absence? The Eagles were 122-63-1 (65.9 percent winning percentage) with Johnson on the field, including the N.E.L. playoffs. They were 18-30 without him. It is hard to quantify an offensive lineman's effect on the game, but that's hard to ignore.

It's no surprise Johnson used the term "my brothers" in his retirement statement.

"I grew up as an only child," Johnson once explained. "These are the only brothers that I've had, being part of a team."

Johnson's "Bro Barn" — a barn at his New Jersey house turned into a gymnasium — was a gathering place for teammates for workouts. He was friends with players from different position groups, ages and backgrounds. The praise for Johnson as a player was as loud as the praise for Johnson as a teammate.

"The best part about Lane is that he doesn't gate-keep," offensive tackle Jordan Mailata said.

Mailata once called me over to show me an Amazon package in

Johnson leaves Philadelphia with a legacy that goes beyond football.

his locker. It was a device Johnson recommended to help optimize breathing. Teammates shared stories about how he helped them with nutrition advice. They quietly praised him as a behind-the-scenes resource for anxiety. Brandon Brooks used to text Johnson the morning of every game after vomiting in his hotel room. (Johnson, as it turned out, was doing the same, and shared some of his strategies for coping with it.)

"All-Pro on and off the field," the former Eagles offensive lineman Matt Pryor said. "Very special person."

Johnson's training regimen seemed legendary. It took time to get there.

In high school, Johnson was 6-foot-6 and 200 pounds. He was a junior college quarterback who added 50 pounds and moved to tight end. When Oklahoma wanted to move him from defensive end to offensive line, the former Sooners coach Bob Stoops asked the strength coach what it would take for Johnson to reach 300 pounds. Johnson's predraft athleticism was off the charts. Mike Mayock, the former N.F.L. draft analyst, described it as a faster 40-yard dash than Anquan Boldin, the vertical leap of A.J. Green and the broad jump of Stevan Ridley — all in a 6-6, 310-pound package.

Early in his career, Johnson was suspended twice for performance-enhancing drugs. His reputation was damaged. He blamed inconsistent ingredient lists, but vowed a healthy lifestyle. True to his word, he was the rare player who became better in his 30s than he was in his 20s. Four of his five All-Pro selections came in his 30s. He once reviewed his daily diet with me. It included 5,500 calories of micronutrient-dense, easy-to-digest food.

"I want to be seen as a guy who continuously got better as he aged, whereas some guys, once they hit 30s, they nosedive," Johnson said. "Kind of the oppo-

site of me."

He was also fueled by an unending competitive zeal. He took everything personally. At the 2013 Senior Bowl, an N.F.L. general manager compared him to a player who was selected in the first round. Johnson took it as an insult. That player can't hold my jock, he told his agent. During the predraft process, he wanted to cancel a flight to New Jersey to meet with the Jets, who owned the No. 9 pick. "Tell them I'm not going to be there at Pick 9 anyway," he told his agent.

Johnson once slept in the team facility when he was upset he did not make the Pro Bowl. After being named second-team All-Pro instead of first-team All-Pro one season, he taped a side-by-side comparison of his production with the player voted ahead of him. The competitiveness was described as Michael Jordan-esque. Sometimes it was even manufactured. He spurned the news media one season because he was so miffed about a comment he had heard on national television. Even when he announced in August that it would be his final season, he took offense to being left outside the top 100 rankings this off-season.

Johnson said it was critical for him to "focus on my mental health." This is also a part of Johnson's legacy.

In 2021, Johnson missed three games after experiencing withdrawal symptoms from cycling off antidepressant medications. He decided to go public about his depression and anxiety, which he acknowledged he hid from friends and family. He wanted to destigmatize mental health issues. Anyone in Detroit on the day he returned will remember his honesty and vulnerability in that moment.

He never lost it in the years since.

"Since it became public, I felt like instead of shying away from it, I felt like I could help a lot of people that felt like they were in a similar situation or head space," Johnson said in 2023. "I was kind of reluctant at first. A lot of N.F.L. players are reaching out. You're in this business, and you got to work on yourself not only physically but the mental part."

After Johnson was named the Eagles' nominee for the Walter

Payton N.F.L. Man of the Year award, Jeff Stoutland, a former offensive line coach, in 2023 said: "I watched him struggle — really struggle. And I watched the pain that he had to go through. From what he's overcome, and what he does for other people and recognizes that he doesn't want anybody to know. He's not a hot shot. He doesn't care about that. Just wants to help people that maybe are in or were in his situation."

Stoutland and Kelce were moved to tears when they shared the nomination with Johnson. They remain two of his biggest supporters.

"I know it ain't all been perfect all the time," Kelce told him that day. "But, like, there ain't another in the N.F.L. who represents that better than you. That's important for you to hear."

In Lurie's statement after Johnson's retirement, he said Johnson's courage has "undoubtedly saved lives."

For somebody who might be the best player to wear an Eagles uniform during the past two decades, that's an even stronger legacy.

"Philadelphia" was the first word of Johnson's retirement announcement.

It is rare for a player to last 14 seasons on one team and in one city. He helped deliver an entire region a lifetime of memories. As Chris Long put it, "There are no parades without him."

Philadelphia watched Johnson grow up. I keep thinking back to draft night in New York. He was nearly two weeks short of his 23rd birthday. He had no idea what this story would hold. He experienced life fully. He was a champion. He reached his lowest depths. He divorced and remarried. He was suspended. He signed contract extensions.

He once wondered what would have happened if Miami or Jacksonville had drafted him. He conceded he might not have experienced the same career.

"You either go up from there or go down," Johnson said of the city. "And it definitely amplified me."

That's why it seemed fitting he started his statement with "Philadelphia" alone. He now calls it home. Philadelphia will miss watching him play football.

It made for a great story.

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6 Teams (Or 7?) That Can Win A National Title

By JOE REXRODE The Athletic

It was a little more than a year ago when my colleague Stewart Mandel wrote, in response to a question about the possibility of Indiana Coach Curt Cignetti's being lured away by a traditional power: "Even the cocksure Cignetti surely realizes you can't win a national championship at Indiana. You can at Florida, and possibly others that open. It'd be hard to pass up an opportunity like that knowing it might be the last one."

I bring this up not to shame Mandel but to warn of the limitations of this assessment of true 2026 national championship contenders. We are two months from the College Football Playoff committee delivering a 12-team field, and there are a lot of data, big games and surprises to come before then.

If all but the most cream-and-crimson-blooded among us are honest, we thought the same thing Mandel did about Indiana

— the program and the team. Later, a win at Oregon served as an eye-opener, but an escape at Penn State suggested caution; I honestly did not think the Hoosiers had it in them until they outlasted Ohio State in the Big Ten title game.

One year ago, my list of teams with the ingredients to win the whole thing included Ohio State, Oregon and Miami. Georgia had just lost at home to an Alabama team that had lost to Florida State; it was hard to trust the offenses of Oklahoma and Texas A&M; and the same went for the Mississippi defense, despite a big win over Louisiana State. And Indiana? Eh, let's be real. (The Hoosiers' win at Oregon happened the following Saturday.)

Today, I have six teams on my list of contenders, with an option on the seventh — check back on that one after Saturday. And let's not forget the two teams most likely to be "this year's Indiana," if we're talking about flawed groups with quarterbacks who could lift them when it matters most. Ole Miss and Oregon have some ugly defensive numbers, but they also have Trinidad Chambliss and Dante Moore.

If the early October pool has doubled, does that mean we will have more actual contenders than spots in two months? Shhh, don't give the misguided 24-team truthers any more talking points.

These are listed in order of natty likelihood:

Ohio State

The Buckeyes look like the best team in college football, with the best player in Jeremiah Smith. Perhaps, when the season is over, they will look back on that lost fourth quarter at Texas and thank it, the total disaster that it was, for helping them in the long run. Oct. 17 at Indiana is the big one left on the schedule, but the whole thing looks more manageable than it did before Big Ten teams started putting their product on the field.

Although a two-week stretch in November against Northwestern and at Nebraska has a little extra spice factor now, eh?

Georgia

Quarterback Gunner Stockton was an argument against Georgia's chances a year ago, and he is quietly a pretty strong argument for them now. He is third nationally in passing efficiency behind Miami's Darian Mensah and Indiana's Josh Hoover. He and the Bulldogs also have not been seriously tested by their schedule yet, but that changes Saturday at Alabama.

Notre Dame

You let a Bill Belichick-coached team hang with you for three quarters? For shame! Of more pertinence, you saw Jonaz Walton take command in a backfield that was waiting for someone to break out. Miami's visit to South Bend on Nov. 7 could be the game of the year, while Notre Dame at Brigham Young on Oct. 17 is the other possible loss on this team's schedule.

Miami

Mensah is a considerable upgrade over Carson Beck and the most likely beneficiary at this point if Ohio State's Smith doesn't get the ball enough to win the Heisman by about a million points, as he should. Add Malachi Toney, Mark Fletcher Jr., serious talent on both lines of scrimmage

Joe Rexrode is a senior college football writer for The Athletic.

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OHIO STATE The Buckeyes have college football's best player in wide receiver Jeremiah Smith.

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GEORGIA Bulldogs quarterback Gunner Stockton ranks third nationally in passing efficiency.

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and a ferocious pass rush despite losing two first-round picks (with defensive tackles Justin Scott and Ahmad Moten Sr. possibly both making the top 32 in the next draft), and you can talk yourself into Miami as the best team in college football.

Indiana

I would say there's a gap between the top four and the Hoosiers, but none of those teams have Cignetti. The events of the past two seasons should open everyone's mind to the possibility of the Hoosiers not losing again until Cignetti gets the program to .500 all-time (another dozen 16-0 seasons will do it, allowing Cignetti to retire at age 76).

Stephen Daley's eligibility is a big deal. Nick Marsh is not just the player on the other side of Charlie Becker; he is a Sunday guy, too. And Hoover is about to validate or refute the lofty expectations for him in games at Nebraska and home against Ohio State.

Texas

This might be the best defense in college football, which means that Arch Manning does not have to be No. 1-pick good to get the Longhorns to the final night with a chance to win it. Too often, though, he looks more like No. 40-pick good. Solidly first-round is probably what it will take to navigate what's ahead — Florida, Ole Miss, at Missouri, at L.S.U., at Texas A&M. Yes, I left out Oklahoma, who might not score on Saturday.

Alabama

Kalen DeBoer has a star in the making in quarterback Keelon Russell. Does he have a title contender this year? Those 5.01 yards allowed per play scare me. So does this team's tendency to disappear for stretches. However, its tendency to respond to those stretches with sustained dragon fire intrigues me. Let's let Georgia decide on the Crimson Tide.

Sam McDowell, 84, Pitching Ace Who Battled Alcoholism, Dies

By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN

Sam McDowell, the Cleveland Indians' All-Star left-handed pitcher of the 1960s and early '70s who battled addiction to alcohol while gaining attention for unleashing fastballs, curves and sliders that whizzed past hapless batters, has died. He was 84.

Major League Baseball announced the death on social media but provided no further details.

McDowell was known as Sudden Sam, a nickname he said was given to him by Bob Dolgan, a sportswriter for The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, who had watched him throw at the Indians' 1961 spring training camp. (The Minnesota Twins' slugger Harmon Killebrew had also remarked that his fastball arrived "all of a sudden," he recalled.)

Pitching in all or part of 15 major league seasons, 11 with the Indians, McDowell led the American League in strikeouts five times and posted a single-season high of 325 in 1965. Throwing out of a 6-foot-5-inch, 190-pound frame, he struck out 2,453 batters in 2,492 innings.

He was named to the A.L. All-Star team six times and finished third in balloting for the Cy Young Award as the American League's most outstanding pitcher in 1970. He went 20-12 that season and struck out 304 batters in 305 innings pitched.

Sports Illustrated portrayed McDowell on a May 1966 cover alongside the caption "Faster Than Koufax?" While Sandy Koufax went on to a Hall of Fame career, McDowell, for all his strike-out statistics, struggled with his control, topping A.L. pitchers in walks five times and in wild pitches three times.

He faced a far more consequential struggle off the field.

By his account, McDowell had been addicted to alcohol since 1963, when he began drinking with teammates.

"I had cemented my standing as the worst drunk in baseball as

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McDowell in 2006. After retirement from baseball, he counseled addicted players.

He led the American League in strikeouts five times and was an All Star six times.

the mid-1970s approached," he wrote in his 2022 memoir, "The Saga of Sudden Sam: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of Sam McDowell" (with Martin Gitlin).

He continued to drink heavily after his baseball career ended. His wife, Carol Ann Beisgen, divorced him and gained custody of their two children. He was living with his parents in the Pittsburgh area when he passed out one day in April 1980. As he recalled, "All I remember of that dark moment was repeating both to myself and my demon addiction, 'You beat me, you beat me.' I felt that I was going insane."

McDowell was persuaded by his family and his employer at an insurance company to enter therapy at the Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh. The sessions proved successful, and he went on to obtain an associate degree from the University of Pittsburgh in sports psychology and addictions. He was certified as a counselor by the state of Pennsylvania in 1982.

In the years that followed, he counseled addicted baseball players in coordination with the Baseball Assistance Team, which aids former players in distress, and helped athletes in other sports, as well as people in all walks of life.

Samuel Edward Thomas McDowell was born in Pittsburgh on Sept. 21, 1942, one of six children of Thomas and MaryIrene (Donald) McDowell. His father, a former quarterback for the University of Pittsburgh, inspected equipment in steel mills. Both parents, he wrote in his memoir, were alcoholics.

He was a star pitcher and also competed in basketball, football and track at Central Catholic High School, then signed with the Indians' organization for a \$75,000 bonus.

After pitching in the low minors, McDowell was promoted to the Indians' top farm club, in Salt Lake City, for the 1961 season, then made his debut with the Indians in September. He shuttled between the Indians and the minors during the next two seasons, then became part of their rotation in late May 1964. In his first start, facing the Chicago White Sox, he struck out 14 batters and went 6-0 for the season.

McDowell compiled a 17-11 record in 1965 along with a league-leading 2.18 earned run average to go with his 325 strikeouts. He threw two consecutive one-hit shutouts in 1966, continued to blow pitches past batters in the next three seasons, then posted his only 20-victory season in 1970, when he was selected to his third consecutive All-Star Game.

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Sam McDowell in 1970. He pitched in all or part of 15 major league seasons, 11 with the Indians.

He engaged in a contract dispute with the Indians in 1971, and they dealt him to the San Francisco Giants before the 1972 season. He missed several weeks with a sore shoulder and a circulatory issue and finished with a 10-8 record.

The Giants sent McDowell to the Yankees in early June 1973. He went 5-8, then was hampered by a slipped disk in 1974. The Yankees released him after that season. He pitched sparingly in relief for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1975, then was released in June, ending his major league career with 141 wins, 134 losses with a 3.17 earned run average.

McDowell had two children, Tim and Debbie, from his first marriage, and he married twice more, but a complete list of survivors was not immediately available.

In his later years, McDowell moved to the Florida city of Clermont, where he founded City of Legends, a community for retired athletes.

"I don't think about the past very much," McDowell was quoted as saying in a 2015 profile by the Society for American Baseball Research. "Today is all I care about."

Freddie Jackson, 69, Chart-Topping, Silky R&B Singer

By MARK WALKER

Freddie Jackson, the silk-voiced balladeer who topped the R&B charts in the latter half of the 1980s with hits like "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" and "You Are My Lady," died on Monday. He was 69.

Mr. Jackson's family announced the death on his official Instagram account on Tuesday, but did not cite a cause or say where he had died.

In 2024, Mr. Jackson revealed that he was living with kidney disease and said he was working with the National Kidney Foundation to raise awareness about the illness.

"It was one of those godsend voices, one of those one-in-a-lifetime voices," Paul Laurence, a longtime friend and collaborator who wrote "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" for Mr. Jackson and composed other songs with him, said in an interview.

Mr. Jackson's warm tenor was an instrument made for the so-called Quiet Storm era of R&B, when a lone satiny voice, a smoky saxophone and the shimmer of an electronic piano softly drifted over the airwaves of late-night radio in big-city markets.

"Rock Me Tonight," Mr. Jackson's debut solo album, arrived in 1985 and spent 14 weeks atop the

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"Rock Me Tonight" (1985), Mr. Jackson's debut album, and follow-up "Just Like the First Time" (1986) led the charts for weeks.
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A warm tenor made for the 'Quiet Storm' radio era and hits like 'You Are My Lady.'

Billboard R&B albums chart. Two singles from the album, the title track and "You Are My Lady," topped the Billboard R&B singles chart, and two others, "He'll Never Love You Like I Do" and "Love Is Just a Touch Away," reached the Top 10. He received two Grammy nominations in 1986, for best new artist and best male R&B vocal performance.

That run of success established Mr. Jackson as an R&B superstar.

His 1986 sophomore album, "Just Like the First Time," spent 26 weeks at the top of the Billboard R&B albums chart and featured three Billboard chart-topping R&B singles: "Tasty Love," "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" and "Jam Tonight."

Reviewing a 1985 Manhattan concert for The New York Times, the critic Stephen Holden described Mr. Jackson's voice as rich and warm, "pitched on the line between a tenor and a baritone."

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"With his inventive phrasing and flexible dynamics, he is able to transform formulaic pop-funk songs into engagingly open-ended personal statements," Mr. Holden wrote, adding that Mr. Jackson "embellished love lyrics with extended melismas, vocal shivers and spontaneous hesitations that cut against the material's formal rigidity and communicated a winning emotional immediacy."

Frederick Anthony Jackson was born in Harlem on Oct. 2, 1957. Freddie, who later said he never knew his biological father, was raised by a single mother, Juanita Lavinia Jackson. He trained as a gospel singer from an early age, singing at the White Rock Baptist Church in Harlem, where he met Mr. Laurence.

Freddie Jackson in 1986, when he received two Grammy nominations, for best new artist and best male R&B vocal performance.

In the early 1980s, Mr. Jackson moved to California, where he began his music career as a singer with the funk band Mystic Merlin. He returned to New York and reconnected with Mr. Laurence, who was working at the Hush Productions company. At Hush, Mr. Jackson sang on Mr. Laurence's demo recordings and sang backup for the singer Melba Moore, with whom he recorded another No. 1 Billboard R&B hit, "A Little Bit More," in 1986.

Mr. Jackson never married or had children. Information about his survivors was not immediately available.

Kevin Harewood, a former general manager of Hush Productions, said Mr. Jackson would be remembered for "a soulful voice which transmitted the spirit of love songs that lasts for the ages."

"He always gave his all whether in studio or in his electrifying shows," Mr. Harewood said.

In contrast to Luther Vandross and Peabo Bryson, contemporaries to whom he was often compared, crossover pop success eluded Mr. Jackson, whose hits were largely limited to the R&B

charts.

He kept recording long after his commercial peak, issuing his last album, "My First Love," in 2023. It was dedicated to his mother.

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WHEN YOU PROMPT an artificial intelligence model to make a picture, it starts with an array of dots.

You type in your desires — beautiful girl laughing at a window; fighter plane soaring through the clouds — and the model initially renders a grid of randomly colored pixels. Then it gets to work, switching this speck for that one, guessing whether a blue pixel should be next to a red pixel or another blue one, until each little zone of the grid looks something like life. In this way, as the model

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reconstitutes the billions of images it has ingested (or plagiarized), the noise resolves into an uncanny collage of a beautiful girl, though her hair or elbows might pass through the window sill. It is a new image, but never an original one; it has countless sources, but no author. It is poison.

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Six years ago, when the Whitney Museum of American Art decided to organize the first major retrospective of the artist Roy Lichtenstein in New York in over 30 years, its curators had a hunch that his dotted paintings would have something to say to our times. They believed that his imagery, drawn from comic books and commercial advertising, could resonate with new audiences, who grew up with no awareness of a boundary between high culture and low.

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At the Whitney Museum, "New York World's Fair Mural (Girl in Window)" by Roy Lichtenstein, from 1963, has been recreated and hand-painted by Alex Da Corte's studio.

In "Macbeth" at the Met Opera, sparks can literally fly when the dancers perform.
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Mayhem in Leaps and Bounds

A dystopian 'Macbeth' at the Met Opera features fierce and spirited Georgian folk dance.

By RACHEL SHERMAN

It's the type of dancing that makes you gasp. Jumps that originate from — and land on — the kneecaps. Turns that propel the body across a room as if it were powered by a motor.

This is traditional Georgian dancing, in which gravity-defying leaps and turns are the norm. At a recent dress rehearsal of "Macbeth" at the Metropolitan Opera, dancers flew through the air, leaping off tables and lunging at one another with swords before whipping around and around on their knees at breakneck speed like spinning tops.

"They're rapid movements, so you have to generate a lot of force in a short period of time," said the dancer Davit Bakhturidze. You have to get up from awkward positions. And you have to jump far and high — and sometimes roll. "Then while you're doing that," Bakhturidze said, "there's a sword coming at you, so you have to duck, and you have to make sure somebody else behind you is not swinging the other sword at you."

Oh, and the weapons are made of steel: It's full contact fighting so visceral that sparks fly when the swords hit.

"That is not a special effect," said George Goderdzishvili, who has been performing with a fractured finger from an accidental sword swipe. Though they wear kneepads, injuries abound. (The key to recovery? Sauna and cold plunges.)

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OFF BROADWAY ROUNDUP By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES

Dark Comedies and Solo Shows

This month, gallows humor abounds, while Andrew Scott and others breathe life into monologues.

Andrew Scott, the star of "Sea Wall," a one-hander written for him by Simon Stephens. It is at Studio Seaview, where the staging is being shot for a film, from Oct. 16 to 30.
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'Guac'

Manuel Oliver has performed this play, about his son who died in the 2018 Parkland shooting, at the Public Theater downtown. Now he inaugurates a new Upper Manhattan space with a bilingual version of the show, in English and Spanish. (Through Saturday, the People's Theater; the peoplestheatre.org)

'Tom at the Farm'

The Brazilian director Rodrigo Portella stages Michel Marc Bouchard's play, in which a man discovers that his dead boyfriend's gayness was kept secret from his family. In Portuguese with English captioning. (Through Saturday, NYU Skirball; nyuskirball.org)

'Unveiling'

The price of comfort is merely the sacrifice of one's moral principles in this dark comedy by the Czech dissident playwright Vaclav Havel, directed by Edward Einhorn for Untitled Theater Company No. 61. (Through Oct. 17, Torn Page; untitledtheater.com)

'Triumph'

This new work by Caryl Churchill, master of the micro-play, clocks in at 20 minutes. Annaleigh Ashford stars as Iris, press secretary to Roman emperors, opposite Joe Tapper as Marcus. Tickets are free. Saheem Ali directs. (Through Oct. 18, Public Theater; publictheater.org)

'I'm Not Even Half'

The actor Layla Khoshnoudi becomes a playwright-performer with this solo show, in which a woman in Brooklyn is hit by a car while watching an Iranian uprising on her phone. Machel Ross directs. (Through Oct. 24, the Bushwick Starr; thebushwickstarr.org)

'Machine Learning'

Emma Ramos, Douglas Smith, Delaney Rowe and Michele Selene Ang star in Kate Vozella's dark comedy about intimacy and technology. Colm Summers directs for Little Engine Theater. (Through Oct. 30, Manhattan Neighborhood Network; littleenginetheater.com)

'The Nicest Body Ever Seen Around These Parts'

A small-town murder forces a reckoning in this solo work by the Catalan playwright Josep Maria Miró, starring Rachel Crowl and directed by Mei Ann Teo for the Play Company. (Through Nov. 7, 2nd Floor Theater at 122CC; playco.org)

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Milo Cramer is performing his solo show "School Pictures" at the Cherry Lane Theater.

'School Pictures' and 'Two Girls'

The still-experimenting management of this venerable playhouse borrows a model from art-house cinemas: two shows a night, one early (Milo Cramer's tuneful "School Pictures"), one late (Eliya Smith's provocative "Two Girls"), each ticketed separately. (Through Nov. 8, Cherry Lane Theater; cherrylanetheatre.org)

'Soon'

A 20-something woman shuts out the world as she waits for its end in this indie-pop musical by Nick Blaemire ("Safety Not Guaranteed"). Will Blum directs for Out of the Box Theatrics. (Through Nov. 8, the Loft at St. Luke's Theater; ootbtheatrics.com)

'King of the Yees'

Lauren Yee's "Mother Russia" was a boisterous hit last season. Now here's an earlier, more personal play of hers — about family and heritage, through a surreal comic lens. The Tony Award winner Francis Jue plays her dad, Larry. (Through Nov. 15, Signature Theater; signaturetheatre.org)

'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

Andrew Durand, who made such an uncanny corpse in "Dead Outlaw," plays the title role in Jethro Compton and Darren Clark's musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's story of a man aging backward. (Through Dec. 6, Public Theater; publictheater.org)

'The Heart'

The race to transplant a heart into the person who needs it is the pulse of this musical by Kait Kerrigan, Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath. Christopher Ashley directs for Roundabout Theater Company. (Through Dec. 6, Laura Pels Theater; roundabouttheatre.org)

'Toc Toc'

Laurent Baffie's French comedy about a group of psychiatric patients is performed in Spanish (sans English translation), using Julián Quintanilla's adaptation. Rafa Sánchez directs. (Through April 11, Repertorio Español; repertorio.nyc)

'Crave'

Sarah Kane's spare, anguished one-act gets a close-quarters revival from Hoi Polloi. Alec Duffy directs. (Friday-Oct. 24, East Village Basement; hoipolloiworld.com)

'Prelude'

Anne Bogart directs this free outdoor production from En Garde Arts, using excerpts from 10 plays by Charles L. Mee, with songs by the Lazours and costumes by Machine Dazzle. Part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave festival. (Tuesday-Thursday, the plaza at 300 Ashland; bam.org)

'Rope'

Two Princeton grad students, a fresh corpse, a dinner party: Gordon Greenberg adapts Patrick Hamilton's classic play. Scott Elliott directs for the New Group. (Tuesday-Dec. 6, Theater at St. Clement's; thenewgroup.org)

'The 4th Witch'

Shakespeare's "Macbeth" echoes through this Manual Cinema production, which uses live actors and musicians, shadow puppets and overhead projectors to create a handcrafted movie about a war orphan and the witch who takes her in. (Thursday-Oct. 17, NYU Skirball; nyuskirball.org)

'Kojiki de Creation'

Gods, myths and fantastical creatures mingle with ancient history in this new piece of puppet theater by Maiko Kikuchi. (Thursday-Oct. 18, Japan Society; japansociety.org)

'Show Trial'

Laura Zlatos based this political satire in part on transcripts of the Czech dissident Milada Horakova's trial for treason in 1950. Tom Costello ("And Then the Rodeo Burned Down") directs the world premiere. (Thursday-Nov. 8, the Tank; thetanknyc.org)

'I Became We'

Taking advantage of the rich acoustics of Atlantic Theater Company's main stage, a 16-person choir voices a woman's monologue in this new play by Mona Pirnot, with music by Jack D. Coen and lyrics by Pirnot and Coen. Sarah Benson directs. (Oct. 16-Nov. 15, Linda Gross Theater; atlantictheater.org)

'Sea Wall'

The playwright Simon Stephens wrote this intimate, eviscerating 2008 monologue about a sun-kissed life for Andrew Scott, who has performed it onstage and on-screen. Here he does both: Tina Satter's staging is being shot for a film. (Oct. 16-30, Studio Seaview; studioseaview.com)

'Aftermath'

A young journalist recovers after his kidnapping by the Taliban in this play by David Zax. Colton Pometta directs a cast that includes Steven Skybell. (Oct. 19-Nov. 8, A.R.T./New York Theaters; aftermaththeplay.com)

'Four Walls and a Roof'

Bertolt Brecht's testimony in 1947 before the House Un-American Activities Committee was the raw material for this theater piece by the Lebanese artists Rabih Mroué and Lina Majdalanie, whose own experience as exiles became an element of the show. (Oct. 22-24, NYU Skirball; nyuskirball.org)

'Greef'

How to go on after the death of the person who was your partner in performance and in life? The clown artist Christina Gelsone made this physical theater piece about grief and wove humor into it. (Oct. 22-24, Baryshnikov Arts Center; baryshnikovarts .org)

'In the Heights'

David Mendizábal ("Mexodus") directs this revival of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes's musical, starring Matte Martínez as Usnavi and Natalie Venetia Belcon, a Tony winner for "Buena Vista Social Club," as his abuela Claudia. (Oct. 28-Nov. 15, New York City Center; nycitycenter.org)

'The Executrix'

A new play by the very funny Emma Horwitz ("Mary Gets Hers" and "Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods"). Sarah Blush directs for the company Two Sisters. (Oct. 29-Nov. 14, the Doxsee Theater; emmahorwitz.com)

Sarah Fornace and Jeffrey Paschal seen in shadow in "The 4th Witch," which is based on Shakespeare's "Macbeth." It is at NYU Skirball from Thursday to Oct. 17.
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'VERDI'

Lise Davidsen, soprano; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor (Deoca)

Having opened the Metropolitan Opera's season as Verdi's Lady Macbeth, Lise Davidsen commemorates the occasion with an album of the composer's demanding arias.

As the world's leading Wagner

soprano, Davidsen ticks the box for a sumptuous sound, but when it comes to vulnerable expressivity, she feels distant. Her occluded timbre sounds somewhat unbothered. A poised Wagnerian can make for an aloof Verdian, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edward Gardner, follows suit, soft-pedaling the edge of Verdi's rhythmic music.

Davidsen's technique remains a marvel. Her pinpoint attacks on high-lying entrances explode with radiance. It's the sound of a future Brünnhilde, which is fortuitous, because she starts singing the role next year.

Things get interesting with Leonora's Act II arias from "La Forza del Destino," which bring out something resplendent in Davidsen. Her voice assumes transfixing colors. She scales down her tone, revealing its effortless voluptuousness, and her legato sounds inevitable. A luminous halo graces her dark tone, and as she breaks through the male chorus like sunlight, a hint of her inner Verdian does too. OUSSAMA ZAHR

ANTHONY DAVIS:

'THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE'

Long Beach Opera; Cedric Berry, Orson Van Gay, William Powell III, Ashley Faatoalia, Bernard Holcomb, soloists; Anthony Pamther, conductor (Platoon) This ripped-from-the-headlines opera by the composer Anthony Davis, with a libretto by Richard Wesley, won the Pulitzer Prize in

2020. Long Beach Opera, which premiered it, reassembled the musicians in a studio for this recording.

If you caught the show, the broad strokes likely will come across as you remembered them. When the titular youths are breathing Harlem's air, touches of swing and funk channel the neighborhood's musical history. When they're subsequently subjected to interrogations and imprisonment, the dissonant harmonies call out to Berg's "Wozzeck."

But what can be freshly perceived in an audio-only setting is Davis's ensemble writing. The singers portraying the young men collaborate on a compelling vocal blend during the quintet fragment "No One Talks to Me" (included in the track "Act 1: Scene 4"). And although Davis offers space for instrumental soloists to contribute jazz-informed features, the real draw involves the way the conductor, Anthony Parnther, holds together the score's many stylistic inputs. In this performance, "Five" remains an anguished effort — but also a potent one. SETH COLTER WALLS

BRITTEN: CELLO SUITES

Pieter Wispelwey, cello (Evil Penguin)

The further we get from the 20th century, the clearer it becomes that Britten's three cello suites stand as the era's most remarkable solo music for this instrument. Composed for Mstislav Rostropovich, they take some of their bearings from Bach. Equally important, though, were a

welter of contemporary influences, Rostropovich's bravura personality and Britten's own evolving musical sensibility.

The music that resulted was some of Britten's most personal and plaintive. In his third recording of the suites, the Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey captures these compositions in a way that's attentive to detail but carries expressive intensity. Key to his approach is the timbral shadings he brings to the music. He's seemingly able to marshal an almost infinite variety of articulating Britten's melodies, harmonics and pizzicato rhythms. At times Britten's music seems almost wholly consumed by shadows, especially in the Second Suite, which sounds even more austere than its companions. Wispelwey plays these stretches with a somber feel that quietly underlines the emotion of these magnificent works. DAVID WEININGER

EMILIE MAYER: PIANO CONCERTO AND MORE

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Alexander Melnikov, piano; Bernhard Forck, conductor (Harmonia Mundi)

Classical composers often have identifiable tics. Some are overt. Others are subtle, like Emilie Mayer's use of sequences: repeated harmonic patterns propelling phrases to their resolutions.

And why shouldn't she? Such flourishes enliven otherwise workaday Romantic melodies in the opening of her Piano Concerto, the standout work on a new album of her symphonic music. Here, the early-music group Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, with Alexander Melnikov as the piano soloist, bring her music to life with period instruments, including a charmingly plinky Blüthner piano built in 1867. After a stirring adagio, the soloist and ensemble spin through the rondo's sequences with a diaphanous grace.

Mayer's work, popular during her lifetime, fell into obscurity after her death in 1883, until a resurgence in performances and scholarship in recent years. The conductor Bernhard Forck has become one of her champions. He works through this album's material with a ropy, muscular approach befitting Mayer's oftentempestuous style. JEREMY REYNOLDS

SMETANA: 'LIBUSE'

Czech Philharmonic; Katerina Knezikova, soprano; Jakub Hrusa, conductor (Supraphon)

Bedrich Smetana's seldom-performed "Libuse" is like a Bohemian cousin to Rossini's "Il Viaggio a Reims," an opera conceived for a state-sponsored occasion, favoring ceremonial tableau over narrative

drama. The plot scarcely moves: A pagan princess settles a dispute between two brothers, chooses the farmer as husband and co-sovereign, and prophesies a future in which the Czech nation appears in all its promised glory. It is a love letter to the Czech people, written with a zealous hand.

The true spectacle, however, is Smetana's music. Jakub Hrusa leads the Czech Philharmonic and a roster of singers with sweeping pomp that accentuates the score's textures. This is music of surprising depth, alternating between monumental declarations and lyrical intimacy. Hrusa makes those contrasts satisfying, letting the quieter passages breathe before unleashing the orchestra's climaxes. The soprano Katerina Knezikova, as Libuse, carries the work with regalness and bright tones. Adam Plachetka is an imposing Premysl, his handsome baritone particularly persuasive in his character's pastoral music.

For all its pageantry, "Libuse" is most persuasive when the music speaks for itself, which Hrusa allows. ARYA ROSHANIAN

GORDON DAVIS

AUGUST 7, 1941 - OCTOBER 4, 2026

The Board, Orchestra, and staff of Jazz at Lincoln Center mourn the passing of Gordon J. Davis, our Founding Chair Emeritus, a pioneer who envisioned jazz being fully embraced and celebrated at Lincoln Center. For nearly four decades, Gordon championed our mission to grow the global community for jazz.

A distinguished lawyer and public servant whose groundbreaking work as New York City Parks Commissioner greatly improved the quality of life in the city he loved, Gordon worked tirelessly to help create Jazz at Lincoln Center and gave the fledgling organization the wings to take flight and, in time, to soar.

Behind the scenes, he built a diverse and dedicated community of advocates who helped elevate the artistic substance of jazz to the highest levels of institutional recognition in our country.

Gordon chaired Jazz at Lincoln Center's first ad hoc committee and became our first formal Chairman of the Board on July 1, 1996, when Jazz at Lincoln Center became Lincoln Center's youngest constituent organization. He later led our Development Committee and played an instrumental role in launching our first capital campaign.

A gifted lawyer who could speak legal language with the virtuosity and ease of a genius improviser, Gordon found in jazz the grit, eloquence, and pride he admired in his father, Dr. W. Allison Davis. A proud participant in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Gordon also saw the truth of jazz in the dynamic leaders of his generation who courageously advanced our democracy towards a more equitable life for all its citizens.

Gordon held an indefatigable commitment to Jazz at Lincoln Center and could be found on any given day in an early-morning office meeting or as a last-call patron at Dizzy's. That devotion reflected his conviction that culture is crucial to realizing a stronger and better America. He lived by that belief, and it remains urgently relevant today.

The breadth and depth of his extraordinary life of public service and cultural leadership are evident in his work as an influential commissioner, a trusted board leader, and a steward of some of the nation's most important institutions. Gordon Davis' legacy endures at Jazz at Lincoln Center, throughout New York City, and across the nation.

We will miss him. His passing marks the end of an extraordinary opening chapter in the history of Jazz at Lincoln Center, but the institution he helped build, and the values he instilled, will carry his influence forward for generations.

Our hearts are with Gordon's wife, Peggy Cooper Davis; his daughter, Liz Cooper Davis; and the entire Davis family.

Clarence Otis Chairman of the Board Wynton Marsalis Artistic Director Weston Sprott Executive Director Lisa Schiff Chairman Emeritus

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Performing for the Gods, in an Ancient Art

PHOTOGRAPHS BY GABE LONG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Top from left: Lai Yi Ohlsen, foreground, and Glenn Potter-Takata; Nami Yamamoto and Potter-Takata; and Yamamoto and Ohlsen in rehearsal. Above, from left, Jessica Cook, Yamamoto, Ohlsen and Potter-Takata. Left, the choreographer Benjamin Akio Kimitch.

Benjamin Akio Kimitch dives into the art of Bugaku to create his fantasy of a Japanese American court dance.

BENJAMIN AKIO KIMITCH needed a word that would give him permission to make a dance.

The word he landed on? Fantasy.

This dance references many worlds: Gagaku, the music and arts of Japan's Imperial Court, and Bugaku, its ancient dance form. And there is also George Balanchine's take, "Bugaku" (1963).

Allegra Kent, the ballerina who starred in the Balanchine work at New York City Ballet, pops up as well. Kimitch named his dance after her. And then there is his own family's more ghostly presence, including his grandparents and aunt who were forced to live in a Japanese American internment camp, and — always a lingering muse — his mother who died when he was a teenager.

"I dream about my mom all the time," Kimitch said. "These people that are no longer in my life can be in my dream, and these histories can be in my dream — and these things that I love, these things make me angry, they can all be together in that space."

In "Allegra," performed this week at New York Live Arts, Kimitch, 40, a major talent in contemporary dance, has created his fantasy of a Japanese American court dance fueled by memory and imagination.

Kimitch's bewitching dances are transcendent experiences in which there is a sense of time being manipulated, of swelling or stretching as details of moving bodies become more delicately pronounced.

His exacting control infuses his dances with a cool clarity as he experiments not just with the art of taking time but in considering how time is experienced in life. It can be mind-bending, dreamlike. "Time moves really fast or it slows down," he said. "It's joyful, it's sad and so when I'm making performance, try as I might, I can't make something that's not super personal and kind of tragic. So, yeah, time has to be a character."

He knew he wanted to make a work around Bugaku, but he knew little about the slow, elegant form. He read all of the books he could find in English and traveled to Japan to study under Fumiya Otonashi, an experimental musician and Gagaku practitioner. He also researched what led Balanchine to make "Bugaku," a now divisive work, seen by some as cultural appropriation.

In 1958, City Ballet went on tour in Japan. The next year, musicians from the Imperial Palace went on their first tour outside of Japan. It became clear to Kimitch that "Bugaku" was born of a series of intertwined events. It's not just "this evil Orientalist ballet that should never be performed," Kimitch said, "and this super ancient art form that not a lot of people know about."

"No, actually the dancers in the company met the actual practitioners of this art form," he continued, referring to shared bills in New York in 1959. "There was a real something going on backstage."

He added his family history to "Allegra," giving it more — and more labyrinthine — layers. Kimitch performs a solo that he learned from Yasuko Yokoshi in the precise, graceful Nihon-Buyo style of classical Japanese dance. Yokoshi, an experimental choreographer who built a career in New York before moving back to Japan, has been working with Kimitch for several years.

She introduced him to Otonashi, whose teaching he passed on to his four cast members. The dancers learned the same repertoire that he did "as a way to ground us in the form," Kimitch said. "And then we started sort of deconstructing it" while incorporating "the DNA of Bugaku."

With architectural costumes by Carlos J. Soto, "Allegra" takes place on a 20-by-20 platform, which mirrors the raised stages of Bugaku. The cast wears traditional shoes. "It's almost like you're on ice," Kimitch said. "You start all your weight on one leg, then you shift. And then you stand and then you bring your leg in. Even when we create choreography that is not traditional Bugaku, just by the parameters of the floor and the shoes, it's forcing us to distill the vocabulary."

Otonashi taught him that the most important thing about Gagaku "is that you're creating an enjoyable performance for the gods," he said. "You don't want it to be solemn and serious. There's supposed to be a drive to it. And if it's too boring and serious, the gods will leave."

And that relates, perhaps indirectly, to Allegra Kent, his dance's namesake. Kimitch has been obsessed with her since he watched the film "Dancing for Mr. B: Six Balanchine Ballerinas." Her vulnerability, he said, "just stuck with me."

Kimitch interviewed her as part of his process for "Allegra" and told her that he wanted to name his piece after her. "She just so easefully was like, 'Oh yeah, you know, it's not even my real name,'" Kimitch said. "You can have it." (Kent was born Iris Margo Cohen.)

Her personality has informed many of Kimitch's decisions. "I'm like, Would she like that?" he said. "Would she think that's funny? Her delight is actually tied to the joy and delight that's intended of how you perform for the gods. Her spirit is of that ethos."

'If it's too boring and serious, the gods will leave.' BENJAMIN AKIO KIMITCH SPEAKING OF GACAKU

'Dirty Dancing' Is Bound for Broadway

By MICHAEL PAULSON

Believe it or not, "Dirty Dancing" turns 40 next year. To mark the occasion, a stage musical adaptation of that film is coming to Broadway.

The musical is not new, or at least not totally new — versions of it, all written by the original screenwriter, Eleanor Bergstein, and featuring music from the film — have been kicking around for more than two decades. Critics were generally underwhelmed (“a tedious replicate-by-numbers version of a pre-existing film,” a critic noted in The New York Times in 2006), but audiences, ever-nostalgic for the film, flocked to many of the runs.

Last year, the rights holders overhauled the show, bringing in a new director and new designers, and winning better notices ("a minor miracle," The Chicago Tribune said). This week, the producers announced that they would bring that version to Broadway.

"Dirty Dancing: The Musical," currently touring North America, plans to begin Broadway performances on Feb. 12 at the Lena Horne Theater. The New York run is being billed as a tour stop, and the producers say it will run until Sept. 5 before moving to other cities.

The new director is Lonny Price, a veteran actor and director who has a personal connection to "Dirty Dancing": In the film, he played the resort owner's grandson.

This year, Price was one of two directors of another musical adaptation of a 1980s film, "Beaches," which was a critical and commercial fiasco, closing a month after it opened. Price has had successes too, and has won two Emmy Awards.

The cast will be members of the touring company. The main producers are the Path Entertainment Group, Lionsgate and LD Entertainment.

The 1987 film, set in 1963 at a resort in the Catskills, stars Jennifer Grey as a teenager who falls for a dance instructor played by Patrick Swayze. There is class conflict, forbidden love, an abortion subplot, a famous line (“Nobody puts Baby in a corner”) and an Academy Award-winning song, “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life.” It was a hit, and a long-discussed sequel is still in the works.

MATTHEW MURPHY

Annalese Starzec, left, and Blake Zelesnikar in a touring production of "Dirty Dancing: The Musical." It is set to open on Broadway in February.

Movies

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Aiming a Slingshot at a Social Media Giant

Aaron Sorkin's sequel to 'The Social Network' tells a David-and-Goliath story about the dangers of the behemoth known as Facebook.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY LEAH GALLO/COLUMBIA PICTURES

THE MOST INDELIBLE IMAGE of Mark Zuckerberg isn't of him wearing "pervert glasses." It's of the fictional Mark that closes "The Social Network," the 2010 drama about the fraught creation of Facebook. By that point, Mark has turned friends into enemies, strangers into friends and is about to become the world's youngest self-made billionaire. Now, alone with a laptop, he sends a "friend" request to an ex who doesn't respond. So he hits refresh on his Facebook page again and again, a perfect poor little rich boy moment that suggests all that he's lost.

"The Social Network" won high praise and some Oscars, including one for its writer, Aaron Sorkin, who has kept busy since, working in movies, TV and the theater. Things turned out pretty well for Zuckerberg, too, whose dorm-room start-up grew into a social-media behemoth with an esti-

The Social Reckoning Rated R for language and some scenes of intense violence. Running time: 1 hour 52 minutes. In theaters.

mated three billion users. Amid defending Facebook's influence, including on children and elections, and issuing public apologies for the company, Zuckerberg got married (take that, fictional ex-girlfriend!) and had kids. He also changed Facebook's name to Meta and became a billionaire many times over, with an estimated net worth of around \$250 billion. He has even visited the White House to meet with President Trump.

Sorkin is back on the Zuckerberg beat with his hopefully titled new movie, "The Social Reckoning," now as both writer and director. This time the focus isn't on beginnings, friendships or even Zuckerberg, but about how social-media platforms like Facebook have rewired our brains, endangering both bodies and the American body politic. A fictional Mark (an eerie Jeremy Strong) still looms, but largely as an avatar. The characters pumping blood into this sequel are Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), a real Facebook employee turned whistleblower, and Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White), a reporter for The Wall Street Journal whose 2021 investigative series brought to light Haugen's revelations that the company chose "profit over safety" and was aware of the harms it was causing.

Set over several years in and around 2021, the movie traces Frances' progression from Facebook believer to doubter and heretic. Her awakening begins when she watches a troubling video and continues at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. It's there — amid open-plan spaces filled with tightly shut mouths — where she works on the company's civic integrity team and realizes something is badly amiss. That leads her to Jeff, who doesn't have a Facebook account but can mansplain democracy and has the dog-on-a-bone, journalistic resolve that can turn tips into headline news. He's set his sights on Facebook, which he takes on with strong editorial support (Betty Gilpin plays his boss) and, in time, the reluctant Frances.

It's reliably satisfying to watch David take down Goliath or, at least, hurl a few pebbles in the giant's direction. It helps if David looks the part. One of Sorkin's smartest moves here has been to pair White and Madison, complementary screen presences

Top, Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison in "The Social Reckoning," Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to "The Social Network." Above, Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg.

whose distinctive, off-center good looks and air of unforced sincerity make them natural underdog heroes. White tends to overwork his eyes, switching on the high beam too readily, and the catches in his voice can sound rehearsed, intentionally or not. There's not all that much to the character, but White adds texture and shading. That he can look remarkably like the love child of Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman from "All the President's Men" (1976) is a bonus.

Sorkin does better with Frances, a prickly supernerd with more brains than people skills. The character has to do a lot, and serves as both the story's portal and the viewer's mirror. Because Frances is relatively isolated at work (no one seems to much like her), and has a near-nonexistent personal life, she also has to come alive without the reams of Sorkin's trademark dialogue. Madison gives Frances a searching, at times quizzical gaze that grows focused and formidable, and which notably contrasts with her character's initial physical reserve. After work, when Frances settles into the blanketing gloom of her apartment, she tucks her body in as if folding up a tent. You see the loneliness, but also the autonomy.

Once Frances and Jeff connect, the movie turns into a talkier quasi thriller, with hush-hush meetings, ominous threats and even some disguises. Along the way, Sorkin plays with the chronology, shuffling among years and crystallizing moments. Mark pops in now and again, sometimes in a tie and suit while being prepped by minders (enter Wunmi Mosaku) for an appearance before Congress. His forehead fringed with wee bangs, Strong plays the role with a thousand-yard stare, a face that's often equally blank and a voice that's so close to Zuckerberg's I laughed when I first heard it. It's a technically impeccable impersonation of a human being, one for whom Sorkin clearly no longer has any sympathy.

In "The Social Reckoning," Sorkin isn't just taking aim at social media, he is also sounding the alarm about American democracy. The alarm is undeniably sincere, but Sorkin is ringing it in a world that — despite its villains and threats, algorithmic and otherwise — finally remains as reassuringly familiar as any on an old Hollywood backlot. For all of the movie's topicality, it brings to mind those classic films that have been baked into the American DNA, the kind in which the little people triumph and an idealist speaks passionately about democracy from the floor of the Senate without rioters swarming in. I love those films, too, even if Jimmy Stewart is dead and these days it's billionaires like Mr. Zuckerberg who go to Washington instead.

A Moral Rorschach Test When Life Goes Askew

Cristian Mungiu's psychological thriller stars Sebastian Stan as the Romanian patriarch of a devout family in Norway.

Fjord Not Rated. Running time: 2 hours 26 minutes. In theaters.

THE SLY PROVOCATION, "Fjord" largely takes place in a Norwegian hamlet nestled in what looks like heaven on earth. The setting is a small, thinly populated waterside town tucked in a valley and surrounded by sloping mountains. It's an extravagantly, hypnotically beautiful place, the kind that sets hearts to thumping, adventurers to dreaming and Instagrammers to posting. On certain days, when the sea turns glassy, an inverse reflection of the mountains appears on the water's mirrored surface — as if the world itself has flipped upside down.

This is the paradise that the Romanian writer-director Cristian Mungiu's "Fjord" drops a family of devout Christians into, and where life soon goes askew. The Romanian father, Mihai (a very fine Sebastian Stan), and Norwegian mother, Lisbet (a muted Renate Reinsve), have five children and have moved to the town so her family can help out. The couple met, he explains to a colleague, when Lisbet was on a mission in Romania to support children in need. Mihai leaves it at that, but his words are haunted by the specter of the children who languished in the country's orphanages during the Ceausescu dictatorship.

Mihai's comment about needy children sounds almost like a throwaway, especially given that in the same conversation, it emerges that he's an aeronautical engineer. For his new job, though, he will be running an local I.T. department, where he has a desk in a cramped, shared office. His professional trajectory seems the more relevant bit of character-revealing information than Lisbet's former mission. Nothing, though, is incidental in Mungiu's filmmaking, including in this exactly constructed movie. Each word and shot, every glance and gesture — Mihai's sober mien, Lisbet's yielding smiles, the looming mountains, all the enormous picture windows — serve as revelatory pieces in the complicated whole.

One of the most acclaimed and prominent filmmakers to emerge out of the Romanian New Wave, Mungiu is perhaps best known to American audiences for "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" (2008). Set in the late 1980s and before the fall of the dictatorship,

Sebastian Stan, center at left, with Renate Reinsve. In "Fjord," they play the parents of five children living in a Norwegian hamlet.

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It is a tough drama about two university roommates. One woman needs an abortion, and the other helps her procure it. It's a place in which grim rooms suggests greater existential decay, and each face tells a story, despairing or resilient. The fulsomeness of Mungiu's realism is intoxicating, especially in how it visually expresses the specific textures of every day life. He can be incredibly convincing, even when he pushes narrative ambiguity to opaque extremes.

The complications in "Fjord" emerge steadily and rapidly, and what soon seems like blunt inevitability. One day in gym class, a teacher notices a red mark on the face of the family's eldest girl, the teenage Elia (Vanessa Ceban). The teacher then notices a larger blotch on Elia's shoulder. Elia shakes off the teacher without a word, but the marks prompt the school to open an investigation with child protection services. It's an outwardly casual process, at least at first, with Elia and her teenage brother, Emmanuel (Jonathan Ciprian Breazu), called in for a meeting at school without their parents. There, as the principal, Mats (Markus Scarth Tonseth), hovers, two women ask the teens about their lives, routines and faith.

In this first meeting, set in a brightly lit school office with a mountain view, Mungiu demonstrates his storytelling prowess and effectively announces the overall narrative arc with just a few pointed questions and a bombshell of an answer. The inquiry opens with one offscreen woman asking what seems like a curiously off-point question (“How often do you go to church?”), only to discreetly shift focus (“And what happens if you don’t do your prayers?”). As the women continue their gentle prodding, Elia, thoughtful and calm, mentions some kind of punishment involving a point system. The interlocutors again shift emphasis, with one woman asking if there’s physical punishment. “Define ‘physical!’” Elia responds.

Everything soon shifts for the family, and with escalating intensity. To Mihai and Lisbet's shock, child protection services arranges the removal of the kids, who are placed in foster homes. With degrees of support from family and others, Mihai and Lisbet struggle to get their children back, which finds them navigating a bureaucratic system that seems, for all Norwegian smiles and indoor voices, hostile to their faith. Even the family's first lawyer — a woman whose short bob and smart pantsuit contrasts sharply with Lisbet's modest skirts and kerchiefs — doesn't seem on their side. "What did you mean by 'their culture' and 'our legislation,'" Mihai asks the lawyer, who promptly dumps them as clients.

Mihai's confrontation with the lawyer is representative of the family's conflict with child protection services that, by extension, pits faith against the state, religious traditionalism against progressive liberalism. It's a juicy subject that Mungiu takes on dryly, at times clinically and with punctuating dark comedy. Sometimes that humor has an uneasy sting, as when Mihai, who's been chopping wood, argues with Lisbet. "You did your best," he says. "Now I take over," he adds, forcefully swinging the ax down on the chopping block, and ever so briefly, summoning up a leeringly deranged Jack Nicholson in "The Shining."

It's a characteristically rich, resonant moment in a movie that is easier to admire visually than anything else. That Mungiu's sympathies lie with the family is obvious from the start; when two agents tell Lisbet they're also removing her baby from the home, they announce it while flanking her, a setup that's the cinematic equivalent of a military pincer movement. Again and again, Mungiu teasingly pushes the viewer toward the obvious even as he withholds information, including about the severity of the apparent abuse. It's only on those all-too brief occasions when Elia and Emmanuel sneak out to be with a friend does Mungiu suggest another possible world, one with the freedom no one else here seems interested in.

Home Is a Memory For These Reporters

Dissident Russian journalists are scattered across Europe and Asia in the second half of Julia Loktev's epic chronicle.

FIGHTING TO STAY AWAKE in the back seat of a cab, the Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko — who has slipped out of Ukraine, fearing for her life — is mulling over what she saw on the ground. A sharp critic of Russia's military action in Ukraine and President Vladimir V. Putin, she sees the 2022 invasion as a worthy reason for Ukraine's people to never forgive Russians.

"Why should we be forgiven?" she says to Julia Loktev, who is filming her. "I mean, it's true we didn't stop him, right? And not because we couldn't, but because we just wanted to have a nice life. We didn't want to sacrifice our comfort."

"And look what bloodshed it led to, this desire for comfort," she continues.

It is one moment among many in the essential, absorbing "My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile," in which a group of dissident Russian journalists, now scattered across Europe and Asia, express a feeling of responsibility for the war and their country's rapid descent into what they describe as fascism. The next year Kostyuchenko will publish the best-selling book "I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country" to explain how they got to this place. But for now, she is trying to stay alive long enough to write it.

At nearly six hours long, "My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile" is the riveting second half of Loktev's epic chronicle of a country's shift toward authoritarian control, as seen by journalists risking their lives to keep reporting on it. The Oscar-shortlisted first part, subtitled "Last Air in Moscow," exists more or less by accident. In October 2021, Loktev went to Moscow to follow journalists who were declared "foreign agents" by the government. By February, the country was cracking down on anyone who described what was happening in terms the government did not prefer.

Loktev's subjects went wherever they could, many to Istanbul, as Turkey was one of the few countries where Russian passport holders could travel without a visa. This all happens in the extraordinarily tense final moments of the first film; "Exile" picks up two days later.

The narrative in "Exile" is more spread out, since the subjects are as well. (Like the first half, this film screens theatrically in two parts.) Anna Nemzer (who is credited as co-director) is stranded in Tel Aviv, uncomfortable over accepting the hospitality of a country that she has criticized in her reporting. Irina Dolinina and Alesya Marokhovskaya are in Prague, where their editor at Important Stories, Roman Anin, fled six months earlier. Ksenia Mironova has gone to Istanbul, along with Valeria Ratnikova, the youngest anchor at TV Rain. The journalist Sonya Groysman is also there.

And the TV Rain host Peter Ruzavin, who is married to the Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk, is not able to return to Russia from their home in Kyiv, but not sure that he can stay. As he puts it, "The army of my native country started a full-scale invasion of my chosen homeland."

"Exile" is a movie about members of a free press trying to remain free, to stay connected to a country they've been forced to leave. The journalists move around a lot, and Loktev manages to keep track of them all. We see them cry and laugh, gather for meals and spend grueling hours trying to keep their work going. We watch them yearn to return to their homeland, and come to terms with the fact that they may never be able to do so.

But even if they're geographically spread out, their trains of thought are remarkably similar. Many of the conversations in "Exile" revolve around a set of themes that, to audiences facing rising authoritarian and fascist movements in their own countries, play like giant revolving sirens.

The journalists frequently express amazement about how swiftly and conclusively the hammer fell on them, once the war started. "You don't believe it till it happens," Ratnikova says. Yet they continually say they are, in a sense, the lucky ones: In Ukraine, people are being bombed. They're just having to move to a different country every few months.

As Russians, they also face the ire of people in other countries, who are outraged at the war and incensed at Russians for not

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Ksenia Mironova, left, and Valeria Ratnikova in the documentary "My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile," about journalists trying to stay connected to Russia, where they've been forced to leave.
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My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile Not rated. Running time: 5 hours 55 minutes. In theaters.

stopping, as some put it, “your [expletive] Putin.” Nemzer is anxious to move her family to Tbilisi, but says that many Georgians don’t want to rent to Russians — even though her career has been devoted to criticizing her own country’s government. As several readily note, it’s hardly surprising. “Imagine it’s 1939,” Anin says, “Germany is invading Poland, and German reporters come to Poland and say, ‘Hey, we want to do a story about what’s going on here.’” Who could blame anyone for the mistrust?

The journalists reserve their harshest criticisms for — aside from Putin — those who easily yielded to governmental censorship demands once the war began. Dolinina and Marokhovskaya discuss with Anin a recent move to meddle with university curriculums and outlaw the term “liberal arts.” They talk about a recent letter written by university presidents: “They’re all coming out in support of the war now and firing all the professors who leave the country,” Dolinina notes, with disgust.

Some of the subjects call their parents and, after hanging up, express frustration at an older generation's apparently willful blindness. The parents are perplexed at why their children fled. Some insist that the invasion of Ukraine is, in essence, fake news. Kostyuchenko's mother told her that it was "proved that this was a Ukrainian fake, there was no bombing," she says. Kostyuchenko started sending her photos from Ukraine, but she didn't change her mind.

This is the most chilling aspect of the film. The journalists are no longer in Russia, and they fear “losing touch with reality” because of it. But they’re more keenly aware of the ways that government manipulation of the media has caused people to do just that. Putin’s destruction of trust in independent reporting was deliberate and effective. Marokhovskaya says that propaganda is not really aimed at getting people to support his agenda but to feel helpless. “Doing nothing stems from believing no one,” she says. “Because if you don’t trust anyone, you don’t do anything one way or the other.”

They are the ones who've left Russia and yet feel abandoned. What do you do when your country leaves you behind? How do you exist when your purpose is to tell the truth, but people increasingly don't believe there is such a thing?

"Exile" does not answer these questions, but the journalists in it are stumbling toward ways to keep going. For some, it's the knowledge that people are still reading and watching their reporting; perhaps those people need to feel that they're not alone, not crazy.

For others, it's the prospect of, some day, once again living in the country they love. But recent events have made them skeptical that the Russia they remember is what they thought it was.

"We lost our homeland," Dolinina says. "But did it even exist in the form we imagined it?"

Matchbox the Movie

Rated PG-13 for violence and salty language. Running time: 2 hours 6 minutes. On Apple TV.

Say what you will about late-stage I.P. cinema, but there is something surprisingly funny about "Matchbox the Movie," a film that constantly tries to prove that you're indeed watching a movie about the Mattel-brand toy cars. Seemingly afraid of being labeled an offshoot of the "Fast and Furious" franchise, "Matchbox" reminds its audience, repeatedly, at its outset that other modes of transportation do in fact exist, and are even used by its characters.

John Cena in "Matchbox the Movie," based on Mattel-brand toy cars.
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briefly elevate its jokes.

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This adaptation of a brand lacking a distinct conceptual identity was perhaps always doomed. But there's an alternate version that could have exploited this fact and went full-blown "Spy" (2015), going goofy to poke at its own absurdities. At its best, "Matchbox" briefly goes there — it just can't commit to a new track.

Winter of the Crow

Not rated. In English and Polish, with subtitles. Running time: 1 hour 52 minutes. In theaters.

Based on a short story by Olga Tokarczuk, "Winter of the Crow" follows the journey of an outsider in Communist Poland at an especially grim time. Joan Andrews (Lesley Manville) is a British professor of psychiatry who travels to Warsaw to speak at a conference — and happens to be there at the moment in December 1981 when the authorities impose martial law in response to the push for democratic reforms by Solidarity, the trade union and

social movement.

Even before the crackdown, Professor Andrews appears uncomprehending of life in Warsaw. She has never visited a Communist country, and the weather itself — blinding snow — seems to disorient her. She is surprised when Alina (Zofia Wichlacz), the student serving as her chaperone, puts her up in a drab family apartment instead of a hotel. She comes to witness the deprivations of the people around her and gains a sense of life under surveillance. That Professor Andrews does not speak Polish, and resorts to increasingly desperate, entitled pleas in English, only adds to the tension in this compelling if slow-burning film.

"Winter of the Crow" itself has an interesting insider-outsider perspective. The director; Kasia Adamik, the daughter and sometime collaborator of the celebrated Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland ("Green Border"), left Poland as a child during the time when "Winter of the Crow" is set.

The visuals are quite dark, with grays so bleak the movie at times verges on monochrome. There's a hint of a redemption arc — will Professor Andrews, despite her superciliousness, find the courage to do right by the activists she has met? — but Adamik is after something more complex, which Manville's performance embodies in a provocatively ambiguous final shot. BEN KENIGSBERG

Samuel L. Jackson is a president navigating hellish conditions in "The Beast."
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The Beast

Rated R for language, violence and bloody first aid. Running time: 1 hour 39 minutes. In theaters.

From the beginning of his film career, Samuel L. Jackson has more than held his own beside an array of impressive co-stars. In "The Beast," his fourth collaboration with the gonzo action maestro Renny Hartin, he holds his own with a car.

Not just any car, mind you. "The Beast" is the nickname of the custom-built, armored presidential vehicle. Through a series of seditionist and possibly apocalyptic circumstances, Jackson's character, an unnamed president (referred to by the code name Paladin), finds himself behind the wheel of this large automobile, having to drive through fires and militias with guns blazing.

It's a fraught test drive, as the chief executive finds himself steering through what looks like hell, or the opening sequence of "Apocalypse Now."

Inside the car, things aren't much better. In the back seat is Taft, a Secret Service agent, the often-teeth-gritting Joel Kinnaman, who has a gnarly shrapnel wound to the gut.

The president, who has military experience, spends a lot of time instructing Taft on how to treat his wound. Another concern is the fate of the president's wife (voiced by Jackson's real-life spouse, LaTanya Richardson Jackson). The attack on him was coordinated with other assassinations around the world, so he knows she's a target, too. At times he's plagued by hallucinations and memories of his time in Vietnam. The role gives Jackson a lot to chew on, and to his credit, as always, he modulates between big and not-so-big with exemplary canniness. Not that you'd necessarily notice with all the bullets and short-range rockets flying. Rarely has an onscreen president been quite so aggressive. GLENN KENNY

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Air Kisses Taunt a Striving Actor's Angst in L.A.

Misty Green Not rated. Running time: 1 hour 43 minutes. In theaters.
Rosalind Eleazar as the titular struggling actor in "Misty Green," written and directed by Chris Rock.
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The writer-director Chris Rock gives a portrait of struggle in a city of transactional fondness.

FOR HER SUPPORTING ROLE on a TV series, Misty Green (Rosalind Eleazar) was once heralded as a breakthrough actress. She has the Emmy to show for it. But having scorched a few champions of hers — including the director Jordan Green, played by Chris Rock — Misty is now undergoing dispiriting auditions and the occasional singing gig. She is a bit of a mess. She is also utterly watchable. Eleazar, of "Slow Horses," brings emotional precision to her vivid performance.

Even so, Rock, who wrote and directed the film, begins "Misty Green" with a bait-and-switch, opening on a black-and-white intertitle of the words "The Bag." Definitions follow — about status and wealth — that will be especially familiar to fashion mavens to whom a Birkin bag is "more faithful than a husband." (The Hermès clutch has more than a cameo here.)

After that terse tutorial in rarefied consumption, the camera follows a woman down an apartment building hallway, status bag swinging from the crook of her arm. Coming in hot, she's not the titular character, but the widow of the man who gave Misty the ocean-view apartment she's been living in. What transpires captures the racial and generational rifts between the two women as well as the sense of overlapping financial precarity.

The wife (Amy Landecker) goes from fury and a demand for Misty to vacate the premises immediately to something resembling an on-second-thought calculation after seeing the Emmy statuette and a movie script in the room. She gives Misty a week to leave and some only-in-L.A. advice: "Memorize your lines."

That reprieve acts as a frame for what will unspool over the next seven days as Misty tries to get her act together. That will be a tall order, given her elicit substance use and embittered attitude toward auditioning, often in front of people she's burned. The palpable prickliness of the casting director Rhonda (Tracie Thoms) is no doubt warranted. And Misty's agent, Randy (Topher Grace), is rightly wary. Rock's character and Misty have a vexed work history, too. Although when they meet at the apartment building's mailboxes, she feigns otherwise.

When Misty's brother, Jay (Daniel Kalu-uya), enters the picture to crash at her pad, her chances of achieving success dip. Is he taking his meds? (He is.) However, the news bulletins about a search for a Black male who is accused of killing a white college student and wounding her football-playing boyfriend has put the city, the police and Jay on edge. Misty has jagged dreams that hint at the siblings' fraught childhood and her own mercurial moods.

Adam Driver plays Zach, an underproduced filmmaker. Driver imbues this purveyor of drugs and partaker of threesomes with smarmy ease. Zach makes Misty an offer he's sure she won't refuse. She does.

Sure, he's a cad, but it is Zach's conversation with Misty about whether they're friends that introduces one of the film's deepest themes. In a town of air kisses and transactional fondness, it can be tough to know the real deal. In a shimmering scene in which Misty sings at the storied Roosevelt hotel, Rock shows us. But first, the filmmaker turns up the dial on the clatter and chatter of the room. Is anyone listening? Does anyone else here see what Misty's giving of herself? As if to answer, Rock homes in on Jay and Naomi, Misty's best friend — with the unerring assist of the cinematographer Kira Kelly. Both characters are leaning in, their visages laying claim to affection. Turns out, Jordan was also listening and may have an opportunity for Misty.

The movie shares DNA with "Jackie Brown," the 1997 yarn the writer-director Quentin Tarantino wrote for Pam Grier. But "Misty Green" is its own rooted tale, one that makes clear why Rock is such a talented comedian. He's observant.

He also has something to get off his chest: about the racial and economic myopia of the industry and how the city ignores so many of its struggling residents. In a tart scene on a bridge walkway, Misty begs her agent for work. Nearby, a person sits on the ground with a sign presumably asking for change. Rock never treats them as equivalent, but shows the two forms of pleading, of desperation, that run parallel through the city. To the bitter-hopeful end, Rock refuses to let viewers get too misty-eyed.

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Political Bedfellows And Broken Lives

Ben Affleck plays a mayoral hopeful who is having a very bad day.

LIKE AN INEDIBLE GRUEL made with top-shelf ingredients, Ben Affleck's "Animals" whisks its high-value cast into an overwrought script (by Affleck, Connor O. McIntyre and Billy Ray) to produce an extraordinarily flat political thriller. Affleck plays Mark Kimball, a Persian Gulf war veteran who's in the final stretch of his campaign for mayor of Los Angeles. Despite being a wealthy lawyer — as his luxurious home, where most of the movie takes place, confirms — Mark is an all-caps decent guy. We know this because a grandiose musical score accompanies him on campaign stops, where he delivers highfalutin, clichéd speeches about fairness and decency.

Mark is also a serious person, as evidenced by the shot of Robert Caro's 1974 opus "The Power Broker" on his bookshelf. (Though viewers who have read the book might reasonably question the purity of Mark's political aspirations.) It's not long, however, before cracks appear in his picture-perfect facade. His gorgeous wife, Abby (Kerry Washington), is having an affair; and his political adviser, Sam (Steven Yeun), needs a large infusion of cash to improve Mark's faltering poll numbers. His housekeeper, Cecilia (Adriana Paz), is requesting a job for her undocumented fiancé, Ramon (Luis Gerardo Méndez), and a man on the phone claims to have kidnapped Mark's son. And he would like \$7 million to give him back.

As the kidnapper keeps reminding us, this is the worst day of Mark's life, especially when a major plot reversal links his handling of the crisis directly to his approval rating among a specific class of voter. So while he and Abby attack each other, Cecilia cries and Ramon lurks about looking shifty, it's left to Dayle (Gillian Anderson, a treat), a steely, psychology-spouting fixer, to find a solution. Oddly, her white suit does not convince us she's one of the good guys.

Owing a significant narrative debt to John Ford's 1962 classic "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," "Animals" is a synthetic, soulless product. The supremely talented cinematographer Robert Elswit spins his camera in circles in a desperate attempt to whip up excitement, to no avail. This is surprising, because Affleck (who also played a compromised politician in Kevin Macdonald's 2009 drama "State of Play") is a smart, nimble director with an uncommon gift for atmosphere and place. In movies as diverse as "Gone Baby Gone" (2007), "The

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A couple's picture-perfect facade shatters: Kerry Washington and Ben Affleck star in "Animals," which Affleck also directed.

Animals

Rated R for dead bodies, desultory sex and a dirty mouth. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes. In theaters and on Netflix.

"Town" (2010) and "Argo" (2012), he shaped complicated stories and emotions into rewarding entertainments. Here, though, his most intriguing choice is to deliver entire speeches in fluent Spanish — an impressive, pointless distraction.

Bedeviled by clumsy plotting and perplexing behavior — maybe think twice before issuing murder instructions to someone whose specialty is manipulating leverage — “Animals” never achieves liftoff. The finale alone is so poorly choreographed, its players’ motives so murky, that befuddled viewers might be more grateful than usual for the convenience of pause and rewind.

The Lasting Impact of 'Moonlight'

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Alex Hibbert, left, and Mahershala Ali in "Moonlight," a 2016 coming-of-age drama that won the Academy Award for best picture.

A decade later, filmmakers consider the Oscar-winner's influence and how it was made.

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"Moonlight" is a favorite of the director Elegance Bratton's. It's his allegory of the cave, his Peter Parker origin story.

In 2016, Bratton was a student at New York University working on his short film "Walk for Me," which focused on a trans performer finding her way in New York's ballroom scene. In Bratton's telling, when he showed a cut in class, his professor said the number of close-ups made him uncomfortable.

But then came "Moonlight." Bratton said that the rise of that film prompted a fresh look at his film school work.

"‘Moonlight’ actually helped me, in my second year of film, succeed," he said.

A frequent guest on best-of-century movie lists (including The New York Times's), the influential "Moonlight" remains both subtle and layered a decade later. Its use of multiple actors to embody one character, its use of time gaps and its introspective focus on Black masculinity trickled into the makeup of other films that followed. "Moonlight," a co-production with Plan B Entertainment, also took the company A24 into new territory as a film financier and not just a distributor. The film helped mold the company's reputation for unconventional filmmaking with solid box-office results.

Originally released on Oct. 21, 2016, "Moonlight" follows a Black child as he grows into a young teenager tangling with his queerness and then finally a hardened, repressed man. The film, directed by Barry Jenkins and adapted from the playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished play, drew adoration during its film festival run that culminated in its Oscar victory for best picture.

Bratton partly credited the success of "Moonlight" with opening a pathway for his own A24 feature, "The Inspection" (2022), an autobiographical drama that uses intimate camerawork (heavy on close-ups) in its portrayal of a gay man training to be a Marine. Others have also seen bits of "Moonlight" in the first-person perspective that carries "Nickel Boys."

The director of "Nickel Boys," RaMell Ross, said he wasn't trying to make his own "Moonlight." Rather, the film's influence on him was likely subliminal.

"When you're that moved by a work, whether or not you intentionally pursue that aesthetic or that form and add it into your work, it is in your next work because it moved you," Ross said in a video interview.

Although queer cinema and television long predate "Moonlight," entries centered on Black men had rarely received such widespread exposure and acclaim.

Steven Canals, a creator of the FX series "Pose," believed the reception of "Moonlight" might have had an effect on his show's being greenlit. He said he had spent two and a half years pitching the show, a drama that takes place in New York's ballroom scene, only to be told by executives that they didn't know if there was an audience for it. The year "Moonlight" reached theaters, Canals pitched "Pose" to the producer Ryan Murphy, and they sold it to FX.

"I don't think it's by chance that this show happens kind of on the heels of a movie like 'Moonlight' existing," Canals said.

“Moonlight” draws from both Jenkins's and McCraney's experiences growing up in the mostly Black neighborhood of Liberty City in Miami. Its signature look, a mix of bold colors and expressive lighting, drew from the work of the Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai and the cinematographer Malik Hassan Sayeed's collaborations with Spike Lee. But to a degree, its style was also informed by the practicality of shooting a moody drama with roughly \$1.2 million, a modest budget.

"Because of the budget and because of the tone of the film, if it was going to find an actual life it was going to be in art-house cinemas," Jenkins said in a video call. "And yet we didn't want to change the language of Liberty City to fit that audience."

"Moonlight" also underlined Jenkins as part of a rising crop of Black filmmakers that included Ava DuVernay, Ryan Coogler and Steve McQueen, a class whose work had a more contained scope before expanding into a wider audience.

"It wasn't just about making commercial fare," said Cameron Bailey, the chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, which screened "Moonlight." "It was about, 'What do you want to express as an artist and what are the tools that you have at your disposal?' And there were a few filmmakers who were really doing that at the time."

Has “Moonlight” opened doors for more Black directors to tell their stories on modest budgets? Some filmmakers believe it may be more tricky for a movie of its scope to find an audience in 2026, partly because the post-Covid-pandemic moviegoing crowd is smaller yet more diffuse.

"That space has been fractured to a certain degree," Jenkins said, mainly referring to the film market in Los Angeles, where he lives. He added: "People just got accustomed to not going to the movies. So the bigger movies are building that audience back piece by piece."

Many involved in “Moonlight” remain pre-eminent figures in the movie business. Mahershala Ali, who won an Oscar for his turn as the film’s drug-dealing father figure, has grown into a leading man. Jenkins’s résumé includes a Disney hit (“Mufasa: The Lion King”), and Pastel, a production company of which he is a founder, has produced smaller-budget dramas that were also critical darlings (“Aftersun,” “Sorry, Baby”).

The scope of the director Bratton's work has shifted, too. His latest film, "By Any Means," is an action movie fronted by Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Still, it's not detached from the lessons of "Moonlight."

“What’s exciting to me 10 years later is that the permission ‘Moonlight’ represented doesn’t have to end with autobiographical cinema,” Bratton said. “I’m working on a much bigger canvas: historical thriller, movie star, genre action. But I’m still asking questions about Black masculinity, power, vulnerability and who gets to be fully human onscreen.”

JASON FARAGO | ART REVIEW

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At the Whitney Museum exhibition "Roy Lichtenstein: Like New," the background mural "University of Düsseldorf Brushstroke Mural (Wall C)" (1970), with, from left: "Yellow and White Drip on Graph" (1966); "Little Big Painting" (1965); "Study for Brushstroke With Spatter" (1966); "Brushstroke With Spatter" (1966); and "Untitled" (on the floor), all by Lichtenstein.

The Dots in His Art Show a Mind at Work

Right top, a page from the DC Comics romance "Secret Hearts," illustrated by Tony Abruzzo in 1962. Right, below, Lichtenstein's painting "Drowning Girl" (1963), lent from MoMA to the Whitney Museum. Far right, center, a gallery of Lichtenstein's "Mirror" paintings, from the early 1970s.

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But there was something they did not foresee in 2020: that a new technology would rumble our ideas of original and copy, unique work and mass reproduction, even harder than in the artist's lifetime. This tidal wave of computational images (do not call them "intelligent") is subjecting us to minute-by-minute visual acid tests, forcing us to discern, if we can, whether any human lies behind grids of colored dots. Which has made "Roy Lichtenstein: Like New," opening on Sunday, the most momentous exhibition of the season.

His analytical awareness has been underestimated for a while, thanks to his signature style. In the museums, on the auction block, in the Times Square subway station, Lichtenstein has become so visually familiar that any diffusion engine can spit out a dotted picture of your dog "in the manner of Roy Lichtenstein." You needed only the three letters, P-O-P, to sum up his importance: Metabolizing mass culture into fine art, he shocked the post-Pollock painting scene and pushed American culture into a supposedly democratic 1960s.

"Like New" troubles that received view of Lichtenstein, looking away from Pop as a visual mode and linking him to more experimental tendencies of that era, such as the pranky post-Dadaist performances of Fluxus. It zeros in on his replicas and facsimiles, and suggests the artist chose popular sources less for their familiarity than as elements in a conceptual chain of reproduction, alteration, circulation. Above all, it makes Lichtenstein — Mr. Pop, Mr. Estrangement, who flattened painting into mechanical, antiseptic components — an unexpected defender of human vision against industry and technology. His dots, unlike the random noise of the image generator, were rendered with a critical spirit, sensory awareness and something a lot like love.

"Roy Lichtenstein: Like New" has been organized by an unexpected pair: Meg Onli, a curator best known for her work with contemporary art, and Alex Da Corte, a midcareer artist whose videos and performances approach American mass culture with manic sorrow. Two centuries ago, at the Louvre or the Royal Academy, it was commonplace for artists to hang their predecessors' work in public displays. Today, entrusting a living artist with another's major museum retrospective is nearly unheard of. (Especially one whose works are this expensive; lenders to the show include Kenneth C. Griffin, the mayor's favorite out-of-state billionaire, as well as MoMA, MOCA and a clutch of Broads, Brants and Blums.)

Not only has Da Corte conceptualized the display here; he's also included new works of his own and remade several by Lichtenstein, including the 32-foot-tall version (more than twice the original's size) of "Girl in Window," made in 1963 for the World's Fair in Queens, which now lords over the Whitney's fifth-floor terrace and is visible from the High Line.

Duplicates and dissemblings come fast and furious. Da Corte and Onli are full of jokes, very good jokes in fact, maybe a couple too many for their own good. As with "Edges of Ailey," the sensory-overloading dance exhibition in these same galleries two years ago, their Lichtenstein show is both high-concept and high-energy — and it betrays an anxiety, at the increasingly populist Whitney, that classics of the 1960s can only be made legible to young audiences through constant stimulation and Instagrammable backdrops.

Lichtenstein's oval-shaped mirror paintings are displayed in an oval-shaped silver gallery. A remake of his 1967 "Super Sunset Billboard" stands in front of the Whitney's western picture window, so if you come at day's end you can see two sunsets in one. (Like "Girl in Window," this is not an inkjet printout, but a new hand-painted version by Da Corte and his studio.) A mock-1950s instructional film of Lichtenstein's teacher Hoyt L. Sherman, complete with narration in the nasal tones of Movietone News, turns out to star Da Corte himself, under pounds of prosthetics.

Left, detail of "University of Düsseldorf Brushstroke Mural (Wall C)." Right, a gallery devoted to Lichtenstein's duplications and series includes, from left: "Ohhh . . . Alright . . ." (1964), "Ohhh . . . Alright . . (Study)," "Girl in Window (Study for World's Fair Mural)" (1963), "Step-On Can With Leg" (1961), "Portrait of Ivan Karp" (1961), alongside "Portrait of Allan Kaprow" (1961).

Lichtenstein's "Super Sunset Billboard," recreated in 2026 by Alex Da Corte's studio after a 1967 original.
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Not your papa's Pop, then. If I were holding the remote I'd turn the Laugh-O-Meter down a few ticks. But the jokes are in the service of something; they restore some personality, and perspicuity, to an artist who can be treated as a brand. (We pause here to note the Whitney's collaboration with the Gap, offering T-shirts, baseball caps and a Ben-Day-dotted quarter-zip fleece that will turn heads on the trading floor.)

Lichtenstein credited Sherman, who experimented with flash bulbs and wearable blinders in his introductory courses at Ohio State University, with teaching him how to look with a perceptual distance that made the world appear just about abstract. Take Lichtenstein's "Golf Ball" (1962), which distills a dimpled ball into an array of black crescents against a white background, spare as a Mondrian, legible as a Titleist. Pop, or Op? Thing, or idea of a thing? One closely observed golf ball, or an icon signifying "golf ball"? Those conceptual feints could be made meaningful only via a singular human perception that rivaled Cézanne's — quoted directly in the show in a deadpan painting from the same year, which reduces the French painter's wife to a teach-yourself-drawing schematic.

Top, Lichtenstein's "Artist's Studio 'Look Mickey'" (1973). Above, "Look Mickey" faces its later reproduction. "Landscape," top left, was realized in 1974, after it appeared as a fictional painting in "Artist's Studio." The green work with a text bubble, "Comic Painting" (2026), is by Alex Da Corte.

In 1962, Lichtenstein had his first solo show at the Leo Castelli Gallery, where his paintings drawn from comic books and commercial advertisements mystified critics. (Still, the show sold out!) Onli and Da Corte, in a curatorial coup, have borrowed all eight paintings from that debut, and recreated it as a show-within-the-show, right down to the East 77th Street parquet floor. The housewife cleaning the refrigerator, the downed jet with a cartoon "BLAM": Here was a painter who seemed to equate avant-garde and kitsch, in ways that some critics read as a capitulation to mass culture. But what if they were more Cézanne-esque than that? What if remaking, reproducing, reauthoring was the only route left to paint what you see?

"Like" new, but not new; derivative, but innovative; awash in the vapidity that only Americans could pass off as progress, and yet still, somehow, keeping faith with a beauty that could last for all time. Lichtenstein was not Warhol, and throughout this show Da Corte and Onli push hard against the received wisdom that Pop aimed to deflate high art, or that reproduction invalidated artistic originality. On the contrary, as Da Corte writes in the catalog, "Facing machines, living among them, and almost becoming one, Lichtenstein in the early 1960s understood the stakes, for art, to be higher than they had ever been."

He stayed in the hand — I mean this as a poker metaphor, but it's true literally — first through the dots, mimicking the halftone patterns of inexpensive printing, which Lichtenstein initially produced by using a toothbrush to force pigment through an aluminum screen. Soon after, he would introduce the motif of the brushstroke: a mark of a painter's individuality, which he translated into a repeatable sign or symbol. The dots and the brushstrokes were not automations, but performances of automation. If mass culture was reducing human life to a standardized product, Lichtenstein was rechanneling that culture's own imagery to affirm the uniqueness of human vision — an achievement that registers with even greater force in the dots and dashes of his quasi-abstract architectural studies, and ovals that look like mirrors but reflect nothing.

Da Corte and Onli have a lot of fun with

√ Roy Lichtenstein: Like New Sunday through to May 10 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan; 212-570-3600, whitney.org.

Lichtenstein's doubles and sequels, hanging nearly identical canvases side by side. They present source imagery from DC Comics, then Lichtenstein's appropriations from those comics, then a subsequent copy of his-copy by another painter, Elaine Sturtevant. The curators nearly go overboard with a display of his later works, hung as tightly as at the old Royal Academy, in which Lichtenstein repainted his earlier paintings in the setting of his studio. Then they show the stand-alone versions of the paintings-in-the-paintings, and, when one turns out never to have existed, Da Corte makes it himself ("Comic Painting," 2026).

The pixel is the smallest unit of color that a screen can display; the dot is the equivalent with printing ink. But whether you are reading these sentences on gray newsprint or a backlit phone, those particles are invisible to the eye.

How can any particles cohere into an image, anyway? What companies transmit them, what algorithms power them? What sources do they draw on, what data sets? Those questions were Lichtenstein's, and when he scaled up the dots of the halftone into visible, textural marks, he was not just wagging his finger at American consumer culture. He was locating, in the most mechanical and cheapest of mass imagery, a human perception that had to be made visible before it could be defended.

All of which makes this show far more touching than I had anticipated. Touching is a theme here ("please touch!" reads one art display). "Touch, in forms both physical and metaphorical, is what separates the person from the machine." Da Corte writes in the catalog, "and with touch comes transference, breakdown, transformation." When you inspect these paintings — and even feel them, through tactile replicas of four paintings with four different kinds of dotting — you may be surprised by their nubbiness, and how thickly the pigment has been lashed through a punched aluminum screen. The dots are raised. They grow and shrink, chafe or splinter. The sun may be setting on humanity, but look up close: Every dot, and every pixel, means nothing without you and me.

Left, Lichtenstein's "Blam" (1962), exhibited in his first New York show at the Leo Castelli Gallery, it appears here in a re-creation of that debut. Above from left, Lichtenstein's "Golf Ball" (1961), "Tire" (1962) and "Electric Cord" (1961). He learned how to look with a perceptual distance that made the world appear nearly abstract.

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BLAKE GOPNIK | ART REVIEW

With These Works, the 15th Century Feels Fresh

A show of 16 statues and reliefs carries visitors back to a time of boldly different artistic values.

Top, "Saint Michael the Archangel," and above, "Prudence," both from around 1475, and right, "Madonna and Child (the Lehman Madonna)," around 1470-75, all by Andrea della Robbia. Below left, Andrea della Robbia's "Virgin Adoring the Christ Child," around 1470. Below right, a piece from the workshop of Giovanni della Robbia, around 1515-25.

THEY'RE NOT FAR from tchotchkes, like the sacred ceramics sold near the Vatican.

They feel sentimental: sweeter-than-sweet Mary, all in virginal white, against a sky so blue it makes your teeth hurt.

They show off new ways to work clay, but we know that important art is about ideas, not technique.

I admit those were some of my knee-jerk thoughts about the 16 statues and reliefs in "Rediscovering Della Robbia at the Met." They are by three generations of Renaissance sculptors. By the time my visit was over, their "faults" were virtues. They carry us back to a place and time when artistic values were refreshingly different from ours.

The show's title refers to a Florentine art dynasty. In the 1440s, Luca della Robbia went from working in marble and bronze to inventing the art of brightly glazed ceramics. Around 1470, his nephew Andrea took over the workshop. Andrea's son Giovanni carried the tradition into the 16th century.

The family's ceramics changed the look of Florence.

A drab stone facade would suddenly come to life once a Della Robbia relief — maybe some version of Andrea's white-on-blue Archangel Michael — got cemented on. Unlike a frescoed mural, which could fade and crumble, Della Robbia ceramics hardly lost their luster. Some of them still live happily where first installed.

Those ceramics had a legibility that other materials could barely rival. The white-on-white details of carved marble, or the green-on-green of cast bronze, fade to a blur at a distance; Renaissance paintings have a level of real-world detail that works best at close quarters. But a Della Robbia relief like "Virgin Adoring the Christ Child," glazed mostly in white but with bold greens and blues, was legible from across a church. It rendered salvation with the punch of a George Lois ad.

The Madonna from a church could also show up in a Florentine home, because the Della Robbias cast their works by the dozen for a new clientele that wanted its own modest objects to pray to. Today, it's awkward to admit that the hallowed pleasures of art can include the pleasure of ownership; with their novel reproductions, the Della Robbias provided that pleasure to their contemporaries.

A young mother in that Florentine home would have found something else to enjoy in her Della Robbia Madonna and Child. Its subject, the ideal mother gazing fondly at her perfect baby, may strike us as cloying. But in the Renaissance, the holy pair modeled a serenity that was wildly beyond a woman's normal reach: Illness and death, for both mother and child, was the norm, as Americans today can barely imagine. That Madonna and Child isn't cloying; it's hopelessly, painfully hopeful.

Our lady's husband, allowed an education she'd never get, might have admired their Della Robbia for another reason. Reading the Latin writings of Pliny, he would have learned that the classical marbles dug up around Florence started life brightly painted. The Della Robbias' ceramics conjured that Roman bling lost to time.

Durability, legibility, accessibility, antiquity: With all these innovations, it's no wonder Luca was one of his era's most admired and popular artists. Even a century later, Giorgio Vasari's history of great artists could insist that Luca would earn the thanks of "all later ages" for inventing an art of color more durable than anything the ancients had.

In the 19th century, Della Robbia sculptures were still such a big deal that Americans could flex their philanthropy by donating them to the Met. By the 1960s, the museum had several dozen. In 1968, the Met was planning a gallery devoted to Della Robbias, though it never materialized as their ceramics began to fall out of fashion.

Beginning in about 1970, most of the Met's Della Robbias disappeared into storage. By 2016, only six of the family's works were on view.

The Met's Denise Allen, who organized this show with the guest curator Federica Carta, said that their exhibition's gorgeous relief of a young man was dirty when first recovered from storage. "He'd been ne-

CRITIC'S PICK Rediscovering Della Robbia at the Met Through Jan. 17 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan; 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org.

glected," Allen said.

According to Allen, "the Della Robbias worked in the wrong material" — wrong at least to satisfy recent tastes. Colored ceramics came to seem brash and cheap, more like tableware than the high-toned art of Donatello and Michelangelo.

Technical innovation, like Luca's work with glazes, lacked conceptual heft.

The modernist obsession with “medium specificity” — that a painting should be about what paint can do, a sculpture about shaping matter — left a Della Robbia relief stuck between painting’s color and sculpture’s shapes, as uncommitted as a mullet.

Even these ceramics' wide appeal became a liability: Over centuries, the Della Robbias' innovations came to shape the world of sacred schlock sold to tourists, and their originals suffered by association — at least at first sight, prejudged by a critic like me.

But the Met had me looking at these objects with the eyes of the people who first made and loved them.

Melissa Joseph

MELISSA JOSEPH, VIA CHARLES MOFFETT: PHOTOGRAPH BY KC CROW MADEUX
Melissa Joseph's "Bridal Shower" is needle-felted wool on industrial felt. It measures nearly 9 feet by 9 feet.

Artists have long reclaimed techniques that were once deemed craft, but Melissa Joseph is the first I've seen who reimagines needle felting. Though it's often used to make animal tchotchkes, she turns it into a surprisingly supple aesthetic medium.

Through Oct. 17. Charles Moffett, 394 Broadway, Manhattan; 212-226-2646, charlesmoffett.com.

The exhibition reveals her keen

Joseph studied textile design, art education and painting before finding felt. That varied background informs her current exhibition, "Casserole Culture." The show mines her experience of growing up in a mixed-race family in a western Pennsylvania city. Joseph has transformed family photographs into expressive scenes of domestic interiors and the industrial landscape.

eye for texture, composition and scale. In "Bridal Shower" (2026), she depicts part of a table piled with food and cutlery. The different culinary offerings — including cookies and perhaps rice pudding — allow Joseph to showcase her dexterity in felt: Some items are rendered more loosely, in swirls and waves, while others are tighter. The work measures nearly 9 feet by 9 feet, which creates a zoomed-in effect. Standing before it, you start to feel as if, rather than your choosing something from the buffet, the display might instead subsume you.

In its abundance, “Bridal Shower” points to the exhibition’s central absence: people. Only two figures appear amid the 18 works on view. These are images that represent places of memory — somewhere real but also imagined, suffused with nostalgia and grief. Joseph’s periodic inclusion of found objects to help anchor the memories is less successful,

By JILLIAN STEINHAUER

but her felting is sharp, and its literal softness helps cushion the emotional blow.

Sarah Zapata

Through Oct. 24. Sargent's Daughters, 370 Broadway, Manhattan; 212-233-0846, sargentsdaughters.com.

Upon entering Sarah Zapata's exhibition "In Escape From the Vices of Idleness," you may want, instinctively, to kick off your shoes and lie down on the art. This would be understandable because it consists of two vaguely architectural sculptures covered entirely in hand-woven panels, more of which sprawl out onto the surrounding floor. Colorful strands and patches of yarn are everywhere. For me, they evoked the orange shag carpet of my childhood living room, where my siblings and I danced to our par-

SHELLEY NIRO, VIA HALES, LONDON AND NEW YORK, PHOTO BY JSP ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Shelley Niro features her mother in "The Iroquois Is a Highly Developed Matriarchal Society."

ents' records.

Zapata knows her work is likely to raise such recollections. Cloth and needlework are personal — the artist's grandmother taught her to sew — as well as cultural: Her father immigrated from Peru, where his father owned a fabric shop. Zapata looks further afield, too, to pre-Columbian textiles and modern South American weaving traditions.

Although the show comprises many individual artworks, it reads as one large installation — a riotous, seductive cacophony. The overarching rule seems to be the bucking of all Western aesthetic norms. There's no art on the walls, only in the center of the gallery and on the floor. Patterns like stripes and checkerboards coexist. Latch-hooked rugs surround strips of finely embroidered fabric. Colors abound in unexpected, sometimes clashing combinations. Mysterious bulges appear amid geometric forms.

The installation has columns and walls of different heights that suggest city ruins. But instead of moss and ivy growing over the base, there's a profusion of textiles. Somehow, it looks both extraordinary and natural.

Shelley Niro

Through Oct. 31. Hales, 547 West 20th Street, Manhattan; 646-590-0776, halesgallery.com.

One of the works in Shelley Niro's solo show is a triptych featuring her mother. Three hand-colored photographs depict a woman smiling and laughing while she sits with her head in a salon-style hair dryer.

The pictures are embedded in a black mat board that also contains a hand-drilled abstract design. The title of the piece, "The Iroquois Is a Highly Developed Matriarchal Society" (1991/2026), serves as a kind of punchline. Niro is honoring her mother, but the bland, ethnographic phrase sounds ridiculous compared with the vivacity of the images.

"The Iroquois" encapsulates many of the characteristics of Niro's practice. It demonstrates her use of serialized photographs, her conceptual pairing of image and text, her dry sense of humor and her focus on Native women as a subject. Niro, who is a member of the Turtle Clan of the Kanyen'kehā:ka (Mohawk) Nation, has been creating this type of work for decades, and it's the focus of the current exhibition (though she also makes paintings, beadwork and films).

SARAH ZAPATA, VIA SARGENT'S DAUGHTERS; PHOTOGRAPH BY NICHOLAS KNIGHT
Colorful strands and patches of yarn are everywhere in the show "Sarah Zapata: In Escape From the Vices of Idleness" at Sargent's Daughters.

The show is titled "In Her Lifetime," after an exceptional piece from 1992. It's composed of six photographs of Niro's sister, who stands in for a kind of Native Everywoman, accompanied by a narrative text that deftly depicts an existential journey from the open-endedness of childhood to the depressing tiedium of adulthood. Yet "In Her Lifetime" doesn't feel overly somber; Niro's light touch imparts a gentle ambiguity. This is one of her greatest strengths as an artist: illuminating realities that can be painful, but finding the playfulness and absurdity in them, too.

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speare's tale of murderous royal ascent and guilt-fueled madness.

"Macbeth," which stars Lise Davidsen and Quinn Kelsey, starts and ends in war. So it was important for the director, Louisa Proske, who is making her Met Opera debut, that the fight scenes serve as a "bracket for the whole piece." (On Oct. 17, "The Met: Live in HD" will livestream the production to movie theaters around the world.)

To bring the dramatic battles to life, Proske tapped the action director Ran Arthur Braun, also making his Met debut. He brought in a troupe of dancers from Pesvebi, a Georgian cultural center and dance company in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, that he had worked with on a 2024 production of "Aida" at the Oper im Steinbruch festival in Austria. He had a feeling the powerful, warriorlike style would translate well to the bloody civil wars in "Macbeth."

"I wanted something that is visceral, something that is realistic," Braun said. "I wanted to actually smell the sweat."

When Proske saw the Georgian dancers perform for the first time, she was stunned. "A weathered choreographer and the really experienced Met dance staff were all in the room," she said. "Their jaws were on the floor. I mean, we all just couldn't believe what was happening in front of our eyes, and like the sheer energy and speed and precision that they bring into the room."

Three Georgians perform — Bakhturidze, 23; the captain, Goderdzishvili, 25; and Data Darakhvelidze, 20; with Luka Kikacheishvili, 21, as the swing — within a larger group of Met dancers and soldiers.

Though physically grueling, the six weeks of daily rehearsal for "Macbeth" were preceded by years of perfecting their craft. The men have studied traditional Georgian dance since they were young children, practicing several times a week at Pesvebi, which means "roots" in Georgian and was founded by Goderdzishvili's parents in 2000.

Their dancing and discipline — the thousands of hours of practice in Brooklyn — now have a larger stage and a new audience.

"Personally, I would never think that I would be performing at this level," Goderdzishvili said. "Here we are, ready to show New York what we're made of — the Georgian spirit."

Dance is embedded into Georgian culture as something deeper than an art form. It's a language to express shared memory, national identity and the enduring Georgian spirit, resilient after generations of war.

"It teaches us who we were and what we did hundreds of years ago," said

Goderdzishvili, who was born in the United States but lived in Georgia as a child before returning to New York after the 2008 Russian-Georgian war. "And every time I'm on-stage wearing our traditional costume, I feel my ancestors within me and their energy."

Georgian dance is hyper regional. Two types, each from mountainous areas in the north, are featured in "Macbeth." One is Khevsuruli, a dramatic martial folk dance with high-speed sword and shield combat, which bookends the production.

"It's in our blood to be good and be comfortable with a sword and a shield,"

'Here we are, ready to show New York what we're made of — the Georgian spirit.' GEORGE GODERDZISHVILI

Goderdzishvili said. "Everyone is required to know that and to feel the warrior spirit."

The other type is Kazbeguri, a kind of "show-off dance," Goderdzishvili said, which features high jumps and energetic foot stomping. It's this style the dancers perform in a climactic banquet scene, flaunting their acrobatics as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth hold a grand coronation feast.

There are only 40 seconds of music at the start of the scene for the Georgians to dance, but they pack it with feats of speed and balance.

"I wish Verdi had written two minutes," Proske said. "I mean, we could have easily had more music and more dancing, but that's the music that's there. And of course, you have to use it. You can't change the opera."

Still, the choice to include Georgian dancing in a production more likely to feature Elizabethan movement is a novel one. It took some configuring by Braun and the choreographer, Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson, to fit the vigorous style into the light and bouncy music.

And though it's unlikely there would be Georgian dancers in Shakespearean times, traveling entertainers were commonplace.

"So I felt like it does fit, in a funny way, into the period," Proske said.

It's rare to have fighting at this scale celebrated onstage, Braun said, and he was glad that Proske was open to introducing "violence as an art form."

"Not just violence for the sense of violence," he said, "but to integrate this as the theatrical language of the opera, to show how dynamic it is and how it is the thread that connects this story."

After a full run-through recently, Goderdzishvili caught his breath. His finger was wrapped in gauze; ice packs were stuffed under his knee pads.

"I don't believe there's a single thing that could stop me from doing this," he said. "Until my body gives out completely, this is what I'll be doing."

Rehearsals by the dancers for a production of "Macbeth" at the Met Opera. "I wanted something that is visceral, something that is realistic," said Ran Arthur Braun, the production's action director. "I wanted to actually smell the sweat."

A.I. Music Fraudster Is Sentenced to 18 Months

Michael Smith was also ordered to forfeit more than \$8 million in royalties.

By DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR

A North Carolina man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using artificial intelligence to defraud music streaming platforms and musicians of millions of dollars in royalty payments.

The man, Michael Smith, 54, who is from Cornelius, N.C., north of Charlotte, was also sentenced to two years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit more than \$8 million in royalties, the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York said in a news release on Tuesday.

The case against Mr. Smith was the Justice Department's first involving fraud through A.I.-assisted music streaming. Mr.*

Smith was charged in 2024, and in March, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

“By flooding music streaming platforms with automated bots in the place of consumers, and fake songs in the place of creativity, Smith robbed millions in royalty payments from genuine artists and their fans.” Jamie McDonald, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in the news release.

Noell Tin, a lawyer representing Mr. Smith, said in a statement on Wednesday that his client was "profoundly sorry" for his behavior.

"He will serve his punishment and is committed to making amends," Mr. Tin said.

According to prosecutors, Mr. Smith's scheme began in 2017, when he created thousands of bot accounts on streaming platforms by using email addresses he had purchased online. He used A.I. to create music, as well as software to stream that music on loops from different computers. The result was the appearance of individual listeners tuning into his music from various places.

Mr. Smith's A.I.-generated artists had names like Callous Post and Calorie Screams, and they produced songs such as "Zygotic Washstands" and "Zymotechnical." Those and other songs were top performers on platforms like Amazon Music, Apple Music and Spotify.

The A.I.-generated music that Mr. Smith owned was streamed by his bot accounts billions of times through 2024, the Justice Department said, and at times Mr. Smith was using as many as 10,000 bot accounts at once to stream the music.

By way of comparison, the Justice Department said that in April 2023, Taylor Swift's entire catalog received 9.3 million streams on YouTube Music from family plan streams. That same month, according to the department, Mr. Smith's bot accounts used family plans to stream his music more than 80 million times.

Michael Smith pleaded guilty to fraud in his music streaming scheme.

A financial breakdown that Mr. Smith emailed himself in 2017 presented a clearer picture of what he stood to gain. He calculated that he could stream his songs 661,440 times each day, which he estimated could bring in daily royalty payments of \$3,307.20, and as much as \$1.2 million in one year.

By June 2019, Mr. Smith was earning about \$110,000 each month from royalties, with a portion going to co-conspirators, according to the indictment. In 2024, he bragged in an email that he had reached four billion streams and \$12 million in royalties since 2019.