Times Digest - July 28, 2026

Houthis Located Saudis’ Weak Spot

Balancing Act as Netanyahu Heads to U.S.

Hope vs. Fear As Fire Nears French Refuge

Cubans Counter Oil Blockade With Ingenuity

Ebola Stalks Crowded Camps

A Once-outlawed Maori Art Form Is Alive Again

Suspect Tried to Join ISIS Last Year

Bus Collision in Syria Kills 35

Tours Must Go On at Gutted Kennedy Center

The Story Behind the New York Police Academy’s New Name

Utah, the Home of Big Families, Experiences a Steep Drop in Its Birthrate

Trump Seeks Approval Of Order on Mail Votes

Nvidia Forms Coalition to Address A.I. Safety

Microsoft Unveils A.I. Cybersecurity Tools in an Era of Worry

Even China Is Baffled Over How to Profit Off A.I.

Can the U.S. Resurrect a Nuclear Power Plant?

Why Paramount Paused Deal to Buy Warner Bros.

Cracker Barrel Chief Behind Change Resigns

A New Center Is Fighting ‘Too Rare to Care’ Diseases

Dark Sky Defenders Raise Alarm Along the Border of West Texas

Charles Gaines, 84, Who Sparked Schwarzenegger’s Career, Dies

CROSSWORD

What’s the Worst Thing Trump Can Do in the Midterms?

The Coming Peptide Free-for-all

Coaches Undecided on How to Manage Wave of Free Agents

Tortorella Out of a Job, but Not the Job Market

Quarterback Puts in Effort to Show Critics He’ll Lift Ohio State

Wife of Coordinator Shot; Son Is Charged

W.N.B.A. Is Thriving, but Commissioner Can’t Escape Critics

They Built a Fortune on Risk. In Seattle, They Get a Safer Investment.