News without the noise · New York Edition
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 · 5 stories
Edwin Raymond, a retired police lieutenant and former whistle-blower himself, was sworn in at a ceremony that paid homage to Frank Serpico, the famous anti-corruption detective of the 1970s.
A comedian and his friends are transforming a vacant retail space at the West 4th Street station with freebies, art and puppet shows to make commutes more enjoyable.
French President Emmanuel Macron said France was "facing a completely unprecedented fire," describing the situation as France's worst fire-related crisis since World War II.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims artificial intelligence has reached a long-sought threshold in which the technology can improve itself, unleashing rapid progress that may prove difficult to fully control. The milestone, known as the singularity, promises significant benefits for society, Altman said, appearing to rebuke concern among critics about the societal threat posed by wide adoption of AI.
In June, repeated downpours caused more than NT$330m (about US$10.2m) in agricultural losses across Taiwan, according to the agriculture ministry , while the capital Taipei recorded its highest monthly rainfall in more than a century. Extreme rainfall is more common and more intense because of human-caused climate breakdown across most of the world, particularly in Europe , most of Asia, central and eastern North America, and parts of South America, Africa and Australia.