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September 11, 2026, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time

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Defamation Lawsuit by Former Nickelodeon Producer Is Thrown Out

Dan Schneider’s lawsuit accused the documentary series “Quiet on Set” of falsely implying he had sexually abused children.

The Race Is On to Stop an Armored Invader on the West Coast

Tribes and scientists are mounting an urgent trapping effort to keep European green crabs from devastating a corner of Puget Sound.

This San Francisco Artist’s Walls Have Boundary Issues

Joset Medina’s entire apartment is his canvas in the evolving project that he calls the “Unrestrained Garden.”

A.I. Boom Poses Growing Public Health Threat, Former E.P.A. Officials Warn

Air pollution from gas-fired power plants to run data centers is expected to add at least $20 billion in annual health care costs by 2028, the group warns.

St. John Calls In a Fashion Whisperer

Humberto Leon, a vanguard of the fashion zeitgeist, takes on a brand not often associated with the cool girls.

Apple Unveils the iPhone Duo, a Foldable Phone That Costs $1,999

At the company’s annual September product event, Apple also demonstrated its work on artificial intelligence and other new devices.

OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’

The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.

Netflix’s NFL coverage grew in its 2026 debut. Football-first Luke Kuechly embodied it

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Today's Recipe

A fish fillet is bathed in coconut-ginger sauce with roasted cherry tomatoes on a light gray plate. A smaller plate of lime wedges is nearby.

Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Judy Kim.

Coconut Fish and Tomato Bake

By Yewande Komolafe

Filled StarFilled StarFilled StarFilled StarFilled Star

12,709

20 minutes, plus 15 minutes’ marinating

Makes  4 servings

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