The New York Times

An additional 276,000 people filed for Social Security benefits so far this fiscal year, up 13% from a year ago. Anxiety appears to be a driver. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/business/social-security-early-retirement.html Author : Tara Siegel Bernard

Saou Ichikawa is the country’s first severely disabled author to win a top literary prize. Her novel “Hunchback” is an angry cry against “ableist machismo.” Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/world/asia/saou-ichikawa-japan-hunchback.html Author : Martin Fackler Publish date

Earlybirds, a roving dance party that ends as most nightclubs are opening, caters to women who have things to do in the morning — and need dancing more than ever. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/style/earlybirds-club-dance-party.html Author

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation seeks to create an alternative aid system, but other groups have raised doubts about the feasibility of its plan. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/world/middleeast/gaza-aid-israel.html Author : Natan Odenheimer, Ronen Bergman and Ephrat

Grigory Melkonyants was convicted on charges of working with an “undesirable organization” in relation to his watchdog’s past affiliation with a European election monitoring group. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/world/europe/grigory-melkonyants-russia-golos.html Author : Nataliya Vasilyeva Publish date