Last Top Stories: Top Suspect in Paris Attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Confirmed Dead

• Top Suspect in Paris Attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Confirmed Dead

  

  PhotoA soldier at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Thursday as part of heightened security after at least 129 were killed in Friday's terrorist attacks.CreditTyler Hicks/The New York TimesPARIS —Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Islamic State militant suspected of orchestrating theParis terrorist attacks, died in apolice raidin the northern Paris suburb of St.-Denis early Wednesday, the French authorities announced on Thursday.The confirmation of Mr. Abaaoud’s death followed fingerprint analysis, the Pari..

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• NYCofficials reassure residents after ISIS video shows Times...

  

  New York City officials vowed that they were prepared to handle any terror threat late Wednesday after a video released by ISIS praised the recent attacks in Paris while using previous footage of a suicide bomber preparing to attack Times Square.The video's release came just before the city goes into full holiday mode, with next week's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade followed by the Christmas tree lighting in Rockefeller Center on Dec. 2. These and other events attract tens of millions of visitor..

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• New York Today: Scents and Sensibility - The New York Times

  

  PhotoDon't say we didn't warn you.CreditBryan Thomas for The New York TimesUpdated 9:49 a.m.Good morning on this dreary Thursday.Those wishing for a little more pine-fresh air wafting through their automobile may unknowingly be wading into a tricky legal battle.This week, those little dangling air-freshening pines are the subject of alawsuit in federal court.The New York-basedCar-FreshnerCorporation is accusing another maker of scented trees, the Ohio-based Exotica, of trademark infringement.For..

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• Your Thursday Briefing: Paris Attacks, Brussels Raids, Washington...

  

  PhotoPolice officers today outside the building in St.-Denis, France, where a raid was carried out on Wednesday.CreditChristophe Petit Tesson/European Pressphoto Agency(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’sthe sign-up.)Good morning.Here’s what you need to know:• Planner of Paris attacks declared dead.After forensic tests, officials confirmed today thatAbdelhamid Abbaoud died in Wednesday’s raidoutside of Paris.The 28-year-old Belgian militant had boasted of mounting attacks in Europe for th..

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• Square Shares Jump on Trading Debut

  

  Continue reading the main storyVideoJack Dorsey on Square's I.P.O.The co-founder and chief executive of the mobile payments start-up discusses the company's much-anticipated market debut.By CNBC onPublish DateNovember 19, 2015.Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters.Watch in Times Video »Shares of the payments processor Square surged on their trading debut Thursday.In early afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the shares were up nearly 47 percent, at $13.22. Earlier, the stock was up as much..

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• More Mexican Immigrants Leaving US Than Entering, Report Finds

  

  PhotoPeople crossed International Bridge 1 from Laredo, Tex., in the United States to Nuevo Laredo in Mexico in May 2014.CreditTodd Heisler/The New York TimesMore immigrants fromMexicoare leaving the United States than coming into the country, according to a report published Thursday by thePew Research Center, a finding that marks the end of the largest wave of immigration from a single country in American history.The shift marks the first time since immigration from the neighboring nation began..

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• Genetically Engineered Salmon Approved for Consumption

  

  PhotoA genetically engineered AquAdvantage salmon, rear, and nonmodified sibling of the same age.CreditBarrett & Mackay PhotographyFederal regulators on Thursday approved a genetically engineered salmon as fit for consumption, clearing the last major obstacle for the first genetically altered animal to reach American supermarkets and dinner tables.The approval by theFood and Drug Administrationcaps a long struggle for AquaBounty Technologies, the small company that first applied for approval..

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• Wall St. Edges Up Despite Negative Earnings Forecasts

  

  The major U.S. stock indexes drifted between small gains and losses in afternoon trading Thursday as traders weighed a mix of company earnings news.Health care stocks were among the biggest decliners.Payments company Square soared in its market debut.KEEPING SCOREIn afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was about even, and the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index fell 0.09 percent. The Nasdaq gained 0.07 percent.THE QUOTEIn absence of major economic news, investors were balancing ..

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• Hail the hottest cabbies inNYC

  

  The calendars, created by Phillip and Shannon Kirkman, have earned over $50,000 for the cause since its 2014 debut.Photo: Shannon Kirkman / Caters NewsForget ripped firefighters and hunky policemen--this hilarious calendar shows off the sexy side of New York's taxi drivers.Photo: Shannon Kirkman / Caters NewsProceeds from the calendar go to the nonprofit University Settlement.Photo: Shannon Kirkman / Caters NewsIf you're into this sort of thing, you can purchase the calendarhere.Photo: Shannon K..

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• UnitedHealth Lowers Forecast, Blaming Affordable Care Act

  

  PhotoStephen Hemsley, center, chief executive of the UnitedHealth Group: “We cannot sustain those kinds of costs and losses."CreditDanny Moloshok/ReutersUnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, told investors Thursday morning that it was significantly lowering its profit estimates and blamed an expected loss of hundreds of millions of dollars selling individual policies under thefederal health care law.In light of the losses, the company warned that it was also..

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