Large crowds of people celebrated the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in American and Israeli strikes, while many others gathered to mourn.
In an age in which facts are losing their meaning, the performing arts can ground us in what is true.
With Connor Storrie of “Heated Rivalry” hosting, this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” featured cameos by U.S. Olympic hockey stars.
We look at the events leading to the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and what comes next.
The cartel pledged to increase output by 206,000 barrels a day from next month, and said that members would “closely monitor and assess market conditions.”
The gunman was killed by police officers, and 14 others were hospitalized in the shooting early Sunday, officials said.
Iran responded to an American and Israeli assault by attacking Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Bahrain, threatening those states’ reputations for security and openness.
No one should mourn Ayatollah Khamenei, but Trump is creating the opportunity for chaos and violence with his campaign against Iran.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a major assault launched by the United States and Israel.
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Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, March 2, 2026.
Without a political transformation, Cuba’s economic recovery will remain an illusion.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, March 2, 2026.
The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, and Iran retaliated. What do you want to know?
President Trump’s envoys negotiated with Iran over its nuclear program. But Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel wanted much more.
Hay buenas noticias ocultas tras las preocupaciones por el descenso de la población, afirman algunos expertos.
Michael Sandel, the Harvard professor, has been predicting this political moment for decades. We called him to discuss where we go from here.
This month’s reality television themed grid was co-constructed by Christina Iverson and Gabby Windey.
Should Democrats concentrate on swing voters or their base? Can more traditional Republicans win in the MAGA era? Tuesday’s Senate primary in Texas will show the direction the parties are taking.
Con más películas extranjeras nominadas al Oscar, el cine internacional ya no solo busca validación en Hollywood: ahora cuestiona, satiriza y reinterpreta el papel de Estados Unidos en la pantalla global.
The first battle of the midterm elections will be the U.S. Senate primary in Texas. Our Texas bureau chief, David Goodman, explains why Democrats and Republicans across the U.S. are watching closely to see what happens in the state.
In recent years, the technologies used to surveil workers have become more sophisticated and widespread.
Some religious groups have sued for access, others have been denied entrance to detention facilities.
Everette Taylor took over Kickstarter at a low moment for the crowdfunding pioneer, which made its name with small projects but now attracts major multinationals and celebrities.
It’s not exactly going analog, but people looking to move away from streaming say Apple’s old device is a small step away from constantly being online.
This month offers St. Patrick’s Day and the Oscars, vampires and Mapplethorpe, as well as free ice skating and a final bow from Jonathan Groff.
“Backstitch,” a novel by Marian Mitchell Donahue, examines the stark contrast between public talent and private troubles.
Veterans and others who have suffered trauma and injuries are flocking to clinics around the world to take ibogaine. My own reason was deeply personal.
In “El Paso,” Jazmine Ulloa paints her hometown as a microcosm for all that is good and bad about the United States.
While numbers remain relatively small, more couples are choosing legal partnerships over marriage. Some are marking the moment with celebrations that look and feel like weddings.
Benjamin Millepied’s “Romeo and Juliet Suite” involves a mixed approach to performance, as well as mixed gender pairings for its star-crossed lovers.
Tanya Bush, a writer and pastry chef in Brooklyn, makes a case for taking the scenic route to the recipe in a new “narrative cookbook.”
Decades of tips and investigations yielded charges against only two people. A combination of missed chances, narrow laws and prosecutors’ limited focus helps explain why.
In M.L. Stedman’s new novel, “A Far-Flung Life,” the beauty and breadth of her Western Australian setting stand in counterpoint to the horrors of the human lives playing out upon it.
Smut on TV, in film and in the pages of popular romance novels is more plentiful and personal than ever. What happens when our screens are steamier than our bedrooms?
Our columnist on the month’s best new mysteries.
Jesse Appell left everything behind to pursue a comedy career in China, where Western-style club comedy was just finding its footing.
A young Palestinian couple met just before the war. For a weddings reporter at The Times, their marriage was a chance to capture a glimpse of joy.
Blanket statements were the biggest trend in Milan. Jil Sander led the way; Bottega Veneta got hairy.
Mr. Khamenei became Iran’s supreme leader in 1989, wielding ultimate religious and political authority over the state and security apparatus.
El progresismo performativo parece un orgasmo fingido: todo el mundo sabe que no es sincero y nadie es feliz.
En algunas escuelas, Yondr, una funda comercializada como la opción para mantener a los niños alejados de los dispositivos, ha demostrado no ser rival para los niños.
La entrega más reciente de la franquicia slasher sirve como una especie de reencuentro para algunos de los participantes más frecuentes del ciclo.
While the latest tranche of documents about the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has exposed a deeply American scandal, it is Europe where the aggressive enforcement is taking place.
For many New York City parents, the quest to find an affordable, convenient summer camp amounts to an unpleasant annual hazing ritual.
A waiter’s training takes an unlikely turn, panic on a crowded bus and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
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En su éxito más reciente, el cineasta Kleber Mendonça Filho adopta una sensibilidad desenfadada y encuentra la risa en medio del terror. Wagner Moura encarna a un hombre desesperado y melancólico.
The Paul Thomas Anderson film also took the top Directors Guild prize as well, a good sign for the movie’s best picture prospects at the Oscars.
No existía una amenaza inmediata por parte de Irán. Pero el presidente vio la oportunidad de llevar al límite a un gobierno debilitado, y apuesta por desencadenar un levantamiento popular.
We should not squander this moment, when Iran is uniquely weak and vulnerable and we hold all of the advantages — literally.
The Constitution isn’t a technicality.
John Cornyn says his challenger doesn’t have the character to serve in the Senate. MAGA voters might not care.
Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger examines the war of choice that President Trump has initiated with Iran.
The killing of Iran’s supreme leader and other top Iranian officials came after close intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel, according to people familiar with the operation.
Rick Ardon and Susannah Carr have been delivering the news together in Western Australia since 1985 — a Guinness World Record.
Quotation of the Day for March 1, 2026.
The Christians known as viruiuchi prostaky see electricity, cars, higher education and much else as distractions from what really matters.
Funny, furious and profane, “You With the Sad Eyes” finds the TV star facing childhood trauma and reflecting on the limits imposed by illness.
Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, March 1, 2026.
President Trump did not deliver a formal address to the American public to explain why the country was at war, a departure from his predecessors.
After a series of attacks by the United States and Israel on Saturday, Iran retaliated, striking several countries in the Middle East that host U.S. bases.
Some Iranians said on social media that they were privately mourning the supreme leader. But displays of exuberance broke out in cities across the country.
As Iran’s second supreme leader, he brutally crushed dissent at home and expanded Iran’s footprint abroad, challenging Saudi Arabia for regional dominance.
One of the world’s most vital maritime arteries saw a 70 percent drop in vessel traffic.
Californians of Iranian descent said they welcomed the possible end of an oppressive government in Tehran that their families had fled.
It’s been a crazy 48 hours in the A.I. industry.
The Los Angeles police did not offer details on the death of a student at Reseda High School, but a family said that a 12-year-old girl attending the school died after being struck with a water bottle.
President Trump has declared that Iran’s supreme leader was dead. If that is true, the next question is which of his possible successors might carry on his work.
Republicans largely supported the decision, while Democrats mostly opposed it — but divisions appeared in both parties.
President Trump’s ambiguous appeal comes after he undermined U.S.-funded media outlets that normally would have helped the administration reach people inside the country.
How should Americans feel about the potential for regime change? What happens now?
Among those killed in strikes, according to the U.S. and Israel, were Iran’s supreme leader and three of his top military commanders.
Matt Proulx and Jeffrey Martinovic’s puzzle gives Sunday solvers a lift.
The supreme leader organized his existence around one big idea: resistance.
He helped bring the African American cooking of the Carolina Lowcountry to the world and became known as the “dean of Southern Cuisine.”
The State of the Union was very revealing.
President Trump has become increasingly willing to assert American power overseas, a decade after propelling himself to the highest office by promising to focus on “America first.”
“The first mission of a president is to keep Americans safe,” says Times columnist Nicholas Kristof following the United States and Israel’s military strike against Iran Saturday. “In this case I fear that President Trump, by embarking on a war of choice, has made us less safe and may be putting Americans at risk for months or years to come.”
The awards show didn’t mention racist slurs when it told the audience a man with Tourette’s might make “involuntarily noises.”
Exchanges between two X accounts appear to offer a vivid example of how campaigns may sidestep campaign-finance law to share strategic information.
Questions remain about how much effort the Trump administration will put into changing the Iranian government.
The public’s appetite for a U.S. attack on Iran was low before President Trump and Israel took action on Saturday.
U.S. military interventions have often gone poorly for the countries in question. But there is much the world, and Iranians, can do.
“His influence can be felt in every form of motorsport today,” Car and Driver magazine wrote of the man who powered some of the fastest cars of his era with his innovative engine camshafts.
The president made unsupported and exaggerated claims in a speech announcing the attack on Iran.
A major hub in Dubai has suspended operations following U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. The sweeping closures are stranding passengers.
At least one gathering of senior officials and military leaders was hit, but it was not immediately clear whether the effort to kill them had succeeded.
Maps show where U.S. and Israel have struck Iran, and where Iran has retaliated.
Tankers have begun to steer clear of the region and the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to push up energy prices.
Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan showed its overwhelming superiority in conventional warfare, but the Taliban have refined a lethal repertoire of guerrilla tactics.
To reach young audiences raised on social media, leagues are giving content creators access to marquee moments.
The big debut of Milan Fashion Week sure had a lot of oomph. But will that be enough to turn Gucci’s business around?
Critics say the president is violating the Constitution, and many Democrats and at least two Republicans in Congress say they must vote on whether to enter such a conflict.
The strike on an elementary school in the southern Iran town of Minab was one of two attacks that appear to have hit schools during U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday.
The United States and Israel have declared their war aim as paving the way for a popular uprising against the government in Tehran.
The ballet company, one of the country’s most prestigious, had been under pressure to cancel its shows amid President Trump’s takeover of the performing arts center.
The missile barrages highlight a shortage of bomb shelters in a country that has been preparing for war with Iran for decades.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was banning attendance at Yale, Princeton, Brown and other elite colleges and think tanks, accusing them of indoctrinating service members with liberal ideologies.
We don’t know how likely it is that the attacks will be successful, nor what costs or risks they bring.
A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.
Tras bloquear los envíos de petróleo desde el extranjero a la isla, el gobierno de Trump da luz verde a la entrada de pequeñas cantidades a Cuba, siempre que no lleguen al gobierno.
The United States and Israel attacked Iran in a major assault on at least nine cities. In retaliation, Iran fired waves of ballistic missiles at Israel and targeted at least four U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf.
As explosions rocked Tehran, Republicans largely voiced support as Democrats warned about a costly and unauthorized conflict.
Following the attack, Democrats and a few Republicans escalated their calls for swift votes on whether to curb the president’s power to continue using force against Iran without explicit authorization.
There was no immediate threat from Iran. But the president saw a chance to push a weakened government over the edge, and is betting he can spark a popular uprising.
To see Cameroonian chicken and plantains is to want Cameroonian chicken and plantains.
Donald Trump prometió a los votantes de Estados Unidos que pondría fin a las guerras, no que las comenzaría.
Medio Oriente se sacudió después de que EE. UU. e Israel lanzaran el sábado un gran ataque contra Teherán.
Los estudios sugieren que conversar con desconocidos puede mejorar tu bienestar.
The U.S. military was once a tool of last resort for American presidents.
Nigella Lawson’s recipe is a five-star classic for a reason.
In his first report as C.E.O., Gregory Abel, stuck to a straight commentary rather than Warren Buffett’s folksy tone. The lower earnings were largely driven by declines in the insurance business.