Four years into the war, a major sticking point in talks is control of the eastern Donetsk region. Residents could face an agonizing choice if Ukraine gives up the territory.
The U.S. and its allies have spilled blood and treasure to kill drug lords and defeat cartels, but the drugs keep coming and the new groups are more violent than ever.
Whatever you make of Emerald Fennell’s R-rated “Wuthering Heights” movie, the region where the original novel was written is worth revisiting in its own right.
About half of the country’s federal budget goes toward the fight in Ukraine, money that does little to support its long-term development.
The new book by the California governor and undeclared presidential hopeful depicts a man shaped as much by hardship and struggle as privilege.
If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled.
Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.
Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
The Trump administration for months ignored Congress’s demand for a plan on how the Defense Department would spend the money that Republicans pushed through in their sweeping domestic policy bill.
Adam Aaronson’s Tuesday puzzle serenades us.
Altos mandos de seguridad revelaron detalles de la operación que condujo a la muerte del líder del cártel de la droga más buscado de México.
La muerte de un líder de un cártel y los disturbios posteriores han provocado cancelaciones de vuelos, bloqueos de carreteras, interrupciones de cruceros y alertas de buscar “refugio”.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York had lobbied for his preferred candidate, Claire Valdez. But the party backed Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president.
A strong cast stars in Lauren Yee’s new play, part of a cycle of works about the collisions between 20th-century communism and pop culture.
Federal prosecutors says Bond Ng used his apartment in Long Island City to arrange for a woman to have sex with clients.
The company, which did not specify how much it was seeking, is expected to be one of many demanding compensation for levies ruled unlawful.
The remarks differ from what Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is said to have told the president in high-level White House meetings.
A British investor urged the Japanese company Toto to produce its advanced ceramics not for toilet seats and bidets, but for A.I. semiconductors.
Some service in and around New York City may remain suspended on Tuesday, and most trains and buses that are running will be subject to delays or limited schedules.
Charred vehicles cluttered deserted streets as residents started to emerge from their homes in Guadalajara, which was hit hard by violence after the death of a cartel leader.
Record-breaking amounts of snow fell in many parts of the region, blanketing the area with snow in the second large storm of the year.
On Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani banned nearly all traffic from the streets. Among the exceptions were emergency vehicles and electric delivery bikes.
The legislation, which the House is expected to vote on Tuesday, would require military and commercial aircraft to use certain tracking technology to avoid collisions.
Democrats and Republicans urged Tony Gonzales to step down after allegations that he had sent inappropriate texts to a staff member and had a sexual relationship with her.
Despite the snowstorm battering the New York area, workers whose jobs require them to show up in person found ways to attend to their duties.
Gov. Maura Healey said there were nearly 300,000 power outages throughout the state and about 350 cars stuck on roadways, some with drivers still in them.
There’s a huge political opportunity for the party that can stand up for human beings in the face of A.I.
Several cities across the Northeast received at least two feet of snow, bringing many places to a standstill.
Las autoridades mexicanas dijeron que habían encontrado al escurridizo capo de la droga siguiendo a una pareja sentimental. La CIA proporcionó algunos datos de inteligencia fundamentales para la operación.
Tariffs, the cost of living, immigration: The president has a careful line to walk on major issues.
For his final skate at the Winter Olympics in Italy, Ilia Malinin traded a spangly body suit for a hoodie and (designer) jeans.
People from Canada and the United States tell of scrambling for safety, food and flights after violence erupted in Mexico when a cartel boss died in custody.
Mexican officials carried out an operation that killed the nation’s most wanted cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.” The death of Mr. Oseguera, who was the head of Mexico’s most powerful criminal organization, set off a wave of violence across the country.
Also, a blizzard sweeps through the Northeast. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
We want to hear from high school teachers and college professors who assign writing.
The company suspended the killer’s ChatGPT account over a policy violation in June, eight months before the attacks in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.
Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
Top security officials revealed details of the operation that led to the death of Mexico’s most wanted drug cartel leader.
Reiner, que tiene la cabeza rapada y vestía un uniforme marrón de presidiario, dijo ‘Sí’ con voz clara cuando el juez le preguntó si renunciaba a su derecho a un juicio rápido.
Across New York City, restaurateurs and cafe owners weigh logistics and the safety of staff against the demands of customers and a slow winter.
Grupos armados bloquearon calles e incendiaron supermercados y bancos después de que el gobierno mexicano anunciara la muerte del líder más buscado del narcotráfico en México.
Mexican officials said they had found the elusive cartel kingpin by tracking a romantic partner. The C.I.A. provided some intelligence critical to the operation.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Monday that his administration had taken lessons from the city’s last storm, when at least 20 people died after exposure to the cold.
The San Francisco start-up claimed that DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax used approximately 24,000 fraudulent accounts to train their own chatbots.
President Trump does not like to practice reading the speech out loud, but he spent time mimicking the setup of the House chamber, officials familiar with his plans said.
In “The Mixed Marriage Project,” Dorothy Roberts reflects on her anthropologist father’s lifelong project: to document — and promote — interracial marriages like his own.
Literary and cultural denizens of the nation’s capital gathered on Saturday to eulogize The Post’s scuppered Book World supplement.
Can Europe defend itself without the United States? A new strategic vision says yes.
Across the five boroughs, New Yorkers sledded and frolicked, but the best moments were when the city stood still.
By the afternoon, the snowfall level near Providence — almost 33 inches — obliterated the two-day record set by the infamous Blizzard of 1978.
The artificial intelligence company has demanded that some guardrails be put in place as it negotiates a contract with the Defense Department.
Armed groups blocked roads and set fire to supermarkets and banks after the Mexican government killed Mexico’s most-wanted cartel boss.
The news came tucked into the second page of a recent news release.
Richard Baker wanted to create a retail empire when he combined Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. About a year later, it filed for bankruptcy.
This week on Hard Fork from the New York Times, hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose discuss the dispute between the U.S. Government and the A.I. company Anthropic that became public this past week.
The former British ambassador to the United States was arrested on Monday, months after being fired over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender.
This word has appeared in 32 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
The Defense Department did not provide evidence of its claim that the vessel was carrying drugs. At least 150 people have been killed in the campaign since September.
Emails showed that the longevity influencer had provided medical advice to Jeffrey Epstein and had made crude comments about women.
The snow hitting the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic is heavier and wetter than in other storms this season. Here’s why, and how to avoid injury while shoveling.
Jay Shetty’s podcast, “On Purpose,” is wildly popular, and he has written two bestselling books, “Think Like a Monk” and “8 Rules of Love.” Is there tension in his life, as a man who espouses monastic thinking while living a glamorous life as an influencer in Los Angeles? He discusses those contradictions on “The Interview.”
Jay Shetty, the host of the popular podcast “On Purpose,” shares some advice on how to think about life’s painful experiences on “The Interview.”
What happens when mindfulness or dharma are decoupled from their religious roots? Jay Shetty, the host of the popular podcast “On Purpose,” shared his perspective on the value of spiritual paths that begin on social media on “The Interview.”
In his lyrical writings, he explored physical landscapes as well as the interior terrain of his own life — up to the blindness that overtook him in his later years.
For two years, settlers attacked Rezeq Abu Naim’s land in the Israeli-occupied West Bank at all hours and in all manners. After another violent incursion over the weekend, his family abandoned their home.
The families of people killed by undocumented immigrants have forged a bond with the president, who has invited some of them to his address on Tuesday.
The Mamdani administration is enforcing rules that require food and yard scraps to be separated, with fines ranging from $25 to $300.
The killing of a drug lord and the unrest that followed have prompted flight cancellations, roadblocks, cruise disruptions and “shelter in place” alerts.
The former British ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, was arrested on Monday following allegations that he passed confidential government information to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Ms. Stavenhagen started a group intended to counter the notion that A.L.S. was an “older white man’s disease.”
Satellite images show the wide footprint of this storm, and explain why the snow fell where it did.
Her appearance underscores that “America is determined” to secure the release of the Hong Kong democracy activist, Speaker Mike Johnson said.
“The lack of the state-required evacuation plan created chaos that cost 27 young lives,” the suit asserts.
Los turistas describieron la inquietud en el popular destino turístico costero tras el asesinato del Mencho, el capo de la droga más buscado de México.
Readers discuss the justices’ decision rejecting tariffs. Also: PEN America defends its record on free speech; a plea to old-guard Republicans.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. angered supporters last week by backing an order to ramp up production of the weedkiller glyphosate.
Three words of guidance is all guests will have to go on when preparing for this year’s Costume Institute benefit, celebrating a cerebral exhibition about the “dressed body.”
The department has 2,600 workers tasked to snow duty in 12-hour shifts. New Yorkers can track plowing progress on an app.
The F.B.I. said that the person, who was not killed, “allegedly fired at” a Border Patrol agent in Pittsburg, N.H., around 1 a.m. on Sunday.
The outages were mostly caused by problems with local power lines, and coastal Massachusetts was particularly hard hit.
The former official will appear with congressional Democrats, who also released documents indicating significant reductions in instructional hours for recruits.
A new docuseries has renewed criticism of the supermodel-turned-TV mogul. It’s just one cost of her barrier-breaking career.
Ian McGuire’s new novel, “White River Crossing,” tracks a party of 18th-century fortune seekers through the northern Canadian wilds.
Dr. Ralph Abraham, the agency’s principal deputy director, has called the Covid vaccines “dangerous.” Other skeptics have recently left federal health roles.
Trump is gambling dangerously with military power, says the Times Opinion columnist David French on “The Opinions.”
Mr. Reiner, 32, was charged with murdering his parents, the Hollywood director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, last year.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s comedy drama “One Battle After Another“ took home six awards at Britain’s equivalent to the Oscars on Sunday.
A racist slur, shouted involuntarily while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award, raised questions about how the show’s host and the BBC responded.
Test your knowledge of five books and their big-screen counterparts in this short quiz.
Senator Alex Padilla, a Democrat from California, offered a preview of his remarks, which he expects to focus on the economy, immigration and fair elections.
The E.U. isn’t throwing out the deal it agreed with the United States before President Trump’s tariffs were overruled, but European officials want more clarity first.
President Trump is already working to piece his tariff program back together, after a Supreme Court ruling ruptured a centerpiece of his economic agenda.
Violence broke out shortly after the killing of Mexico’s most wanted drug cartel boss Sunday. Tourists described the unease in Puerto Vallarta, a coastal resort destination.
El ministro de Defensa de Dinamarca señaló que Groenlandia no necesitaba asistencia médica, un día después de que el presidente de EE. UU. dijera que planeaba enviar un “gran barco hospital” a la isla.
Binance pledged to crack down on crime. But internal investigators at the world’s largest crypto exchange continued to find evidence of potential legal violations on the platform.
Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida, slammed the former special counsel, Jack Smith, for drafting the report even after she had dismissed the case.
Melissa Clark’s recipe for five-star skillet chicken thighs with brown butter corn looks solidly to warmer weather.
Horses, with their high-pitched whinnies, seemed to buck the trend of larger animals producing lower sounds, but a new study explains the mechanics behind the noises a horse makes.
It’s our greatest game and our truest mirror. And in its tiki-torch-festooned way, it’s captured our society as an ever-changing collection of tribes.
Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head.
A passenger in the car with Ruben Ray Martinez wrote that the men were trying to comply with authorities before Mr. Martinez was shot. The passenger, Joshua Orta, died in a car accident on Saturday.
Charles Kushner, President Trump’s envoy to Paris, was called in after the State Department cited “violent radical leftism” in the beating death of Quentin Deranque, 23.
Los países que, bajo la amenaza de los aranceles, asumieron enormes promesas de inversión con EE. UU., ahora se enfrentan al hecho de que tal vez hubiera sido mejor esperar.
The case could have significant bearing on a range of other lawsuits brought against the fossil fuel industry by cities and states across the country.
Living in urban China may have given the insects the traits they needed to thrive in the United States, a new study suggests.
After Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, the Prince and Princess of Wales made a pointed BAFTA appearance.
La muerte de Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes supuso un duro golpe para el Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, pero pocos creen que signifique el fin del poderoso grupo.
A Pritzker Prize statement cited the award’s independence after Mr. Pritzker, who directs the foundation behind the award, resigned as chairman of the Hyatt Corporation.
The ads by Public First Action, which started airing on Monday, are part of an escalating political war over artificial intelligence before the midterm elections.
The self-help influencer Jay Shetty on his values, his journey and criticism of his work.
Forecasters warned that two feet or more of snow would create dangerous or impossible travel, as well as power outages, from New Jersey to Massachusetts.
Businesses and U.S. trade partners are again grappling with the uncertainty of President Trump’s trade war, even as he imposes new levies.
Christopher J. Waller, a Federal Reserve governor, said he would support a pause in rate cuts in March if the labor market continued to show signs of stabilizing.
We’re looking at the potential for a U.S. attack on Iran.
Many important U.S. trading partners are facing higher duties after President Trump, reacting to a Supreme Court setback, set the rate on a new set of global tariffs at 15 percent.
Hungary said that it would block both the latest sanctions package on Russia and a financial aid package to Kyiv worth about $106 billion.
Subways, trains and buses are canceled or severely delayed from New Jersey to Massachusetts as the blizzard makes its way across the East Coast.
Plus, a shooting at Mar-a-Lago.
The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. What happens next?
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Alan Cumming forced fishy British snacks onto movie stars. Paddington Bear presented an award. And there was more swearing, and racial curses, than this awards show has ever heard.
Do you ever listen to music created by artificial intelligence? Do you think it is any good?
After the Mexican government said it had killed one of the country’s most violent criminal figures, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, armed groups set fires to buildings and vehicles across Mexico.
Poemas y canciones dicen que el amor debería sacudir nuestro mundo. La lógica de la adicción al amor sugiere que no.
An emergency room that’s a mirror.
After the Trump administration’s punishing tariffs were invalidated, the president said he would impose new tariffs using a different authority. It’s been a whirlwind.
The three brothers of Haley Winn, a defender for the U.S. squad, gained a spotlight for the colorful ways they cheered on their sister’s dream.
Trends on jobs, inflation and crime that began before Donald Trump retook office continued, largely unabated, in his first year back.
Recently, the military-style outerwear has taken on new meaning. Our critic traces shifting clothing connotations and offers advice on how to react.
An autonomous OpenClaw chatbot seeks revenge.
Our reporter Ann E. Marimow describes the rationale of the Supreme Court’s 6-to-3 ruling to strike down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
Putting millions of pages online is a sign of institutional failure.
The government in Tehran sees capitulating to Washington’s demands on uranium enrichment and ballistic missiles as riskier to its survival than going to war, analysts say.
At least 35 times since August, federal judges have ordered the administration to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases.
Why a company would want to roll out a product line that needs a pronunciation key.
A contemporary house in Los Angeles, a midcentury modern home in Palm Springs and beach house in Oxnard.
In national parks and at historic sites, the Trump administration has removed educational materials about slavery and other topics it deems inappropriate.
David Sundberg, who led the Washington Field Office, is joining a crowded Democratic primary for Steny H. Hoyer’s open House seat.
Amid rising tensions with Cuba, the Trump administration is backing lawsuits that would allow Americans to get compensation for property confiscated by Fidel Castro’s regime.
A woman left the city she loved to return to Chico, Calif., where dozens of cousins and extended family were waiting for her.
The need to push back against a core Democratic Party constituency.
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants will give out its awards this year in a country that has been accused of human rights violations.
YouTube Shorts and TikToks are often set to electronic dance music with rap roots that’s become the unconscious hum of vertical video while making its creators rich.
This whirlwind biographical documentary puts Barbara Jordan, the esteemed congresswoman and professor who died in 1996, front and center as a voice of moral authority.
The state where Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates made fortunes might have progressive social policies, but its resistance to an income tax is similar to conservative states. That might change.
A growing split between low-to-middle-income families and wealthy households is changing who has access to homeownership now.
The expected blizzard has shut down schools, libraries and courthouses, and led to restrictions on public transportation and the use of roads.
Need an idea for a family vacation? Here are five destinations that fit the bill, whether you’re looking for culture, adventure or a great beach.
Vladyslav Vlasiuk has spent the past four years pressing Western allies to squeeze the Russian economy through more sanctions. He hopes that 2026 will be the tipping point.
The last home Frank Lloyd Wright designed in Phoenix, Ray Kappe’s former residence in Los Angeles and a 1960s Donald Wexler in Palm Springs.
Artificial intelligence companies are urging teachers to prepare students for an “A.I.-driven future.” What that means varies from school to school.
Fashion’s latest ode to the genre includes pinstripes, double-breasted suits and sharp shoes.
Pizzoccheri, a hearty buckwheat pasta, graced restaurant menus and the athletes’ cafeterias. A chef hopes it can put a spotlight on the valley where it comes from.
Pickle, a new peer-to-peer apparel-rental app, helps users stay on trend without having to go into debt or rely on climate-unfriendly fast fashion.
Kansai International Airport, which is located near Osaka, Japan, hasn’t lost a single piece of luggage since it opened in 1994. River Akira Davis, our Tokyo correspondent, visited the airport to understand how Japanese culture has influenced its success.
Lasagna, mac and cheese, ziti: Make them even more delicious with these small hacks.
We will probably never get good data to answer the question of which exercise routine is best.
In Northern California, the tradition of winter crab feeds, which started after the Gold Rush, endures in crustaceans feasts attended by thousands.
A shooting in Washington, D.C., threw their immigration status into jeopardy — and brought attention to a long-hidden dimension of America’s war.
Teachers say they want to equip high school students to drive artificial intelligence, rather than be mere passengers steered by chatbots.
Tabitha Jackson sees an opportunity to develop the next generation of cinephiles at the Greenwich Village art-house cinema.
The ripple effects of cutting H.I.V. research funding.
His “Baile Inolvidable” has sparked a surge of interest in salsa dancing and brought in a younger generation. “It’s been positively contagious,” a teacher said.
President Trump says that he has brought down inflation, but families are still struggling to pay bills and plan for the future.
We feel compassion for his parents — but often not for Nick Reiner himself. His suffering, too, must have been terrible; it must be terrible right now.
For some people, the medications have transformed their relationship with physical activity.
There’s mounting evidence that extreme weather is making some everyday stuff more expensive. But how that plays out for you depends several factors.
The death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes dealt a major blow to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, but few believe it spells the end for the powerful group.
Plus, your M.L.B. spring training preview.
The storm is moving across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Parts of New England and the New York City region could receive up to 18 inches.
A professor at Hunter College has built one of the largest special collections of contraband Russian literature in the world.
Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
The protests are a sign of the Philippine ex-leader’s ongoing influence, even as he faces a possible trial for the deaths of thousands during his war on drugs.
Los buenos productos agrícolas son un regalo. Manténlos frescos el mayor tiempo posible con estos consejos.
The medical comedy is back for another run, and the 50th season of “Survivor” is set to begin.
Russian hopes for respect have been dashed.