Plus, there’s a big catch for that stunning ocean view.
As the conflict with Iran intensifies, President Trump’s options — to fight on or move toward pulling back — both carry deeply problematic consequences.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, March 20, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, March 20, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, March 20, 2026.
El gobierno argentino se está sumando a una tendencia mundial de restricciones a la inmigración, y está usando mensajes agresivos, similares a los del gobierno de Donald Trump.
He wrote a book on anti-white bias. The White House noticed.
It should never have come to this.
Tras salir de la cárcel en 2009, el abusador sexual contrató a varias personas para que pulieran su imagen en Google, Wikipedia y muchos otros rincones en la red.
Be careful what you wish for.
Looking for an easier commute and a stronger connection to the city, a Connecticut family searched for a pied-à-terre on the West Side for less than $600,000.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi got her start in politics as an intern for a trailblazing Colorado lawmaker. She returns to Washington this week to meet with President Trump.
Match Week videos, in which early-career doctors film themselves receiving their residency assignments, scratch a very real parasocial itch.
President Trump has encouraged states to pursue the death penalty. The New York Times editorial board argues it is a cruel and unjust punishment. What do you think?
Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas have passed laws requiring the posters in public schools. Several other states are considering similar measures.
The U.S. cannot both end the war immediately and claim victory. It is one or the other.
The billionaire Elon Musk is furiously pushing on social media for Senator John Thune, the majority leader, to pass the SAVE America Act. But so far, he hasn’t publicly spent money to promote the bill.
The open-world fantasy Crimson Desert looks like the latest example of South Korea’s evolution into a gaming powerhouse.
Audiences packed the house for a new production of “Tristan und Isolde.” They also came prepared, with (at least) five different forms of coffee.
New York parents can’t always afford to live in neighborhoods with good public schools, and other options are more expensive than ever.
Chatbots may give a helpful boost in confidence to anxious restaurant diners, but are they offering better wine advice?
A rate cut in the next few months could signal major problems in the economy.
The exterior of the brownstone where the famous poet lived the last 20 years of his life had deteriorated. Now the National Trust is undertaking a meticulous restoration.
Two years ago, an older driver killed a couple, their toddler and their baby as her vehicle sped through San Francisco. A judge has indicated that he intends to let her avoid prison, home detention and community service.
In China’s second-largest city, historic architecture finds new life as galleries and dining destinations.
The attacks are shameful and full of lies.
The group discusses the labor market, work and how A.I. and hustle culture are influencing their lives.
The rapper known for his quirky turns of phrase and malapropisms is trying his hand at a memoir.
Ride-hailing, dining and navigation apps you rely on at home may not be the best options in many countries. Here are local alternatives to download before you go.
This week’s properties are in Chelsea, Battery Park City and Kew Gardens.
This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Eastchester, N.Y., and a three-bedroom in Linden, N.J.
Set in the Soviet Union in 1937, this investigative drama follows one man’s mission for justice within a corrupt system.
After her car is stolen and then impounded, Amanda (Rose Byrne), fights the system to get it back.
The actor plays a molecular biologist trying to help save the world in this upbeat science-fiction fantasy from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
Hannah Berryman’s engrossing documentary on Eileen Collins, the first female space shuttle pilot and commander, focuses on managing pride and fear.
The Palestinian writer-director Annemarie Jacir focuses on the 1936 farmer rebellion against the British, with the future of the land at stake.
Cillian Murphy rides to the rescue of family and homeland in this affectionate capper to the popular television series.
Sofia Coppola profiles the fashion designer Marc Jacobs, but the documentary strains to arrive at even the most basic revelations.
Set in the cancer ward of a Swiss hospital, this antsy workplace thriller follows one nurse’s balancing act over the course of a shift.
A scorching satire about humanity and the absence of it by Radu Jude, the director of “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World.”
Prosecutors have struggled to prove in court what the president and his aides have repeatedly said in public: that a network of leftist activists presents a serious threat to national security.
A lonely gravedigger tries to Frankenstein love in Grace Glowicki’s macabre queer romance.
A few editors from the New York Times’s Book Review give their recommendations for what new releases you should be reading this spring.
The co-founder of the United Farm Workers talked about her relationship with Cesar Chavez, and the night he raped her.
He was about to leave for college when I realized: I had never taken him on a real vacation.
A descendant of one of the island’s oldest families safeguards the history of her 18th-century home — which includes a sprawling feat of decoupage.
Silicon Valley’s young coders are getting creative with this new technology. They also worry they’re not spending enough time with it.
President Trump said Israel was responsible for the attack, but vowed to “massively” destroy the gas field if Tehran hit Qatar’s energy facilities in retaliation.
A new study ranks the smaller U.S. metros where job opportunities abound and a higher quality of life awaits.
The overhaul of this seven-story home provided a husband-and-wife design duo with plenty of space to express their old-meets-new aesthetic.
The ravages of time have only increased the appeal of one family’s art-filled manor in the English countryside.
A film producer invited artists and friends to design his house with him, each adding ideas of their own.
Ida Ekblad has transformed a Brutalist villa into an experimental space for herself, and for others.
For some, the beauty of a space comes from allowing a space to go ungroomed.
Whether working at hospitals or walking the Met Gala red carpet, people with manicures by Yulenny Garcia, a nail technician in the Bronx, turn heads.
Told that Nazar Daletskyi had died, his Ukrainian family buried what they thought were his remains. He turned up three years later in a prisoner-of-war exchange.
With the K-pop group releasing its comeback album, “Arirang,” on Friday, look back at how one of pop’s original kings handled his time out of the spotlight.
Across both of his terms, President Trump has granted clemency to more than 70 allies, donors and others convicted in fraud cases.
Vintage photo strips are becoming a new way couples share their engagements, offering a spontaneous, low-cost alternative to formal shoots.
New A.I. bots can do more than just chat. They can edit files, send emails, book trips and cause trouble.
The best-selling author Kiersten White recommends novels about everyone’s favorite undead bloodsuckers, by Anne Rice, Silvia Moreno Garcia and more.
Grace must once again survive the night, this time with her sister, in a gory, unhinged sequel that harbors a bleaker heart than the original.
Several of the Earth’s systems are changing faster than predicted as global temperatures rise, scientists say.
The tests could help to improve dementia care, but scientists say there are still some caveats and unknowns.
Argentina has often stood out for its openness to immigration. Under President Javier Milei, it has started to crack down.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist returned to the trumpet, for a new record featuring Nick Cave, Thom Yorke and a core cast of contemporary jazz luminaries.
“I have written six books and counting just because I was very annoyed at how a character was written in a video game,” she says. Her “disgusting” new novel is “Wolf Worm.”
Japan is deploying subsidies to blunt fuel price increases but remains vulnerable to the long-term economic risks of the war in the Middle East.
Cuba is facing a historic electricity crisis. Blackouts have gotten worse, and on some days the entire island is plunged into near total darkness.
Antes de que la boy band regrese el viernes con ‘Arirang’, escucha los álbumes clave y los lanzamientos en solitario de sus siete miembros.
What do you think this image is communicating?
The aides want the New York City Council to to pass a law that would limit their shifts to 12 hours, except in the case of emergencies.
The social media habits of Peter Chatzky, a tech executive who is running to unseat Representative Mike Lawler in New York, show a penchant for crude jokes.
European leaders are pushing Prime Minister Viktor Orban to stop blocking a €90 billion loan to Ukraine. But the issue is a rallying cry in remarkably close elections in Hungary set for April 12.
Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
Esta palabra ha aparecido en 66 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
This word has appeared in 66 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Tras su increíble viaje a través del Atlántico, el peludo ahora está en cuarentena mientras disfruta de un menú de manzanas, camote y ratones en espera de un hogar permanente.
A failure by Israel to engage with the Lebanese government in the fight against Hezbollah will undermine its own interests.
Autoridades climáticas de EE. UU. advierten que hay una gran probabilidad de que el fenómeno, conocido por potenciar el calor global, llegue en agosto.
Seven law enforcement officers had accused the rapper, whose name is Joseph E. Foreman, of causing them “humiliation” by using images from their 2022 raid on his Ohio home in two music videos.
Attacks on major energy facilities in Iran and Qatar injected new uncertainty into the outlook for oil and gas prices.
Pese a ser el hijo del líder previo, la llegada de Jameneí al poder estuvo plagada de luchas intestinas que enfrentaron a lo más conservador del sistema político iraní contra voces más moderadas.
Inflation and its consequences for growth is a growing concern for countries where memories of the 2022 energy crisis are fresh.
The Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, is shunned in federal politics but is a regional force. This fall, it could win broader power for the first time.
In India, China and several other nations, Novo Nordisk is on the verge of losing patent protection for its blockbuster weight loss drug, opening the door for cheaper competing versions.
Corrections that appeared in print on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
Quotation of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2026.
Mr. Duggar, a former star of the TLC reality show, was arrested in Arkansas and was awaiting extradition to Florida, where the authorities said he molested a 9-year-old girl in 2020.
Mr. Kent is under investigation for a possible intelligence leak, according to people familiar with the situation. The inquiry is said to predate his resignation this week as the top U.S. counterterrorism official.
The appointment raised concerns that the Trump administration would try to erode the news group’s independence after picking a deputy who had been at conservative news channels for around 20 years.
Cesar Chavez’s labor union, United Farm Workers, could still face lawsuits for his sex abuse of girls and women, experts say.
Center your mind to solve John Kugelman’s layered crossword.
The family of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos, who became a symbol of Trump’s immigration crackdown, is appealing their accelerated removal.
Under the rules of the oversight committee, Attorney General Pam Bondi received a subpoena requiring her to appear. The panel’s Republican chairman said he sent the summons reluctantly.
The nominee for homeland security secretary suggested that he had observed war firsthand but declined to provide details, which he said were “classified.”
Several others were injured in the strike, which hit a caravan being used as a hair salon in the town of Beit Awwa, according to Palestinian officials.
Kilmer’s estate collaborated with the filmmakers to make a digital likeness of the actor, who died of cancer last year.
A day of strikes on energy facilities and testimony in Washington to members of Congress.
For the second time since the war began, Senate Democrats tried and failed to win passage of a resolution that would have halted the offensive until President Trump went to Congress for approval.
President Trump’s Homeland Security nominee, Senator Markwayne Mullin, Republican of Oklahoma, struck a softer tone at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, reflecting the administration’s efforts to project a more moderate tone toward immigration enforcement.
Some died in Iran, others on a sea far from home. They were honored together Wednesday at a procession in Tehran.
Residents in Tehran and elsewhere say the attacks come at all hours and rock the ground.
“I’ve seen the repercussions when you speak out against a man in power, and you are blamed for the repercussions,” a Los Angeles City Council member said.
A judge ruled in December that the agency could not cancel a program that had helped states invest billions of dollars in disaster readiness.
Officials in Monrovia, Calif., had lobbied state wildlife officers to relocate the bear and her two cubs to the Angeles National Forest instead.
The teacher, Joseph Taylor McKeel, was arrested Wednesday morning as he was on his way to work.
Latino politicians describe having been awed by Mr. Chavez’s work on behalf of farm workers. They are now devastated by the sexual abuse allegations against him.
A closed-door White House event included news about the National Garden of American Heroes and an emphasis on the role of religion in the founding.
Wednesday was the hottest March day ever in many cities across California, Nevada and Arizona. Phoenix recorded its earliest 100-degree day.
In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun.
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was left to square the president’s comments about an imminent nuclear threat from Iran with a letter from one of her trusted aides.
A restrictive voter I.D. bill under consideration in the Senate could severely limit mail-in voting. Conservatives are pressing to end the practice outright, taking aim at an option that is widely used by voters.
Compassion has its limits when it comes to your own cousin.
La isla de Montserrat concibe la festividad tanto como una celebración nacional como un hito más sombrío: la conmemoración de una rebelión de esclavos fallida.
The Morrill fire, the largest wildfire in state history, was 16 percent contained on Wednesday. The blaze was blamed for the death of an 86-year-old woman, the governor said.
The South Pars gas field, hit by airstrikes on Wednesday, is central to the energy supply of Iran, which was already suffering blackouts before the war.
The painter and sculptor discusses neighborhood murals, nonlinear storytelling and her commission for the New Museum, a 13-foot-tall rendering of a couple mid-embrace.
The suspects are accused of gathering information last summer on targets linked to the city’s Jewish community.
An environmental engineer, he invented a biological method to remove nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater, an advance that transformed the industry worldwide.
Also, oil prices jump after airstrikes hit a crucial energy site. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is creating a Mayor’s Office of Community Safety, a pared-down version of a major campaign pledge with a smaller budget than promised.
The way fashion designers take a bow can reveal how confident they feel after the show. Here are some of the farewells from this season.
Schools have moved quickly to distance themselves from the labor leader after abuse allegations emerged. Still, many have careful procedures for weighing renamings and other changes.
Across the state, California is experiencing abnormally high temperatures because of a heat wave. Heat advisories and extreme heat warnings are in effect from Napa to San Diego.
U.S.-Israeli attacks helped ultraconservatives cement power. That could make ending the war tougher.
The man said his attackers stripped him naked, beat him and zip-tied his genitalia, an account corroborated by family members and a rights activist who were also beaten.
“I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences,” she wrote.
The attacks could worsen the severe electricity shortages that Iranians already face.
Declaring victory and ending the war might not be so easy.
James Johnson, a correction officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center, first abused a male inmate inside a chaplain’s office, prosecutors said.
Jerome H. Powell, who leads the central bank, also said he would not leave the Fed until a criminal investigation into his handling of renovations was over.
El venerado líder sindical que luchó por los derechos de los trabajadores agrícolas ha sido acusado por mujeres del movimiento de años de agresiones sexuales, en algunos casos contra menores.
A man is accused of handing tellers notes, demanding money at six Chase branches in five days. In three of the attempts, he left empty-handed.
As the war has stretched into its third week, the Iranian government has blocked internet access for most of its 92 million citizens.
To mark the opening of her first solo museum show, the artist Jennie Jieun Lee invited friends over for an afternoon of community and crafts.
Our national security reporter David E. Sanger describes how President Trump is considering a risky commando operation at an Iranian nuclear site.
A chance encounter in Brooklyn led to a decades-long project following the boys’ lives, from childhood to national prominence as critics of President Trump.
Our critic Jon Caramanica on how Nettspend and NBA YoungBoy’s recent collaboration is emblematic of hip-hop’s rapid evolution.
Peony tulips, transcendent eye contact and a new game from the creator of Wordle.
The child care giant will also surrender permits for a Manhattan branch where workers were charged with abusing toddlers.
The reality star who rose to fame on “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is being investigated for domestic violence along with the father of one of her children.
In Michigan, Vice President JD Vance said that “when the president of the United States makes a decision, it’s your job to help make that decision as effective and successful as possible.”
An Israeli airstrike killed Iran’s intelligence minister, continuing its targeting of high-ranking officials. In retaliation for the killings of two other top officials the day before, Iran launched missile attacks that killed two people outside Tel Aviv.
The Democratic Party is pulling in a populist direction. But not all populisms are equal.
Montserrat treats the holiday as both a national celebration and a more somber milestone: a commemoration of a failed slave rebellion.
The president’s nominee, Markwayne Mullin, said he would avoid “micromanaging” FEMA.
The outbreak has sickened people in California, Texas and Florida. The agency said Cheddar cheese products from Raw Farm are “the likely source,” but the company denies it and has not recalled them.
Farmworkers in Texas took cues from strikes Chavez helped lead in California to demand better pay and more rights.
Las autoridades israelíes han anunciado que han matado al líder de facto de Irán y a los comandantes de una milicia conocida por reprimir las protestas. Los analistas advierten sobre las posibles repercusiones.
On Wednesday, the director of national intelligence and C.I.A. director contradicted one of the justifications the Trump administration had given for its attacks on Iran.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
A Brussels court ruled that Étienne Davignon must stand trial for the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
See the likely path and wind arrival times for Narelle
Fergus Campbell, Lola Lafia and a merry band of Zoomers dazzled at their first film festival with an affecting debut about friendship, time travel and queer identity.
He made no effort to campaign but won the South Carolina Democratic primary in 2010, becoming the state’s first Black major-party nominee for Senate.
Near the center of Beirut, one image captures the aftermath of an Israeli strike.
The case indicates that more than two weeks into the war, Iran continues its prosecution of foreigners. Sweden said its citizen did not get a fair trial.
Una investigación de The New York Times ha hallado numerosas pruebas de que el cofundador de la Unión de Campesinos engañó y abusó sexualmente de niñas cercanas al movimiento.
Plus, the rise of “autobesity.”
At least 20 young adults are believed to be infected, and two have died, in an outbreak of meningococcal disease in the county of Kent, in southeast England.
At least 143 people were killed in a Pakistani airstrike that hit a drug rehabilitation facility in Kabul on Monday, according to a top U.N. official.
Lawyers asked a federal judge to move his trial to 2027, to give them time to prepare for a separate state case. Prosecutors are expected to oppose the request.
A letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York from scientists about the the climate law.
Readers criticize President Trump’s proposed ballroom addition to the White House. Also: Trust the pediatrician; troops, not “boots on the ground.”
Kent’s resignation letter is partly rooted in truth, even if it taps into old antisemitic tropes about occult Jewish control.
The senator sounded a warmer and fuzzier tone at his D.H.S. confirmation hearing than President Trump often has, the latest sign that the administration wants to project a more moderated approach.
A New York Times investigation revealing decades of sexual abuse prompted calls for change even before it was published on Wednesday.
The notice suspends the practice of allowing helicopter pilots to rely on visual separation to avoid striking other aircraft, as happened during last year’s deadly midair collision in Washington.
Ms. Stratton, a Democrat whose viral campaign ad featured voters’ profane views of Mr. Trump, said her campaign’s aggressive messaging was resonating.
California was the first to designate the activist’s birthday as a state holiday. It is enshrined in state law.
JB Pritzker’s father died from a heart attack when he was 7, and he lost his mother to alcoholism when he was 17. The Illinois governor spoke about those tragedies and how they shaped his life on “The Interview.”
Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership as Prime Minister of Israel is “not carrying out what I think are the fundamental values of people who live in Israel,” JB Pritzker, the Democratic governor of Illinois, said on “The Interview.”
The labor leader said Wednesday that she had felt constrained to keep secret her abuse by Cesar Chavez — and the two children that she bore as a result.
Kyiv accuses Alexander Butyagin, a prominent antiquities scholar, of destroying cultural heritage during his excavations in Russia-occupied Crimea. The Kremlin has condemned his arrest.
An attack forced its crew to abandon ship in early March. No country has intervened, despite fears of environmental disaster.
The field is part of a vast gas reservoir shared by Iran and Qatar. The strike appeared to be one of the most significant attacks on an energy site since the U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran began.
The arrest of Dylan Lopez Contreras last year was the first reported case of a public school student in the city being taken by federal immigration agents since President Trump returned to office.
Iran’s military retaliation, along with the political defiance of its new leaders, evokes a decades-old pattern of unrealized goals for American interventions in the region.
I am troubled that this man, a public-school teacher, has been avoiding something I consider to be a civic duty.
Neighbors told Israeli news media that their apartment building was hit soon after a siren sounded.
Tech companies have been reluctant to directly confront Trump administration officials over their contract feud with the A.I. start-up.
Senator Rand Paul was assaulted in 2017. Markwayne Mullin acknowledged that he once said he understood the reason for the attack, but did not apologize.
Seeking power for data centers, Meta and other companies plan to use equipment that is expensive and polluting.
At 61, divorced and living with Stage 4 lung cancer, a writer embraces her situationship.
The tech giant has been rebuilding its relationship with the Defense Department and is poised to benefit as it sidesteps competitors’ controversies.
The organization that sprang from the grape fields found a home in the halls of power, in Sacramento and beyond.
La suboficial jefa Shannon Kent murió en combate durante una misión de operaciones especiales en Siria en 2019.
There are many streets and boulevards, schools and statues dedicated to the civil rights activist.
Born into poverty in Arizona, his family was drawn to California’s fields. There, he became a civil rights icon for Mexican Americans.
A leader of the movement to secure rights for migrant farmworkers, she is a close friend of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.
A new study found that women who went through so-called premature menopause had 40 percent more fatal and nonfatal heart attacks over the course of their lives.
It’s one of a collection of recipes Yewande Komolafe has assembled for warm gatherings.
“Paradiso 17,” by Hannah Lillith Assadi, considers the toll of displacement through the tale of a Palestinian émigré.
The Jones Act dictates that only U.S.-made ships can move cargo between U.S. ports. They charge customers more for shipping than foreign vessels.
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it had killed Esmaeil Khatib in an airstrike. Iran confirmed the killing.
An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement.
The revered union leader who campaigned for farm workers’ rights has been accused by women in the movement of years of sexual assault, some involving girls.
El presidente estadounidense inició una guerra sin un plan para terminarla y con consecuencias cada vez mayores para la economía global.
Here’s a rundown of the best comeback, proudest governor and most expensive water at a candidate’s watch party.
Una investigación de Reuters, que afirma haber identificado al artista urbano, se basa en un informe policial de su detención en Nueva York hace dos décadas.
Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
When previous commitments keep you from catching your team on television, keep up with it using free apps that quietly deliver scores and more to your phone.
A new documentary shows that social media misogyny is just a new way to sell old garbage.
Stung by a family member’s laggardly response times, a reader considers confronting the issue head-on: “Do you make all your friends wait like this?”
The days of the quarterly earnings report could be numbered as the Securities and Exchange Commission is said to weigh a rule change. What it could mean for investors is likely to stir debate.
Israel carried out several strikes on central parts of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on Wednesday. The attacks raised fears that areas once considered off limits were no longer safe.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 11 countries in the region have asked for Kyiv’s assistance. Russia has launched such drones against Ukraine for years.
El escándalo de Grok Imagine revela algo sobre el sueño de manipular fotos.
We examine the SAVE America Act.
The Israeli military widened its attacks to the districts in the center of the Lebanese capital, destroying buildings, forcing residents to flee and killing at least 10.