James McCarron and Rachel Souza open our solving weekend.
Family ties bind the characters together in this week’s episode, in ways both beautiful and suffocating.
After surging about 10 percent on Thursday, oil prices had little reaction to the decision by President Trump to waive sanctions on the sale of some Russian crude.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was “unfortunate” that the move could benefit Russia, but maintained that it was only for the short term.
El gobierno de Trump ha estado intentando asfixiar al gobierno cubano mediante un bloqueo petrolero. La liberación de prisioneros parece ser un esfuerzo por apaciguar a Washington.
Lawyers for a woman who has sued Mr. Cosby, accusing him of sexual assault, called Ms. Constand as a witness in the case, which is now being tried in California.
Anna Ziegler’s feminist take on Sophocles tries to tie in reproductive politics, but the play keeps trampling over its own ideas.
A television journalist for four decades with 30 Emmy Awards, Mr. Anastos especially enjoyed delivering good news.
The Trump administration has been trying to choke the Cuban government through an oil blockade. The prisoner release appears to be an effort to appease Washington.
A driver rammed a vehicle into a synagogue outside Detroit on Thursday. Authorities are investigating the attacker’s motive.
La llegada al poder del nuevo presidente es el hito más reciente en una tendencia más amplia de conservadurismo y alineamiento con Trump en Latinoamérica.
The authorities are investigating the shooting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., as an act of terrorism.
Iran’s new supreme leader delivered a forceful message in his first public statement since succeeding his slain father, as the Israeli military bombarded Tehran and the Lebanese capital with strikes.
The attacker who drove into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, a 41-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, is dead. No one else was killed.
The crash was not because of hostile fire or friendly fire, U.S. Central Command said.
India relies on huge quantities of cooking gas that is normally shipped from the Persian Gulf.
The tech giant pushed back the timeline after spending billions to be on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence.
The threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are complicating President Trump’s calculations about how and when to end the war.
A funeral was held in a village in southern Lebanon for a priest killed by Israeli tank fire. Israel has intensified its campaign against Hezbollah with expansive evacuation orders and air strikes across the country.
Thomas G. Thompson was held in contempt for 10 years for repeatedly denying he knew the whereabouts of 500 missing gold coins.
Despite ethical concerns about using battlefield videos to train artificial intelligence, Ukraine’s defense ministry said it needs to improve A.I. targeting to compete with Russia.
The proposed law, which would not take effect before this year’s midterm elections, was modeled in part on President Trump’s top legislative priority in Congress.
As a historian and diplomat, he gave intellectual shape to his people and made sure that they played a role in negotiating their future.
Also, a Michigan synagogue was attacked. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
By suing Republican states and making sharp reversals in old cases, the Trump administration is using courts to fast-track major shifts in policy.
Although he wasn’t blind, he sang in three different gospel groups known as the Blind Boys before making a splash on the R&B and pop charts.
The attack on Temple Israel is just the most recent in a string of attacks. They have taken place in the United States and around the world.
After postponing launch opportunities in February and March, the agency determined that four astronauts could proceed toward the first crewed lunar journey in more than 50 years.
The head of the General Services Administration said a proposal to transfer control of courthouse buildings to the judiciary was a bad idea.
T’s fashion editors share their takeaways from the fall runways, which featured stripped-back garments — but also shoes that channeled lily pads.
A fifth of the world’s oil passes through the strait, making it a critical choke point in global commerce.
With attacks and threats, Tehran is using the world’s most important transit point for oil and gas as leverage against its enemies.
Days after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Michael Moore used his moment in the spotlight to rail against the war. Here’s what he and others onstage remember.
Washington, D.C., was warm and sunny on Wednesday. By Thursday, snow was falling.
Mojtaba Jameneí adoptó un tono desafiante y dejó claro que Irán no retrocederá en una guerra que ya se ha extendido por todo Medio Oriente.
Se trata de la más reciente estatua satírica creada por Secret Handshake, un grupo de artistas anónimos.
The temple is one of the largest Reform institutions in America, with thousands of families and an early education center.
With spring and summer travel season beginning amid a war in the Middle East, a partial government shutdown and more, we’d like to hear how your travel plans are changing.
The Academy Awards ceremony is on Sunday. Here’s what to know.
Oil prices surged on Thursday after ships came under attack in the Persian Gulf, and Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge for U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.
The attack struck a residential area of Goma, killing an employee of the U.N.’s children’s agency and two others amid a sharp rise in drone warfare.
Students react to an article about how more young athletes are working with private coaches to level up.
Now it’s your turn to predict which nominees will win.
The fight over ICE actions is a symptom of a much larger, more fundamental debate happening in America, MS NOW’s Chris Hayes argues on “Interesting Times.”
Gavin Newsom is more like Hillary Clinton than Barack Obama, and that’s bad news for any presidential aspirations Newsom may have, MS NOW’s Chris Hayes argues on “Interesting Times.”
The Trump administration is expected to begin a trade investigation into whether dozens of countries have policies to combat forced labor.
For the second time in about six months, a driver rammed a vehicle into a house of worship in Michigan. Four people died as a result of last September’s attack in Grand Blanc Township.
More than a dozen oil tankers, cargo and other commercial ships have been attacked in the Persian Gulf since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began nearly two weeks ago.
Three Irish bars for the 21st century reveler just in time for St. Patrick’s Day.
The number of assaults and threats against Jews has increased in recent years, with anxiety growing further since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
The Israeli military launched a new wave of strikes on central Beirut on Thursday, saying it was targeting infrastructure belonging to the militant group Hezbollah. The bombardment crystallized fears that the war was expanding beyond the southern outskirts of Lebanon’s capital.
El presidente Donald Trump está moderando las ambiciones políticas de María Corina Machado, nobel de la paz, mientras estrecha los lazos con los enemigos de la dirigente en Venezuela.
A look at the war in Iran’s effects on global energy markets, two activists whose Sierra Club memberships were revoked, and more climate and environmental news.
After a prisoner arrived at a hospital with broken ribs and a torn rectum, Israelis were once again at odds over the issue of mistreatment and impunity.
Death Valley, the hottest and driest place in North America, is experiencing a rare wildflower bloom after receiving a record amount of rain in the fall.
The damages would be paid by a Virginia contractor that supplied interrogators to the U.S. military after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
How much does it cost to save a life?
Two Black female candidates may split Democratic primary voters in Illinois, and anger is growing at well-funded efforts to widen the divide.
The Federal Reserve and other financial regulators will soon release proposals to loosen some planned rules on how much capital banks must hold in reserve to mitigate risks.
The fight over restrictions on immigration agents has prolonged the funding lapse for T.S.A., Coast Guard and more into a second month, as airports experience screening delays.
Before he retired, Maj. Gen. William N. McCasland oversaw a research laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.
As a Villanova student, he captured the 1,500-meter event in the 1956 Games in Melbourne. No Irish athlete since then has won another Olympic gold medal in track and field.
The Trump administration is putting the weight of the federal government behind his false claims about the 2020 election in order to investigate key swing states ahead of the midterms. Nick Corasaniti, a New York Times reporter focusing on elections, homes in on the states that have become the prime targets and why.
To help us report an upcoming article, we want to hear about your cherished, prized or strange storage unit stories.
Casi un año después de que Ruben Ray Martinez fue abatido por un agente del ICE, el Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Texas liberó videos, testimonios e informes policiales de la escena.
Readers react to the news that a U.S. missile likely killed 175 Iranians. Also: Kennedy pushes nutrition advice on medical schools; city life for retirees.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The billionaire is said to be willing to spend up to $5 million to help Assemblyman Micah Lasher in his bid to replace Representative Jerrold Nadler, bypassing a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg.
The case is mostly moot, a federal judge said, because the administration has resumed the flow of more than $200 million in funding that it had temporarily stopped.
President Trump is tempering the political ambitions of María Corina Machado, a Nobel laureate, as he deepens ties with her foes in Venezuela.
The best pastas have a hole in them, allowing them to catch vegan caramelized cabbage, creamy beans or cauliflower Alfredo sauce.
There were reports of an active shooter at a synagogue outside Detroit on Thursday, the authorities said.
She established a network of safe houses for abused women and was an outspoken critic of her country’s repressive institutions, despite the constant threat of violence.
The globally acclaimed restaurant had the power and influence to remake restaurant culture. Instead, it perpetuated the darkest parts of that world.
You’re in luck: The early 2000s girl group announced a new single and a reunion tour on Thursday.
The inauguration of Chile’s new president, José Antonio Kast, is the latest milestone in a broader shift toward conservatism and pro-Trump alignment in the region.
El conflicto obliga a los productores a recortar la producción y cerrar puertos, mientras Irán intensifica los ataques contra las infraestructuras energéticas.
Ahead of the Oscars on Sunday, Food and Film writers and editors recount the moments that filled them most.
Rebuffing pressure from President Trump, a legal office says the prime minister should be pardoned only if he resigns, confesses or is convicted.
Residents of Southaven, Miss., have complained about noise and cited concerns about possible pollution from gas turbines that will help xAI train its chatbot.
The chef René Redzepi stepped down from Noma on Wednesday after running the restaurant for 23 years. Dozens of former employees told The New York Times that Mr. Redzepi engaged in physical and psychological abuse at his restaurant.
Visitors are flocking to see a bonanza of wildflowers that has transformed this barren desert.
Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine and chaotic U.S. policymaking are facing potentially lasting economic damage.
At Paris Fashion Week, niche celebrities and looksmaxxing were all over the runway.
In this period drama, a vagrant samurai slays with a sword and his mastery of the game Go.
Many young people want to farm. They just can’t afford it.
The lopsided vote to approve the measure was a rare bit of election-year bipartisanship on a major affordability issue, but G.O.P. disputes and President Trump’s disinterest have left its fate uncertain.
Plus: black sesame pastries, a Roy Lichtenstein exhibition in New York and more recommendations from T Magazine.
The shooter opened fire in Constant Hall, a building on the campus in Norfolk, Va. It was not clear what led to the shooting.
Under his watch as president, the team brought on key players like Brett Favre, modernized Lambeau Field and once again became a Super Bowl threat.
After President Trump urged states to recommit themselves to capital punishment, Florida started to put prisoners to death at rates not seen in the state’s modern history.
Mortgage rates fell below the critical 6 percent threshold just a couple weeks ago. But they’re climbing again as new inflation concerns have roiled financial markets.
Mojtaba Khamenei struck a defiant tone and signaled that Iran would not back down in a war that has spread across the Middle East.
El influyente presentador de pódcast describió el conflicto como un fuerte cambio de las promesas de campaña del presidente de EE. UU.
At least 149 people died in the 2024 terror attack outside the Russian capital, for which the Islamic State claimed responsibility.
Middle-class Americans are surviving, but not thriving. We want to know why.
With airstrikes expanding beyond the limits of Beirut’s southern suburbs, people in the city say that even the once-safest corners may no longer be off-limits.
A lawsuit argues that the state’s regulations would illegally force a rapid transition to electric vehicles.
Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has already been decided.
The president called Mr. Paul, a boxer and provocative influencer, a “great guy” and predicted that he would run for an elected position.
A series of private exchanges in the messaging system Slack were revealed as exhibits in the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against the concert giant.
On my plate, at least, with this easy and energizing shrimp and avocado salad with sizzled peanut dressing.
Continued Iranian attacks on oil infrastructure sent oil prices briefly surging above $100 a barrel again on Thursday, despite world leaders pledging to release a record amount of emergency oil reserves the day before.
A hacking group seemed to claim responsibility for the attack on a U.S. manufacturer, calling it retaliation for a strike on an Iranian school.
Michael Heizer, renowned for monumental earthworks like “City,” offers a domesticated, rattlesnake-proof art for Manhattan’s Gagosian.
Nearly 75 percent of farmers surveyed before the war said the crop sector was in a recession. They face bigger hurdles this planting season.
The Democratic power broker had kept his plans under wraps but signaled he wanted to be around to see the first Black speaker elected, a milestone the party is well positioned to reach next year.
The experience of the private Blue Ghost mission in lunar orbit a year ago highlights a growing number of “red alert” incidents above Earth’s neighbor.
El chef se marcha tras 23 años dirigiendo el restaurante de Copenhague, considerado uno de los más innovadores e importantes del mundo.
Henry Darger, a recluse who left behind thousands of wild illustrations upon his death, is the subject of fascination in this one-man show.
Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader whose sibling moved away and then canceled a family trip.
The war in the Middle East has sent oil and gas prices soaring. Our energy reporter Rebecca F. Elliott breaks down how much the world continues to depend on reliable sources of oil.
El arquitecto, que llamó la atención internacional en 2014 con la estructura que creó para el jardín delantero de la galería Serpentine de Londres, ha trabajado principalmente en proyectos en su país natal, Chile.
The climate pattern known for intense heat, floods and drought is likely to develop this summer, raising questions about disaster preparedness.
The actress will make her Broadway debut in a role that, she said, “feels like a badge of honor.”
Following rivals like Amazon and OpenAI, Microsoft is upgrading its artificially intelligent assistant to track your health. There are benefits and risks to consider.
The naming of Smiljan Radic as the next Pritzker laureate was delayed by the disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein’s friendship with Tom Pritzker, who has now distanced himself from the prize.
Conflict is forcing producers to slash production and close ports as Iran steps up attacks on energy infrastructure.
The data showed imports dipped and exports rose in the month before the Supreme Court struck down most of the president’s tariffs.
The installation is the latest in a series of satirical statues created by an anonymous group of artists called the Secret Handshake.
Investors have worried about who would get hit if there’s a private credit bust. Many on Wall Street think the pain goes further than the lenders.
The Iranian Navy sought refuge in Sri Lanka and India. While India obliged, Sri Lanka stalled over fears it would threaten its neutrality.
“We just want to be back in our homes,” said a Lebanese man who, like many others in the latest round of fighting, has to flee.
We examine the defense secretary’s view of war.
Es un año electoral crucial y los costos económicos y políticos de la guerra están en aumento. Tendría sentido suponer que el presidente declarará la victoria y se retirará.
Plus, Planned Parenthood’s new offering: Botox.
A targeting mistake by the United States was responsible for the strike, a continuing investigation found.
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Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, March 13, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, March 13, 2026.
Downtown Los Angeles could get into the 90s, and Phoenix was on track to hit 100.
There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found.
The U.S. said this week that it attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. In the 1980s, Iranian mines damaged oil tankers and a U.S. Navy warship.
Under a new “ethnic unity” law, Mandarin Chinese must now be the language of teaching. Parents must guide their children to love the Communist Party. Neighborhoods should be mixed.
Our constitutional framework for war lies in pieces around us.
Brian Joondeph, a Colorado-based ophthalmologist and political commentator, has not published peer-reviewed research on air pollution science.
Migrating north with their two sons, a couple tested their $900,000 budget in three North Side neighborhoods.
“Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” have been neck and neck all season. Here’s what our expert thinks will go the distance.
The entertainer whose conviction was overturned in 2021 still faces sex assault lawsuits from multiple women, including one playing out now in a California court.
Images of seemingly endless waits at security checkpoints have spread online, but the reality of the partial government shutdown is less straightforward.
James Fishback has managed to bring the paranoid, transgressive, meme-drunk spirit of the right-wing internet into the real world.
Conservatives have rebuked Ms. Gu, who was born in the United States but won Olympic medals for China. The reaction has sparked conversations among Chinese Americans about identity and straddling two worlds.
Lise Davidsen’s recital at the Met Opera, Gustavo Dudamel leading “Romeo and Juliet,” and a violinist’s personal program are among our selections.
Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check for mistakes.
The government must update a federal court on Thursday about its timeline for returning roughly $166 billion in illegal duties.
War in the Middle East has left Italy’s prime minister in a domestic bind, presenting her with one of the biggest challenges of a previously stable tenure.
The award, one of the most prestigious in the field of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.”
Esta rutina para la caminadora es una forma accesible y de bajo impacto de desarrollar una rutina de ejercicios, mejorar la condición cardiovascular y aumentar la fuerza.
Our visual journalists pinpoint attacks across the region and zoom in on individual strikes using satellite imagery.
This year, there’s a new category at the Oscars: the Academy Award for best achievement in casting. Our reporter Esther Zuckerman spoke with all five nominees to find out what makes good casting.
Tens of thousands of flights have been cancelled since the initial strikes, and airlines that once relied on Iranian airspace are now scrambling to find alternatives.
Theaters will get a minimum of five weekends of exclusive play and then, starting next year, seven. A pandemic-era policy was guaranteeing only three.
Will they finally capitalize on Trump’s chaos?
Either the budget changes, or America’s relationship with the rest of the world does.
This week’s properties are in Lenox Hill, on the Upper West Side and in Park Slope.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s bellicose and vengeful rhetoric describing the military’s war in Iran grew out of his experience in Iraq.
A group of scientists and law enforcement officials are pointing to the role moss can play to help solve crimes.
This week’s properties are a four-bedroom house in Garden City and a two-bedroom condo in Greenwich.
“Dinosaur,” a sculpture, has been in residence for 18 months. It has its fans who are sad to see it depart.
In television and movies, depictions of nihilistic billionaires and amoral opportunists are replacing the quirky strivers of older shows like HBO’s “Silicon Valley.”
Is Trump triumphing or has he committed a grave error? A debate on the Iran war.
This western Colorado city is drawing more than just outdoor enthusiasts with its small but growing destination-dining scene, new hotels and expanded arts programming.
Strikes on Ukrainian energy systems have tripled this winter. Continuous repairs and Western aid staved off a total breakdown.
It’s a movie about Black feminist revolutionaries that some Black feminists are calling a 911 emergency.
An enthusiast went on a madcap adventure to find some fun events for all types across the city, from bingo fans to “Star Trek” aficionados.
Erin McGuire ran a research network that studied how to get healthy food to marginalized populations around the world.
This documentary about the ace sky-diving cameraman Joe Jennings unexpectedly, but meaningfully, looks at the man’s struggle with depression.
This body horror thriller, about a Chinese American girl who undergoes a surgery to appear white, relies on dated tropes to construct a pale genre pastiche.
The movie, based on a Colleen Hoover book, is an unabashed tear-jerker. Terrific lead actors Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers make it work.
Group therapy sessions are dramatized in this absorbing film from the writer-director Alexis Lloyd.
In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.
Solo living can be considerably more expensive than sharing a home. Here’s where people do it the most.
Officials said a 23-year-old Texan had intentionally run over an officer, a claim his family and friend denied. Newly released footage leaves the truth murky.
An effective if occasionally bumpy debut horror film makes full use of the audience’s ears — and imagination.
A lucky dime, an old shirt, a sentimental piece of refuse — do you own anything that has a meaningful story behind it? Tell us about it.
As municipalities encourage more housing density, neighbors debate what kind of construction should be allowed.
Straight chairs, whirling dances: The austere craftsmanship of this disappearing group is as striking as their ecstatic worship, on view at ICA Philadelphia.
The Trump administration is curbing animal experiments in response to shifts in public opinion, technological advances, years of animal rights advocacy and the work of a conservative activist.
A 1967 correspondence led Cat Sebastian to imagine a contemporary scenario in which two sci-fi actors find more than screen chemistry.
On and off the runways, ensembles at Paris Fashion Week offered inspiration for looking extravagant and carefree.
A half-century ago, George Clinton debuted a $500,000 spaceship that turned his live concerts into intergalactic journeys. Here’s how it went down.
The best-selling author Lisa Unger recommends her favorite dark and stormy thrillers by Stephen King, Ruth Ware and more.
A Washington Post appeal for information about the military qualified as prohibited “solicitation,” according to defense officials.
How the magazine world is changing to meet a new generation of décor enthusiasts.
Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have been hailed as miracle treatments. But one in 10 people are what scientists call “non-responders.”
An attack off the Iraqi coast engulfed two oil tankers in flames, killing at least one person. Senior Iraqi officials believe the attack was Iranian.
Reserves or no reserves, the outlook remains bleak as long as a major oil and gas trade route remains virtually closed.
Un estudio descifra cómo es que los felinos usan sus columnas superflexibles para girar cuando van en caída libre.
A lo largo de cerca de 1600 kilómetros, los alaskeños sacan parrillas, sirven bebidas y animan a sus equipos favoritos en una celebración que crea comunidad y apoya a las economías locales.
Las autoridades de Londres entrevistaron en tres ocasiones a Virginia Giuffre por sus acusaciones sobre Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor y Ghislaine Maxwell, pero nunca se abrió una investigación penal.
Los dueños de mascotas están extendiendo sus creencias y prácticas de salud a sus amigos peludos.
In February, Emir Balat disappeared from the online marketplace he frequented. Weeks later, he was arrested in a homemade-bomb attack near Gracie Mansion.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended the third “rental rip-off” hearing in New York City, sitting down with three tenants to hear their woes and assuaging protesters.
Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
New York City will start offering free child care for 2-year-olds this fall. A question for the Mamdani administration is whether it will be available past 2:30 p.m.
A New Jersey jury found Harris Jacobs guilty of leaving the scene of an accident after he struck a pedestrian with his S.U.V. But jurors would not have the final word.
Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
China’s plan to raise pensions for farmers by less than $3 a month prompted rare criticism from lawmakers about the country’s threadbare social safety net.
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“Isn’t this how ‘Ironman 3’ started?” Kimmel said after the F.B.I. warned state officials tobb prepare for a retaliatory Iranian drone strike on the West Coast ahead of Sunday’s Academy Awards.
This word has appeared in 210 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Explosions shook Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, from Wednesday night into Thursday morning as Israel unleashed a wave of attacks that it said targeted Hezbollah.
El enorme poder estadounidense. es capaz de debilitar la economía de un adversario, pero no basta para derrocar a sus líderes.
Catastrophe in Cuba is not a foregone conclusion.
Los esfuerzos del presidente Donald Trump por obligar al hemisferio occidental a alinearse con EE. UU. seguirán quedándose cortos.
The top drivers included a $2.2 billion auction week in New York and strong fall fairs, according to the annual Art Basel and UBS report.
As medical costs rise, more than 80 million people have made sacrifices like skipping meals and driving less, a new survey finds.
High prices have pushed more Londoners to live with roommates well into their late 20s and 30s — if they can afford to move out of their parents’ homes at all.
Corrections that appeared in print on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
Quotation of the Day for Thursday, March 12, 2026.
A worldwide pledge by governments to tap emergency reserves on Wednesday has not stemmed oil’s rise.