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U.S.

• Two Army Veterans Awarded $110 Million in 3M Earplug Lawsuit. Nearly 300,000 people are involved in lawsuits accusing 3M of having sold the military defective combat earplugs that left service members with tinnitus and hearing loss.
• Republicans Relish Biden’s Troubles, Eyeing a Takeover of Congress. The president’s woes have delighted Republicans, who have been seeking to rehabilitate themselves in the eyes of voters after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
• Rifle Used by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha Shootings Will Be Destroyed. Mr. Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges in the fatal shootings of two men and wounding of another during a protest in 2020 that was precipitated by the shooting of a Black man by a police officer.
• Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Fake Trump Electors. The panel demanded information from 14 people who were part of bogus slates of electors for President Donald J. Trump, digging deeper into an aspect of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
• Joe Exotic Is Resentenced to 21 Years for ‘Tiger King’ Murder-for-Hire Plot. Last year, a federal appeals court vacated the initial sentence for the plot, which was featured in the Netflix series “Tiger King.” Petitions for pardons from two presidents have also failed.
• Russia Has Troops at Ukraine’s Borders for Large-Scale Invasion, Pentagon Says. The more than 100,000 Russian troops at Ukraine’s border could move throughout the country, officials said, publicly confirming what intelligence analysts have described for weeks.
• Covid Cases Plunge in the U.S. The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
• Political Theater on an Ohio Debate Stage. The Ohio Senate primary is months away, but candidates are already clamoring for attention. That hunger prompted a debate Thursday between a left-wing Democrat and far-right Republican even before voters decide who the eventual nominees will be.
• Bridge Collapse in Pittsburgh Injures at Least 10 People. Officials said no one was killed and that none of the injuries were life-threatening. The collapse occurred just hours before President Biden was scheduled to visit the city to discuss the state of the country’s infrastructure.
• Pennsylvania Court Says State’s Mail Voting Law Is Unconstitutional. The decision, which could deal a blow to voting access in a critical battleground state, was immediately appealed.
• Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Infrastructure Visit. At least 10 people sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the collapse, officials said.
• California Is Leveraging the Pandemic Into Its Own Peace Corps. Sweetening federal stimulus and AmeriCorps funds with state and local money, the state is cranking out tens of thousands of Youth Service jobs.
• Relax, America: Willow, the White House Cat, Has Arrived. She interrupted a campaign speech. Jill Biden wanted to keep her.
• Man Held for Five Days in Jail Over Mistaken Identity, His Lawyer Says. Leonardo Silva Oliveira, 26, was arrested last week on a warrant out of Palm Beach County for a man with the same name and similar age who was wanted for probation violation charges.
• Lori Lightfoot Promised to Change Chicago. Crises Keep Piling Up. Ms. Lightfoot has shown herself to be a blunt orator and unflinching negotiator.
• The Man at the Center of Arizona’s Primary. Spoiler alert: It’s Donald Trump.
• Death of Georgia Teen Found in Gym Mat Was ‘Weird Accident,’ Sheriff Says. Eight years after Kendrick Johnson, 17, was found upside-down in a large mat in his high school gym, the Lowndes County sheriff decided to reopen the case.
• McConnell Warns Against ‘Radical’ Supreme Court Pick. Lawmakers from both parties and interest groups swung into gear to influence President Biden’s choice for the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.
• Are New Voting Bill Talks for Real or for Show? Senators involved in the negotiations underway say the discussions are serious and substantive, but some Democrats remain wary.

World

• White House Alarmism Over Russia Strains Ukraine-U.S. Partnership. While Ukraine’s president complained about “acute and burning” warnings from Washington, the Pentagon issued a dire new appraisal asserting Russia has amassed enough troops to invade his entire country.
• Russia has enough troops and equipment at Ukraine’s borders to invade the whole country, the Pentagon says. The more than 100,000 Russian troops at Ukraine’s border could move throughout the country, officials said, publicly confirming what intelligence analysts have described for weeks.
• Convoys of Canadian trucks are en route to Ottawa for a protest against vaccine mandates. Truckers from across the country aim to converge at on Saturday outside of Parliament to protest federal vaccination mandates.
• U.S. says $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline will not move forward if Russia invades Ukraine. The pipeline to Germany would expand Russia’s capacity to sell gas to Europe, which is already highly dependent on Russian energy.
• Five African Countries. Six Coups. Why Now? Burkina Faso this week joined a list of countries that have recently experienced military takeovers — most plagued by insecurity, poor governance and frustrated youth. But there’s no one-size-fits-all explanation.
• Separatists Kill 10 Pakistani Soldiers in Attack on Outpost. The assault was one of the deadliest on Pakistani security forces in recent years and comes at a time of heightened unrest.
• Record Payout Awarded to Sexual Abuse Victims in India. The case, involving rapes at a shelter for homeless girls, signals a partial reckoning with the government’s responsibility in an epidemic of sexual violence.
• A Ukrainian official says the U.S. and its allies should send weapons, not incite panic. “Give us 10 jets every day,” said the national security adviser, Oleksii Danilov, while suggesting that American messaging was counterproductive.
• ISIS Fighters Get Surrender-or-Die Ultimatum in Syria Prison Standoff. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia demanded that about 60 ISIS militants, still holed up in a prison a week after they attacked it, give themselves up or risk being killed.
• Police Investigation Could Give Boris Johnson a Lifeline in Party Scandal. A request by the police that a senior civil servant investigating parties in Downing Street during the lockdown withhold details from her report could give the British prime minister time to regroup.
• F.B.I. Secretly Bought Israeli Spyware and Explored Hacking U.S. Phones. Israel used the NSO Group’s software as a tool of diplomacy. The F.B.I. wanted it for domestic surveillance. Then everything soured. Here are highlights of a New York Times Magazine investigation.
• On Patrol: 12 Days With a Taliban Police Unit in Kabul. Tasked with guarding a Shiite shrine, a police unit offers a telling snapshot of the Taliban’s rank-and-file fighters and the challenges Afghanistan’s rulers face in governing a diverse nation.
• After 600 Years, Swiss City at Last Has a Woman on Night Watch. Lausanne has kept a night watch atop its cathedral since 1405, but it never appointed a woman to the role until Cassandre Berdoz, after a long fight, landed a job that was her “childhood dream.”
• Tonga’s Proud Diaspora Confronts Daunting Challenge of Disaster Response. Tens of thousands of overseas Tongans, intimately tied to their homeland, are contending with the pandemic, snarled supply chains and limited communications.
• The world surpasses 10 billion vaccine doses administered, but gaps persist in who gets the shots. Some nations can now envision a near future in which their people coexist with the virus but aren’t confined by it.
• Russia dismissed a U.N. Security Council meeting as an American P.R. stunt. U.S. officials see the meeting, scheduled for Monday, as a chance to expose Russia to criticism on a global stage. They expressed confidence that it would go ahead as planned.
• Fiery North Korean Defector Charged Under New Propaganda Law. South Korea banned the spreading of leaflets across the border last year. Park Sang-hak, an outspoken activist who defied the ban, was indicted this week.
• In Standoff With Putin, Biden Makes Sure European Allies Are With Him. In what amounts to a much-needed diplomatic reset, the U.S. is orchestrating the response to Russia’s threatening moves and making sure to include his European allies.
• Let’s Talk Tennis, and Politics. This year’s Australian Open was controversial even before it started. How’s it going now?
• Sarah Palin, who is unvaccinated, dined outdoors in New York City days after testing positive. The unvaccinated former Alaska governor returned to Elio’s, the Upper East Side restaurant where she had been seen dining indoors on Saturday despite the city’s requirement that indoor guests show proof of vaccination.
• 简报：腾讯视频修改《搏击俱乐部》结局引争议；美国吊销中国联通在美运营牌照. 中国就乌克兰局势表态支持俄罗斯，批评美国和北约；美国军方反思空袭行动对平民的伤害；美国经济增长创1984年以来最大年度增幅……这里是今日要闻。
• Harris Seeks Ally in Honduras as She Revisits Central America. Vice President Kamala Harris’s trip was viewed as more than just showcasing the U.S. presence at the inauguration of Xiomara Castro, the first female head of state in Honduras.
• What It Looks Like in Northeastern Syria. I arrived in a remote part of Syria this week to report on the siege of a prison by the Islamic State.

New York

• Adams Blames Bail Law After Release of Teen Charged in Officer Shooting. Mayor Eric Adams said he was “outraged” that a teenager accused of shooting a police officer in the Bronx had been freed on bond.
• Avenatti Cross-Examines Stormy Daniels, Focusing on the Paranormal. Michael Avenatti and his former client, who has accused him of stealing from her, are meeting for a dramatic showdown in court.
• New York’s Recovery Took 2 Steps Forward. Omicron Sent It One Step Back. The economic disruptions of the latest Covid wave have hurt blue-collar workers the most, even as Wall Street profits, rents and home sales are soaring.
• Remembering Officer Jason Rivera, the new police commissioner offered a potent eulogy. Keechant Sewell, who has been leading the New York Police Department for less than a month, mourned “the dousing of Jason’s thousand-watt smile.”
• 16 Men Died in New York City Jails Last Year. Who Were They? The stories of those who died in custody offer an intimate, firsthand look at the crisis gripping the New York City jail system.
• The Mayor’s Crime Plan Is Loathed by Liberals. But It Might Work. To address New York City’s rising gun violence, Eric Adams called on “all of us” to make the streets safer.
• How a Mathematician Spends His Sundays. Everywhere Steven Strogatz goes in the city, he sees math.
• The Shadow of a Bribery Investigation. Philip Banks III, now the deputy mayor for public safety, was ensnared in a federal corruption investigation when he was a high-ranking police official.

Business

• When Your Office Decides the Pandemic Is Over. The burden shouldn’t be on you to draw boundaries, but you will have to do it.
• What May Be in Store as the Fed Cuts Back on the Easy Money. People all over the country — indeed, much of the planet — are depending on the central bank to stave off runaway inflation and keep the economy growing. Prepare for trouble, our columnist says.
• Chevron has its best quarter since 2014, reflecting an oil industry turnaround. The company recorded a profit of $5.1 billion as global prices rose.
• Consumer spending fell in December as Omicron spread. Overall spending fell for the first time since February as the virus and supply chain issues impacted purchases.
• Inflation Continued to Run Hot and Consumer Spending Fell in December. Prices are rising rapidly, wages are growing and consumers are glum as a fraught economic moment poses big challenges for policymakers.
• Stocks rally, erasing losses from a turbulent week. The S&P 500 rose 2.4 percent, its biggest one-day jump since June 2020.
• France’s economy bounces back, while Germany’s falters under the strain of Omicron. The European Union’s two largest economies diverged in the final quarter of 2021.
• Marcelo Claure Leaves Masa Son’s Orbit. The exit of SoftBank’s chief operating officer comes as the tech giant faces huge challenges.
• To Get the Most From Social Security, Log On. A variety of online tools can guide retirees looking to make the most of this benefit — which many older Americans depend on.
• For Olympic Sponsors, ‘China Is an Exception’ Pressure is mounting on companies to condemn the country’s human rights violations, but executives say the Games should not be politicized.
• Where Is Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Going? Settlements, upkeep and lawyers have whittled his $600 million estate to about $185 million. A civil fraud suit in the Virgin Islands could wipe out more.

Your Money

• More Companies Consider Helping Workers Pay Student Loans. Employers see the aid as part of a bid to attract workers, especially as the federal pause on student loan payments ends on May 1.

Technology

• No, athletes are not dying from Covid-19 vaccines. Claims about professional athletes dying after getting vaccinated have been a recurring conspiracy theory since the shots were introduced.
• The F.A.A. announces progress in expanding 5G service at airports. The federal agency said an agreement with Verizon and AT&T would enable the wireless providers to expand their networks while allowing aircraft to land safely.
• How Trump Coins Became an Internet Sensation. Getting to the bottom of a modern mystery.

Sports

• Rookies Ride the Bench, Right? Not on the Nets. The Nets, in a move unusual for a championship contender, have turned to their rookies as starters and key contributors — and not just when there were no other options.
• Is Canada the Soccer Rival the U.S. Needs? Young talent has Canada on the brink of its first World Cup berth since 1986. Big ambitions could keep it on top for years to come, and challenge its neighbors to keep pace.
• And Just Like That, a Generational Shift at Quarterback. The evolution at the N.F.L.’s most important position has been clear even with familiar names frequently making deep playoff runs. Today’s emerging stars are taking on more of their team’s offensive load.
• All Eyes on Kyrgios. Using a mix of skill and showmanship, the Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has turned his matches into raucous celebrations.
• Newcastle Players, Saudi Jets and Nagging Questions for the Premier League. When Newcastle traveled to Saudi Arabia for a midseason training camp, it did so on a plane owned by a company seized by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
• Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev Will Meet in Australian Open Final. Nadal defeated Matteo Berrettini and will play for a record 21st career Grand Slam men’s singles title against Medvedev, who beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in four, sometimes testy, sets.
• N.F.L. Players Wear Their Hearts Under Their Uniforms. Bound by strict uniform rules, players like Odell Beckham Jr. and Deebo Samuel are honoring peers with customized T-shirts worn in pregame warm-ups and underneath their jerseys.
• A Marker Honoring Jackie Robinson Was Defaced. M.L.B. Helped Replace It. A series of incidents in Georgia appeared to be targeting markers dedicated to Black Americans. “This should not be happening,” said Robinson’s cousin.
• U.S. Picks Up Another Win and Turns Focus to Canada. A victory over El Salvador moved the Americans another step closer to a place in this year’s World Cup in Qatar.

Obituaries

• Carol Speed, Vixen of the Blaxploitation Era, Dies at 76. In the mid-70s, thanks to two beloved B movies, she had a moment in the spotlight and enjoyed celebrity status in the Black press.
• Jonathan Brown, Pioneering Historian of Spanish and Latin American Art, Dies at 82. He played a crucial role in reinvigorating a neglected area of Western art history, bringing figures from the past to life and connecting lived realities of earlier centuries with those of the present.
• Peter Robbins, Original Voice of Charlie Brown, Dies at 65. Mr. Robbins, who first gave voice to the “Peanuts” character in a 1965 Christmas special, had struggled with mental illness and addiction in recent years.

Briefing

• Ukraine, Inflation, N.F.L. Playoffs: Your Friday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• Coronavirus Briefing: Traveling After Omicron. A look at vacationing in 2022.
• The Weekender. How the air fryer crisped its way into America’s heart. Also in this edition: a look at the life of a successful “Jeopardy!” competitor, and more.
• The New Spy Wars. A tale about Israel, Pegasus and the world.
• The New York Times News Quiz, January 28, 2022. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• Your Friday Briefing. Russia mulls a response to the U.S.

Podcasts

• The Morgan Wallen Conundrum and Bringing Tennis to the Visually Impaired: The Week in Narrated Articles. Five articles from around The Times, narrated just for you.
• ‘Who Do You Want Controlling Your Food?’ Issues in the beef industry that were exposed by the pandemic reflect decades of economic transformation in the U.S.

Science

• Two Simple Tricks That Help Owls Stay in Their New Homes. A study shows that there is a way to successfully transplant burrowing owls to new habitats when developers build over their homes.

Climate

• Alarming Levels of Mercury Are Found in Old Growth Amazon Forest. The findings, related to gold mining in Peru, provide new evidence of how people are altering ecosystems in dangerous ways around the world.
• Court Revokes Oil and Gas Leases, Citing Climate Change. A judge ruled that the Interior Department must consider the climate effects of oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico before awarding leases.

The Upshot

• New York Could Get Less Than Two Inches of Snow, or More Than a Foot. See the Odds Near You. Snow forecasts are more uncertain than you might think.

Opinion

• Democrats Should Take a Page From Mitch McConnell’s Book. The deliberative process that our team followed with Obama’s nominees is outdated. Democrats should move as quickly as possible.
• How to Disseminate Science Quickly. What’s the best way to release timely research without letting bad information get out?
• The Equal Rights Amendment Is Now the Law of the Land. Isn’t It? Alas, the Constitution doesn’t always mean what it says.
• How Independent Voters Feel About Biden. Responses to a focus group of independent voters. Also: President Biden and the economy; Boris Johnson; sanctions against Russia; debtors and lawyers.
• Wonking Out: Are We in Another Housing Bubble? Or, what’s the matter with Dallas?
• We Still Can’t See American Slavery for What It Was. Data science is unlocking insights about the U.S. slave system, but there is a danger in trying to quantify suffering.
• Let Kids Take Their Masks Off After the Omicron Surge. There’s a cost to making kids cover their faces indefinitely. 
• We Syrians Are Not Surprised by This Betrayal. International bodies and nations appear to have either forgiven, forgotten or chosen to ignore the reasons Syria was cast out from their community.
• I Ditched My Smart Watch, and I Don’t Regret It. I didn’t know how my workout had gone, or how I’d slept last night, until I opened the app.
• Why Would a Marine Call Himself a ‘Racketeer for Capitalism’? The life of Smedley Butler shows us that we can’t fix American democracy without reckoning with its military interventions.
• Putin Is Caught in a Trap of His Own Making. The Kremlin’s Ukraine gamble has failed.
• How Crypto Became the New Subprime. Once again, risky financial products are being sold to the vulnerable.
• Neil Young Says ‘No More’ to Spotify. Without real streaming alternatives around, a musician’s move to shame Spotify is doomed to failure.
• The Willful Naïveté of Stephen Breyer. He insisted that politics do not shape the decisions of justices — an idyllic, even naïve, notion, but one that kept the court functioning for years.

Arts

• 5 Songs to Listen to Right Now. Here are five new and notable songs, including retro-future R&B from Raveena, and the satisfying team-up of Rochy RD and Anuel AA.
• Chita Rivera’s Book Will Introduce Fans to the Real Her. The Broadway star is writing a memoir with the help of a journalist who encouraged her to share what she’s really like, alter ego and all.
• Kamau Bell: Bill Cosby Is Key to Understanding America. The comic and commentator discusses his new documentary, “We Need to Talk About Cosby,” and what Cosby’s story reveals about the “two runaway forces of oppression in America.”
• Review: At City Ballet, Giving Voice to the Body, With Sneakers. Justin Peck’s “Partita,” set to Caroline Shaw’s Pulitzer-Prize winning composition, opened New York City Ballet’s winter season at Lincoln Center.
• The Art Design for Abolitionist Place in Brooklyn Moves Forward. Despite an ongoing legal challenge, New York City is going ahead with a plan for artwork at a new park that will feature messages of social justice, not the statuary some had sought.
• What Do Dancers Bring to a Halftime Show? They Complete the Picture. Some dancers recoiled at the prospect of volunteering their services at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show: “You can’t make a living off of exposure.”
• Review: Philip Glass and the Bangles, Mashed at the Symphony. Anthony Roth Costanzo and Justin Vivian Bond brought their gleeful opera-cabaret show “Only an Octave Apart” to the New York Philharmonic.
• glaive Flexes the Less Hyper Side of His Pop, and 13 More New Songs. Hear tracks by Raveena, the Weather Station, Immanuel Wilkins and others.
• The Best of Late Night This Week 🌙 . The late-night hosts had plenty of topics to discuss, including the retirement of Stephen Breyer and Minnie Mouse’s new look.
• ‘His Pictures Rather Put Me Off Meat’: Animal Experts on Francis Bacon. A new exhibition at London’s Royal Academy highlights Francis Bacon’s paintings of animals. We showed them to some specialists in their subject matter.
• Moses Storm and the Case for Pretentious Modern Stand-up. In his new special, the comic claims he has no agenda, but his jokes and stories about poverty cohere into trenchant commentary. Why are themes out of fashion?
• The Met Opera Never Missed a Curtain. It Hopes Audiences Rebound. Positive tests at the company are falling as the Met prepares to take a long-planned midwinter break. It hopes cases will be down, and audiences up, when it returns.
• ‘The Afterparty’ Is a Genre Romp Wrapped in a Comic Mystery. In an interview, the filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller discuss their new Apple TV+ series, a whodunit that has fun with Hollywood clichés.
• Reawakening the Antichrist (and Other Lost Opera Gems). It can be challenging to revive forgotten works like “Antikrist.” But the absence of entrenched traditions can be liberating.
• 5 Things to Do This Weekend. A selection of entertainment options, including a guide to sci-fi films that are streaming now.
• Late Night Supports Biden’s Supreme Court Strategy. Trevor Noah joked that Biden will nominate a Black woman to replace Stephen Breyer “because he cares deeply about representation and winning Georgia.”

Theater

• Citing Pandemic, This Year’s Obie Awards Will Include Streaming Theater. For the first time, digital, audio and other virtual productions will be considered for the honors, for Off and Off Off Broadway works.

Books

• Imani Perry Talks About ‘South to America’ Perry discusses her new book, and Oliver Roeder talks about “Seven Games.”
• Recalling the Pain of an Early 19th Century Writer. Stuck in a CT scan, the illustrator Alison Barnwell remembers the horrors recounted by Fanny Burney, who wrote of her mastectomy in excruciating detail.
• One Good Antarctic Explorer Deserves Another. The adventurer Ranulph Fiennes has written a biography of Ernest Shackleton, telling the life story of the famed explorer while also describing his own exploits.
• Globetrotting. Your sneak preview of books in translation coming out in 2022, updated each season.
• Ron Goulart, Prolific Writer Who Spanned Genres, Dies at 89. He wrote science fiction, mystery, fantasy and romance novels, collaborated with William Shatner on the “TekWar” books and turned Groucho Marx into a private eye.
• Toni Morrison’s Only Short Story Addresses Race by Avoiding Race. “Recitatif,” originally published in 1983 and now available in book form, features a Black girl and a white girl, but Morrison never identifies which is which.
• Elizabeth Taylor, Jim Harrison and Other Letters to the Editor. Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
• Newly Published, From Afro-Atlantic Histories to GameStop. A selection of books published this week.
• A Palpably Seductive Search for a Grimoire of Sex Magic. In Sara Gran’s occult thriller, “The Book of the Most Precious Substance,” a rare-book dealer falls under the spell of a powerful 17th-century manuscript.
• The Lives of Black Women, at Home and Abroad. Three debut novels — by Kai Harris, Nikki May and Destiny O. Birdsong — follow female protagonists struggling to find their place.
• New in Paperback: ‘Let the Lord Sort Them’ and ‘The Five Wounds’ Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
• A Cooks Tour: 3 Picture Books About Famous Foodies. Georgia Gilmore, Alice Waters and Julia Child show kids that food has the power to make our worlds bigger, better and more connected.

Movies

• A Sundance With Brains and Guts, Disemboweled and Otherwise. This year’s festival featured lots of scares, a parade of bodies (and body parts) and a haunted, haunting postcolonial tale set in New York.
• Family of Slain ‘Rust’ Cinematographer Weighs Wrongful-Death Lawsuit. Lawyers for the family of Halyna Hutchins filed a petition in New Mexico to appoint a representative who will consider whether to file a suit.
• ‘The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild’ Review: A Franchise Thaws. The latest installment in this animated film series replaces nearly all of its celebrity voice performers with close proxies.
• Five Action Movies to Stream Now. This month’s picks include a grim western teeming with bloodthirsty outlaws, humans fighting an alien invasion and more.
• Woody Allen’s ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Is Opening in U.S. Theaters. The movie is showing after years of resistance to Allen’s work in the United States following renewed attention to Dylan Farrow’s allegations of sexual abuse.
• Watch the Throne: How Joel Coen Came to Make ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ When your whole filmmaking career has been one of unexpected twists and turns, how do you surprise yourself? Adapt a Shakespeare play.

Food

• When It’s Winter in Miami, It’s Time for Churros and Hot Chocolate. The combination has roots in Spain — but here the union has a distinct Floridian flair.
• Let’s Play Recipe Matchmaker. Tanya Sichynsky, an editor at New York Times Cooking, pairs reader requests with database recipes.
• A Few Simple Tricks Yield the Most Tender Pancakes. Genevieve Ko whips ricotta into the batter and skips the stiff egg whites for a recipe that’s as effortless as it is comforting.
• This Scottish Chicken Soup Is Its Own Kind of Medicine. Rich with chicken, leeks and prunes, this cock-a-leekie soup from Melissa Clark is a penicillin of a different order.
• Restaurants to Customers: Don’t Call Us, We Won’t Call You. When restaurants abandon their phone lines, it can make the lives of employees easier but leave diners confused and frustrated — or relieved.
• The Accidental Vegetarian. Vegetable-centric meals aren’t just delicious; they’re also incredibly well suited for weeknight cooking.
• What to Cook This Weekend. For the ambitious, a transporting Vietnamese breakfast curry. For the exhausted, lots of easy recipes.

Style

• Is a Bonnet the Trendiest Way to Stay Warm This Winter? A reader seeks guidance on shopping for cold-weather hats.
• Love Letter: When It’s Too Good to Be True. “He seemed to adore me, almost instantly.”
• She Interviews Celebrities Before School. And She’s Only 11. Jazlyn Guerra, who goes by Jazzy, has bantered with Alicia Keys, Tom Holland and Jay-Z.
• Karen Pittman Isn’t the New Samantha. The actress, who stars in “And Just Like That,” finds peace at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
• How Prabal Gurung Plans to Fall in Love This Year. Also, Bevy Smith and Marina Rust share where they have hunkered down this winter.
• Trading Excess for Intimacy. Valentino and Fendi explore the canons of couture while Glenn Martens makes a superb debut at Gaultier.
• Yves Saint Laurent Takes Paris. For the first time, one designer’s work is being showcased — simultaneously — at five major French museums.
• A Broadway Couple Says ‘I Do’ to Great Applause. Bryan Terrell Clark, an actor, and Devario Simmons, a costume designer, had a common bond in challenging upbringings. Their relationship was the opposite.
• What He Hadn’t Told Me. We met on a dating app, where his profile lacked a few crucial details.
• Holding on Through Tragedy After Tragedy. Despite differing backgrounds and work schedules — and a series of losses early in their relationship — Rachel Seals and Elliott Averett never bailed on one another.
• A Company Bus Ride Set Their Romance in Motion. Stephanie Quintero and Eric Wall found instant attraction when they met while en route to a work conference, but took months to formalize a relationship.
• For Them, It Was Love and Baseball. Jonathan Cottrell and Erik Braverman met over piña coladas in Mexico and married at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Magazine

• The Ticking Clock for Miami's Condo Empire. Last summer’s collapse in Surfside, Fla., exposed a startling truth: There are thousands of aging condo buildings that could be next — and few steps being taken to prevent another tragedy.
• The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon. A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying to ban.
• Fish Sauce Is Good for Just About Everything. Put it in pasta, stews or this thick, creamy coconut curry from Vietnam.

T Magazine

• Rochelle Feinstein Makes Work That Is Purposefully Hard to Define. Ahead of a major five-city show, the artist reflects on the evolution of her practice and her distrust of Amazon.

Travel

• Will There Be Mardi Gras? Yes. And Coachella, too. After canceling many major events over the last two years, organizers are going forward in the first months of 2022, though there may be adjustments.

At Home

• A Change of Address. This isn’t goodbye.

Real Estate

• Another Resale at 220 Central Park South Lands in the Record Book. The $188 million resale of a duplex is the second-highest price paid for a home in New York City, and leads a busy month for residential sales.
• A New Generation of Influencers Has Discovered D.I.Y. on a Tiny Budget. With enough spray paint, hot glue and successful thrift-store runs, almost any space can look like it belongs on the internet.
• In the Bronx, a Push to Save Cass Gilbert’s Train Stations. Two of the stations designed by the famed architect more than 100 years ago for the old ‘Consolidated’ railroad have a chance to be transformed for new uses.
• Cass Gilbert’s Abandoned Train Stations. Local groups are hoping to rejuvenate two historic train halls that have been off limits for decades.

Well

• Be Here Now: How to Exercise Mindfully. Bringing meditation into your movement can enrich your workout and help you feel clearheaded afterward.
• Some Baby Formulas Are Out of Stock. Here’s How to Handle the Shortage. Parents are worried, but experts say you can still keep your baby fed and nourished.
• How Long Can I Keep Wearing the Same Respirator Mask? With the right care, your high-performance mask can last for multiple uses.

Times Insider

• Molly Young Is Thinking About Buying a Wheelbarrow. In an interview, the Times book critic discusses how she picks what to recommend and describes her reading life at home.

Today’s Paper

• Quotation of the Day: If G.D.P. Is Up, Why Do VotersFeel So Down? Quotation of the Day for Friday, January 28, 2022.

Corrections

• Corrections: Jan. 28, 2022. Corrections that appeared in print on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.

Crosswords & Games

• The Way We Talk About Climate Change Matters, Bill Nye Says. In Monday’s puzzle, “Nye” was the answer to the clue “Bill known as the ‘Science Guy.’”
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Variety: Acrostic. Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon want to know what’s for dinner. Is cereal OK with everyone?
• Like Many a Lemon. Jem Burch makes his second appearance in the New York Times Crossword.

The Learning Network

• Lesson of the Day: ‘How to Draw a Feeling’ In this lesson, students will learn how an illustrator created a visual representation of the word “languishing.” Then, they will illustrate emotions they have felt during the pandemic.
• How Diverse Is Your School? Would you characterize your school as being diverse in terms of the racial and socioeconomic makeup of the student body?
• Local Celebrities. What notable figures live in your community?
• Word of the Day: fracas. This word has appeared in 37 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

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• ¿Cuánto tiempo puedo usar el mismo respirador N95, KN95 o KF94? Con los cuidados adecuados, tu mascarilla de alto rendimiento puede durar varios usos.
• A Putin le salió mal la jugada con Ucrania. Atrapado entre el conflicto armado y una humillante retirada, el presidente de Rusia tiene cada vez menos alternativas.
• Pegasus: esto aprendimos tras un año de investigar al programa espía más potente del mundo. Israel utilizó el arma cibernética del Grupo NSO como una herramienta de diplomacia. El FBI lo probó para vigilancia doméstica. Luego todo se estropeó. Aquí están las claves de una investigación del Times.
• ‘Esto no se termina con ómicron’: a pesar de que disminuyen las infecciones, la pandemia sigue. Debido a la inmunización irregular en las poblaciones y el surgimiento de nuevas variantes, es probable que el coronavirus se convierta en una amenaza persistente pero manejable.
• Cómo fue que la freidora de aire conquistó nuestros corazones. Aunque se vende como un aparato para lograr frituras casi sin aceite, la gente lo usa para hacer pasteles, galletas, ‘costillas’ de maíz y más. Es un negocio de mil millones de dólares.
• ¿Por qué cuando tomo alcohol duermo mal? La mayoría de los expertos están de acuerdo: beber afectará el modo en el que descansas, sin importar tu edad o sexo
• Tensa calma. Las claves de las tensiones entre Rusia y Ucrania, las 13 mutaciones de ómicron, un adicto a los Beatles se recupera y más para el fin de semana.
• ‘Luché tanto para nada’: una denuncia de acoso en la FIFA muestra el poder de los hombres en esa organización. Una investigación interna determinó que el jefe del programa FIFA Legends había incurrido en acciones de acoso sexual contra una subordinada en 2019. Sin embargo, la víctima aún no sabe si el hombre fue sancionado.
• Spotify y la controversia por el pódcast de Joe Rogan. A principios de mes, cientos de expertos y trabajadores de la salud pidieron a la plataforma que tomara medidas enérgicas contra la información falsa y mencionaron un episodio del pódcast de Rogan.

The New York Times Presents

• The New York Times Presents: 'To Live and Die in Alabama'. The New York Times examines the case of Nathaniel Woods, who was sentenced to death for his role in the murders of three Birmingham police officers fatally shot by someone else. The documentary is available here for New York Times subscribers in the U.S. or you can stream it on Hulu.
• The New York Times Presents: 'Who Gets to Be an Influencer?'. Going viral has become big business, and a group of ambitious Black creators in Atlanta is challenging the mostly white social media stars of L.A. for influence. Watch full episode of The New York Times Presents, free for Times subscribers in the U.S.