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• Woman Shot and Killed in East London. Two other people were shot and injured in the shooting, a rarity in Britain. They were taken to a hospital and their status was not immediately clear.
• Black Student in Texas Is Suspended Over Hair Length Again. Darryl George, who wears locs, had just returned to Barbers Hill High School in Texas after being sent to a disciplinary school. Officials suspended him over his hair again on Tuesday.
• Resident Presumed Dead in Arlington, Va., House Explosion. The authorities said James Yoo, 56, was believed to have died when his home exploded as the police were preparing to search the residence on Monday night.
• No Attempted Murder Charges for Pilot Accused of Trying to Crash a Jetliner. A grand jury indicted Joseph Emerson, who said he thought he was dreaming in the cockpit, on lesser charges of endangering an aircraft and reckless endangerment of the passengers and crew.
• N.C.A.A. Proposes Uncapping Compensation for Athletes. Under the plan, schools would set aside educational trust funds of at least $30,000 per year for at least half of their athletes, and would have to comply with Title IX laws.
• Texas Woman Asks Court to Allow Her Abortion. A woman who is 20 weeks pregnant, and whose fetus has been diagnosed with a deadly condition, is suing for an abortion under a medical exception to the state’s bans.
• Jewish American Families Confront a Generational Divide Over Israel. Gen Z and young Millennials often see Israel as an occupying power oppressing Palestinians — a shock to their parents and grandparents, who tend to see it as an essential haven fighting for survival.
• Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade Linked to Second Death in Lawsuit. A man in Florida died after drinking three servings of the highly caffeinated drink at a Panera location in Florida, his family said in a wrongful-death lawsuit.
• Supreme Court Dismisses Disability Activist’s Case as Moot. The activist, Deborah Laufer, had sued hundreds of hotels as a “tester,” having no intention of booking a stay, accusing them of inadequate disclosures about whether rooms were accessible.
• Sikh Americans Take Precautions After Alleged Assassination Plot. Many said an indictment in New York has validated their concerns, though they were determined not to withhold their criticism of the Indian government.
• Republicans Try to Put Harvard, M.I.T. and Penn on the Defensive About Antisemitism. In a congressional hearing, the presidents of the universities parried accusations that their institutions had tolerated bias against Jews.
• What to Know About the Cal State Faculty Strikes. Rolling strikes are planned at four of the largest campuses in the university system, which together enroll more than 100,000 students.
• Math Scores Dropped Globally, but the U.S. Still Trails Other Countries. In a global exam for 15-year-olds, only a handful of places, including Singapore, Japan and Australia, kept math performance high through the pandemic.
• Retirement Without a Net: The Plight of America’s Aging Farmworkers. Immigrants who worked decades on U.S. farms are reaching retirement age in a country that offers them neither Medicare nor Social Security.
• House in Virginia Explodes as Police Prepare to Serve Search Warrant. Police said that a man had fired a flare gun 30 to 40 times from inside his home. He discharged several more rounds from a firearm during a standoff.
• House Explodes in Arlington, Va. Plumes of smoke rose over a house in Arlington, Va., that had exploded after the police attempted to search it.
• Data Breach at 23andMe Affects 6.9 Million Profiles, Company Says. Hackers were able to obtain access because some customers reused old passwords, the genetic testing company said.
• Man Gets 6 Months in Prison for Destroying Evidence of Intentional Plane Crash. Trevor D. Jacob, a YouTuber from Lompoc, Calif., removed the wreckage of the plane he crashed in Southern California in November 2021 to create a video promoting a wallet, federal officials said.
• White House Condemns Protest at Israeli Restaurant in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania state leaders including Gov. Josh Shapiro also criticized the protest held outside a falafel shop, calling it antisemitic.
• Tyler Goodson of ‘S-Town’ Podcast Is Shot Dead in Police Standoff. Mr. Goodson, who had been featured in the investigative podcast set in the town of Woodstock, Ala., “brandished a gun at officers” before he was fatally shot, the authorities said.
• Retired U.S. Diplomat Accused of Working as a Secret Agent for Cuba. Manuel Rocha, a former ambassador to Bolivia, secretly aided Cuba’s “clandestine intelligence-gathering mission,” U.S. authorities said.
• Security Guard Is Killed in Stabbing at Macy’s in Philadelphia. A man was arrested after fleeing the store on the subway, the authorities said. It was unclear what led to the stabbing, in which one other security guard was injured.
• How to See California’s Spectacular Monarch Butterflies. The insects make an extraordinary migration to the West Coast each winter.
• Your College Football Team Went Undefeated? Sorry, That’s Not Good Enough. In sports, the best team doesn’t always win a championship, but it almost always gets an opportunity to try. Tell that to the 13-0 Florida State Seminoles.
• Program Emphasizing Science of Reading Gets Positive Results, Study Finds. A new study found that California schools got positive results from a targeted investment in the science of reading — even with the challenges of pandemic recovery.
• Details of Sexual Assault Allegation Against Florida G.O.P. Chair Add to Party Turmoil. The details of the allegation against the state party chairman, Christian Ziegler, emerged in an affidavit. He has denied any wrongdoing.
• Man Who Posed as Federal Agent Is Sentenced to Nearly 3 Years in Prison. Arian Taherzadeh befriended Secret Service employees and gave them lavish gifts, including rent-free apartments, to bolster his fraudulent law enforcement business, prosecutors said.
• Atmospheric Rivers to Bring Heavy Rain and Snow to Northwest U.S. Three to seven inches of rain could drench parts of Washington and Oregon and more than a foot of snow could fall in areas of Idaho, Wyoming and Utah, forecasters said.
• Siblings Fight Over Estate of Mother Whose Land Yielded a T. Rex Skeleton. The skeleton, which was found on a ranch in South Dakota in 1990 and later sold for more than $8 million, has been the subject of numerous legal challenges.
• In Florida’s Hot Political Climate, Some Faculty Have Had Enough. Liberal-leaning professors are leaving coveted jobs with tenure. And there are signs that recruiting scholars has become harder.
• Man Suspected of Killing 3 L.A. Homeless Men Is Arrested. Officials believe the man also killed a fourth person in San Dimas, Calif., after following the victim home. The killings happened within four days, authorities said.
• Generation of Women Inspired by O’Connor, In Courtroom and Out. The Supreme Court justice, who died at 93 on Friday, made a series of influential rulings and inspired women across a range of fields as she cemented her legacy.
• 2023 Hurricane Season Ends, Marked by Storms That ‘Really Rapidly Intensified’ There have been a combined 37 named storms this year in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins. A high proportion of those quickly escalated.
• The Plan to Save Catalina? Gun Down Deer From the Sky. For decades, nonnative animals have ravaged the rare habitat on Catalina. The proposed solution has infuriated local residents and animal lovers.
• Even in Her Final Chapter, O’Connor Balanced Love and Duty. The Supreme Court justice found herself balancing conflicting demands of professional achievement and family expectations to the end.
• Inmate Charged In Knife Attack On Ex-Officer In Floyd Case. John Turscak, 52, has been charged with attempting to murder Mr. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who is serving more than two decades in prison for the murder of George Floyd.
• Los Angeles Officials Search for Killer Said to Be ‘Preying on the Unhoused’ The police are desperately looking for a gunman they believe is responsible for shooting three men dead on the streets of Los Angeles this week.
• Texas Ordered to Remove Buoy Barrier in Rio Grande. Gov. Greg Abbott’s office has said the floating buoys are needed to restrict migrants entering from Mexico. The federal government said they were illegal.
• Mother With ‘Doomsday’ Beliefs, Lori Vallow Daybell, Is Extradited to Arizona. Ms. Vallow Daybell was convicted in Idaho in May in the murders of two of her children and of conspiring to murder her husband’s previous wife. She faces charges in other cases.
• U.S. Navy Works to Salvage Plane From Fragile Hawaiian Bay. The maritime patrol aircraft overshot a runway at a U.S. Marine Corps base and landed in the water. The Navy plans to haul it out on Saturday.
• Georgia Hearing Gives Hints to Trump Strategy. Arguments in court on Friday offered clues to Donald J. Trump’s legal strategy in fighting state charges of conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
• Sandra Day O’Connor Is Celebrated as a ‘Trailblazer’ Public figures from across the political spectrum heralded the former Supreme Court justice for breaking barriers for women and striving for consensus on the nation’s highest court.
• Beloved Gay Nightclub in Chicago Shuts Down After a Labor Dispute. The owners closed the bar after a monthslong boycott in support of demands from its workers for benefits and higher wages.
• What Has Brought You Joy in 2023. Dropping your children off at college for the first time, international travel and more.
• Three American Climbers Solve the ‘Last Great Problem in the Himalayas’ Scaling Mount Jannu’s north face without fixed ropes or oxygen was “the greatest climb ever,” one expert said, far more difficult than reaching the summit of Everest.
• Arab Americans in a Michigan City Endure the Agony of War. “We are feeling everything happening every day,” Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of Dearborn, Mich., says of the Israel-Hamas war.
• Underwater Video Shows U.S. Plane on Fragile Coral Reef. Earlier this month, the naval aircraft overshot a runway and landed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Divers stabilized the plane to prevent it from lodging deeper into the reef.
• Jeff Bezos’ Giant Yacht Is Apparently Too Big to Anchor Near Others in Florida. The superyacht, called Koru, arrived in Port Everglades in Florida on Nov. 22, and has been docked near a more-than 610-foot-long oil tanker named Magnolia State.
• Criminal Investigation Roils Florida Republican Party. Christian Ziegler, the state G.O.P. chairman, is under investigation after a sexual battery allegation. Democrats have called for his resignation.
• 6 Former Jail Officers Charged in Death of West Virginia Inmate. Prosecutors said the former corrections officers had made false statements to investigators after three of them assaulted Quantez Burks, 37, in March 2022.
• Rand Paul Uses Heimlich on Joni Ernst at Senate Lunch. Colleagues praised Mr. Paul of Kentucky for acting swiftly to help Ms. Ernst of Iowa by performing the Heimlich maneuver as she choked on Thursday.
• Read the House Ethics Committee Report on George Santos. The committee’s recently released report found evidence that Representative George Santos, Republican of New York, committed crimes.
• Democrats Clash Over Move to Add Asylum Changes to War Funding Bill. Democrats and the White House have agreed in principle to raise the threshold for asylum claims as part of the bill to fund wars in Israel and Ukraine, but liberals are livid — and Republicans want more.
• In Africa, Kissinger Was Known for His Failures. “The whites are here to stay,” he wrote in 1969, one of the many misjudgments he made on the African continent.
• Kissinger met with autocrats and other powerful figures into his 100th year.
• Trump’s Georgia Lawyer Has Been Quiet. That May Soon Change. Steven Sadow’s minimalist approach in the racketeering case against his client has created some dramatic tension, but his silence may be coming to an end.
• Police Have Struggled to Identify a Body at Lake Mead. A New Composite May Help. Few details are known about the man, whose remains were found last year. The authorities believe he died from a gunshot wound decades ago.
• Kissinger’s Mideast Legacy Is Reflected in the War in Gaza. His role in establishing peace between Israel and Egypt — Gaza’s neighbors — has shaped the region for decades.
• There’s Still Time to See Fall Foliage in California. If you know where to look.
• Oops! Iowa Lottery Announces the Wrong Winning Numbers. Lottery officials apologized after human error led to the posting of the wrong numbers in a Powerball drawing this week. Some people cashed in before the mistake was spotted.
• There’s a Moose on the Loose in Minnesota. Fans of the moose, who have named him Rutt, have been following his every move on Facebook.
• Archival videos document Kissinger’s long legacy.
• Highlights From Henry Kissinger’s Diplomatic Career. Henry Kissinger, who died at the age of 100 on Wednesday, was one of America’s most influential diplomats. Archival footage shows the legacy of his long career.
• Kissinger Left the State Department a Half Century Ago. But He Never Left His Old Job. Just this summer, the ultimate back-channel diplomat returned to Beijing, where he had negotiated the opening to China.
• How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Deputies Got Away With Years of Brutality. They barged into homes in the middle of the night, then held people down while they beat and choked them, witnesses said. For years, signs of the violence went ignored.
• For Republican Governors, Civics Is the Latest Education Battleground. Virginia, Florida and South Dakota have new standards that focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. But debating current events? That’s discouraged.
• His Nobel Peace Prize was met with a storm of protest.
• To Many Chinese, Kissinger’s Death Ends an Era in U.S.-China Relations. In Beijing’s praise of his legacy, there is implicit criticism of a U.S. shift in recent years away from cooperation and toward intensifying competition.
• On Duty and Off, Kissinger Proved Mesmerizing as a Media Figure. The late secretary of state covered magazines and kept tongues wagging as much for his personal exploits as his diplomatic prowess.
• Kissinger spoke to The Times in 2011 about the perils of diplomacy.
• His counsel was long prized, though he was also long vilified.
• A diplomat whose counsel was long prized but who was also long vilified.
• Jan. 6 Defendant Who Opened Fire on Deputies Sentenced to Two Years. Nathan Donald Pelham, of Greenville, Texas, opened fire on deputies in April days before he was scheduled to surrender to the F.B.I. for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack.
• Red Lobster’s Popular Endless Shrimp Deal Ate Into Its Profits. The all-you-can-eat deal contributed to an $11 million quarterly operating loss.
• In the American Church, the Pope Has Critics Among Leaders and Laypeople. Pockets of conservative Catholics exist at all levels, and they see the pope’s decision to punish an outspoken cardinal as another move against them.
• Federal Civil Rights Investigation Opened Into Antisemitism at Harvard. There are now federal investigations into complaints of discrimination at several colleges.
• Supreme Court Shows Wariness at Tribunals S.E.C. Uses Internally. The justices heard arguments over whether the Constitution allows the agency to pursue enforcement actions before its own judges instead of in federal courts.
• U.S. v. Gupta Indictment. U.S. v. Gupta Indictment
• For Palestinian Students Shot in Vermont, a Collision of Two Worlds. “In the West Bank we’re not safe,” one injured student said, “and as a Palestinian American, I’m not safe in America because of people like this that might come out.”
• Mourners describe a woman with warmth and willpower: ‘She’ll tell you: Don’t stop.’
• For a first lady who loved Hawaii, the mourners wore leis.
• The funeral included scripture readings by the Carters’ great-grandchildren.
• A grandson remembers her as ‘kind, loving and caring.’
• Family and Friends Gather To Say Farewells to Carter. A simple red brick church where Mrs. Carter had worshiped for decades was filled on Wednesday with the people who had known her best.
• Read Rosalynn Carter’s full obituary.
• Criminal Trial Begins for Paramedics Over Death of Black Man in Police Custody. The third and final trial over Mr. McClain’s 2019 death will examine the role of the medics who responded while the young Black man was in police custody.
• How Did San Francisco Become the City in a ‘Doom Loop’? A conversation with Jesse Barron, who wrote about a high-profile attack in San Francisco and about worries over the city’s future.
• Kansans Hated Their New License Plate. Now They’ll Vote on a Replacement. For six days, politicians from both sides of the aisle and other Kansans expressed their distaste for what was supposed to have been the state’s new license plate.
• An Endorsement for Nikki Haley, and More. Plus, Hamas releases 12 more hostages, the true cost of avocados and Google says it will start purging accounts.
• Rosalynn Carter’s Life in Photos. She rose to become the most politically active first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt. Yet her life began and ended dozens of miles from any interstate highway or even a stoplight.
• Weed or a Gun? Federal Law Says Choose. Legal challenges are pending across the country against a federal law that prevents medical marijuana users from buying or owning firearms.

Politics

• Haley and DeSantis Face Off: What to Watch for in the G.O.P. Debate. Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie will also be onstage, but much of the attention will be on the two Republicans best positioned to become the top challenger to Donald Trump.
• Trump Deflects Questions on Retribution and Law-Breaking at Town Hall. Pressed by Sean Hannity to promise not to abuse power, Donald Trump agreed he wouldn’t, “other than Day 1,” adding: “We’re closing the border. And we’re drilling, drilling, drilling. After that, I’m not a dictator.”
• A New Trump Administration Will ‘Come After’ the Media, Says Kash Patel. Donald Trump, who has already promised to use the Justice Department to “go after” his political adversaries, is expected to install Mr. Patel in a senior role if he returns to power.
• Biden’s Strategy Faces a Test as Israeli Forces Push Into Southern Gaza. While the president has backed Israel’s right to defend itself since the Hamas terrorist attack, his team has increased the pressure to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza.
• Biden Says ‘I’m Not Sure I’d Be Running’ if Not for Trump. President Biden has portrayed a second term for Donald Trump as an existential threat to American democracy.
• Prosecutors Intend to Show Long Pattern of Threats and Baseless Claims by Trump. In a court filing, federal prosecutors laid out plans to use the former president’s trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election to show a yearslong history of using lies and intimidation.
• Kamala Harris Breaks Record of Tiebreaking Votes in the Senate. The vice president has provided the decisive vote in the Senate 32 times, in a reflection of Democrats’ narrow majority and broader polarization in politics.
• Justices Seem Skeptical of Challenge to Trump-Era Tax Provision. The Supreme Court’s liberal wing and more moderate conservatives seemed to be searching for a way toward a limited ruling on a tax law that affects foreign profits of American companies.
• George Santos Uses Cameo Videos to Make, of All Things, an Honest Buck. On the video app, a familiar face delivers kind greetings for paying customers, and advice for “Bobby from Jersey” about dealing with “haters.” Bowen Yang he is not.
• Johnson Plans Vote on Impeachment Inquiry, Predicting Unanimous G.O.P. Support. The speaker said he would move forward with a vote that Republicans have long avoided for fear that some in their ranks would refuse to endorse an investigation without incriminating evidence.
• Is Liz Cheney Really Thinking About Running for President in 2024? The former congresswoman is working to ensure that Donald Trump never returns to the Oval Office. She is also keeping her own door wide open.
• U.S. to Deny Visas to Violent Israeli Settlers and Some West Bank Palestinians. As acts of violence spike in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, American officials say they will take action against people “believed to have been involved in undermining peace.”
• Patrick McHenry, Former Interim Speaker, Will Leave Congress. The North Carolina congressman, who leads the House Financial Services Committee, said he would join the growing ranks of lawmakers exiting Congress amid intense dysfunction.
• Top Democratic Donor, Reid Hoffman, Gives $250,000 to a Nikki Haley Super PAC. Mr. Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, has funded an array of anti-Trump candidates and causes.
• How a Legal Fight Over a $15,000 Tax Bill Could Upend the U.S. Tax Code. The Supreme Court ruling in the Moore case could cost the federal government billions of dollars in lost tax revenue.
• Nikki Haley’s Path From Trump Critic to Defender and Back. As ambassador to the United Nations, Ms. Haley strove to stay in the president’s favor and avoided some battles to change his mind on contentious issues.
• Zelensky Cancels Session With Senators Before Vote on Ukraine Aid. President Volodymyr Zelensky had been scheduled to brief lawmakers, via a private video call, a day after the White House warned that aid to his country would soon run out.
• Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign, in His Own Menacing Words. Trump’s language has become darker, harsher and more threatening during his third run for the White House.
• How to Watch the Fourth Republican Debate. The debate, featuring four candidates, will be held on Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m. Eastern time.
• As Grumbles Over Trump-Free Debates Grow, Republicans Weigh Looser Rules. The party is considering whether to open the door to debates not sponsored by the Republican National Committee, which could lead to more onstage clashes but also diminish their fanfare.
• Harris Takes Forceful Tone With Israel in a Foray Into Mideast Diplomacy. Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as one of the highest-ranking American officials urging restraint by Israeli forces.
• Georgia Republicans Add Majority-Black Congressional District at Expense of McBath. If passed, the proposed maps would spur debate over whether majority-minority districts have the same protections against racial discrimination under the Voting Rights Act.
• U.S. Considers Task Force to Guard Red Sea Ships From Iranian Proxy Forces. The discussions come after a U.S. destroyer downed three drones targeting commercial ships on Sunday, part of a series of attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia tied to Israel’s war against Hamas.
• R.F.K. Jr. Allies Say They’ll Spend Over $10 Million on Ballot Access. A super PAC backing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential candidacy is leading the costly and legally complex effort, which the Democratic establishment is trying to fight.
• Some Republicans Have a Blunt Message for Chris Christie: Drop Out. Several anti-Trump Republican donors and strategists are pushing Mr. Christie to end his presidential campaign and back Nikki Haley.
• Talk About Abortion, Don’t Talk About Trump: Governors Give Biden Advice. At an annual gathering in Arizona, Democratic governors offered a series of explanations for the president’s political struggles and suggested ideas for selling voters on his re-election.
• Doug Burgum, Wealthy North Dakota Governor, Ends White House Run. The little-known former software executive had hoped his business acumen and relentless focus on the economy, energy and foreign policy would lift his campaign. It didn’t.
• Large Farmers Received Millions in Insurance Subsidies, Report Says. A nonpartisan watchdog found that some farmers received more than $3 million in federal crop insurance subsidies and that much of the program’s funds were paid to insurance companies for administrative expenses.
• White House Warns Ukraine Aid Is Running Out, Pressing Congress for More. The warning, in a letter to congressional leaders, comes as Republican support for funding Kyiv’s war effort is waning, and an emergency funding package is stalled in Congress.
• Supreme Court Appears Split Over Opioid Settlement for Purdue Pharma. The justices’ questions reflected the tension between the practical effect of unraveling the settlement and broader concerns about whether the Sacklers should be granted such wide-ranging immunity.
• Why a Second Trump Presidency May Be More Radical Than His First. Donald Trump has long exhibited authoritarian impulses, but his policy operation is now more sophisticated, and the buffers to check him are weaker.
• What to Know About the Purdue Pharma Case Before the Supreme Court. A federal appeals court had signed off on a deal that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from lawsuits in exchange for billions for those harmed by the opioid epidemic.
• DeSantis, Like Trump, Plans to Alter Health Law. The comments from Florida’s governor on Sunday followed a similar statement by former President Donald J. Trump; Democrats have denounced their stances.
• At Core of Purdue Pharma Case: Who Can Get Immunity in Settlements? A broad ruling by the Supreme Court could mean the end of a strategy for resolving claims of mass injury in bankruptcy court in which organizations receive expansive legal protections.
• ‘Medical Freedom’ Activists Take Aim at New Target: Childhood Vaccine Mandates. Mississippi has long had high childhood immunization rates, but a federal judge has ordered the state to allow parents to opt out on religious grounds.
• Upheaval Continues at DeSantis Super PAC as Another Top Official Departs. The firing of the new chief executive creates more uncertainty at the well-funded group that has played a key role in the Florida governor’s effort to win the Republican primary.
• Trump’s Defense to Charge That He’s Anti-Democratic? Accuse Biden of It. Indicted over a plot to overturn an election and campaigning on promises to shatter democratic norms in a second term, Donald Trump wants voters to see Joe Biden as the bigger threat.
• DeSantis Finishes His Iowa 99, Hoping for a Bump Against Trump. The Florida governor said his tour of all the state’s counties was evidence of his commitment to Iowa voters, even as he remained far behind Donald Trump in state polls.
• George Santos Reveals One Truth: It’s Easy to Abuse Campaign Finance Laws. The newly ousted congressman, while an extreme case, illustrated the weaknesses of a system that relies on politicians to report their finances in good faith.
• Former Speaker, Laboring to Adjust to a Diminished Role, Eyes Exit. The California Republican is still angry at his ouster and has struggled to acclimate. His colleagues expect him to retire, but he has taken his time deciding.
• Judge Rejects Trump’s Immunity Claims in Election Case. The ruling is likely to spark a series of appeals that the former president’s lawyers hope will push the trial on election interference charges past the 2024 election.
• Georgia County Signs Up to Use Voter Database Backed by Election Deniers. The decision ignores warnings from voting rights groups and some election experts.
• DeSantis Takes Fight For Second Place To Haley’s Home State. After ignoring each other for much of the campaign, the two candidates now engage in near-daily attacks and have sparred with increasing intensity on the debate stage.
• Paleoconservative or Moderate? Questions for Staffing the Next G.O.P. White House. The Heritage Foundation asks applicants for a future Republican administration a series of questions about their ideology, showing the extent to which “America First” has shaped the modern G.O.P.
• A Questionnaire for Applicants to the Next Conservative White House. The Heritage Foundation, which has been staffing Republican administrations since the Reagan era, has a list of questions for job applicants that shows how Donald Trump has transformed the party.
• Request for Public Testimony By Hunter Biden Is Rejected. House Republicans who have subpoenaed Hunter Biden to testify in the impeachment inquiry into President Biden insisted on a private, videotaped deposition before a public hearing.
• 300 Volunteers, 98 Christmas Trees, 30 Pounds of Chocolate, and . . . 300 volunteers (including the first lady’s twin sisters), 98 Christmas trees and a 300-pound gingerbread house are just the beginning.
• A Chaotic Congress Makes History Again. A Republican-led House known for dysfunction managed to purge a serial fabulist from its ranks, but the expulsion threatened to make it even harder for the G.O.P. to govern.
• Here’s What Split G.O.P. In the Vote For Removal. While the vote to expel Mr. Santos was a bipartisan rebuke, Republican leaders and far-right members voted to save him.
• O’Connor’s Judicial Legacy Was Undermined by Court’s Rightward Shift. Since her retirement in 2006, the court has dismantled her key rulings on abortion, affirmative action and campaign finance.
• DeSantis Super PAC Suffers Another Big Staff Loss, This Time Its Chairman. The departure of Adam Laxalt, a longtime friend of the Florida governor, is the latest shake-up inside Never Back Down as it faces questions over the group’s strategy and spending.
• Trump Can Be Sued Over Jan. 6, Court Says. The court left open the possibility that the former president could still prevail in his effort to claim immunity from civil cases seeking to hold him accountable for the violence.
• Appeals Court Rules That Jan. 6 Suits Against Trump Can Proceed for Now. The court left open the possibility that the former president could still prevail in his effort to claim immunity from civil cases seeking to hold him accountable for the violence.
• 5 Takeaways From the DeSantis-Newsom Debate. Ron DeSantis showed a feistier side, using a friendly moderator to go on offense. Gavin Newsom defended California and President Biden, and jabbed right back.
• “Florida is ranked No. 1 [in education] by U.S. News & World Report. In terms of state education rankings, California ranks 20th. … You spend more money and they have better results in Florida, why?”
• Newsom and DeSantis clash in a combative, unusual debate.
• “So extreme is your [abortion] ban that criminalizes women and criminalizes doctors.”
• “When he was in Congress, he supported amnesty.”
• “Florida had a lower standardized Covid death rate than California did. … California had higher excess mortality than Florida.”
• “He is the first governor to ever lose population. They actually at one point ran out of U-Hauls in the state of California because so many people were leaving.”
• Who is the real audience for each ambitious governor?
• For Ron DeSantis, a Democratic Sparring Partner at a Tenuous Time in His Campaign. For Mr. DeSantis, taking on Gavin Newsom is fraught with risks at a time when his presidential campaign seems to be gasping for air.
• Gavin Newsom wants Fox News viewers to hear him out.
• What to watch for during the debate.
• A campaign sideshow in the spotlight.
• Brazen Scheme Could Strain Biden’s Bond With Modi. The charges illustrate how complicated it can be for American presidents to balance their relationships with deeply imperfect allies.
• Biden, With Angolan Leader, Tries to Build Up Africa Ties. President Biden recommitted to a promise to invest in the continent, as the United States has lagged behind Russia and China in competing for influence.
• Kissinger Had the Ear of Presidents. He Had Their Awe and Ire, Too. In his decades in politics, the statesman advised many presidents. Here are some of their thoughts from over the years, in their own words.
• Santos Relishes the Limelight Even as His Show Looks Likely to Close. Before the debate about his possible expulsion from Congress, George Santos seemed to embrace his starring role in a scandal of his own making.
• Kissinger: A Player on the World Stage Until the Very End. He traveled the globe when contemporaries had died or retired. Capitals around the world were still open to him. And he remained the toast of Davos.
• Senate Panel Approves Subpoenas in Supreme Court Ethics Inquiry. The decision to try to compel cooperation from a leading judicial activist and a Republican megadonor came over fierce G.O.P. opposition and threats of retaliation.
• MoveOn Carries Out Layoffs as Liberal Groups Struggle to Raise Money. The layoffs are the latest sign of a slowdown in small-dollar donations to Democratic candidates and liberal organizations.
• Nikki Haley’s First TV Ad Calls to Move Beyond ‘the Chaos of the Past’ The 30-second spot, part of a $10 million advertising effort in Iowa and New Hampshire, does not mention her front-running rival, Donald Trump, or President Biden.
• Divided by Politics, a Colorado Town Mends Its Broken Bones. Two years after death threats and aspersions roiled little Silverton, the town has found a semblance of peace and a lesson for a ruptured nation.
• Henry Kissinger Always Tended to His Image, Even When It Came to His Obituary. Interviewing Henry Kissinger was a bit like negotiating an arms control agreement: Full of complexity, nuance, evasion and declarations you had to check. And utterly fascinating.
• On Israel’s War Against Hamas, Sanders Faces a Backlash From the Left. Some progressive activists are deeply disappointed in the Vermont senator, an icon of their movement, for failing to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
• Why a Major Primary Challenge to Biden Is So Unlikely. It’s really hard to run against a sitting president. And beginning at this point, just two months before primary voting starts, wouldn’t be feasible anyhow.
• DeSantis-Newsom Debate Is a Campaign Sideshow. The stakes are high for the governor of Florida as his polling sags fewer than seven weeks out from the Iowa caucuses.
• 6 Takeaways From Liz Cheney’s Book Assailing Trump and His ‘Enablers’ In a memoir to be published next week, the former congresswoman described how Republicans berated her, how her family lost friends and how she forged an unusual alliance with Nancy Pelosi.
• Trump Will Skip the G.O.P. Debate and Attend a Fund-Raiser Instead. The fourth Republican debate will be held next Wednesday night in Alabama. The former president has not attended any of the previous debates.
• Lawyer Told Trump Defying Documents Subpoena Would Be a Crime. The lawyer, Jennifer Little, recounted the discussion to a grand jury overseen by the special counsel Jack Smith before he brought charges against the former president.
• McCarthy Claimed Trump Was ‘Not Eating’ After Leaving Office, Cheney Says. In a new memoir, Liz Cheney wrote that Kevin McCarthy justified his trip to Mar-a-Lago by saying the former president was depressed after losing re-election.
• Top Ramaswamy Aide Resigns to Start Working for the Trump Campaign. The aide, Brian Swensen, had been focused on building Vivek Ramaswamy’s New Hampshire operation.
• Biden Takes on MAGA Republicans in the Backyard of One of Their Own. President Biden toured a wind turbine factory in a far-right lawmaker’s Colorado district and rebuked critics who have opposed his clean energy and economic agenda.
• Harris to Stand In for Biden at U.N. Climate Conference. The president attended the annual conference in 2021 and 2022, but officials say this year he is preoccupied with the wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine.
• Arizona Officials Charged With Conspiring to Delay Election Results. An indictment accuses two Cochise County supervisors of interfering with the state canvass of votes. The county has been a hotbed of election conspiracy theories.
• As U.S. and Iran Spar, Experts Fear Misstep Could Start Wider War. U.S. forces and militias backed by Iran have launched tit-for-tat attacks, fueling concerns as Israeli forces have also clashed with Iranian-backed groups.
• Schumer Chides Leftists Abetting Antisemitism. The majority leader and highest-ranking Jewish official in the country cautioned progressives and young people against unwittingly embracing bigotry in the name of social justice.
• Haley Gets A New Lift From Dimon And a PAC. The JPMorgan Chase C.E.O.’s show of support for Ms. Haley came on the same day that a new super PAC set out to try to draw independent voters to her candidacy.
• Red-State Senate Democrats Test Abortion Issue. Senator Sherrod Brown is betting that the issue will aid his re-election bid in Ohio, which recently upheld abortion rights. Allies of Senator Jon Tester of Montana are also hoping it helps.
• In Early Primary States, Haley Is Building Momentum. The crowds are her biggest yet, and voters are warming up to her candidacy, but Nikki Haley still faces a daunting task in taking down the front-runner, Donald Trump.
• As Congress Weighs Aid To Israel, Some Democrats Want to Attach Conditions. Democrats are clashing with each other and the Biden administration over whether to attach conditions, including measures to avoid civilian casualties, to security assistance.

World

• A university president was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, Palestinian officials say.
• The U.S. defense secretary draws on his experience in Iraq to advise Israel on urban warfare.

Africa

• Nigeria’s President Calls for Inquiry After Military Strike Kills at Least 85 Civilians. Many of the victims were women and children gathered for a religious celebration. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu described the attack as a “bombing mishap.”
• This Building Was Deemed ‘Outright Inhumane.’ But They Say It’s Home. Residents of a Johannesburg building know it is every bit as dangerous as one that burned in August, killing 77. But it’s a home, one they might not otherwise have, and a place to pursue their dreams and aspirations.
• Pleading With Senegalese to Reject Migration’s Perils. Witness to a tragedy on a boat to Spain, Moustapha Diouf has made it his mission to persuade young people not to emigrate from Senegal, but even he concedes that it’s getting harder to make his case.
• Fancy Wearing a Kaunda Suit? Not in Kenya’s Parliament. A favorite of President William Ruto, the suit was banned along with other traditional African attire for violating parliamentary dress codes. Proper attire, the speaker decreed, is a Western suit and tie.

Americas

• Peru’s Top Court Orders Fujimori Released From Prison. The ruling, which affirms a decision to reinstate a pardon, defies an order by an international court that former President Alberto Fujimori continue to serve his sentence for human rights violations.
• Venezuela Holds Vote Over Oil-Rich Territory Claimed by Guyana. President Nicolás Maduro says an oil-rich part of Guyana belongs to Venezuela. Voters agreed on Sunday, but turnout appeared to be low.
• U.S. Expels Officer Tied To ’73 Killings In Chile Coup. Pedro Barrientos, 74, was charged in the kidnapping, torture and killing of the popular folk singer Víctor Jara days after the 1973 military coup that deposed President Salvador Allende.
• Canada Fast-Tracks 10.4 Billion Dollar Military Purchase. To avoid a seemingly endless process, the government takes some political heat.
• Candidate’s Victory in Ottawa Raises Question: Did Beijing Help Him? A Canadian rapporteur said there was “well-grounded suspicion” that Han Dong, a member of Parliament from Toronto, may have benefited from support from the Chinese Consulate.
• Return to Haiti of a Coup Leader Raises Concerns of More Turmoil. Guy Philippe, who helped lead the coup that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004, is back in the politically unstable country after serving time in a U.S. prison.
• Google Agrees to Pay Canadian Media for Using Their Content. The Canadian government reached a deal with Google before a new law compelling tech giants to compensate news organizations comes into effect late next month.

Asia Pacific

• U.S. Air Force Says Osprey Crash Off Japan Left No Survivors. All eight airmen aboard the craft that went down during a Nov. 29 training exercise are believed to have been killed, the Air Force said.
• U.N. Says Hundreds of Refugees Are Adrift in Andaman Sea. Two boats carrying about 400 people have been at sea for weeks, the U.N. refugee agency said, calling on nearby governments to rescue them.
• 5 Bodies Found After Days of Searching for U.S. Military Aircraft in Japan. The remains of a 24-year-old airman were found last week after the CV-22 Osprey went down during a training exercise. Two other crew members remain unaccounted for.
• Agnes Chow, a Hong Kong Activist, Fled to Canada and Isn’t Likely to Return. Ms. Chow said she had to make a “patriotic” visit to the mainland to get her passport back. The Hong Kong police condemned her intention to “openly jump bail.”
• Indonesian Volcano Erupts. Clouds of volcanic ash hung over towns after Mount Marapi erupted in West Sumatra Province on Sunday. Thick layers of ash also covered cars and vegetation.
• Volcanic Eruption Kills at Least 11 Hikers in Indonesia. Dozens of climbers were on Mount Marapi on Sumatra when it began spewing ash, the authorities said. Twelve were still missing.
• The Wild Card in Taiwan’s Election: Frustrated Young Voters. An important bloc for the governing party, the island’s youth are focusing on bread-and-butter issues and have helped propel the rise of an insurgent party.
• Monday Briefing: Big State Victories for Modi. Plus Israel’s campaign in Gaza.
• With Big State Victories, Modi Expands His Dominance in India. Results of voting for the governments of four Indian states showed gains for Mr. Modi’s ruling party, putting him in a strong position ahead of general elections in the spring.
• Explosion at Catholic Mass in Philippines Kills at Least 4 and Injures Dozens. The blast, which was claimed by the Islamic State, occurred in a restive area in the south that was the site of a devastating battle with an ISIS affiliate six years ago.
• Philippines Quake Prompts Warnings. The authorities in Japan and the Philippines lifted tsunami warnings in coastal regions after ordering evacuations. Power failures near the epicenter were reported.
• Map: 7.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes the Philippine Sea. View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
• An Unusual Name Can Be a Burden. In Japan, Parents Are Being Reined In. As such names have increased, so has media attention to cases of people unhappy with them. But critics say new rules may infringe on the right to be creative.
• Long Dispute At the Center Of Tensions. The charges are rooted in a decades-old dispute over the demand by some Sikhs for a sovereign state known as Khalistan carved out of northern India.
• India’s Morgues Full of Evidence an Ethnic Conflict Is Not Over. The government has tried to shift the focus. That’s harder with morgues still full of bodies six months after the start of ethnic violence in Manipur.
• A Timeline of Plots Against Sikh Activists, According to Canada and the U.S. Officials in the United States and Canada have described two assassination attempts: the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia and a plan to murder an activist in New York.
• Henry Kissinger’s Life and Work in Photos. The U.S. diplomat rose from a bookish childhood in Germany to become a power player in the halls of American politics.
• An Alleged Plot’s Burning Question: Why Would India Take the Risk? After an indictment accuses an Indian official of ordering an assassination on U.S. soil, diplomats and experts debate how far up the chain the scheme went.
• Kissinger’s Legacy Still Ripples Through Vietnam and Cambodia. His decision to authorize the bombing of Cambodia, efforts to extricate the U.S. from the Vietnam War and role in the rapprochement with China continue to be felt in Southeast Asia.
• India Exults, But Warnings On Tunnel Were Legion. Environmentalists argued that a road project was destabilizing the fragile Himalayan landscape. The government maneuvered to continue it.
• At Least One Dead as U.S. Osprey Crashes in Japan With 8 Onboard. The incident comes three months after three Marines died in an Osprey crash in Australia.

Australia

• After Decades of Decline, a Feathered Icon Breeds in New Zealand’s Capital. The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort.
• Police Cast a Dragnet for 10,000 Stolen Doughnuts. A woman thought she was stealing a van. She got thousands of doughnuts as well.
• A Back Door to Taylor Swift’s Australia Tickets? Not if You’re in Australia. An online reseller has skirted the country’s restrictions on ticket sales, allowing Swifties elsewhere to buy admission to the star’s Eras Tour.

Canada

• Alleged Plot in New York Bolsters Canada’s Accusations Against India. An indictment in a plot against a Sikh separatist in the United States provides details in a killing that has strained relations between Canada and India.

Europe

• Boris Johnson to Face Tough Questions at Covid Inquiry. The former prime minister, whose tenure was dominated and derailed by the pandemic, is expected to admit some mistakes but also point out his successes.
• Ukraine Opens War Crimes Inquiry Into Soldiers’ Deaths. A video circulated on social media but not independently verified purports to show Russian forces shooting troops who appeared to be surrendering.
• Tuberville Says He Will Drop Military Promotion Blockade. Under pressure from senators in both parties, the Alabama Republican said he would allow more than 400 promotions to move forward, continuing to block only the most senior positions.
• Putin to Visit Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. on Wednesday. The trip is part of a series of diplomatic meetings by the Russian leader, and comes as Ukraine tries to shore up eroding Western support for its war effort.
• Can Boris Johnson Keep His Cool at U.K.’s Covid Inquiry? Britain’s former prime minister will face tough questions when he testifies this week before an official inquiry into the pandemic.
• Detained in Russia for 250 Days, American Reporter Is Still Awaiting Trial. Evan Gershkovich, a journalist for The Wall Street Journal, is being held on a spying charge that he, his newspaper and the U.S. government deny.
• 68,000 Gallons of ‘Unfit’ Olive Oil Seized by Italy and Spain. Officials in Europe, where a majority of the world’s olive oil is produced, charged 11 people with selling adulterated oil not suitable for consumption.
• White House Warns Congress That Weapons Money for Ukraine Will Run Out. The warning, in a letter to the House speaker, comes as an increasing number of Republicans say they are growing weary of shouldering the costs of a drawn-out war.
• A Prison at War: The Convicts Sustaining Putin’s Invasion. Nearly 200 inmates left a high-security Russian prison to join the war in Ukraine, seeking redemption, money or freedom. Many were killed or wounded.
• Paris Attack Suspect Pledged Allegiance to ISIS, Prosecutor Says. The man, identified as Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, was known to French intelligence services for Islamist extremism and psychiatric disorders.
• Ukrainians in Germany Weigh Wrenching Choice: Stay or Go Home. As refugees, they were welcomed with safety, services and jobs. As the war grinds on, giving that up is not a simple decision.
• Munich Airport Resumes Operations After Major Snowfall. Heavy snow in Southern Germany on Saturday prompted authorities to shut the airport and rail station. Service at both remained limited on Sunday.
• Deadly Paris Knife Attack Revives Terrorism Concerns. The authorities said the suspect had serious psychiatric disorders and told the police he was upset over the deaths of Muslims around the world, including in Gaza.
• Many Irish Are Drawn To Palestinians’ Cause. In a country with its own history of a seemingly intractable conflict, the majority of people in Ireland are sympathetic to Palestinian civilians, while also condemning the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7.
• Crossing the Dnipro: What Ukraine’s Foray Might Mean. Ukrainian troops have taken positions on the east bank of the Dnipro River, posing a threat to Russia’s dominance of the region. Here is a look at the battlefield and the strategic implications.
• At P.S.G., Coaching Vision and Star Power Collide Again. The system may be the center of the modern soccer universe, but stars like Kylian Mbappé exert a gravity of their own.
• Russian Court Extends Hold Of Journalist From the U.S. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor who also holds Russian citizenship, was arrested in October on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent.
• Burying a Son in Russia, and Trying to Make Sense of a War. In Russia, the pain and loss of the war in Ukraine are felt most profoundly in small villages, where a soldier’s burial produces not just grief but a yearning to find meaning in his death.
• How a Book Publishing ‘Mistake’ Reignited the U.K.’s Royal Racism Furor. The rollout of “Endgame” caused a scandal after a quickly withdrawn translation named family members said to have asked about the skin color of Prince Harry and Meghan’s future son.
• Paul Whelan’s Family Says He Was Attacked in Russian Prison. Mr. Whelan, who is serving a 16-year sentence in a labor camp, told his family that another inmate struck him in the face.
• Russia Declares Gay Rights Movement as ‘Extremist’ Activists said the designation could put L.G.B.T.Q. people and their organizations under threat of criminal prosecution for something as simple as displaying the rainbow flag.
• Britain Says Bye-Bye to Its Only Pandas as They’ll Soon Depart for China. The playful, waddling bears charmed millions of people at the Edinburgh Zoo of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
• Pope’s Critics Feel the Sting After His Patience Runs Out. Vatican observers see a leader more willing to crack down on those seeking to derail his agenda for the Roman Catholic Church.
• Paris, 1919: History’s Slingshot. What happened in early 20th century Europe still propels much of modern politics, including the conflict in Gaza and Israel.
• E.U. Court Upholds Ban On Hijabs In Offices. The bloc’s Court of Justice, ruling in the case of a female employee in Belgium who was told she could not wear a hijab in the office, said the restriction was lawful.
• Macron’s Justice Minister Is Cleared of Abusing Post. Éric Dupond-Moretti was charged with using his position as a weapon to order investigations into four magistrates he had recently clashed with.
• London’s Black Cabs Can Soon Join Uber. But Will They? In 2024, passengers are set to have the option to book black cabs through Uber. After longstanding tensions, a union for drivers said they “have no interest.”
• Scottish Country Music Venue Ends Display of Confederate Flag. The flag, and efforts to ban it, had caused a rift among members of the Grand Ole Opry in Glasgow.
• NATO Diplomats, Including Blinken, Vow to Maintain Support for Ukraine. Amid questions over Western resolve, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and other diplomats stressed their commitment to Kyiv’s bid to join the alliance.
• Germany’s Vow to Revitalize Its Military Is ‘Fizzing Out’ In the days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to revitalize Germany’s military. Nearly two years on, major change has yet to be felt.

Middle East

• The United States announces an additional $21 million in humanitarian assistance.
• War Intensifies in Southern Gaza, Where Civilians Say No Place Is Safe. Amid some of the war’s heaviest bombing, Israeli forces battled Hamas deep into the city of Khan Younis, with few signs that Israel was heeding Biden administration calls to show more restraint.
• “We sleep fearing we might be dead” 60 days of life in the Gaza Strip.
• ‘Can I Walk Outside of the Room?’ Israeli Doctors Help Child Hostages Return Home. One child was told that no one was looking for her and that Israel was gone.
• ‘Can I walk outside of the room?’ A medical center helps child hostages return home. One child was told that no one was looking for her and that Israel was gone.
• ‘These are civilian women, mostly between the ages of 20 and 39,’ Biden says of the remaining female hostages. The president called the v
• House Declares Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism, Dividing Democrats. More than half of House Democrats declined to back the Republican-written resolution, as some argued that equating criticism of the state of Israel with hatred of the Jewish people went too far.
• Arab Citizens of Israel Released in Deals With Hamas Fear a Backlash. Almost all the 15 Israeli-Arab women freed in the swaps were released against their will. One was expelled from a university and others fear they could be attacked by those who link them to Hamas.
• An Israeli military spokesman estimates that several thousand Hamas fighters have been killed.
• U.S. to Deny Visas to Violent Israeli settlers and some West Bank Palestinians. As acts of violence spike in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, American officials say they will take action against dozens of Israeli settlers and some Palestinians.
• ‘Worse by the hour’: The W.H.O. warns of the likelihood of a humanitarian disaster in the south.
• E.U. Official Cites Big Risk of Terror Attacks in Europe Because of Gaza War. The warning was a reflection of how anger is spreading internationally over Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack and the Israeli military’s response in Gaza.
• Israeli families fear for the men still held in Gaza.
• Hospital in Khan Younis Crowded With Wounded Amid Israeli Attacks. Injured Palestinians were rushed to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis as Israel increased its attacks on the southern Gazan city.
• The U.S. says Israel must do more to protect civilians. Experts see little change.
• On the Ground in Wars and Disasters, the U.N. Plays a Vital Role. While some critics say the world body is paralyzed by political differences, its humanitarian agencies are helping needy people in Gaza and other places around the world.
• Israeli forces say they are fighting in ‘the heart’ of Khan Younis.
• Accounts of Sexual Violence by Hamas Are Aired Amid Criticism of U.N. A meeting at the U.N., organized in part by Sheryl Sandberg, accused the body of ignoring the rape and mutilation of women in the Oct. 7 assault on Israel, and heard gruesome details from witnesses.
• The U.S. says Hamas ‘reneged’ on a deal to release all the women hostages. Matthew Miller, the spokesman, said Hamas had not given credible reasons for why it was not releasing the remaining women hostages.
• Israeli Forces Near Major City in Southern Gaza as Civilians Panic. Israel, escalating its assault against Hamas in southern Gaza, warned civilians there to evacuate, but some said there was nowhere left to go.
• Israel has entered southern Gaza, images show, setting the stage for a possibly decisive battle.
• Humanitarian groups say civilians in Gaza have ‘no safe place to go.’
• Gazans in the south ask, ‘Where will we go now?’
• Protesters near the U.N. push for broader condemnation of sexual violence on Oct. 7.
• What We Know About Sexual Violence During the Oct. 7 Attacks on Israel. Israel has accused Hamas of committing abuses against large numbers of women. Hamas denies the allegations.
• Netanyahu Corruption Trial Resumes, Adding to Israeli Leader’s Challenges. Courts in Israel suspended non-urgent cases after the Oct. 7 attacks, including the prime minister’s multiyear trial.
• Militant Rocket Hit Base Linked to Israeli Nuclear Missile Program. A Times visual analysis found that a rocket launched from Gaza on Oct. 7 hit an Israeli military base believed to house nuclear-capable missiles, although it’s likely they were not in danger.
• Gazans Say Nowhere Is Safe as Israel Expands Evacuation Orders. Many displaced Palestinians have been forced to relocate again as the Israeli military said it is expanding ground operations “all across the Gaza Strip.”
• Israeli military warnings place spotlight on Khan Younis, a crowded city of refuge.
• Israel orders more evacuations.
• Israel Is Urging Gazans in South To Decamp Again. As its ground forces prepared to move in the south of Gaza, residents there were told to leave their homes, spreading fear and confusion.
• Confusing evacuation orders leave Gazans to make painful decisions.
• Clashes escalate on Israel’s northern border.
• U.S. Navy Destroyer Shoots Down Three Drones in Red Sea, Pentagon Says. A Pentagon official said the U.S.S. Carney shot down the drones as several commercial ships nearby came under fire on Sunday, in attacks that U.S. Central Command said came from Iran-backed Yemeni Houthis.
• The U.S. is pressing Israel and Hamas to return to talks, a White House official says. The White
• Eighty percent of Gazans have already left their homes. Here’s what that looks like. Eighty percent of Gazans are displaced from their homes as Israel orders more evacuations.
• Britain will start surveillance flights over Gaza to help locate hostages.
• Many Gazans who were already displaced are under orders to move again.
• Sending Their Sons To Fight for Israel. Many mothers are grappling with anxiety as their sons head off to fight in Gaza. “It felt like my children were being taken away, one by one, until no one was left,” one said.
• Top U.S. officials urge Israel to protect Gazans amid intensified fighting.
• Released hostages give Tel Aviv protesters hope for those left behind. Hostages who were recently released thanked demonstrators for continuing to pressure their government.
• What the Scale of Displacement in Gaza Looks Like. Eighty percent of Gazans are displaced from their homes as Israel orders more evacuations. See where thousands have been sheltering amid the war’s destruction.
• Harris Says U.S. Strongly Opposes ‘Forced Relocation of Palestinians From Gaza’ The vice president’s statement came after a daylong meeting with Arab leaders in Dubai, where she was attending the U.N. climate summit.
• U.S. strongly opposes relocating Gazans to Egypt or camps outside the enclave, vice president says.
• Israeli Officers’ Errors Draw Scrutiny, but Little Backlash. The Israeli media and The New York Times published damaging revelations suggesting that senior officers had ignored or dismissed intelligence reports about the likelihood of a major Hamas attack.
• Gazans again find themselves in dire straits, searching for safe areas and food.
• Israel Launches ‘Intense’ Strikes In South Gaza. Beleaguered Gazans, having fled the territory’s north, emerged from a night of bombardment wondering where to go next for safety.
• Israeli calls to evacuate parts of southern Gaza could be a precursor to an invasion there.
• Ire Toward Netanyahu May Not Lead to Ouster . Many hold Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for his government’s failure to prevent the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. His legacy could be determined by his actions in the coming days.
• Southern Gaza girds for the war’s next phase.
• World Food Program Staff Confronts Cindy McCain Over Gaza Crisis. Staff members accused Ms. McCain, the W.F.P.’s leader, of not leveraging her position to speak out against the suffering of Palestinian civilians, and some have called for her removal.
• A protester self-immolates outside the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta. A security guard tried to intervene but was unsuccessful, officials said.
• Gazans under new bombardments say they have few options.
• With the End of the Cease-Fire, Concern Grows Over the Oldest Israeli Hostages Left Behind. Going without medicines, proper nutrition and other necessities leave many especially vulnerable.
• Rep. Adam Smith of Washington says his home was vandalized with ‘cease-fire’ messages.
• A Closer Look at Israeli Data on Freed Palestinians. Israel has released a total of 240 Palestinian prisoners and detainees during a weeklong pause in hostilities.
• After Week of Truce, Israel Resumes Gaza Attacks. Talks on extending a weeklong cease-fire broke down, with each side blaming the other. The truce had included the release of hostages held in Gaza for people in Israeli prisons.
• Freed Hostages Return to Grief As They Learn of Family Deaths. More than any of them are now learning for the first time that their relatives were killed on Oct. 7 or are still being held hostage.
• The fates of dozens of hostages are left in question.
• Israel’s military says one hostage was found dead in Gaza and four others thought to be hostages are dead.
• Blinken Says Hamas Is Responsible for Resumption of Fighting. The U.S. secretary of state said he also believed Israel was taking steps in this next phase of war to protect civilian lives in Gaza.
• Blinken blames Hamas for resumption of fighting.
• A released prisoner returns to Gaza to find his home destroyed.
• Northern Gaza Is Devastated. Can the South Expect the Same? American officials are making clear to Israel that it cannot pursue a campaign in the south that would have the same devastating consequences as in the north.
• The Israeli military signals ‘the next stage of the war’ by drawing zones for Gaza evacuations.
• The truce broke down over the details of further hostage and prisoner exchanges, Israeli officials say.
• Israel had a blueprint for the Oct. 7 attacks a year ago. Officials dismissed it.
• Fighting restarts with strikes in Gaza and air-raid sirens in Israel.
• Talks were continuing in hopes of reviving the truce.
• U.S. Urges Israel to Protect Civilians When War Restarts. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Israeli officials and a Palestinian leader on Thursday to seek improved conditions for Gaza’s civilians and to try to exert influence over Israel’s expected military offensive.
• Israelis Saw Plan For Hamas Atttack Over a Year Ago. A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.
• What We Know About the Hostages Released on Thursday. Eight Israeli hostages were freed, including dual nationals from Mexico, Russia and Uruguay.
• Hamas releases eight more hostages on the seventh day of a fragile truce.
• Son of Released Israeli Hostage Shares Her Experience. Yafa Adar, 85, was among the first group of Israeli hostages to be released by Hamas on Nov. 24. Now her son, Moshe Adar, who survived the Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz, tells The Times about his mother’s nearly 50 days spent in captivity.
• Blinken says the U.S. is working to extend the pause in fighting but gives no hint of success.
• Hostages Freed From Gaza Recount Violence, Hunger and Fear. Hostages who have returned to Israel in the past week have come home malnourished, ill, injured and bearing psychological wounds.
• ‘They Came in the Dark’: Settler Violence Intensifies in the West Bank. Since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, extremist settlers in the West Bank have been emboldened, displacing more than 1,000 Palestinians, according to the United Nations.
• Shooting in Jerusalem Kills at Least 3 People, Israeli Officials Say. Israel’s Shin Bet security service said the gunmen were Palestinian brothers from East Jerusalem who were affiliated with Hamas.
• Mediators worked for days to extend the deal.
• The activist Ahed Tamimi is among the Palestinians freed in the latest exchange. The 22-year-old activist was jailed for three weeks without being charged. Her arrest was one of thousands made during the Israeli military’s crackdown in the occupied West Bank after the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7.
• Here’s What We Know About the Hostages Released on Wednesday. The sixth round of hostage releases since the cease-fire began involved 10 Israelis, four Thai nationals and two Israeli-Russian dual citizens.
• Mediators Seek Series of Pauses To Help End War. Officials from Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. hope that a succession of pauses will pave the way toward a larger goal: bringing the war to a close.
• More than 140 people are still being held hostage in Gaza.
• A U.N. Security Council session adds pressure on Israel and Hamas to extend a temporary cease-fire.
• The Dilemmas of a Petrostate Preparing to Host a Climate Summit. Climate activists have balked at the fact that a leading oil producer, the United Arab Emirates, is hosting this year’s U.N. climate talks. But Emirati officials say they, too, are grappling with hard questions.
• Israeli Forces Kill 4 in West Bank, Palestinian Officials Say. Two children, ages 8 and 15, and two members of armed groups were killed in a raid in Jenin, according to the Palestinian health ministry and a camp official.
• Fears Grow Over Fate of Mother and Her 2 Sons. Hamas’s armed wing said a mother and her two young children had been killed in Israeli airstrikes. Israel’s military said it was assessing the claim.
• Some in Netanyahu’s Government Pressure Him to Reject Longer Cease-Fire. “Stopping the war = breaking apart the government,” said Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, who threatened to leave the governing coalition.
• Some officials hope brief pauses will pave the way to talks on ending the war.
• An aunt of Avigail Idan talks about the 4-year-old’s time in captivity.
• Aunt of 4-Year-Old Israeli Hostage Talks About Her Time in Captivity. Avigail Idan shared one piece of pita bread per day with four others, and did not have a shower or bath during her 50 days in captivity, her aunt said.
• In West Bank, Trust in Hamas Only Deepens. Some people in the West Bank, where frustration with the Palestinian Authority has been simmering for years, believe Hamas and other armed groups are the only ones they can trust to protect them.
• Gazans try to stock up on essentials while the truce holds.
• Gazans Wait in Long Lines for Supplies During Brief Cease-Fire. People are stocking up on basic necessities like water and fuel during the temporary window of relief from the violence.

New York

• Man Charged With Hate Crime in Times Square Assault on Israeli Tourist. The charges were among the latest to arise from a spate of bias incidents in New York amid the war between Hamas and Israel.
• Israel and Hamas engage in house-to-house gunfights in Khan Younis.
• Inside the Secret Meeting That Cleared the Way for Tom Suozzi’s Return. Gov. Kathy Hochul had been toying with blocking the former congressman’s nomination for the crucial special election to replace George Santos. Then a phone call came.
• Majors’s Ex-Girlfriend Tells Jury His Rage Was Explosive and Terrifying. On a recording, the actor demanded that Grace Jabbari support him as though he were the president and she the first lady: “I’m a great man. A great man.”
• Nearly Everyone Gets A’s at Yale. Does That Cheapen the Grade? A report found that close to 80 percent of grades were in the A range last academic year. A pandemic-era bump has stuck.
• A Simple Task That Apparently Slipped Thousands of Minds. Drivers who renewed their licenses under a special program during the pandemic owed New York’s D.M.V. just one thing. As of Friday, some 44,000 still did.
• New York’s Millionaire Class Is Growing. Other People Are Leaving. A report found that New York is gaining millionaires, despite an earlier exodus, while lower-income families are being forced to leave, raising questions about the state’s tax policies.
• In a Place Called Little Palestine, People Feel Afraid. And Forgotten. Long before the temporary cease-fire ended in Gaza, the mood in Paterson, N.J., home to one of the largest communities of Palestinians outside the Middle East, was tense.
• These Noise Cameras Put a Price on Peace: $2,500 for Loud Drivers. New York City, not exactly known for its peace and quiet, is expanding its use of technology to fine the drivers of loud cars and motorcycles.
• Mayor Adams Loses Emergency Power to Spend Freely on Migrants. The New York City comptroller, Brad Lander, revoked the mayor’s blanket ability to enter city contracts to house and care for migrants.
• Jonathan Majors Case Begins With a Debate: Was He an Abuser or a Victim? Prosecutors said a March altercation came after years of bad behavior by the actor. His lawyer said he had been bloodied by the woman he is accused of assaulting.
• Can Congestion Pricing Alter New York’s Car Culture? The city has too many cars, especially too many for-hire vehicles, transit experts say.
• State Police’s Female Troopers Warn Other Women Against Joining. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating claims of gender and racial discrimination at the New Jersey State Police.
• What to Know About Trump’s Civil Fraud Trial. Last week, bankers from Deutsche Bank testified on behalf of the former president, lending support to a central plank of his defense, while a gag order was reinstated against him.
• As Winter Approaches, Fears Grow for Homeless Migrants. Migrants slept on New York City sidewalks last week. Some advocates worry about what will happen when families need to reapply for shelter after Christmas.
• 4 Dead in Queens Stabbing; Suspect Is Killed by the Police. The attack occurred early Sunday morning at a house in Far Rockaway, where the suspect also started a fire, the police said.
• In Queens, Little Caracas Is Taking Root. Venezuelan flags, foods and accents are spreading along a stretch of Roosevelt Avenue in Queens as thousands of newly arrived migrants make their home in the city.
• ‘There Was Only One Small Table That We Didn’t End Up Using’ Dining out after a City Hall wedding, a walk in Carnegie Hill and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
• D.E.A. Sting Foiled Apparent Plot to Kill Sikh Separatist. After a murder in Canada, a sting operation, prompted by an explosive tip through an unexpected channel, rushed to prevent another killing.
• What’s Next for George Santos? Court Dates and, Maybe, Reality TV. The New York Republican suggested that his future might include a memoir or a reality television show, not to mention the looming criminal trial in federal court.
• Making Music, and a Life, Together. Ian Devaney and Aidan Noell are two-thirds of Nation of Language, a synth pop band.
• For Congestion Pricing, New York Can Learn From 3 Other Cities. New York City is on the verge of becoming the first U.S. city to follow London, Stockholm and Singapore in trying to cut traffic by charging some drivers a fee.
• The Weekender. Meet Progressive’s Flo. Also: Longevity drugs for dogs and the best books of 2023.
• How Oysters Will Save New York. Not all oysters are for holiday parties. I checked in on a local effort to build oyster reefs on a river floor.
• Visitors to Santos’s office in Queens take selfies and say good riddance.
• Republicans dismiss concerns that Santos’s expulsion sets a dangerous precedent.
• Composting’s Community of ‘True Believers’ Jilted as a Curbside Program Grows. The community initiatives that helped make composting a reality in New York are facing possible budget cuts, and advocates say their loss will be devastating.
• Santos faces a federal trial next year. A daunting and precarious challenge awaits Representative George Santos in a federal court on Long Island.
• Candidates Lining Up For Vacant Santos Seat. The New York Republican’s expulsion sets the stage for a high-stakes special election early next year to fill his Long Island swing seat.
• Here’s who might run in a special election to replace Santos. New York State rules allow Democrats and Republicans to forgo messy primaries for special elections. County parties will choose the candidates instead.
• A damning House ethics report offered fresh grounds for expulsion.
• Here’s how two G.O.P. House speakers protected George Santos for months.
• Here’s how Santos survived the first two expulsion efforts.
• George Santos is expelled from Congress in a lopsided vote.
• Santos Expelled From The House In Historic Vote. Nearly half of the G.O.P. House delegation voted to expel Mr. Santos, a remarkable rebuke of a colleague who had survived two prior expulsion bids.
• A Snowflake Will Shimmer More Brightly on Fifth Avenue. The giant illuminated decoration at 57th Street has been refreshed and modernized for holiday celebrations.
• Critics Remain Vocal On Congestion Pricing. The nation’s first congestion pricing program is taking final shape in New York. Supporters say it will benefit the city, but foes fear its impact on drivers.
• In a Punk-Pop Classic, the ‘Boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir’ Who Never Were. The police musicians famously recognized in the Pogues song “Fairytale of New York” never sought the limelight, and for good reason.
• 3-Year-Old Boy Killed in Hit and Run in Queens. Quintus Chen, of Flushing, was struck by a car that was pulling away from the curb. A 20-year-old man was charged with leaving the scene of a deadly accident.
• They Charge $6 to Clean Your Shirt. They Make 13 Cents On It. The humble cotton button-down helps power New York City, through its presence in practically every office in town. But few people understand the shirt’s transformation from dirty to clean, which at Kingbridge Cleaners & Tailors will run you $6.
• The New York Apartment Where Kissinger Spent His First Years in America. When the Kissinger family fled Nazi Germany, they landed in Washington Heights, in a two-bedroom rental where the children slept in the living room.
• If Santos Is Expelled From House, He Will Join a Small, Infamous Group. Only five House members have been removed from office by their peers, and most of them were ousted for supporting the Confederacy.
• Sikh Activist Named as Assassination Target Says India Wanted Him Dead. A U.S. indictment says an Indian government official tried to have a hit man kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York City.
• Who are Santos’s worst G.O.P. enemies? His House colleagues from New York.
• ‘Doormat Treatment’: Congestion Pricing Plan Riles New Jersey Leaders. The first peek at pricing details in New York’s plan to add tolls for drivers entering Manhattan’s busiest streets drew strong responses in New Jersey.
• Santos hit back at his critics in a defiant news conference.
• We break down the lies and unanswered questions in the Santos scandal.
• In Spirited Debate, George Santos Dares House Colleagues to Expel Him. The House debate on Thursday boiled down to a central question: Should Mr. Santos’s series of lies and alleged crimes outweigh historical precedents?
• Trump Again Barred From Insulting Court Staff in Civil Fraud Trial. A gag order that was put on hold by an appeals court judge has been reinstated. The former president has twice violated the order, insulting the judge’s clerk.
• A Salute to Tony Bennett at a High School in Queens. The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, which had a long connection with Bennett, will be playing a tribute concert.
• 5 Takeaways From U.S. Charges of Failed Plot to Kill Sikh Activist. The scheme described by federal prosecutors could upset a key element of President Biden’s foreign policy agenda: bolstering ties with India.
• What to Know About Congestion Pricing. The M.T.A. board regulating congestion pricing has detailed recommendations for the program, including how much drivers should pay.
• $15 Tolls Likely as New York Maps Out Congestion Pricing. New York wants to discourage drivers from contributing to some of the world’s heaviest traffic. After decades of delays, the plan is nearly a reality.
• Trump’s Bankers Say His Exaggerated Net Worth Did Not Affect Loans. The testimony of witnesses from Deutsche Bank lent support to a central plank of former President Donald Trump’s defense in the civil fraud case against him.
• Adams Says City Is Seeing Results in Its Effort to Get Help to the Mentally Ill. New York City has helped some of the most severely mentally ill homeless people, Mayor Eric Adams said, but he said more needed to be done to reach all those on the streets.
• U.S. Says Indian Agent Plotted to Kill Sikh Man. A Manhattan indictment says the agent orchestrated an unsuccessful plot against a Sikh separatist, a plan linked to a killing in Canada.
• Central Park Goes 653 Days Without an Inch of Snow. The park hasn’t recorded a major snowfall since Feb. 13, 2022.
• Why Some New Yorkers May Soon Feel the Effect of Ocean Winds. The wind-power industry may be facing a crisis, but huge turbines going up off Long Island could be producing electricity for homes before 2023 ends.

Business

• Actors Ratify Deal With Hollywood Studios, With Reservations. The SAG-AFTRA vote formally ends six months of labor strife, though some members were not happy about the contract’s artificial intelligence protections.
• CVS Says It Will Change the Way Its Pharmacies Are Paid. The drugstore chain is introducing a model that will compensate pharmacies based on how much they paid for a drug, as well as a set markup and service fee.
• Smaller Airlines Seek Mergers to Compete With Industry Giants. JetBlue Airways is trying to persuade a federal court to let it acquire Spirit Airlines, a deal that the Justice Department says will raise fares and reduce competition.
• Xi Jinping Is Asserting Tighter Control of Finance in China. The Communist Party’s main theoretical journal has laid out a new ideological framework for the financial system that emphasizes the primacy of China’s top leader and Marxist principles.
• Two N95 Companies Shut Down, as an Era Ends. Two mask companies are shutting down as a once sought-after item becomes an afterthought.
• Bitcoin Soars on Hopes of Investment Fund Approval. The cryptocurrency has gained roughly 150 percent this year, as investors bet that regulators will soon approve the first spot exchange-traded fund that is designed to track the price of Bitcoin.
• China’s Rising Debt Spurs Moody’s to Lower Credit Outlook. The ratings agency cut its view of the country’s finances to negative, saying it was concerned about the potential cost of local government bailouts.
• 8 Key Moments in the Development of A.I. Here are eight key moments that led to A.I.’s reigning supreme in the minds of business leaders and policymakers.
• China Evergrande’s Crash Was Accelerated by Questionable Accounting. Blame for the property developer’s downfall has been placed on Chinese lending policies, but poor corporate oversight was hiding in plain sight.
• U.S. Moves to Crack Down on Money Behind Fentanyl Trade. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen will travel to Mexico this week for talks on countering illicit finance and fentanyl.
• Spotify to Cut 1,500 Jobs After Spending Spree. The music streaming service has expanded into podcasting and audiobooks but found it difficult to turn a consistent profit.
• China Evergrande Gets an Unexpected Reprieve From Liquidation. A Hong Kong judge postponed deciding whether to force the breakup of the property developer, which defaulted in 2021 on hundreds of billions of dollars in debt.
• Alaska Air Plans to Buy Hawaiian. The deal, valued at $1.9 billion, would further consolidate the airline industry and is likely to face close scrutiny by federal antitrust regulators.
• Sports Leagues Go All In With Links to Gambling. The proposed purchase of the N.B.A.’s Dallas Mavericks by a casino operator is the latest sign of how fully leagues have embraced the gaming world.
• Evergrande Faces Beginning of the End in a Hong Kong Court. A Hong Kong judge could set in motion the liquidation of the property developer, which was once considered one of China’s most successful companies.
• Why More Chinese Are Risking Danger in Southern Border Crossings to U.S. Trekking the perilous Darién Gap and seeking asylum are risks worth taking for migrants from China who have lost hope in the country’s future.
• A C.E.O. Who Resigned in Scandal Now Wants More Money. Timothy J. Sloan was criticized for failing to clean up Wells Fargo’s troubled culture when he headed the bank. He says in a suit that he’s owed at least an additional $34 million.
• Social Security’s Customer Service Struggle. The Social Security Administration’s staffing and customer service issues have been mounting, and budget disputes in Congress could make them worse.
• Control Tower Vacancies Compromising Air Safety. A nationwide shortage of controllers has resulted in an exhausted and demoralized work force that is increasingly prone to making dangerous mistakes.
• . Michelle Hager, who retired in June after 26 years as a controller, said the schedule had become “not only exhausting but depressing.”
• Markets Hit a New High for the Year, Reversing Summer’s Swoon. The S&P 500 has risen over 10 percent from its October low, with November its best month of the year.
• Australian Media Company to Pay Peter Schiff to End Defamation Suit. The money manager had sued an Australian media company that reported on a tax investigation into his bank, Euro Pacific.
• A Tense Climate Summit Begins Against a Backdrop of War and Record Heat. World leaders at climate talks in Dubai invoked faith, science and economics in their calls for a rapid transition away from fossil fuels.
• An Investing Principle That Still Holds. The storm over the so-called 60/40 investment portfolio misses the point, our columnist says. The key issue is diversifying your portfolio, and that is as important as ever.
• With Offices Sitting Empty, Landlords Are ‘Handing Back the Keys’ Some of the biggest names in commercial real estate, like Brookfield and Blackstone, have stopped paying mortgages, allowing lenders to repossess buildings.
• TikTok Aims To Address Antisemitism. The company in recent weeks organized several in-person meetings between its top executive and Jewish groups and business leaders.
• Retailers See Potential Chill In Spending For Holidays. Black Friday weekend had a decent turnout for retailers, but it’s unclear if the rest of the season will deliver for the industry.
• Judge in Montana Halts A Statewide TikTok Ban. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been locked in a legal battle with Montana since the state passed the ban in April.
• Hostility Slaps Silicon Valley Bigwigs Trying to Build a New City. At the first town hall meeting in support of the project, residents of Solano County, Calif., pelted one of its leaders with skepticism and questions.
• Electric Vehicle Push Returns North Carolina to Its Lithium Mining Roots. After decades of stagnation, the Tar Heel State is the beneficiary of a lithium rush fueled by demand for car batteries.
• Oil Producers Announce More Production Cuts After Meeting. OPEC Plus, led by Saudi Arabia, moved to bolster prices at its year-end gathering. The group also said Brazil, an oil giant, was expected to join.
• Eurozone Inflation Falls Faster Than Expected. Prices rose at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in November among the countries that use the euro, continuing a broad decline in energy and food inflation.
• Big Companies Find a Way to Identify A.I. Data They Can Trust. Mainstream companies have concerns about the lineage of the data that powers A.I. applications. An industry group is addressing that challenge.
• Pickup or Lunar Lander? Tesla’s Cybertruck Enters a Crowded Market. Two years behind schedule, the electric model has an unusual design that sets it apart from rival pickups, which could limit its sales.
• PGA Tour Boss Describes What Led to His Medical Leave of Absence. Jay Monahan, Commissioner of the PGA Tour, decided to seek help for his mental health struggles soon after the group had reached a proposed agreement with LIV Golf, its Saudi-backed rival.
• Disney, Facing Activist Investor Pressure, Adds 2 Board Members. James Gorman, Morgan Stanley’s chief executive, and Jeremy Darroch, who ran the British TV company Sky, will join early next year.
• David Zaslav Defends Unpopular Decisions at Warner Bros. Discovery. David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, said that a series of cuts, including scrapping the “Batgirl” movie and firing close friends, were necessary business decisions.
• Harris Not Worried About Biden Trailing Trump in Key Polls. Vice President Kamala Harris pointed to victories by Democrats in recent elections when asked about former President Donald J. Trump beating the Biden-Harris ticket in recent polls.
• U.A.W. Aims To Unionize More Plants. The United Automobile Workers’ effort, with a long-elusive goal, follows its success in securing big raises in contracts with the Detroit automakers.
• U.S. Will Take Years to Reach Chip Independence, Nvidia C.E.O. Says. Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, said that he believed the United States was at least a decade away from breaking its dependence on chips created overseas.
• With Munger’s Death, Berkshire Loses a Custodian of Its Culture. Mr. Munger’s death won’t affect the day-to-day operations of the conglomerate, but shareholders will miss his imprint on the company’s ethos.
• McCarthy Says He Is Undecided on Whether to Seek Re-Election. Representative Kevin McCarthy of California has filed re-election paperwork, but has until Dec. 8 to make a final decision on if he will run.
• Taiwanese President Says China Is Unlikely to Invade at This Time. Tsai Ing-wen, the president of Taiwan, said internal economic and political challenges in China, as well as international pressure, has made a major invasion by China unlikely.
• JP Morgan Will ‘Punch Back’ on Texas’ Efforts to Limit Its Business. Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JP Morgan Chase, said that there would be “consequences” for the state’s attempts to restrict business with banks that embrace environmental, social and governance policies.
• Citi Is Sued Over Sex Abuse. Before 2022, It Would Have Been a Secret. Ardith Lindsey, a managing director, is accusing the bank of tolerating a culture in which managers sexually harassed her.

DealBook

• The Supreme Court Battle That Could Rewrite the Tax Code. Oral arguments begin on Tuesday in a high-stakes case that could redefine what is taxable income.
• The Heat Rises at COP28. Dismissive comments by the president of the climate gathering raise questions about the host country’s commitment to addressing rising global temperatures.
• The Financial Paradox Blocking Efforts to Fight Climate Change. Finding money for fossil fuel plants is much easier than financing clean energy projects, especially in developing countries.
• The Fallout From Musk’s Profanity-Laden Attack on Advertisers Isn’t Over. Shares in Tesla fell despite the release of the Cybertruck pickup on Thursday, and some brands are still steering clear of X.
• Musk’s Bombshell Warning to Advertisers, and Other Summit Highlights. Artificial intelligence, antisemitism, the 2024 presidential election, war in the Middle East and other big topics that made headlines at this year’s DealBook Summit.
• Elon Musk Apologizes for Endorsing Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory. The chief technology officer of X used foul language to slam brands that had pulled their advertising after his post on the social media platform.
• Elon Musk calls the OpenAI turmoil ‘troubling.’
• PGA Tour boss opens up about his mental health challenges after agreeing to a tentative deal with Saudis.
• Elon Musk Uses a Crude Insult to Slam Advertisers for Pulling Back From X. Although Mr. Musk acknowledged that an extended boycott could bankrupt X, he suggested that the public would blame the brands rather than him for its collapse.
• Shonda Rhimes is no longer ‘watching TV.’
• Shonda Rhimes Says She Doesn’t Watch Television or Track Ratings. Shonda Rhimes, the TV producer and screenwriter behind hit shows such as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Bridgerton,” shared that she only makes shows that she’s “obsessed with.”
• Disney C.E.O. Denies Plan to Sell TV Business. Bob Iger, the chief executive of Disney, said the company is constantly evaluating its assets and their value.
• Bob Iger denies plans to sell media properties after ‘fixing a lot of problems’ since returning as Disney C.E.O.
• Lina Khan stands by aggressive approach despite losing legal fights.
• Harris defends economic policy but admits ‘more work’ needs to be done to get through to voters.
• Harris Defends Biden’s Policies, but Says More Work Is Needed to Reach Voters. The vice president, speaking at The Times’s DealBook Summit, said record-low unemployment and stable wages were not enough to “connect” with struggling Americans.
• Israel’s president discusses the war on Hamas and efforts to free hostages.
• After a shake-up at CNN and a bruising Hollywood strike, Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief still sees no ‘sacred cows.’
• Herzog Says Israel Is Fighting on Behalf of the ‘Free World’ President Isaac Herzog of Israel said that in order “to change the equation” in the Middle East, Israel has to “uproot” Hamas.
• Nvidia C.E.O. Is Not Worried About Rising A.I. Industry Competition. Jensen Huang said that the chips giant enjoys a decadelong lead over rivals because it didn’t just make chips. It reinvented computers.
• President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan says China’s internal challenges make an imminent invasion of the island unlikely.
• McCarthy mulls another run for Congress as the clock ticks.
• JPMorgan Chief Addresses the E.S.G. Backlash. Mr. Dimon has called the Texas laws bad for business, highlighting the work the bank does to fund schools, hospitals and other businesses.
• Vice President Kamala Harris, Elon Musk and others are appearing at this year’s DealBook Summit. This year’s event includes
• Last year’s DealBook Summit was headlined by an interview with Sam Bankman-Fried after the collapse of FTX. DealBook’s Andrew Ross Sorkin has interviewed the biggest names in business, politics and culture over the past two decades, including Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton and Sam Bankman-Fried.
• Here’s the Lineup for the 2023 DealBook Summit, and When to Watch. Vice President Kamala Harris, President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, and Elon Musk are among those being interviewed Wednesday by The Times’s Andrew Ross Sorkin.
• The DealBook Summit brings together leaders in government and business. Here’s the latest. First up is Jamie Dimon,
• Elon Musk, Kamala Harris, Isaac Herzog: Takeaways from the 2023 DealBook Summit. The interviews included a defiant Mr. Musk on an advertiser boycott at X, the vice president on the Biden administration’s challenges reaching voters, and the Israeli president on hostages in Gaza.
• What to Expect at Today’s DealBook Summit. Vice President Kamala Harris, Elon Musk, Bob Iger, Jamie Dimon and Tsai Ing-wen, the president of Taiwan, are among the big names speaking.

Economy

• U.S. Job Openings Dropped in October. The number of openings fell to 8.7 million from 9.3 million in September, the Labor Department said, a sign of continued cooling in the labor market.
• What’s My Doctor Doing on a Picket Line? Once accustomed to a status outside the usual management-labor hierarchy, many health professionals now feel as put upon as any clock-punching worker.
• Fed Chair Says It’s Too Soon To Speculate About Rate Cuts. The Federal Reserve chair said officials could still raise rates “if” that becomes necessary, and that it’s too soon to guess when they will ease.
• U.S. to Limit China’s Role In E.V. Sales . The Biden administration issued new rules to prevent Chinese firms from supplying parts for electric cars set to receive billions of dollars in tax credits.
• Climate Activists Focus on Fed as a Protest Target. Jerome H. Powell, the central bank’s chair, has been interrupted recently by a climate group that thinks disruption will win the day.
• The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Eased in October. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index continued to cool and consumer spending was moderate, good news for the Federal Reserve.

Energy & Environment

• It Could Be a Vast Source of Clean Energy, Buried Deep Underground. In eastern France, and in other places around the world, deposits of natural hydrogen promise bountiful power. But questions remain.
• The Big Number: 13.2 Million. U.S. oil production has hit a record level, but the surge also poses risks.
• Surge in U.S. Oil Cuts Prices But Raises Climate Concerns. American oil production is hitting record levels, delivering economic and foreign policy benefits but putting environmental goals further out of reach.
• Outlook Sour For OPEC In Shaky Era. Anticipating a drop in demand for 2024, major producers, led by Saudi Arabia, are trying to reduce supply.

Media

• Twitch Will Shut Down Its Streaming Platform in South Korea. Twitch, once popular among South Korean gamers, will shut its business there in February.
• Spotify Cancels Two Acclaimed Podcasts: ‘Heavyweight’ and ‘Stolen’ The shows will finish out their seasons on Spotify and then have the option to shop their shows somewhere else.
• Former Top Tucker Carlson Producer Is Accused of Sexual Assault. Fox News fired the producer alongside Mr. Carlson this year after its $787.5 million settlement in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case.
• Expanding the ‘Squid Game’ Universe. A reality show and a live experience are two ways of keeping the dystopian series in the public eye. Is the original’s bleak message being diluted?
• Bloomberg Businessweek to Go Monthly. The publication has not avoided the persistent headwinds facing all print publications.
• U.K. Opens Inquiry Into Jeff Zucker’s Emirati-Backed Bid for The Telegraph. British regulators announced a review into whether the bid, backed mostly by funds from the United Arab Emirates, could result in adverse foreign influence over the British press.
• Web Pioneer Jezebel Will Return, New Owner Says. The pioneering feminist website is being sold to Paste by G/O Media, which had shut down the site this month.

Your Money

• Making Young People Savvier About Money. The surge in offerings is a response to the pandemic, which revealed glaring income inequality, as well as inflation and the resumption of student loan payments, an expert said.

Technology

• How Nations Are Losing a Global Race to Tackle A.I.’s Harms. Alarmed by the power of artificial intelligence, Europe, the United States and others are trying to respond — but the technology is evolving more rapidly than their policies.
• Can’t Sleep? Listen to an A.I.-Generated Bedtime Story From Jimmy Stewart. The sleep and meditation app Calm released a new story featuring the late actor’s signature drawl — or a computer-generated version of it.
• Inside the A.I. Arms Race That Changed Silicon Valley Forever. ChatGPT’s release a year ago triggered a desperate scramble among tech companies and alarm from some of the people who helped invent it.
• Who’s Who Behind the Dawn of the Modern Artificial Intelligence Movement. Before chatbots exploded in popularity, a group of researchers, tech executives and venture capitalists had worked for more than a decade to fuel A.I.
• Ego, Fear and Money: How the A.I. Fuse Was Lit. The people who were most afraid of the risks of artificial intelligence decided they should be the ones to build it. Then distrust fueled a spiraling competition.
• Kick Flourishes as Livestreaming’s New Cowboy. The Twitch competitor has doled out generous deals to content creators. It has also faced criticism for its lax moderation and embrace of online gambling.
• 4,789 Facebook Accounts in China Impersonated Americans, Meta Says. The company warned that the inauthentic accounts underscored the threat of foreign election interference in 2024.
• Advertisers Say They Do Not Plan to Return to X After Musk’s Comments. Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit.
• Disinformation Is One of Climate Summit’s Biggest Challenges. Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods.
• Back at OpenAI, Sam Altman Outlines the Company’s Priorities. In a blog post, Mr. Altman said he would focus on improving products and building a new board, which added Microsoft as a nonvoting member.
• IPhone’s NameDrop Feature Is Not Risky, Experts Say. Police departments have issued warnings about a new Apple setting that lets users exchange contact information by bringing their devices together. Tech experts say the fears are overblown.
• G.M. to Cut Spending On Its Self-Driving Unit. General Motors will “substantially lower spending” on autonomous vehicle efforts in 2024 after accidents with its self-driving taxis in San Francisco.

Personal Tech

• Apple Opens Path for Healing Green and Blue Divide in Texts. While texting technology will soon get better, the “blue versus green bubble” disparity is far from over.

Sports

• Dr Pepper Awards Two $100,000 Scholarships to Correct Halftime Blunder. Dr Pepper awarded each of the contestants in the college football halftime challenge the grand prize after a review found a counting error.

Basketball

• Nothing but Backboard: Why Some Korean Basketball Players Love the Bank Shot. Banked free throws, an unorthodox technique, have a cult following in the Korean Basketball League.

Olympics

• After Abuse, U.K. Limits Monitoring Of Weight. Athletes also must be allowed to hydrate regularly when practicing and be permitted visits to the restroom.

Obituaries

• Julius W. Becton Jr., Pathbreaking Army General, Dies at 97. A three-star general, he saw combat in three wars and was the first Black commander of an Army corps. He later led FEMA before focusing on education.
• William P. Murphy Jr., Innovator of Life-Saving Medical Tools, Dies at 100. Dr. Murphy’s safe, reliable blood bag replaced breakable glass bottles used in transfusions in the Korean War. He also helped improve pacemakers and artificial kidneys.
• Tim Rogers, Hairstylist to the Stars and Moguls, Dies at 51. A native of Britain, he made his mark in his adopted city styling celebrities like Adele, Roger Federer and the Olsen twins.
• John Nichols, 83, Author Best Known for ‘The Milagro Beanfield War’ After decamping from New York to New Mexico, he wrote what was, for a time, among the most widely read novels about Latinos.
• Tim Dorsey, Who Turned Florida’s Quirks Into Comic Gold, Dies at 62. Long before Florida Man became a meme, he mined the Sunshine State’s weirdness for enough material to fill 26 darkly funny crime novels.
• Mica Ertegun, 97, Glamorous Interior Designer and Philanthropist, Dies at 97. She and her longtime husband, the music magnate Ahmet Ertegun, were once called “the virtual definition of sophistication.”
• Sandra Day O’Connor’s Last Times Interview. The New York Times sat down with Sandra Day O’Connor in 2008 to discuss her groundbreaking life and work as the first woman on the Supreme Court. She spoke with us with the understanding the interview would be published only after her death.
• Ronald Fischetti, 87, ‘Fearless’ Lawyer Who Represented Trump in 2 Inquiries. He had a client list that included a police officer accused of assault, a congressman caught up in a scandal, mobsters and former President Trump.
• Sandra Day O’Connor, 93, First Female Justice, Dies. During a crucial period in American law — when abortion, affirmative action, sex discrimination and voting rights were on the docket — she was the most powerful woman in the country.
• Abraham Bergman, Doctor Who Sought Answers on SIDS, Dies at 91. He worked for the passage of major public health legislation; most notably, he helped secure millions in federal dollars for research into sudden infant death syndrome.
• Pablo Guzmán, Puerto Rican Activist Turned TV Newsman, Dies at 73. He was the voice of the Young Lords in the 1970s, pushing to improve life in poor New York neighborhoods. Later, he won Emmys as a media celebrity in the city.
• Elliott Erwitt, Whose Photos Are Famous, and Often Funny, Dies at 95. His camera could freeze moments in history, but he also had an eye for the humor and absurdity of everyday life. Dogs were a help there.
• Larry Fink, Whose Photographs Were ‘Political, Not Polemical,’ Dies at 82. His black-and-white images captured the chilly anomie of Manhattan’s haute monde, the strangeness of Hollywood royalty and the lively warmth of rural America.
• Henry Kissinger Is Dead at 100; Shaped the Nation’s Cold War History. The most powerful secretary of state of the postwar era, he was both celebrated and reviled. His complicated legacy still resonates in relations with China, Russia and the Middle East.
• Frances Sternhagen, 93, Actress Who Thrived in Mature Roles, Dies. Her Tony-winning Broadway career included “Driving Miss Daisy,” “On Golden Pond” and “The Heiress.” On TV she had maternal roles in “Cheers” and “Sex and the City.”

Africa

• Henri Lopes, 86, Who Straddled Literature and Politics in Africa. His lauded fiction satirized abuses of power in the continent, but as a high official for the Republic of Congo, he benefited from a much-criticized government.

Asia Pacific

• Daisaku Ikeda, Who Led Influential Japanese Buddhist Group, Dies at 95. He grew Soka Gakkai International’s following over two decades and helped create a coalition partner for the country’s dominant Liberal Democratic Party.

Europe

• Alistair Darling, Guiding Hand in Britain’s Financial Crisis, Dies at 70. As the government’s chief financial cabinet member, he helped stave off a broader economic collapse amid the global turmoil set off in 2008

Music

• Cobi Narita, Tireless Jazz Promoter and Benefactor, Dies at 97. She produced concerts, helped musicians find work and started a women’s jazz festival. “Jazz in New York would not have been the same without Cobi,” one musician said.
• Geordie Walker, Guitarist for Killing Joke, Dies at 64. He helped define the look as well as the sound of the enduring British post-punk band, which influenced Nirvana, Metallica and others.

Television

• Robert H. Precht, Producer of ‘The Ed Sullivan Show,’ Dies at 93. Among the highlights of his long tenure were supervising the Beatles’ appearances and telling the comedian Jackie Mason he was fired.

Briefing

• Wednesday Briefing. Accounts of sexual violence by Hamas.
• Senator Says He Will Drop His Blockade of Most Military Promotions. Also, a top Democratic donor boosts Nikki Haley. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
• Wednesday Briefing: Israel Entered Southern Gaza’s Largest City. Plus, Moody’s lowered China’s credit rating outlook.
• How Trump Would Govern. Donald Trump’s threats for another presidency are deeply alarming, historians and legal experts say.
• Tuesday Briefing. A deadly new phase in the war in Gaza.
• Israeli Troops Have Advanced Into Southern Gaza. Also, U.S. money for Ukraine will soon run out. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
• Tuesday Briefing: Israel Expands Operations Across Gaza. Plus, kiwis return to Wellington.
• Big Profits in Caring for the Elderly. In the U.S., companies seek high profits in the long-term care industry.
• Monday Briefing. An evacuation order in southern Gaza.
• The Year’s Best Movies. See what our critics picked.
• Why Don’t We Dance More? Dancing offers an opportunity to use our bodies for something beyond mere practicality.
• Israel Resumed its Gaza Offensive. Also, George Santos was expelled from Congress.
• Rent or Buy? We explain the state of the housing market.
• The New York Times News Quiz, Dec. 1, 2023. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• Friday Briefing. A leaked document revealing details of Hamas’s Oct. 7 plot.
• Leaders Back a Climate Fund and Voice Frustrations at COP28. Also, a review of “May December.” Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
• The Need for Speed vs. Fairness. Two imperatives are clashing in Donald Trump’s criminal cases.
• Friday Briefing: A New Climate Fund Approved. Plus the best albums of 2023.
• What the Polls Say About Gaza. Four main findings from recent polls about the war.
• Thursday Briefing. The U.N. climate summit.
• The U.S. Charged an Indian Man in a Plot to Kill a Sikh Activist. Also, negotiators race to extend the Gaza truce. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
• Thursday Briefing: A Race to Extend the Gaza Truce. Plus the U.S. charges an Indian man in an assassination plot.
• Is Shoplifting Really Surging? Claims that the U.S. is in the middle of a retail theft wave are exaggerated.

Podcasts

• Aid for Ukraine Running Low, and a Spy in the State Dept. Hear the news in five minutes.
• Israel Tells More Gazans to Leave, and Supreme Court to Hear Pharma Case. Hear the news in five minutes.
• The Cavalry Is Not Coming. When you realize help is not on the way, what do you do?
• Listen: Elon Musk, Beyoncé, Best Books of Year. Each week, we share the best of new audio journalism and storytelling.
• Fighting Resumes in Gaza, and a Blocked TikTok Ban. Hear the news in five minutes.
• A Film by Beyoncé. Our culture critics J Wortham and Salamishah Tillet discuss the icon’s concert film from her Renaissance tour.
• What’s Next for OpenAI, Binance Is Binanceled and A.I. Is Eating the Internet. It’s full steam ahead for the tech world despite, well, everything.
• Bob Iger of Disney on Culture Wars and Streaming. The chief executive talks about returning to the company’s roots while adapting to changing times.
• Jay Monahan on LIV and the Future of Golf. In an interview, the PGA Tour commissioner discusses the deal with the Saudi-backed golf league.
• Jamie Dimon: ‘I Am the Last Woke Person You’ll Ever Meet’ The JP Morgan chief on E.S.G., the dire state of the global economy and Elon Musk.
• An Extended Truce, and Kissinger’s Complicated Legacy. Hear the news in five minutes.
• The Dangers of Making Art With Your Friends. Times theater critics sing the praises of two shows about fraught collaborations
• Kevin McCarthy on His Political Future. The former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives discusses the state of the Republican Party and questions Biden’s ability to govern at his age.
• Kamala Harris on Polling and Polarization. In an interview, the vice president discusses the extent to which she follows polls and why social division is like a virus.
• Elon Musk’s Mindset: ‘It’s a Weakness to Be Liked’ In an interview, the tech billionaire slams advertisers for pulling back from X and discusses his emotional state.
• Is Donald Trump Going to Prison? Astead gets a crash course from NYT reporters on the criminal cases the former president — and current Republican front-runner — is facing and how they could upend the 2024 race.
• Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Did. Sonja Falck was happily married to a man 34 years her senior. When their age gap started to test their bond, they had to change their relationship in order to save it.

Op-Ed

• Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Tareq Baconi. The Dec. 5, 2023, episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”
• Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. The Dec. 1, 2023, episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”

The Daily

• The Blurry Line Between Rap Star and Crime Boss. In the racketeering and gang conspiracy trial of the artist Young Thug, his lyrics are allowed as evidence in court.
• The Oct. 7 Warning That Israel Ignored. Israel knew about Hamas’s plan more than a year before the attack took place.
• Should You Rent or Buy? The New Math. For many millennials, buying a home is almost entirely out of reach.
• The Bad Vibes Around a Good Economy. Unemployment is low and people are still spending. But that doesn’t mean they think things are going well.
• Ending Roe Was Supposed to Reduce Abortions. It Didn’t. States that banned abortion after the Dobbs decision saw more births. But nationwide, terminations rose slightly.

Science

• Bordeaux Wine Snobs Have a Point, According to This Computer Model. With machine learning, scientists are trying to chemically define the murky concept of terroir. The models might be useful for detecting wine fraud.
• What It Takes to Save the Axolotl. On the outskirts of Mexico City, biologists are working to reintroduce a treasured amphibian to the wild. But first they must revive an ancient method of farming.
• Amber Fossils Suggest Male Mosquitoes Were Once Bloodsuckers. The preserved insects, from a cache of Lebanese resin, appear to be male but have mouth parts that are found only on modern female mosquitoes.
• This Discovery About Dolphins Isn’t Entirely Shocking. Scientists found that dolphins have an ability to sense electric fields, which may help them hunt and navigate the seas.
• 6 Great Space Images in November. An exploding Starship, a time-lapse aurora borealis and other striking imagery from astronomy and spaceflight last month.
• Penguins Take Thousands of Naps Every Day. The birds’ impressive ability to nod off may be an adaptation to an environment of constant interruptions.
• A Star With Six Planets That Orbit Perfectly in Sync. One hundred light years away, a handful of planets are circling a star in the same configuration as when they formed.
• Rare Giant Rat Is Photographed Alive for First Time. The people who live on the island of Vangunu were adamant that the critically endangered species still existed. They helped researchers prove that they were right.

Space & Cosmos

• Exactly How Much Life Is on Earth? According to a new study, living cells outnumber stars in the universe, highlighting the deep, underrated link between geophysics and biology.

Climate

• New York City’s Composting Conundrum. Community-based programs could lose funding under the mayor’s proposal.
• Where Will the Whales Be? Ask the Climate Model. Scientists can now use climate data to predict whale and sea turtle locations months in advance, helping fishing fleets avoid conflicts with wildlife.
• It’s Big Oil vs. Science at the U.N. Climate Summit. As negotiators work to agree on a final text, attention has turned to a fundamental question: Will the talks call for a phaseout of fossil fuels?
• Got Climate Angst? At the U.N. Summit, There’s a Quiet, Spiritual Place. A pavilion at COP28 offers a space for meditation, prayer and something that feels lacking, at times, from global warming talks: hope.
• Renewable Energy Could Be a Casualty in the War on Inflation. Here’s Why. High interest rates make green start-up costs soar. Officials at the U.N. climate summit fear the world could miss an opportunity to avert future greenhouse gas emissions.
• Air-Conditioning Use Will Surge in a Warming World, U.N. Warns. Electricity use for cooling could double by 2050, driving up the greenhouse gas emissions that cause warming.
• Global Fossil Fuel Emissions Are Rising, Report Finds. Carbon dioxide emissions from oil, gas and coal rose by 1 percent in 2023, researchers announced at the U.N. climate summit.
• Climate Summit Leader Tries to Calm Uproar Over a Remark on Fossil Fuels. Sultan Al Jaber, responsible for leading the world away from fossil fuels, had said there was “no science” to support a phaseout of oil and gas.
• Finding Cash for the Climate Is Tough. Two New Pledges Show Why. Money is a very big sticking point at this year’s United Nations climate summit. Part of the problem is that American promises often go unmet.
• U.N. Climate Summit Embraces A.I., But Not Without Some Reservations. The idea of using artificial intelligence to fight emissions has made a splash at COP28, but there’s a catch: The energy it requires could make matters worse.
• Pope Implores Nations to Aid ‘Real Victims’ Of Climate. A Vatican envoy delivered remarks in which Francis asked world leaders whether they would opt for “a culture of life or a culture of death.”
• 22 Countries Pledge to Triple Nuclear Capacity in Push to Cut Fossil Fuels. The group, including Britain, France and the United States, said the agreement was critical to meeting nations’ climate commitments.
• Biden Administration Unleashes Powerful Regulatory Tool Aimed at Climate. Its new estimate of the economic impact of climate change could create the legal justification for aggressive new regulations.
• Biden Administration Announces First-Time Crackdown on Methane Emissions. The measure, which requires oil and gas producers to detect and fix leaks of the greenhouse gas, came as the U.S. vice president spoke at the COP28 climate summit.
• The war in Gaza hangs over the COP28 climate summit.
• Rishi Sunak promises to honor Britain’s climate commitments in a ‘more pragmatic way.’
• Rich nations are cutting climate aid when developing countries need it most, a U.N. report says.
• Indigenous delegates say they’re already living with devastating consequences of climate change.
• The main U.S. speaker, Vice President Kamala Harris, was a last-minute addition.
• For Brazil, ‘the climate emergency is already a reality.’
• Here’s where renewable energy is expanding around the world, and where fossil fuels are on the decline.
• OPEC at Climate Summit: Happy Talk and Candy Bars. OPEC is a participant at COP28. Unlike the United States, it is moving to cut production.
• Narendra Modi, India’s leader, rebukes developed countries: ‘A small section of humanity has indiscriminately exploited nature.’
• Nations have much more work to do to keep global temperatures at relatively safe levels, researchers say.
• The U.N. chief calls on leaders to quit fossil fuels: ‘Not reduce. Not abate. Phase out.’
• King Charles speaks of a stark choice: ‘How dangerous are we prepared to make our world?’
• King Charles Urges ‘Transformational Action’ at COP28 Climate Summit. “The hope of the world rests on the decisions you must take,” the British monarch told world leaders at the U.N. climate summit in Dubai.
• The Israel-Hamas war has imperiled already-fragile climate diplomacy ahead of COP28.
• The crucial summit gets down to business a day after scientists said 2023 is set be the hottest year in human history.
• What is the COP28 climate summit and what is it trying to accomplish?
• Climate Summit Approves a New Fund to Help Poor Countries. The package, which developing countries had sought for more than three decades, passed on the first day of talks in Dubai.
• Emirati Fund to Invest Billions in U.S. Firms for Climate Projects. An Abu Dhabi fund is expected to invest at least $30 billion in climate projects with some of the biggest names in North American finance.
• Inside Our Reporting. Airline carriers want to replace jet fuel with ethanol to fight global warming. That would require lots of corn, and lots of water.
• Fossil Fuels and Frustration at COP28. The United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, is hosting this year’s climate summit.
• This Year Is ‘Virtually Certain’ to Be Hottest in Human History, Researchers Say. Scientists confirmed another year of extreme temperatures as world leaders gathered in Dubai for a U.N. summit on global warming.
• Biden Administration to Require Replacing of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years. The proposal to rip out nine million pipes across the country could cost as much as $30 billion but would nearly eliminate the neurotoxin from drinking water.
• Airlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets With Corn. Carriers want to replace jet fuel with ethanol to fight global warming. That would require lots of corn, and lots of water.
• A Climate Summit Begins With Fossil Fuels, and Frustration, Going Strong. After decades of meetings, nations still haven’t agreed to curb the main driver of global warming.
• Where the World Is (and Isn’t) Making Progress on Climate Change. Emissions from electricity and transportation are projected to fall over time, a new report finds, but industry remains a major climate challenge.
• Wolverines Join Endangered List Outside Alaska. Officials will add the predators, threatened by climate change and habitat loss in much of the United States, to the Endangered Species List.

The Upshot

• Why Haley Is Rising Among the Rivals to Trump. She has gained with educated and relatively moderate Republicans and independents, but that is also a big liability in today’s G.O.P.
• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, December 3, 2023. Can you sort 8 historical events? The hot air balloon, the N.F.L., and the vacuum cleaner.

Opinion

• Trump Unbound: An Autocrat in Waiting? Responses to articles about Donald Trump’s authoritari tendencies. Also: The inhumanity of homelessness; violence against inmates; community composting.
• Island In Between. S. Leo Chiang reflects on his relationship with Taiwan, the United States and China from the islands of Kinmen, just a few miles from mainland China.
• Nikki Haley’s Views on Social Security. Readers discuss a column by Paul Krugman. Also: A climate protest at the opera; more Trump coverage?
• Love Letter to a Season I Never Loved When I Was Young. Darkness falls early now, but I don’t fight it.
• Sharp Views on Dating and Marriage. Readers discuss a guest essay about why many women are not getting married.
• A Mother Can Finally Breathe After the Pandemic. Access to mental health care made the difference.
• O’Connor’s Vital Work Was After She Stepped Down. Justice O’Connor devoted her life after the court to fighting for an independent judiciary free of politics.
• The Frustrations of Dating For Both Women and Men. Readers discuss a guest essay from a woman’s perspective about why more people aren’t getting married.
• For Good Reason, It Took So Long to Boot Santos. George Santos met a clear bar.
• Henry Kissinger and the 20th-Century World. The diplomat’s mixed legacy. Also: Israel’s failure before the Hamas attack; doctors’ sexual abuse of patients; DeSantis vs. Newsom; congestion pricing.
• Fear and Anguish Amid a Rise in Antisemitism. Responses to Senator Chuck Schumer’s essay about antisemitism. Also: President Biden’s meeting with Muslim Americans; Jimmy Carter; a writer’s journey; cruise ships in Key West.
• Fearful of Trump’s Autocratic Ambitions. Readers worry about Donald Trump’s plans if elected — or not elected. Also: Pro-Palestinian students; Mideast myths; standards for prosecutors; neoliberalism today.

Editorials

• What Is Happening in Vermont? For many in Vermont, the horror of a shooting of Palestinians was compounded by the violation of the state’s self-image as a uniquely welcoming place.
• A Shooting of Muslims Rocks Vermont’s Self-Image. For many in Vermont, the horror of the shooting was compounded by its violation of the state’s self-image as a uniquely welcoming place.

Letters

• House Does ‘the Right Thing,’ and Santos Is Out. Readers respond to the expulsion of the New York congressman.

Op-Ed

• How Germany Became Mean. The country’s reputation is at stake.
• Silence Is Violence — but Not When It Comes to Israeli Rape Victims. Why was so little said until now about Hamas’s brutal sexual attacks on Oct. 7?
• Inflation, Disinflation and Vibeflation. Why were (some) economists so pessimistic?
• Sandra Day O’Connor Told a Truth About Marriage That Few Others Dared To. She showed her love for John in a way that neither of them could have envisioned.
• The Resolute Liz Cheney. Liz Cheney gave up power seemingly to prove the point of how worthless it was compared with establishing a real record of what happened on Jan. 6.
• ‘This Is How Hamas Is Seeing This’ Tareq Baconi traces the history of Hamas and how its political goals have evolved.
• An Early Warning That Policing May Be in Decline. New data reveals that crime-solving rates are at record lows.
• There Is a Better Way to Pick a Presidential Nominee. The debate among Democrats on renominating Joe Biden calls the long primary process into question.
• How to Stop the Biggest Threat to Europe’s Green Transition. Backpedaling on the environment is not just bad for the future; it’s bad for political prospects.
• A Brutal Disease, Gene Therapy and a Chance to Undo Past Wrongs. A decision by the F.D.A. this week could change care for thousands of Americans living with sickle cell.
• My Front-Row Seat to a Geopolitical Dance. S. Leo Chiang reflects on his relationship with Taiwan, the United States and China from the islands of Kinmen, just a few miles from mainland China.
• The Backlash to Anti-Israel Protests Threatens Free Speech. There’s a growing legal effort to define anti-Zionism as bigotry.
• Who Ever Said Magazines Need to Be Ink on Paper? Bowing to financial reality, Bloomberg Businessweek is going monthly.
• There Are Politicians Who Lie More Than Is Strictly Necessary. In case you were wondering.
• The Bigger Airlines Get, the Worse They Become. Something to consider as JetBlue seeks to buy Spirit.
• This Conservative Wants to Change the Way Republicans Think About Economics. Americans are more pro-union than they’ve been in a long time. Jane Coaston interviews Oren Cass about his version of pro-worker conservatism.
• The War the World Forgot. The people of Darfur are caught in a battle between Sudanese armies.
• Republicans Are Finding Out That ‘Pro-Life’ Means a Lot of Things to a Lot of People. How the G.O.P. can come up with a new approach to the politics of the issue.
• 1.5 Degrees Is Not the Problem. Rich countries must bear responsibility for the climate crisis and help developing nations end their reliance on fossil fuels.
• The Books That Explain Where We Are in 2023. Most of them didn’t appear this year.
• It’s Time to Fix America’s Most Dangerous Law. The Insurrection Act is deeply flawed, and the possibility of a second Trump presidency makes its defects terrifyingly clear.
• I Clerked for Justice O’Connor. She Was My Hero, but I Worry About Her Legacy. She stands as a shining example of how women — everyone, really — can approach life and work.
• Beyoncé. Amen. Her concert tour and her new film “Renaissance” show us what a more inclusive and loving church might look like.
• Over 60 Journalists Have Been Killed in the Israel-Gaza War. My Friend Was One. To live through a nightmare and to witness others living through theirs are two very different things.
• Sam Altman, Sugarcoating Annihilation. Was the shake-up at OpenAI a farce or a tragedy?
• We Must Learn History’s Hard Lessons. And how we can apply them to China and Gaza today.
• ‘I Want to Be Awake When I Die’ A Palestinian describes the tense journey through Gaza to bring his 15-year-old son to safety.
• South Korea Could Be Disappearing. What a dramatic birth dearth portends for Koreans and the world.
• I Teach the Humanities. I Still Don’t Know What Their Value Is. This seems to be true of a lot of us.
• This Is the 9/11 Lesson That Israel Needs to Learn. Wiping out Hamas is an unattainable goal, and getting stuck in Gaza would be a disaster.
• Sandra Day O’Connor’s Other Legacy. Justice O’Connor loved being a politician and, in a way, never stopped being one.
• Hamas and the Memory of the Holocaust. Is the Holocaust still seen as history’s ultimate example of absolute evil?
• Elon Musk Is Making a Giant Mistake … Unless? It’s unlikely, but he might actually know what he’s doing.
• Farewell to George Santos, the Perfect MAGA Republican. No one embodies Trump’s fame-obsessed sociopathic emptiness like George Santos.
• Kissinger’s Dirty Work Hurt America, Too. He thought nothing of the democratic aspirations of most people on this planet, Americans more or less included.
• A Lot Has Happened in A.I. Let’s Catch Up. The tech journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss developments in A.I., a year after the launch of ChatGPT.
• Bill Gates: How I Invest My Money in a Warming World. Rich individuals, companies and countries must ensure green technologies are affordable for everyone, everywhere.
• Are We All Authoritarians at Heart? “Democracy is not what partisans want. It’s what they settle for.”
• What a Petty Pair DeSantis and Newsom Made. What they modeled was the boastful, belligerent manner in which most political disagreements are hashed out these days.
• Trump Still Wants to Kill Obamacare. Why? Is this really about policy, or is it personal?
• Welcome to Our New ‘Bespoke Realities’ Algorithms have become far too good at telling us what we think we already know.
• It’s Not the Economy. It’s the Fascism. The 2024 election cannot be about the price of gas.
• There’s a Bomb Under the Table. Hitchcock knew the terror a threat like Trump could create.
• What Israel Owes Gaza. A political scientist argues that Israel is obligated to provide monetary compensation and medical care to suffering civilians.
• The Window to Meaningfully Support Separated Immigrant Families Is Closing. While reunification can bring joy, parents cannot escape the heartbreak of the years they lost with their children.
• A Few of the Ideas About How to Fix Human Behavior Rest on Some Pretty Shaky Science. The field of behavioral economics has shaped policies we encounter every day. But the science behind it is crumbling.
• Why Are Nonprofit Hospitals Focused More on Dollars Than Patients? Community hospitals have been caught doing some surprising things, given how they are supposed to serve the public good.
• Henry Kissinger, the Hypocrite. He was as much a creation of the American national security state as he was its author.
• ‘The Exploding Cigar of American Politics’ Today, we’re going to moan about the system we use to choose a president.
• The ‘Trump Isn’t So Bad’ Mindset. President Biden’s insistence on seeking a second term comes at high risk.
• As DeSantis and Newsom Debate, Let’s Look at Their Economic Records. Florida and California both have strengths to boast about, but the data reveals weaknesses, too.
• Pope Francis Tries to Settle Accounts. Punishing conservatives, reining in progressives.
• Has No Labels Become a Stalking Horse for Trump? Whatever its intentions, there is a reason the organization is supported by major Republican donors like Harlan Crow.
• Snowplow Parents Are Ruining Online Grading. Hyperchecking is robbing students of opportunities to develop autonomy.
• What American Jews Fear Most. Having concerns about Israel’s policies is no excuse for attacking Jews simply for being Jews.
• America Has a Homelessness Problem. Houston Has a Solution. Nicholas Kristof travels to the city for a firsthand look.
• Donald Trump and the Jefferson Davis Problem. Why Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was added to the Constitution and remains relevant.
• I’m Appalled by What I Learned About Recycling. But We Can Fix It. In the short term, recycling might be the best option we have against our growing waste crisis.

Opinion | Politics

• There Is No Way To Live a Life Without Regret. The panic over transgender children is driven by the fear that they’ll regret transitioning. But freedom to make mistakes is core to being human.

Opinion | The World

• Ask Brutalized Cambodians What They Think of Kissinger. His policies toward civilians in the Vietnam War set a template that would be followed by the U.S. for decades.

Arts

• What to Eat, See and Do During Miami Art Week. An array of restaurants and boutiques have opened alongside Miami-area mainstays to cater to visitors and an influx of new residents.
• Did the Russians Take His Family’s Tintoretto? He’s Intent on Finding Out. John Barry says that in the last days of World War II, his great-grandfather, a prominent German art historian, lost a massive painting of the 16th-century sea battle at Lepanto.
• Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer Is Released to Eager Fans. Players will investigate every frame of the 90-second preview for evidence of what the open world’s next chapter might hold.
• Best Podcasts of 2023: Amy Poehler, ‘Heavyweight,’ Willa Paskin. The cream of the crop this year includes stalwarts like “Decoder Ring” as well as a new comedy series (Poehler as a gleefully unhinged couples therapist).
• Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year Is … ‘Rizz’ Sorry, Swifties. The Gen Z slang term — derived from “charisma” — went viral this year after the actor Tom Holland claimed to have none.
• 10 Performances That Pushed Emotional Limits. For our critic-at-large, the year was marked by the Black excellence of “Purlie Victorious,” the brutality of “Bottoms” and rage of “Beef.”
• Best Video Games of 2023. There was an embarrassment of riches from legacy role-playing franchises, beloved horror series and innovative newcomers.
• 10 Works and Performances That Helped Me Make Sense of 2023. Global conflict and personal loss encouraged our critic to seek out art that gave her a better understanding of grief and healing.
• Susan Sarandon Apologizes for Comment About Jews at Rally. The Oscar-winning actress said she now regrets “diminishing” the long history of antisemitism in remarks at the rally, which led her agents to part ways with her.
• A Guide to N.Y.C. Holiday Events: Live Music, Theater, Lights and More. “The Nutcracker,” ice skating, menorah lighting, and Big Band carols at Lincoln Center: Here are some of our favorite things to do this season.
• Court Upholds Smollett’s Conviction In Report of 2019 Hate-Crime Attack. An appellate court in Illinois upheld the actor’s conviction on charges of filing a false police report claiming he was the subject of a racist and homophobic attack in 2019.
• 5 Things to Do This Weekend. Selections from the Weekend section, including a review of John Woo’s latest film, “Silent Night.”
• Susan Sarandon’s Most Controversial Roles Have Been Offscreen. The Academy Award winner’s career thrived even as her progressive politics antagonized some liberals in Hollywood. But her agency dropped her after her remarks at a recent pro-Palestinian rally.
• Hunter College Reschedules Screening of Film Critical of Israel. Hunter’s cancellation of a screening of the documentary “Israelism” had caused an outcry among faculty members and students, who said it was a violation of academic freedom.
• What’s in Our Queue? ‘63 Up’ and More. I am a national correspondent on religion, faith and values. Here are five things I'm enjoying right now.
• Review: This ‘House of Bernarda Alba’ Is on Fire. Rebecca Frecknall, whose “Cabaret” is heading to Broadway, steers Federico García Lorca’s play to its tragic finish with genuinely shocking force.
• This Video Game Doubles as a World War I History Lesson. Last Train Home tells an overlooked story of the Czechoslovak Legion’s evacuation across Russia in the embers of the Great War.

Art & Design

• Turner Prize Goes to Jesse Darling, a Sculptor of Mangled Objects. The artist won the major British art award on Tuesday for works that warp commonplace items into “something you’ve never seen before.”
• Miami Has Matured into a Cultural Capital. What’s Next? Thirty years ago, the city was barely a blip on the art world’s radar. Now, partly because of Art Basel, it has become a global hot spot. But can it manage its growing pains?
• The Global Art Business Is Better, but Not Booming. After struggling with the Covid pandemic, the industry is now dealing with inflation, high interest rates and international conflicts.
• More Miami Art Fairs to Explore. Collectors will have many options to experience in addition to Art Basel Miami Beach. Here are four standouts.
• Seoul Takes ‘Center Stage’ in the Art World. The South Korean capital recently has seen an explosion of galleries and sales, and hosted the newest iteration of Frieze.
• ‘The Grande Dame of Brazilian Art’ Is Still Trailblazing at 80. Over nearly 50 years, Luisa Strina has built one of the most successful galleries in Latin America — and brought Brazilian art to the world stage.
• A Restless Design Show Hops to Miami. Alcova, a five-year-old platform for experimentalists that was founded in Italy, makes its American debut.
• Three European Art World Insiders Weigh In on Miami’s Scene. A European artist, curator, and collector consider the upstart: Is it an art world hub? Overhyped? Or a place to grow the arts outside museum walls?
• Decision Time for Dealers at Art Basel Miami Beach. Picking the right pieces to display at art fairs can sway money and fame.
• Looking to the Art Fair World of 2024. Art fairs managed to survive the downturn brought about by the Covid pandemic and are on the rise again — a trend expected to continue in the coming year.
• Miami’s Rise as an Art Hub Draws Artists and Offers Inspiration. The respect for art in South Florida has made it a “cozy” place for people to come — and stay for work and to build a following.
• When the Artist-Patron Relationship Becomes Friendly. Collectors buy the work of a living artist in depth, and those transactions sometimes can sow the seeds of a friendship.
• He Sold the World’s Most Expensive Artwork. Now He’s Calling It a Day. The Christie’s president Jussi Pylkkänen, who held the hammer for the auction house’s biggest sales, is leaving after nearly 40 years. Much changed in that time.
• Her Guide Dog Inspired Her Art. Now the Lab Stars in a Museum Show. After losing her sight in an accident, Emilie Gossiaux found meaning and art in a bond with her dog, London, celebrated at the Queens Museum.
• Guggenheim Lays Off 10 Employees as Museums Face Fiscal Challenges. A growing number of museums around the country have raised admission fees and cut staff to try to weather the financial setbacks they have faced since the pandemic began.
• What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in December. Want to see new art in New York this weekend? Check out a Picasso tribute or Duane Linklater’s painted textiles in TriBeCa; works by Nicole Eisenman and Rosemarie Trockel on the Upper East Side and Ali Cherry’s mud sculptures on the Lower East Side.
• Grace Wales Bonner Summons the Spirit Movers in Her MoMA Show. The London-based designer’s Artist’s Choice exhibition evokes the styles, forms and sounds of the African diaspora.
• ‘Southern/Modern’: Rediscovering the Radical Art Below the Mason-Dixon Line. In the first half of the 20th century, socially conscious artists in the South were great innovators, reflecting on race, progress and the disappearing plantocracy.
• Artists Picked to Transform the Met. Lee, of South Korea, will transform the facade; Petrit Halilaj of Kosovo, the Roof Garden; and Tong Yang-Tze, the Great Hall with calligraphy.

Dance

• She Has the Attention of Dance Companies, and She Is Prepared. Amy Hall Garner is readying the new work “Century” for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, on the heels of other premieres and with more to come.
• Best Classical Music Performances of 2023. Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures.
• Jeweled Shoes Instead of Glass Slippers. For the Scottish Ballet production of Cinderella, titled “Cinders!,” some performances flip the traditional gender roles. The dancers “were all kind of like: ‘OK. How does that work?’”
• Review: At ‘Dancing With Glass,’ the Spotlight Rests on the Composer. The five dance selections that are part of the Dance Reflections festival take varied approaches to piano exercises written by Philip Glass.
• Review: At the Armory, Calm Awaits the Fury of ‘The Rite of Spring’ In a Dance Reflections program, Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny’s duet “common ground[s]” precedes Pina Bausch’s “Rite.”
• Spiraling Into a Nightmare. Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born’s hybrid show, “Adaku, Part 1,” about a precolonial African village, mixes dance theater, song and drama.

Music

• They’re Great Songs. Are They Christmas Songs? Nine tracks from Barbra Streisand, the 1975, Fleet Foxes and more get put to the Lindsay Test.
• Under Pressure, English National Opera Will Move to Manchester. Urged to develop a new model by Arts Council England, the opera company will move its base out of London, but it still plans to present opera there.
• The World Loves Corridos Tumbados. In Mexico, It’s Complicated. Inspired by a century-old genre from the Mexican countryside, the latest pop music phenomenon is drawing thousands of young fans — and criticism for its violent references.
• 65 Years Later, Brenda Lee’s ‘Christmas Tree’ Hits No. 1. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” beat out Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” as the first holiday song to top Billboard’s Hot 100 chart this season.
• After Shakeup, Trinity Church Appoints Its Next Music Leader. Melissa Attebury will be the first woman to run the church’s program, after Julian Wachner was fired last year following accusations of misconduct that he has denied.
• At the Kennedy Center, an Ode to the Arts, and a Gentle Jab at Biden’s Age. Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Queen Latifah, Barry Gibb and Dionne Warwick are honored; Robert De Niro joked that Crystal is just a few years younger than the president.
• Myles Goodwyn, Singer-Songwriter of April Wine, Dies at 75. Mr. Goodwyn sang and played guitar for April Wine, an arena rock band in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
• After Sexual Assault Suits, Are Sean Combs’s Empire and Brand at Risk? The music mogul has been celebrated as a transformative force in hip-hop, but fallout from new accusations of abuse has impacted some business relationships and his legacy.
• How Shane MacGowan Made a Holiday Favorite. The duet between the Pogues frontman and the singer Kirsty MacColl portrays lovers who turn viciously against one another on Christmas Eve.
• Review: A New York Philharmonic Staple Outshines a Flashy Premiere. Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances was the highlight of a program that also included the New York debut of Bryce Dessner’s evocative Concerto for Two Pianos.
• The Ultimate Brenda Lee Primer. Listen to 11 songs that show she’s more than her classic, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”
• Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Movie Bonus, and 9 More New Songs. Hear tracks by Hurray for the Riff Raff, Tyla, Lana Del Rey and others.
• The Retirement Ruse: Never Believe a Goodbye. Farewell tours are one of pop music’s signature moves. But there’s reason to believe Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are throwing in the towel for real this time.
• Climate Protests Upstage a Met Debut. A revival of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” was notable for the arrival of Christian Gerhaher. But with an abrupt protest, the performance took a turn.
• Losing A Chance For Goodbye. The ailing conductor was to have led the Staatskapelle Berlin in Brahms’s symphonies at Carnegie Hall. Yannick Nézet-Séguin jumped in.
• Jung Kook, BTS and English Language K-Pop. A conversation about K-pop’s long march to American awareness, and the potential risks of that embrace.
• In Dublin’s Pubs, Raising a Farewell Pint to Shane MacGowan. The Pogues singer, who died Thursday, took traditional Irish music in a new direction. Most people in Ireland loved him for it.
• Valery Gergiev, a Putin Ally, Chosen to Lead Bolshoi Theater. The Russian maestro, who heads the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, will also control the Bolshoi in Moscow, replacing Vladimir Urin, who spoke out against the Ukraine war.
• Climate Protesters Interrupt Met Performance of Wagner’s ‘Tannhäuser’ Met officials were forced to bring down the curtain halfway through the opera as protesters unfurled banners that read “No Opera On A Dead Planet.” The performance later resumed.
• When Henry Kissinger Became an Opera Character. In 1987, “Nixon in China” meditated on what was then recent history, depicting Kissinger as a smooth diplomat with a brutal side.
• Shane MacGowan’s 9 Essential Songs. The Pogues frontman, who died Thursday at 65, joined punk to traditional Irish music, establishing himself and the group as its loud and soused heirs.
• The Complex, Enduring Friendship of Shane MacGowan and Sinead O’Connor. The two Irish singers interacted like siblings, speaking of each other warmly, but needling each other, too.
• Judge Weighs in on Bitter Dispute Between Daryl Hall and John Oates. Hall has accused Oates of committing the “ultimate partnership betrayal” when he moved to sell off his portion of a joint venture. Oates denies wrongdoing.
• Doja Cat Makes the Leap From the Internet to the Arena Stage. The extremely online 28-year-old singer and rapper’s Scarlet Tour accentuates her flair for big statements.
• 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now. George Lewis’s first opera, a magnificent “Daphnis et Chloé” and a solo piano approach to Brian Eno’s music are among the highlights.
• Older and Wiser, Peter Gabriel Is Still Looking Ahead. The songs on “I/O,” the English songwriter’s first album of new songs in 21 years, face mortality while celebrating regeneration.
• Shane MacGowan, Songwriter Who Fused Punk and Irish Rebellion, Is Dead at 65. As frontman for the Pogues, he romanticized whiskey-soaked rambles and hard-luck stories of emigration, while providing a musical touchstone for members of the Irish diaspora.
• Why Does Spotify Think I Belong in Burlington? The music streaming service released a new feature — Sound Towns — with its yearly summary of listener preferences and linked many people to an unexpected city.
• Best Albums of 2023. Many of the LPs that made an impact this year, including SZA’s “SOS” and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Guts,” came from looking inward.
• Scott Kempner, Guitarist and Punk Rock Pioneer, Dies at 69. The Bronx-born musician played guitar for and co-founded the Dictators, an early punk band. He later founded the Del Lords.
• Popcast (Deluxe): Can Rap Bridge Its Generation Gap? Is it possible for rappers to age gracefully? Where are the new stars? A discussion on the state of the genre and where it may be heading.
• Always Regal, but a Queen at Christmas. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has been a holiday staple for 65 years. But Lee, who recorded it at 13, has never rested on her laurels.
• Remembering The Diva Who Mattered. Callas would have turned 100 on Dec. 2. She and her flash of a career remain beacons of artistic integrity and profundity.

Television

• Late Night Foresees a Limited Audience for Fourth G.O.P. Debate. Wednesday’s debate will air on platforms like NewsNation and the CW. “So, in other words, look for it wherever you get your computer viruses,” Seth Meyers joked.
• ‘Fargo’ Season 5, Episode 4 Recap: Trick or Treat. Halloween provides the perfect disguise for a home invasion. Of course, this is “Fargo,” so nothing goes quite as planned.
• Best Comedy of 2023. It’s time to stop taking Jim Gaffigan for granted, and more surprising takeaways from specials, stand-up sets and other funny moments this year.
• Charlamagne Tha God Shares ‘Unpopular’ Opinion About George Santos. The “Daily Show” guest host argued that Santos shouldn’t have been expelled from Congress because, “we were all safer when we knew where this dude was.”
• This Week on TV. The Mirrorball Trophy will be handed out on the dance competition show, and HBO airs a documentary on a 1989 crime.
• ‘Saturday Night Live’ Says Goodbye to George Santos. “S.N.L.” and Bowen Yang took a parting jab at Santos the day after he was expelled from Congress. Emma Stone was the host.
• For Christina Hendricks, Beauty Comes Down to Corsets and Molding. “If it’s a piece of furniture that looks like it could run away — it might have legs or hands — I probably want it,” said the actress, whose series “The Buccaneers” suits her vintage proclivities.
• Julianna Margulies Apologizes After Remarks on Black Support of Jews. The actress had said on a podcast that some Black people not standing with Jews after the Hamas attacks had been “brainwashed to hate Jews.”
• A Shot at Building a Stand-Up Career in 15 Minutes or Less. The path forward for comedians is especially confusing now. Netflix’s “Verified” showcases are giving them a national stage, even if they have to share it.
• Elizabeth Debicki Hasn’t Let Go of Princess Diana. “I’m still maybe a bit emotionally stuck in,” said the actress, who portrays the princess’s final days in the last season of “The Crown.”
• The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Amazon, Disney+, Hulu and More in December. Holiday fare arrives, with “Candy Cane Lane,” and “Dr. Who” and “Shape Island” specials. “Percy Jackson” and “Culprits” also land this month.
• Coach in Netflix Series ‘Cheer’ Retires From Cheerleading. The series propelled Monica Aldama to become one of the most famous cheer coaches in the country.
• Playing Presidential Front-Runners on TV. Ron DeSantis, Gavin Newsom and a not-exactly-neutral Sean Hannity staged a campaign debate from an alternative timeline.
• ‘The Curse’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: A Man Possessed. Whitney and Asher receive good news as the show continues to dip further into the surreal.
• How ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Made His Pick. The 72-year-old widower Gerry Turner brought sensitivity and tears to the dating competition. Picking a winner was bound to get emotional.
• Henry Kissinger, as Seen, and Skewered, by Comics. Countless depictions on “Saturday Night Live” and beyond cast light on the idiosyncrasies and vanities of this diplomatic hard liner.
• How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? Our TV critic recommends an adorable kids’ show, a standup showcase and a renovation show with intriguing projects.
• For These TV Procedurals, the Formula Still Works. The long-running crime franchises “NCIS” and “Law & Order” continue to endure — and even expand — after decades on the air.
• Best TV Shows of 2023. Series like “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Happy Valley,” “Reservation Dogs” and “Succession” dazzled in a year when much of the TV business was in disarray.

Theater

• ‘Life & Times of Michael K’ Review: An Arduous Trek That’s a Marvel to Watch. This captivating adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel, a collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, follows a man and his ailing mother during a civil war in South Africa.
• Off Broadway, a Vital Part of New York Theater, Feels the Squeeze. The small theaters that help make the city a theater capital are cutting back as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.
• Alicia Keys’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ to Open on Broadway This Spring. The musical, now midway through a sold-out Off Broadway run at the Public Theater, will transfer to the Shubert Theater in March.
• ‘Walk on Through’ Review: Dispatches, in Song, From a Museum Novice. In his new show, Gavin Creel sings about the wonders of visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but sticks too close to the surface.
• Best Theater of 2023. Many of the plays and musicals that resonated this year deftly married elements of drama and comedy.
• Broadway Babies, Singing Show Tunes for Seniors. What happened when four young theater actors performed for an older generation? “I was expecting to have the best show ever and that happened.”
• No Snoozing Here: This ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Is Gearing Up for a Wild Ride. At Abrons Arts Center, a hilarious family show in the British holiday tradition that runs “like a steam train when it goes well.”
• A Play About Black Women’s Experiences, Met With Violence. Rébecca Chaillon’s “Carte Noire Named Desire” provoked harassment in France this summer, leading one actor to pull out of a new run in Paris.
• Using a Documentary As a Weapon of War. Jen Silverman’s noir play considers the role of artists in the making of propaganda.
• A Wood-Carved Protagonist, Enduring the Brutality of War. A stage adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel “Life & Times of Michael K,” about a man’s struggles during a fictional South African conflict, includes actors alongside a puppet version of Michael K.
• You Might Say He’s Almost Famous. At 21, he already has two Broadway leads under his belt. On Thursdays, he sheds Marty McFly’s signature vest for a bowling shirt.

Books

• A New Literary Prize Taps a Jury Living Behind Bars. Over the next six months, inmates in prisons around the country will be able to debate and vote on the winner of a new book award — the Inside Literary Prize.
• Paul Lynch Feared His Novel Would End His Career. It Won the Booker. “Prophet Song” has earned comparisons to dystopian classics like “1984.” But Lynch downplays the book’s political message. This book, he says, was deeply personal.
• Two Books to Keep You Company While You Wait. Molly recommends a 19th-century “Dumb and Dumber” and a collection of essays about the weirder corners of the business world.
• Christopher Paolini Wanted a Job Involving Dragons, So He Created One. Paolini, a best-selling author of young adult fantasy novels, has a new book out, “Murtagh.” In it, he returns to the world of “Eragon” and the adventures he began creating as a teenager.
• 5 Books to Read About Sandra Day O’Connor. Justice O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, was a swing vote on polarizing issues before a closely divided court. These books offer insight into her life, career and legacy.
• The Essential Larry McMurtry. A wildly prolific son of Texas, McMurtry was a tangle of contradictions. Here’s where to start.

Book Review

• This Climate Biodome Wants to Save Humanity. Men Need Not Apply. In Gabrielle Korn’s debut novel, “Yours for the Taking,” a feminist cultural icon runs a lifesaving artificial habitat, but a secret, and controversial, agenda guides her project.
• It’s Harder to See the World’s Problems From 250 Miles Up. Samantha Harvey’s fifth novel, “Orbital,” follows a day in the life of six international astronauts circling Earth on a space station.
• The Best Historical Fiction of 2023. It’s been a roller coaster of a year. Thankfully, we’ve had novels to whisk us to days gone by, even if those eras had their own highs and lows.
• When a Daughter Has a Lot to Learn From Her Mother. In “Flores and Miss Paula,” Melissa Rivero takes readers inside a Brooklyn apartment where family ties are uncomfortably snug.
• The Best Crime Novels of 2023. Our columnist picks the year’s best.
• Do You Know These Holiday-Time Screen Adaptations? Try this short quiz on movies and television specials that are popular viewing during the holiday season — and the variety of books that originally inspired them.
• A Marriage Plot for an Age When Marriage Means Little. Naoise Dolan’s “The Happy Couple” follows 20-something Dubliners hurtling toward the altar, stubbornly clinging to their self-delusions that this is what they want.
• Dwight’s Ella Fitzgerald Book Review. A new biography sheds light on her humble beginnings and prolific, genre-defining career.
• How Different Peoples Around the World Fought and Built Empires. Three new books describe far-flung societies — from the Native tribes of North America to the caliphates of Eurasia — that have made war and sustained their conquests.
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy. From witch stories to near-future noir, here are the year’s 10 best speculative books.
• Hard Truths About Suffering, From a Writer Who’s Lived to Tell. In “Zero at the Bone,” Christian Wiman offers a welcome tonic: poetic and philosophical reminders of how to get through troubling times.
• THE YEAR’S BEST ROMANCE. Here are the novels our columnist loved most.
• The Year’s Picks From Times Staff Critics. The Book Review’s daily critics — Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai — reflect on the books that stuck with them in 2023.
• How American Evangelicalism Became ‘Mister Rogers With a Blowtorch’ In his new book, “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory,” the journalist Tim Alberta subjects his faith’s embrace of right-wing extremism to critical scrutiny.
• The Year’s Best THRILLERS. They include an espionage caper, the tale of a murderous librarian and a high-stakes adventure that takes place inside the various stomachs of a whale.
• The Sweetest Taboos. In “Most Delicious Poison,” Noah Whiteman explores nature’s fine line between killing and curing.
• A Complicated Return for a Prodigal Daughter. In “Welcome Home, Stranger,” Kate Christensen takes readers inside the best kind of fictional family: a dysfunctional one.
• Science Fiction & Fantasy. New books by Vajra Chandrasekera, Avi Silver, Cadwell Turnbull, Michael Mammay and T. Kingfisher.
• 6 Paperbacks to Read This Week . Selected paperbacks from the Book Review, including titles by Evette Dionne, Erica Jong, Chetna Maroo and more.
• Life Descends Into Chaos in This Year’s Booker Prize Winner. “Prophet Song,” a novel by Paul Lynch, is set in Dublin during a political crisis.
• Thrillers. Our columnist recommends six new thrillers.
• What to Their Wondering Eyes Should Appear. From a 200th-anniversary edition of Clement C. Moore’s Christmas Eve tale to lightheartedly loopy poems for every day of the year.
• Historical Fiction. A secret, a disappearance, a frozen body and a mysterious stranger — these historical novels have something for everyone.
• Steaming-Hot Romance Novels for Frosty Winter Nights. Our romance columnist recommends four new books.
• Francis Ford Coppola Talks a Big Game, and for Good Reason. Sam Wasson’s supremely entertaining new book, “The Path to Paradise,” tracks the ups and downs, ins and outs, of a remarkable career.
• Crime & Mystery. Need a little diversion? Our crime columnist has plenty of books to recommend.
• A Subversive Counternarrative to the Biblical Story of Jezebel. Perdita Weeks reads the audiobook version of Megan Barnard’s debut novel, reimagining the Israeli queen as a source of mythic, feminist anger.
• 9 New Books We Recommend This Week. Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
• Rick Riordan. The author of the Percy Jackson series (newly adapted for Disney+ this month) is looking for anthologies of Indigenous folklore and mythology, too.
• Inside ‘Inside the List’ Surprising ascensions, Hollywood migrations and daggers to the art — it’s all part of life at the top.
• Who Can Take a Joke? Everyone. The authors of “Comedy Book” and “Outrageous” argue that culture-war worries about what’s a laughing matter have been overplayed.
• Electrifying Love Triangles Make These Y.A. Novels Irresistible. Adalyn Grace, the author of the “Belladonna” series and the “All the Stars and Teeth” duology, recommends her favorite young adult novels with heroines torn between competing romantic interests.
• For Women ‘Art Monsters,’ Both Beauty and Excess Are Key. The new book by Lauren Elkin examines artists who’ve defied conventions and expectations, including Carolee Schneemann, Eva Hesse and Kara Walker.
• A Masterpiece That Inspired Gabriel García Márquez to Write His Own. For decades, Juan Rulfo’s novel, “Pedro Páramo,” has cast an uncanny spell on writers. A new translation may bring it broader appeal.

Books Update

• 8 New Books Coming in December. A landmark biography of Ella Fitzgerald, memoirs from David Mamet and Liz Cheney, a new historical novel from Ariel Lawhon and more.

Movies

• What to Read After Watching ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Now that the Scorsese epic is on demand, you can catch up with the drama from home, then go down a rabbit hole with our guides.
• ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ ‘Die Hard’ and Other Classic Christmas Movies. Our list of classics is broad, from warm Old Hollywood favorites to the sort of boozy, vulgar entertainments that parents can watch after putting the kids to bed.
• ‘Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer’ Review: A Guide to the Filmmaker’s Work. This documentary examines Herzog’s oeuvre and celebrity influence.
• Beyoncé the Auteur Takes Center Stage in ‘Renaissance’ She is essentially one on the new film, but she has also demonstrated throughout her career just who is in charge of her art.
• ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ Review: Peak Performance. The concert film offers a comprehensive look at a world-conquering tour and rare insight into the process of one of the world’s biggest stars.
• Watch Natalie Portman Study Julianne Moore in ‘May December’ The director Todd Haynes narrates a sequence from the film where Portman, playing an actress, gets makeup tips from the woman (Moore) she’s portraying.
• ‘May December’ | Anatomy of a Scene. The director Todd Haynes narrates a sequence from his film starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.
• Five Action Movies to Stream Now. This month’s picks include devious teen mayhem, female superhero stories, anticapitalist anarchy and more.
• Dashing Through These Films. Holiday movies like “Candy Cane Lane” are arriving on streaming at “A Christmas Frequency.” Here’s a roundup of several to consider.
• Best Movies of 2023. It was a terrific year for film, whether art house or mainstream, even if the main subject the movies wrestled with was deeply pessimistic.
• Back to Hollywood, Ready for More. The director reflects on why he left in the first place, how he was able to work with Tom Cruise and what’s next for action films.
• ‘La Syndicaliste’ Review: Power Plays. Isabelle Huppert plays a union representative swept up in a byzantine conspiracy in this French movie, which is based on a true crime.
• Three Great Documentaries to Stream. This month’s picks include two disturbing looks at domestic dysfunction, and — on a brighter note — a portrait of a brilliant Leonard Bernstein protégée.
• South to Black Power. In a new documentary, the opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for Black Americans to move to the South to gain political footholds.
• ‘Silent Night’ Review: On the First Day of Christmas, Kill. John Woo’s latest is as violent and merciless a revenge thriller as you can imagine.
• ‘Eileen’ Review: Sudden Fire, Sudden Danger. Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway star in a period thriller that brings cathartic nastiness to a cold New England Christmas.
• ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Review: Bigmouth Strikes Again. Japan’s famous monster franchise returns with an appetite for destruction but also a notably sober outlook.
• American Symphony. This portrait of the musician Jon Batiste and the author Suleika Jaouad follows an artistic couple through ambition and adversity.
• ‘May December’ Review: She’ll Be Your Mirror. In Todd Haynes’s latest, Natalie Portman is an actress studying the real-life model for her character, (Julianne Moore), a woman with a tabloid back story.
• ‘Who We Become’ Review: Interrogating Identity and Injustice. Three young Filipino women self-document difficult conversations with their families and friends during the first year of the pandemic.
• ‘The Sweet East’ Review: All-American Girl. Starring Talia Ryder and Simon Rex, this shape-shifting satire about modern American subcultures is a curious, and occasionally delightful, object if you can handle its flippant treatment of taboos.
• Bad Press. The battle to claw back press freedoms is the nerve-racking subject of this civic-minded documentary.
• ‘Family Switch’ Review: Out of Body Experiences for Everyone. Even Pickles the dog gets to trade places in this movie directed by McG, but there are no revelations or bursts of originality here.
• ‘Mistress America,’ ‘Tramps’ and More Streaming Gems. A pair of charming Gotham-based character comedies are among the highlights of this month’s under-the-radar streaming recommendations.
• Moved To Tears, And Also Laughs. “I’m a girl from Arizona and he’s a guy from Athens. I don’t know how this worked,” she says. Their latest project, “Poor Things,” may be Oscar-bound.
• Stream These 16 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in December. We rounded up the best titles leaving the streaming service for U.S. subscribers. That includes Oscar winners, comedies, horror and four ‘Jaws’ films.

Food

• Restaurant Review: After a Scandal, April Bloomfield Sets a New Course. At Sailor, in Brooklyn, the Spotted Pig’s former chef is doing the best cooking of her career.
• Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Jonathan Benno Join Forces at Four Twenty Five. Yingtao serves Chinese cuisine through a global lens, Unapologetic Foods offers Filipino cooking at Naks and more restaurant news.
• Make the Weeknights Bright. With crimson sheet-pan paprika chicken, baked salmon and rice flecked with Kelly green dill, and golden winter squash and mushroom curry.
• How Sacramento Turned Into a Great Restaurant City. Soaring Bay Area housing prices, a highly diverse community and some of the world’s best produce have been catalysts for the dining scene in California’s capital.
• A Cookbook That Celebrates New York City’s Asian Communities. Pick up “Made Here” from Send Chinatown Love, watch a documentary on a remote Nordic restaurant and more food news.
• A Flaky Cheese Pie With Much Meaning. A Hanukkah staple for the Aleppan Jewish community, cheese sambousek is a point of pride.
• Warming meals that refresh and recharge. Caramelized cabbage and walnut pasta, vegetarian skillet chili and honey-glazed chicken with shallots for those precious, quiet December evenings.
• This Chicken Should Be in Every Pot. Warm spices, sweet root vegetables, savory chicken — a perfect dinner.
• Rasta Pasta, Brawny Veggies and All the Cookies. With Thai tea tres leches cake for good (holiday) measure.
• The Only Doughnut Recipes You’ll Ever Need. Once you make your doughnuts with brioche dough, Yewande Komolafe writes, you may never go back.
• A Simple Bread Pudding Makes a Plush Dessert. Serve it after a big pot of clam chowder or a burly kale salad.
• 7 Brilliant Cookies to Keep Your Holidays Bright. Make one or make them all.
• Afternoon Tea, a Vegetarian Night Out and More Reader Requests. Pete Wells answers your restaurant questions for the holiday season. (Tip: Bring quarters for the snack mix at Superiority Burger.)
• The Best Holiday Wrapping? Burritos. Make your own flour tortillas (or not) and fill them with chiles, potatoes, cheese, mushrooms, sweet potatoes and more.
• For a Memorable Holiday Party, Personalize the Punch. A festive, flavorful base you can prepare in advance sets the stage for crowd-pleasing drinks that serve every kind of drinker.
• Fuss-Free and Fancy-Feeling. Ginger-dill salmon, pasta alla norma sorta and pork schnitzel with quick pickles are ready for your next casual dinner thing.
• Ample Hills Founders Are Out of the Business Again. A Brooklyn couple aimed to revive their ice cream company after it collapsed. Now their new investors have fired them.
• A Cozy One-Pot Chicken for a Fuss-Free Holiday. With carrots, sweet potatoes and dates, this braise is a colorful main course for your Hanukkah table.
• A Simple, Lemony Pasta for Catching Your Breath. With braised white beans and juicy marinated cherry tomatoes, it’s the sort of vegetarian dinner I crave this time of year.

Wine, Beer & Cocktails

• In the Caribbean, a Creamy Way to Toast the Holidays. For many in the islands, it’s not the Christmas season without cremas, coquito and other milky rum-based drinks.
• Touring the World of Wine Through 2023’s Best Books. From Australia to Burgundy and Britain, navigating what’s real and what’s not, what’s new and what’s delicious.

Style

• Runners, on Your Marks: Strava Just Opened DMs. The popular fitness app’s new direct-message feature has users split between titillation (a new place to flirt!) and trepidation (a new place to flirt …).
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Unspoken Question Between Us’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
• 15 Looks That Got Our Attention at the Fashion Awards in London. Amal Clooney, Gwyneth Paltrow and Rita Ora wore some of the most showstopping looks at Britain’s answer to the Met Gala.
• Winona Ryder’s Friends and Fans Celebrate the ‘Eternal Cool Girl’ Fashionistas and celebrities gathered for a new book filled with candid shots of the understated Gen X star.
• Pieces You Won’t Find at Art Basel. Jewelry, puzzles and hoodies are just some items that have been sold on Platform since the online retailer of artworks and prints started offering artist-designed products.
• A Logo to Unite America? Good Luck. The design studio behind the U.S. bicentennial emblem was asked to brand America’s 250th anniversary. Per one of its designers, an impossible job called for “an impossible construction.”
• Balenciaga Basks in the Warm Glow of Celebrity Forgiveness. After months of reputational repair, the French house brought its latest show to Los Angeles.
• Is It Ever Inappropriate to Wear Red Lipstick? A reader wonders if bold lip color may be overkill in some situations, like job interviews or work parties.
• What Happened With Fortnite’s Eminem Concert This Weekend? Some fans were left frustrated after a much-hyped event failed to handle the digital crowds.
• What Motivates the Motivators? The life of a fitness instructor involves 4 a.m. starts, too much coffee, exercising for work, exercising for fun, and working in some “me” time.
• Frasier Still Wants to Look Rich. A popular sitcom from the ’90s has returned with an updated wardrobe that reflects shifts in American elitism.
• Henry Kissinger, Social Fixture. After leaving the White House, he returned to New York and became an in-demand guest, hitting the party circuit with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Madonna.
• Raising the Bar For 2 Institutions. “Saturday Night Live” cast members attended the American Museum of Natural History gala, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrated its 65th anniversary season.
• Being a Woman in Magic May Be the Hardest Trick of All. Only about 8 percent of stage magicians are women. A new generation of performers wants to change that.
• Before You Buy a Christmas Tree, Can These Converts Sell You on a Fake? The popularity of faux firs is soaring as the look becomes more convincing. But it isn’t necessarily good news for the environment.
• I Survived ‘Guiding Light’ The long-running CBS soap opera had plenty of drama, onstage and off. A former cast member looks back on its last days.
• Love Letter: The Weight of Shame. “I couldn’t bear the idea that we were the ‘fat couple’ among our friends.”
• Houston Fans Flock to See Beyoncé, on the Big Screen This Time. Her hometown BeyHive gathered to watch her nearly three-hour concert movie.
• Making Fans Homesick for Wintry Vermont. In the woods of central Vermont, where he wrote his hit album, the singer-songwriter reflects on his newfound fame and wonders why he smashed that guitar.
• Songs for Christmas And for Philadelphia. The 2018 Super Bowl champions sing — yes, sing — alongside legends such as Patti LaBelle for charity.
• The Last Thread for George Santos? Luxury. Lying is one thing in politics. But lying and stealing for the sake of Ferragamo and Hermès?
• Madonna Lived to Tell. Inspired by an Instagram account dedicated to AIDS, the singer mounts a moving and trenchant piece of political theater for her “Celebration” tour.
• From Roommates to Friends to ‘Turbo Twins’ Verity Elks and Benjamin Riches found that while they looked alike, they had opposite, and complementary, personalities. (For starters, one is a big Britney Spears fan.)
• Struggling to Speak About an Unhealthy Situation. If that’s how our friends saw us, I couldn’t bear it.
• A New Journey After Two Long and Happy Marriages. Joan Weidner and Chris Meyer met last year on a Princeton alumni hiking trip — their first vacation since their spouses had died.
• Game, Set and a Match for a Former Tennis Pro. Shortly after meeting online, Julia Elbaba traveled from New York to Virginia to see Matthew Nevulis. When the Covid lockdown began, seven days extended into three months of living together.
• It All Started With a Bottle of Shalimar Perfume. Rahul Chatterjee had a special surprise for Christie Houlihan on their first date in June 2022, one that left her in tears.
• Theresa Nist ‘Never Expected to Get to This Part’ After receiving the final rose in the “Golden Bachelor,” Ms. Nist, 70, spoke about getting to know her new fiancé. First order of business: teaching him how to pronounce her name.
• A Harvard Professor Prepares to Teach a New Subject: Taylor Swift. Swift-inspired classes are sweeping colleges across the country.
• Is It True Love if They Won’t Peel Your Orange? A one-question relationship test popular on TikTok proposes petty inconvenience as the ultimate measure of love.
• For Honeymoon With Friends, Try a ‘Buddymoon’ Some newlyweds are seeking some rest and relaxation after the festivities — with 25 of their nearest and dearest.
• Signs of Fall In Tokyo. Sartorial signs of fall abound on the streets of the Japanese capital.
• The Mashburns Take Manhattan. Ann and Sid Mashburn, clothiers in Atlanta, have opened a store on Madison Avenue. Is it a business to be reckoned with?
• A Vintage Shop to the Stars Holds Its Own Against New Rivals. Thirty years after starting What Goes Around Comes Around, Gerard Maione and Seth Weisser are still on the hunt for lost classics from Hermès, Chanel and Levi’s.
• Taylor Swift Beats Out Bad Bunny in 2023’s Spotify Wrapped. The “Midnights” singer ended Bad Bunny’s three-year reign as the music platform’s most-streamed star.
• We Spied on Our Teenage Daughter With a Hidden Camera. Now What Do We Do? Parents who installed a camera in the eye of their daughter’s stuffed bear ask how — and whether — to come clean about their surveillance now that she has left for college.
• With an Artist’s Help, Paddington Can Go Anywhere. For nearly 1,000 straight days, Jason Chou has inserted Paddington, the anthropomorphized bear, into absurd situations. He has no plans to stop.

Magazine

• Podcasters Took Up Her Sister’s Murder Investigation. Then They Turned on Her. ‘True crime’ has become a big business — and an emotional minefield for victims’ families.
• I Can’t Control the World, But I Can Leave Stickers on It. A perfectionist lets go and helps make the city a little more chaotic, one goofy graphic at a time.
• Sweetness Follows. How do you reinvent yourself after being a global superstar? The former R.E.M. frontman is still figuring that out.
• Why Anonymous Sperm Donation Is Over, and Why That Matters. Activists are trying to end secrecy for sperm and egg donors — a campaign that troubles some L.G.B.T.Q. families.
• Sunday Night Lights. Months of preparation, hundreds of staff, convoys of cutting-edge gear: inside the machine that crafts prime time’s most popular entertainment.
• I’m White. Should I Repatriate My African Art? The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to return artwork to its original source.
• Poem. A poem from Langston Hughes discovered by a rare-books cataloger in Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
• Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. His wife’s stash is getting out of hand.
• My Dead Relative May Have Been a Racist Gangster. How Can I Help His Kids? The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to support family amid troubling circumstances.
• A Game of Chicken. As part of a broader campaign against anticompetitive practices, the Biden administration has taken on the chicken industry. Why have the results been so paltry?
• Kept Men. From Travis Bickle to the protagonist of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the director has excelled at depicting a certain kind of male antihero.
• Orange Crush: Thai tea infuses a deeply moist, not-too-rich tres leches cake. The faint bitterness of Thai tea gets absorbed into tres leches, checking the sweetness, so it’s just enough.

T Magazine

• Jordan Wolfson Enjoys Being at the Center of the Storm. The artist discusses violence, AI, his latest work and how he comes up with his ideas.
• T Introduces Yazmin Lacey. Plus: fringe accessories, a musician inspired by stream-of-consciousness audio messages and more from T’s cultural compendium.
• Maximilian Davis. Maximilian Davis, Ferragamo’s creative director, shares a glimpse into his creative world.
• The Comeback. With nostalgia comes Bundts, Black Forests and elaborate gelatinous confections. Would you like a blowtorch with that?
• Lean Out. Why does the act of stepping away from a creative vocation still have the power to shock?
• A Scottish Bakery With Crème Brûlée Danishes. Plus: animal-shaped vases, merman paintings and more recommendations from T Magazine.
• The Other House. How members of a storied Milanese family reimagined a glass-walled 1970s house in a style all their own.
• LIVING LARGE. With giant coats and extra-roomy trousers, this winter’s voluminous silhouettes extend from head to toe.
• How Jewish People Built the American Theater. It’s a history “based on the necessity of opening up and looking beyond, instead of suffocating in, the small space of the self — not only to avoid being pigeonholed but also to exercise the muscle of sympathy.”
• Company. So many of America’s great plays and musicals have been created and performed by Jews. T’s Holiday issue explores why — and gathers dozens of Jewish actors, writers and directors.

Travel

• Taking in the Light: Sweden’s Lucia Celebrations. One of the country’s most culturally significant traditions is also observed nearly every place where Swedish communities exist.
• Skiing Hut-to-Hut in Colorado’s Soul-Stirring Backcountry. A snowy journey in the San Juan Mountains yields sublime skiing, cozy nights and a serene, nearly spiritual, encounter with nature.
• Who Needs an Airport Lounge When You’ve Got a Hot Spring? What surprising amenities have you encountered at the terminal? Let us know.
• Why Watch Hot Air Balloons When You Can Chase Them? Millions of visitors flock to about 200 balloon festivals across the U.S. each year. Volunteering on balloon crews lets some of those fans pursue the inflatable dream.
• War-Inflicted Slowdown Ends Robust Year for Tourism in Middle East. Amid security concerns brought on by the Israel-Hamas conflict, international travel has shuddered to a halt in Israel and is falling in neighboring Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt.
• 36 Hours in Melbourne, Australia. Visitors willing to explore the alleyways of this arts- and food-loving city will find gems at every turn.
• A Subway Ride at the Paris Olympics Could Cost You Almost Double. Citing the price tag of ramped-up service for the Games, the regional transit authority is planning big increases aimed at visitors from July 20 to Sept. 8.
• First Cruise: Preparations for a Smooth Sailing. What a first-time passenger needs to know about booking popular excursions, avoiding huge bills for drinks, and how to find your way around on a labyrinthine ship.

Real Estate

• How to Create Your Own Holiday Wreath. The December holidays beckon, and it’s time to decorate. Follow along at home as Jung Lee, an event designer, takes you through the steps of turning a prefabricated wreath into a custom piece that shows off your personality.
• After 50 Years, a Danish Commune Is Shaken From Its Utopian Dream. The semiautonomous community of Christiania, in the heart of Copenhagen, was created as a post-’60s anarchistic paradise. But violence and drugs may spell its end.
• $1.7 Million Homes in California. A “boathouse” retreat in the hills of Los Angeles, a ranch house in Solvang and a 1964 home in Foster City.
• Can Our Homeowners Association Require Us to Submit to Inspections? A homeowner’s association is a democracy, but living in one involves subjecting yourself to some intrusion. It’s all in the bylaws.
• Charm With What You Cherish. Whether you’re a minimalist, a maximalist or agnostic about holiday decorating, these designers have some suggestions for you.
• How to Decorate Your Mantel. To add some holiday magic to your mantel, try creating a miniature winter scene.
• How to Grow Flowering Bulbs. Forcing bulbs is easy: Here's how architect Elizabeth Roberts does it.
• How to Create a Holiday Wreath. Here's how the event designer Jung Lee makes a gorgeous holiday wreath for next to nothing.
• Creating a Home That’s Efficient and Enduring. One Massachusetts couple decided to use the most cutting-edge green technologies in their new beach house. It was more challenging than they expected.
• Kendrick Lamar Buys a Penthouse on the Brooklyn Waterfront. The award-winning rapper paid $8.6 million for a duplex at Pierhouse at Brooklyn Bridge Park, adding to his bicoastal portfolio of real estate.
• Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey. This week’s properties are a five-bedroom homes in Old Westbury, N.Y., and Chester, N.J.
• Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn. This week’s properties are in Turtle Bay, Kips Bay and Park Slope.
• Down Payments Are Going Up. High home prices and a competitive market are spurring record down payments. Especially in California.
• Our Favorite Hunts of 2023. We featured more than 50 home-buying stories this year, from New York to California to Greece. Here’s a look back at some of the best.
• This Seed Season, Consider a Catalog That Takes a Different Approach. At Turtle Tree Seed, adults with developmental differences work “side by side” with other staff to produce seed that’s more artisanal than agribusiness.
• $2.5 Million Homes in California and Arizona. A midcentury-modern house in Long Beach and a renovated 1995 home in Scottsdale.

Health

• Brain Implants Helped 5 People Toward Recovery After Traumatic Injuries. People with chronic problems after falls and car crashes scored better on cognition tests after getting a brain implant, a new study found.
• Homeless Advocate Takes On A.C.L.U., and It’s Personal. Jennifer Livovich started a nonprofit to give socks to the homeless population in Boulder, Colo. She lost it, and more, in a legal and policy dispute.
• Fate of Billions for Opioid Victims From Sacklers Rests With Supreme Court. The court will decide whether Purdue’s owners can gain permanent immunity from future opioid lawsuits in exchange for payments up to $6 billion.
• Finding an Aide Takes Work. Here’s What You Need to Know. Finding an aide to help an older person stay at home safely takes work. Here’s a guide.
• In Search of Affordable Care. Facing a severe shortage of aides and high costs, people trying to keep aging loved ones at home often cobble together a patchwork of family and friends to help.
• Scientists in Discredited Alcohol Study Will Not Advise U.S. on Drinking Guidelines. Two researchers with ties to beer and liquor companies had been named to a panel that will review the health evidence on alcohol consumption. But after a New York Times story was published, the panel’s organizers decided to drop them.
• U.S. Health Officials Push Back on Idea of New Virus in China. A surge of children has been hospitalized in China for respiratory illnesses, but international health authorities said the cause was common viruses and bacteria.
• U.S. Rate of Suicide by Firearm Reaches Record Level. Gun suicides increased from prepandemic rates in all racial and ethnic groups, but the degree of change differed drastically.
• Brain Study Suggests Traumatic Memories Are Processed as Present Experience. Traumatic memories had their own neural mechanism, brain scans showed, which may help explain their vivid and intrusive nature.
• Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Efforts to Fight the Disease. The number of malaria cases rose again in 2022, propelled by flooding and warmer weather in areas once free of the illness.
• U.S. Lifetimes Recover Partly From Covid Toll . But the country’s health has not fully rebounded from the pandemic, according to new data from the C.D.C.

Well

• It’s Not Too Late to Get a Flu Shot. Influenza season goes until spring, so getting the vaccine late can still give you some protection.

Eat

• How Your Protein Needs Change as You Age. Your protein requirements will fluctuate throughout your life. Here’s a stage-by-stage guide to help you hit your goals.

Family

• 8 Things You Should Never Say to Your Partner, According to Therapists. Having a fight? “You’re overreacting” will only make it worse.

Live

• Why Do Women Get More Headaches Than Men? Hormones may be the most obvious culprit, but other factors can be at play.
• The Truth About Sleep Trackers. Their technology is impressive, but imperfect. We asked experts whether they can really help you get a better night’s rest.

Mind

• That Lingering ‘Meh’ Feeling Has a Name. Persistent depressive disorder is underdiagnosed, and many who suffer from it have never heard of it.
• Live Music Is a Time Machine. From Phish concerts to Alanis Morissette shows, throwback tours can take us back to our teen years.

Move

• How to Actually Work Out With Your Kids. It’s tough to balance child care and regular exercise, but there are ways to make real fitness gains alongside your kids.

Smarter Living

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• The Longest-Lasting Gifts for Kids. How to give gifts that outlast trends.

Times Insider

• Where People Speak Carefully Among Avocados. Times reporters on assignment in Michoacán, Mexico, found a drastically altered landscape and dangers to those who protest deforestation.
• A Word’s History, Obscured by Snow and Lore. ‘American storms,’ Davy Crockett and a mysterious man called Lightning Ellis: The story behind the word ‘blizzard’ is no less opaque than the visibility during the storm itself.
• Inside the ‘Envy Office,’ Reporters Find a Story. Stylish workplaces are popping up across corporate America and on social media. Two journalists teamed up to find out if sophisticated design is enough to bring people back to the office.

Corrections

• Quotation of the Day: Questions About What Excellence Is at Yale, Where Nearly 80% of Grades Are A’s. Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
• Corrections: Dec. 5, 2023. Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.
• Quotation of the Day: State Police’s Female Troopers Warn Other Women Against Joining. Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
• No Corrections: Dec. 4, 2023. No corrections appeared in print on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023.
• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Monday, December 4, 2023.
• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Sunday, December 3, 2023.
• Corrections. Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023.
• Corrections. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023.
• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Saturday, December 2, 2023.
• Corrections. Corrections that appeared in print on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023.
• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Friday, December 1, 2023.
• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Thursday, November 30, 2023.
• Corrections: Nov. 30, 2023. No corrections appeared in print on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023.

Crosswords & Games

• Freestyling. Tracy Bennett whips up a Sunday themeless with teeth!
• Stuff in Microdots. Royce Ferguson’s Saturday puzzle takes us on an interesting trip.
• Variety: Acrostic. David Balton and Jane Stewart’s puzzle conceals an inspiring modern verse.
• Massive Step Forward. Jem Burch gives solvers a run for their money.
• ‘Don’t Just Sit There!’ Jeff Martinovic makes his New York Times Crossword debut, ably assisted by the veteran constructor Jeff Chen.

The Learning Network

• Word of the Day: desalination. This word has appeared in 54 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Weekly Student News Quiz: Climate Summit, Supreme Court, Word of the Year. Have you been paying attention to the news recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
• Do You Ever Feel Sentimental About the Past? Do you like looking at old photos, listening to music from your childhood or doing other things that remind you of when you were younger?
• Compliments. Do you like giving them? What’s the best you ever received?
• Word of the Day: condescension. This word has appeared in 49 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What Slang Do You Use? Gyat, rizz, sigma: Are you up on the latest lingo?
• Word of the Day: inanity. This word has appeared in 12 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What’s Going On in This Picture? | Dec. 4, 2023. Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
• Do You Like Spending Time Alone With Your Thoughts? What do you do to practice mindfulness or wellness? Do you ever go on silent walks?
• The Red Planet. Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
• Word of the Day: allusive. This word has appeared in 11 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Film Club: ‘A Football Coach Walks the Line on C.T.E.’ A coach’s son was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. Should parents allow their children to play potentially dangerous contact sports?
• What Students Are Saying About School Cellphone Bans. Policies restricting phone use in schools are trending. We asked students if they thought such rules were a good idea.
• Respond to a Story in The Times via Our One-Pager Challenge. Show us your thinking about a recent Times article, video, graph, photo essay or podcast. Open from Dec. 6, 2023 to Jan. 10, 2024.
• What’s Going On in This Graph? | Dec. 6, 2023. How do teenagers use social media, and what might be the benefits and risks of life online?
• Teenagers in The Times: Fall 2023. Free links to over 75 pieces about young people that have appeared across sections of NYTimes.com since September.
• Would You Make Your Pet Live Longer if You Could? A new drug could help extend the lives of dogs. Would you give it to your pet?
• The Super Wealthy. What do you think this image is communicating?
• Word of the Day: humbug. This word has appeared in eight articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Do You Like Watching Other People Watch Sports? Soccer fans are tuning into watchalongs — streaming parties where they can hear and see everything except the game. Does that sound appealing?

En español

• ¿Por qué los doctores y farmacéuticos se están rebelando? Cada vez más médicos de clínicas de todo Estados Unidos se han organizado para hacerle frente a unas condiciones laborales crecientemente abrumadoras.
• El mundo ama los corridos tumbados. En México, es complicado. Inspirado en un género centenario de la cultura mexicana, el último fenómeno de la música pop está atrayendo a miles de seguidores jóvenes, y críticas por sus referencias violentas.
• Surgen relatos de violencia sexual por parte de Hamás. Testigos relataron detalles espantosos del ataque del 7 de octubre durante una reunión en la ONU en la que se acusó al organismo de callar la violencia hacia mujeres judías.
• A 10 semanas de la guerra. Se reanuda la guerra en Gaza, el destino de George Santos y más para estar al día.
• ¿Qué se necesita para salvar a los ajolotes? Para empezar, que les devolvamos Xochimilco. Convertir las chinampas, unas parcelas agrícolas con técnicas ancestrales, en negocios atractivos para los turistas ha sido uno de los golpes más fuertes para esta especie.
• EE. UU. acusa a uno de sus exdiplomáticos de espiar para Cuba. Manuel Rocha, exembajador en Bolivia, ayudó en secreto a la “misión clandestina de recolección de información de Cuba”, según las autoridades estadounidenses.
• A pesar de su creciente impopularidad, las probabilidades de que Netanyahu deje el cargo son mínimas. El primer ministro israelí enfrenta la mayor crisis de su carrera política. Las reacciones negativas a su incapacidad para prevenir el ataque de Hamás, y las críticas a su manejo de la guerra, están en aumento.
• El ejército israelí entra en el sur de Gaza, según muestran las imágenes satelitales. The New York Times analizó imágenes de satélite que mostraban vehículos blindados israelíes a las afueras de Jan Yunis, la mayor ciudad del sur de Gaza.
• Un pueblo ruso entierra a un soldado e intenta encontrarle sentido a la guerra. Garipul Kadyrov estaba por cumplir 50 años. Después de morir en el frente de batalla en Ucrania, sus familiares y vecinos se cuestionan si tiene algún propósito la muerte de otro soldado.
• Uno de los retos más importantes de la COP28: la desinformación. Entre las mayores fuentes de información falsa o engañosa sobre el clima mundial se encuentran algunas naciones influyentes, como Rusia y China, cuyos diplomáticos estarán presentes en la cumbre.
• Estos alimentos podrían reducir el riesgo de cáncer, según los expertos. Aunque hay un consenso en que ningún alimento puede prevenir el cáncer por sí solo, seguir una dieta sana parece reducir el riesgo de contraerlo.
• Elena Zelayeta, emisaria de la cocina mexicana en EE. UU. Con un restaurante, libros de cocina, un programa de televisión y una marca de comida congelada, la chef puso las bases de la gastronomía mexicana en Estados Unidos. Todo mientras perdía la vista.
• Bajo presión, Maduro organiza un referendo para anexar un territorio de un país vecino. El presidente venezolano realizará un referendo para reclamar la soberanía sobre el Esequibo, una importante franja rica en petróleo de Guyana.
• En África occidental, las peluqueras te echan una mano si necesitas terapia. Togo es uno de los países con mayores índices de suicidio en el mundo y menor inversión en salud mental. Una iniciativa capacita a estilistas para brindar soporte emocional a las clientas.
• Paddington en una aventura diferente cada día, gracias a este artista. Durante casi 1000 días seguidos, el artista Jason Chou ha metido a Paddington, el oso antropomorfizado, en situaciones absurdas. Y no tiene intención de parar.
• El burrito perfecto es un tesoro fino envuelto en papel de aluminio. A pesar de su rivalidad culinaria, las ciudades hermanas de El Paso y Ciudad Juárez están de acuerdo en que un burrito sencillo es el mejor burrito.
• Expulsan de EE. UU. a un exoficial del ejército chileno acusado del homicidio de Víctor Jara. Pedro Barrientos, de 74 años, fue acusado de secuestro, tortura y ejecución del popular cantante días después del golpe militar de 1973.
• Ñam, ñam, ñam, ¿cuál es el secreto de las galletas del Monstruo Comegalletas? Si alguna vez te has preguntado qué está comiendo este famoso personaje de Plaza Sésamo, tenemos la respuesta.
• Nunca tendríamos un aniversario, ni un perro, ni una pelea. Desde el inicio, acordamos pasar solo unas semanas juntos. ¿Por qué eso nos permitió enamorarnos tan rápido?
• Violencia, hambre y miedo: los relatos de los rehenes liberados por Hamás. Quienes volvieron a Israel en la última semana lo hicieron desnutridos, enfermos, heridos y con heridas psicológicas.
• Vivió en la calle y fue adicto a las drogas. Hoy es alcalde en Canadá. Dan Carter vivió 17 años en la calle antes de ser alcalde de Oshawa. Entre sus prioridades está atender las necesidades de las personas sin hogar y con adicciones.
• George Santos es expulsado del Congreso en una votación histórica. El republicano por Nueva York es el sexto miembro de la Cámara de Representantes en ser expulsado en la historia del organismo.
• Israel sabía de los planes de Hamás hace más de un año. El Times revisó un plan que incluía la descripción detallada de los atentados y que los funcionarios israelíes desestimaron porque no pensaron que el grupo armado tuviera capacidad de ejecutarlo.
• Béisbol en la maleta. Embajadores venezolanos del deporte, el legado controversial de Kissinger y más para el fin de semana.
• ¿Por qué es tan irritante cuando nos interrumpen al hablar? Consultamos algunos expertos que ofrecen recomendaciones y consejos para evitar esa situación incómoda.
• La liberación de prisioneros palestinos fortalece el apoyo a Hamás. Algunas personas en Cisjordania, donde la frustración con la Autoridad Palestina ha persistido por años, creen que Hamás y otros grupos armados son los únicos en quienes pueden confiar para su protección.
• Al papa Francisco se le acabó la paciencia con sus críticos. Los observadores del Vaticano perciben una mayor decisión por parte de Francisco para ajustar cuentas con sus detractores.
• Una estrella con seis planetas que orbitan en una sincronía perfecta. A cien años luz de distancia, un puñado de planetas giran en torno a una estrella en la misma configuración que tenían cuando se formaron.
• ¿Cómo pago la universidad? Consultamos a expertos para responder todas tus preguntas.
• Huyeron del caos climático. La ley de asilo de EE. UU. podría no ayudarlos. “Necesitamos protección”, dijo un migrante en la frontera. Pero el sistema legal para los refugiados, formulado hace décadas, nunca contempló a los millones de desplazados por el calentamiento global.
• Un error de cálculo entre EE. UU. e Irán podría conducir a una guerra más grande, según las autoridades. Funcionarios de seguridad nacional temen que algún error de los ataques en represalia podría desencadenar un conflicto regional.
• ¿Un medicamento para que tu perro viva más? Los fármacos para la longevidad de nuestros compañeros caninos están cada vez más cerca de hacerse realidad. También plantean interrogantes.
• Henry Kissinger muere a los 100 años, marcó la historia de EE. UU. en la Guerra Fría. Fue el secretario de Estado más poderoso de la posguerra, célebre y vilipendiado a la vez. Su complicado legado aún resuena en las relaciones con China, Rusia y Medio Oriente.
• Vietnam encarcela a los ambientalistas que le ayudaron a conseguir ayudas millonarias. El gobierno se dispone a presentar su plan de transición energética en la cumbre climática de la ONU al mismo tiempo que intensifica su represión a los defensores del medioambiente.
• Jimmy Carter, frágil y decidido, en el funeral de Rosalynn Carter. “Contra viento y marea”, dijo el historiador Douglas Brinkley, “iba a utilizar sus recursos internos para estar allí“. El expresidente salió de cuidados paliativos para asistir al servicio de su esposa.
• ‘The Crown’: la historia de la foto del yate que cambió la vida de la princesa Diana. Su imagen con Dodi al-Fayed en el mar Mediterráneo tiene un papel central en la sexta temporada. Mario Brenna, el fotógrafo que la tomó, dice que la descripción de la serie es “completamente inventada”.
• ¿Por qué los síntomas del resfriado son peores de noche? Hablamos con expertos y les preguntamos por qué tosemos y moqueamos más a la hora de ir a dormir. Y qué hacer para mejorar los síntomas.

Opinión

• ¿El papa Francisco podrá mantener unida a la Iglesia católica? El papado actual parece estar provocando que las alas conservadora y liberal se distancien cada vez más.
• El mar de Aral se convirtió en un desierto y en una parábola sombría. La desaparición de un mar interior en Uzbekistán nos debe importar a todos.
• El mar interior que se convirtió en desierto y en advertencia para la humanidad. La desaparición del mar de Aral nos debe importar a todos.

Gameplay

• Have a Gander. Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight craft a puzzle with signature brilliance.
• The Connections Companion. In case you need some puzzle help.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Today’s Wordle Review. In case you need some puzzle help.
• Having a Light Touch. Nate Cardin reveals whether he’s really an insider.
• Getting Myself Back, One Puzzle at a Time. After a devastating injury damaged his cognitive abilities, word games helped the author build new ways to shape his thoughts.
• Historic Stretch. Sean Ziebarth lets us start from scratch.

Special Series

• 20 Things That Happened for the First Time in 2023. A series of surprising and serious events and trends that were unprecedented until now.
• The Oceans Are Diverse. Their Champions Should Be, Too. Ocean conservation will succeed only when the people most affected by climate change are part of the effort.
• Medicine, Technology and the End of Cancer. Artificial intelligence may be the key to unlocking personalized cancer vaccines.
• Attack of the 50-Foot A.I. Is artificial intelligence really on the brink of sapience? Should we be afraid?
• Perfection Is a Dream. Real Beauty Has Flaws. Digital magic can readily erase any blemish, any wrinkle, any evidence of authenticity and vulnerability. But where’s the beauty in that?

Reader Center

• How The Times is covering the Israel-Hamas war. We have been working with journalists who were already in Gaza when the siege began, but limited access has made reporting difficult.