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U.S.

• Two Army Veterans Awarded $110 Million in 3M Earplug Lawsuit. Nearly 300,000 people are involved in lawsuits accusing 3M of having sold the military defective combat earplugs that left service members with tinnitus and hearing loss.
• Rifle Used by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha Shootings Will Be Destroyed. Mr. Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges in the fatal shootings of two men and wounding of another during a protest in 2020 that was precipitated by the shooting of a Black man by a police officer.
• Joe Exotic Is Resentenced to 21 Years for ‘Tiger King’ Murder-for-Hire Plot. Last year, a federal appeals court vacated the initial sentence for the plot, which was featured in the Netflix series “Tiger King.” Petitions for pardons from two presidents have also failed.
• Covid Cases Plunge in the U.S. The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
• Bridge Collapse in Pittsburgh Injures at Least 10 People. Officials said no one was killed and that none of the injuries were life-threatening. The collapse occurred just hours before President Biden was scheduled to visit the city to discuss the state of the country’s infrastructure.
• Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Infrastructure Visit. At least 10 people sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the collapse, officials said.
• California Is Leveraging the Pandemic Into Its Own Peace Corps. Sweetening federal stimulus and AmeriCorps funds with state and local money, the state is cranking out tens of thousands of Youth Service jobs.
• Man Held for Five Days in Jail Over Mistaken Identity, His Lawyer Says. Leonardo Silva Oliveira, 26, was arrested last week on a warrant out of Palm Beach County for a man with the same name and similar age who was wanted for probation violation charges.
• Lori Lightfoot Promised to Change Chicago. Crises Keep Piling Up. Ms. Lightfoot has shown herself to be a blunt orator and unflinching negotiator.
• Death of Georgia Teen Found in Gym Mat Was ‘Weird Accident,’ Sheriff Says. Eight years after Kendrick Johnson, 17, was found upside-down in a large mat in his high school gym, the Lowndes County sheriff decided to reopen the case.
• Coast Guard Ends Search After Finding Bodies of 5 Migrants From Capsized Boat. More than 30 people remained unaccounted for after the boat that was carrying them overturned off Florida’s Atlantic Coast last weekend, the authorities said.
• School Board in Tennessee Bans Teaching of Holocaust Novel ‘Maus’ The board voted unanimously to remove the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel from classrooms because it contained swear words, according to minutes from the meeting.
• ‘Powerful’ Nor’easter Is Set to Hit East Coast. Blizzard conditions were expected from Long Island through much of coastal New England over the weekend. Portions of Eastern Massachusetts could see two feet of snow.
• Despite Burnout, These California Health Care Workers Aren’t Quitting. Nurses and doctors say they don’t want to abandon their co-workers or their patients.
• Cases Dismissed, Judges Replaced: Texas Struggles to Prosecute Migrants. More than 2,500 migrants have been arrested on trespassing charges under a program created last year by Gov. Greg Abbott. About 900 are still being held in state prisons.
• A School Mistakenly Told 58 Students They’d Won Full Rides. It’ll Pay Their Tuition Anyway. Central Michigan University said the error was made by school staff members who were testing new messaging technology.
• San Jose Moves to Require Gun Owners to Have Insurance and Pay Annual Fees. A proposed ordinance, believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S., calls for an annual “harm reduction fee” of about $25 to pay for programs to stem gun violence.
• Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers Leader, Is Denied Bail on Sedition Charge. A federal judge said Mr. Rhodes, who was charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, was a flight risk partly because of “elaborate escape tunnels” in his backyard.
• The Fight for Substitute Teachers. Schools deploy creative measures to staff classrooms.
• Frustrated Democrats walk out of a confirmation hearing for Florida’s surgeon general. Democratic state senators complained that Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo’s responses were evasive to their questions about his skepticism of vaccines and mask wearing.
• What to Do if You’ve Lost Your Covid-19 Vaccination Card. It never quite fit in your wallet, so it’s no surprise you may have misplaced it by now.
• A Surge at Sea: Migrants Seek Entry to the U.S. Aboard Flimsy Boats. Coast Guard officials said a search was still underway for 38 migrants missing after a boat capsized off Florida. The situation looked increasingly dire.
• How the Omicron Surge Is Straining California’s Health Care Workers. Staffing shortages, infected colleagues, exhaustion and burnout.
• Redwood Forest in California Is Returned to Native Tribes. Ownership of more than 500 acres of a forest in Mendocino County was returned to 10 sovereign tribes who will serve as guardians to “protect and heal” the land.
• In California, a New Fight to Stop Building in the Path of Fire. A proposed luxury development in hills already scarred by wildfire is raising questions about the continued push to build in areas at highest risk.
• Man Admits He Tried to Smuggle 2 Men Into U.S. in a Coffin. At a checkpoint in Texas in October, federal prosecutors said, Border Patrol agents found two men from Mexico hidden in a coffin.
• In a Georgia County, Deep Distrust Over a Plan to Close Polling Places. As legislation to expand voting rights was blocked in Washington, local residents debate a plan from officials in Lincoln County, Ga., who say they want to streamline and modernize their system.
• Nearly Two Dozen Charged in Fraud Ring That Staged Car Crashes, U.S. Says. The elaborate scheme, which took place from 2017 to 2020 in Washington State, cost insurers $1 million, the authorities said.
• Dozens Are Reported Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Florida Coast. The boat, which left the Bahamas on Saturday with 40 people on board, was most likely part of a “human smuggling venture,” the Coast Guard said. One passenger was rescued.
• How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School. Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech and other schools across the country are under pressure to end entrance exams. Students have complicated feelings about that.
• California Officials Ask Residents to Donate Blood Amid Severe Shortage. A Los Angeles hospital was forced to temporarily close its trauma center this month because it ran out of blood supplies.
• Put Down Your No. 2 Pencils. Forever. The SAT will go completely digital by 2024 amid questions about whether college admissions tests are fair, or even necessary.
• With Nightmares and Tears, a Kentucky Town Feels the Long Reach of a Tornado’s Trauma. The physical toll on Mayfield, Ky., is evident. The psychological anguish will be equally difficult to overcome.
• 3 Firefighters Die After Being Trapped in Blaze at Vacant Baltimore Rowhouse. Part of the building collapsed as they battled the fire. Another firefighter was in fair condition on Thursday, officials said.
• George Floyd’s Civil Rights Are Focus in Opening Arguments of Federal Trial. Three former Minneapolis police officers who were at the scene of Mr. Floyd’s death are accused of failing to intervene when they saw a fellow officer using excessive force.
• Judge Lifts Order Preventing Wisconsin Hospital Workers From Starting New Jobs. A hospital system had sought to temporarily prevent seven employees from leaving for other jobs.
• What’s Behind a Wildfire in January? . Despite a stretch of rain last fall, persistent drought conditions have left the state vulnerable to unseasonable blazes
• The federal jury in the case is far less diverse than the one that convicted Derek Chauvin of murder. The jurors in Derek Chauvin’s trial came from the Minneapolis area, which is more racially mixed and more liberal than other areas of Minnesota.
• Derek Chauvin was convicted of George Floyd’s murder. Could he testify against his fellow officers? Derek Chauvin’s presence will be felt throughout the federal trial of the three officers who were with him when he murdered George Floyd.
• Seven school boards sue Virginia’s governor over his order making masks optional. The filing questions the constitutionality of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s order allowing parents to decide whether their children should comply with mask rules at school.
• Heavy Rains Weren’t Enough to Stop Winter Fires in California. The National Weather Service called the fast-moving blaze “surreal,” given the recent storms.
• Police Culture on Trial in Case Against Officers in Killing of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin sits in a prison cell. The other three officers on the scene when George Floyd was murdered now face a trial of their own.
• Roles of F.B.I. and Informants Muddle the Michigan Governor Kidnapping Case. Before five men stand trial in March, prosecutors and defense lawyers are examining more than 1,000 hours of secretly recorded conversations.
• Cruise Has Surprise Ending After Judge Orders Ship Seized Over Debts. The Crystal Symphony was set to arrive in Miami on Saturday, but it was diverted to the Bahamas after a U.S. judge ordered the ship seized over $4.6 million in unpaid fuel bills.
• These Mothers Were Exhausted, So They Met on a Field to Scream. The pandemic has been relentless for mothers, many of whom have been stuck in an endless cycle of work and child care. Some Massachusetts mothers gathered to do something about it.
• Former President of Florida International University Explains Sudden Exit. On Sunday, Mark B. Rosenberg said he created “discomfort for a valued employee.”
• A YouTuber’s Plane Crash Draws Doubts From Aviation Experts. The video from December shows Trevor Jacob cursing in panic before leaping with a parachute out of a small plane. Some experts wonder if the crash was a publicity stunt.
• For Small Towns With Small Work Forces, Omicron Means Small Margins for Error. In large cities and rural towns, the Omicron variant has workers calling in sick with Covid-19. But in the small towns, it is often hard to find a Plan B.
• For Many Who Marched, Jan. 6 Was Only the Beginning. To many of those who attended the Trump rally but who never breached the Capitol, that date wasn’t a dark day for the nation. It was a new start.
• Wildfire Forces Hundreds to Evacuate in Big Sur. The blaze grew to 1,000 acres, and at least 500 residents in California’s Big Sur area were ordered to evacuate.
• Passenger Exposed Buttocks and Threw a Can During Flight, Prosecutors Say. A 29-year-old man from Galway, Ireland, was charged after his disruptive behavior aboard a flight from Dublin to John F. Kennedy International Airport on Jan. 7.
• Wildfire in Big Sur Forces Residents to Evacuate. A late-season blaze that started on Friday grew to 1,000 acres in the scenic region of California.
• Unusual Ice and Snow Storm Hits the Carolinas and Virginia. A Delta flight skidded on a runway and roads remained dangerous on Saturday as the storm brought eight inches of snow to some places.
• Tennessee Couple Says Adoption Agency Turned Them Away for Being Jewish. Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram are plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming that state funding of a child-placing agency that discriminates based on religion is unconstitutional.
• Omicron Cases Appear to Peak in U.S., but Deaths Continue to Rise. The country is reporting upward of 700,000 new cases a day, fewer than earlier this month, but still far more than in any prior surge.
• Ami Colé Fills a Void In Black Beauty Products. After toiling in the beauty industry for years, Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye decided to create the products she desperately sought but could not find.
• Monkeys Escape After Truck Crashes on Pennsylvania Highway. A pickup truck with an enclosed trailer full of 100 monkeys collided with a dump truck, the police said. Four escaped and one remains missing.
• Judge Issues Stinging Free Speech Ruling Against University of Florida. While a lawsuit is being resolved, the university cannot bar professors from offering expert testimony in lawsuits against the state, the federal judge ruled.
• As F.B.I. Breached Texas Synagogue, Hostages Were Dashing for Exit. The federal agency said it was unaware that three hostages were already escaping the temple as an elite rescue team entered from different sides, killing the attacker.

Politics

• Republicans Relish Biden’s Troubles, Eyeing a Takeover of Congress. The president’s woes have delighted Republicans, who have been seeking to rehabilitate themselves in the eyes of voters after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
• Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Fake Trump Electors. The panel demanded information from 14 people who were part of bogus slates of electors for President Donald J. Trump, digging deeper into an aspect of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
• Russia Has Enough Troops Near Ukraine for Full Invasion, Pentagon Says. Russia has massed more than 100,000 troops at Ukraine’s borders, officials said, publicly confirming what intelligence analysts have described for weeks.
• Political Theater on an Ohio Debate Stage. The Ohio Senate primary is months away, but candidates are already clamoring for attention. That hunger prompted a debate Thursday between a left-wing Democrat and far-right Republican even before voters decide who the eventual nominees will be.
• Pennsylvania Court Says State’s Mail Voting Law Is Unconstitutional. The decision, which could deal a blow to voting access in a critical battleground state, was immediately appealed.
• Relax, America: Willow, the White House Cat, Has Arrived. She interrupted a campaign speech. Jill Biden wanted to keep her.
• The Man at the Center of Arizona’s Primary. Spoiler alert: It’s Donald Trump.
• McConnell Warns Against ‘Radical’ Supreme Court Pick. Lawmakers from both parties and interest groups swung into gear to influence President Biden’s choice for the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.
• Are New Voting Bill Talks for Real or for Show? Senators involved in the negotiations underway say the discussions are serious and substantive, but some Democrats remain wary.
• New Justice Will Have Little Power to Thwart Supreme Court’s Rightward Lurch. The replacement of Justice Stephen G. Breyer with another liberal is unlikely to alter the basic dynamic at the court or to slow its accelerating conservative ambitions.
• Cardona Urges Schools to Invest in Extra Tutoring. Miguel Cardona, the education secretary, said reopening the nation’s schools without addressing the time lost from learning during the pandemic would be insufficient, and called on schools to use federal stimulus funds to invest in mental health counseling and tutoring.
• Leading Biden’s nominee through the Judiciary Committee will be a major test of its leader, Senator Durbin. It is believed to the first time an evenly split Senate will try to confirm a Supreme Court justice.
• Can You Gerrymander Your Party to Power? Gerrymandering has been criticized for disenfranchising voters and fueling polarization. To help you understand it better, we created an imaginary state called Hexapolis, where your only mission is to gerrymander your party to power.
• Austin Orders U.S. Military to Step Up Efforts to Prevent Civilian Harm. A new directive outlines steps intended to change how commanders think about their jobs, after New York Times investigations into botched airstrikes.
• Read Justice Breyer’s letter of resignation from the Supreme Court. The associate justice was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.
• Biden is not the first president to promise to select his nominee from a specific demographic group. President Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court has drawn conservatives’ criticism. But they may just have a short memory.
• Biden plans to name Breyer’s successor by the end of February. Speaking with Justice Stephen Breyer by his side, Mr. Biden hailed his decades on the federal bench, including almost 28 years on the Supreme Court.
• Transportation Dept. Outlines Plan to Address Rising Traffic Deaths. The department said it would use new funding in the infrastructure law to carry out the strategy, which touches on issues ranging from speed limits to emergency medical care.
• Can Biden Avert a Crisis With North Korea? Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, has done six missile tests this month — equal to all of 2021 — and called on the nation to prepare for “long-term confrontation.”
• U.S. and NATO Respond to Putin’s Demands as Ukraine Tensions Mount. The formal responses offered President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a choice: negotiate or risk facing punishing economic sanctions.
• Biden Expected to Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court. The president’s promise highlights a group that has struggled to become part of the very small pool of elite judges in the nation’s higher federal courts.
• Senate Democrats Plan to Move Quickly on Successor to Justice Breyer. Given their tenuous majority, Democrats intend to act fast, anticipating roadblocks from Senator Mitch McConnell and Republicans.
• Breyer’s Retirement Gives Democrats a Dose of (Cautious) Optimism. After a series of legislative losses, the chance for President Biden to fulfill a promise by nominating a Black woman was seen by progressives as a chance to show he could still bring about change.
• Biden Gets to Name a New Supreme Court Justice. Plus, Tucker Carlson assures us that he’s “not an agent of Russia.”
• Republican Rift on Ukraine Could Undercut U.S. Appeals to Allies. G.O.P. leaders are attacking President Biden for what they call a weak response to Russian aggression, but their far-right flank is questioning U.S. involvement, and even its alliance with Kyiv.
• Judge Says States Can Investigate WinRed’s Fund-Raising Tactics. The Republican digital donation platform is facing inquiries from four state attorneys general into its use of prechecked boxes to withdraw donations automatically.
• Democrats Renew Push to Pass Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China. A major competitiveness bill passed the Senate last year with bipartisan support, only to stall. Democrats hope to revive it in the House, but first they will have to bridge big differences.
• Here’s why Republicans can’t filibuster President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee. Though Democrats do not need to worry about Republicans using a filibuster against the forthcoming nominee, winning confirmation is no slam dunk.
• How the Computer Chip Shortage Could Incite a U.S. Conflict With China. A war game and study by a think tank illustrate how dependent the world is on Taiwan’s semiconductor foundries.
• Who Might Replace Stephen Breyer? The retirement of Justice Stephen G. Breyer will give President Biden a chance to put a Black woman on the Supreme Court.
• Justice Leondra R. Kruger of the California Supreme Court is a possible nominee. At 45, she would be younger than all but one of the current justices were when they were nominated.
• Which Republicans might support a Biden nominee for the Supreme Court? Few, if any. Many Senate Republicans have, as a matter of course, opposed Mr. Biden’s nominees for seats on the lower federal courts.
• A top Biden ally has a favored candidate to replace Justice Breyer: Judge J. Michelle Childs. Representative James E. Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, supports a little-known federal judge in his home state: J. Michelle Childs.
• Justice Breyer’s legacy: a liberal who rejected labels like ‘liberal.’ His voting over the years was generally similar to that of other Democratic appointees, if perhaps a little more conservative.
• Biden made a campaign pledge to put a Black woman on the Supreme Court. Biden, then a candidate with a struggling campaign for the Democratic nomination, made the promise ahead of his party’s primary in South Carolina.
• Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is among the leading candidates to succeed Justice Breyer. Judge Jackson, 51, already successfully went through the Senate confirmation process last year.
• Democrats can seat a new justice on their own, even if Republicans unite in opposition. Recent changes in Senate rules mean a nominee can be confirmed with a bare majority, but Democrats will have to hold their narrow ranks together.
• Capitol Police Officer Talks About Jan. 6. Eugene Goodman spoke out on Tuesday for the first time in a podcast co-hosted by a fellow officer on the force.
• Staunch Critic of the N.Y.P.D. Grapples With Deaths of 2 Officers. Harlem Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, who has equated the policing system to slavery, is now considering how to deliver her message in a district mourning for two officers.
• Melania Trump’s Auction of Hat Hit by Plunge in Cryptocurrency. The former first lady is selling a hat she wore for a visit by the French president amid volatility in the value of the digital currency being used for the auction.
• Justice Dept. Is Reviewing Role of Fake Trump Electors, Top Official Says. Lisa O. Monaco, the deputy attorney general, told CNN that she could not “say anything more on ongoing investigations.”
• Cawthorn Challenge Raises the Question: Who Is an ‘Insurrectionist’? The challenge to Representative Madison Cawthorn’s re-election bid could set a precedent to challenge other Republicans who encouraged the Jan. 6 attack.
• Confessions of a Liberal Heretic. Ruy Teixeira was co-author of one of the most influential political books of the 21st century. Now, he says, Democrats are getting its lessons all wrong.
• Alabama Redistricting Ruling Sparks Hopes for Democrats. Three federal judges in Alabama ruled that a new congressional map drawn by G.O.P. state lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act.
• U.S. to Bolster Europe’s Fuel Supply to Blunt Threat of Russian Cutoff. Many European officials suspect President Vladimir V. Putin instigated the crisis in the winter in part to leverage his threat to turn off Russian fuel sales to Europe.
• Russia Steps Up Propaganda War Amid Tensions With Ukraine. The disinformation campaign includes claims that NATO and Ukrainian forces are preparing to attack Russian speakers in Ukraine.
• California leaders agree to once again require extra paid sick leave. The agreement would reinstate a benefit passed by the state in 2021 that expired at the end of September.
• C.I.A.-Backed Afghan Fighters Are Still Waiting to Reach U.S. Commandos who played a key role in helping American forces are waiting for visas in the United Arab Emirates, and are among the last of the evacuated Afghans to get a chance to reach the United States.
• With Some Voters ‘Ready to Move On,’ Democrats Search for New Message on Virus. Democrats were cheered for strict lockdowns and pandemic precautions. Now many weary voters want to hear the party’s plan for living with the coronavirus.
• Court Throws Out Alabama’s New Congressional Map. A federal panel of judges ordered state lawmakers to redraw the lines, saying Black voters “have less opportunity than other Alabamians” to elect candidates of their choice.
• War May Loom, but Are There Offramps? Fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine are growing, but diplomatic options remain.
• What the Trump Documents Might Tell the Jan. 6 Committee. Following last week’s Supreme Court ruling, the House panel has received material that it hopes could flesh out how the attack on the Capitol came about.
• Ro Khanna Wants to Save Silicon Valley From Itself. The Democratic congressman’s new book is a striking manifesto for an age of digital anxiety.
• Democrats in Congress Seek Review of Teams Within the Border Patrol. Lawmakers asked the Government Accountability Office to review “critical incident teams,” and two House committees will conduct a separate investigation.
• Court Approves Special Grand Jury in Trump Election Inquiry. A district attorney in Georgia is investigating possible election interference by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies.
• Pentagon Puts 8,500 Troops on ‘High Alert’ Amid Ukraine Tensions. The move signals a shift for the Biden administration as the United States and NATO allies brace for possible Russian military action.
• Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Finds. The research could have policy implications as President Biden pushes to revive his proposal to expand the child tax credit.
• Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C. The court’s new conservative supermajority may be skeptical of admissions programs that take account of race to foster educational diversity.
• Top Jan. 6 Investigator Fired From Post at the University of Virginia. Democrats in Virginia denounced the action as a partisan move aimed at helping former President Donald J. Trump undercut the investigation of the Capitol riot.
• U.S. Orders Family Members of Embassy Staff to Leave Ukraine. The State Department warned that the United States would “not be in a position” to evacuate U.S. citizens should Russia invade.
• Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics. The president is also considering deploying warships and aircraft to NATO allies, in what would be a major shift from its restrained stance on Ukraine.
• Biden’s Pandemic Fight: Inside the Setbacks of the First Year. The administration has gotten much right, but its response has been hampered by confusing messaging, a lack of focus on testing, fear of political blowback and the coronavirus’s unpredictability.
• Litter Boxes for Students Who Identify as Furries? Not So, Says School Official. A Michigan school superintendent debunked the rumor after a video from a December school board meeting resurfaced in which a speaker airs concerns about students who “identify as cats.”
• Arizona Democrats Censure Sinema After Filibuster Vote. Kyrsten Sinema, a first-term Arizona senator, was rebuked by fellow Democrats in her state after her vote on the filibuster helped sink the party’s voting-rights legislation.
• Voices From the March for Life. Protesters at this year’s anti-abortion rally expressed excitement about a coming Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade.
• Arizona Sues to Stop Treasury From Recouping Relief Funds. Gov. Doug Ducey has been using federal pandemic aid to undermine school mask requirements, which Treasury said violated the law.
• Biden Looks to Intel’s U.S. Investment to Buoy His China Agenda. The president said passage of a China competition bill was needed “for the sake of our economic competitiveness and our national security.”
• What Mattered This Week. President Biden rebooted. Democrats feuded. And Republicans watched it all with glee.

World

• Convoys of Canadian trucks are en route to Ottawa for a protest against vaccine mandates. Truckers from across the country aim to converge at on Saturday outside of Parliament to protest federal vaccination mandates.
• The world surpasses 10 billion vaccine doses administered, but gaps persist in who gets the shots. Some nations can now envision a near future in which their people coexist with the virus but aren’t confined by it.
• Sarah Palin, who is unvaccinated, dined outdoors in New York City days after testing positive. The unvaccinated former Alaska governor returned to Elio’s, the Upper East Side restaurant where she had been seen dining indoors on Saturday despite the city’s requirement that indoor guests show proof of vaccination.
• U.S. officials limit treatments that don’t work on Omicron, but doctors say alternatives are scarce. New and other treatments remain effective but are reaching doctors in quantities that are no match for the Omicron surge.
• In Greece, a String of Killings Pushes Domestic Abuse Into the Spotlight. Several deadly assaults on women by their partners appear to have encouraged more victims to speak up in a country where such attacks have rarely been publicly discussed.
• The Olympic torch relay shrinks to ‘prioritize safety.’ The relay, usually global and lasting for months, will take place over just three days, be mostly local, and only select members of the public will be able to attend.
• The Fugees are the latest artists to cancel shows over the pandemic. A tour to recognize the 25th anniversary of a career-defining album will have to wait.
• The F.D.A. expands its approval of remdesivir to patients who are not hospitalized. The treatment must be given via intravenous infusion over three consecutive days, generally at a hospital or clinic.

Africa

• Five African Countries. Six Coups. Why Now? Burkina Faso this week joined a list of countries that have recently experienced military takeovers — most plagued by insecurity, poor governance and frustrated youth. But there’s no one-size-fits-all explanation.
• After Coup in Burkina Faso, Protesters Turn to Russia for Help. Fed up with the failure of their government, and France, to stop the violence caused by militants, some citizens now call for Russia to intervene.
• Frank Dutton, Detective Who Took On Apartheid Crimes, Dies at 72. A lauded South Africa police official, he dug into cold cases from the days of white rule. “The finest detective that this country has ever produced.”
• At Least 6 Killed in Crush at African Cup Match. Witnesses said the stadium stewards closed the gates and stopped allowing people in, setting off the crush.
• Military Takes Power in West African Nation of Burkina Faso. Mutinous officers said the public was fed up with President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré because of his inability to stop attacks by Islamist militants.
• Military Announces a Takeover in Burkina Faso. The military in Burkina Faso announced a takeover of the West African nation. Soldiers ousted its democratically elected president and suspended the Constitution.
• U.N. and African leaders condemned the coup. The secretary general of the United Nations said he was “particularly worried” about the safety and security of the West African nation’s deposed president.
• The military says it has taken over the West African nation of Burkina Faso. The army suspended the Constitution and ousted the country’s democratically elected president hours after mutinous soldiers surrounded his home.
• Gunfire Rattles Burkina Faso’s Capital as Soldiers Revolt. The government denied rumors of a coup, but soldiers who want changes to the fight against Islamists appear to have taken control of several military bases.
• Cameroon Nightclub Fire Kills at Least 16. The blaze was caused by explosions from fireworks used in the venue, the government said in a statement reported by news agencies.

Americas

• Harris Seeks Ally in Honduras as She Revisits Central America. Vice President Kamala Harris’s trip was viewed as more than just showcasing the U.S. presence at the inauguration of Xiomara Castro, the first female head of state in Honduras.
• Journalists in Mexico Protest Against Killings of Colleagues. A recent spree of killings of journalists caused public outrage in Mexico, as reporters and citizens held vigils and demonstrations across the nation.
• Killing Spree Spurs Outrage Among Journalists in Mexico. The killing of three media workers in less than a month triggered protests in cities across the county this week demanding an end to the violence.
• Guatemala Sentences Former Fighters to 30 Years in Prison for Rape. Five members of a pro-government paramilitary group were convicted of crimes against humanity that were committed against five Indigenous women during the country’s civil war.
• Covid setbacks to schooling are ‘nearly insurmountable,’ the U.N. says. Many millions of children have “significantly missed out” on the academic learning they would have acquired in the classroom, the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a new report.

Asia Pacific

• Separatists Kill 10 Pakistani Soldiers in Attack on Outpost. The assault was one of the deadliest on Pakistani security forces in recent years and comes at a time of heightened unrest.
• Record Payout Awarded to Sexual Abuse Victims in India. The case, involving rapes at a shelter for homeless girls, signals a partial reckoning with the government’s responsibility in an epidemic of sexual violence.
• On Patrol: 12 Days With a Taliban Police Unit in Kabul. Tasked with guarding a Shiite shrine, a police unit offers a telling snapshot of the Taliban’s rank-and-file fighters and the challenges Afghanistan’s rulers face in governing a diverse nation.
• Fiery North Korean Defector Charged Under New Propaganda Law. South Korea banned the spreading of leaflets across the border last year. Park Sang-hak, an outspoken activist who defied the ban, was indicted this week.
• 简报：腾讯视频修改《搏击俱乐部》结局引争议；美国吊销中国联通在美运营牌照. 中国就乌克兰局势表态支持俄罗斯，批评美国和北约；美国军方反思空袭行动对平民的伤害；美国经济增长创1984年以来最大年度增幅……这里是今日要闻。
• India Schools Stay Closed, and Hopes Fade for a Lost Generation. A large proportion of working-age people, once seen as a demographic advantage, could turn into a burden if many of them are undereducated and underemployed.
• The End of ‘Fight Club’ Was Cut in China. The Pattern Goes Back Decades. The 1999 cult classic starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton is not the only foreign film to be altered for audiences in mainland China.
• A coronavirus case in Beijing’s Olympic bubble is linked to a German team. A supervisor who tested positive is asymptomatic and is now in a quarantine hotel, the German Olympic Sports Confederation said.
• 不能回家的春节还算不算节？. 年关将至，乡愁是每一位身在他乡的华人都绕不开的话题。疫情当下，回家的路尤为艰辛。不能回家的春节还算不算节？这个问题大概就像不是故乡的地方还算不算家一样，让人忧心纠结。
• 简报：澳网再现“彭帅在哪里”；美国最高法院大法官布雷耶将退休. 世卫警告出现病毒新变种可能性；库尔德民兵从ISIS手中夺回叙利亚监狱；朝鲜再次试射两枚短程弹道导弹；澳大利亚政府购买原住民旗帜版权……这里是今日要闻。
• North Korea Launches 2 Ballistic Missiles, South Korea Says. It was the North’s ​sixth missile test this month, the South Korean military said.
• Kurdish Forces Battle ISIS After Prison Attack. The attempt to break out thousands of former Islamic State fighters from a prison in Syria has swelled into the biggest confrontation between American-backed forces and ISIS in three years.
• 简报：北京冬奥闭环内病例引发担忧；美国海军战斗机在南海发生事故七人受伤. 欧盟建议放宽成员国之间旅行规定；叙利亚部队和伊斯兰国成员在监狱激战；罕见暴风雪袭击希腊土耳其；詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜抵达目的地……这里是今日要闻。
• Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned. While leprosy is now easily treated, those who have the disease are still often ostracized. But they’re always welcome at this refuge in India, a nation that records over half the world’s cases.
• An Australian aid ship with a Covid outbreak docks in Tonga. Twenty-three people aboard the ship have tested positive for the virus, prompting concerns that it could spread to Tonga. The volcano-stricken island has reported only one case during the pandemic.
• U.S. Navy Fighter Jet Accident in South China Sea Injures 7. The military said it was investigating the cause of a “landing mishap” during routine operations.
• As the Olympic opening nears, coronavirus cases emerge in China’s bubble. One of the positive cases was connected to a foreign athlete or team official who is part of a bubble set up to insulate participants in the Beijing Games from the rest of the country.
• Why Is North Korea Suddenly Launching So Many Missiles? Experience has shown Kim Jong-un that saber-rattling is the best way to get Washington’s attention, especially when global affairs are already in a precarious state.
• . This video from an Israeli human rights organization shows a group of soldiers standing by as Israeli settlers throw stones at Palestinians.
• . This video shows Israeli settlers attacking a group of Palestinian villagers and Israeli activists near the West Bank village of Burin.
• . This video from an Israeli human rights organization shows Israeli settlers setting fires near the house of a Palestinian family in the West Bank village of Burin.
• 简报：世卫组织对疫情前景释放乐观信号；西安封城一个月后宣布解封. 乌克兰局势紧张，美军“高度戒备”；布基纳法索军方夺取政权；韩国敦促民众不要在农历新年期间旅行；美国最高法院同意审理哈佛招生歧视案……这里是今日要闻。
• Threatened and Beaten, Afghan Women Defy Taliban With Protests. The Taliban have begun cracking down harder as women insist on their rights and as Western governments call for reforms.
• 简报：习近平借冬奥会展示成就；拜登推进中国竞争法案. 美国暂停中国航司44个跨境航班；武汉封城两周年官方沉默；多地疫情抬头，中国清零政策面临考验；高雄火灾嫌疑人被以放火、杀人罪起诉……这里是今日要闻。
• In Wuhan, China, the anniversary of the world’s first lockdown passes quietly. As China battles the highly contagious Omicron variant shortly before the Winter Olympics are set to begin in Beijing, Wuhan has so far been spared.
• Covid Outbreak Triggers Lockdown in Hong Kong Housing Complex. Multiple apartment buildings were locked down and 37,000 people were ordered to undergo testing after more than 100 new cases of the Omicron variant were reported in the complex.
• ‘Why Was I Born a Girl?’ An Afghan Poem Inspires U.S. Students. A Zoom connection between high schoolers in Afghanistan and San Diego opens a window for mutual support.
• Thich Nhat Hanh on Life, War and Happiness. “People talk about entering nirvana, but we are already there,” said the Buddhist monk, who died on Saturday. Here is a short selection of his remarks.
• China’s Games: How Xi Jinping Is Staging the Olympics on His Terms. From Beijing’s unexpected bid through the coronavirus pandemic, China has managed to fulfill its promises and cow its critics.
• I Watched the Building of an Olympic Venue. In the past 17 months, I made five trips to a village northwest of Beijing. I was curious whether one of the Olympic venues there would be ready for the Games.
• Three Tiny Islands Have Borne the Brunt of Tonga’s Tsunami. The sparsely populated islets of Nomuka, Mango and Fonoifua were hit by waves almost 50 feet high, a Red Cross official said.

Australia

• Tonga’s Proud Diaspora Confronts Daunting Challenge of Disaster Response. Tens of thousands of overseas Tongans, intimately tied to their homeland, are contending with the pandemic, snarled supply chains and limited communications.
• Let’s Talk Tennis, and Politics. This year’s Australian Open was controversial even before it started. How’s it going now?
• Australian Government Buys Copyright to Indigenous Flag. The flag had been at the center of a dispute, but the move allows anyone to reproduce its design without seeking permission or paying a fee.
• How Australia’s Leader Lost Control of His Chinese Social Media Account. A Chinese electronics company said it had bought the WeChat account legitimately, but some Australian officials said it was hijacked, and urged a boycott.

Canada

• When Drake Is on Your Course Syllabus. The hip-hop star’s influence on Toronto has been enormous and now includes a Ryerson University course deconstructing him.

Europe

• White House Warnings Over Russia Strain Ukraine-U.S. Partnership. While Ukraine’s president complained about “acute and burning” warnings from Washington, the Pentagon issued a dire new appraisal asserting Russia has amassed enough troops to invade his entire country.
• Russia has enough troops and equipment at Ukraine’s borders to invade the whole country, the Pentagon says. The more than 100,000 Russian troops at Ukraine’s border could move throughout the country, officials said, publicly confirming what intelligence analysts have described for weeks.
• U.S. says $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline will not move forward if Russia invades Ukraine. The pipeline to Germany would expand Russia’s capacity to sell gas to Europe, which is already highly dependent on Russian energy.
• A Ukrainian official says the U.S. and its allies should send weapons, not incite panic. “Give us 10 jets every day,” said the national security adviser, Oleksii Danilov, while suggesting that American messaging was counterproductive.
• Police Investigation Could Give Boris Johnson a Lifeline in Party Scandal. A request by the police that a senior civil servant investigating parties in Downing Street during the lockdown withhold details from her report could give the British prime minister time to regroup.
• After 600 Years, Swiss City at Last Has a Woman on Night Watch. Lausanne has kept a night watch atop its cathedral since 1405, but it never appointed a woman to the role until Cassandre Berdoz, after a long fight, landed a job that was her “childhood dream.”
• Russia dismissed a U.N. Security Council meeting as an American P.R. stunt. U.S. officials see the meeting, scheduled for Monday, as a chance to expose Russia to criticism on a global stage. They expressed confidence that it would go ahead as planned.
• In Standoff With Putin, Biden Makes Sure European Allies Are With Him. In what amounts to a much-needed diplomatic reset, the U.S. is orchestrating the response to Russia’s threatening moves and making sure to include his European allies.
• Gunman Kills 5 at Ukraine Rocket Factory, Adding to Tensions. Little was known about the shooting at the aerospace plant, but it came amid concerns about sabotage.
• Johnson Vows to Release Full Report on Lockdown Parties. The findings of an inquiry into the parties at Downing Street have yet to be made public. Information that may compromise a police investigation is currently being removed from the report.
• ‘We’ve Been Through This Before’: Ukraine City Braces for Possible Russian Invasion. Flanked by rebel combatants and Russian forces to the east and Russian ships to the south, Mariupol is one place where President Vladimir Putin’s forces could attack first, or stage a provocation. We speak to residents and soldiers on the front line in this Ukrainian city.
• A ‘NATO Nerd’ Thrown Into the Crisis Over Russia and Ukraine. Julianne Smith is the new U.S. ambassador to NATO, a post empty for a year, trying to consult and lead while bandaging the wounds of the Trump years.
• How Russia Has Increased Its Military Buildup Around Ukraine. Russia has continued to mass forces on the Ukrainian border, with troops now surrounding the country on all sides, including in Belarus and Transnistria, a Russian-backed breakaway region of Moldova.
• Germany draws mockery for promising 5,000 helmets to help Ukraine defend itself. Critics saw it as a sign of Germany’s reticence to confront Russia. One asked: “What support are they going to send next? Pillows?”
• China backs Russia over Ukraine, rebuking the U.S. and NATO. The remarks reflected the deepening ties between China and Russia, especially in opposition to the United States on security matters.
• Russia’s Military, Once Creaky, Is Modern and Lethal. A significantly upgraded military has emerged as a key tool of Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy, as he flexes his might around the globe and, most ominously, on the Ukraine border.
• Ukrainian police arrest a suspect in a shooting at an aerospace and rocket factory. The authorities identified the man as a young national guard soldier and said he opened fire on fellow soldiers “for undetermined reasons.” The site has been a focus of weapons proliferation concerns.
• Boris Johnson Rejects Calls to Resign. Mr. Johnson, the British prime minister, fended off calls for his resignation over claims that he lied about lockdown-breaking parties and his role in authorizing the evacuation of animals from Afghanistan.
• Awaiting Report on Parties, Johnson Faces Fire Over an Afghan Evacuation. Email messages made public by Parliament suggest the British prime minister authorized the evacuation of cats and dogs from an animal charity, despite denying doing so.
• The World Awaits Putin’s Word on Ukraine, but on That, He Is Silent. The Russian president appears on camera almost daily, talking about things like cryptocurrency, green energy and the World’s Fair. But not about Ukraine.
• Macron’s Comments on Algeria Resonate as Elections Loom. The French president acknowledged the suffering of colonists who fled Algeria after the war of independence, a group that has long voted heavily in favor of the right in France.
• Man Faces Weapons Charge in Texas Synagogue Standoff. The announcement came hours after two men had been arrested in Britain as part of an investigation by counterterrorism officers in which several people have been questioned.
• U.K.’s Other Health Crisis: A Huge Backlog of Delayed Non-Covid Care. The free health care system was known for delays, caused in part by whittled-down funding. But Covid made waits for transplants, cancer treatments and other essential care even longer.
• What U.S. sanctions on Putin might look like. The U.S. could seize assets or bar the Russian president from entering the country, but experts say such moves wouldn’t change his thinking.
• E.U. Leaders Vow ‘Consequences’ for Russian Aggression. President Emmanuel Macron of France and Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that a Russian attack on Ukraine would lead to a serious response, though Germany’s economic ties have complicated its stance.
• Where Is Germany in the Ukraine Standoff? Its Allies Wonder. Germany’s allies have begun to question what price Berlin is prepared to pay to deter Russia, and even its reliability as an ally, as it wavers on tough measures.
• As West Warns of Russian Attack, Ukraine Sends Different Message. The ‘‘stay calm” posture has left analysts guessing about its leadership’s motivation, but some say that after eight years of war, the country simply calculates the risks differently.
• Heavy Snow Strands Motorists in Greece and Turkey. In areas more used to dealing with extreme heat, blizzard conditions caused chaos on roads and at airports.
• On the Ground in Kazakhstan’s Capital. Our Moscow correspondent, Valerie Hopkins, visited Nur-Sultan to understand why the country erupted in violent protests.
• Kazakhstan’s Longtime Leader Is Gone, but Still Seemingly Everywhere. Nursultan Nazarbayev, the autocratic former president, all but vanished after violent protests this month. But with his legacy so pervasive, will anything change?
• How Do You Say Kyiv? It Can Be Hard for English Speakers. “When I see American media, it’s always different, it’s always new, always a surprise,” said a teacher of Ukrainian and Russian languages.
• Israeli experts recommend offering a fourth vaccine dose to people age 18 and over. The Health Ministry cited early signs that a fourth shot might help protect against serious illness, but has yet to approve the panel’s recommendation.
• U.K. Police Say They Are Investigating Downing Street Lockdown Parties. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire over revelations that he and his staff attended parties while the country was in a coronavirus lockdown.
• An Unknown Civil Servant May Determine Boris Johnson’s Fate. Sue Gray, who oversees the British government’s ethics inquiries, will deliver a report on Downing Street parties that could topple the prime minister.
• For Ukrainian Soldiers, a Nervous Guessing Game on the Front. Given Russia’s penchant for misdirection, it’s unclear how a military incursion would start. And that keeps the Ukrainian troops on edge.
• Omicron Offers Hope Pandemic Could Stabilize, W.H.O. Official Says. The rapid spread of the variant means far more people will have some immunity, at least for now, which might bode well this year for highly vaccinated countries in Europe.
• Irish Police Investigate Mysterious Death in Post Office. The police said a man was found dead in a post office where pensions were collected. Witnesses told the Irish media that two men had brought him there to collect his funds.
• Italians Vote for a President. Here’s Why It Matters. The normally mundane ritual of electing a president every seven years has turned more fateful this year, with Italy’s political stability potentially hanging in the balance.
• Stowaway Survives Flight to Amsterdam in Wheel Bay of Cargo Plane. The police are investigating how a 22-year-old man from Kenya got onto the flight, which took off in Johannesburg and stopped in Nairobi.
• A Newly Reported Gathering, and a New Headache for Johnson. The news came the same day as Mr. Johnson ordered an inquiry into a lawmaker’s claim of Islamophobia.
• Benedict Admits Being at Meeting About Priest Accused of Abuse. A statement by the former pope contradicted a previous statement to a law firm investigating allegations of child sex abuse by priests when he was an archbishop.
• NATO Steps Up Readiness in Eastern Europe to Reassure Allies. The alliance is sending more jets and ships to the region. The decision comes as Britain joined the U.S. in withdrawing the families of diplomats in Kyiv.
• Julian Assange Can Appeal Decision to Extradite Him to U.S., U.K. Court Rules. The WikiLeaks founder has argued that American prison conditions would be harmful to his mental health. He faces a lengthy sentence if convicted on espionage charges.
• Eco-Leftists and the Far Right: Vaccine Mandate Forges Unlikely Coalition of Protesters in Germany. The prospect of a vaccine mandate has galvanized a nationwide protest movement attracting naturalists, neo-Nazis and ordinary citizens alike.
• French Adventurer Attempting to Row Solo Across the Atlantic Is Missing. Jean-Jacques Savin, 75, activated distress beacons on Thursday and Friday, his team said. On Saturday, the Portuguese Navy found his boat, but not his body, near the Azores.
• Britain Pursues More Muscular Role in Standoff With Russia on Ukraine. With a late-night announcement about Russian meddling in Ukraine, the U.K. signaled its aim to be a player in Europe’s security crisis — even as scandals besiege Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
• ‘Miserable and Dangerous’: A Failed Chinese Promise in Serbia. Poor conditions for Vietnamese workers building a $900 million tire factory underscore a chasm between the promise of investment from China and grim realities on the ground.
• Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine. In a highly unusual public statement, backed by U.S. officials, London named the putative head of a potential puppet government but few other details.
• Why Boris Johnson May Finally Have Gone Too Far. Moral hypocrisy, such as lying about parties held during Britain’s lockdown, is the ultimate sin in human society, with a special power to enrage.
• English Island Seeks a Landlord-King Who Likes Solitude, Seals and Beer. On Piel Island, winters are wet, travel is limited, and the solitary pub crowns the landlord king or queen under a shower of beer.
• Defend Chernobyl During an Invasion? Why Bother, Some Ukrainians Ask. Ukraine has initiated a defensive strategy for the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, one of the most radioactive places on Earth, which lies on the shortest path between Russia and Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
• ‘We need to sing again’: Ireland relaxes Covid restrictions. Pubs and restaurants can return to regular hours, but face masks are still required in public spaces.

Middle East

• ISIS Fighters Get Surrender-or-Die Ultimatum in Syria Prison Standoff. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia demanded that about 60 ISIS militants, still holed up in a prison a week after they attacked it, give themselves up or risk being killed.
• F.B.I. Secretly Bought Israeli Spyware and Explored Hacking U.S. Phones. Israel used the NSO Group’s software as a tool of diplomacy. The F.B.I. wanted it for domestic surveillance. Then everything soured. Here are highlights of a New York Times Magazine investigation.
• What It Looks Like in Northeastern Syria. I arrived in a remote part of Syria this week to report on the siege of a prison by the Islamic State.
• Jordan’s Army Kills 27 in Drug Bust on Syrian Border. The Jordanian Army said that soldiers fired on suspected smugglers as they tried to cross the border under cover of a snowstorm.
• A #MeToo Moment Shakes Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox. An acclaimed religious children’s author was accused of abusing women and children. Then he killed himself, sending shock waves through the conservative community.
• ISIS Beaten? Not Yet. U.S.-Backed Forces Still Fighting at Syria Prison. The Kurdish-led militia claimed prematurely it had retaken a prison captured by the Islamic State. In fact, the battle continues. Up to 90 ISIS fighters remain.
• Kurdish-Led Forces End Prison Siege, Defeating ISIS Fighters. The six-day battle put a spotlight on the humanitarian and security issues left unresolved after the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate was destroyed.
• The U.S.-Kurd alliance in Syria has a tangled history. American and Kurdish-led forces once beat back the Islamic State in Syria. Now they are fighting together again.
• Palestinian American Held by Israel Died of Heart Attack, Autopsy Shows. The coroner’s report suggested that Omar Assad, 78, had a stress-induced heart attack as a result of injuries he sustained while in Israeli military custody.
• A Kurdish-led militia says it has recaptured a Syrian prison from ISIS. The Syrian Democratic Forces said they had regained control of a prison in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka days after it was attacked by Islamic State fighters.
• The ISIS Hostages: ‘These Children Should Not Have Been There’ About 700 boys have been held for years in a prison in Syria because their parents joined the Islamic State.
• As Islamic State Resurges, U.S. Is Drawn Back Into the Fray. “ISIS is not over”: Attacks in Syria and Iraq make clear that the militants have lost neither their will to fight nor their ability to do so.
• Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s Former Prime Minister, Quits Politics. He was the leader of the country’s Sunni Muslims, one of the three main sects that share power, and the scion of a prominent political dynasty.
• U.S. Troops Join Assault on Prison Where ISIS Holds Hostage Hundreds of Boys. The Islamic State seized a prison in Syria to try to free thousands of fellow jihadists and is using hundreds of imprisoned boys as human shields.
• U.S. Helps Thwart Attack by Yemen Rebels on American Air Base in U.A.E. The Houthi rebels fired two missiles at a base in Abu Dhabi where 2,000 Americans are stationed, the latest salvo in their escalating war with a Saudi-led coalition that includes the United Arab Emirates.
• As U.S. Strikes Syria Prison Held by ISIS, Young Detainees Are Caught in Crossfire. Almost 700 child detainees are being held in the prison still under siege four days after ISIS launched an attack to free detainees
• ‘Now There Is No One’: The Lament of One of the Last Christians in a Syrian City. Michel Butros al-Jisri is among the few Christians left from a once-vibrant community in Idlib on the brink of disappearing. The city, in the only territory in Syria still controlled by rebels, is ruled by Islamists.

New York

• Adams Blames Bail Law After Release of Teen Charged in Officer Shooting. Mayor Eric Adams said he was “outraged” that a teenager accused of shooting a police officer in the Bronx had been freed on bond.
• Avenatti Cross-Examines Stormy Daniels, Focusing on the Paranormal. Michael Avenatti and his former client, who has accused him of stealing from her, are meeting for a dramatic showdown in court.
• New York’s Recovery Took 2 Steps Forward. Omicron Sent It One Step Back. The economic disruptions of the latest Covid wave have hurt blue-collar workers the most, even as Wall Street profits, rents and home sales are soaring.
• Remembering Officer Jason Rivera, the new police commissioner offered a potent eulogy. Keechant Sewell, who has been leading the New York Police Department for less than a month, mourned “the dousing of Jason’s thousand-watt smile.”
• 16 Men Died in New York City Jails Last Year. Who Were They? The stories of those who died in custody offer an intimate, firsthand look at the crisis gripping the New York City jail system.
• The Mayor’s Crime Plan Is Loathed by Liberals. But It Might Work. To address New York City’s rising gun violence, Eric Adams called on “all of us” to make the streets safer.
• How a Mathematician Spends His Sundays. Everywhere Steven Strogatz goes in the city, he sees math.
• The Shadow of a Bribery Investigation. Philip Banks III, now the deputy mayor for public safety, was ensnared in a federal corruption investigation when he was a high-ranking police official.
• ‘From Worst to Best’: Gleaming New La Guardia Terminal Opens. The airport that Joe Biden once said was more suited to a “third-world’’ country has a gleaming new terminal to show off.
• Lauren Smith-Fields Was Found Dead. Her Family Had to Beg for Answers. Ms. Smith-Fields, 23, died in her Connecticut apartment in December after a date with a man she had met on Bumble. More than a month later, the police opened a criminal investigation.
• Bribery Case Casts a Shadow Over Eric Adams’s Public Safety Chief. Despite once being ensnared in a federal corruption investigation, Philip Banks III will play a central role in the mayor’s plan to reduce gun violence.
• Eric Adams Can Hire His Brother, but at Salary of $1, Not $210,000. Instead of overseeing the mayor’s security detail, Bernard Adams will be a senior adviser to the mayor with no supervisory role after an ethics board ruling.
• ‘He Stole From Me’: Stormy Daniels Testifies at Avenatti Trial. Michael Avenatti is representing himself at his trial in Manhattan and started to cross-examine Ms. Daniels personally.
• Goodbye ‘Yo-LAHNNN-da-Vega!’ A New York Lottery Queen Retires. Drawing out the syllables of her name with an exaggerated flair became Ms. Vega’s trademark and helped establish her as a New York institution.
• For the Manhattan D.A., a New Emphasis on Gun Crime. Alvin Bragg, who campaigned on lenient policies, appointed a prosecutor dedicated to preventing gun violence.
• After Spate of Shootings, Manhattan D.A. Takes Tougher Stance on Guns. Alvin Bragg campaigned on lenient policies aimed at making the justice system fairer. But a string of violent episodes early in his tenure is testing his resolve.
• New York City schools will shorten isolation to 5 days for most students who test positive. Longer isolation will still be required for some preschoolers. The change brings the school system’s policy in line with recent federal and state guidance.
• A Legal Challenge to Rules Against Legal Advice from Nonlawyers. A nonprofit wants to train volunteers to help consumers defend themselves in debt collection cases.
• Political Consultant Admits Hiring 2 Men to Kill Longtime Associate. Sean Caddle, whose clients have included prominent New Jersey Democrats, pleaded guilty in a scheme that led to a fatal stabbing.
• Why Doesn’t the N.Y.C. Subway Have Barriers? Recent incidents where subway riders have been pushed onto the tracks have rekindled interest in platform barriers separating trains from riders. We took a look at a city that already is using them.
• What Are Your Local Vacation Recommendations? We’re asking readers for great getaways.
• New York Mask Mandate Back in Effect After Judge Grants Stay. An appeals court judge granted a motion to temporarily block a lower-court ruling that had struck down the state’s mask mandate.
• 2nd N.Y.P.D. Officer Dies of Wounds From Harlem Shooting. Wilbert Mora, 27, joined the department in 2018. He and his partner, Jason Rivera, were killed by a man who opened fire during a domestic call, the police said.
• They Need Legal Advice on Debts. Should It Have to Come From Lawyers? A nonprofit has filed a lawsuit in New York, hoping to clear the way for volunteers to help people defend themselves against debt collection suits.
• Michael Avenatti Will Represent Himself During Remainder of His Trial. Mr. Avenatti is accused of impersonating and defrauding Stormy Daniels when he served as her lawyer. The decision means he is likely to cross-examine her during his trial.
• New York State’s mask policy is back in effect after a judge grants a stay. A state judge had ruled against the mask mandate late Monday, arguing that Gov. Kathy Hochul lacked the authority to enact it.
• He Was in Witness Protection in Maine. But His Harlem Life Kept Calling. In Lewiston, Maine, a man who called himself Abraham helped his neighbors with the trash and rode dirt bikes with his friend. His old life in New York City got him killed.
• After a Fire Gutted Their Special Store, Customers Rallied to Save It. Essex Card Shop, known for its spiritually positive manager and niche inventory, has a devoted clientele.
• What New York Dog Owners Should Know About Leptospirosis. The Health Department did not confirm reports of an outbreak of the bacterial disease linked to McCarren Park, but said it was working with the Parks Department to keep out the rats that spread the illness.
• ‘We Are Going to Turn Our Pain Into Purpose’ Mayor Eric Adams’s ambitious gun safety plan includes reviving a controversial police unit his predecessor disbanded.
• A New York judge rules that the state’s mask mandate is unconstitutional and can’t be enforced. The state attorney general, Letitia James, said she planned to appeal the decision.
• He Hurled a Smoothie and Insults. Now He’s Charged With a Hate Crime. After his tirade was caught on video at a shop in Fairfield, Conn., James Iannazzo lost his job at Merrill Lynch. His lawyer said he was upset after his son had a severe allergic reaction to a drink.
• Gunman Accused of Shooting 2 N.Y.P.D. Officers Dies. The Manhattan district attorney is investigating Lashawn McNeil’s connection to anti-government groups; Mayor Eric Adams said an assault weapon was found under his mattress.
• Adams Unveils Ambitious Plan to Confront Rising Gun Violence. Mayor Eric Adams’s proposal includes the restoration of a controversial anti-gun police unit.
• Michael Avenatti Trial Begins, Unearthing Artifacts of the Trump Era. Mr. Avenatti rose to prominence as one of former President Donald J. Trump’s primary foils. But prosecutors say he was defrauding his best-known client.
• The Grimness of January. New York City, already exhausted by the pandemic, is uneasy after a barrage of shootings.
• After Shootings, Eric Adams Rushes to Release Safety Plan. Mayor Eric Adams, who won New Yorkers’ votes by campaigning on a need for improved public safety, is facing a growing crisis over gun violence.
• A Grim January Leaves Some New Yorkers Fearful for the City’s Future. New York is far safer and stronger than in the ’70s. But after a flood of sad news, many people are struggling to find grounds for optimism.
• ‘I Asked a Woman on the Platform if She Had Any Tissues’ Helping hands in the subway, a tug of war on the Upper East Side and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
• How a Calm Call for Help Led 2 N.Y.P.D. Officers Into a Hail of Gunfire. The latest deadly episode to rattle the city began with a routine domestic disturbance call and ended with one officer dead and another in critical condition.
• Eyesore or Monument? Preservationists Fight to Save a Grain Elevator in Buffalo. The current owner of the Great Northern has been pushing to demolish the building — possibly the last grain elevator of its type in the world.
• The officers were shot while responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance. The officers were the third and fourth to be shot in the line of duty in recent days.

Business

• When Your Office Decides the Pandemic Is Over. The burden shouldn’t be on you to draw boundaries, but you will have to do it.
• What May Be in Store as the Fed Cuts Back on the Easy Money. People all over the country — indeed, much of the planet — are depending on the central bank to stave off runaway inflation and keep the economy growing. Prepare for trouble, our columnist says.
• Consumer spending fell in December as Omicron spread. Overall spending fell for the first time since February as the virus and supply chain issues impacted purchases.
• Inflation Continued to Run Hot and Consumer Spending Fell in December. Prices are rising rapidly, wages are growing and consumers are glum as a fraught economic moment poses big challenges for policymakers.
• Stocks rally, erasing losses from a turbulent week. The S&P 500 rose 2.4 percent, its biggest one-day jump since June 2020. But some analysts cautioned against reading too much into a single day’s bounce.
• France’s economy bounces back, while Germany’s falters under the strain of Omicron. The European Union’s two largest economies diverged in the final quarter of 2021.
• To Get the Most From Social Security, Log On. A variety of online tools can guide retirees looking to make the most of this benefit — which many older Americans depend on.
• For Olympic Sponsors, ‘China Is an Exception’ Pressure is mounting on companies to condemn the country’s human rights violations, but executives say the Games should not be politicized.
• Where Is Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Going? Settlements, upkeep and lawyers have whittled his $600 million estate to about $185 million. A civil fraud suit in the Virgin Islands could wipe out more.
• Two former Deutsche Bank traders win their appeal in a Libor manipulation case. But ruling is another indication of the difficulty prosecutors have had making the case that traders at a handful of big banks conspired to profit from manipulating Libor, the benchmark once used by banks to set interest rates.
• A top SoftBank deputy is leaving after a billion-dollar pay dispute. Marcelo Claure became a close confidant of SoftBank’s founder and played a singular role at the Japanese conglomerate. He was seeking roughly $2 billion over several years.
• McDonald’s, now with higher prices, topped $23 billion in revenue in 2021. Profit soared 59 percent from a year earlier, to $7.5 billion.
• Robinhood faces lingering issues a year after meme-stock mania. The trading platform, which just reported billions in losses for 2021, is still contending with lawsuits, trading restrictions and regulatory scrutiny.
• Stocks fall again as investors weigh G.D.P. report with fears of higher interest rates. Trading has been volatile all week, with the S&P 500 dropping on Tuesday and Wednesday.
• Nissan and Renault seek stronger ties with a commitment to electric cars. The two automakers and Mitsubishi plan to strengthen their alliance by adding 35 electric models to their lineups by 2030.
• Southwest Airlines posts a quarterly profit as it tries to shake off Omicron woes. The carrier’s $68 million fourth-quarter profit was its first in two years without government aid.
• 3 Little Words to Send a Lamborghini on Its Way. A novel navigation system, What3words, will be standard on new Huracán models. It divides the globe into 57 trillion 10-foot squares, and leads you to one.
• U.S. Economy Grew 1.7% in 4th Quarter, Capping a Strong Year. The overall 2021 increase in the gross domestic product was the biggest in decades as the pandemic’s effects eased, though challenges persist.
• It’s Hard to Tell When the Crypto Bubble Will Burst, or If There Is One. Crypto prices are highly volatile, as this week’s sell-off showed. But die-hard enthusiasts believe prices will keep soaring in a world where traditional notions of value don’t apply.
• Tesla reports record yearly profit but warns that supply problems persist. The carmaker had a profit of $5.5 billion as sales of its electric vehicles kept soaring, especially in China and Europe.
• General Motors plans 8,000 hires this year in high-tech jobs. The automaker will ramp up recruitment of engineers and other specialists to further its ambitions in electric and self-driving vehicles.
• The federal consumer bureau wants to stamp out what it calls ‘junk fees.’ Late payment charges, hotel resort fees and other tacked-on expenses collectively add billions to what Americans pay for goods and services.
• As stocks swing, bonds send a more ‘orderly’ signal about the future. Some strategists think that bond markets might be a better indicator of what’s next for the economy.
• Three New Faces to Help Steer the Gates Foundation. In the wake of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates’s divorce, their foundation added members to its new governing board.
• The I.M.F. urges El Salvador to end its embrace of crypto as Bitcoin tumbles. The price of Bitcoin has fallen more than 50 percent from its peak in November, which could prove costly for institutions that have bought into digital currencies.
• Vestas, a Danish wind giant, warns of supply chain turbulence. The company, the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, said pandemic delays in China and the rising cost of steel were hindering earnings.
• The Fed is likely to say that the economy is at or near full employment. Federal Reserve officials have been emphasizing rapid progress in the labor market as they prepare to raise interest rates.
• Boeing posts a $4.2 billion quarterly loss as delays persist in 787 production. The aircraft maker took a $3.5 billion charge because of problems in addressing Dreamliner flaws to the F.A.A.’s satisfaction.
• Jerome Powell answered questions. Here’s how the market reacted. Officials have a trifecta of policy moves planned, but investors are watching eagerly to see just how aggressively the Fed carries them out.
• A fashion brand is fined for suppressing negative reviews, putting retailers on alert. Fashion Nova held lower-starred reviews for approval before they could be posted, the F.T.C. said in a complaint.
• OSHA withdraws its workplace vaccine rule. In pulling the rule, the Biden administration acknowledged what most businesses expected: the plan to make companies mandate vaccines-or-tests is over.
• How to Survive When Stocks Behave Badly. The stock market’s swings have been startling. Unfortunately, it’s wise to prepare for much worse.
• Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions. Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York.
• Neil Young posts and removes a letter demanding Spotify remove his music. “They can have Rogan or Young,” Neil Young wrote to his management team and record label in a letter that he has since removed from his website, according to Rolling Stone. “Not both.”
• Tell Us: Are Rising Prices in Britain Affecting You? The New York Times would like to hear from people in Britain who are affected by rising prices and are making changes to their spending habits because of inflation or in anticipation of higher energy bills and taxes.
• G.M. will spend $7 billion on Michigan plants to further its electric-vehicle aims. The automaker will build a battery plant and overhaul an existing factory to produce electric pickup trucks, creating 4,000 jobs.
• After Urban Flight, Corporate Campuses Add a Taste of the City. Suburban headquarters are being redesigned to add more amenities that will integrate better with their communities and attract the skilled workers.
• Slowdowns in the U.S. and China will hold back global growth, a report says. The International Monetary Fund forecasts that the growth rate of the world economy will slow to 4.4 percent in 2022.
• Berkshire Hathaway plans to hold its next annual meeting in person. The event is scheduled for April 30, a decision that reflects evolving, and sometimes diverging, approaches to live events in the pandemic.
• Google introduces a new system for tracking Chrome browser users. The company is scrapping another plan that would have blocked so-called cookies after privacy groups and regulators complained that Google needed to do more to ensure privacy.
• Wall Street’s swings continue as investors agonize over the Fed’s next move. The S&P 500 fell nearly 3 percent before bouncing back somewhat in a second day of turbulent trading.
• The Rise of the Crypto Mayors. This new political breed accepts paychecks in Bitcoin. The mayors also want to use buzzy new tech like NFTs to raise money for public projects.
• The U.S. Labor Movement Is Popular, Prominent and Also Shrinking. Approval of unions in the U.S. is the highest it’s been in decades, while participation in them has steadily fallen.
• As tax season kicks off, a beleaguered I.R.S. braces for frustration. The troubled tax collection agency is another headache for the Biden administration.
• Dozens of tech stocks are already in a bear market, a drop even worse than a correction. Half the stocks in the Nasdaq 100, an index closely aligned with the largest technology companies, have fallen more than 20 percent from their 52-week highs.
• What is a stock market correction? A sell-off pushed the S&P 500 to the cusp of a correction. The index recovered from the worst of its losses, but the decline signaled that investors had turned pessimistic about stocks.
• Boeing invests $450 million more in Wisk, a bet on self-flying electric air taxis. The start-up is one of several working on aircraft that take off like helicopters, fly like planes and can carry a few passengers short distances.
• Sarah Palin Tests Positive, Delaying Libel Case Against The Times. Jed S. Rakoff, the judge in the trial, said it would now begin on Feb. 3, after three positive test results for Ms. Palin.
• Why Unilever, Peloton and Kohl’s are attracting activist investors’ ire. The companies are under pressure to generate bigger returns.
• The Week in Business: A Big Bet on Gaming. Intel announces plans for a $20 billion chip manufacturing complex in Ohio. With Omicron beginning a retreat, is a “new normal” coming? And the Fed meets, with inflation high on the agenda.
• The Pandemic Changed Everything About Work, Except the Humble Résumé. Résumés may be more for robots than human eyes at first, but most job seekers are still advised to distill their work history in one typewritten page.
• 3 Things to Know About Résumés. With so many changes to the way people work in the last few years, you might wonder how much the traditional résumé still matters, and what one should even look like.

DealBook

• Marcelo Claure Leaves Masa Son’s Orbit. The exit of SoftBank’s chief operating officer comes as the tech giant faces huge challenges.
• Robinhood’s Meme-Stock Hangover. A year later, many issues linger for the trading app at the center of the frenzy.
• In Some Markets, Cooler Heads Are Prevailing. Wild swings in stocks haven’t shown up in other assets.
• Was the Market Sell-Off Overdone? Stocks recovered after a sharp drop, but they are looking shaky again.
• Activist Investors Assemble. Shareholders are pushing for big changes at Unilever, Peloton and Kohl’s.
• Nelson Peltz Takes Aim at Unilever. An activist investor adds pressure as Unilever seeks a new strategic direction.
• Kohl’s Receives $9 Billion Offer Backed by Activist Investor. The offer comes as the retailer, like other brick-and-mortar stores, struggles with supply chain problems and competition from online sites.
• What Happened (and Didn’t) When Davos Disappeared. For the second year in a row, the World Economic Forum’s annual in-person meeting was delayed because of the pandemic. Did anyone miss it?

Economy

• Growth Is Surging in Biden’s Economy. Why Don’t Voters Feel Better? President Biden is suffering in the polls as high inflation saps confidence in the economy, even as growth comes in strong.
• How full is the U.S. recovery? Inflation’s impact obscures the answer. The nation’s G.D.P. has outpaced the growth rate that preceded the pandemic, until you take higher prices into account.
• Fed Signals Rate Increase in March, Citing Inflation and Strong Job Market. Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, said the central bank could raise rates imminently as officials cut back help for the economy.
• Commerce Dept. Survey Uncovers ‘Alarming’ Chip Shortages. Increased demand for the semiconductors that power cars, electronics and electrical grids have stoked inflation and could cause more factory shutdowns in the United States.
• Fed’s Policy Pivot May Prove Late and Abrupt, Critics Fret. The Federal Reserve is still buying bonds as prices surge. Some praise the central bank’s continuing policy pivot; others ask if it was fast enough.
• Wild Day for Stock Market as Investors Warily Await the Fed’s Moves. The S&P 500 slid into correction territory before rallying, and signals on Wall Street show that investors have become markedly more pessimistic.
• Omicron’s Economic Toll: Missing Workers, More Uncertainty and Higher Inflation (Maybe). The latest wave of coronavirus cases is slowing the recovery, but its longer-term impact is less clear.
• Workers at REI Store in Manhattan Seek to Form Retailer’s Only Union. In filing for a union election, employees of the outdoor equipment retailer cited safety during the pandemic, among other concerns.
• Rapid Inflation Fuels Debate Over What’s to Blame: Pandemic or Policy. The White House is emphasizing that inflation is worldwide. Economists say that’s true — but stimulus-spurred consumer buying is also to blame.

Energy & Environment

• Chevron has its best quarter since 2014, reflecting an oil industry turnaround. The company recorded a profit of $5.1 billion as global prices rose.
• What Happens if Russia Cuts Off Europe’s Natural Gas? Europe is a huge customer of Russia’s fossil fuels. Gas from the U.S. and elsewhere is helping offset fears of a midwinter cutoff.
• A Fight Over Rooftop Solar Threatens California’s Climate Goals. Utility regulators have proposed slashing the incentives homeowners receive to install solar panels, a long-sought goal of utilities and labor unions.

Media

• Jana Bennett, Former Director of BBC Television, Dies at 66. An American-born executive who transformed the presentation of science on TV and was considered one of the most influential women in her industry.
• Disney Princess dolls are reunited with Barbie. Mattel announced it had won back the license to produce dolls and toys based on the popular movie characters, like Anna and Elsa from “Frozen.”
• Can CNN’s Hiring Spree Get People to Pay for Streaming News? The network’s boss, Jeff Zucker, tries to make up for lost time by signing Chris Wallace, Audie Cornish and Eva Longoria.
• Caught on a Hot Mic: Biden Uses a Vulgarity to Insult a Fox News Reporter. The president later called Peter Doocy and “cleared the air,” Mr. Doocy said.
• Sarah Palin v. New York Times Spotlights Push to Loosen Libel Law. The trial comes at a time when those who argue that news outlets should pay a steeper price for getting something wrong are more emboldened than they’ve been in decades.
• Documentary Critical of Disney, From the Disney Family. A harsh portrait of pay inequality at the company, premiering at Sundance on Monday, was directed by the granddaughter of one of the founders.

Your Money

• More Companies Consider Helping Workers Pay Student Loans. Employers see the aid as part of a bid to attract workers, especially as the federal pause on student loan payments ends on May 1.
• Portraits of Relief. Waves of borrowers in the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program are seeing their debts go to zero. Here’s how six of them finally got there.

Technology

• No, athletes are not dying from Covid-19 vaccines. Claims about professional athletes dying after getting vaccinated have been a recurring conspiracy theory since the shots were introduced.
• The F.A.A. announces progress in expanding 5G service at airports. The federal agency said an agreement with Verizon and AT&T would enable the wireless providers to expand their networks while allowing aircraft to land safely.
• How Trump Coins Became an Internet Sensation. Getting to the bottom of a modern mystery.
• Apple’s profit jumps to $34.6 billion in holiday quarter despite supply issues. The company’s revenue and profit beat Wall Street expectations, easing concerns that supply chain problems and the coronavirus were a drag on sales.
• F.C.C. revokes the ability of China Unicom to operate in the U.S. The agency cited national security in revoking the license for the American subsidiary of a state-owned Chinese telecom operator.
• Making Money Online, the Hard Way. How does a TikTok star make a living? In a zillion different ways.
• YouTube Bars Right-Wing Media Personality Dan Bongino. Already suspended under the platform’s Covid-19 misinformation rules, he continued to post videos daring YouTube to ban him.
• Amazon pays $2.25 million to settle a price-fixing investigation. An Amazon program guaranteed sellers a minimum price while offering a potential upside if an algorithm determined that customers were willing to pay more
• E.U. court throws out $1.2 billion antitrust fine against Intel. Intel had been charged with paying illegal rebates to companies that used its semiconductors over rival Advanced Micro Devices.
• Why Online Stars Are Mad at Apple. Creators who want to make a living online say the fees are too high.
• Apple gets restraining order against a woman accused of stalking Tim Cook. The woman, a 45-year-old Virginia resident, is accused of threatening Mr. Cook and visiting his home, according to the court documents.
• Microsoft’s profit continues to climb. Profit and sales at the tech giant, the first of the largest tech companies to report earnings for the three months ending in December, grew about 20 percent.
• Why Not Copy YouTube’s Good Idea? Online creators make the content that entertains and informs us, and they want to share in the riches.
• Four Attorneys General Claim Google Secretly Tracked People. Three states and the District of Columbia allege that the tech giant misled consumers by continuing to track those who had changed their privacy settings to prevent data collection.
• Why Is Silicon Valley Still Waiting for the Next Big Thing? The tech industry has grown ever more rich off big ideas that were developed more than a decade ago. New things like quantum computing and self-driving cars could take a while.

Personal Tech

• Oura Ring 3 Review: A Missed Opportunity for Wearable Tech. At a time when we are concerned about health, the smart ring, which can track sleep and body temperature, is too flawed to recommend.

Sports

• N.F.L. Players Wear Their Hearts Under Their Uniforms. Bound by strict uniform rules, players like Odell Beckham Jr. and Deebo Samuel are honoring peers with customized T-shirts worn in pregame warm-ups and underneath their jerseys.
• Two Years After Kobe’s Death, Jerry West About the ‘Shock and Sadness’ West, the former Lakers icon and general manager, said the losses of Bryant and his friend Elgin Baylor, who died last year, have made him more introspective.
• Gabriel Medina, Champion Surfer, Withdraws From Season to Focus on Mental Health. “I’m not in a place where I believe I can perform against the world’s best surfers right now,” the Brazilian three-time world champion said on Instagram.
• As Lia Thomas Swims, Debate About Transgender Athletes Swirls. And the rules could change for Thomas and other swimmers as the N.C.A.A. championships approach in March.
• Ngannou Keeps U.F.C. Heavyweight Crown Amid Contract Dispute. After beating Ciryl Gane, Francis Ngannou did not get the usual postmatch treatment from the U.F.C.’s president, Dana White, who faces renewing the champion’s contract.
• What to Watch in Sunday’s N.F.L. Playoff Games. The Los Angeles Rams take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Buffalo Bills face the Kansas City Chiefs.
• Olympians Face a Daunting Final Qualifying Event: Staying Healthy. For athletes going to Beijing, years of sacrifice could go to waste if they get the coronavirus now. To avoid it, they’re hunkering down, shunning friends and skipping competitions.
• Down Under, a Tennis Star Cheers for Her Family’s Buffalo Bills. When Buffalo plays Kansas City in their N.F.L. divisional playoff game, Jessica Pegula, whose parents own the Bills, hopes both she and the football team keep winning.

Baseball

• A Marker Honoring Jackie Robinson Was Defaced. M.L.B. Helped Replace It. A series of incidents in Georgia appeared to be targeting markers dedicated to Black Americans. “This should not be happening,” said Robinson’s cousin.
• A New Ethical Debate Looms for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Some controversial players have fallen off the ballot, but with Carlos Beltrán expected to be a finalist next year, a different form of cheating will be in the spotlight.
• With One More Walk-Off, Big Papi Trots Into Cooperstown. A big man with a bigger personality, David Ortiz led the Red Sox to three World Series titles. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens failed to gain election on their final writers’ ballot.
• M.L.B. and Its Players Union Show Some Movement in Lockout. The players formally rejected the league’s offer — they didn’t believe some of M.L.B.’s ideas would accomplish what the league claimed — and made a counterproposal.
• There Is Plenty to Learn From an Election, Even if No One Wins. David Ortiz could be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, but there will be trends worth noting even if he, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and others fall short.

College Basketball

• A Throwback Game for the Big East. When Seton Hall played St. John’s on Monday night on its campus, a crowd of mostly students got a taste of the glory days of the Big East Conference.
• Kansas State’s Ayoka Lee Sets Division I Women’s Single-Game Scoring Record. Her 61 points propelled the Wildcats to a 94-65 thrashing of No. 14 Oklahoma on Sunday.

N.B.A.

• Rookies Ride the Bench, Right? Not on the Nets. The Nets, in a move unusual for a championship contender, have turned to their rookies as starters and key contributors — and not just when there were no other options.
• Gonzaga revokes John Stockton’s season tickets over his refusal to wear masks. Stockton has been a vocal opponent of Covid-19 vaccines and government measures to mitigate the virus.

N.F.L.

• And Just Like That, a Generational Shift at Quarterback. The evolution at the N.F.L.’s most important position has been clear even with familiar names frequently making deep playoff runs. Today’s emerging stars are taking on more of their team’s offensive load.
• The Gap Year Between Mahomes and Burrow Is Closing. Despite just a year’s difference in age, Joe Burrow, 25, and Patrick Mahomes, 26, have a vast gap in N.F.L. experience that will be on display in the A.F.C. conference championship.
• Ben Roethlisberger, Winner of Two Super Bowls, Retires From Pittsburgh Steelers. The quarterback, 39, spent all of his 18 seasons in the N.F.L. with the Steelers. His career was overshadowed by injuries and sexual assault allegations.
• N.F.L. Playoff Predictions: Our Picks for the Conference Championships. The upstart Bengals head to daunting Arrowhead Stadium to face Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, and the Rams’ all-in plan to make the Super Bowl runs into a 49ers team that has won six straight meetings.
• Saints’ Super Bowl Coach Who Fought N.F.L. Rules Steps Down. Sean Payton was the most successful coach in the New Orleans Saints’ franchise history, but he drew rebuke from the league over targeted tackling and fought the N.F.L. on rules.
• How Kansas City and Buffalo Set a Record for Playoff Thrills. The teams combined to score 25 points in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter.
• Drive by Drive: Kansas City Beats Buffalo in Overtime. The two teams combined to score 25 points in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter.
• What We Learned in the Divisional Round of the N.F.L. Playoffs. Jimmy Garoppolo screened his way back to a conference championship, the Bengals’ defensive front outshone its stars, and only Kansas City benefited from home-field advantage.
• Kansas City wins in overtime with a Kelce touchdown catch. In the fourth quarter, Kansas City and Buffalo scored a combined 25 points in the last two minutes.
• Kansas City loses its standout safety, Tyrann Mathieu, to a concussion. Mathieu is known for infusing the right attitude in the locker room.
• Matthew Stafford, in a reversal, seals a Rams win in the final minutes. Stafford’s interceptions have dogged him this season, but his decisive heave to Cooper Kupp late in the game helped set up the Rams’ win over the Buccaneers on Sunday.
• Tom Brady’s frustrating first half ends with interception. The Buccaneers quarterback has yet to throw a touchdown, and was called for the first unsportmanlike conduct penalty of his career.
• An Abrupt Ending for Aaron Rodgers Brings a Rush of Uncertainty. Rodgers, though likely to win his second straight M.V.P. Award, now must contemplate his future with the Green Bay Packers much sooner than he had hoped.
• The 49ers complete their upset after the Packers’ special teams flubs. San Francisco will move on to play either the Los Angeles Rams or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the N.F.C. championship game.
• Bengals overcome sacks and seeding to shock No. 1 Titans on the final play. The Bengals kicked a field goal on the last play to beat Tennessee, 19-16, in a game that was mostly dominated by each defense.
• Nick Bosa, who missed time last week with a concussion, will play for the 49ers. Bosa is one of the 49ers’ biggest stars.
• The N.F.L. drops coronavirus testing requirements for unvaccinated players. The change means all players — vaccinated or not — will mainly be tested if they show symptoms of Covid-19.
• N.F.L. Receivers Are Showcasing a Throwback Skill: Blocking. The run-pass option and screen-based offenses currently in favor in the N.F.L. rely on receivers who can throw blocks for their teammates.
• What to Watch for in Saturday’s N.F.L. Playoff Games. The divisional round games feature a style clash in the early meeting between the Bengals and Titans. Then, the 49ers will try to extend their postseason streak against the Packers.
• Giants Hire Joe Schoen From Bills as General Manager. Schoen was previously the assistant general manager for the Buffalo Bills.

Olympics

• Olympics Results. The latest medal count and results for the Beijing Olympics.
• Olympics Live 2022. Live Olympics Coverage from The New York Times
• Breezy Johnson, U.S. Medal Hopeful in Downhill, Will Miss Olympics. Johnson has crashed in training twice this month, leaving her with a battered knee. Her withdrawal means the field is wide open for the women’s downhill on Feb. 15.

Soccer

• Is Canada the Soccer Rival the U.S. Needs? Young talent has Canada on the brink of its first World Cup berth since 1986. Big ambitions could keep it on top for years to come, and challenge its neighbors to keep pace.
• Newcastle Players, Saudi Jets and Nagging Questions for the Premier League. When Newcastle traveled to Saudi Arabia for a midseason training camp, it did so on a plane owned by a company seized by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
• U.S. Picks Up Another Win and Turns Focus to Canada. A victory over El Salvador moved the Americans another step closer to a place in this year’s World Cup in Qatar.
• Questions of Power and Process After Harassment Claim at FIFA. The head of the star-studded FIFA Legends program was found to have sexually harassed a subordinate in 2019. The victim still isn’t sure he was ever punished.
• Behind the Curtain With Soccer’s Prophet of the Deal. Fabrizio Romano has turned rumors and a catchphrase into an industry. But is he an observer of soccer’s multibillion-dollar transfer market, or a participant in it?

Tennis

• All Eyes on Kyrgios. Using a mix of skill and showmanship, the Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has turned his matches into raucous celebrations.
• Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev Will Meet in Australian Open Final. Nadal defeated Matteo Berrettini and will play for a record 21st career Grand Slam men’s singles title against Medvedev, who beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in four, sometimes testy, sets.
• ‘He’s Inspired a Nation’: Dylan Alcott Says Goodbye to Tennis. Alcott, a recent Australian of the year recipient, ends his career with 15 Grand Slam quad singles titles and a platform for his motivational messages, but a loss in his final match.
• Ashleigh Barty and Danielle Collins Will Meet in Australian Open Final. Cheered by a home crowd, the top-ranked Barty defeated Madison Keys in straight sets to become the first Australian to reach the women’s final since 1980. Collins enjoyed her own straight sets win over Iga Swiatek.
• What Does a Forehand Winner Sound Like? Clink, Blip-Blip-Blip! At the Australian Open tennis tournament, new technology is translating the movement of the ball into sounds to help blind and low-vision fans follow the action.
• At the Australian Open, the Last Men Standing Have Been Through the Wringer. The men’s singles semifinals will feature No. 6 Rafael Nadal against No. 7 Matteo Berrettini, and No. 2 Daniil Medvedev against No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas.
• ‘What Do I Want From This Crazy Thing Called Life?’ A former Nike marketing executive turned mind-set coach is guiding the biggest stars at the Australian Open through the crucible of competition and fame.
• The Spotlight Shifted Away From Peng Shuai. Some Players and Fans Want It Back. A central question, “Where is Peng Shuai?”, has represented concern for the star but also points to related questions about the future of tennis in China.
• A Healthy Danielle Collins Arrives in the Australian Open Semifinals. Less than a year after an endometriosis diagnosis led to the removal of a tennis-ball sized cyst, the 27th seeded American will play No. 7 Iga Swiatek in a semifinal.
• Rafael Nadal Prevails After Five Sets and Charge of Favoritism. Nadal beat Denis Shapovalov to reach the semifinals, then rejected his opponent’s complaints about unfairness, saying, “I think he’s wrong.”
• Madison Keys Powers Her Way Into Australian Open Semifinals. The unseeded American upset No. 4 Barbora Krejcikova to advance to the semifinals, where she will face No. 1 Asheligh Barty.
• Is Tennis Moving Into a New Golden Age? We Can Only Hope. It will be hard to let go of aging stars like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams, and troubled ones like Novak Djokovic. But the time is coming, if it is not already here.
• Ashleigh Barty Mixes It Up and Heads to Australian Open Quarterfinals. Barty, the world No. 1, kept Amanda Anisimova, who upset Naomi Osaka in the previous round, moving and out of sync in the fourth round. Barbora Krejcikova also advanced.
• At the Australian Open, Taylor Fritz Finally Breaks Through. The American has reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career, and he credits believing in himself through good times and bad.
• A Grand Slam Streak Without (Yet) a Quarterfinal. Since 2007, Alizé Cornet of France hasn’t missed a single Grand Slam main draw.

Obituaries

• Carol Speed, Vixen of the Blaxploitation Era, Dies at 76. In the mid-70s, thanks to two beloved B movies, she had a moment in the spotlight and enjoyed celebrity status in the Black press.
• Jonathan Brown, Pioneering Historian of Spanish and Latin American Art, Dies at 82. He played a crucial role in reinvigorating a neglected area of Western art history, bringing figures from the past to life and connecting lived realities of earlier centuries with those of the present.
• Edgar S. Cahn, Legal Reformer in Defense of the Poor, Dies at 86. He and his wife came up with the idea for federally funded legal services, then went on to found the first public-interest law school.
• Rabbi Israel Dresner, Civil Rights Champion and King Ally, Dies at 92. He was jailed multiple times in the South during the 1960s and made human rights his lifelong cause, following the Jewish doctrine of “tikkun olam” — to repair the world.
• John Arrillaga Sr., Who Helped Build Silicon Valley, Dies at 84. Starting in the 1960s, he developed the area’s farmland into office parks that housed fast-growing technology companies.
• Jim Drake, Who Captured Joe Namath on Broadway, Dies at 89. In his years with Sports Illustrated, he also photographed Muhammad Ali, Arnold Palmer and many of the other biggest sports stars of his time.
• Steve Schapiro, Photojournalist Who Bore Witness, Dies at 87. He documented the civil rights movement and subjects as diverse as narcotics users, migrant workers and movie stars, seeking to capture their emotional heart.
• Sheldon Silver, 77, New York Power Broker Convicted of Corruption, Dies. A Democratic leader of the State Assembly, he held sway in New York politics for decades and died while serving a prison sentence.
• Clark Gillies, Rugged Star on Islanders’ Championship Teams, Dies at 67. He was part of the Trio Grande, along with Bryan Trottier and Mike Bossy, on teams that won the Stanley Cup four years in a row.
• Dennis Smith, Firefighter Who Wrote Best Sellers, Dies at 81. “Report From Engine Co. 82” was the first of his 16 books. He also started Firehouse magazine and was the founding chairman of the New York City Fire Museum.
• Nino Cerruti, Designer Who Revolutionized Men's Wear, Dies at 91. He loosened up men’s suits with unstructured tailoring and supple fabrics. He also dressed generations of movie stars, onscreen and off.
• Lisa Goddard, 55, Dies; Brought Climate Data to Those Who Needed It. She helped show government agencies around the world how to predict upcoming droughts, flooding and other extreme weather events.
• Harvey G. Stack, Leading Dealer in Rare Coins, Dies at 93. At the New York firm his father and uncle started in 1933, he was said to have personally conducted more auction sales than anyone else in the industry.

Americas

• Olavo de Carvalho, Bolsonaro’s Far-Right Guru, Dies at 74. He was the intellectual leader of Brazil’s far-right movement and a conspiracy theorist who mocked the pandemic. He died days after announcing he had Covid.

Europe

• Anatoly Kvashnin, Russian General in a Pivotal Era, Dies at 75. His brutal campaign in Chechnya left a legacy of embittered civilians and vengeful leaders. But he was also part of a warming toward the West after the Soviet Union fell.

Music

• Lucy Rowan Mann, Doyenne of a Prime Classical Music Prize, Dies at 100. With her husband, the violinist Robert Mann, she mentored young classical musicians and administered the Naumburg Foundation’s storied annual awards.
• Badal Roy, Who Fused Indian Rhythms With Jazz, Is Dead at 82. He collaborated across cultures, playing tabla with Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, John McLaughlin and others in the jazz world and beyond, including Yoko Ono.
• Dan Einstein, Champion of Singer-Songwriters, Is Dead at 61. He operated independent record labels for John Prine and Steve Goodman that took a critically praised (and award-winning) artist-driven approach.

Television

• Peter Robbins, Original Voice of Charlie Brown, Dies at 65. Mr. Robbins, who first gave voice to the “Peanuts” character in a 1965 Christmas special, had struggled with mental illness and addiction in recent years.

Briefing

• Ukraine, Inflation, N.F.L. Playoffs: Your Friday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• Coronavirus Briefing: Traveling After Omicron. A look at vacationing in 2022.
• The Weekender. How the air fryer crisped its way into America’s heart. Also in this edition: a look at the life of a successful “Jeopardy!” competitor, and more.
• The New Spy Wars. A tale about Israel, Pegasus and the world.
• The New York Times News Quiz, January 28, 2022. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• Your Friday Briefing. Russia mulls a response to the U.S.
• Stephen Breyer, G.D.P., Australian Open: Your Thursday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• Coronavirus Briefing: The Last Bad Variant? What endemicity after Omicron may look like.
• Your Friday Briefing: Russia Voices Pessimism About U.S. Response. A Kremlin spokesman said there was “not much cause for optimism.”
• After Breyer. The latest on the coming Supreme Court nomination.
• Your Thursday Briefing. Diplomatic attempts to resolve the situation with Russia.
• Coronavirus Briefing: Europe’s Split Over Omicron. The variant is cresting in some areas of Europe, but still skyrocketing in the east.
• Supreme Court, Russia, Paris Fashion Week: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• Your Thursday Briefing: U.S. Responds to Russia. Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, said the U.S. offered a “serious diplomatic path forward.”
• Germany, Apart. Donald Trump’s shadow hangs over the Ukraine crisis.
• Your Wednesday Briefing. A flurry of Russian military drills.
• Russia, Stock Market, Australian Open: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• Coronavirus Briefing: The Omicron Olympics. The variant may pose the biggest test yet for China’s strict “zero Covid” precautions.
• Your Wednesday Briefing: Russia’s Military Drills. The Kremlin blamed the U.S. for ramping up tensions.
• Two Covid Americas. The unvaccinated are less worried than the boosted, according to a poll.
• Your Tuesday Briefing. U.S. troops may be deployed to Eastern Europe.
• S&P 500, Burkina Faso, Hippos: Your Monday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• Coronavirus Briefing: Past the Peak. New data points are emerging that may offer hope to exhausted Americans.
• Your Tuesday Briefing: 8,500 Troops on ‘High Alert’ U.S. and NATO allies make plans in case of Russian military action.
• Personal Profit in Congress. Some members of Congress have strangely good timing when it comes to stock investments.
• Your Monday Briefing. Biden weighs a pivot on Ukraine.
• Your Monday Briefing: A U.K. Accusation. British officials say Russia is trying to establish a pro-Kremlin government in Ukraine.
• Russia-Ukraine, Omicron, N.F.L.: Your Weekend Briefing. Here’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories.

Podcasts

• The Morgan Wallen Conundrum and Bringing Tennis to the Visually Impaired: The Week in Narrated Articles. Five articles from around The Times, narrated just for you.
• ‘Brighton 4th’ Review: Family Bonds, Guilt and Gumption. In this Georgian film, an aging ex-wrestler (played by an aging ex-wrestler) travels to Brooklyn to help his wayward son.
• The Trojan Horse Affair. An unlikely duo chases down the origins of a mysterious letter that caused a national scandal.
• Listen to ‘Day X’ A five-part audio series that examines the rise of a new brand of extremism in Germany.
• The Fall of Afghanistan. Listen to a collection of episodes of “The Daily” focusing on voices of Afghans who fear for their lives under Taliban rule.
• Listen to ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ A collection of episodes covering topics as deep as they are broad.

Op-Ed

• Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Ruth Ozeki. A conversation with the novelist and Zen priest.

The Daily

• ‘Who Do You Want Controlling Your Food?’ Issues in the beef industry that were exposed by the pandemic reflect decades of economic transformation in the U.S.
• Biden Gets a Supreme Court Pick. Why Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring now, and how President Biden is likely to go about choosing his successor.
• We Need to Talk About Covid, Part 1. What a poll of Americans reveals about how ready the nation is to discuss living with the virus.
• How Partying Could Be Boris Johnson’s Undoing. The British prime minister is engulfed in a scandal over parties held at his home and office during lockdown. Could this spell the end of his premiership?
• Documenting a Death by Euthanasia. Belgium has some of the world’s most liberal euthanasia laws. A photojournalist documented a paralympian’s experience of them.
• The Sunday Read: ‘How Disgust Explains Everything’ Disgust is one of the primal emotions that define, and explain, humanity.

Science

• Two Simple Tricks That Help Owls Stay in Their New Homes. A study shows that there is a way to successfully transplant burrowing owls to new habitats when developers build over their homes.
• In Dog DNA, Small Size Has an Ancient Pedigree. New research finds a mutation that suggests the more diminutive canines’ DNA dates back to ancient wolves.
• With the James Webb Space Telescope, Humanity Did the Right Thing. Every person on Earth shares in the quest that the giant observatory will now begin.
• Frogs Without Legs Regrow Leglike Limbs in New Experiment. Scientists describe a process by which African clawed frogs can regrow an imperfect but functional lost limb.
• SpaceX Rocket Part to Crash Into Moon 7 Years After Launch. The four-ton piece of the rocket hasn’t been heard from since it launched an American satellite called DSCOVR. It could make a 65-foot crater on the far side of the moon.
• Your Body’s Thirst Messenger Is in an Unexpected Place. Scientists traced how a mouse’s brain gets the signal that it had enough to drink. Something similar may happen in humans.
• Japanese Company Joins March Back to the Moon in 2022. Before the end of the year, ispace aims to place a lander with two small rovers on the lunar surface. It may find other visitors have also made the trip this year.
• How many stars are in the Milky Way galaxy? The answer is many, many, many.
• ‘In the End, You’re Treated Like a Spy,’ Says M.I.T. Scientist. Gang Chen was arrested a year ago on charges of hiding his links to China. The charges were dismissed, but he said the damage — to him, and to American science — has lingered.
• Una infección de ómicron, en gráficos. Seguimos el curso de una infección típica de esta variante.
• After Million-Mile Journey, James Webb Telescope Reaches Destination. The telescope’s safe arrival is a relief to scientists who plan to spend the next 10 or more years using it to study ancient galaxies.
• To Hippos, a Wheeze and a Honk Mean More Than Just ‘Hello!’ By playing a variety of recordings of “wheeze honks” to pods of hippopotamuses, researchers began to decipher how the animals communicate with one another.
• Call and Response. Listen to a group of hippos in a reserve in Mozambique react to a recorded hippo call.
• Omicron’s Radical Evolution. Thirteen of Omicron’s mutations should have hurt the variant’s chances of survival. Instead, they worked together to make it thrive.
• This Ancient Crab Had Unusually Huge Eyes. A study of fossils from Colombia suggests that a prehistoric shellfish hunted prey with remarkably sharp vision.
• Charting the Course Of an Omicron Infection. Following the course of a typical Omicron infection.
• Bouncing Boulders Point to Quakes on Mars. A preponderance of boulder tracks on the red planet may be evidence of recent seismic activity.

Climate

• Alarming Levels of Mercury Are Found in Old Growth Amazon Forest. The findings, related to gold mining in Peru, provide new evidence of how people are altering ecosystems in dangerous ways around the world.
• Court Revokes Oil and Gas Leases, Citing Climate Change. A judge ruled that the Interior Department must consider the climate effects of oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico before awarding leases.
• John Kerry, U.S. Climate Envoy, Tells Top Polluters ‘We Must All Move Faster’ The United States hosted a virtual meeting of big polluting countries on Thursday as nations struggle to meet their climate change goals.
• Did I Turn Off the Stove? Yes, but Maybe Not the Gas. New research finds that gas stoves emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, even when turned off and adds to the debate over electrifying homes.
• Biden Administration Cancels Mining Leases Near Wilderness Area. The leases, reinstated during the Trump years, would have allowed a Chilean mining conglomerate to dig for copper and nickel near the Boundary Waters wilderness in Minnesota.
• Why an Easy Energy Fix Is Being Delayed. LED lights are far more efficient, but there’s still money to be made from older bulbs.
• An Extraordinary Iceberg Is Gone, but Not Forgotten. A chunk of Antarctic ice that was one of the biggest icebergs ever seen has met its end near South Georgia. Scientists will be studying its effects on the ecosystem around the island for some time.
• E.P.A. Chief Vows to ‘Do Better’ to Protect Poor Communities. The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday will announce stepped-up enforcement and monitoring to help disadvantaged communities struggling with polluted air and water.
• Even Low Levels of Soot Can Be Deadly to Older People, Research Finds. The four-year air pollution study, which followed 68.5 million older Americans, was the first of its kind.
• Old-Fashioned, Inefficient Light Bulbs Live On at the Nation’s Dollar Stores. A Trump administration weakening of climate rules has kept incandescent bulbs on store shelves, and research shows they’re concentrated in shops serving poorer areas.

The Upshot

• New York Could Get Less Than Two Inches of Snow, or More Than a Foot. See the Odds Near You. Snow forecasts are more uncertain than you might think.
• On Abortion Law, the U.S. Is Unusual. Without Roe, It Would Be, Too. Many rich democracies have earlier cutoffs for abortion — but allow it later for a variety of reasons. And around the world, it has been much more common to expand access than restrict it.

Opinion

• ‘Don’t Be Frivolous. Don’t Be Miserable. Don’t Be Scared.’ The novelist Sheila Heti puts her diary in alphabetical order to see if she’s changed over the years.
• Think About the Beautiful Future Ahead. When a beloved uncle died, he left behind an inheritance made of love.
• The Right Way to Stop Rising Crime in New York. Getting crime under control is critical to New York City’s revival. 
• President Biden’s Economy Is Failing the Big Mac Test. The administration made a lot of the right economic moves in its first year, but high inflation is reason enough to postpone any celebrations.

Letters

• How Independent Voters Feel About Biden. Responses to a focus group of independent voters. Also: President Biden and the economy; Boris Johnson; sanctions against Russia; debtors and lawyers.
• Biden’s Chance to Nominate a Supreme Court Justice. Readers hope for a smooth confirmation process, object to “identity politics” and suggest Anita Hill as a nominee. Also: Voting rights; Covid ethics.
• Ross Douthat’s Change of Heart About Health Care. Readers discuss a column about how a bout of sickness has changed some of his beliefs. Also: Changes in the SAT; Covid ethics; 8 planets and Pluto.
• Russia and Ukraine: How to Avoid a War. Differing views on how the U.S. should respond to the Russian threat of an invasion. Also: Listen to the children; the “business” of the royals.
• Should Addiction Be Viewed as a Disease? Responses to an essay by a doctor that argued that it shouldn’t. Also: Conservatives and climate change; political donations; the Covid Olympics; shooting hoops.
• Is the U.S. on the Verge of a Civil War? Readers respond to columns by Ross Douthat and Michelle Goldberg. Also: Bosses who are jerks; voter suppression, then and now.
• Tough Decisions About End-of-Life Care. Readers offer personal stories in response to a doctor’s guest essay about advance directives.

Op-Ed

• It’s Time to End Race-Based Affirmative Action. Socioeconomic class is a better justification for it.
• How to Disseminate Science Quickly. What’s the best way to release timely research without letting bad information get out?
• The Equal Rights Amendment Is Now the Law of the Land. Isn’t It? Alas, the Constitution doesn’t always mean what it says.
• Wonking Out: Are We in Another Housing Bubble? Or, what’s the matter with Dallas?
• We Still Can’t See American Slavery for What It Was. Data science is unlocking insights about the U.S. slave system, but there is a danger in trying to quantify suffering.
• Let Kids Take Their Masks Off After the Omicron Surge. There’s a cost to making kids cover their faces indefinitely. 
• We Syrians Are Not Surprised by This Betrayal. International bodies and nations appear to have either forgiven, forgotten or chosen to ignore the reasons Syria was cast out from their community.
• I Ditched My Smart Watch, and I Don’t Regret It. I didn’t know how my workout had gone, or how I’d slept last night, until I opened the app.
• Why Would a Marine Call Himself a ‘Racketeer for Capitalism’? The life of Smedley Butler shows us that we can’t fix American democracy without reckoning with its military interventions.
• Putin Is Caught in a Trap of His Own Making. The Kremlin’s Ukraine gamble has failed.
• How Crypto Became the New Subprime. Once again, risky financial products are being sold to the vulnerable.
• Neil Young Says ‘No More’ to Spotify. Without real streaming alternatives around, a musician’s move to shame Spotify is doomed to failure.
• The Willful Naïveté of Stephen Breyer. He insisted that politics do not shape the decisions of justices — an idyllic, even naïve, notion, but one that kept the court functioning for years.
• It’s Time for an Honest Conversation About Affirmative Action. Should we rethink how colleges use racial preferences?
• Our Tribalism Will Be the Death of Us. It has replaced genuine thought in America, and Covid only made things worse.
• Russia Isn’t a Dead Petrostate, and Putin Isn’t Going Anywhere. The transition to cleaner energy will make it possible for petrostates to wield significant geopolitical and economic power.
• Disney’s Former C.E.O. Gave Me the Exit Interview I Asked for. The recently retired Disney executive talks about how Star Wars helped Disney survive the streaming wars and why NFTs are here to stay.
• Stephen Breyer Was the Right Justice for the Wrong Age. His belief in the power of facts was out of step in a counterfactual age.
• Biden Promised a Black Woman on the Supreme Court. Now is the time for another step toward all voices being heard.
• Is the Great Resignation Overblown? There’s evidence that rates of job quitting were higher in the past.
• The Narcotic Pleasures of #Cleantok. Why is it so calming to watch someone organizing a fridge?
• The Year of American Disappointment. How we flirted with dynamism but tipped back into stagnation.
• America Has Split, and It’s Now in ‘Very Dangerous Territory’ Why crises like Covid don’t unite us anymore.
• Treating Addiction as a Crime Doesn’t Work. What Oregon Is Doing Just Might. The promise of Oregon’s drug decriminalization plan.
• We Might Be in a Simulation. How Much Should That Worry Us? Virtual reality is getting very real — real enough to call into question what “reality” even means.
• ‘Hell Hath No Fury Like a Voter Scorned’: What 14 Swing Voters Have to Say. Independents are “just physically, intellectually, emotionally tired,” says the pollster Frank Luntz.
• Bring Back the Free World. Putin wants to divide and conquer. We shouldn’t let him.
• Did We Miss Biden’s Most Important Remark About Russia? Putin has something bigger to worry about at home than anything that happens in Ukraine.
• Stay Woke. The Right Can Be Illiberal, Too. Dis-enlightenment thinking isn’t exclusive to the left.
• How to Make Sense of Our Covid Losses, Big and Small. What losing my father taught me about the pandemic.
• Inflation and the Power of Narrative. Why people are so down on the economy, revisited.
• Democrats, Want to Defend Democracy? Embrace What Is Possible. Why Congress should reform the Electoral Count Act.
• What We Gain by Enchanting the Objects in Our Lives. The novelist and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki draws connections between meditation, writing and the art and practice of listening.
• China’s Zero-Covid Policy Is a Pandemic Waiting to Happen. The planet’s most populous nation cannot seal itself off from the world forever.
• What My Queer Uncle Taught Me About How to Live. A beloved uncle left an inheritance made of love.
• This Poll Shows Just How Much Trouble Democrats Are In. New Gallup numbers may portend a political earthquake.
• What Does It Mean to Be ‘Done With Covid’? While the pandemic rages, normality isn’t an option.
• Attack of the Right-Wing Thought Police. Don’t teach anything that makes students uncomfortable.
• The Strange Allure of the Blockchain. Why the appeal of cryptocurrencies and NFTs crosses borders of class and race.
• Will Robots Really Destroy the Future of Work? A new book argues that workers can thrive despite technology that eliminates jobs.
• We Used to Care That Football Players Got Concussions. We seem to have lost our faith that we can make things better.
• We Can’t Work It Out: Why I Finally Broke Up With the Beatles. Once I freed myself of the Fab Four, it was as though I’d woken up from a deep sleep. I was suddenly available to a new musical world.
• Joe Biden Would Like to Know What Your Problem Is. His marathon news conference last week did not suggest that he thought his presidency needed a reboot — or even a rebranding. 
• What Japan Got Right About Covid-19. The country embraced the science of the coronavirus early. 
• What Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos Reveal About Venture Capitalism. Silicon Valley’s big investors are not like the rest of us.
• How Do You Mourn a 250-Year-Old Giant? Protecting trees in public areas is a no-brainer. Protecting them on private land is a far greater challenge.
• How Did We Fail So Badly? Emily Oster and Ashish Jha on America’s Covid Response. The two experts answer our questions about the pandemic.
• Putin Has the U.S. Right Where He Wants It. Vladimir Putin’s aim is bigger than closing NATO’s “open door” to Ukraine and taking more territory.
• Death Changed My Life. I see now that life is a series of peaks and valleys and it is a fool’s errand to try to flatten them out.
• Ann Coulter Is Rooting for a Trump-DeSantis Throw-Down. She’s Not Alone. The former president and the governor of Florida are on a collision course for the future of the G.OP.
• Can We Turn a Desert Into a Forest? After years of planting trees, farmers in Niger have begun to see results.
• Why Pakistan’s Army Wants the U.S. Back in the Region. As U.S.-China competition intensifies, Pakistan’s army fears getting trapped in a cul-de-sac with Beijing.
• The Bat Mitzvah Question I Wasn’t Expecting: ‘Are We Safe at Synagogue?’ Finding hope in the darkness of cancer, Covid and Colleyville.
• How to Retreat From Ukraine. Searching for a non-disastrous way back from American overreach.
• The Systemic Realities Created by Legal Abortion. Thoughts on the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
• Let’s Talk About How the N.F.L. Is Failing (While the N.B.A. Reaches New Heights). The football league is down to just one Black head coach.
• Joe Manchin Thinks James Madison Is on His Side. Nope. Arguments about the filibuster need the right context.
• Readers Have Questions About Stocks. An Economist Replies. The economist Laurence Kotlikoff responds to questions from Times readers.

Opinion | Politics

• Democrats Should Take a Page From Mitch McConnell’s Book. The deliberative process that our team followed with Obama’s nominees is outdated. Democrats should move as quickly as possible.

Sunday Review

• Farewell, André the Glorious. He liked dressing in caftans and fur, and dressing me down about my style.

Arts

• Chita Rivera’s Book Will Introduce Fans to the Real Her. The Broadway star is writing a memoir with the help of a journalist who encouraged her to share what she’s really like, alter ego and all.
• 5 Things to Do This Weekend. A selection of entertainment options, including a guide to sci-fi films that are streaming now.
• What’s in Our Queue? A Parody Show and More. I'm a reporter on the Culture desk. Here are five things I've been watching and playing lately.
• 5 Things to Do This Weekend. Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.
• For an Antidote to Diet Culture, Try These 6 Podcasts. As science increasingly finds most diets ineffective and even counterproductive, these shows will help you overhaul your approach to food.
• On New Podcasts, the Sound of Falling in Love. “This Is Dating” and “It’s Nice to Hear You” let listeners eavesdrop on singles in search of connection.

Art & Design

• The Art Design for Abolitionist Place in Brooklyn Moves Forward. Despite an ongoing legal challenge, New York City is going ahead with a plan for artwork at a new park that will feature messages of social justice, not the statuary some had sought.
• ‘His Pictures Rather Put Me Off Meat’: Animal Experts on Francis Bacon. A new exhibition at London’s Royal Academy highlights Francis Bacon’s paintings of animals. We showed them to some specialists in their subject matter.
• Marcel Breuer House Demolished on Long Island, Angering Preservationists. The house, known as Geller I, helped Breuer to develop the style that made him a leading postwar architect, historians said. Officials said the current owners followed all local rules.
• Stepping Down From the Supreme Court, a Justice Remains a Juror. Justice Stephen G. Breyer has been a juror on the panel that awards the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s greatest honor, since 2011.
• In San Francisco, Art That Unspools the Mysteries of the Universe. Tauba Auerbach’s eclectic works reignite wonder where art and science collide in this career survey at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
• David Byrne, the Artist, Is Totally Connected. There’s a new gallery show and book of his whimsical line drawings — and coming this summer, an immersive art-and-science experience.
• Botticelli Sold for $45.4 Million at Sotheby’s Auction. The painting, which last sold in 1963 for $26,000, was part of a sale of works by old masters.
• From Pedestal to Petri Dish, Liz Larner Makes Sculptures for a New Era. The artist, whose installations and sculptures run from microscopic to immense, is having a midcareer survey at SculptureCenter, her largest exhibition since 2001.
• Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit. With four surveys, the challenging Los Angeles artist has redefined his art form in a flat-screen world.
• Art Basel to Run New Paris Art Fair. Just Don’t Call it ‘Art Basel Paris.’ The new fair will run every October at the Grand Palais, a glittering venue that had been home to the FIAC contemporary art fair for the last 47 years.
• Whitney Biennial Picks 63 Artists to Take Stock of Now. The influential exhibition, which opens in April, will lean toward the conceptual, with particular attention to Native artists and the U.S.-Mexico border.
• Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses. The archive documents the lives and suffering of the Kusserow family, who were among many from the religious group to be persecuted by the Nazis because of their faith.
• A Tricky First Case for the Man Who Wrote the Rules on Nazi Looted Art. The diplomat and lawyer who helped write the treaty used around the world to guide restitution claims is representing the family of a childhood friend, which has been sued to surrender a painting.

Dance

• Review: At City Ballet, Giving Voice to the Body, With Sneakers. Justin Peck’s “Partita,” set to Caroline Shaw’s Pulitzer-Prize winning composition, opened New York City Ballet’s winter season at Lincoln Center.
• What Do Dancers Bring to a Halftime Show? They Complete the Picture. Some dancers recoiled at the prospect of volunteering their services at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show: “You can’t make a living off of exposure.”
• At City Ballet, Jamar Roberts and Dancers Find a Common Language. “I was thinking about Balanchine a lot,” said Roberts, Ailey’s choreographer in residence, who is making his first work for New York City Ballet.
• Teresa Reichlen to Retire From New York City Ballet. A principal dancer since 2009, Reichlen will make her final appearance in George Balanchine’s one-act “Swan Lake” on Feb. 19.
• Justin Peck and Collaborators Combine Gravitational Universes. For his new work at New York City Ballet, Peck enlisted the composer Caroline Shaw and the artist Eva LeWitt: “It has really felt like a back-and-forth conversation.”
• City Ballet Promotes Seven Dancers as Performances Resume. A crew of corps de ballet members, six women and one man, head into the delayed winter season with a new rank: soloist.

Music

• 5 Songs to Listen to Right Now. Here are five new and notable songs, including retro-future R&B from Raveena, and the satisfying team-up of Rochy RD and Anuel AA.
• Review: Philip Glass and the Bangles, Mashed at the Symphony. Anthony Roth Costanzo and Justin Vivian Bond brought their gleeful opera-cabaret show “Only an Octave Apart” to the New York Philharmonic.
• glaive Flexes the Less Hyper Side of His Pop, and 13 More New Songs. Hear tracks by Raveena, the Weather Station, Immanuel Wilkins and others.
• The Met Opera Never Missed a Curtain. It Hopes Audiences Rebound. Positive tests at the company are falling as the Met prepares to take a long-planned midwinter break. It hopes cases will be down, and audiences up, when it returns.
• Reawakening the Antichrist (and Other Lost Opera Gems). It can be challenging to revive forgotten works like “Antikrist.” But the absence of entrenched traditions can be liberating.
• Review: Opera Stars Take On an Omicron-Battered Vienna. The tenor Jonas Kaufmann and the soprano Lise Davidsen are leading a luxuriously cast revival of Britten’s “Peter Grimes.”
• Don Wilson, Who Gave the Ventures Their Distinctive Rhythm, Dies at 88. He was a founder, with Bob Bogle, of what has been called the best-selling and most influential instrumental band in rock ’n’ roll history.
• 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now. Recordings of Brahms, Haydn, Grieg, Nikolai Kapustin and George Walker are among recent highlights.
• A Killing Jolts Sweden’s Rap Scene. A conversation about hip-hop’s evolution in the country, and how a high-profile shooting thrust the music into the spotlight.
• Spotify Is Removing Neil Young Songs After He Complains of ‘Misinformation’ The singer decided to leave the streaming service because it gives a platform to Joe Rogan, whom scientists have accused of promoting falsehoods about coronavirus vaccines.
• A Singer Brings His Authentic Self to the Philharmonic. Anthony Roth Costanzo, a restless countertenor with a vast network of collaborators, has planned a wide-reaching festival.
• Sweden’s Songwriters Dominated U.S. Pop. Now, They’re Looking to Korea. Dozens of songwriters and producers in Stockholm make a living from K-pop — even if they can’t speak Korean.
• After 16 Years in ‘Hadestown,’ Anaïs Mitchell Emerges With a New Album. The singer-songwriter fully plunged into her acclaimed theater project. Since then, her life changed wildly — and she recaptured the desire to record her own music.
• Elton John shows are postponed as he tests positive for the coronavirus. He is fully vaccinated and has had his booster shot and is experiencing mild symptoms, a Dallas venue announced as it postponed two concerts.
• Cardi B Awarded $4 Million in Libel Lawsuit Against Celebrity Gossip Blogger. The rapper sued the YouTuber Tasha K in 2019 after she posted a series of videos claiming that Cardi B was a prostitute.
• Watch 5 Standout Performances From Winter Jazzfest. Digital broadcasts took the place of live shows this year, and artists from around the globe participated in this annual check-in on the state of the music.
• James Maraniss, Librettist of Long-Silent Opera, Dies at 76. A Spanish scholar who taught for more than four decades at Amherst College, he waited, along with the composer, 32 years for “Life Is a Dream” to be staged.
• A Day of Divas. Two star sopranos, Renée Fleming and Sonya Yoncheva, held court in two of New York’s grandest venues on Sunday.
• Silvana Estrada Arrives With a Devastating Album About Heartbreak. The Mexican singer-songwriter’s debut solo album, “Marchita,” paints a tender portrait of lost love, putting her voice and her Venezuelan cuatro center stage.
• Sony Music Buys Bob Dylan’s Recorded Music. The transaction for Dylan’s albums was made in July, about seven months after he made another deal — with Sony’s rival Universal Music — for his songwriting copyrights.
• ‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Returns to No. 1, Beating Gunna and the Weeknd. Disney’s latest animated film is the first since “Frozen” with music topping the Billboard 200 for multiple weeks.
• How Meat Loaf Made a Cult Favorite: ‘Paradise by the Dashboard Light’ The eight-and-a-half minute tale of sexual awakening features drums by the E Street Band’s Max Weinberg and vocals from Ellen Foley, who help recount how the unlikely song came together.

Television

• Kamau Bell: Bill Cosby Is Key to Understanding America. The comic and commentator discusses his new documentary, “We Need to Talk About Cosby,” and what Cosby’s story reveals about the “two runaway forces of oppression in America.”
• The Best of Late Night This Week 🌙 . The late-night hosts had plenty of topics to discuss, including the retirement of Stephen Breyer and Minnie Mouse’s new look.
• Moses Storm and the Case for Pretentious Modern Stand-up. In his new special, the comic claims he has no agenda, but his jokes and stories about poverty cohere into trenchant commentary. Why are themes out of fashion?
• ‘The Afterparty’ Is a Genre Romp Wrapped in a Comic Mystery. In an interview, the filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller discuss their new Apple TV+ series, a whodunit that has fun with Hollywood clichés.
• Late Night Supports Biden’s Supreme Court Strategy. Trevor Noah joked that Biden will nominate a Black woman to replace Stephen Breyer “because he cares deeply about representation and winning Georgia.”
• How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? W. Kamau Bell takes account of Bill Cosby. And Jonathan Van Ness takes a journey through his passions.
• Jussie Smollett Sentencing Is Set for March 10. The actor, convicted in the filing of a false police report that said he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack, faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
• Amy Schneider on the Final Game of Her Whirlwind ‘Jeopardy!’ Run. Schneider lost during her 41st game on Wednesday, ending a remarkable streak that was the game show’s second longest in history.
• ‘And Just Like That’ Episode 9 Recap: A Challenging Period. The ladies attempt to lighten up as relationships evolve and the series draws nearer to a close. Will it end in happy endings or broken hearts?
• Late Night Reflects on Stephen Breyer’s Retirement Plan. “Yep, at 83, Breyer only has two options: either retire or play quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,” Jimmy Fallon said.
• Amy Schneider’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Reign Ends. After a 40-game streak, she lost to a librarian from Chicago, Rhone Talsma, who came out ahead in Final Jeopardy.
• ‘Gomorrah’ Review: The End of TV’s Sleekest Italian Import. The final season of a gangster saga that combined brutal realism and high style arrives on HBO Max.
• For Michael K. Williams, a Legacy Interrupted. Williams died before finishing the new season of his documentary series “Black Market.” The producers completed it with the help of some famous friends.
• For This Tearful TV Potter, It’s All About the Clay. Keith Brymer Jones has judged amateur ceramic makers’ work on “The Great Pottery Throw Down” since 2015. When it’s good, it still moves him.
• Trevor Noah Weighs In on Biden’s Hot Mic Drop. “You see? This is what happens when you have been on Zoom calls for two years — you forget that real life doesn’t have a mute button,” Noah said of the president’s comments about a Fox News reporter.
• John Stamos on Bob Saget and the Many Stages of Their Friendship. In an interview, the “Full House” star recalls everything from early clashes to Cyrano-like support, as well as the last time he saw his former co-star.
• Stop Asking Hilary Duff Who the Father Is. In an interview, the actress and singer discussed her wide-ranging career and “How I Met Your Father,” her new sitcom reboot on Hulu.
• Jenna Ortega Gets Her Thrills From Radiohead and ‘Paris, Texas’ The scream queen talks about her latest film, “The Fallout” on HBO Max, dancing in public and driving in the dark.
• Trevor Noah Blasts Robert Kennedy Jr. for Invoking Anne Frank. Noah said anti-vaxxers gathering to hear from Kennedy might have found him leaning too liberal for believing in the Holocaust.
• Amy Schneider Beats Matt Amodio’s Streak on ‘Jeopardy!’ Her winning streak is now second only to that of Ken Jennings, who racked up a 74-game run.
• What’s on TV This Week: ‘Promised Land’ and a Janet Jackson Special. ABC debuts a new drama about a wine-country power struggle. And a four-part documentary about Janet Jackson debuts on Lifetime and A&E.
• Why Christine Baskets Was One of TV’s Greatest Characters. In the FX comedy “Baskets,” Louie Anderson brought humanity to a type of woman who is rarely given her due onscreen.
• ‘The Gilded Age’ Review: Dime-Store ‘Downton’ Ten years in the making, this Julian Fellowes period drama set in New York is a pale echo of the original that inspired it.
• Can Works Like ‘Don’t Look Up’ Get Us Out of Our Heads? In the doomsday smash and Bo Burnham’s pandemic musical “Inside,” themes of climate change, digital distraction and inequality merge and hit home.
• On ‘S.N.L.,’ Donald Trump Tries His Hand at Wordle. Colin Jost and Pete Davidson provided an update on their purchase of a retired Staten Island Ferry boat, in this episode hosted by Will Forte.

Theater

• Citing Pandemic, This Year’s Obie Awards Will Include Streaming Theater. For the first time, digital, audio and other virtual productions will be considered for the honors, for Off and Off Off Broadway works.
• At the Exponential Festival, Case Studies in Category Busting. Two years into the pandemic, this festival, which has gone virtual for now, abjures traditional theatricality and performance.
• Martyrs, Converts and Pious Frauds: Religion Takes Center Stage. Three Paris productions — including Ivo van Hove’s take on “Tartuffe” at the Comédie-Française — explore questions of the divine.
• Review: In ‘Skeleton Crew,’ Making Quick Work of Hard Labor. Dominique Morisseau’s 2016 play, now on Broadway, is a swift, well-crafted look at factory workers trapped in an economic “dumpster fire.”
• Broadway Grosses Fall, but Average Attendance Rises, as Shows Close. Theaters were a bit more crowded, but there were fewer shows running as several closed amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
• The Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul, in One Show. The new show “Black No More,” inspired by a 1931 satirical novel about race relations, has “the point of view of people who are very much products of now.”
• Review: A Shorter ‘Long Day’s Journey,’ Now With N95s. The Eugene O’Neill classic, set in 1912, is just as powerful in Robert O’Hara’s revival, set in our own age of disease and lockdown.
• Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Ends Run Early Because of Coronavirus Cases. The sold-out production had been scheduled to run through Jan. 30, but decided to cancel its few remaining performances.
• The Black List, Founded in Hollywood, Expands Into Theater. The project seeks to connect undiscovered writers with industry gatekeepers.
• Touring Through Omicron: Broadway Shows Hit Bumps on the Road. Audiences are enthusiastic, but casts are vulnerable, as companies travel from city to city, trying to revive a key part of the theater economy.
• Review: ‘Just for Us’ Reaches Across the Chasm. The return of this brisk, smart provocation of a monologue is a cheering development, all the more so because it’s a belly-laugh funny show.
• Stephen Sondheim Leaves Rights to His Works to a Trust. The trust will determine what happens to the intellectual property of the celebrated lyricist and composer, who died in November.
• Jonathan Freeman, Jafar in ‘Aladdin,’ Hangs Up His Cobra Staff. He voiced the evil sorcerer in the Disney movies, and originated the character in the Broadway production. On Sunday, he took his final bow in the show.
• ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Fires Its Harry Potter. The Broadway production dismissed the actor James Snyder, citing unspecified concerns about his conduct after an investigation of a complaint by a castmate.
• ‘The Hang’ Review: Taylor Mac Enfolds Us When We Need It Most. This opera, by Mac and Matt Ray, is as much a celebration of theater itself as it is an example of the communion humans crave but have been deprived of.

Books

• Recalling the Pain of an Early 19th Century Writer. Stuck in a CT scan, the illustrator Alison Barnwell remembers the horrors recounted by Fanny Burney, who wrote of her mastectomy in excruciating detail.
• Globetrotting. Your sneak preview of books in translation coming out in 2022, updated each season.
• Ron Goulart, Prolific Writer Who Spanned Genres, Dies at 89. He wrote science fiction, mystery, fantasy and romance novels, collaborated with William Shatner on the “TekWar” books and turned Groucho Marx into a private eye.
• 12 New Books Coming in February. Epics from Olga Tokarczuk and Marlon James, long-awaited new novels by Sheila Heti and Julie Otsuka, Chuck Klosterman’s investigation into the 1990s and more.
• ‘Civil Rights Queen,’ the Story of a Brave and Brilliant Trailblazer. Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s book is the first major biography of Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge, among other achievements.
• ‘Eating to Extinction’ Is a Celebration of Rare Foods and a Warning About the Future. To underscore the importance of food diversity, Dan Saladino traveled the world to showcase some of the treasures we risk losing.
• ‘The Books of Jacob,’ a Nobel Prize Winner’s Sophisticated and Overwhelming Novel. Set in the mid-18th century, Olga Tokarczuk’s enormous novel is about a charismatic self-proclaimed messiah who attracts and repels crowds and authorities in equal measure.
• Donna Barba Higuera Wins Newbery Medal for ‘The Last Cuentista’ “Watercress,” illustrated by Jason Chin and written by Andrea Wang, won the Caldecott Medal.
• How a Nostalgic Novel About Spain’s Heartland Joined the Political Fray. Ana Iris Simón wrote “Feria” to depict a way of life she fears is vanishing. She didn’t expect its message to be embraced by conservatives in her country.

Book Review

• Imani Perry Talks About ‘South to America’ Perry discusses her new book, and Oliver Roeder talks about “Seven Games.”
• One Good Antarctic Explorer Deserves Another. The adventurer Ranulph Fiennes has written a biography of Ernest Shackleton, telling the life story of the famed explorer while also describing his own exploits.
• Toni Morrison’s Only Short Story Addresses Race by Avoiding Race. “Recitatif,” originally published in 1983 and now available in book form, features a Black girl and a white girl, but Morrison never identifies which is which.
• Elizabeth Taylor, Jim Harrison and Other Letters to the Editor. Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
• Newly Published, From Afro-Atlantic Histories to GameStop. A selection of books published this week.
• A Palpably Seductive Search for a Grimoire of Sex Magic. In Sara Gran’s occult thriller, “The Book of the Most Precious Substance,” a rare-book dealer falls under the spell of a powerful 17th-century manuscript.
• The Lives of Black Women, at Home and Abroad. Three debut novels — by Kai Harris, Nikki May and Destiny O. Birdsong — follow female protagonists struggling to find their place.
• New in Paperback: ‘Let the Lord Sort Them’ and ‘The Five Wounds’ Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
• A Cooks Tour: 3 Picture Books About Famous Foodies. Georgia Gilmore, Alice Waters and Julia Child show kids that food has the power to make our worlds bigger, better and more connected.
• 12 New Books We Recommend This Week. Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
• Want to Be a Writer? Get Your Training as a Wedding Planner. Before Xochitl Gonzalez wrote her best-selling debut novel, “Olga Dies Dreaming,” she produced elaborate events. The experience was invaluable.
• A Deer in the Headlights: ‘Bambi’ Reconsidered. As a new translation makes clear, this tale of survival, written between the wars by an Austro-Hungarian Jew, wasn’t intended for young children.
• It Started as a Romantic Idyll. It Ended With a Stack of Corpses. In “Reckless Girls,” by Rachel Hawkins, a vacation on a remote atoll in the South Pacific goes very, very wrong.
• The Lyric Decision: How Poets Figure Out What Comes Next. There are endless ways to write a poem, but Rilke offered one foolproof formula that echoes throughout several recent collections.
• Piecing Together God’s Body, From Head to Toe. In “God: An Anatomy,” Francesca Stavrakopoulou attempts to understand divinity as our ancestors did, as having a corporeal presence.
• Searching for America, South of the Mason-Dixon. In “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” Imani Perry straddles genres to find her own — and our — South.
• It’s Just a Game. Or Is It? In “Seven Games: A Human History,” Oliver Roeder presents a study of checkers, backgammon, chess, Go, poker, Scrabble and bridge — and asks why we play.
• A Shipwreck Leads to a Reckoning. In “The Last Slave Ship,” Ben Raines tells the story of the Clotilda, the founding of Africatown, Ala., and a history that wouldn’t stay buried.
• These Stories Will Defy All Your Expectations. New collections by Bernard MacLaverty, Gwen E. Kirby, Gish Jen and Morgan Thomas.
• Historical Novels About Aviators, Heroes and Old-Fashioned Problem Solvers. From prewar Europe to Nazi-occupied France to Tudor England, this trio of novels will pilot you to different (and equally complicated) times.
• A Border Novel Depicts the Haunting Landscapes of the ‘Disappeared’ Set along the frontier between the United States and Mexico, “Perpetual West,” by Mesha Maren, unfolds in a culture where the prospect of disappearance and death is a constant fear.
• ‘Notes on an Execution’ Isn’t Your Typical Serial Killer Novel. Danya Kukafka’s book focuses less on the mythos of the murderer and more on the humanity of his victims.
• They Left a Broken U.S. for Outer Space. Now They’re Coming Back. Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel “Goliath” imagines what gentrification might look like in a nearly uninhabitable future America.
• Striver, Burnout, Lover, Scrub: A Debut Novelist Lays It Bare. “Fuccboi,” by Sean Thor Conroe, follows a sometimes-tender, sometimes-offensive delivery boy struggling to produce meaningful art.
• Edmund White’s New Novel Is About a Husband’s Affair With Edmund White. Set in 2050, after its author has died, “A Previous Life” is a metafictional comedy about literature and sex.
• Weike Wang’s Antisocial Novel, ‘Joan Is Okay’ The author of “Chemistry” returns with a wry and awkward heroine who prefers the company of machines to her fellow humans.

Movies

• A Sundance With Brains and Guts, Disemboweled and Otherwise. This year’s festival featured lots of scares, a parade of bodies (and body parts) and a haunted, haunting postcolonial tale set in New York.
• Family of Slain ‘Rust’ Cinematographer Weighs Wrongful-Death Lawsuit. Lawyers for the family of Halyna Hutchins filed a petition in New Mexico to appoint a representative who will consider whether to file a suit.
• ‘The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild’ Review: A Franchise Thaws. The latest installment in this animated film series replaces nearly all of its celebrity voice performers with close proxies.
• Five Action Movies to Stream Now. This month’s picks include a grim western teeming with bloodthirsty outlaws, humans fighting an alien invasion and more.
• Woody Allen’s ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Is Opening in U.S. Theaters. The movie is showing after years of resistance to Allen’s work in the United States following renewed attention to Dylan Farrow’s allegations of sexual abuse.
• Watch the Throne: How Joel Coen Came to Make ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ When your whole filmmaking career has been one of unexpected twists and turns, how do you surprise yourself? Adapt a Shakespeare play.
• Directors Guild Nominations Focus on Veterans Like Jane Campion and Steven Spielberg. The films of all five contenders are also up for Producers Guild Awards, suggesting that they will make up the top tier of best-picture nominees at the Oscars.
• ‘A Taste of Hunger’ Review: A Relentless Pursuit of Perfection. A husband and wife pour everything into their restaurant in a quest for a Michelin star, heedless of the other dimensions of their lives.
• Writers Guild Nominations: ‘Don’t Look Up,’ ‘Licorice Pizza’ and More. The group’s contenders can be predictive of the Oscars but several films, including “Belfast” and “The Power of the Dog,” weren’t eligible.
• ‘The Fallout’ Review: The Unexpected Effects of Trauma. Jenna Ortega stars as a teenager coping with the aftermath of a school shooting in this grounded and compassionate look at adolescent grief.
• Producers Guild Nominations Keep ‘Dune’ in Play. The group’s choices often influence what academy voters do at the Oscars. That’s why the omissions of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “No Time to Die” may be significant.
• ‘Futura’ Review: Youth, Italian Style. Three filmmakers travel Italy in the midst of the pandemic, listening to young people talk about their fears and aspirations.
• ‘The Conductor’ Review: Seizing the Baton. In this biographical documentary, Marin Alsop recounts how she became the first woman to lead a major American orchestra.
• ‘La Soga Salvation’ Review: A Very Inferior Set of Thrills. The sequel to the 2010 thriller “La Soga” trades the original’s pointed commentary on crime and corruption for something more generic.
• ‘They/Them/Us’ Review: Working Out the Kinks. In this dramatic comedy, two divorced 40-somethings gamely experiment with B.D.S.M.
• ‘Clean’ Review: Taking Out the Trash. Adrien Brody plays a community do-gooder with a not-so-pristine past in this action film directed by Paul Solet.
• ‘Sundown’ Review: Stuck in the Shallow Waters of Acapulco. In this Michel Franco film, a family group escapes to the beach in Acapulco, the onetime sun-baked paradise that has become an epicenter of violence.
• He’s a Doctor. He’s an Actor. He’s an Indie Heartthrob. How does Anders Danielsen Lie of “The Worst Person in the World” juggle careers in acting and medicine? “This has been my ongoing identity crisis,” he said.
• Their Characters Are Stuck, but the Filmmakers Are Anything But. Sujata Day and Agam Darshi, who hadn’t met until their movies were done, each portray women of South Asian descent who stay home to care for parents.
• ‘Compartment No. 6’ Review: Strangers on a Russian Train. A young Finnish woman embarks on a journey of self-discovery that takes her (and you) through richly detailed and surprising terrain.
• Worried About the Health of Cinema? Sundance Has Good News for You. From surprising found-footage documentaries to “Get Out”-influenced dramas and that Lena Dunham title, this year’s virtual festival has a lot to like.
• Peter Dinklage Calls Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Remake ‘Backward’ The actor said on a podcast that he was stunned to learn that “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” would be made into a live-action film. Disney said Tuesday that it was “consulting with members of the dwarfism community.”
• Alec Baldwin Seeks Dismissal of ‘Rust’ Lawsuit. The suit was filed by a script supervisor who was just feet away from the film’s cinematographer when the actor fatally shot her on the set.
• ‘Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes’ Review: Hello, It’s You. In this time-travel comedy, a cafe owner and his friends discover a portal that allows them to see two minutes into the future.
• Mahershala Ali Finally Gets the Leading Role He Deserves. After a string of supporting performances, he steps into the spotlight as not one but two main characters in the sci-fi drama “Swan Song.”
• ‘Buried,’ ‘Night Comes On’ and More Streaming Gems. Put these off-the-radar movies on your radar.

Food

• When It’s Winter in Miami, It’s Time for Churros and Hot Chocolate. The combination has roots in Spain — but here the union has a distinct Floridian flair.
• Let’s Play Recipe Matchmaker. Tanya Sichynsky, an editor at New York Times Cooking, pairs reader requests with database recipes.
• A Few Simple Tricks Yield the Most Tender Pancakes. Genevieve Ko whips ricotta into the batter and skips the stiff egg whites for a recipe that’s as effortless as it is comforting.
• This Scottish Chicken Soup Is Its Own Kind of Medicine. Rich with chicken, leeks and prunes, this cock-a-leekie soup from Melissa Clark is a penicillin of a different order.
• Restaurants to Customers: Don’t Call Us, We Won’t Call You. When restaurants abandon their phone lines, it can make the lives of employees easier but leave diners confused and frustrated — or relieved.
• The Accidental Vegetarian. Vegetable-centric meals aren’t just delicious; they’re also incredibly well suited for weeknight cooking.
• What to Cook This Weekend. For the ambitious, a transporting Vietnamese breakfast curry. For the exhausted, lots of easy recipes.
• 8 Lunar New Year Recipes for Good Times Ahead. Traditional dishes often symbolize better luck for the future — and they promise a satisfying meal here and now.
• The Best Veggie Burgers Are Made With Vegetables. Patties made with black beans, tofu, mushrooms or a combination are infinitely more delicious than plant-based meat substitutes.
• Air Fry a Cheesecake. Chicken Parmesan, garlicky brussels sprouts and more recipes for the beloved countertop appliance.
• New York Restaurant Won’t Face City Scrutiny for Admitting Sarah Palin. Elio’s let the former Alaska governor eat indoors despite a city rule that it ask for proof she was vaccinated. She wasn’t.
• Mena, From Victoria Blamey, Opens in TriBeCa. A second location of a Middle Eastern favorite, a wine bar in the basement of Peasant, and more restaurant news.
• How the Air Fryer Crisped Its Way Into America’s Heart. Though the device is sold as a way to make foods crunchy without deep-frying, home cooks have put it to countless other uses — and fed a billion-dollar business.
• 4 of the Best Veggie Burgers in Los Angeles. For classic plant-based burgers made with mushrooms, beets and the like, Tejal Rao recommends these restaurants.
• Sarah Palin, who is unvaccinated, recently dined indoors in New York City before testing positive. Elio’s, an Upper East Side celebrity haunt, confirms that it let her in despite a city requirement that all indoor guests show proof of vaccination. Ms. Palin tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday.
• These Bubblies From Copenhagen Are Low A.B.V. Copenhagen Sparkling Tea Company’s lineup of teas contain little to no alcohol and pair nicely with all manner of foods.
• A Gem for Gluten-Free Croissants Moves to a Bigger Space. Noglu, on the Upper East Side, expands to a new ground-floor location with triple the seats in Carnegie Hill.
• The Plush Side of Sour Cream. Vermont Creamery’s first sour creams are suitable for dipping in flavors like onion and chive or cilantro lime.
• Everything You Need to Bake a Valentine’s Day Treat. Handstand Kitchen offers a new decorating kit with tools and recipes for cookies and cupcakes.
• Recipes for Tet From Red Boat’s Founder. Cuong Pham, the founder of Red Boat fish sauce, has a new cookbook with recipes for the Lunar New Year, and more.
• Frozen Citrus Desserts That Are Not Sorbet. Morgenstern’s has incorporated citrus into four new ice creams.
• Taqueria Ramírez Brings a Mexico City Specialty to Brooklyn. A cut of beef little known in the United States emerges from a meat hot tub in Greenpoint to make a smooth, tender taco.
• A Taco Shop with Flavors from Mexico’s Capital. Suadero, tripa and other taco fillings popular in Mexico City are the focus of a new restaurant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
• In Los Angeles, Veggie Burgers With Real Veggies Still Appeal. Synthetic meat imitations are widely available, but our critic still loves a classic plant patty.
• Cooking for the Lunar New Year. Stir-fried noodles, nian gao and more recipes for the holiday.
• A (Very Late) Christmas Dinner. Let nothing stop you from making a festive dinner of ham and scalloped potatoes on any old Sunday.

Wine, Beer & Cocktails

• The Best Wine Glass for Any Occasion: Our Critic Reviews 5 New Contenders. Each turns holding and swirling a goblet into a rare and sensual pleasure. But how do they differ when it comes to experiencing the wine?

Style

• Is a Bonnet the Trendiest Way to Stay Warm This Winter? A reader seeks guidance on shopping for cold-weather hats.
• Love Letter: When It’s Too Good to Be True. “He seemed to adore me, almost instantly.”
• She Interviews Celebrities Before School. And She’s Only 11. Jazlyn Guerra, who goes by Jazzy, has bantered with Alicia Keys, Tom Holland and Jay-Z.
• Karen Pittman Isn’t the New Samantha. The actress, who stars in “And Just Like That,” finds peace at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
• How Prabal Gurung Plans to Fall in Love This Year. Also, Bevy Smith and Marina Rust share where they have hunkered down this winter.
• Trading Excess for Intimacy. Valentino and Fendi explore the canons of couture while Glenn Martens makes a superb debut at Gaultier.
• Yves Saint Laurent Takes Paris. For the first time, one designer’s work is being showcased — simultaneously — at five major French museums.
• A Broadway Couple Says ‘I Do’ to Great Applause. Bryan Terrell Clark, an actor, and Devario Simmons, a costume designer, had a common bond in challenging upbringings. Their relationship was the opposite.
• What He Hadn’t Told Me. We met on a dating app, where his profile lacked a few crucial details.
• Holding on Through Tragedy After Tragedy. Despite differing backgrounds and work schedules — and a series of losses early in their relationship — Rachel Seals and Elliott Averett never bailed on one another.
• For Them, It Was Love and Baseball. Jonathan Cottrell and Erik Braverman met over piña coladas in Mexico and married at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
• I Lied About My Degree to Get a Job. How Do I Come Clean? A reader who didn’t finish college seeks advice about honesty.
• Helen, With the Gold Teeth. Ms. Harris makes intricate, stylized grills using a network of vendors in New York City’s diamond district.
• The Hot New Thing in Dating? Actually Going on Dates. Long, aimless conversations on apps have led fatigued singles back to the basics: meeting IRL.
• ‘Jeopardy!’ Hasn’t Had a Player Like Amy Schneider. The most successful woman to compete on the show can finally celebrate her 40-day winning streak. And the money.
• Paris Couture Week: Reporter’s Notebook. Here’s what I saw at the Schiaparelli show.
• Can Hugo Boss Actually Be Cool? The brand built by selling Wall Street suits is trying to reinvent itself for the post-office age.
• Fashion Dispenses a Happy Little Pill. After two years of pandemic limbo, the men’s shows in Paris offered up a mood elevator.
• Requiem for Party Dresses Lost. The return never quite happened. So what do we wear now? Schiaparelli, Chanel and Dior grapple gorgeously with the question.
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘An Invitation to His Bed’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
• Cannabis Events Come Out of Hiding in New York City. As New Yorkers wait for marijuana sales to be legalized, some small businesses are putting down roots.
• Thierry Mugler, Genre-Busting French Fashion Designer, Dies at 73. The dominatrix-loving couturier turned sex into a style weapon.
• Beholder of Beauty. André Leon Talley was the last great editor of a lost era.
• André Leon Talley in His Own Words. “We’re living in such a vulgar age!,” the unfiltered fashion editor once said.
• André, by Bill. Two of fashion’s greats, André Leon Talley and Bill Cunningham, were wonderful foils for each other.
• The Designer Bringing a New Kind of Cool to Kenzo. Nigo, the Japanese street wear king, is joining the luxury world and taking on “the greatest challenge” of his career.
• Oh, By the Way: I Had a Baby. The pandemic has offered some women a choice they never had before: to keep their pregnancies secret til the very end.
• André Leon Talley: Mentor in Chief. He was famous for his larger-than-life persona, but a lesser-known fact was that he took a select few under his wing and guided their careers.

Love

• A Company Bus Ride Set Their Romance in Motion. Stephanie Quintero and Eric Wall found instant attraction when they met while en route to a work conference, but took months to formalize a relationship.

Magazine

• The Ticking Clock for Miami's Condo Empire. Last summer’s collapse in Surfside, Fla., exposed a startling truth: There are thousands of aging condo buildings that could be next — and few steps being taken to prevent another tragedy.
• The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon. A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying to ban.
• Fish Sauce Is Good for Just About Everything. Put it in pasta, stews or this thick, creamy coconut curry from Vietnam.
• Poem: Self-Portrait With Father. A heartbreaking ending points to the selective memory of trauma.
• Judge John Hodgman on the Inefficient Goodbye Kiss. A married couple disagree on how to leave for work.
• To Hell and Back, Then to CNN. Once an ordinary citizen stumbles into the culture war, it can be hard to get back out. Just ask Michael Fanone.
• Counting Covid-19 Cases Doesn’t Capture the Pandemic’s Impact. There’s virtually no aspect of our lives that the pandemic hasn’t changed. We’re just starting to understand some of the data on public health.
• A Historic Verdict, and a New Front in the Global Fight for Human Rights. The first time anyone from the Syrian regime is judged guilty of its crimes is in a German court. What justice does it bring to Syrians?
• Can I Reveal a Colleague’s Covid Diagnosis? The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to keep a coworker’s illness confidential, outing an unvaccinated colleague — and more.
• How to Get Through a Power Outage. Be proactive before things go dark. Never use a gas stove or oven as an indoor heater.
• Are Better Things Coming? Inshallah. Whatever language you speak, “inshallah” can bring you hope.
• The Tao of Wee Man. His world was radically altered by “Jackass.” But now, Jason Acuña has harnessed his fame to live the life of his dreams.
• Temple Grandin Wants Us to Think Differently About Kids Who Think Differently. The author, scientist and Colorado State University professor is as responsible as anyone for broadening our understanding of autism.

T Magazine

• Rochelle Feinstein Makes Work That Is Purposefully Hard to Define. Ahead of a major five-city show, the artist reflects on the evolution of her practice and her distrust of Amazon.
• The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week. Sustainable Thai takeout, a new gallery space in Reykjavik — and more.
• The Artists Behind the Ribbon-Filled Set of Loewe’s Men’s Show. Joe McShea and Edgar Mosa first caught the attention of Jonathan Anderson with their flag installations on Fire Island. Then they flew to Paris to make something new.
• In New Orleans, a White Picket Fence That’s Seen Better Days. Having come upon a broken-down partition on a walk, Willie Birch decided to paint what he saw: a fitting metaphor for his city and the country as a whole.

Travel

• Will There Be Mardi Gras? Yes. And Coachella, too. After canceling many major events over the last two years, organizers are going forward in the first months of 2022, though there may be adjustments.
• Why Is Everyone Going to the Dominican Republic? The country is a rare pandemic success story, with recent visitor numbers far surpassing those of most other Caribbean destinations. Easy entry rules are a draw, but some residents are uneasy.
• Architecture, in Abstract: Quiz No. 2. Can you identify the cities where these abstract architectural photographs were taken?
• For Skiers, a Winter of Discontent. With resorts having trouble hiring and employees calling out sick, visitors have been frustrated by idled lifts, limited services and closed terrain. Some of the biggest complaints have come from Epic Pass holders.
• Can a New Line of Work Help Save These Wild Welsh Ponies? A longstanding source of local pride and affection, Welsh mountain ponies have seen many of their traditional roles vanish. A new initiative aims to ensure their continued survival.

At Home

• A Change of Address. This isn’t goodbye.
• This Winter’s Comfort Foods. What we’re eating.

Real Estate

• Another Resale at 220 Central Park South Lands in the Record Book. The $188 million resale of a duplex is the second-highest price paid for a home in New York City, and leads a busy month for residential sales.
• A New Generation of Influencers Has Discovered D.I.Y. on a Tiny Budget. With enough spray paint, hot glue and successful thrift-store runs, almost any space can look like it belongs on the internet.
• In the Bronx, a Push to Save Cass Gilbert’s Train Stations. Two of the stations designed by the famed architect more than 100 years ago for the old ‘Consolidated’ railroad have a chance to be transformed for new uses.
• Cass Gilbert’s Abandoned Train Stations. Local groups are hoping to rejuvenate two historic train halls that have been off limits for decades.
• How Are People Spending Their Home-Equity Loans? A study reveals the most popular plans for home equity dollars in large U.S. metro areas.
• Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey. This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Bronxville, N.Y., and a three-bedroom in Upper Freehold, N.J.
• Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan. This week’s properties are in Harlem, Greenwich Village and Park Slope.
• On the Market in the New York Region. This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Eastchester, N.Y., and a three-bedroom in Upper Freehold, N.J.
• On the Market in New York City. This week’s properties are in Park Slope, Greenwich Village and Harlem.
• Do I Really Need a Toilet? And other questions you can’t believe you ask yourself when you’re looking for an apartment in New York.
• They Bought a Bay Area House Sight Unseen. Which of These Would You Have Chosen? With three children and a fourth on the way, a young couple planned a return to their home state of California — but did most of their searching from Denver. Here’s what they saw.
• House Hunting in France: A Diamond in the Rough Near the Basque Coast. In the seaside resort town of Biarritz, home buyers are skewing younger as families replace tourists, further crowding an already teeming market.
• Nine Bedrooms in the French Southwest. This nine-bedroom, Neo Basque-style villa, built in 1920 in the French seaside resort of Biarritz, is on the market for $5.6 million.
• $2 Million Homes in California, Illinois and Kentucky. An 1892 Queen Anne in Alameda, an Arts and Crafts house in Kenilworth and a Classical Revival-style home in Prospect.
• What You Get for $2 Million in California. An 1892 Queen Anne in Alameda, Calif.; an Arts and Crafts house in Kenilworth, Ill.; and a Classical Revival-style home in Prospect, Ky.
• Robbinsville, N.J.: A Diverse Community ‘at the Center of It All’ The Mercer County township in the middle of the state is growing rapidly, but there’s still plenty of open space.
• Living In ... Robbinsville, N.J. The Mercer County township in the middle of the state is growing rapidly, but there’s still plenty of green space.
• They Broke Up With Two Architects Before Finding the Right One. ‘It’s like going through bad relationships,’ said an owner of the 1975 Bay Area home. ‘The house needed an architect who wasn’t so driven by ego.’
• A Bay Area Renovation With a Light Touch. “The house needed an architect who wasn’t so driven by ego,” said an owner of the 1975 Bay Area home, which was in need of an update.
• $900,000 Homes in California. A two-bedroom cottage in Pasadena, a Craftsman bungalow in Oakland and a 1942 ranch house in Napa.
• What You Get for $900,000 in California. A two-bedroom cottage in Pasadena, a Craftsman bungalow in Oakland and a 1942 ranch house in Napa.
• Shopping for Side Tables. Small but essential, they personalize a room. And you need somewhere to put that cup of coffee.
• Homes That Sold for Around $1.4 Million. Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.
• The Noise From Downstairs Is Terrible. Should I Sue the Landlord? You have a right to the quiet enjoyment of your home, but lawsuits come with their own headaches. And there’s always room for negotiation.

Health

• Dr. Johan Hultin Dies at 97; His Work Helped Isolate 1918 Flu Virus. His discovery in the 1950s of a frozen victim of the pandemic, in Alaska, gave scientists the opportunity to map the virus’s genetic material.
• Third shots reduce the risk of hospitalization in people with weak immune systems, a C.D.C. report says. Many produce fewer antibodies in response to a vaccination or an infection, leaving them susceptible to the virus and to higher risks of serious illness.
• Yes, Omicron Is Loosening Its Hold. But the Pandemic Has Not Ended. With spotty immunity in the population and a churn of new variants, the coronavirus is likely to become a persistent but hopefully manageable threat.
• Moderna begins a study of a booster designed to counter Omicron. The study comes as the company released data suggesting the protection its current booster shot provides against Omicron infections likely fades over six months.
• An Israeli study finds a slightly higher-than-expected rate of heart problems in vaccinated boys. Myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, occurred in 1 of 12,361 boys aged 12 to 15 within a week of receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, researchers found.
• New Research Hints at 4 Factors That May Increase Chances of Long Covid. If further study confirms the findings, they could lead to ways to prevent and treat the complex condition.
• Rich Countries Lure Health Workers From Low-Income Nations to Fight Shortages. Huge pay incentives and immigration fast-tracks are leading many to leave countries whose health systems urgently need their expertise.
• Fauci cautions against overconfidence but says the U.S. wave looks like it’s ‘going in the right direction.’ Dr. Anthony S. Fauci did say that there “may be a bit more pain and suffering with hospitalizations in those areas of the country” with lower vaccination rates.
• A Shrinking Band of Southern Nurses, Neck-Deep in Another Covid Wave. The exodus of medical workers during the pandemic has been especially brutal for the small, nonprofit safety-net hospitals where millions of Americans seek care.
• Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry. Challenging a policy that limited survivor’s benefits to married couples, even though some couples were legally barred from marriage, took years.
• As Omicron Crests, Booster Shots Are Keeping Americans Out of Hospitals. Extra vaccine doses were expected to lower infection rates. But the shots also seem to be preventing severe illness caused by the new variant, the C.D.C. reported.

Well

• Walking Just 10 Minutes a Day May Lead to a Longer Life. Ten minutes of moderate exercise daily would prevent more than 111,000 premature deaths a year, a new analysis found.

Eat

• The Best Brain Foods You’re Not Eating. For this week’s Eat Well Challenge, try some new foods that have been linked with improving your mood.

Family

• Some Baby Formulas Are Out of Stock. Here’s How to Handle the Shortage. Parents are worried, but experts say you can still keep your baby fed and nourished.

Live

• How Long Can I Keep Wearing the Same Respirator Mask? With the right care, your high-performance mask can last for multiple uses.
• Take This Hot Flash and Shove It! Hot flashes, mood swings and other signs of menopause can cause women to quit their jobs. Here’s how some handle symptoms while working.
• Weekly Health Quiz: Foods, Sleep and Brain Health . Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
• Do Neti Pots Really Work? Nasal rinsing has been used for thousands of years to relieve sinus inflammation, congestion, allergy symptoms and more. Here’s what the evidence says.

Mind

• After a Mastectomy, Moving Between Gratitude and Grief. Getting diagnosed with a breast cancer gene mutation at 32 was a gift, but left room for disappointment too.
• Why Does Alcohol Mess With My Sleep? Tips for getting a better night’s rest when your evening plans include drinking.
• Cataract Surgery May Reduce Your Dementia Risk. Older adults who had cataract removal to restore their vision had a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

Move

• Be Here Now: How to Exercise Mindfully. Bringing meditation into your movement can enrich your workout and help you feel clearheaded afterward.
• How to Start Working Out. Ways to start — and stick with — a fitness routine

Smarter Living

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• How to Clean Stainless Steel Pans. A little elbow grease and baking soda go a long way.

Times Insider

• Molly Young Is Thinking About Buying a Wheelbarrow. In an interview, the Times book critic discusses how she picks what to recommend and describes her reading life at home.
• A Legacy Lives On in Brooklyn. 90 years after its closure, a former New York Times printing plant now provides space for a new generation of journalists.

Today’s Paper

• Quotation of the Day: If G.D.P. Is Up, Why Do VotersFeel So Down? Quotation of the Day for Friday, January 28, 2022.
• Quotation of the Day: Battle Puts Global Focus on 700 Boys in Detention. Quotation of the Day for Thursday, January 27, 2022.
• Quotation of the Day: Democrats Shy From a Return To Strict Limits. Quotation of the Day for January 26, 2022.
• Quotation of the Day: Germany Vaccine Mandate Brings Together Unlikely Coalition of Protesters. Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
• Quotation of the Day: New Yorkers Reel From a Torrent of Sad News and Struggles. Quotation of the Day for Monday, January 24, 2022.
• Quotation of the Day: Did the Stimulus Fuel Inflation Rates? A Policy Debate Heats Up. Quotation of the Day for Sunday, January 23, 2022.
• Quotation of the Day: Ruling on Free Speech a Victory for Florida Professors. Quotation of the Day for Saturday, January 22, 2022.

Corrections

• Corrections: Jan. 28, 2022. Corrections that appeared in print on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
• Corrections: Jan. 27, 2022. Corrections that appeared in print on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022.
• Corrections: Jan. 26, 2022. Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022.
• Corrections: Jan. 25, 2022. Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022.
• No Corrections: Jan. 24, 2022. No corrections appeared in print on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022.
• Corrections: Jan. 23, 2022. Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022.
• Corrections: Jan. 22, 2022. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.

Crosswords & Games

• The Way We Talk About Climate Change Matters, Bill Nye Says. In Monday’s puzzle, “Nye” was the answer to the clue “Bill known as the ‘Science Guy.’”
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Variety: Acrostic. Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon want to know what’s for dinner. Is cereal OK with everyone?
• Like Many a Lemon. Jem Burch makes his second appearance in the New York Times Crossword.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Who Controls the Past Controls the Future. Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen double down.
• The Meaning and History of Memes. Internet culture is saturated with memes, but how would you explain a meme to someone who doesn’t get it?
• Progress Comes Only With Practice. The lessons my grandfather taught me while we solved crossword puzzles went well beyond putting letters in squares.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Site of a Legend. Michael Schlossberg’s puzzle is crystal clear.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Passionate Learners. Ray Brunsberg and Ellen Brunsberg make their playful debut.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Rises and Shines. John Guzzetta throws a touchdown with this puzzle.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Turns of Phrase. Nancy Stark and Will Nediger put the cart before the horse, but we’ll get where we’re going.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Words Read With Feeling. Daniel Okulitch returns to the weekend puzzle stage.

The Learning Network

• How Diverse Is Your School? Would you characterize your school as being diverse in terms of the racial and socioeconomic makeup of the student body?
• Local Celebrities. What notable figures live in your community?
• Word of the Day: fracas. This word has appeared in 37 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Film Club: ‘Think About the Beautiful Future Ahead’ What life lessons have you learned from your family? What will be your inheritance?
• What Students Are Saying About Rejection, Overcoming Fear and Their ‘Word of the Year’ Teenage comments in response to our recent writing prompts, and an invitation to join the ongoing conversation.
• What’s Going On in This Graph? | Feb. 2, 2022. The world is buying more and more smartphones, laptops and electric vehicles. A green-energy revolution is taking place. Will we have the rare metals necessary for all the technology products we need?
• How Excited Are You About the Metaverse? Is the metaverse our future? Would you like to live in “a richly animated, lifelike 3-D simulation”?
• Phone Booth in the Wilderness. Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
• Vocabulary in Context: N.F.L. Playoffs. Test your vocabulary and reading comprehension with this quiz based on the Times piece, "How Kansas City Won an Overtime Thriller."
• Word of the Day: incontrovertible. This word has appeared in 30 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Origin Story: How a Comics Reporter Uncovers Marvels. In a comic about reporting on comics, a Times journalist takes you through his process — from idea to pitch to research and writing.
• Weekly Accessible Learning Activities: Fictional Houses, Fascinating Animals, Favorite Technology. Each week we spotlight five student activities created for a broad range of learners based on reporting in The New York Times.
• Can Laziness Be a Good Thing? Do you ever sit around and do nothing? Do you feel bad about it, or is rest a priority in your life?
• Spoonfed. What do you think this image is communicating?
• Word of the Day: wherewithal. This word has appeared in 53 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Live Webinar: Teaching Science With The New York Times. Join us on Feb. 10 to hear how science educators find and use Times coverage to connect their subject areas to current events.
• Have You Ever Jumped Into Ice-Cold Water? Some people are drawn to cold-water swimming. They find it exhilarating, refreshing or even restorative. What do you think?
• Weekly News Quiz for Students: Ukraine Border, Viral Word Game, 5G. Have you been paying attention to the news recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
• Guilty Pleasures. What bad habits are you trying to stop?
• Word of the Day: kindle. This word has appeared in 35 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• How Much Do You Know About Saudi Arabia? Can you find Saudi Arabia on a map? What else do you know about this Middle Eastern nation with a population of 35 million people?
• What Are the Essential Foods to Eat Where You Live? Compile a list of the best local foods from your hometown.
• Word of the Day: baleful. This word has appeared in 14 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What’s Going On in This Picture? | Jan. 23, 2022. Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.

Lesson Plans

• Lesson of the Day: ‘How to Draw a Feeling’ In this lesson, students will learn how an illustrator created a visual representation of the word “languishing.” Then, they will illustrate emotions they have felt during the pandemic.
• Lesson of the Day: ‘Origin Story: How a Comics Reporter Uncovers Marvels’ In this lesson, students will read a comic about reporting on comics, and explore both the news literacy and the life lessons they find inside.
• Lesson of the Day: ‘Can the West Stop Russia From Invading Ukraine?’ In this lesson, students will learn about the unfolding conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and consider what is at stake for the rest of the world.
• Lesson of the Day: ‘When The Times First Says It, This Twitter Bot Tracks It’ In this lesson, students will consider what the @NYT_first_said account can tell us about the evolution of language.
• Lesson of the Day: ‘Inflation Has Arrived. Here’s What You Need to Know.’ U.S. inflation is at a 40-year high. In this lesson, students will learn about why prices rise or fall over time and what it means for the nation.

en Español

• ¿Cuánto tiempo puedo usar el mismo respirador N95, KN95 o KF94? Con los cuidados adecuados, tu mascarilla de alto rendimiento puede durar varios usos.
• Pegasus: esto aprendimos tras un año de investigar al programa espía más potente del mundo. Israel utilizó el arma cibernética del Grupo NSO como una herramienta de diplomacia. El FBI lo probó para vigilancia doméstica. Luego todo se estropeó. Aquí están las claves de una investigación del Times.
• ‘Esto no se termina con ómicron’: a pesar de que disminuyen las infecciones, la pandemia sigue. Debido a la inmunización irregular en las poblaciones y el surgimiento de nuevas variantes, es probable que el coronavirus se convierta en una amenaza persistente pero manejable.
• Cómo fue que la freidora de aire conquistó nuestros corazones. Aunque se vende como un aparato para lograr frituras casi sin aceite, la gente lo usa para hacer pasteles, galletas, ‘costillas’ de maíz y más. Es un negocio de mil millones de dólares.
• ¿Por qué cuando tomo alcohol duermo mal? La mayoría de los expertos están de acuerdo: beber afectará el modo en el que descansas, sin importar tu edad o sexo
• Tensa calma. Las claves de las tensiones entre Rusia y Ucrania, las 13 mutaciones de ómicron, un adicto a los Beatles se recupera y más para el fin de semana.
• ‘Luché tanto para nada’: una denuncia de acoso en la FIFA muestra el poder de los hombres en esa organización. Una investigación interna determinó que el jefe del programa FIFA Legends había incurrido en acciones de acoso sexual contra una subordinada en 2019. Sin embargo, la víctima aún no sabe si el hombre fue sancionado.
• Spotify y la controversia por el pódcast de Joe Rogan. A principios de mes, cientos de expertos y trabajadores de la salud pidieron a la plataforma que tomara medidas enérgicas contra la información falsa y mencionaron un episodio del pódcast de Rogan.
• ¿Amor a los árboles o exhibición de poder? El extraño parque de un oligarca. Un multimillonario ex primer ministro ha derribado y trasplantado decenas de árboles para un parque que despierta asombro y desconfianza en un pequeño país del Cáucaso.
• ‘¿Qué flores crecen, digamos, a partir de la tristeza?’: Silvana Estrada le canta al desamor. En ‘Marchita’, su álbum debut como solista, la cantautora mexicana pinta un tierno retrato del amor perdido en donde brillan su voz y el cuatro venezolano.
• Qué hacer cuando no quieres hacer ejercicio. Combina tus incentivos. Sé flexible. Consigue apoyo. Aquí tienes estrategias para conseguir —y mantener— la motivación.
• ‘Estos pacientes tienen un problema’: investigadores detectan cuatro factores que podrían desencadenar la covid prolongada. Si más estudios confirman los hallazgos, podrían originar nuevas formas de prevenir y tratar la compleja afección.
• Protestas en México por la violencia contra periodistas. El asesinato de Lourdes Maldonado López y otros dos trabajadores de la prensa han impulsado manifestaciones en decenas de ciudades en las que se reclama detener la violencia contra los periodistas.
• El profeta de los fichajes del fútbol. Fabrizio Romano ha convertido los rumores y los eslóganes en su sello personal. Pero ¿es un observador del multimillonario mercado de fichajes del fútbol o forma parte de esa industria?
• La crisis en Ucrania alarma al mundo. Su presidente pide mantener la calma. La postura del liderazgo ucraniano ha desconcertado a muchos, pero varios observadores consideran que después de ocho años de guerra, el país calcula los riesgos de manera diferente.
• La ley de aborto en Estados Unidos y sus peculiaridades frente al resto del mundo. Hay una tendencia mundial de ampliar la legislación para interrumpir el embarazo. Estados Unidos, que espera el fallo del caso Roe contra Wade, podría ser una anomalía.
• Una extraña alianza surge en Alemania: movimientos de izquierda y derecha se unen contra las vacunas. La propuesta de imponer la vacunación obligatoria impulsa una serie de manifestaciones que atrae sectores tan diversos como los naturalistas, neonazis y ciudadanos comunes.
• La evolución radical de la variante ómicron. De las mutaciones de ómicron, 13 debían haber perjudicado sus posibilidades de supervivencia. En lugar de eso, se combinaron para que prosperara.
• Bebidas con beneficios: ¿de verdad funcionan? Hay un nuevo mercado de bebidas que prometen beneficios como la salud intestinal, una mente relajada y piel más brillante. El problema es que ninguno de esos efectos ha sido respaldado científicamente.
• Elogio de la pereza. Consejo de un rabino, derrame petrolero en Perú, una infección de ómicron en gráficos y más para estar al día.
• Olimpiadas en China: Xi Jinping está organizando los juegos con sus propias reglas. Desde la inesperada postulación de Pekín hasta la pandemia del coronavirus, China ha logrado cumplir sus promesas y amedrentado a sus críticos.
• ¿Qué tienen que ver los videojuegos con el metaverso? Las compañías tecnológicas creen que los videojuegos son el camino para avanzar más rápido hacia un internet inmersivo. La adquisición de Activision Blizzard por Microsoft es una muestra de esta tendencia.
• Siete opciones para alimentar a tu cerebro. Para el desafío de esta semana, prueba algunos alimentos que se han relacionado con la mejora del estado de ánimo.
• ¿Por qué los hombres tienen más probabilidades de morir por COVID-19? Es complicado. En Estados Unidos, la diferencia por sexo en las tasas de mortalidad por covid varía mucho de un estado a otro, lo que sugiere que el comportamiento, al igual que la biología, es un factor que explica la brecha.
• Así es como el ejercicio puede controlar nuestra ansiedad. Los corredores de esquí de fondo son menos propensos a desarrollar trastornos de ansiedad. La buena noticia es que las actividades aeróbicas menos intensas pueden proporcionar beneficios similares.
• Un ejecutivo de Nike busca el perdón de una familia por un asesinato que cometió en 1965. Barbara Mack abrazó a Larry Miller después de que este se disculpara por haber matado a su hermano, Edward David White. Pero si fuera 30 años más joven, le dijo, “habría saltado por encima de la mesa para golpearte”.
• ‘Básicamente somos guardias de centro comercial’: frustración y cuestionamientos a una misión fronteriza. El gobernador Abbott desplegó miles de efectivos de la Guardia Nacional de Texas en la frontera con México. Los soldados se quejan de las dificultades y de una labor que parece no tener rumbo.
• Los Ángeles, gloriosa capital del sushi. Pocos lugares fuera de Japón pueden igualar la variedad, la maestría y la creatividad que se sirve en las innumerables barras de sushi de la ciudad.`
• ¿Quién entregó a la familia de Ana Frank? Hay una nueva teoría. Es controversial. Un nuevo libro identifica a un sospechoso de delatar a la familia Frank a la administración nazi. Ahora que expertos e historiadores han tenido tiempo de revisar la investigación, muchos dudan de los métodos y la conclusión.
• Cinco estupendas opciones de sushi en Los Ángeles. En la ciudad abundan los restaurantes donde se despliega estilo y destreza. Estos son algunos de los favoritos de la crítica Tejal Rao.
• Tuvimos un divorcio amable y seguimos viviendo en la misma casa. Cuando el final de un matrimonio significa vivir en pisos separados de la misma residencia.
• Defender Chernóbil en una invasión no vale la pena, dicen algunos ucranianos. Ucrania ha iniciado una estrategia defensiva para la Zona de Exclusión de Chernóbil, uno de los lugares más radiactivos de la Tierra, que se encuentra en el camino más corto entre Rusia y la capital de Ucrania, Kiev.
• Zara Rutherford, la mujer más joven en darle la vuelta al mundo. Cuando la adolescente aterrizó el jueves, se convirtió en la mujer más joven en circunnavegar el mundo en solitario. “Me alegra poder estar en el mismo lugar por unos meses”, dijo.
• ‘El petróleo va a estar meses en el mar’: un derrame de crudo, ocasionado por el tsunami, arrasa la costa peruana. El derrame, que inicialmente se dijo que era de siete barriles, resultó ser de 6000 según indicó el Ministerio del Ambiente. El gobierno peruano ha comenzado a pedir ayuda internacional.

Negocios

• ¿Por qué ha causado tanto alboroto el metaverso? Microsoft dijo que pagó 68.700 millones de dólares por una empresa de videojuegos para fortalecer su posición en el metaverso. Veamos qué significa esto en realidad.

Opinión

• A Putin le salió mal la jugada con Ucrania. Atrapado entre el conflicto armado y una humillante retirada, el presidente de Rusia tiene cada vez menos alternativas.
• Tenemos que dejar de tratar a las adicciones como un delito. Y hay una alternativa. Oregón despenalizó la posesión de drogas para uso personal y es el primer estado de EE. UU. que pone en práctica un nuevo enfoque sobre la adicción que ha dado resultados alentadores en Portugal.
• El coronavirus no va a desaparecer. China debería entenderlo. La nación más poblada del planeta, que será sede de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno, ha optado por una política de “cero covid”. Es una estrategia condenada al fracaso.
• El día que renuncié a los Beatles. Estaba obsesionado con el cuarteto de Liverpool: celebraba sus cumpleaños, leía todo sobre la banda y memoricé todas sus canciones. Cuando me desintoxiqué de ellos descubrí un nuevo mundo musical.
• La muerte cambió mi vida. Por fuera parecía tener éxito, pero por dentro sentía que me ahogaba. Cuando murió mi hermano, tuve que replantearme todo.
• Habrá otra variante del coronavirus. El mundo debe estar preparado. Es imposible que un solo país acabe con la pandemia de COVID-19 por su cuenta: debemos actuar globalmente siguiendo estas medidas.
• Quiero que mi hijo aprenda a ser perezoso. El mundo está en llamas; el descanso ayudará a apagarlas.

The New York Times Presents

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