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U.S.

• The Road to a Supreme Court Clerkship Starts at Three Ivy League Colleges. The chances of obtaining a coveted clerkship, a new study found, increase sharply with undergraduate degrees from Harvard, Yale or Princeton.
• North Carolina Court to Rehear 2 Major Voting Cases. The court’s new majority will rehear two major voting rights cases decided two months ago. The rare move heightens the debate over partisan influences on state courts.
• In Texas, a City’s Recovery From an Icy Storm Is Slow and Spotty. More than 30,000 customers did not have power on Sunday night. Officials said downed trees and power lines were responsible for persistent outages.
• Planes Narrowly Avoid Collision on Austin Airport Runway. A FedEx cargo plane had to abort its landing after a departing Southwest Airlines flight was cleared to use the same runway, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
• A Patient Declared Dead Is Found in a Body Bag Gasping for Air. A 66-year-old woman was taken to a funeral home, where workers discovered her chest moving, a report said. An Alzheimer’s care center in Iowa that declared her dead was fined $10,000.
• Skull Found in Alaska Linked To Man Missing Since 1976. Alaskan investigators used genetic testing and genealogy to connect a skull found in 1997 to a Clay, N.Y., man who had been missing for decades. Officials believe the man was likely mauled by a bear.
• China says the U.S. overreacted and warns Beijing may respond.
• China’s spy balloon drifted for 7 days across the U.S.: A Timeline. The balloon brought Americans out to squint at the sky, caused a diplomatic visit to be canceled and opened a political debate.
• Here’s the latest on the balloon that was downed.
• Man Accused of Firing Blank Rounds Inside a Synagogue, Police Say. The man, whose name was not released, also brandished a gun at a theater the day before the episode at the Schneerson Jewish Center in San Francisco, the police said.
• The Chinese spy balloon moved from Alaska to South Carolina, prompting fear, jokes and political debate.
• Train Derailment in Ohio Sparks Huge Fire and Prompts Evacuations. About 50 train cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, where officials were assessing whether the burning materials were hazardous. The governor issued an urgent evacuation notice on Sunday night.
• Large Fire Burns in Ohio After Derailment. A large fire sparked by a train derailment prompted an evacuation order in East Palestine, Ohio, a town near the Pennsylvania border.
• With Attacks, Grid Security Has Become A Concern. After recent attacks caused thousands of people to lose power in Washington State and North Carolina, experts and legislators are calling for tighter security. And the F.B.I. is offering rewards.
• Living in Nature’s Beauty but Often Trapped by Its Fury. The succession of storms last month that left some residents in that treasured region cut off from the rest of California is another reminder of the perils and adventure of Central Coast life.
• Memphis Unit Driven by Fists And Violence. Residents say the street crime unit was an intimidating and sometimes violent presence in the city. Five Scorpion officers are charged with murdering Tyre Nichols during an arrest.
• Survivors of the Monterey Park Shooting Dance On. Three survivors who narrowly escaped the mass shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, Calif., reflect on life after tragedy as their community returns to the dance floor.
• Two E.M.T.s Are Punished For Delaying Nichols’s Care. The board that regulates emergency medical technicians in Tennessee on Friday voted to suspend the licenses of the two E.M.T.s who arrived at the scene and failed to render aid.
• Two Men Arrested in Execution-Style Killings of a Family in California. The brutal nature of the mass shooting, which included the murder of an innocent young mother and her infant, shocked the nation.
• On the Ground, Suspicion And Quite a Few Questions. A Chinese balloon has been raising a lot of questions for people who live under its path. “I did see it, and it should have been shot,” said a barbecue chef in Billings, Mont.
• Officers Will Not Face Charges in Fatal Ohio Shooting, Prosecutor Says. Relatives of Joe Frasure Jr. said he had been cleaning out his grandmother’s apartment when officers responded to a burglary call.
• Bodies of 3 Men Are Found After They Disappeared in Detroit. They were discovered at an abandoned building 12 days after the men were supposed to meet at a rap show. The police called their deaths homicides but said the cause and motive were still unknown.
• U.S. Considers Lifting Protections for Grizzly Bears Near Two National Parks. Federal wildlife officials will begin a yearlong study in response to “substantial information” showing that grizzly populations had improved.
• A Brief History of Spying With Balloons. A Chinese balloon seen floating over the northwestern United States this week was a reminder of how governments have used balloons for reconnaissance for more than a century.
• Memphis Reels From Wounds It Cannot Heal. Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating took its place on a roster of traumatic events that have helped shape the story of Memphis as much as its world-famous musical innovations.
• High-Altitude Balloon Spotted Flying Over Montana. A high-altitude balloon was filmed by a resident in Billings, Mont. The Pentagon has not confirmed that the balloon seen in the video is the one it identified as being from China.
• At Dallas Zoo, ‘One Gut Punch After Another’ in the Case of the Missing Animals. The brazenness of the thefts brought international attention and a range of whodunit theories. The police charged a 24-year-old local man in connection with the disappearances.
• Readers Share Their Favorite California Travel Tips. Perhaps they’ll provide inspiration for your next trip.
• Influx of New Residents Creates Housing Crunch in Maine. New arrivals over the last few years have fueled hopes of population growth, but workers increasingly struggle to find housing in a market gone wild.
• Debate on Term Limits Is Back, Most Likely for a Limited Time. Similar proposals to restrict lawmakers’ tenures that the party pushed in the 1990s went nowhere. In this new Congress, the result is likely to be the same.
• Man Paid $20,000 in Bitcoin in Failed Attempt to Have 14-Year-Old Killed, U.S. Says. John Michael Musbach, 31, of Haddonfield, N.J., tried to hire a hit man to kill a child with whom he had exchanged sexually explicit photos, federal prosecutors said.
• Actress and Hairdresser Took $3 Million From Malibu Doctor, Prosecutors Say. They feigned friendship, moving into the ailing doctor’s beachfront home and giving him drugs, while they spent his money, according to the federal indictment. Both face a range of charges.
• Northeast Is Bracing for What May Be the Worst Wind Chill in Decades. Forecasters say a dangerous cold will grip parts of the region on Friday and into Saturday.
• Congress Widens Its Investigation of Junior R.O.T.C.’s Practices. Senators said they were “disturbed” by reports that schools were automatically enrolling students into the military program. Lawmakers are also examining other issues.
• Man Killed by Memphis Police Shot Officer, Authorities Say. The officer was taken to a hospital in “extremely critical” condition, the department said. The Memphis police have been under intense scrutiny after the death of Tyre Nichols.
• Former High-Profile Lawyer Is Charged With Embezzling More Than $18 Million. Tom Girardi, who was part of the legal team representing the environmental activist Erin Brockovich, was indicted in two states on charges that he stole from clients, prosecutors said.
• California Will End Its Covid State of Emergency This Month. The orders that give the governor wider powers to fight the virus are set to expire on Feb. 28.
• How to Forge Shells for Ukraine's Artillery. At factories in Pennsylvania and Iowa, steel shells are formed in 2,000-degree furnaces and filled with explosives — offering Kyiv a lifeline of ammunition.
• Curriculum Dispenses With Black Lives Matter and Barely Mentions Reparations. A guide to some changes in the curriculum, and how the new course differs from standard treatments of Black history in American high schools.
• Oregon Man Wanted in Torture of Woman Killed 2 People, Police Say. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, who had eluded the authorities for a week, fatally shot himself on Tuesday night during a standoff with the police in Grants Pass, Ore., officials said.
• Relatives said Tyre Nichols’s funeral was ‘just the beginning’ of their advocacy.
• A major police reform bill is back in the spotlight. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which targeted racial bias and use of force, stalled in Congress during President Biden’s first year in office.
• At Tyre Nichols’s Funeral, Vice President Kamala Harris Calls on Congress to Act. “You have been extraordinary in terms of your strength, your courage and your grace,” she said to his mother and stepfather.
• Ben Crump has represented the families of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and more. The civil rights lawyer has become a part of the fabric of the response to police killings in America, representing the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown and more.
• Ben Crump has represented the families of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and more. The killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a suburb of Orlando, Fla., catapulted Mr. Crump into the spotlight.
• Data shows racial disparities in the use of force by Memphis police officers. Black residents experience police force at nearly three times the rate of white residents, according to city statistics.
• Al Sharpton again stands at the pulpit after a death involving the police. The Rev. Al Sharpton has delivered remarks at other prominent funerals of Black victims of police violence, including of George Floyd, whose 2020 death in Minneapolis sparked national protests.
• The pastor who is presiding over Tyre Nichols’s funeral has called for healing, and for justice.
• From Sacramento to Memphis, Tyre Nichols cut his own path.
• Gunman Kills Metro Worker In Washington. The employee was killed while trying to protect a customer from a gunman who had confronted people on a bus and then in a Metro station, officials said. Three others were injured.
• The killing of Tyre Nichols echoes other deadly traffic stops analyzed by The Times.
• Here’s what the video footage of police officers beating Mr. Nichols shows.
• Under Pressure, Board Revises A.P. African American Course. The official course looks different from a previous draft: No more critical race theory, and the study of contemporary topics — like Black Lives Matter — is optional.
• More Than 500,000 Acres of Public Land in California Are Inaccessible to the Public. Until recently, the existence of these lands was largely unknown.
• At Nichols Funeral, Grief and Outrage Fuel a Sense of Mission. His death after he was beaten by the police inspired anger and sorrow across the country. His family remembers him as a “beautiful soul.”
• Video System, Criticized by Residents, Gave Unflinching View of Beating. A SkyCop camera in Memphis provided overhead footage that was instrumental in shaping the public’s understanding of what unfolded.
• Aspiring Rapper and 2 Friends Disappeared After Canceled Detroit Show. Missing persons and homicide units in Michigan are investigating what happened to the three men, who haven’t been heard from since Jan. 21.
• Coach Who Posed as a High School Player in Virginia Causes Season’s Forfeit. The Portsmouth Public Schools received a report last week that an assistant coach had played in a girls’ junior varsity basketball game on Jan. 21. The team decided not to go forward with the season.
• 2 Monkeys Taken From Dallas Zoo Are Found at an Empty Home. The emperor tamarin monkeys were reported missing on Monday, the latest bizarre incident at the zoo this month. After getting a tip, the police found them on Tuesday in a closet at a home 15 miles away.
• 2 of Officers Accused of Killing Nichols Had Been Reprimanded After Using Force. Four officers charged in Tyre Nichols’s death had been disciplined previously, including two who had failed to report using force during arrests.
• DeSantis Takes On Florida’s Education Establishment, and Builds His Brand. A proposal by Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida to overhaul higher education would mandate courses in Western civilization, eliminate diversity programs and reduce the protections of tenure.
• Air Force Pushes Back Over Planned Chinese Mill in North Dakota. A proposal for a corn mill, which had been welcomed as an economic development success, reflects just how much things have changed with Chinese investment proposals in the U.S.
• At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties. The chief justice’s wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, has made millions in her career recruiting lawyers to prominent law firms, some of which have business before the court. Now, a letter sent to Congress claims that may present a conflict of interest...
• D.C. Employee to Face Murder Charge in Shooting of 13-Year-Old. Jason Lewis turned himself in to the police to face a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death this month of the teenager, Karon Blake, the authorities said.
• How Colorado River Cuts Could Affect California. No other state gets more water from the dwindling river than California does.
• Millions Across the South Brace for Several Rounds of Ice and Sleet. More than 1,700 flights were canceled in the United States on Tuesday, mostly in Texas, where at least two people were killed in traffic crashes.
• 2 Monkeys Are Apparently Taken From Dallas Zoo in Latest Bizarre Incident. The emperor tamarin monkeys were reported missing on Monday, the latest among several unexplained episodes that have led to the death of one animal and left others free to escape.
• Man Who Drove Family Off Cliff in Tesla Is Charged With Attempted Murder. Dharmesh A. Patel, 41, intentionally crashed the car carrying his wife and two children, the authorities said, leading to a dramatic rescue. He has been charged with three counts of attempted murder, court records show.
• Official Report Doesn’t Match Body Cameras. The police report was the latest instance in which video evidence offered a starkly different account of police violence than what officers had reported themselves.
• Two More From Force Face Scrutiny After Death. One officer, Preston Hemphill, used a stun gun that hit Mr. Nichols in the torso, according to a police report on the incident.
• Do You Work in Aviation? We Want to Hear Your Story. After a chaotic few months of air travel in the United States, we want to learn more about the experiences of people working in aviation.
• Language, Opening the Door for Connection. A conversation with the Times video journalist Isabelle Qian.

Politics

• Kamala Harris Is Trying to Define Her Vice Presidency. Even Her Allies Are Tired of Waiting. Ms. Harris is struggling to carve out a lane for herself in what may be one of the most consequential periods in the vice presidency.
• 3 Races for Governor to Watch This Year. A trio of races in the South will provide a preliminary under-the-radar test of the 2024 presidential election — and further gauge Donald Trump’s clout.
• An Intruder in the Sky. Superpowers on Edge. But It’s 1960, Not 2023. The Chinese balloon saga is reminiscent of the U-2 spy plane incident that provoked a tense confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• Balloon Incident Reveals More Than Spying as Competition With China Intensifies. There is nothing new about superpowers spying on one another, even from balloons. But for pure gall, there was something different this time.
• For Biden, a Chance For a Fresh Start Amid Deep Divisions. The president plans to use his first State of the Union address since Republicans took control of the House to call for bipartisan cooperation. Neither he nor many others expect that to happen.
• Diplomatic Ties Strained Over Downed Spy Balloon. The effort off the coast of South Carolina is expected to take days, and Navy and Coast Guard ships have been sent to the scene. U.S. officials are watching for retaliation from China.
• Taking Aim at Trump, Koch Network Will Back G.O.P. Primary Candidates. The move by the alliance of conservative donors could provide an enormous boost to a Republican alternative to the former president.
• As G.O.P. Rails Against Spending, Its Appetite for Earmarks Grows. While Democrats claimed a larger share than Republicans of the nearly $16 billion in earmarks in the latest federal spending bill, G.O.P. projects jumped by 85 percent.
• U.S. Shoots Down A Balloon China Sent to Surveil. The balloon, spotted earlier this week over the western United States, was brought down when an F-22 fighter jet fired an air-to-air missile at it off the coast of South Carolina.
• Wafting Over America: Flights of Fancy, Fear and Fascination. How the balloon went from a local sky oddity to an international diplomatic disrupter to “a shriveled Kleenex.”
• Lobbying Helped Save 5 Flawed Warships. After years of crippling problems and a changing mission, the Navy pushed to retire nine of its newest ships. Then the lobbying started.
• Role in Kabul Attack Put Financier on U.S. Hit List. Bilal al-Sudani’s financing of the ISIS branch in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. troops in 2021 elevated him on U.S. kill-or-capture lists.
• Digital Trading Card Venture Shows Selling Trump Isn’t What It Used to Be. Donald Trump has reunited with a former business partner to sell online trading cards, hoping to recreate a once-profitable mix of hype and celebrity. Initial sales hint at how difficult that will be in 2023.
• Balloon’s Appearance Follows Recent Warnings of Advanced Spy Technology. Before a Chinese spy balloon was discovered in the United States, American officials said a rival power may have used advanced technology to surveil U.S. military sites.
• Democrats Vote To Reset Order Of Primaries. The proposal radically reshapes the way the party picks its presidential nominees, putting more racially diverse states at the front of the line.
• Trump Settles With Ex-Aide Over the Use Of N.D.A.s. The settlement with a former campaign aide who says she was the target of sexual discrimination effectively invalidates agreements hundreds of 2016 Trump campaign officials signed.
• Biden Faces Subpoenas From G.O.P. Over Schools. Representative Jim Jordan, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, demanded documents for an investigation into whether the government mistreated parents scrutinized after threats against school officials.
• Arizona Republican, Still Contesting a Defeat, Eyes Another Race. Ms. Lake, a Republican who lost to Katie Hobbs in the state’s governor’s race, previewed opening salvos against Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Ruben Gallego.
• Curtailing Sugar and Salt in School Meals. The proposed guidelines are part of the Biden administration’s push to address childhood obesity, diabetes and other diet-related diseases.
• I Saw Ammunition Being Made for Ukraine. The U.S. has given Ukraine more than a million American-made artillery shells, and Ukrainians are shooting thousands of them at Russian troops each day. I decided to take a closer look at where the artillery ammunition is made.
• Blinken Says Chinese Spy Balloon Is a ‘Violation of U.S. Sovereignty’ Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken canceled a weekend trip to Beijing after a Chinese high-altitude balloon was detected floating over the United States this week.
• Preparing Union Address, Biden Weighs Accomplishments Against Unfinished Business. As the president prepares for his national address, his aides debate an emphasis on his still-unrealized plans for child care, prekindergarten and more.
• Democrats, Seeing a Weaker Trump, Are Falling in Line Behind Biden. Concerns about the president’s age are being overcome by enthusiasm about his record so far, optimism about the G.O.P. field — and the absence of better options.
• Big Questions Concerning The Balloon. Here is what we know about the balloon.
• Fears of Russia’s Use Of Nuclear Weapons Diminish, but Linger. Nearly a year into the war in Ukraine, U.S. policymakers and intelligence analysts have more confidence that they understand at least some of President Vladimir V. Putin’s red lines.
• At Right Hand Of the Speaker Sits a Lobbyist. Jeff Miller is the new House speaker’s top fund-raiser and closest confidant. He is also one of Washington’s most prominent corporate lobbyists, an arrangement that is drawing scrutiny.
• Semiautomatic Pistols More Prevalent in Crimes. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms created a statistical portrait that law enforcement agencies can use to address new threats, which include untraceable “ghost guns.”
• U.S. Suspects China Has Put A Spy Balloon Over Montana. The revelation comes days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing, where he is expected to meet with President Xi Jinping.
• Eyeing China, U.S. Turns to Manila to Flex Muscles. U.S. officials say they are preparing to surge forces in the event of conflict with China, including over Taiwan, but do not intend to build up permanent bases.
• War Dead and Wounded Near 200,000 for Russia. Moscow is sending poorly trained recruits, including convicts, to the front lines in eastern Ukraine to pave the way for more seasoned fighters, U.S. and allied officials say.
• Trump Won’t Commit to Backing G.O.P. Presidential Nominee in 2024. The former president faces several potential Republican challengers in his bid for the White House.
• House Republicans Oust Omar From Committee, Citing Israel Comments. In a highly politicized vote, the Republican-led chamber criticized Ms. Omar’s statements about Israel, delivering retribution for the removal of G.O.P. members when Democrats held the majority.
• Guantánamo Detainee Once Tortured Is Freed. Majid Khan, a Pakistani citizen who attended high school in Maryland, finished his sentence last year.
• Biden’s Top Economic Aide, Who Had a Hand in Negotiating Legislation, Is Leaving . Brian Deese, the director of the National Economic Council, played a pivotal role in negotiating economic legislation the president signed in his first two years in office.
• Klain Bids A Tearful Goodbye. The outgoing chief of staff thanked President Biden and his staff, and held up what he said was his favorite souvenir: a rock.
• U.S. Prosecutors Detail Plot to Kill Haitian President. Four suspects charged in connection with the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse made their first appearance in U.S. federal court in Miami.
• Assessing the Political Spin Regarding the Debt Ceiling Fight. Republicans have wrongly suggested that President Biden and his party are solely responsible for the situation, while Democrats have overstated former President Donald J. Trump’s role.
• Another Subtle Dance, This Time for U.S. Jets. If the usual script plays out, the Biden administration’s reluctance to provide the planes could be temporary, officials say.
• The G.O.P. Hunt Is On for Non-Trump Candidates, but Who Will Stand? Nikki Haley is expected to join the 2024 race this month, but other G.O.P. contenders are taking a wait-and-see approach. Some anti-Trump Republicans worry that too much dithering could be costly.
• Democrats Seek Inquiry Into Review By Durham. The Democrats asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to scrutinize whether John H. Durham and William P. Barr “violated any laws, D.O.J. rules or practices, or canons of legal ethics.”
• Women Take Lead to Stop a Fiscal Train Wreck. For the first time, the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are all women, as is the top White House budget official. Can they avert a fiscal disaster? They’re determined to try.
• Biden Home Is Searched, But Officials Do Not Find Any Classified Documents. The search, like at least two others conducted at locations associated with President Biden, was undertaken with the cooperation of the president and his legal team.
• Assessing F.B.I.’s Missteps on the Jan. 6 Riot. The F.B.I. appeared to be blinded by a lack of imagination, a narrow focus on “lone wolf” offenders and a misguided belief that the threat from the far left was as great as that from the far right, new congressional documents show.
• Biden and McCarthy In Talks Over Impasse On Raising Debt Limit. The meeting, which did not appear to yield a breakthrough, highlighted the differences between the White House and the Republicans who now control the House.
• Trump’s Fund-Raising in First Weeks of ’24 Race Is Relatively Weak. After announcing presidential runs, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush all raised more per day in their out-of-the-gates fund-raising periods.
• G.O.P. Representatives Spread Covid Distortions. The House debated for hours on Tuesday before voting for measures that would end a public health emergency and a vaccine mandate for some health care workers.
• U.S. Charges Four in the 2021 Assassination of Haiti’s President. The decision to charge the men, considered to be ringleaders in the assassination plot, in the United States is an indication of the chronic dysfunction of the Haitian justice system.
• House G.O.P. Tries to Send Message With Bill to Declare Pandemic Over. Republicans in Congress are seeking to capitalize on discontent about the federal coronavirus response while the party’s presidential contenders are vying to be the biggest foe of restrictions.
• F.B.I. Searched Biden’s Former Think Tank Office in November. It is not clear if the search, which was done with the cooperation of Mr. Biden’s legal team, uncovered any additional classified files.
• U.S. Says Russia Fails to Comply With Nuclear Arms Control Treaty. The United States says Russia is not allowing American inspectors access to its arsenal to ensure compliance with the New START agreement, which the two nations renewed in 2021.
• Biden Offers Millions for New York Rail Tunnel, Courtesy of His Infrastructure Bill. President Biden’s visit to New York City comes as Republicans have accused him of supporting reckless spending that fueled inflation.
• Black Americans Are Much More Likely to Face Tax Audits, Study Finds. A new report documents systemic discrimination in how the I.R.S. selects taxpayers to be audited, with implications for a debate on the agency’s funding.
• In Debt Limit Fight, Republicans Won’t Say What Spending Cuts They Want. A renewed focus on fiscal restraint in the debt limit standoff with Democrats poses its own political risks.
• Santos Temporarily Leaves Committee Assignments. The decision was the first concession by Representative George Santos, Republican of New York, who has admitted to faking parts of his résumé and is facing multiple investigations.
• Biden Demands Details on Budget Cuts From McCarthy. Ahead of a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, administration officials demanded that Republicans commit to avoiding a default on federal debt.
• Trump’s Well-Worn Legal Playbook Starts to Look Frayed. The former president’s familiar tactics of defiance, counterattacks and delays appear less successful than ever as investigations and court proceedings against him grind on.
• Can Joe Manchin Broker a Debt Deal as Republicans Try to Unseat Him? The centrist West Virginia Democrat, who faces re-election in 2024, has made it clear he believes he can help broker a compromise to raise the debt ceiling.
• Tyre Nichols’s Parents to Attend State of the Union Address. “It’s important for them to be here in the gallery that night to listen to the president,” said the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, who invited them.
• Biden Commits Over $4 Billion to Fixing Baltimore Rail Tunnel. The investment, which President Biden said would create “20,000 good-paying construction jobs,” is part of a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that he signed into law in 2021.
• How the White House Handles Classified Papers. Officials who have worked with Democratic and Republican presidents describe an elaborate system for classified documents but a more casual one for everyday records.
• Justice Drops Its Inquiry Of Qatar Trip By a General. John R. Allen, a retired four-star Marine general who was the president of the Brookings Institution, had been accused of secretly lobbying for the government of Qatar.
• Biden Says U.S. Will Allow Public Health Emergency for Covid to Expire in May. The end of the emergency, planned for May 11, will bring about a complex set of policy changes and signals a new chapter in the government’s pandemic response.
• Congressman Sends Inert Grenades to Colleagues at House Offices. Representative Cory Mills, a Florida Republican, gave the grenades as gifts to colleagues in the House, drawing mixed reactions from fellow freshmen.
• Touting Infrastructure Bill, Biden Pledges to Repair Ailing Tunnel. President Biden is focused on selling his legislative accomplishments after the new House Republican majority had vowed to block his agenda for the remainder of his term.
• For Giffords, Progress Is Happening ‘Inch by Inch’ A 2011 mass shooting left Gabrielle Giffords, then a Democratic congresswoman, partly paralyzed and unable to speak fluently. She has since built a powerful advocacy group.

World

• A Deadly Earthquake Felt in Multiple Countries. Hundreds of buildings collapsed and millions of people in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel felt the earth shake.

Africa

• Musharraf’s Legacy: A Conflicted Pakistan and a Bristling Military. The former Pakistani general and ruler, a central player in post-9/11 global tensions, ultimately lost his hold on the Pakistani public, and even on his own military establishment.
• Returning From Africa, Pope Condemns Laws Against Homosexuality. In an in-flight news conference after six days in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, Francis also denounced conservative critics who he said had “instrumentalized” the death of Benedict XVI.
• In South Sudan, Pope Recounts Troubles of Young, Fractured Nation. The soaring hopes at South Sudan’s creation in 2011 have been cruelly dashed. Pope Francis arrived in the country on Friday and immediately offered blunt criticism of its leaders.
• Pope Francis, in Africa, Urges an End to Congo’s Cycle of Violence. Francis began the second day of his visit to Africa with a direct appeal to the warring groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo to put down their weapons and forgive one another.
• In Photos: Pope Francis Visits Africa. The first pope to visit Africa in almost four decades began in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the struggles of daily life are the very problems Francis has sought to highlight.
• Pope Francis Lands in Congo, Where All His Priorities Converge. The Central African country is wracked by war, poverty and environmental plunder — and it may be the future of the Catholic Church.
• Pope Francis Visits Congo: What to Know. The pope is planning to spend three days in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the most populous and most Catholic nations in Africa. While it has extensive natural riches, its people have long been buffeted by conflict and exploitation.

Americas

• 13 Dead as Wildfires Rage Across Chile. More than 150 fires burning in the country have also destroyed thousands of acres of forest, as the country faces a scorching heat wave.
• Peru Official Admits There’s No Proof Criminals Are Behind Protests. In an interview, Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi acknowledged “we don’t have any evidence” that weeks of protests were being driven by criminal groups, as the country’s president has claimed.

Asia Pacific

• The 47 Pro-Democracy Figures in Hong Kong’s Largest National Security Trial. They are the politicians, academics and activists now facing prison sentences.
• Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Leaders Held an Election. Now They’re on Trial. Forty-seven defendants, including well-known figures like Joshua Wong, are charged with subversion under the national security law that China imposed in 2020.
• 简报：气球引发中美外交风暴：美国将其击落，中国称美方“反应过度” 香港民主派初选“47人案”今日开审；巴基斯坦前总统穆沙拉夫去世；西方官员称俄罗斯死伤士兵接近20万；美国失业率降至1969年以来最低水平……这里是今日要闻。
• In China’s Covid Fog, Deaths of Scholars Offer a Clue. The toll of China’s epidemic is unclear. But dozens of obituaries of the country’s top academics show an enormous loss in just a few weeks.
• China’s Options Limited As Balloon Is Shot Down. Beijing registered “strong discontent and protest.” But there may be little it can do to retaliate.
• How China Dealt a ‘Knockout Blow’ to Its Opponents in Hong Kong. Beijing used a national security law to quash dissent. Now another warning is being sent, with the mass trial of what was once Hong Kong’s political opposition.
• Balloon Incident Highlights Fragile State of U.S.-China Relationship. Recent efforts by Beijing to mend ties with Washington were showing progress, but the balloon’s appearance over the United States illustrates lingering mistrust and growing tensions.
• Blinken Calls Off Meetings In China Over Spy Balloon. The Pentagon called the object, which has flown from Montana to Kansas, an “intelligence gathering” balloon. Beijing said it was used mainly for weather research and had strayed off course.
• Hong Kong Hopes to Repair Its Battered Image With Plane Ticket Giveaway. The city’s reputation has been hammered by protests, a harsh security law and strict Covid measures. It hopes a giveaway of 500,000 plane tickets woos back tourists.
• 简报：美国进一步扩大在菲律宾军事存在；五角大楼在美国上空发现疑似中国间谍气球. 美国参议员呼吁苹果和谷歌在应用商店中下架TikTok；普京高调纪念斯大林格勒战役80周年；伊朗一对情侣发布在街头跳舞视频后获刑……这里是今日要闻。
• U.S.-Philippines Deal Is Sign of Warmer Ties. The United States and the Philippines have announced a plan to broaden American military access. The alliance is complicated by colonial history and rising tensions over Taiwan.
• 我曾接受持枪培训，但最终放弃了拥枪. 农历新年期间加州的两起枪案再次震动全美，尤其是在亚裔社区。如何避免成为美国猖獗的枪支暴力的受害者？作为一个移民，我曾经动过买枪的念头，并为此接受了培训和实弹训练，但最终，说服我不买枪的理由越来越多。
• China and U.S. Are Wooing Indonesia, and Beijing Has the Edge. The resource-laden nation of nearly 300 million is a big prize in the strategic battle between the United States and China for influence in Asia.
• Deal Gives U.S. Military Access to Four More Locations in the Philippines. Washington and Manila announced a plan to give the American military access to four new locations in the Southeast Asian country, a growing strategic partner in the region.
• 简报：俄罗斯加强对乌克兰攻势；美空军称北达科他州中资玉米加工厂构成“重大威胁” 美联储加息25个基点；FBI搜查拜登海滨别墅，未发现机密文件；澳大利亚在六天内找回丢失的放射性装置；巴基斯坦民众担忧恐怖主义卷土重来……这里是今日要闻。
• Spy Thriller Is a Hit in India, Despite Its Right-Wing Critics. “Pathaan” demonstrated the crosscutting appeal of the Bollywood titan Shah Rukh Khan, who re-emerged on the big screen after a difficult personal period.
• Panicky Hunt For Tiny Item Ends Quickly In Australia. The authorities had feared it would take weeks to scour hundreds of miles of an Australian desert for the pea-sized device.
• Asia Eases Rules on Masks, but Not All Are Set to Forgo Them. Many other countries dropped pandemic mask requirements months ago. But in places like South Korea, which got rid of its rule this week, masks remain common.
• NATO’s request highlights how South Korea, a major arms exporter, is not supplying weapons to Ukraine.
• 简报：疫情高峰过后中国人的解脱与担忧；美国拟与印度建立技术伙伴关系以抗衡中国. 巴基斯坦清真寺自杀式袭击事件死亡人数破百；俄罗斯在盟友帮助下挺过西方制裁；波音交付最后一架波音747；美国片场枪击案：鲍德温被控过失杀人罪……这里是今日要闻。
• ‘Terrorism Has Returned’: Pakistan Grapples With Attack That Left 101 Dead. The attack raised fears of a new wave of militancy from the Pakistani Taliban and sparked a heated debate over the government’s ability to meet that threat amid an economic and political crisis.
• Boat Carrying 58 Young Students Capsizes in Pakistan Lake. Rescue and recovery teams searched the Tanda Dam lake in northwestern Pakistan, where a boat carrying students on a school picnic overturned.
• China’s Covid Tsunami Recedes, Bringing Relief, Grief and Anxiety. Officials say an onslaught of infections has slowed, and many people seem eager to move on. But fresh flare-ups could bring more illness and deaths.
• 简报：中国购房者的烂尾噩梦；中国巨额投资在所罗门群岛引发担忧. 巴基斯坦一清真寺发生自杀式炸弹袭击，造成数十人死亡，上百人受伤；泽连斯基呼吁西方盟友加快武器交付；《鱿鱼游戏》主演被控性骚扰……这里是今日要闻。
• Hong Kong’s Housing Woes Clash With a Patch of Green. The dispute over one of the city’s golf clubs exposes rare political friction for the elite in the new Hong Kong, where the establishment is torn between defending wealth and following Beijing’s wishes.
• Suicide Bombing Tears Through Mosque in Pakistan’s Northwest, Killing Dozens. The mosque was nearly full when the attacker struck. By Tuesday, the toll stood at more than 100, the highest from a bombing in Pakistan in years.

Australia

• Teenage Girl Dies After Shark Attack in Australian River. The girl, 16, may have jumped into the water to swim with a pod of dolphins when she was attacked, the authorities said.
• A New Approach to Funding for the Arts. A new government policy, called Revive, will prioritize Indigenous arts and culture, and also provide funding for commercial arts forms, like popular music.
• Court Vacates Tennis Star’s Guilty Plea in Assault Case. The guilty plea and dismissal stemmed from a confrontation Mr. Kyrgios had with his partner in 2021 when she tried to prevent him from leaving in a ride-hailing car.
• Australia Causes Stir by Announcing It Won’t Put King Charles on Its 5-Dollar Bill. The bill had long featured Queen Elizabeth II, but officials said the bank note would be redesigned to focus on Indigenous history. That has rekindled the debate about republicanism in Australia.
• Australia Is Removing the British Monarch From Its 5-Dollar Bill. The plan, which includes redesigning the bank note to focus on Indigenous history, has rekindled the debate about republicanism in Australia.

Canada

• Plan to Build Homes in ‘Our Central Park’ Causes Uproar in Toronto. A plan to build 50,000 homes in a protected green space surrounding Toronto has led to strident opposition and debate over where to house a projected influx of immigrants in the coming years.
• Some Homeless Encampments Can Stay, but the Underlying Issues Remain. Three court decisions have now ruled that the shelter system does not meet the needs of homeless people.

Europe

• Leopard training, a Russian diesel ban and the battle for Bakhmut: What to watch for this week.
• After the Quake: Photos from Turkey and Syria. The deadly earthquake was felt in at least four countries, with most of the casualties and the heaviest damage reported in Turkey and Syria.
• Russia’s soaring death toll offers a grim insight into its tactics.
• Deadly Earthquake Shakes Syria. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkey reverberated through northern Syria and left buildings in ruin.
• The earthquake has coincided with a winter storm in Turkey.
• The earthquake struck war-scarred northern Syria. After more than a decade of conflict, northern Syria will be ill-equipped to recover from Monday’s earthquake amid a collapsing economy.
• Two men set out from Russia, hoping a boat could carry them to U.S. soil. It did not go as planned.
• Here is a look at how ammunition goes from U.S. factories to Ukrainian battlefields.
• A big cabinet shakeup, Leopard tank training, Russian diesel ban: Here’s what you need to know.
• How strong is a magnitude-7.8 quake? Experts fear that the quake in Turkey on Monday was strong and shallow enough to be lethal on a devastating scale.
• The area near the quake’s epicenter is home to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees.
• Monday’s earthquake was as powerful as the strongest recorded in Turkey in 1939. Turkey, a hotbed of seismic activity, sits on the Anatolian Plate, which borders two major faults as it grinds northeast against Eurasia.
• Monday’s earthquake was the strongest ever in Turkey, matching a deadly one in 1939.
• Here’s what you need to know about the earthquake. “Significant c
• Zelensky’s Party Plans Defense Ministry Shake-up as Fighting Widens in East. The expected move against Oleksii Reznikov comes amid a widening corruption scandal, although he was not implicated in wrongdoing.
• ‘It’s Like Paradise’: Ski Resorts Offer Respite From a Life Under Siege. Ukrainians have flocked to resorts nestled in the Carpathian Mountains, largely spared the worst of the war, for a respite. One soldier recuperating there explored what it means to heal.
• Papal Visit to South Sudan Focuses Attention on Struggle for Peace. Pope Francis ended his trip to Africa on Saturday by meeting with displaced people and urging his clergy not to “remain neutral before the pain caused by acts of injustice and violence.”
• Russia Pushes To Seize Town And Protect Supply Line. Ukraine has used the strategic town of Vuhledar to launch attacks disrupting transit on a critical rail link between the war’s southern and eastern fronts.
• Expected to Build Its Defense, Europe Instead Relies on U.S. Despite expectations that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would force Europe to bolster its military strength, it has instead reinforced dependency on U.S. leadership, intelligence and might.
• The Correct Color of Bees? A State’s Nazi Past Fuels a Toxic Debate. In the Austrian state of Carinthia, where the law favors light-colored local bees, those honey producers judged “too dark” risk eradication.
• After Gutting Youth Services, Can U.K. Cut Youth Crime? Poor neighborhoods that have been hit hardest by austerity have also seen violence among young people surge or remain stubbornly high. Residents say that’s no coincidence.
• E.U. Promises Aid in Kyiv’s Plight, but Tamps Down Membership Talk. European Union leaders met in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said Ukraine would not give up on Bakhmut, the eastern city caught in a fierce battle with Russian forces.
• France and Italy pledge to send air defense systems to Kyiv.
• When Kyiv Can Expect All the Weapons Sent by the U.S. and Its European Allies. Kyiv has been promised scores of tanks and other armor, and the longest range munitions yet. But with a looming Russian offensive, a race is on to get the matériel to the battlefield.
• The Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb can hit targets up to 93 miles away. The
• A U.S. volunteer aid worker is killed in eastern Ukraine.
• In England, A Nice Walk Yields Gold From a King. Researchers say the jewelry, found in a field outside Birmingham, England, is an extraordinary piece of treasure.
• In the war against Russia, energy-efficient light bulbs are a powerful weapon.
• Disgraced Glam Rock Star Released From Prison After Serving Half His Sentence. The disgraced former glam rock singer was found guilty in 2015 of sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s. He had been given a 16-year sentence.
• Spa Town Loved by Russians Looks to the West. Since the 18th century, Russians have flocked to the healing waters of Karlovy Vary. Now, the Czech government has barred them from visiting the country, and the town must reinvent itself.
• Zelensky insists that ‘no one will give away Bakhmut.’
• After Years Eluding Law, Finally Found Flipping Pies. Edgardo Greco, 63, was arrested as he was about to start a night shift at a restaurant in France. Investigators identified him through online photographs.
• Germany adds older Leopard 1s to the list of tank for Ukraine. An older model than the already approved Leopard 2, the tanks will need refurbishment and could face ammunition shortages.
• Behind the scenes, diplomats tap the brakes on Ukraine’s E.U. bid.
• Man Who Threatened to Kill Queen Elizabeth Pleads Guilty to Treason. The conviction, the first on such a charge in Britain in more than 40 years, came after officers stopped a man at a gate leading to the monarch’s private quarters on Christmas Day in 2021.
• What is the E.U. doing for Ukraine?
• Zelensky uses high-profile raids to show willingness to tackle corruption.
• ‘Very dangerous people’: Russia’s convict fighters are heading home.
• A Lawyer Strives to Humanize a Convicted Terrorist. Stanislas Eskenazi volunteered with Brussels’ legal aid service, typically helping petty criminals. But now he is representing Belgium’s most-wanted man.
• Why Ukraine won’t enter the E.U. anytime soon.
• E.U. leaders visiting Kyiv make no promises on faster membership for Ukraine.
• To His People, Putin Asserts A War Is Just. Invoking World War II on the 80th anniversary of victory at Stalingrad, Mr. Putin repeated his false justifications for an invasion that has taken a staggering toll.
• The White House says Russian Olympians should be permitted only as neutral participants. The stance differs from the full ban demanded by Ukraine and supported by some of its allies.
• With High-Profile Raids, Zelensky Showcases a Fresh Resolve to Tackle Corruption. President Volodymyr Zelensky is eager to highlight his crackdown on corruption, ahead of E.U. accession talks and possible Western investigations of war aid.
• A hit French novel tries to explain Putin. Too well, some critics say.
• New Inquiry on 1998 Northern Ireland Blast. The decision is a big victory for the families of the 29 people who died in the attack in August 1998, four months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
• As Russia prepares a new offensive in Ukraine, the battle for Stalingrad takes on new symbolism.
• Pope and a Troubled Congo Energize Each Other. Francis has been slowed by age. But his enthusiastic welcome in Africa has proved a shot in the arm and provided a reminder of the papacy’s global reach.
• If Russia launches a new offensive, where might it come?
• Putin’s promise of victory overlooks rising casualties in his army.
• Lavrov accuses NATO of pushing Georgia and Moldova away from Moscow.
• 2 Lawmakers In E.U. Lose Immunity Over Scandal. The European Parliament’s move is likely to prompt the arrest of Marc Tarabella of Belgium and Andrea Cozzolino of Italy in connection with claims of influence-peddling involving Qatar and Morocco.
• Top E.U. officials arrive in Kyiv for a summit with Zelensky.
• Another attack in Kramatorsk comes as rescuers search for survivors of an earlier Russian strike.
• Gay Envoy Gets a Hostile Welcome in Budapest. David Pressman, a gay human rights lawyer, has been accused by pro-government media in Hungary of undermining traditional values, violating diplomatic conventions and meddling in the judiciary.
• Putin uses a World War II anniversary to vow victory in Ukraine.
• Putin to deliver speech at ‘celebratory concert’ on visit to Volgograd.
• Funds for Russia, frozen for 15 years, will be redirected to aid Ukraine, U.S. says.
• Funds for Russia, frozen for 15 years, will be redirected to aid Ukraine, U.S. says.
• A missile strike on Kramatorsk kills at least 3 as Russia steps up its eastern campaign.
• The town of Kreminna is in the cross hairs in the fight for northern Luhansk.
• The town of Kreminna is in the cross hairs in the fight for northern Luhansk.
• Zelensky accuses Georgia of trying to kill its former president, Mikheil Saakashvili.
• Zelensky accuses Georgia of trying to kill its former president, Mikheil Saakashvili.
• How an American Military Training Group Imploded in Ukraine. The Mozart Group was training Ukrainian soldiers and evacuating frontline residents until the money ran out. Its collapse sheds light on the stresses faced by such groups.
• The U.S. Treasury announces measures against a ‘sanctions evasion network’ aiding Russia’s military.
• Ukraine Fears New Offensive Is Underway. Russia is massing hundreds of thousands of troops and stepping up its bombardment, perhaps signaling the biggest assault since the start of the war. “I think it has started,” Ukraine’s leader says.
• Navalny Says His Isolation In Penal Colony Is Growing . “Even maniacs and serial killers serving life sentences have the right to receive a visit, but I don’t,” the Russian opposition leader wrote on Twitter.
• Kharkiv got some breathing space, but still doesn’t breathe easily. For the past four months, residents have slowly trickled back into the reclaimed city. But signs of the conflict — and the chance that it might return — are everywhere.
• As fighting intensifies in the east, Bakhmut is mostly deserted except for soldiers.
• Russia’s bombardment grows, even as its next steps remain unclear.
• More searches are conducted in connection with corruption allegations in Ukraine. The searches come two days before Kyiv hosts leaders of the European Union to discuss efforts to clamp down on graft in Ukraine.
• Ukraine keeps up the pressure to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics.
• Seeking Prize in East, Russia Floods a Ukrainian City With Troops. The battle in the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut is growing in importance, as both sides pour forces into the battle.
• Ukraine used banned land mines in the formerly occupied city of Izium, a new report claims.
• Ukraine used banned land mines in the formerly occupied city of Izium, a new report claims.
• The U.S. says Russia isn’t complying with the two countries’ last remaining nuclear arms control treaty.
• U.S. says Russia is not complying with the two countries’ last remaining nuclear arms control treaty.
• Brexit Turns 3. Why Is No One Wearing a Party Hat? The divorce between Britain and the European Union has become the dark thread that, to many, explains why Britain is suffering more than its neighbors.
• France increases its aid to Ukraine with 12 more Caesar howitzers and stepped-up training.
• France increases its aid to Ukraine with 12 more Caesar howitzers and stepped-up training.
• Wagner Group May Have Committed War Crimes in Mali, U.N. Experts Say. Persistent reports point to “horrific executions” and other atrocities possibly committed by the Kremlin-affiliated mercenary force and the Malian military, according to human rights experts.
• Fighting rages around Vuhledar, 60 miles from Bakhmut.
• Iran and Russia move toward linking their banking systems, helping both withstand Western sanctions. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had long been cautious about deepening ties to Iran, but his calculus has changed during the course of the war.
• Iran and Russia move toward linking their banking systems, helping both withstand Western sanctions.
• Russia owes its recent gains to increased troop numbers, Ukrainian forces say.
• Why the French Are Protesting Macron’s Pension Overhaul, Again. President Emmanuel Macron is forging ahead with plans to raise the legal age of retirement to 64, from 62, despite strikes, street demonstrations and a looming parliamentary battle.
• A surge in trade via friendly countries helps explain how Russia’s economy has weathered sanctions.
• The eastern city of Bakhmut becomes an epicenter of fighting.
• Russia’s economic growth suggests Western sanctions are having a limited impact.
• Russia’s economic growth suggests Western sanctions are having a limited impact.
• Juggling Sex, Secrecy and Safety as Battles Rage All Around. Russia’s invasion has disrupted the social services that help reduce harm to the women and men who sell sex, threatening public health.
• With tanks in the pipeline, Ukraine redoubles its efforts to obtain warplanes. Ukraine’s allies have supplied Kyiv with an ever-growing list of weaponry, but many countries are wary of its recent requests for military jets.
• The I.M.F. says the war poses a risk to a resilient global economy.
• With tanks in the pipeline, Ukraine’s begins an uphill quest for warplanes.
• Zelensky Presses Allies for Arms on Wish List. “We have to make time our weapon,” President Volodymyr Zelensky declared as Ukrainians girded for an expected Russian offensive.
• The new U.S. ambassador to Russia takes up her duties.
• When will Western tanks arrive in Ukraine? It depends on training and logistics.
• When will Western tanks arrive in Ukraine? It depends on training and logistics.
• The Double Whammy Making Italy the West’s Fastest-Shrinking Nation. Italy’s population of elder Italians is soaring as its birthrate plummets, putting the country at the forefront of a global demographic trend that experts call the “silver tsunami.”
• NATO’s chief hints that South Korea should consider military aid for Ukraine, a move Seoul has resisted. NATO’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, urged South Korea to increase its support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s invasion.
• Turkey Raises Objections To 2 Bids to Join NATO. As he faces a tough fight for re-election, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has been raising fresh objections to Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership bids.
• Johnson Says Putin Made a Threat. The former British prime minister said the Russian leader made the remark during a phone call in the weeks before Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine.
• British volunteers killed in Ukraine are mourned at a service in Kyiv.
• Ukraine ramps up calls to bar Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics.
• ‘We have to make time our weapon,’ Zelensky says.

Middle East

• Israeli Raid Kills at Least 5 Palestinians in West Bank. The Israeli Army said the deaths near Jericho came during an operation to arrest gunmen accused of attempting an attack. This year has been the deadliest start for Palestinians in the West Bank in a decade and a half.
• Iran Announces Amnesty, but the Exceptions May Rule Out Many Protesters. While the government said tens of thousands of prisoners were to be freed or get reduced sentences, rights advocates suggested the move was a sham.
• Far Right’s Rise Kindling Fears In West Bank. After a surge in violence, there are fears of a wider escalation in the occupied West Bank. Israeli settlers see an opportunity, and Palestinians fear what’s next.
• U.S. Presses Its Partners to Weed Out Illicit Trade With Moscow. American officials worry that commercial activities in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates could be fueling Russia’s war machine and have threatened to punish those involved.
• Does Israel’s Home Razing Deter or Incite Terrorists? Israel defends its policy of leveling the family homes of Palestinians accused of attacks on its citizens as a deterrent. Critics say it is illegal and ineffective.
• Couple Given 5-Year Terms After They Danced in Iran. Iranian authorities sentenced a young couple to five years in prison after they posted a video of themselves dancing in the streets at the height of the country’s protests.
• As It Builds Nuclear Program, Iran Develops Diverse Arsenal of Missiles. A drone attack on a military facility in central Iran, said to be the work of Israel’s intelligence agency, focused renewed attention on Tehran’s advancing missile capabilities.
• Amid Violent Surge, Netanyahu Juggles Competing Goals. But for How Long? After a deadly week, Benjamin Netanyahu faces domestic calls for a harsh crackdown, and international pressure to moderate. It’s a familiar balancing act — but with one major difference.
• Support for Tunisian President Looks to be Slipping After Parliament Vote. Turnout was meager in two rounds of voting for a Parliament stripped of much of its power, with most political parties barred from the elections.
• Blinken Meets With Palestinian Leader After Surge in Violence. Following talks with Israeli officials in Jerusalem, the U.S. secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken, met the Palestinian leadership in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah amid a sharp rise in tensions in the region.

New York

• George Santos Raised Money for Dogs. It’s Unclear Where It All Went. Mr. Santos ran a pet charity that he claimed saved 2,500 animals. But several people questioned the way he handled funds that were raised to benefit the pets.
• Four Takeaways From Corruption Trial of Ex-Lawman From Mexico. Jurors at the trial of Genaro García Luna have heard about murders, kidnappings, drug shipments and accusations of bribes paid by the Sinaloa drug cartel.
• What Has Led to the Exodus of Black Families? Housing and child care costs have dimmed the appeal of New York City for Black parents, and many are heading South.
• ‘My Heart Skipped a Beat When I Saw Her Across the Tracks’ An encounter at the Union Square station, a prank on a fall day and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
• Off-Duty Officer Shot While Trying to Purchase Vehicle in Brooklyn, Police Say. The officer was in critical condition at the hospital on Saturday night as the police department and other agencies embarked on a manhunt for the suspect.
• George Santos Is Accused of Sexual Harassment in His Capitol Office. The complaint was made by a man seeking work as a House aide, whose bid for a job was rejected because he faced criminal wiretapping charges in Ohio.
• Here are some of the record temperatures set across the Northeast.
• Frigid weather does not stop some people in Boston from outdoor activities.
• In upstate New York, the circus came to town and the show must go on.
• Icy conditions in Vermont and New York couldn’t stop some visitors from carrying on.
• Days after an ice storm, thousands in the capital of Texas are still without power.
• In northern Maine, it’s cold enough for ‘frostquakes.’
• The polar vortex is back, fresh off a tour of Asia.
• As temperatures drop, cities scramble to find places for homeless people to stay warm.
• New Yorkers who work outside just bundle up and keep going.
• With wind chills like these, frostbite happens in minutes.
• Mount Washington set a record for coldest wind chill ever recorded at minus 108 degrees. The air temperatures at the region’s highest peak went as low as minus 47 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
• Too cold for fishing? Not for these ‘true Mainers’.
• Vermonters take a little cold (or even a lot) in stride.
• Coldest Temperatures in Decades and ‘Frostquakes’ Batter Northeast. The wind chill atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire approached minus 110 degrees and an infant was killed when a tree fell on a car in western Massachusetts.
• She Keeps an Ear Out for Many Things. KalaLea is a listener. Often, in her free time, she will tune in to a podcast, or the sounds of her neighborhood, or a friend’s story.
• Migrants, Shelter and a Strained System. The city has frantically sought to uphold its promise of shelter for all. But as more people arrive, services are being stretched past their capacity.
• Owner of Construction Firm Pleads Guilty in Fatal Wall Collapse. Finbar O’Neill insisted on piling dirt against the structure at a Hudson Valley job site even after being warned against it several times, prosecutors said.
• An Owl Named Flaco Is Loose in Central Park, With Vandals to Blame. After leaving his damaged Central Park Zoo enclosure the night before, a Eurasian eagle-owl was the subject of an intense rescue effort as darkness and temperatures fell on Friday.
• An Ex-Prosecutor Says He Had Mapped Out a Racketeering Case Against Trump. Mark F. Pomerantz, who resigned from the Manhattan district attorney’s office last year, wrote that he had pursued a racketeering case against the former president.
• On Upper East Side, an Ex-Governor and an Elite Co-op Board Clash Over a Ditch. The former governor of New York faces a lawsuit from a cooperative board that could upend his plans to build condos on the Upper East Side.
• Schools and Ski Slopes Close as a Bitter Cold Rolls Into the Northeast. Cold temperatures and fierce winds are intensifying, and conditions are expected to grow worse on Saturday.
• A Japanese Hot Spot Emerges in Brooklyn. In Greenpoint, new businesses are cropping up, making it a contender for Little Tokyo status.
• F.B.I. Tries to Assess Damage After Arrest of Ex-Official. As the counterintelligence chief in New York, Charles McGonigal had access to sensitive American secrets. His arrest has touched off a scramble to assess the damage.
• New York Blocks Payments to 20 Firms That Serve Hasidic Schools. Amid concerns about fraud in the industry, the city has stopped doing business with the companies, which provide special education, primarily to yeshivas.
• Jailed Trump Organization Executive Could Face New Fraud Charges. Manhattan prosecutors warned that they might charge Allen H. Weisselberg with insurance fraud to pressure him to cooperate in an investigation of the former president.
• Hochul’s Push for More Charter Schools Faces a Fight in New York City. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to allow more charter schools to open in New York City. But as the public school system loses students, the effort faces strong political headwinds.
• Someone Called the Police on a Girl Catching Lanternflies. Then Yale Honored Her. Bobbi Wilson, 9, was hunting for spotted lanternflies, an invasive species, in New Jersey. A neighbor called the police, but her effort has since earned recognition “from far and wide,” her mother said.
• New Jersey Councilwoman Is Fatally Shot. Eunice K. Dwumfour, 30, was found dead in her car with multiple gunshot wounds on Wednesday night. She was serving her first term on the Sayreville Borough Council.
• City Halts Business With 20 Firms Serving Yeshivas Amid Fraud Inquiry. New York City education officials will block payments for some companies that have billed the government to provide special education, primarily for students in yeshivas.
• N.Y.P.D. Misconduct Costs at 5-Year High. The total was driven up by a small group of very expensive cases, including a settlement with a man wrongly accused of assassinating Malcolm X.
• Even Madison Square Garden Needs a Permit in New York. The Garden might face some obstacles in its quest for a permanent permit to replace its expiring 10-year one.
• New Jersey Man Charged With Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Synagogue. The violence rattled congregants at Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield, N.J. An employee had discovered broken glass and gasoline near the door on Sunday.
• New York Man Admits Threatening to Harm Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Joseph Morelli pleaded guilty to leaving menacing phone messages at the Georgia Republican’s congressional office.
• Faked-Evidence Case Against Ex-Detective Crumbled Under Prosecutors’ Missteps. The prosecutor in charge repeatedly failed to turn over information to defense attorneys, infuriating a judge, who called the delayed handoff “outrageous.”
• After a Painful Foreclosure, Hope Slips Away. For years, Eve Morawski waged an epic battle against real estate investors who bought her tax debt and ultimately seized her Maplewood, N.J., home.
• Hochul Tries to Tackle New York City Troubles In $227 Billion Budget. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal included a multiyear plan to help bail out the city’s ailing subway system and address the migrant crisis.
• Will the Gateway Tunnel Finally Become Reality? President Biden came to town to commit $292 million to the long-delayed project, but that doesn’t mean it will really happen.
• George Santos’s Treasurer Has Resigned, Leaving a Trail of Questions. Nancy Marks’s resignation puts further pressure on Mr. Santos, whose campaign finances have already attracted attention from law enforcement agencies.
• Bid for New York Casino Includes Ferris Wheel Near U.N. Soloviev Group would partner with Mohegan, the casino and resort operator, to develop a long-empty site.
• Madison Square Garden Wants to Stay Put Forever. It May Not Be So Easy. With its current 10-year license expiring in July, the Garden is asking New York City officials for a permanent permit to run the arena at its site above Penn Station.
• Hochul Vetoes ‘Wrongful Death’ Bill, Heightening Tension With Lawmakers. Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected the Grieving Families Act on Monday, arguing that Democratic lawmakers rushed passage before its impact could be fully evaluated.
• Faked-Evidence Case Collapses as Prosecutors Fail to Turn Over Evidence. The deputy chief of the Manhattan district attorney’s Police Accountability Unit was removed after the case against Joseph Franco was dismissed.
• Why Black Families Are Leaving New York, and What It Means for the City. Black children in particular are disappearing from the city, and many families point to one reason: Raising children here has become too expensive.
• A Housing Plan for Manhattan’s Empty Spaces. Where could tens of thousands of new homes fit in one of the densest parts of America? One local official looks for pockets of opportunity.
• New York’s in Play for the Democratic Convention. Mayor Eric Adams is pushing for the city to host the 2024 convention, but Chicago and Atlanta are also contenders.
• Migrants Express Unease About Brooklyn Shelter. The Adams administration started moving single men into a cruise terminal in Brooklyn as New York City struggled to cope with the influx of newcomers.
• Manhattan Prosecutors Begin Presenting Trump Hush Money Case to Grand Jury. The Manhattan district attorney’s decision represents a dramatic escalation of the inquiry, and potentially sets the case on a path toward criminal charges against the former president.
• Philly Colors Have Fans Of Giants Seeing Red. One week after Philadelphia knocked New York out of the playoffs, the building paid tribute to the Giants’ rivals as they advanced to the Super Bowl. Many were in no mood to see it.

Business

• Tesla’s Pickup Truck Is Coming Soon. Maybe. Already two years behind schedule, the Cybertruck has experts wondering how the company will manufacture its unusual stainless steel “exoskeleton.”
• Do You Work in the Auto Industry? We Want to Hear From You. Sales of electric vehicles are growing fast, and automakers are investing billions of dollars in new technology and factories. We want to know how jobs are changing.
• The Week in Business: The Fed Slows Down. Jobs numbers soared far past analysts’ forecasts. Meta’s stock price surged. And Robert Iger faces a major test as Disney reports its first quarterly earnings since he returned as C.E.O.
• Flowers, Fresh Fish and Movies: China Is Spending Again, Cautiously. The outlook for the world’s second largest economy is brighter as consumer spending picked up after “zero Covid” was lifted. But scars remain from the harsh pandemic restrictions.
• For Single Mothers, Quitting Can Bring Extra Challenges, but Also Balance. Single moms who chose to quit their jobs have to navigate child care, health insurance and financial concerns largely on their own. But some have also found a sense of relief.
• The Blurred Lines Between Goldman C.E.O.’s Day Job and His D.J. Gig. David Solomon brushes off D.J.ing as a minor hobby that has little to do with his work at the bank, but his activities may pose potential conflicts of interest.
• Disney World Employees Turn Down Deal Offer. Unions that represent about 32,000 full-time workers said the vote was overwhelmingly against the proposal, which would have raised pay by at least $1 an hour per year.
• FTX Inquiry Expands to Others in Founder’s Orbit. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are speaking with lawyers for former officials at the collapsed crypto exchange FTX and scrutinizing the immediate family of its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.
• Are You Switching to a Heat Pump? We Want to Hear From You. Some people in extremely cold areas of the U.S. are switching to heat pumps from oil or gas furnaces. But others are not convinced that these devices are right for them.
• As Adani’s Fortunes Crash, Pain Ripples Across India. The tycoon often said the Adani Group’s goals were in lock step with India’s needs. Now, the company’s fortunes are crashing, a collapse whose pain will be felt across the country.
• Musk Wins Civil Trial Over Tweets About Tesla. The case centered on whether investors lost money because they believed Mr. Musk’s social media posts about taking Tesla private in 2018.
• Strong hiring hints at more work ahead for the Fed, but wages cool. The Fed is tracking incoming labor figures as it decides how high interest rates need to go and how long they should stay elevated.
• U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs in January.
• Retirees Lost Millions to Romance Scams During Lonely Days of the Pandemic. Con artists are using dating sites to prey on lonely people, particularly older ones, in a pattern that accelerated during the isolation of the pandemic, federal data show.
• Leisure and hospitality employers led the outsized January gains. The industry has been rebuilding after the pandemic lockdowns. Professional and business services and government employers also hired briskly.
• Value Stocks? Growth Stocks? It’s All Topsy-Turvy. With the exception of Apple, eight tech giants are no longer “pure growth” stocks, while Exxon and Chevron are, a new study says. Our columnist says: Buyer, beware.
• Wall Street slips as investors interpret surprising labor trends.
• Why Chinese Companies Are Investing Billions in Mexico. Alarmed by shipping chaos and geopolitical fractures, exporters from China are setting up factories in Mexico to preserve their sales to the United States.
• A Baby Has Put Somebody in a Corner. It is a shared office space. But that’s not really an excuse.
• Amazon Reports Almost No Profit and Slowing Growth. The company indicated the reduced growth and tight margins would continue in the first three months of this year.
• Eye Drops Are Recalled After Bacteria Link. The maker of EzriCare Artificial Tears said it was recalling the eye drops after U.S. health authorities linked the product to a drug-resistant bacteria strain.
• Ford Lost $2 Billion in ’22 As Two Investments Soured. The company’s financial performance was hurt by its stake in Rivian, an electric truck company, and an autonomous car business.
• In Europe, Hope Rises With Rates. The bank raised rates by half a point and said it expected to do the same in March, but traders are betting there will not be many more increases after that.
• Shell’s 2022 Profit Hit $42 Billion. The record haul, pushed by high energy prices and a hunger for liquefied natural gas, came as a new chief signaled a more “balanced approach” to renewable energy.
• Home Buyers Inch Back as Rates Fall. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 6.09 percent this week, the lowest in five months. Buyers are returning, but experts say the state of the economy will drive the market’s next moves.
• Can a Trillion-Dollar Coin Break the Gridlock? The latest standoff over raising the nation’s debt ceiling is giving new life to an old theory about how to avoid a default.
• Bank of England Raises Interest Rates to 4%, Its 10th Straight Increase. The bank raised rates half a point to the highest level since 2008, but softened its tone on future increases.
• Russian Gasoline and Diesel Are Europe’s New Embargo Targets. The coming ban on Russian exports of refined oil products could strain energy markets and crimp Russia’s output.
• Adani Scraps Its Share Sale As Stock Dip Costs Billions. The cancellation of the offering is a blow to the company and its billionaire owner, Gautam Adani.
• Meet the Fed’s new voting members.
• F.T.C. Accuses GoodRx Of Leaking Health Data. The popular drug discount app deceptively shared details on users’ illnesses and medicines with ad firms, regulators said in a legal complaint.
• What Fed Rate Increases Mean for Mortgages, Credit Cards and More. Savers will benefit and borrowers can expect to pay more on credit cards, student loans and other forms of debt.
• Fed Eases Pace as it Increases Interest Rates . America’s central bank has shifted into a new phase, raising rates more slowly as inflation shows signs of moderating.
• Eurozone Inflation Slows Sharply as Energy Costs Continue to Ease. Prices rose at an annual rate of 8.5 percent last month, down from 9.2 percent in December, but signs of persistent cost increases remain.
• Fed Raises Rates Again, But Are Markets Listening? Recent stock gains have been driven by hope that a rate-raising cycle may be over. The Fed keeps telling investors that it’s not.
• French Shopkeepers Are Siding With Pension Protesters. Angry protests over a plan to raise France’s retirement age pile uncertainty on small businesses, but most are siding with the demonstrators.
• G.M. Posts Solid Profit as It Pushes to Take On Tesla in E.V.s. Aiming to make a million electric vehicles a year by 2025, General Motors is investing in a Nevada lithium mine to help with battery production.
• Embattled Indian Business Empire Raises $2.5 Billion in Tricky Share Offering. Gautam Adani’s conglomerate managed to raise fresh funds despite market turmoil looming over the move.
• This Mogul Lost $36 Billion in Days. Who Is He, and What Happened? Gautam Adani is facing perhaps his biggest challenge yet as a small U.S. investment firm accuses his Indian conglomerate of fraud and stock manipulation.
• Europe’s Economy Edges Higher, Heading Off Forecasts of Recession. The eurozone economy grew 0.1 percent late last year, a reflection of modestly rising optimism as energy prices have eased, but risks remain.
• Sri Lanka Is Calm Again. That Doesn’t Mean Things Are Any Better. After an economic collapse and political upheaval, Sri Lankans have become resigned to leaner meals and reduced horizons.
• The Last Boeing 747 Gets Its Wings. The plane known as “Queen of the Skies” helped make air travel more affordable, but it has been supplanted by smaller, more efficient aircraft.
• Court Rejects Bankruptcy To Contain Talc Liability. The company faces some 40,000 plaintiffs that claim its baby powder caused cancer.
• Following Tesla’s Example, Ford Slashes Prices on E.V.s. The automaker reduced the price of the Mustang Mach-E by up to $5,900 after Tesla slashed prices of its cars by as much as 20 percent.
• Nissan and Renault Rebalance Power in Race for E.V.s. The automakers said they would resolve a yearslong dispute that became the backdrop to Carlos Ghosn’s downfall as head of the alliance.

DealBook

• Microsoft’s Activision Deal Tests New Global Alignment on Antitrust. Until recently, antitrust regulators in Europe and the United States took different approaches. Now, they’re on the same page — which some experts say makes closing deals harder.
• Tech Earnings Give a Wake-Up Call to Investors. Apple, Amazon and Alphabet all reported disappointing quarterly results, as they emphasized efforts to cut costs in the face of an economic slowdown.
• Shaking Up Market For Nutrition Drinks Proves Challenging. Upstarts have tried, and mostly failed, to compete with shakes like Ensure and Boost. They say the brands’ ties to health care providers make it tough.
• Investors Cheer Meta’s Slimmed-Down Ambitions. Meta’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, called 2023 the “year of efficiency,” a pronouncement that is reassuring investors and sparking a wider rally in tech stocks.
• Wall Street Has a Lot Riding on the Fed’s Rate Decision. Stocks and bonds are on an impressive run so far this year, driven by hopes the Federal Reserve will slow down, or even pause, its interest rate increases.
• Taking On a Senior Living Reset. New developments that integrate senior housing into age-diverse apartment buildings offer a more affordable alternative to isolated suburban retirement communities.
• A Tech Giant Closes In on a Pricey Funding Round. Stripe’s plan to raise billions at a lower valuation underlines the challenges facing start-ups seeking money as the market for new listings stays shut.
• A Short Seller Costs an Indian Giant Billions. The Adani Group, the Indian conglomerate run by Asia’s wealthiest man, has gone on the offensive to fight fraud allegations by an American investor.

Economy

• Biden Says U.S. Economy is ‘Strong’ After Jobs Report. President Biden pointed to rapid job growth and falling consumer prices as evidence that his economic agenda is working.
• Revisions show even bigger job gains in 2021 and 2022 than previously reported. The U.S. economy added a record 7.1 million jobs in 2021, and 4.6 million jobs in 2022, the second most since records began in 1939.
• Job Growth Gives Boost to Biden As He Bets on Lasting Turnaround. President Biden has for months pointed to solid hiring trends as evidence that his agenda has rebuilt the economy after the pandemic shutdowns.
• U.S. Gained Half a Million Jobs Last Month. The report defied expectations and underscored the challenges for the Federal Reserve, which is trying to cool the labor market to fight inflation.
• Jobs Report Is Challenge For the Fed. The Federal Reserve is tracking incoming labor figures as it decides how high interest rates need to go and how long they should stay elevated.
• This Is What It Looks Like to Try to Count America’s Homeless Population. To fix a problem like homelessness in America, you need to know its scope. To do that, you need sheriffs, social workers, volunteers, flashlights and 10 days in January.
• Eggs Too Expensive? Some Invite the Hen Home. People are snapping up chickens that are “heavy layers” in response to egg inflation. The chick situation holds lessons about the broader economy.
• Federal Reserve Announces Quarter-Point Interest Rate Increase. Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said more rate increases were likely even as economic data showed inflation had eased.
• U.S. Survey Shows Uptick in Job Openings. The Labor Department found a rise in the number of posted jobs per worker in December, despite the Fed’s efforts to cool the labor market.
• What to Watch at the Fed’s First Meeting of 2023. The central bank is expected to lift interest rates and offer signals about what might come next.
• For Edge on China, U.S. Agrees to Work With India on Tech. American and Indian officials are working toward new partnerships in defense technology, advanced telecom and semiconductors.
• Judge Finds Amazon Broke Labor Law in Anti-Union Effort. The ruling, on charges brought by the National Labor Relations Board, involved actions at two Staten Island warehouses before union votes last year.
• A Key Measure of Wages Showed Moderation at the End of 2022. The Employment Cost Index, which Federal Reserve officials watch closely as a gauge of pay trends, is picking up more slowly.
• Russia Sidesteps Western Punishments, With Help From Friends. A surge in trade by Russia’s neighbors and allies hints at one reason its economy remains so resilient after sweeping sanctions.
• With Inflation Easing, I.M.F. Cautiously Offers a Rosier Forecast. The International Monetary Fund said the world economy was poised for a rebound as inflation eases.
• Wall St. Bets U.S. Will Use Debt Stopgap. If the debt limit is breached, investors expect Treasury to put bond payments first. It’d be politically and practically fraught.
• The Pandemic Used-Car Boom Is Coming to an Abrupt End. Dealership are seeing sales and prices drop as consumers tighten their belts, putting financial pressure on companies, like Carvana, that grew fast in recent years.

Energy & Environment

• Outlook Dims For Oil Giants After Big 2022. Economic and military uncertainty clouds the outlook for Exxon, Chevron and other energy companies, whose bonanza from high prices is already fading.

Media

• Disney’s Iger Returns to Familiar Stage, but With Different Challenges. The company reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, and Wall Street is expecting it to lay out a new streaming strategy and operating structure.
• Gawker, the Irreverent Gossip Site, Will Be Shuttered Again. Bustle Digital Group, which publishes Gawker, said it would shut down the recently revived site after “a surprisingly difficult” start to the year.
• Academy Won’t Rescind Best Actress Nomination. The organization investigated whether an Oscars campaign for the “To Leslie” actress Andrea Riseborough had violated rules.
• Superman in Starring Role as DC Studios Unveils Strategy. The yet-to-be-cast “Superman: Legacy” will begin a story that unfolds across at least 10 interconnected movies and TV shows, with Batman, Swamp Thing and others.
• The ‘Night Court’ Reboot’s Success Catches Everyone by Surprise. The revival of the 1980s show is the most popular new sitcom in years. Even some of the people behind it are surprised by its early ratings success.
• Showtime Changes Its Name in a Nod to Its Streaming Future. The cable network will be called Paramount+ With Showtime, and its programming will soon be integrated into the Paramount+ streaming app.
• After 85 Years of Programming, BBC Arabic Radio Airs Its Final Broadcast. The move came as part of cost-cutting measures under which the news service is also ending its radio programming in 10 other languages, including Persian, Chinese and Hindi.
• Actress’s Path to an Oscar Nomination Is Scrutinized. Andrea Riseborough got the nod for the little-seen “To Leslie.” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is reviewing whether her A-list campaign violated rules.

Your Money

• Is It Time for a High-Yield Savings Account? Some online banks offer yields of 3.3 percent or more, but savers may be reluctant to open one because they think it will be a hassle.

Technology

• Musk Pledged to Cleanse Twitter of Child Abuse Content. It’s Been Rough Going. Child sexual abuse imagery spreads on Twitter even after the company is notified: One video drew 120,000 views. “Sewer rats,” as one regulator described bad actors, remain.
• At This School, Computer Science Class Now Includes Critiquing Chatbots. Move over, coding. Some schools are asking student programmers to think critically about rapid advances in artificial intelligence.
• Advisory Firm Sues Twitter for Payment. Innisfree M&A says Twitter, which Elon Musk bought last year, has not paid it $1.9 million for services it rendered for the deal.
• ChatGPT Kicked Off A.I. Frenzy. Even inside the company, the chatbot’s popularity has come as something of a shock.
• Tech Embraces Austerity, To the Delight of Investors. After years of expansion and billions in profits, Big Tech is pulling back from its famously lavish spending as a long boom finally ends.
• Apple Revenue and Profit Down as iPhone Sales Slow. The iPhone maker said sales of its flagship product were down 8 percent as it dealt with a factory shutdown and worries about rising inflation.
• Alphabet’s Profit Falls 34% Amid Ads Slowdown. Google’s parent company reported its fourth consecutive drop in quarterly profit, weeks after culling 6 percent of its work force to cut costs.
• Meta Soars by Most in Decade, Adding $100 Billion in Value. Mark Zuckerberg’s company recorded its biggest daily market gain in nearly a decade, as the mood brightens among tech investors.
• Senator Calls For TikTok To Be Banned In App Stores. Michael F. Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, cited national security, adding to bipartisan pressure on the Chinese-owned video app.
• Meta Posts $4.2 Billion Restructuring Charge for the Fourth Quarter. The company, which is in the midst of shifting to become a metaverse business, also forecast revenue would beat Wall Street predictions.
• Updated ChatGPT Will Cost $20 a Month. The San Francisco artificial intelligence lab has seen overwhelming interest in its chatbot since it was released in November.
• Judge Says No to Effort To Block Meta V.R. Deal. The ruling is a defeat for the Federal Trade Commission, which used a rare antitrust argument to try to block Meta’s acquisition of a small start-up.
• Robotaxis Aim to Expand, Despite Recurring Mishaps. Waymo and Cruise hope to widen their projects to more of the city. But local officials are increasingly concerned about breakdowns causing congestion.
• Dissecting Elon Musk’s Tweets: Memes, Rants, Private Parts and an Echo Chamber. As he fights for free speech online and promotes his companies, the new owner of Twitter spends a lot of time replying to his fans.
• Snap’s Growth Slows Further Amid Tech Downturn. The maker of Snapchat also swung to a loss in the latest quarter and declined to provide financial guidance.
• Snap’s Growth Slows Further Amid Tech Downturn. The maker of Snapchat also swung to a loss in the latest quarter and declined to provide financial guidance.
• Tesla’s Self-Driving Technology Comes Under Justice Dept. Scrutiny. A regulatory filing says officials have asked about software that Elon Musk, the chief executive, has said would allow cars to operate autonomously.
• Regulators Find Apple’s Secrecy Violates Workers’ Rights. After a yearlong investigation, a federal labor board determined that the tech giant’s rules interfere with employees’ right to organize.
• Thrive Capital Said to Commit Funds to Stripe. Thrive has committed $1 billion, which would value the payments provider Stripe at about $55 billion to $60 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Personal Tech

• Today’s Column Was Brought to You With the Help of A.I. Bots. ChatGPT isn’t the only writing assistant that has emerged to replace editors. We tested it alongside two others to assess their strengths and weaknesses.

Sports

• The Nets Wished Upon Stars. Their Dreams Haven’t Come True. Adding Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant hasn’t led to a conference finals berth, much less a championship. After meeting Irving’s trade request, the Nets are once again in a state of uncertainty.
• Gamecocks Keep Record Unblemished With Win Over Connecticut’s Huskies. The short-handed Huskies put up a stronger resistance than they did in last year’s national title game, but the Gamecocks won to remain undefeated as they look toward more tournament glory.
• Amanda Serrano Gets an Undisputed Title and a Rematch With Katie Taylor. Serrano beat Erika Cruz of Mexico to set up a rematch of one of the greatest women’s bouts in boxing history. Next stop: Dublin.
• Even if You Play Pickleball, Will You Pay to Watch a Pro Do It? Pickleball had no problem attracting millions of amateur players. Now, as the sport looks to grow at the professional level, it must convince spectators that the game is as fun to watch as it is to play.
• If the Ironman World Championship Doesn’t Happen in Kona, Did It Even Happen? The iconic one-day world championship event has outgrown the small town on the island of Hawaii. But will triathletes follow the race outside of Kona?
• No Cellphone. Many Belts. A Big Purse. Serrano, a world champion in seven weight classes, lost to her biggest rival last spring. Now, she’s sparring with men to get back to the level she demands of herself.
• The Queen of Everest Trains at Whole Foods. Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest 10 times, the most ascents ever by a woman. She has no plans of slowing down.

Auto Racing

• After Extended Talks, Ford, Joining Red Bull, Is Back in Formula One. The automaker and the drinks manufacturer are joining forces on a high-powered team in the world’s most popular motorsports series.

College Basketball

• For One Day, Rutgers Turns the Garden Into a New Jersey Bastion. Rutgers beat Michigan State at Madison Square Garden, which had the feel of a home game for the improving Scarlet Knights.
• Best Conference in Men’s College Basketball? The Big 12. The conference is thriving on its depth: Eight or nine teams in the 10-team Big 12 are playing at a high level.

Golf

• A Tour’s Power to Punish LIV Players Faces a Legal Test in Europe. An arbitration panel will meet next week to weigh whether the European Tour may penalize the men who played on the Saudi-backed circuit.
• Trump Courses Will Host 3 LIV Tournaments. As the league announced more details of a 14-stop second season, former President Donald J. Trump’s courses remained central to the schedule, deepening his ties to Riyadh.

Hockey

• Complicated Legacy for Star With a Dark Side. Once a star player in Chicago who changed goal scoring and how players were paid, Hull, who died Monday at 84, will rightly be remembered more for his misdeeds.

Olympics

• Ukraine Renews Its Threat to Boycott Olympics if Russian Athletes Compete. Ukraine’s sports minister said his country was marshaling allies to press the International Olympic Committee to bar Russian and Belarusian athletes.

Pro Basketball

• Irving’s Nets Era Ends With Trade to Dallas. Irving’s tenure with the Nets was marred by his refusal to be vaccinated for the coronavirus and his posting of a link to an antisemitic film. In Dallas, he will join the superstar Luka Doncic.
• James Closes In on Scoring Record, and Still Goes for Broke at 38. Still among the best players in the N.B.A. at 38, James is now 36 points away from the league’s career scoring record. He could break it at home on Tuesday.
• James Masters Art of Celebrity, On or Off Court. The Los Angeles Lakers star has embraced the often harsh spotlight of celebrity to further his career and personal goals. But he said it can be “challenging at times.”
• Irving, Dazzling on the Court and Mercurial Off It, Asks the Nets to Trade Him . The Nets guard, who will be a free agent this summer, wants out of Brooklyn just months after he caused an uproar by linking to an antisemitic film on social media.
• Record Was Inevitable But, as It Turns Out, Was Not Unbreakable. Everyone knew he was close to surpassing Wilt Chamberlain’s career scoring record in 1984. Opponents still couldn’t stop him.
• Stewart Joins the Liberty, Tilting the Balance of Power in the W.N.B.A. Stewart, a two-time W.N.B.A. and four-time N.C.A.A. champion, had been outspoken about player travel leading up to the free-agent signing period.
• James Proves He Is Far From Done. A triple-double in an overtime win emphasized that James, who is on the verge of passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career points total, is nowhere near done.

Pro Football

• In Deep Eagles Territory, an Oasis for Chiefs Fans Faces a Conundrum. Big Charlie’s Saloon is a South Philadelphia bar with a bit of a conundrum: how to celebrate Kansas City’s Super Bowl berth without drawing the ire of locals. “We’re in a pickle.”
• As Jackson Prepares to Negotiate, ‘Pay Lamar’ Is Heard Across N.F.L. Teammates, N.B.A. stars, and even opponents have supported Jackson’s bid for a hefty raise from the Ravens. Many will keep watch as Jackson and Baltimore are expected to continue negotiations.
• Brady’s Departure Has a Ripple Effect Around the League. Brady claims he is done for good, but it is unclear what that will mean for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Fox broadcast booth and other interested parties.
• Was That Last Season in Tampa Worth It? He thrilled his fans by announcing that he would come out of retirement to play one more season in 2022, but things soon went sour, on and off the field.
• Retirement Redux: Why Let a Good Story Go to Waste? Tom Brady retired again. So we took last year’s article and made a few small edits.
• With a Final Handoff, He Leaves the Game In Good Hands. Give Brady his due but let Patrick Mahomes and all of the other young, exciting quarterbacks take it from here.
• Philadelphia Rookie Lineman Is Indicted On Rape and Kidnapping Charges in Ohio. Joshua Sills, 25, was indicted in Ohio in the rape of a woman in December 2019, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.
• Tom Brady: Answering the Questions You Didn’t Know You Had. All about Super Bowls, crypto, deflated footballs and Gisele Bündchen. And 23 seasons piling up the stats.
• It’s Second and So Long. Brady, whose career spanned 23 seasons and seven Super Bowl wins, announced his retirement in a social media post.
• The Best of Times for Fans in a City That Expects the Worst. Philadelphia fans are hoping the city’s inglorious sporting history won’t haunt them when the Eagles meet Kansas City in the Super Bowl.
• ‘Sharp Money’ Speaks and Bookmakers Listen, Flipping Line to Favor Eagles. After Kansas City and its injured stars were installed as a slim favorite, the early money poured in on Philadelphia.

Soccer

• Premier League Just Gets Richer, and That’s a Big Problem. Teams that can’t match England’s spending now face a choice: Accept that they can no longer compete for the best talent, or risk everything to try.
• With $750 Million Spree, Chelsea Either Set the Market or Broke It. The Premier League club’s American owners have splashed roughly $750 million on new players since last year. Puzzled rivals can’t see a strategy behind the spending.
• Blindsided by Saudi Sponsorship, Women’s World Cup Hosts Want Answers. Officials from Australia and New Zealand were blindsided by reports that FIFA would make Saudi Arabia’s tourism authority a partner for the tournament.
• Barcelona Goes to Court to Keep a Star Player on Its Roster. As rivals haggled over prices on the final day of the transfer window, Barcelona found a new way around the Spanish league’s financial rules.

Tennis

• Zverev Escapes Punishment From Tour. The ATP Tour won’t discipline Zverev after a 15-month investigation into allegations made by his former girlfriend.

Obituaries

• Melinda Dillon, 83, Dies; Former Broadway Star Known for Playing Mom. She was a Broadway star at 23 and then quit acting, but later re-emerged in films like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “A Christmas Story.”
• Fred Terna, Creator of Fiery Holocaust Paintings, Dies at 99. A prisoner at Auschwitz and three other camps, he dealt with his trauma in semiabstract art that depicted crematories, ovens and chimneys.
• Jackie Rogers, 90, Designer Known for Colorful Fashions. An outspoken American who became a model for Coco Chanel, she partied with Europe’s elite before starting her own clothing line for stars and socialites.
• Bob Born, Confectioner Who Made Peeps a Fixture of Easter, Dies at 98. By mechanizing and greatly expanding production, he made the gooey yellow chicks an Easter favorite and a pop-culture phenomenon.
• Linda Pastan, 90, Poet Who Wrote of Family, Nature, Loss and Dogs. In 15 collections, beginning in the early 1970s, she wrote of family, nature, loss and sometimes dogs.
• Paco Rabanne, Mystical Couturier of the Space Age, Is Dead at 88. He burst onto the French fashion scene in 1966 and, with dresses made from metal, plastic and paper, changed the definition of couture.
• Mira Lehr, 88, Artist Who Frequently Drew From Nature, Is Dead. She helped found a gallery for women artists in Miami Beach and, influenced by an early Buckminster Fuller experiment, focused her art on ecology.
• Allan A. Ryan, Dogged Pursuer of Nazi Collaborators, Is Dead at 77. As the director of the U.S. Office of Special Investigations, he identified and prosecuted dozens of former camp guards and other henchmen.
• Barrett Strong, Whose ‘Money’ Jump-Started Motown, Dies at 81. As a singer he was a one-hit wonder. But teaming with Norman Whitfield, he wrote a string of hits for others, including “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”
• William Agee, 86, Sage Of Modern American Art As a Curator and Teacher. His exhibitions and his writings expanded the view of American Modernism, and his decades of teaching shaped future scholars and curators.

Art & Design

• Carin Goldberg, Who Transformed Book and Album Cover Design, Dies at 69. She was part of a vanguard of women designers who looked to the past to upend the cool modernism of the ’70s with a style that would become prominent in the ’80s.

Asia Pacific

• Pervez Musharraf, Former Military Ruler of Pakistan, Dies at TKTKTK. Mr. Musharraf took power in a bloodless coup in late 1999 but resigned under threat of impeachment in 2008. He drew fire for his ties to Washington.

Baseball

• John Adams, 71, Who Banged His Drum Loudly for the Cleveland Indians. He pounded away from the bleachers to cheer on the Indians (now the Guardians) and inspire his fellow baseball fans at more than 3,700 home games.

Hockey

• Bobby Hull, a Hall of Famer With a Sizzling Slap Shot, Dies at 84. The third player in N.H.L. history to score at least 50 goals in a season, he spent 15 seasons with Chicago.

Media

• Joyce Dopkeen, 80, First Female Photographer To Be Hired by The Times. In 1973, she was the first woman hired by The New York Times to be a full-time staff photographer.

Music

• Carol Sloane, 85, a Jazz Singer Who Found Success Twice, Dies. After seemingly being on the verge of stardom, she languished for decades, battered by changing tastes and bad luck, before enjoying a midlife comeback.

Politics

• Harry Whittington, Texas Lawyer Shot by Cheney, Dies at 95. He drew headlines across the world when, during a hunting trip, he was accidentally blasted in the face and torso by Vice President Dick Cheney — then apologized himself for the incident.
• Ann McLaughlin Korologos, 81, Former Labor Secretary, Is Dead. Her brief tenure as only the second woman to run the department came after years of service within the Reagan administration.
• Dave Durenberger, Censured by Senate in Ethics Breach, Dies at 88. He was a Minnesota favorite son with a sterling reputation before the Ethics Committee found he had schemed to get around Senate financial rules.

Pro Football

• Bobby Beathard, Mastermind Of N.F.L. Dynasties, Dies at 86. Using unconventional tactics, he built powerhouse teams in Washington and Miami and helped mold teams in Kansas City, Atlanta and San Diego, his hometown.

Television

• Charles Kimbrough, 86, Who Portrayed a Stoic TV Newsman on ‘Murphy Brown’ In a career that included a Tony nomination for “Company,” he specialized in playing uptight characters, notably Candice Bergen’s stuffy straight man.
• Cindy Williams, Co-Star of ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ Dies at 75. From 1976 to 1983, she (Shirley) and Penny Marshall (Laverne) drew millions of viewers to a sitcom playing roommates who worked in a Milwaukee brewery.
• Lisa Loring, Wednesday Addams in ‘The Addams Family,’ Dies at 64. With her dark clothes and pigtailed hair framing a pale face, Ms. Loring played Wednesday as a young girl obsessed with death on the ABC series, which ran from 1964 to 1966.

Briefing

• Your Monday Briefing. The aftereffects from a Chinese spy balloon.
• Your Monday Briefing: The U.S. Shoots Down China’s Balloon. Also, Pervez Musharraf died and Beyoncé could have a big night at Grammy Awards.
• Silent Suffering. Menopause has long been a taboo topic. Talking about it can help women learn more about an overlooked treatment.
• Traveling and Eating Well. When you travel, is tracking down a fantastic meal just as important as seeing the sights? I have tips to help.
• U.S. Sends Longer-Range Weapons. The latest aid package will allow Ukraine to hit targets 90 miles away.
• Your Friday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• The Weekender. What to do for 36 hours in Bangkok. Also, how Barnes & Noble came back from near death, and senior housing that seniors actually like.
• Why Do Eggs Cost So Much? Inflation, avian flu and war have made a food staple much more expensive.
• The New York Times News Quiz, February 3, 2023. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• Your Friday Briefing. Russian losses in the war in Ukraine.
• Your Thursday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• Your Friday Briefing: The U.S. Military Expands in the Philippines. Also, Vladimir Putin evokes Stalingrad and a contested film is a box-office hit in India.
• Encouraging Economic Signs. New data suggests a promising possibility for the economy — that the U.S. avoids big job losses.
• Your Thursday Briefing. The start of a new Russian offensive.
• Your Wednesday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• Has the Russian Offensive Begun? Ukraine is bracing for a major escalation in the Donbas.
• Your Thursday Briefing: Rising Militancy in Pakistan. Also, Adani Enterprises pulls its offering and soldiers die on both sides in Bakhmut.
• Policing the Wrong Way. Memphis’s Scorpion is the latest special police unit to come under scrutiny.
• Your Wednesday Briefing. Europe’s economic recovery.
• Your Tuesday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• Your Wednesday Briefing: China Rebounds. Also, Russia’s resilient economy and Sri Lanka’s enduring struggle.
• An Underused Covid Treatment. Doctors are now a major barrier to Paxlovid.
• Your Tuesday Briefing. Dozens are killed in a suicide bombing in Pakistan.
• Your Monday Evening Briefing. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
• Missiles and Fighter Jets. Ukraine is pleading with its allies to supply more advanced weaponry.
• Your Tuesday Briefing: A Bombing in Pakistan. Also, Israel attacks Iran and the Adani Group fights fraud allegations.
• Beyond the Border. How the migrant surge is playing out far from the Southern U.S.

Podcasts

• A Trip to TikTok, ChatGPT’s Origin Story and Kevin Systrom’s Comeback. Casey becomes a content moderator, Kevin breaks some news on OpenAI and Instagram’s co-founder reveals his new project.
• How Gabrielle Giffords Measures Progress on Gun Safety: The Week in Reporter Reads. Five articles from around The Times, narrated just for you.

The Daily

• The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Made Spain the Magic Capital of the World’ Inside the mind of Juan Tamariz, the godfather of close-up card magic.
• The End of the Pandemic Emergency in the U.S. The chapter is closing on three years of special public health measures, but that doesn’t mean Covid is over.
• A Revolution in How Democrats Pick a President. A plan spearheaded by President Biden could see Iowa replaced as the first state to vote in the party’s primaries.
• The State of the U.S. Economy in 4 Numbers. A look at key figures and what they reveal about the current economic situation.
• 7 States, 1 River and an Agonizing Choice. After decades of drought, the Colorado River is at a breaking point. The federal government may have to intervene.
• The Death of Tyre Nichols. What really happened to the Black man who died after he was violently beaten by police officers in Memphis.

Science

• Shaking Ordinary Ice (Very Hard) Transformed It Into Something Never Seen Before. The research illustrates how much scientists still have to learn about a molecule as simple as water.
• These Extinct Elephants Were Neanderthals’ ‘Biggest Calorie Bombs’ A study of butchered bones from 125,000 years ago offers what researchers call “the first clear-cut evidence of elephant-hunting in human evolution.”
• Why Do Bears Rub Against Trees? Scientists Offer New Explanation. In experiments, researchers found that ticks avoid the tar of beech trees, which bears seem to have an affinity toward.
• Space and Astronomy in February: What to Expect. The shortest month of 2023 will have plenty of highlights in orbit and beyond.
• When Your Old Fishing Buddy Has a Snout and a Blowhole. Bottlenose dolphins help Brazilian fishermen pull in their catch, and researchers have worked out what the marine mammals get from the cooperative hunting.

Climate

• Brazil Plans to Sink Warship Packed With Toxic Materials. The navy said it had begun an operation to send the aircraft carrier São Paulo to the bottom.
• How to Get Government Aid to Ditch Fossil Fuels. Americans can get tax credits to go electric, but only if they have cash upfront. Other countries have programs, too.
• Brazil Plans to Sink Ship Packed With Asbestos. The old aircraft carrier, once the navy’s flagship, is packed with asbestos. No country, including Brazil, will let it dock to be dismantled.
• Do Decals Prevent Bird Strikes? They Can, but There’s a Catch. Every year, hundreds of millions of birds die in the United States from flying into glass. New research shows how to prevent some of those deaths.
• In Nebraska, Patriotic Zeal For New Mine. One county has a wealth of minerals essential to defense and the green economy. Mining would transform the community, yet many say they feel a patriotic obligation to dig.
• Biden Clears Way for Scaled-Back Alaska Oil Project, Angering Activists. The administration issued an analysis that indicates a scaled-back version of the Willow project could go forward. Opponents call the drilling plan a “carbon bomb.”
• This Guide Can Help You Save Money and Fight Climate Change. Whether you are renovating your home, upgrading appliances or buying an electric car, this guide can help you take advantage of savings from the Inflation Reduction Act.
• Administration Expected to Endorse Limited Drilling in Alaska Project. An environmental review expected soon would effectively signal that the Willow project proceed, according to people familiar with the report.
• The Shift to Renewable Energy Is Speeding Up. Here’s How. The head of the world’s leading energy organization called the war in Ukraine an “accelerator” of the transition.
• E.P.A. Blocks Long-Disputed Mine Project in Alaska. The move to ban disposal of mining wastes near the site of the proposed Pebble mine, made under the Clean Water Act, protects a valuable salmon fishery.

The Upshot

• Is Trump Way Up or Way Down? The polls are surprisingly divided, but higher-quality surveys point to an answer.
• New Medicare Rule Aims to Take Back $4.7 Billion From Insurers. The government plans to aggressively audit Medicare Advantage plans for overbilling but may face lawsuits.

Opinion

• What We Can Learn From This Magnificent Migration. There is a wisdom in their dazzling, life-sustaining cooperation.
• Watching the Watchmen. The government must match continued investments in policing with reforms that make police more accountable to the communities that they serve.
• Dying for Lack of an Organ Donor. Readers urge action to improve the organ donation system and save lives. Also: Budget misinformation; making bread; foie gras; against gambling.
• Something Very Important for Democrats Just Happened in Pennsylvania. Opening state jobs to more workers is a wise tweak to the party’s image.
• Authorities Used a Taser on Him 7 Times in 15 Minutes. Then He Died. Justice Never Came. For Jerod Draper, horrifying video footage wasn’t enough to force police accountability.

Editorials

• How to Stop a Senator From Blocking a Federal Judge. Allow people to evaluate any objections.

Letters

• What’s Really Behind Rural Resentment? Readers respond to a column by Paul Krugman. Also: Lead in baby food; ChatGPT; sending migrants to all the states; how to invest.
• Should Schools Tell Parents Their Child Identifies as Trans? Readers discuss why some students may adopt a new gender identity at school without their parents’ knowledge.
• DeSantis Aims to Make Schools Less ‘Woke’ The Florida governor’s influence on an A.P. Black studies course. Also: The killing of Black men; a formidable Trump; anti-boycott bills; living without plastic.
• The Controversy Over ‘American Dirt’ Readers discuss criticisms of Jeanine Cummins’s novel about a woman trying to flee Mexico. Also: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s antisemitic comments; Chinese child-rearing.
• When Animals Are Used in Research. Readers discuss experimentation on lab animals. Also: Racism in America; preparing for the next pandemic; maternal deaths; Amazon’s donations.
• What Tissue From an Early Abortion Shows. Responses to a guest essay about photos of early pregnancy tissue. Also: Readers discuss policing after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.

Op-Ed

• Politicians Everywhere All at Once. It’s a big week in Washington.
• What It’s Like to Learn You’re Going to Live Longer Than You Expected. Cystic fibrosis patients had early deaths. But a drug treatment has changed the prognosis.
• Just How Balky Will the State of the Union Be? Who will cause trouble? Who will surprise us? And who will come away liking what Joe Biden is selling?
• Year Two of the Ukraine War Will Get Scary. In the war’s first year, America and its allies have had it relatively easy. Will the West bear any burden to uphold a liberal world order?
• The Astonishing Moral Beauty of Rev. Shuttlesworth and the Black Church. Loving your enemies has always been a radical act.
• ‘Bad Apples’ or Systemic Issues? From the police to academia, we often see what we want to see.
• The Story Construction Tells About America’s Economy Is Disturbing. Why was America — and not just America — better at building in the 1970s?
• YouTube Gave Me Everything. Then I Grew Up. I don’t want my life to be a product anymore.
• Doctors Aren’t Burned Out From Overwork. We’re Demoralized by Our Health System. The end of medical ideology.
• Don’t Let Republican ‘Judge Shoppers’ Thwart the Will of Voters. How some red-state lawsuits are undermining major features of President Biden’s agenda.
• The Costs of a Long War in Ukraine. Why the Biden White House needs to push for peace in 2023.
• How We Construct and Reconstruct Race. The ideology of race and its consequences change as we change.
• Spy Cams Reveal Pork Industry Secrets. A California activist sneaked into a gas chamber for hogs and installed three cameras. See for yourself what they show.
• Erasing Black History Is Not the Role of the College Board. The way forward is confronting this history, not wishing it away.
• George Santos Plays Hide-out. How invisible can a congressman become?
• Maybe We Should Convince Men That Paid Leave Is Their Idea. The Family and Medical Leave Act turns 30 this year. Time for an upgrade.
• The Grammys Are Outdated. We Need Them Anyway. It’s disappointing that the big awards show doesn’t reflect all of music’s immediacy and vibrancy and messiness. But the Grammys still function as a measure of change.
• He Spoke My Art Language. I never met Kimowan Metchewais, but I feel a kinship with him and his work.
• Do Handouts Work? A debate rages over how much the poor benefit from straight cash donations.
• Wonking Out: Is the Dollar’s Dominance Under Threat? And does it matter for anything real?
• Trump Needs a Confrontation. His G.O.P. Rivals Don’t Have to Give Him One. For now, allowing the former president to fade is wiser than attacking him.
• The Next Pandemic Could Be Deadlier. Bird flu has spread widely among animals. Unless we act now, it soon could do the same among humans.
• When the Police Are the Government. The problem of democracy and American law enforcement goes beyond questions of accountability.
• One Day They’ll Say This Was the Best (and Worst) Thing I Ever Made. It started with smirk and ended with a bang, and in between it changed the media universe.
• Cheering News for Free Speech on Campus. Stanford University steps back from its list of “harmful” words and phrases.
• There Already Is a Better Search Engine Than Google, and It’s Not ChatGPT. Silicon Valley is wondering whether ChatGPT will replace Google as the internet’s main source of information. For many topics, YouTube already has.
• The State of the Union Could Use Some Razzle-Dazzle. Without an evolutionary leap to bring it into the modern era, it will become a relic.
• Actually, ‘The Last of Us’ Is Conservative. The right should love its view of masculinity, the government and what it takes to survive.
• The Decisive Test for Germany Is Still to Come. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s strategy of caution surely won’t hold.
• Blackmailers Without a Cause. Why this debt ceiling crisis is different from the last one.
• In the Age of A.I., Major in Being Human. How to acquire the skills no machine can have.
• Why Are So Many Americans Dying Right Now? Where are the country’s quite large numbers of deaths actually coming from?
• Open Jobs. Refugees Seeking Work. Hmm…. Immigration reform is hard. Here are three ideas that could help.
• What Could Make a Person Die for Trees? The battle over South River Forest has turned violent.
• The Search for the Real Franz Kafka Continues. Translating Kafka’s diaries revealed a writer even more alive than English-language readers previously knew.
• The Teenager Leading the Smartphone Liberation Movement. Logan Lane gave up her smartphone. That changed her life.
• I Will Fight the Forgetting of Homs. Homs was the capital of the Syrian revolution. Now it is a footnote, but not to me.
• Robbed of Space to Mourn. Grieving loved ones in public isn’t normal, yet families do it valiantly.
• Inclusive or Alienating? The Language Wars Go On. New vocabulary is supposed to be supportive. But terms like “bodies with vaginas” just antagonize voters and empower the right.
• Our Documentary Criticized Israel. Now We’re Being Called Disloyal. . Documentary films have long been a way of holding the Israeli government to task. Some elected officials don’t want that to continue.
• The Dying Practice of Time and a Half. Employers inflate employee titles to dodge an important worker protection.
• Bon Voyage, Boeing 747. How the “Queen of the Skies” transformed air travel and our global community.
• Tired: Organized Fridges. Wired: Shoe Boxes in the Kitchen. Julia Fox, Marie Kondo and a momfluencing vibe shift.
• How Much Longer Can ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who!’ Last? “It’s important not to overstate the damage that some perceive liberalism as having done to the Democrats’ electoral fortunes,” one scholar says.
• Here in China, It’s as if Nothing Ever Happened. China left its vulnerable people to fend for themselves in a deadly Covid outbreak.
• Be Open to Spiritual Experience. Also, Be Really Careful. The reasonability and risks of metaphysical experimentation.
• A Ban on TikTok Won’t Make Us More Secure. A national ban on TikTok would not solve America’s data privacy problems.
• How Will Biden Be Remembered in 50 Years? He could be seen as the savior of the free world or as the man who came up short.
• Stagflation or Soft Landing? It Depends Who You Ask. Where the inflation debate stands now.
• Ron DeSantis Wants to Erase Black History. Why? This disturbing attempt to erase history is one of the most visible examples of performative white supremacy since the presidency of Donald Trump.
• The Police Cannot Be a Law Unto Themselves. Right now, the institution of American policing lies outside any meaningful democratic control.
• Authorities Used a Taser on Him 7 Times in 15 Minutes. Then He Died. Justice Never Came. For Jerod Draper, horrifying video footage wasn’t enough to force police accountability.
• What New Weight Loss Drugs Teach Us About Fat and Free Will. New weight loss drugs show us body size is not a choice.
• Russian Mercenaries Are Destabilizing Africa. Wagner’s reach extends far beyond the war in Ukraine.
• The Durham Fiasco Is a Warning of What’s to Come. A perfect demonstration of how the right’s scandalmongering works.
• Will Americans Even Notice an Improving Economy? There’s a stunning disconnect between perceptions and the data.
• When Ilhan Omar Asks Questions, Her Colleagues Should Listen. Removing voices of dissent hurts the conduct of foreign policy.
• There’s No Real Ceiling for Federal Debt? I’m Not So Sure. I can’t get fully on board with the idea that deficits matter only if they cause inflation.

Sunday Review

• Climate Change Is Already Uprooting American Families. Five years after Hurricane Harvey destroyed their home, Becca and Sergio Fuentes are still rebuilding their lives.

Arts

• Academic Literary Criticism: What Is It Good For? John Guillory’s “Cultural Capital,” published amid the 1990s canon wars, became a classic. In a follow-up, “Professing Criticism,” he takes on his field’s deep funk.
• 5 Things to Do This Weekend. Selections from the Weekend section, including a review of the dance company Cullberg's Joyce debut.
• What’s in Our Queue? An Elena Ferrante Adaptation and More. I'm an editor in the Book Review. Here are five things I've been watching and reading.
• Biden Asks Congress To Limit Ticket Fees. The president made the proposal at a meeting of his competition council, roughly a week after lawmakers scrutinized Ticketmaster.
• Creator of King Monument Adds Sculpture for Super Bowl. The steel sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas features a football and will be displayed outside State Farm Stadium on Feb. 12.
• Charges Accusing Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ Killing Are Filed in New Mexico. The film’s star, Mr. Baldwin, and its armorer were accused of involuntary manslaughter after its cinematographer was slain by a gun on set that was loaded with a live round.

Art & Design

• Art Critics: Next Endangered Species? A dispute within AICA-USA, an art critics’ group, over diversity, reveals the widening rift between the dream of being a culture writer and shrinking job opportunities.
• Celebrating 25 Years Of First Saturdays. During that time, the museum has welcomed more than 1.5 million visitors to live performances by a diverse group of artists.
• Fraud Charges Are Upheld Against Former Louvre Chief. Jean-Luc Martinez, who led the museum from 2013 to 2021, is fighting charges of complicity in fraud and money laundering, part of an inquiry into the illegal sale of Egyptian artifacts.
• Lots of Vermeers, and a Few Mysteries. A blockbuster exhibition brings together more paintings by the Dutch master than ever before. Yet he remains a mystery, despite efforts by authors, filmmakers and researchers to fill the empty space.
• Designed for Disappearance. An ultra-polished survey of the artist’s works at David Zwirner — some not seen before — demonstrate how preservation and change can coexist.
• No Small Achievement. “Richard Avedon: Murals” fills just one gallery of the Met, but “fills” is an understatement. These in-your-face, wall-engulfing portraits are a milestone in image-making.
• Art Gallery Shows to See in February. Looking for new art in New York this weekend?‌ ‌Head uptown for Latin American Conceptualists, and don’t miss Andrea Fraser’s first show at Goodman.
• As Energy Costs Bite, Museums Rethink a Conservation Credo. Tight climate controls have become the norm to protect artworks and artifacts. But as heating and electricity prices soar, Europe’s museums administrators are wondering whether the rules need to be so strict.
• Small and Scrappy Is the Way for London’s Galleries After Brexit. The city’s art market is shrinking and some major players have left. But young dealerships presenting work by emerging artists are springing up in their place.
• Platform at Tate Modern Is Nuisance, Court Rules. For years, tourists could look from the top of London’s most popular art museum into the apartments opposite. Soon, they may be permanently stopped from doing so.
• From a Warhol Wig to a Hopper Hat. It’s no longer enough to like our favorite artists’ works. By putting on Hopper’s fedora, Picasso’s striped shirt, Warhol’s wig or Kahlo’s colorful couture, we want to become their avatars.

Dance

• A Portal Into the Memories of Ballet. Her new work for the Royal Ballet, “Secret Things,” is both pedestrian and poetic, a portal into the practices and collective memories of ballet.
• Street Moves Make Their Way to the Stage. “Memphis Jookin’: The Show,” which presents jookin “in the world it comes from,” is sincere entertainment, packed with talent and heart.
• Swaying to a Novelist’s Beat. The choreographer Troy Schumacher, the composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone and the novelist Karen Russell teamed up, pushing one another to new places in their mediums.
• A New Voice Makes a Debut. “Fortuitous Ash,” Keerati Jinakunwiphat’s first work for a ballet company, was spectral in two senses: ghostly and insubstantial.
• Subtle Acts in Hypnotic Worlds. Cullberg, a contemporary Swedish company, makes its Joyce Theater debut with Deborah Hay’s delicate, hypnotic “Horse, the Solos.”
• Seeing Beyond Arbitrary Borders. In his first show at Gagosian, opening Thursday, the painter Cy Gavin explores the land that has both empowered and inspired him.
• An Ad Hoc Ukrainian Ballet Troupe Settles Into Life in The Hague. The dancers in the United Ukrainian Ballet have found a home in the Netherlands. This week the company makes its U.S. debut in Alexei Ratmansky’s “Giselle.”

Music

• Hayley Williams Is Fueled by Teas, Thrifting and Terrifying Films. As Paramore releases its sixth album, “This Is Why,” the singer and songwriter chats about playing in a maturing band — and the music, mushrooms and tinctures that have aided that journey.
• Samara Joy wins best new artist.
• Harry Styles takes album of the year, giving Beyoncé a fourth career loss in the category.
• Working to Sound All the Right Notes. Beyoncé set a record for the most career Grammys won by any artist but was once again shut out of the biggest awards as the ceremony returned to a Los Angeles arena.
• Bonnie Raitt wins song of the year, while Lizzo takes record of the year.
• ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Wins a Grammy. Shervin Hajipour won in a new special merit category recognizing a song for social change. The song has become the anthem of protests that have swept through Iran in recent months.
• The Grammys Celebrate 50 Years of Hip-Hop in a Joyous Performance. The medley, curated by Questlove of the Roots, featured a taste of some two dozen songs from across decades, regions and movements.
• Kim Petras, a Transgender Woman, Won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo Performance. The German pop singer, who accepted the award with Sam Smith for “Unholy,” announced that she was the first transgender woman to win a Grammy in the best pop duo and group performance category.
• Beyoncé Wins Her 32nd Grammy, Making History at the Awards. After 88 career nominations, the superstar won her fourth trophy of the 2023 awards, giving her the record for most Grammy victories.
• Loretta Lynn, Takeoff and Christine McVie Receive Musical Tributes. With performances and videos, the Grammys acknowledged a long list of industry veterans who died in the past year.
• Harry Styles returns to the Grammy stage.
• Bad Bunny wins best música urbana album and could make history yet again.
• Stevie Wonder sings the hits.
• Beyoncé Ties the Record for Most Grammy Wins Ever. With her third victory of the day so far, an award for best R&B song, the singer has 31 career Grammys, tying the conductor Georg Solti.
• Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé and Brandi Carlile win early awards.
• A New York youth orchestra and Terence Blanchard’s opera “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” are among the classical winners.
• Bonnie Raitt is finally recognized as a songwriter.
• Viola Davis reaches EGOT status with a Grammy win. The actress picked up her trophy for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording at the event’s preshow ceremony on Sunday.
• Will this be Beyoncé’s big night?
• Trevor Noah returns as Grammy host for a third straight year.
• Who’s nominated and who’s performing?
• How to watch the 65th annual Grammy Awards.
• 2023 Grammy Winners. Here are the winners of the 65th annual Grammy Awards.
• Yannick Nézet-Séguin Extends His Contract With the Philadelphia Orchestra. The four-year extension will keep him at the podium through at least the end of the 2029-30 season.
• How to Watch the 2023 Grammys. A guide to everything you need to know for the 65th annual awards on Sunday night.
• A Conductor Draws New Energy From an Old Work. Herbert Blomstedt introduced the New York Philharmonic to a piece he premiered in Stockholm 59 years ago.
• Raye, Tired of Music’s Waiting Game, Releases an Album at Last. The British musician spent years writing for other artists, eventually sharing her frustrations online. After speaking her truths about the industry, she shares personal revelations on her debut.
• A Secret Deal Imploded Over Antisemitic Lyrics. Though the music label ultimately backed out, the deal illustrates the temptations and risks faced by corporations seeking to capitalize on the notoriety of pop-culture figures.
• Karol G and Romeo Santos’s Sensual Goodbye, and 12 More New Songs. Hear tracks by Morgan Wallen, Yves Tumor, Lankum and others.
• Tracing Their Two Paths to the Grammys. Ahead of the first-ever Grammy Award for songwriter of the year, two musicians who have been both headliners and behind-the-scenes cogs trace their unique journeys to recognition.
• How the R&B Innovator Kelela Unlocked a New Level. In the six years since her debut, “Take Me Apart,” the 39-year-old musician has been researching, processing and preparing to make an even bolder statement.
• Facing the Abyss, but Finding Liberation. Lars Vogt, for one of his final albums made before dying from cancer, turned to chamber music by Schubert with Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff.
• Grammys Put Focus, and Pressure, on Beyoncé. With a dominant new album, “Renaissance,” and the chance to become the most awarded artist in Grammy history, all eyes are on the pop superstar ahead of Sunday’s show. What could go wrong?
• At the Extremes, He Found the Joy. This 20th-century maestro could be extreme at the podium, but he also believed in the “beauty, joy and goodness” of an artist’s calling.
• Tanglewood Lineup Blends Familiar and New. The Boston Symphony Orchestra, grappling with leadership turnover, hopes to attract audiences with a program of classics and contemporary fare.
• A Prismatic and Complex Work, Deftly Played. The pianist Leif Ove Andsnes brought Dvorak’s sprawling 1889 rarity to New York with committed playing and interpretive wisdom.
• Beyoncé Announces a Solo Tour. The star’s first solo tour since 2016 will start May 10 in Stockholm.
• Rock Hall Nominees Include Missy Elliott. Cyndi Lauper, Joy Division, George Michael and the White Stripes are also among the first-time nominees up for induction this year.
• Five Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Jazz. We’ve done a lot of listening back. So where is jazz today? Writers and musicians including Sonny Rollins, Melanie Charles and Terri Lyne Carrington share their favorites from this millennium.
• California’s Leading Conductors Come Together for a New Festival. Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Rafael Payare will assemble their orchestras and more for the California Festival: A Celebration of New Music.
• Bonnie Raitt Heads to the Grammys, Recognized as a Songwriter at Last. Long renowned as an interpreter, she has quietly built a catalog of her own. Up for song of the year on Sunday, she talked about her nominated track, “Just Like That,” and a lifetime onstage.
• Forging a Path to the Rest of Her Career. Last spring, the country superstar lost her mother and longtime singing partner, Naomi Judd, to suicide. At 58, she finally hopes to become the musician she’s wanted to be for 50 years.
• Prosecutors in Chicago Will Drop Abuse Charges Against R. Kelly. The musician is already facing decades in prison after being convicted of federal charges, prompting the Cook County state’s attorney to halt her case.
• SZA Has the No. 1 Album for a Seventh Straight Week. The R&B star’s “SOS” has racked up more than 1.4 billion streams and had the equivalent of 1.1 million sales since its December release.

Television

• This Week on TV. A new adventure series is on National Geographic, the Super Bowl airs on Fox, and President Biden delivers his second State of the Union address.
• ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Truck Stop. This week, Joel and Ellie’s bond deepened during an unplanned stay in Kansas City. They should have tried Des Moines instead.
• ‘S.N.L.’ Gives Comic Voice to the Downed Chinese Spy Balloon. Bowen Yang played the balloon wreckage as it floated off the Eastern Seaboard, in a wide-ranging episode hosted by Pedro Pascal.
• Chinese Series Adaptation Beats Netflix to the Screen. A 30-episode adaptation of the celebrated science-fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem” is premiering simultaneously in China and on the American streamer Rakuten Viki.
• The Best of Late Night This Week. The hosts had plenty of news to pick through this week, including former President Trump returning to the campaign trail, Tom Brady retiring from football (again), and Netflix cracking down on password sharing.
• This Weekend I Have …. Our critic recommends checking out a show about pasta, a French political comedy and a potent new true-crime documentary.
• Jimmy Kimmel Addresses Netflix’s Plan to Charge for Shared Accounts. “I understand. You don’t like paying for TV,” Kimmel said. “So, let me just say this: My name is Jimmy and I’m free every night, no charge.”
• Her Women Won’t Be Written Off. The series reunites the actor with Jason Katims, the “Friday Night Lights” showrunner. But the wealthy suburbanite she plays is “so not Tami Taylor,” she said.
• Philomena Cunk Is Weird Enough to Take on the World. The new Netflix show “Cunk on Earth” looks like an ambitious BBC documentary. Until its fictional host, created by Charlie Brooker, starts to ask some deeply silly questions.
• Jimmy Fallon Jokes That President Biden’s Document Drama Is a ‘Humblebrag’ “First, they searched near Biden’s Corvette, now they’re searching his beach house,” Fallon said.
• Criminal Justice From the Inside Out. “Inside Story,” produced by the Marshall Project and Vice News, reports on crime and punishment from the perspective of former prisoners.
• Jimmy Kimmel Puts Mike Lindell Inside a Claw Machine. The MyPillow founder and election denier wanted to appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” again, but the host had one condition.
• More Than Shirley: Cindy Williams’s 6 Best Moments Onscreen. Her comedic work in “Laverne & Shirley” was career-defining. But the actress had other chops, too. Here’s a look at some of her best work and where to see it.
• Gen X Nostalgia Gets a Singalong. The educational snippets are the ultimate font of Gen X nostalgia. But what is it we’re nostalgic for?
• Why Gina Rodriguez Put Mumford & Sons on Her Birth Playlist. The actress spent her pregnancy making a new TV series, “Not Dead Yet,” and watching “WandaVision.”
• Jimmy Kimmel Takes on Trump’s ‘Sad’ Return to the Campaign Trail. Kimmel called Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign “the political equivalent of when Michael Jordan went to play for the Wizards.”
• Stream These 8 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in February. A handful of great titles are leaving the service for U.S. subscribers soon, including a bona fide comedy classic. See them while you can.

Theater

• Tales of Spellbound Fans And Constant Surveillance. David Greenspan gives a wild ride of a performance in “On Set With Theda Bara,” and marionettes star in Vaclav Havel’s play “Audience.”
• A Wink and a Nod, and a Bit of Trash Talk. There’s plenty of pleasure to be found at the end of the world in the Irish Repertory Theater production of Samuel Beckett’s play.
• A Nonbinary Performer Opts Out of Gendered Awards. Justin David Sullivan of “& Juliet” decided to abstain from consideration and urged awards shows to “expand their reach.”
• ‘Lemons’ Review: A Fun Thought Exercise, Without Deep Thoughts. On London’s West End, Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman star in a lightly dystopian comedy that succeeds as a portrait of a troubled couple, but falls short as political satire.
• A Role In Sync With Her Dreams. She is making her professional stage debut in the Off Broadway drama “The Wanderers,” and fulfilling a childhood dream. “It’s transformative,” she said.
• Leslie Odom Jr. Will Return to Broadway in ‘Purlie Victorious’ Kenny Leon will direct the revival of Ossie Davis’s 1961 play, which is expected to run this summer at an unspecified Broadway theater.
• Beckoned by a Neglected Hansberry Play. The first major New York revival of “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” Lorraine Hansberry’s 1964 Broadway play, comes to BAM this month. What took so long?
• Observe Close Up And Still Be Fooled. A master at the top of his game, the magician Asi Wind performs fluidly and with obvious pleasure.

Books

• Reveling in the Eerie and the Spooky, but Finding ‘True Horror’ in Real Life. The author Mariana Enriquez deploys — and enjoys — horror conventions. But in “Our Share of Night,” she reminds readers that the violence we live with can be far more frightening.
• Literary Fathers, Literary Daughters, and the Books That Bind Them. With “The Critic’s Daughter: A Memoir,” Priscilla Gilman, daughter of the theater critic Richard Gilman, joins the ranks of writers whose memoirs examine their famous, and flawed, fathers.
• Turning Nairobi’s Public Libraries Into ‘Palaces for the People’ A Kenyan nonprofit is restoring iconic public libraries, leaving behind a segregated past and turning them into inclusive spaces.
• ‘More Books In Place of Guns’ In his first terms as president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expanded the scope of who could get published in the country, and who could access books. His return to the presidency comes with expectations, and hurdles.
• Fantastical Powers, and Other Fresh Reads. A salty historical romp, two deep dives into the entertainment industry, a handful of memoirs and Salman Rushdie’s much-anticipated new novel, “Victory City.”
• In ‘Reckoning,’ Eve Ensler Unveils a New Name but Familiar Targets. Writing now as V, the creator of “The Vagina Monologues” tackles racism, colonialism and sexual violence in a raw and free-associative collection.
• Head of Penguin Random House Resigns. The departure of Madeline McIntosh, who has led the country’s largest book publisher since 2018, is the latest shake-up for the company during a turbulent period.
• Her Culture Was Suppressed for Centuries. Now It Powers Her Best Seller. Ann-Helén Laestadius grew up among the Sámi, an Indigenous people living near the Arctic Circle, in Europe. Her novel, “Stolen,” a success in her native Sweden, reflects that culture to a broad audience.

Book Review

• Conversations With Friends, in a Russian Jail Cell. A debut novel from Kira Yarmysh, a longtime critic of Vladimir Putin, offers an intimate look at political imprisonment.
• Medusa’s Turn. Natalie Haynes’s new novel, “Stone Blind,” continues her retellings of Greek legends, this one featuring the snake-haired Gorgon, long a symbol of female monstrosity.
• A Novelist Bridges the Class Divide in Contemporary Nigeria. In Ayòbámi Adébáyò’s “A Spell of Good Things,” the lives of a working-class boy and a wealthy young doctor converge to expose the precarity of the social order.
• What Does It Mean to Be Liberal? In his new book, “The Struggle for a Decent Politics,” the political philosopher Michael Walzer grapples with a definition.
• How Hard Is It to Hang On to Friends? In her new memoir, “B.F.F.,” Christie Tate looks at her history of failed platonic relationships and learns something about herself.
• As Wallace Stevens Once Put It: Hi! Poetic beginnings — first lines, or first poems in collections — do a lot of work in setting the tone and the reader’s expectations.
• She Grabs the Wrong Gym Bag, and Carries It Into a New Life. In “Someone Else’s Shoes,” Jojo Moyes puts a fresh spin on the classic plot where characters swap circumstances.
• Intimate Acts. In Jen Beagin’s “Big Swiss,” a sex therapist’s transcriptionist fantasizes about sleeping with a married female patient, who also happens to go to her dog park.
• 6 New Paperbacks to Read This Week. This roundup includes titles by Fintan O’Toole, Xochitl Gonzalez and more.
• A Look Ahead at the Season’s Big Books. Gilbert Cruz and Tina Jordan discuss the upcoming books they’re most excited to read in the next few months.
• Sex and Violence. Susan Wels’s “An Assassin in Utopia” links President Garfield’s killer to the atmosphere of free love and religious fervor that gripped Oneida, N.Y., in the late 1800s.
• Beings and Somethingness. Klassen had been influenced by the quietly revolutionary artist before Carle made a single book for children.
• Storming Normandy in 1346. “Essex Dogs,” the first novel in a projected trilogy by the historian Dan Jones, imagines a hard-bitten band of mercenaries hired to invade France on behalf of their English king.
• 9 New Books We Recommend This Week. Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
• Newly Published. A selection of recently published books.
• Alex Prud’homme. “That toothsome meal arguably saved the Republic,” says the journalist, whose new book is “Dinner With the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House,” of Thomas Jefferson’s so-called Dinner Table Bargain. “The d...
• They Crossed Paths in Second Grade. Now They’re Best Sellers. When “Master Slave Husband Wife” came out last month, Ilyon Woo teamed up with her old friend Imani Perry for her first book event.
• Knock Wood. Kate Alice Marshall’s new novel, “What Lies in the Woods,” is elevated by unexpected plot twists, deep psychological perspicacity, and an endlessly interesting dance between past and present.
• The Secret History. His new novel is about a kingdom that is founded on pluralism but fails to live up to its ideals.
• The Yale Library That’s a Temple to Learning … and a Portal to Hell. In “Hell Bent,” Leigh Bardugo continues the fantastical journey she began in “Ninth House.”

Books Update

• Lit Trivia: Can You Identify These Novels by Their First Sentences? Some books grab you right from the author’s first sentence and stick with you long after the last page. Can you match these five opening lines to their titles?

Movies

• Can We Again Trust M. Night Shyamalan? The director, whose latest is “Knock at the Cabin,” has been working to regain audience faith, one B-movie at a time.
• A Good Cry Can Be Good Cinema. Bringing a great crying scene to the big screen requires a combination of craft and empathy. This is how three recent movies — “Close,” “Babylon” and “The Woman King” — pulled it off.
• Five Horror Movies to Stream Now. This month’s picks include a pandemic-inspired killer, a trance-induced massacre and a bloodthirsty little boy.
• Two Experimental Horror Directors Discuss the Thoughts Behind the Frights. Kyle Edward Ball, the filmmaker behind “Skinamarink,” and Robbie Banfitch, who made “The Outwaters,” talk about their creepy, buzzy movies.
• Claudia Cardinale: 6 Decades in the Movies. Ahead of a MoMA retrospective, the actress reflected on her career, which includes over 100 films and many classics of Italian cinema.
• Another of God’s Lonely Men Battles Ego. In this striking drama set in the late 19th century, a Danish priest travels to Iceland and is gradually undone by a world he can’t understand.
• How Life Changes All at Once, and Not at All. Alberto Sordi stars as an idealistic Italian Everyman caught up in a changing postwar world in this rediscovered comedy from the ’60s.
• The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic. In this wry Finnish drama, a disabled man embarks on a journey to visit his girlfriend, encountering inaccessible infrastructure and evil goons along the way.
• Let It Be Morning. A Palestinian citizen of Israel returns to his hometown and encounters problems in this film from Eran Kolirin.
• Baby Ruby. This psychological horror movie stars Noémie Merlant as a new mother experiencing delusions and paranoia.
• A Nice, Quiet Apocalypse in the Country. In M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thought experiment, Dave Bautista brings the end of the world to a peaceful country cottage.
• Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over. This documentary tries to do justice to a six-decade career in 95 minutes, which proves challenging.
• Full Time. A breathlessly tense portrait of modern labor, this French drama stars Laure Calamy as a single mother who hits her breaking point during a nationwide strike.
• Body Parts. The documentary features performers and filmmakers discussing onscreen nudity and sex, but offers little on the subject of sexual exploitation.
• ‘The Locksmith’ Review: A Botched Job. Ryan Phillippe plays a lock picker trying to escape his past in this clunky, clichéd crime thriller.
• Love in the Time Of Fentanyl. To combat the overdose crisis, a group that includes former and current users open a safe consumption site where shooting up does not have to mean death.
• The Amazing Maurice. Hugh Laurie voices a quippy, self-referential cat in this animated adaptation of a popular Terry Pratchett book.
• True Spirit. Nothing rocks the boat for long in this can-do drama based on the true story of Jessica Watson, an Australian teenager who sailed the globe.
• Pathaan. Filled to the brim with action set pieces, “Pathaan” stars Shah Rukh Khan as a secret agent saving India from havoc unleashed by a vengeful former operative.
• A Lot of Nothing. Mo McRae’s feature debut, about a well-off Black couple and their white neighbor, is more of a trauma drama than a satirical thriller.
• Desperately Seeking to Get to the Quarterback. This stubbornly charming romp starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sally Field and Rita Moreno is inspired by the story of a real group of female friends with a love for Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
• In Real Life, Actually Quite Fond of Donkeys. An ardent animal lover, the supporting actress Oscar nominee for “The Banshees of Inisherin” channeled grief from her dog’s death into her performance.
• Stream These Three Great Documentaries. This month’s picks look at an organized-labor fight, a student impostor and a lecturer chronicling racism in America.
• ‘Pamela, a Love Story’ Review: A Frank Look Back. This documentary from Ryan White rewinds, to powerful effect, on Pamela Anderson’s life and fame.
• Which Sundance Movies Could Follow ‘CODA’ to the Oscars? Jonathan Majors in “Magazine Dreams” and Teyana Taylor in “A Thousand and One,” among others, could make the journey from Park City to the Dolby Theater.

Food

• Mushrooms Aren’t Here to Destroy Us — Or to Save Us. The fictional fungus in “The Last of Us” touched a collective nerve. When it comes to mushrooms, we just can’t keep our cool.
• What to Cook This Week. Chicken tikka, turkey meatballs with mozzarella and more recipes.
• A Little Night Chopping. Let dicing ingredients be a welcome interlude between work and dinner.
• New York City’s Most Romantic Restaurants. Times writers and editors share where they like to dine on Valentine's Day.
• Reader Tips for a Better Frozen (or Homemade) Pizza. A recent look at the state of premium frozen pizza, and an accompanying taste test, brought out big opinions. “Pizza,” as one reader notes, “is a big tent.”
• 3 New Chocolate Desserts for Everyone You Love. Preparing a special dinner can be intimidating, but these make-ahead sweets will be hits no matter how much time or kitchen confidence you have.
• What to Cook This Weekend. Take on Eric Kim’s sweet-and-sour ribs as a practice run for Super Bowl Sunday.
• The Juicy Secret to Stellar Baby Back Ribs. You don’t need a smoker or a grill to make sticky, tender ribs at home — just an oven and a surprising four-ingredient glaze.
• I Made You a Meal Plan. These three recipes (and Venn diagram!) are an exercise in strategic overlaps and substitutions.
• 13 Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes for the Busiest Days. A few minutes of prep in the morning means you don’t have to think about dinner again until it’s time to eat.
• The Miracle of Crispy Cheese. Thoughts on frico and Ali Slagle’s recipe for cauliflower with Parmesan.
• Our Favorite Romantic Restaurants. We asked New York Times staffers for their go-to Valentine’s plans.
• El Fish Marisqueria, Seafood-Focused Mexican, Opens on the Upper West Side. Rotisserie chicken on the Upper East Side, a Turkish menu served on the Peninsula New York rooftop, and more restaurant news.
• The Restless Quest for Better Frozen Pizza. As shoppers flock to the freezer aisle, artisan pizzaiolos are using new tech and express shipping to give them pies that taste like the real thing. But the translation from fresh isn’t easy.
• And Just How Do They Taste? To find out, four hungry Times staff members staged a blind tasting.
• Inflation Leads a New Generation to the Bread-Making Machine. Rediscovered in the early days of the pandemic, the mainstay of ’90s kitchens has become an indispensable tool for some younger bakers trying to save money.
• Porcini Mushrooms for Those With Fungi on the Brain. Gustiamo now imports preserved funghi porcini from Italy, the Museum at Eldridge Street has a walking tour that includes noshing, and more.
• Eat Your Salad With a Spoon. Sohla El-Waylly’s quinoa and broccoli spoon salad, and more spoonable recipes.

Wine, Beer & Cocktails

• Celebrating the Roaring 2020s With a Bee’s Knees Cocktail. The Prohibition Era favorite is back on bar menus, with creative ingredients but the same inherent charm.

Style

• Do Sustainable Party Dresses Exist? A reader wonders if it’s possible to get gussied up for black-tie occasions in an environmentally responsible way.
• 17 Outfits That Did the Most at the Grammys. On the red carpet, even some of the bad looks were good.
• Music and Art Are Causes For Celebration. Events were held for the New York Philharmonic, the Winter Show and the International Center of Photography.
• Where Rap Gods Get Their Bling. The jewelry designer Alex Moss specializes in creating custom pieces for clients like Drake and Jack Harlow. This month, he releases a collection available to the masses.
• Harry Styles Ate Here. His Fans Will Now Eat Here Forever. A stray lyric by the pop star radically changed the clientele — and fortunes — of a Los Angeles cafe.
• Fashion Industry Still Worships Skinniness. On TikTok, a midsize movement is forming, but models like Jill Kortleve are rarely cast in glossy brand campaigns or on the catwalks. Why not?
• Imbuing an Essence. Poppy Liu plays a blackjack dealer in “Hacks.” And has been working nonstop ever since.
• Love Letter: A Friend, Not a Wife. Plus: an usual date — with grandpa.
• At the Marc Jacobs Show, a Ghost. Upside-down jackets, punk gestures — Vivienne Westwood is still present in fashion.
• The Two Kisses That We Never Talked About. Sometimes you really have to show up for your ex. This was one of those times.
• A Friendship Evolves, Thanks to an Unusual Date. Shuo Chen and Gorick Ng were introduced in 2012 when both were in college and he was seeking some professional advice from her. They didn’t become a couple until almost 10 years later.
• Living ‘Out Loud and Proud’ in Berlin. Paula Sapion Miranda dazzled Deidre Olsen — who also lived in Germany — with colorful flowers and a line from a Pablo Neruda poem.
• In a Stack of Music CDs, Finding a Future Partner. It was a very Gen X love story for Niffer Desmond and Paul Petroskey. She admired his music from afar for years, but had no way of finding him. Then social media was invented.
• When the Air-Conditioner Sputtered, Things Heated Up. Harvey Starin first considered Dorine Seidman, a former president of their homeowner’s association, “stern and scary.” That changed.
• Reflections on Star Quality From a Golden Age of ‘Junk TV’ In a new memoir, a longtime casting director revels in memories of a bygone Hollywood, matching actors with the roles that made them stars.
• A ‘Real Housewives’ Star Is on a Journey. A star of the Salt Lake City franchise details her separation from the church in a new memoir.
• Dads Are in the House, and Have Formed a Caucus. Male politicians who are parents of young children are wearing their fatherhood on their sleeves and their babies on their chests.
• Wallpaper Everywhere All at Once. The current maximalist movement does not spare the ceiling.
• What’s on the Menu? Many Marriage Proposals. One if by Land, Two if by Sea in Greenwich Village, which offers the perfect setting for romantic engagements, expects to see a jump in proposals in February.
• A Wardrobe’s Political Messages. For once, a politician who wasn’t afraid of fashion.
• In This Nigerian Market, Young Women Find a Place of Their Own. The members of the female and L.G.B.T.Q. skateboarding collective Dencity have carved out a space of freedom, safety and community in Lagos.
• Daughter’s Betrayal. In the course of offering financial advice, a mother shared a personal story about her marriage with her adult daughter, who later forwarded the entire exchange to her father.
• Rarefied Clothes for Rarefied People. A Styles photographer captures the fashion inside and out at the couture shows.
• A Fashion Show That Widens the Lens on Asian Identity. The art collective CFGNY held a conceptual fashion show at the Japan Society.
• Fashion Weeks are Unsustainable. Can Strict Rules Fix That? Organizers of Copenhagen Fashion Week have created sustainability requirements for participating designers with the goal of setting a new industry standard.
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘Want to Come Over?’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
• Where Will the Fashion Insiders Hang Out Now? With the closing of Le Castiglione comes the end of an era for a certain slice of Parisian life.

Weddings

• An Enduring Commitment, Wedding Ring or Not. One woman’s quest to find a replacement for the too-small gold band she has had for more than four decades.

Magazine

• My Husband Won’t Help Pay for My Kids’ Tuition. Should I Divorce Him? The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to navigate financial tensions with a spouse
• Walter Mosley Thinks America Is Getting Dumber. “There are people who don’t know how to spell, they don’t know how to think,” says the bestselling novelist.
• The Implacable Fani Willis. Fani Willis’s aggressive tactics have sparked criticism — and won over voters. What do they tell us about how she might prosecute the former president?
• Sturgeon Sacrifice. Sturgeon are disappearing from North American rivers where they thrived for millions of years. And the quest to save them is exposing the limits of the Endangered Species Act.
• Poem: Birthday. Wonder needs no ornaments, only an invitation, and to have been born at all.
• Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. A family is divided on the controversial “dollaring” of an opponent.
• A Vicious Cycle. Hot flashes, sleeplessness, pain during sex: For some of menopause’s worst symptoms, there’s an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it?
• What to Know About Menopause and Hormone Therapy. There has long been an effective, F.D.A.-approved treatment for some menopausal symptoms, but too few women have a clear picture of its risks and benefits.
• Motorcycle Rides, Beach Breezes and the Shrimp I’ll Never Forget. Reader, I don’t even remember his name. But I can still taste the buttery garlic shrimp we shared by the roadside — a modern classic in Hawaii if there ever was one.
• Watch Men. Their rapid-fire haggling in Manhattan’s diamond district teases the fantasy of making a market, rather than just being subject to it.
• Sidewalk Fossils. These oft-overlooked records invite us to imagine what has been and what might be.

T Magazine

• Is Celebrity ‘Queer Baiting’ Really Such a Crime? Even as gender and masculinity are more fluid than ever, it can still rankle when male stars co-opt traditionally gay codes and styles.
• The Ecstatic, Elusive Art of Ming Smith. The artist was the first Black woman photographer to have her work acquired by MoMA. Now, decades later, as she returns for a solo show, she reflects on her singular career.
• The Smell of Magic. A new crop of scents reference long-held beliefs about the connection between perfume and the supernatural.
• Valentine’s Day 2023 Gift Guide: What T Editors Covet Most Right Now. Essentials for a romantic night at home, sophisticated sweets and more recommendations from T Magazine.

Travel

• 8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History. Over the years, many important African American landmarks have disappeared or fallen into disrepair. An effort to restore them promises a fuller understanding of American history as a whole.
• It’s Winter. Let’s Go to the Farmers’ Market! In cities like Detroit and Philadelphia, markets have become year-round destinations, offering classes, crafts and music, as well as a surprising array of fresh produce.
• 36 Hours in Bangkok. A secret garden, a bicycle ride across city and paddy farms, and a world-class cocktail scene in Thailand’s capital.
• 5 Cozy Hotels Where Winter Is a Treat. From a luxurious cabin in the Catskills to a Victorian-era inn in the Scottish Highlands, here are a few places where you can curl up and watch the snow fall.
• Is It Safe to Travel to Mexico? Here’s What You Need to Know. A spate of incidents, including protests among taxi drivers in Cancún and a stray bullet at an airport in Culiacán, has tourists asking the question.
• On Safari, On Foot. On a walking safari in Zambia, a writer traded animal locator apps and spine-jostling game drives for a slow and sensuous experience in which the lore and nuances of the landscape came to the fore.
• 2023年最值得去的52个地方. 旅行的强势复苏揭示了我们有多么渴望探索世界。我们为什么旅行？为了美食、文化、探险、自然风光？这一年的榜单包含了所有这些元素，以及更多。
• You Don’t Go to Sun Valley to Party. The Idaho ski resort is a favorite of the rich and famous, but still maintains a down-home feel, with casual restaurants and little pampering.

Real Estate

• $3.5 Million Homes in California. A Spanish-style house in Los Angeles, a 1925 Mediterranean-style home in San Francisco and a renovated 1978 retreat in Encinitas.
• How Can My Brother Buy My Share Of Our Parents’ Former Home? There are various taxes and fees involved when relatives settle their parents’ estate, but the first step is figuring out what it’s worth.
• Not Always Front-Door Worthy. The four-legged pets are welcome, but not welcome everywhere. Their owners must carry them or use a service elevator.
• Homes for Sale in New Jersey and New York. This week’s properties are a six-bedroom house in Frenchtown, N.J., and a three-bedroom house in Locust Valley, N.Y.
• Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Queens. This week’s properties are on the Upper West Side, in the Flatiron district and in Astoria.
• Gender Imbalance for Owned Homes. A look at where the ownership gap is greatest and smallest across the U.S.
• This Teacher Honors a Family Legacy With Her Plan to Become a Homeowner. Aiming to be her ‘own advocate’ and save on commission fees, a schoolteacher dived into the real estate game and emerged with her first single-family home. Here’s how she did it.
• ‘A Diamond in the Rough’ Reinvents Itself. This Fairfield County city is working to shed its ‘rundown’ image, although progress is happening slowly: “The city’s turning itself around.”
• The Godmother of Southern Heirloom Seeds. For a quarter of a century, Ira Wallace has nurtured seeds and gardeners: ‘When you say her name in our community, all this love comes up.’
• $1.9 Million. A Spanish-style house in Phoenix, a Craftsman bungalow in Tampa and a 1916 Colonial Revival home in Lexington.
• How to Create a Playroom That Appeals to Children and Adults. Thanks to an awareness that design affects children’s development, playrooms are no longer ‘the worst room in the house.’ You may even want to hang out there.

Real Estate

• Big Discounts on Top Listings Push a Trend Into the New Year. Stephen M. Ross, the real estate developer and principal owner of the Miami Dolphins, sold his penthouse atop 25 Columbus Circle for $40 million, down from the $75 million list price in 2019.

Health

• 911 Gets a Call; It’s Your Watch, And It’s Worried. Dispatchers for 911 are being inundated with false, automated distress calls from Apple devices owned by skiers who are very much alive.
• Coronavirus Vaccine Makers Kept $1.4 Billion for Canceled Shots. Separately, Johnson & Johnson is demanding additional payment for unwanted shots, confidential documents show.
• To Prevent Ovarian Cancer, More Women Are Advised to Remove Fallopian Tubes. A top research group is urging even women without genetic risks to have their fallopian tubes removed under certain circumstances.
• Deer Could Be a Reservoir of Old Coronavirus Variants, Study Suggests. Even after Delta became the dominant variant in humans, Alpha and Gamma continued to circulate in white-tailed deer, according to new research.
• A Life of Service. In her youth, Blue was a standout mine-hunter for the U.S. military. She and her colleagues are now at the vanguard of geriatric marine mammal medicine.
• Third of School Year Lost, Study of Pandemic Finds. Learning delays and regressions were most severe in developing countries and among children from low-income backgrounds. And students still haven’t caught up.

Well

Eat

• What Happens if I Take Melatonin After Drinking? Sleep specialists have a few concerns about this combo.

Live

• How to Stay Safe in Extreme Cold Weather. Experts offer tips to protect against common health hazards as temperatures plummet.
• Ozempic Can Cause Major Weight Loss. What Happens if You Stop Taking It? As more patients turn to diabetes medications for other uses, a shortage has taken hold. But doctors say going off these drugs can take a toll.
• What Times Readers Would Change About Their Doctors’ Offices. These small tweaks could go a long way toward improving patients’ overall experience.
• Who Should Get a Covid Booster Now? New Data Offers Some Clarity. If you are high-risk, the answer is straightforward. If you are low-risk, there is less consensus.
• What the End of the Covid Public Health Emergency Could Mean for You. The emergency expires in May, complicating access to tests and treatment in the U.S.

Mind

• How to Tell If Your Brain Needs a Break. Taking a few minutes to do a puzzle — or stare into space — can allow you to return to work sharper and more creative.
• Are You (Still) an Optimist? These Questions Might Help Explain Why. It may seem impossible to feel upbeat about the future, especially now. But there are common traits optimists share that can help improve anyone’s outlook.
• How to Stop Ruminating. Stuck in a mental loop of worries and problems that seem to have no end? Here’s what you can do.

Move

• The Secret to a Better Workout Is Probably Already in Your Kitchen. Used correctly, caffeine can help you lift more, run faster and cycle farther.

Smarter Living

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• How to Clean Stainless Steel Appliances. Using vinegar isn't a good idea.

Times Insider

• A House Fire Ignites a Journalist’s Curiosity. A trail of Facebook posts and interactions with neighbors led the reporter Tracey Tully on a quest to understand, and share, one woman’s story.
• An Old Stalwart. Portable typewriters, smaller and lighter than their desktop cousins, served New York Times correspondents from the 1920s to the 1970s.
• A Film Critic Who Enjoys Showing the Way. Rescuing movie viewers from endless browsing — and introducing them to hidden gems — is satisfying to a Times critic.

Corrections

• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Sunday, February 5, 2023.
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• No Corrections: Jan. 30, 2023. No corrections appeared in print on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.
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Crosswords & Games

• A Crossword that Looks Back at Earth. Taylor Johnson’s Monday puzzle is out of this world.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Hollywood Remakes. Prepare to lose it at Jeremy Newton’s cinematic Sunday puzzle.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Unconditional Condition? Kate Hawkins presents a subtle and spirited Saturday grid.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Variety: Two-for-One Crossword. Derrick Niederman makes us work twice as hard on an interesting challenge.
• Finishing-Line Cry. Barb Lin makes her themeless crossword debut.
• 60 Seconds With Elise Corbin. A chat with one of the New York Times Crossword constructors.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Start to Scream or Shout. Elise Corbin shows us things we may not have seen before.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Not Flummoxed. Get sucked in by Dan Caprera’s puzzle.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Leading Us Off. Erik Agard pays tribute to a pop icon.
• Wordle Wrap-Up: Jan. 23 to 29. A recap of the Wordle answers for the past week.
• Diary of a Spelling Bee Fanatic. Entries for the week of Jan. 23, 2023.

The Learning Network

• College Athletes Can Now Be Paid. But Not All of Them Are Seeing Money. Is That Fair? A Supreme Court ruling allows student athletes to be compensated. Should those who are raking in the money have to share it with their teammates?
• Word of the Day: gingerly. This word has appeared in 76 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What’s Going On in This Picture? | Feb. 6, 2023. Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
• Together. Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
• Word of the Day: subtle. This word has appeared in 790 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What Do You Think About the Controversy Surrounding the New A.P. Course on African American Studies? First, Florida banned the course. Then, the College Board published the official course framework stripped down from an original draft. What’s your reaction?
• What Students Are Saying About ChatGPT. Is this new chatbot the end of education as we know it? Or a useful new tool for learning? Teenagers weigh in.
• What’s Going On in This Graph? | Feb. 8, 2023. What do you notice and wonder about where people of different income levels make their friends?
• What Slang Words Do You Use? A new vocabulary called “algospeak” has emerged on TikTok. Does it change the way you talk and write?
• Cheering. What do you think this image is saying?
• Word of the Day: ravenous. This word has appeared in 45 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What Are You Doing to Take Care of Your Health? What good habits for your mental and physical well-being do you practice now? What goals do you have? What tips can you offer other teens?
• Our 10th Annual 15-Second Vocabulary Video Challenge. We invite students to create a short video that defines or teaches any of the words in our Word of the Day collection. Contest dates: Feb. 15-March 15, 2023.
• Student Vocabulary Challenge: Invent a Word. Come up with your own addition to the English language. Suggest a new word by Feb. 28, and it could become our April Fools’ Word of the Day.
• The College Application Process. Are you applying to college right now? What has your experience been like? What matters most in choosing the right college, in your opinion?
• Word of the Day: covet. This word has appeared in 61 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• January News Quiz for Students: Earth's Core, 'M3gan,' California Storms. Have you been paying attention to the news in January? See how many of these questions you can get right.
• Film Club: ‘Tuesday Afternoon’ A man is freed from prison after serving nearly 33 years. What is it like to re-enter society after so long?
• Word of the Day: fugue. This word has appeared in 33 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Emerging Music Stars. Who are the promising teenage musicians in your community?
• The Death of Tyre Nichols: A Place for Teenagers to Respond. We invite you to post your thoughts, emotions, reactions and questions in this moderated forum.

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• Celebrating Black History With The New York Times. Recent and archival articles, essays, photographs, videos, infographics, writing prompts, lesson plans and more.

en Español

• Mariana Enríquez y el ‘verdadero horror’ de la vida cotidiana. La escritora argentina usa y disfruta las convenciones del terror en su literatura. Pero en ‘Nuestra parte de noche’, recuerda a los lectores que la violencia con la que vivimos puede ser más aterradora.
• Juicio a García Luna: cuatro claves de los testimonios del caso. Los jurados del proceso contra el exfuncionario mexicano han escuchado relatos de asesinatos, secuestros, cargamentos de drogas y supuestos sobornos pagados por el Cártel de Sinaloa.
• A un lado, Pablo Neruda. La juventud chilena tiene una nueva poeta favorita. Gabriela Mistral, la primera latinoamericana en ganar un Nobel de Literatura, era considerada una poeta anquilosada. Una nueva generación la reivindica como ícono antisistema.
• No me llames por mi nombre real. A los clientes les encanta preguntarnos a las trabajadoras sexuales: “¿Cuál es tu verdadero nombre?”. Es una manera de tener poder. Yo tenía que poner límites, aunque no siempre lo logré.
• Fabricantes de vacunas contra la covid se quedaron con 1400 millones de dólares en anticipos por pedidos cancelados. El programa responsable de vacunar a los pobres del mundo ha estado negociando para tratar de cancelar sus acuerdos con las farmacéuticas por las dosis que ya no necesita, según documentos confidenciales.
• China mira hacia México para satisfacer al mercado de EE. UU. Alarmadas por el caos naviero y las fracturas geopolíticas, las compañías de China están instalando fábricas en México para preservar sus ventas en Estados Unidos.
• Una ‘huelga de natalidad’ Retos actuales de la crianza en EE.UU., China y Corea del Sur y más para el fin de semana.
• Todos quieren tu correo electrónico. Piénsalo bien antes de dar tu dirección. Cada vez hay más sitios web y aplicaciones que piden este dato para acceder a ellos. Así pueden rastrear tu actividad y perfilar tus intereses. Te explicamos cómo evitar dejar un rastro de migajas digitales.
• El último episodio dramático del FC Barcelona se llama Gavi. Mientras los rivales de uno de los clubes más conocidos del fútbol buscaban jugadores al cierre del mercado de fichajes, el Barcelona encontró una nueva forma de eludir las normas financieras de la liga: un juzgado.
• Protestas en Perú: la canciller reconoce que no hay pruebas de respaldo de criminales. La ministra de Relaciones Exteriores, Ana Cecilia Gervasi, admitió que el gobierno no cuenta con evidencia de que las manifestaciones sean impulsadas por grupos criminales, aunque insistió en que se hallarán las pruebas.
• Un imponente buque se convirtió en un problema ambiental. Brasil va a hundirlo. El viejo portaaviones, antaño buque insignia de la Armada, está repleto de asbesto. Ningún país, incluido Brasil, permite que atraque para ser desmantelado o reciclado.
• La Fed aumentó sus tasas de interés. Esto es lo que significa para tus finanzas personales. Los ahorradores se benefician y los deudores pueden esperar que sus deudas en tarjetas de crédito, préstamos estudiantiles y otros créditos aumenten.
• ¿Las pruebas rápidas aún funcionan? Aunque pueden dar falsos negativos, siguen siendo una herramienta valiosa para detener la propagación de la COVID-19. Consultamos a expertos para usarlas de la manera más efectiva.
• Los retos de la crianza actual, según un nuevo estudio. Las madres y padres sienten gran presión para ser prácticos, previsivos y equilibrados en la crianza. Una nueva encuesta muestra que, a menudo, esto significa más compromiso emocional.
• Tom Brady se despide del fútbol americano. Hay que darle a Brady el reconocimiento que se ha ganado, pero también llegó el momento de que Patrick Mahomes, y todos los jóvenes y emocionantes mariscales de campo de la actualidad, se encarguen del deporte.
• Un pequeño barco, un mar inmenso y una huida desesperada de Rusia. En septiembre, dos hombres salieron de Rusia con la esperanza de que una embarcación pudiera llevarlos a pedir asilo en suelo estadounidense. Su búsqueda de la libertad no salió como habían planificado.
• Cómo lograr el nirvana tecnológico. Estas son las claves para optimizar —y aligerar— tu vida digital.
• Este magnate perdió 36.000 millones de dólares en unos días. ¿Quién es y qué pasó? El multimillonario indio Gautam Adan enfrenta un gran reto: una pequeña empresa estadounidense acusa a su conglomerado de fraude y manipulación bursátil.
• Sobre el uso de la fuerza. Debates sobre la actuación policial, el exilio de Donald Trump en redes sociales y más para estar al día.
• Qué pasó con Donald Trump durante su exilio de las redes sociales. El expresidente ha vuelto a tener acceso a publicar en Facebook y Twitter. Los expertos en extremismo advierten que podría llevar el enfoque que emplea en su red, Truth Social, a un público más amplio.
• ¿Cómo aplicar RCP y usar un desfibrilador? Cuando una persona tiene un paro cardiaco aplicar la reanimación cardiopulmonar puede ser la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte. Esto es lo que debes saber si un día lo necesitas.
• ¿En qué casos se justifica que la policía emplee la fuerza letal? La muerte de Tyre Nichols, un hombre negro de 29 años que falleció tras una detención violenta, está suscitando una atención renovada sobre el uso excesivo de la fuerza contra los ciudadanos, sobre todo los jóvenes negros.

Opinión

• YouTube me lo dio todo. Después maduré. Ya no quiero que mi vida sea un producto.
• Lo que los nuevos medicamentos para perder peso nos enseñan sobre la fuerza de voluntad. Tendemos a creer que el tamaño corporal es algo que podemos controlar por completo. Conocer la ciencia me ayudó a entender que es una idea equivocada.
• 50 años de tiroteos masivos en EE. UU. arrojan una conclusión: hay un problema social que debemos resolver. Los tiroteos son síntoma de un problema social más profundo: el aumento continuado de las “muertes por desesperación”.
• El hombre que podría desafiar a Putin. Yevgeny Prigozhin, fundador del Grupo Wagner, se ha convertido en un posible riesgo para el presidente de Rusia.
• Por qué las mujeres en Corea del Sur están en una ‘huelga de natalidad’ Han culpado al feminismo de la baja natalidad en el país, que tiene la tasa de fertilidad más baja del mundo. Pero lo han entendido mal: el feminismo es la solución.

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