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• California Judge Is Convicted of Fatally Shooting His Wife. Judge Jeffrey Ferguson of Orange County Superior Court faces 40 years to life for murdering his wife, Sheryl Ferguson, in August 2023, prosecutors said.
• ‘Utter Chaos’: Witnesses Recall Deadly Shooting at Annual Parade. Residents of a Chicago suburb described their memories of the day and its lasting effects on their lives during a sentencing hearing for the man responsible. He was absent.
• A Life ‘Shattered’: A Minnesota Man Who Lost His Visa Talks About His Detainment. An Indonesian man with a student visa and an American wife thought he would soon get a green card. Now, he could get deported over a 2022 arrest.
• Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, to Retire After 44 Years in Congress. Senator Richard J. Durbin’s departure will set off a primary for a rare open Senate seat in Illinois and open a top leadership slot. He said it was time to “face reality” and make way for someone new.
• At Elon Musk’s Behest, Voters Cast Ballots for a New Town: Starbase, Texas. It has been a rough patch for Mr. Musk, but he is about to realize a dream for SpaceX, its employees and for himself, his own town on the southern tip of Texas.
• A Coastal New England Town’s ‘Ornery’ Vandal: A Woodpecker. More than 20 vehicles in a town on Cape Ann, Mass., have been damaged by a woodpecker in mating season. “You still see him out here,” one resident said. “Peck, peck, peck, peck.”
• In California Jails, a Rash of Homicide and Negligence. The jails of Riverside County are plagued with unusually high murder rates and recurring security failures by an inexperienced staff.
• Wildfire Rages in Southern New Jersey. Thick plumes of smoke rose into the sky as flames engulfed the heavily forested Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey.
• After the Wildfires, This High School Needed a Campus. It Found a Sears. Palisades Charter High School in California has held classes online since the fire in January. On Tuesday, students gathered at a new, temporary home, a retrofitted Sears.
• What to Know About the Legal Battle Over a North Carolina Supreme Court Race. The Republican challenger has embarked on an extraordinary effort to reverse his election loss that critics say is testing the boundaries of post-election litigation.
• Minnesota Sues Trump Administration Over Limits on Transgender Athletes. The administration has said it would cut federal funds to states that allow trans girls and women to play on girls’ sports teams.
• Harvard Plans to Use Trump’s Haste Against Him as It Fights Funding Cut. Harvard’s lawyers suggest the administration was sloppy when it froze billions in federal funding. A mundane but crucial law is essential to the university’s case against the government.
• Female Soldiers Will Have to Pass ‘Sex-Neutral’ Physical Test, U.S. Army Says. The new Army Fitness Test comes after Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, ordered the elimination of lower fitness standards for women in combat roles.
• Texas Lottery Director Resigns Amid Scrutiny of Rigged 2023 Draw. Investigators are looking into how bettors were allowed to guarantee themselves a $95 million jackpot win, as state leaders question whether the lottery should go on.
• Venezuelan Immigrant Taken Into Custody in the U.S. ‘Has Simply Disappeared’ The Venezuelan man did not appear on a list of people sent to a prison in El Salvador, and his family and friends had no idea of his whereabouts.
• Can Harvard Withstand Trump’s Financial Attack? The world’s richest university may have enough money to survive a battle with the most powerful man in the world. But if Trump wins, Harvard won’t be the same.
• Harvard Sues Over Threats to Block Funding. Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.
• Six Men Are Charged After Woman Was Dragged From Idaho Town Hall. The plainclothes guards were involved in the forcible removal of a woman from a meeting hosted by local Republicans in Coeur d’Alene, prosecutors said.
• El Paso Gunman Sentenced Again to Life in Prison. Both federal and state prosecutors took the death penalty out of consideration for a self-described white supremacist who carried out one of the deadliest attacks on Hispanic people in U.S. history.
• Justices Opt Not to Hear Case on Guns And Age Cap. An appeals court had struck down a Minnesota law that applied to 18- to 20-year olds, saying it violated a new Second Amendment test focusing on history.
• Can a Judge Hold the White House in Contempt of Court? The Trump administration has arrived at the cusp of what a judge suspects is outright defiance of court orders. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, explores what could come next.
• How Francis, a Progressive Pope, Catalyzed the Catholic Right in the U.S. His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.
• Groundbreaking Pope Reshaped The Church. Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance that further divided it.
• Another Recovery Effort For Los Angeles Mayor: Win Back City’s Favor. Los Angeles is rebuilding, but new crises are mounting and Mayor Karen Bass has been haunted by her absence when the fires started. This week, she is trying to reset.
• A Shifting Tide Over Same-Sex Marriage. State efforts to urge the Supreme Court to reconsider same-sex marriage have not advanced, but they have reopened the issue.
• Bukele Proposes Deal That Would Free Deported Venezuelans. President Nayib Bukele said he would free the Venezuelans that the Trump administration deported to El Salvador if Venezuela released the same number of prisoners, including members of the opposition.
• El Salvador’s president proposes repatriating Venezuelans sent by Trump, but wants Venezuela to free prisoners in return. On
• The Changing Face of Roman Catholicism in the United States. For decades, the share of American Catholics declined in the face in secularization. But in recent years, those numbers have stabilized, buoyed by growing communities and broader societal changes.
• Preparing Shelters but Warning of Force, City Takes On Homelessness. The mayor of the Silicon Valley city has proposed arresting people who don’t accept offers of shelter. It’s the latest sign of frustrations over tent encampments in California.
• Scheme to Win Texas’ Lottery Took $26 Million and Loose Oversight. Texas lottery executives blessed a scheme that ensured one player would win a $95 million jackpot in 2023. The caper has underscored a sense that almost nothing is on the level.
• Three Pentagon officials fired in leak inquiry proclaim their innocence.
• 4 Killed After Small Plane Crashes in Illinois. All four people aboard the plane were killed when it crashed in a field in Trilla on Saturday, the Illinois State Police said.
• Barbara Lee Wins Oakland Mayor’s Race in Her Return Home. The former congresswoman, a progressive Democrat, campaigned on a promise to unite residents in the beleaguered California city. Her challenger, Loren Taylor, conceded on Saturday.
• 3 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into a Nebraska River. The plane was traveling along the Platte River when it crashed into the water south of Fremont, Neb., on Friday night, officials said.
• Lexington’s Modern Revere: A 15-Year-Old With a Web Domain and a Mission. A teenager in Lexington, Mass., has for years been teaching people about the battle that started the war 250 years ago this weekend. Her entertaining website has drawn praise and raised eyebrows.
• Worry Deepens at Universities as Trump Pulls the Welcome Mat. Students could bypass the United States for friendlier countries as the Trump administration attacks universities and revokes visas. Their loss could hurt schools and the economy.
• For Sale: Burnt Lots in Pacific Palisades. Jesus Jiménez, a New York Times reporter, goes to the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles to look into the burnt lots on sale for millions of dollars. Several weeks after wildfires destroyed the wealthy neighborhood, homeowners are asses...
• Residents of Burned Area Ponder: Stay or Go? As Pacific Palisades residents clear debris from January’s wildfires, they’re wrestling with the decision to stay and rebuild or sell and move away.
• America’s Beating, Sweating Heart of a Mexican National Pastime. Lucha libre, the Mexican version of professional wrestling, is thriving in Los Angeles, where the action and the masks draw fans to venues big and small.
• Judge Rules Against Trump Administration on Passport Changes. A group of transgender plaintiffs sued President Trump and the State Department over a new rule prohibiting passports from including a gender different from the sex listed on an original birth certificate.
• In Trump Attack on Harvard and Others, Punishment Precedes Process. The legal underpinnings of the administration’s broadsides against universities and schools stretch precedents and cut corners.
• Extreme Views and Family Tumult Shaped Florida State Shooting Suspect. His biological mother said in an interview on Friday that she was bewildered by the attack, and had been against the presence of firearms in her son’s life.
• Ex-Harvard Medical School Morgue Chief to Plead Guilty in Sale of Body Parts. Cedric Lodge stole organs from cadavers that had been donated for medical research, prosecutors said. The university fired him in 2023.
• Justices Block Deportation Of New Group of Migrants. More than 50 Venezuelans were believed to be scheduled to be flown out of the country, presumably to El Salvador, from an immigration detention center in Anson, Texas.
• Trump Tears At U.S. Bonds With Colleges. For decades, universities got billions in federal dollars for research. The relationship was mutually beneficial, until President Trump decided it wasn’t.
• After 250 Years, A Midnight Ride Inspires Still. We followed the route of Revere’s famous midnight ride. Along the way we spoke to many Americans who felt a sense of wonder about that April night.
• Man Sinks in Quicksand and Emerges With a Girlfriend. A Michigan man who ended up waist-deep on an unstable beach was rescued, and found himself in a relationship.
• Most Power Is Restored in Puerto Rico After Islandwide Blackout. The power outage, which began on Wednesday, was the latest to hit the island, which has long suffered from blackouts.
• Wisconsin Court Allows Governor’s Veto To Stand for Posterity, or for 400 Years. Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, used his veto power to increase school funding limits for four centuries longer than Republican lawmakers in the state had intended.
• Justice Dept. Blames Judge for Elevating Tensions With White House. The administration cast the threat by the judge, James E. Boasberg, to open criminal contempt proceedings as another salvo in an increasingly bitter battle between the White House and the courts.
• The Conservative Christian Network Inside the White House. From the moment President Trump was re-elected, his conservative Christian supporters have rejoiced in a second chance at political power. Elizabeth Dias, the national religion correspondent for The New York Times, describes what that looks like i...
• With C.D.C. in Retreat, Lead Crisis Grows in Milwaukee. Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected to help guide the response, have lost their jobs.
• What We Know About the Florida State University Shooting. Two people were killed and six others were injured when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire on campus on Thursday. Court records show the suspect had a chaotic upbringing.
• What We Know About the Gunman in the Florida State Shooting. The suspect, a 20-year-old student at the university, was the stepson of a local sheriff’s deputy and espoused far-right views, according to the authorities, court records and classmates.
• Harvard Skeptics Warm to It for Fighting Trump. The Trump administration said it would take $2.2 billion in research funds from the school. Some small donors are doing their best to make up for the shortfall.
• Shooting at Florida State University Leaves 2 Dead and 6 Injured. Students evacuated after an active shooter opened fire near the university’s student union building on Thursday. Officials identified the shooter as a 20-year-old student at the university and son of a county sheriff’s deputy.
• ‘This Should Be Shocking:’ Read a Federal Appeals Panel’s Sharp Rebuke of the Trump Administration. A federal appeals court in Virginia issued a striking opinion on Thursday, reaffirming that the Trump administration had to take a more active approach in seeking the release of a Maryland man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
• They endured the Parkland, Fla., school shooting. Then came F.S.U.
• They Endured the Parkland Shooting. Then Came Florida State. For some, the sight of law enforcement officers in tactical gear on Thursday, sweeping campus for a gunman, was familiar.
• Judge Delays a Resentencing Hearing for the Menendez Brothers. The proceedings were pushed back for three weeks over the issue of whether a key report on Erik and Lyle Menendez was admissible.
• Sheriff vows to do ‘everything we can to prosecute’ after identifying the gunman as a deputy’s son. The 20-year-old gunman used his mother’s service weapon, which she had bought for personal use, said the sheriff of Leon County, Fla.
• In 2014, Florida State University Reeled From Another Shooting. The campus, where a gunman killed two people on Thursday, experienced another shooting over a decade ago that left three people injured.
• School Vouchers Pass in Texas. All That’s Left Are Blue States. Choice laws have now passed in every major Republican state. Congress and President Trump are now aiming at blue states that have resisted vouchers for decades.
• Leaving the U.S. for College or Grad School? Tell Us More. The New York Times is looking to hear from students who are considering attending schools abroad because of Trump administration policies.
• A witness heard gunfire and hid under a stool.
• Two Killed and Six Hurt in Shooting at Florida State. The police identified the gunman as a 20-year-old student who is the son of a Leon County sheriff’s deputy. Neither of the slain victims was a student at the university.
• Here’s the latest. Gunshots were reported at the student union building on the university’s campus in Tallahassee shortly after noon on Thursday.
• Read the Letter From Kristi Noem to Harvard. In a letter sent to the university on Wednesday, Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, demanded “relevant information” regarding each student visa holder at Harvard who has been involved with “known illegal” or “dangerous” activity.
• Saddle Up and Ride … to Walmart? Four men casually rode their horses up and down the aisles in Louisiana.
• Some Power Is Restored in Puerto Rico After Blackout. It will take at least until Friday to fully restore electric service after a series of failures blacked out the whole island on Wednesday, officials said.
• What Is Tax-Exempt Status and Can the I.R.S. Revoke It From Harvard? The university, like many colleges and charities, is exempt from property and federal income taxes, saving it billions of dollars. President Trump has questioned whether it should enjoy that status.
• Trump Turns Up Pressure, But Educators Fight Back. Can President Trump withhold federal money for low-income students? A brewing fight over diversity, equity and inclusion programs may force the courts to decide.
• Can the Menendez Brothers Get Parole? The Menendez brothers were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, but after recent documentaries and TV shows, new evidence has been introduced, and some are pushing for the case to be revisited. Matt Stevens and Tim Arango...
• Texas Taxpayers May Foot $1 Billion Bill for Private School Tuition. The Texas House approved the plan, part of a push by President Trump’s allies to offer up to about $10,000 for private school, home-school or virtual learning.
• 3 Drown After Boat Crash During Fishing Tournament in Alabama. The men were thrown overboard when two boats collided in Lewis Smith Lake on Wednesday morning, the authorities said.
• Trump’s Harvard Cuts Put Research On Tuberculosis and A.L.S. at Risk. Researchers who have lost funds warned of long-term repercussions, but several said their school should still refuse to comply with the federal government.
• School Shooting Suspect Slipped Past Security via Unsecured Door, Police Say. Five students were wounded in the shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas, the second one there in just over a year, the authorities said.
• Indelible Ink Draws Line To Permanent Removal. The administration appears to be using little more than body art to deport people that it says are members of Tren de Aragua, a move that critics say ignores decades of protocol.
• Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Buffy’ Actress, Died From Complications of Diabetes. The New York City medical examiner’s office determined the cause and manner of her death after reviewing toxicology test results, a spokeswoman said.
• Federal Agents Visit 2 Schools. L.A.’s Superintendent Is Livid. A visit by federal agents to two elementary schools drew an angry, impassioned response from the superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, a Portuguese immigrant.
• 3 People Believed to Have Drowned in Missouri River. The three, an 11-year-old girl and two 18-year-olds, went into the water after fishing on Tuesday evening, fire officials in Nebraska said.

Politics

• Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows. President Trump’s approval rating has sunk to about 45 percent, down from 52 percent one week after he took office.
• Spain, a NATO member, increases military spending after years of resistance.
• Richard Branson Criticizes Trump’s ‘Erratic’ Tariff Policies. The British entrepreneur said the U.S. government’s unpredictable tariffs had “financially done a lot of harm” and driven the world to “the verge of a complete meltdown two weeks ago.”
• Trump Says He Won’t Fire Powell. His Fed Battle May Not Be Over Yet. The president said he has “no intention” of ousting Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, but the administration’s willingness to challenge norms regarding the central bank’s political independence is causing concern.
• Big Law Firms Fighting Trump’s Blacklist Seek Quick and Permanent Relief. Perkins Coie and WilmerHale hope to convince a pair of federal judges on Wednesday that President Trump’s threats to their business are blatantly unconstitutional.
• Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants Shouldn’t Get Trials Before Deportation. The president claimed that countries were sending their prisoners to the United States and that he needed to bypass the constitutional demands of due process to expel them quickly.
• Here’s what happened on Tuesday.
• Members of Congress Visit Graduate Students Being Held in Louisiana. Five Democrats met with Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk, who face deportation by the Trump administration.
• Kennedy Declares ‘Sugar Is Poison’ While Announcing Ban on Food Dyes. The health secretary is ratcheting up his campaign against the food industry.
• Critics Call Rubio’s Overhaul Plan a Blow to U.S. Values. A proposed reorganization of the State Department would eliminate an office whose official goal is to build “more democratic, secure, stable, and just societies.”
• Trump will not target nonprofits in an executive order, the White House says.
• Trump Says He Has No Plans to Fire Powell. President Trump’s recent comments blasting Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, for being “late” to lower interest rates had raised questions about his fate.
• Trump Rode In as a Dealmaker. Where Are the Deals? So far, the goals of many of President Trump’s negotiations have been unrealized, even those he said would be accomplished in a matter of days or weeks.
• Treasury Secretary Bessent Predicts Tax Cuts to Pass by July 4. Scott Bessent told a group of investors that he expected trade tensions with China to de-escalate.
• Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt To Dismantle Voice of America. The judge also ordered the government to halt its efforts to shut down two other government-funded outlets, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.
• Secure SystemHegseth Got Chat Details From Secure Site Secure System For Chat Details For Signal Gave Details Of Signal Was Origin Of Signal Details Hegseth. Information about U.S. strikes in Yemen that the defense secretary put in two group chats came from Central Command, according to two people familiar with the chats.
• Republicans Begin a Trump-Centric Battle to Succeed Mitch McConnell. The primary race in Kentucky for Mr. McConnell’s seat is expected to be one of the biggest G.O.P. clashes of 2026. On Tuesday, it gained its second high-profile contender, Representative Andy Barr.
• Justices Seem Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories in Schools. In a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to storybooks with gay and transgender characters.
• More Than 220 Academic Leaders Condemn Trump ‘Overreach’ The statement came a day after Harvard University sued the administration over its decision to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding, following the school’s refusal to submit to a list of demands.
• Rubio Eyes Big Cuts at State Dept., Affecting Workers in U.S. and Abroad. The secretary of state aims to eliminate an office that advances American values abroad in a plan aligning the agency with President Trump’s foreign policy approach.
• Schumer Asks for Documents That Prove a Claim on DOGE’s Website. Elon Musk’s group says it saved $318 million by canceling a “request for proposal” from the Office of Personnel Management but did not release the request itself.
• Justice Dept. Continues to Stonewall on Efforts to Return Maryland Man. The sharp rebuke by a federal judge in Maryland suggested that she had lost her patience with the Trump administration’s recalcitrance in the case.
• Hegseth says he ‘won’t blink’ in the face of criticism of his leadership.
• Trade War May Weigh Worldwide . The International Monetary Fund expects slower growth and higher inflation in the U.S. as a result of President Trump’s trade policies.
• Global Economic Leaders Gathering in U.S. Confront Trump’s New World Order. The I.M.F. and World Bank are holding their spring meetings as President Trump’s trade war upends the global economy.
• Joint Chiefs Chairman Visits Border as Military Presence Expands. Gen. Dan Caine’s first official trip underscored how the White House has prioritized the mission, which now involves nearly 7,000 active-duty troops.
• Under Hegseth, Chaos Prevails at the Pentagon. The defense secretary’s inner circle is in disarray, and distrust is growing among civil servants and senior military officials.
• Rep. Haley Stevens Joins an Increasingly Crowded Michigan Senate Race. The Democratic representative from suburban Detroit is likely to be seen as a centrist in the primary contest to replace Senator Gary Peters, who is retiring.
• Companies Beg For Carve-Outs On Their Tariffs. Retail executives huddled with the president amid fears that tariffs could result in higher prices.
• Hegseth Attacks the Media Amid New Signal Controversy. During the Easter Egg Roll at the White House, Pete Hegseth called coverage of his sharing of sensitive military data via text with civilians a “smear.”
• Cases Dropped for Workers Fighting Firings. Experts in federal employment law said the Trump administration’s justifications to end the investigations were baffling at best.
• Protesters Chain Themselves to Columbia Gates, Calling for Activists’ Release. Demonstrators sought the release of Mohsen Mahdawi and Mahmoud Khalil, who organized pro-Palestinian protests and have been taken into ICE custody.
• With Latest Missteps, Veneer of Discipline in 2nd Trump Term Falls Away. The mistakes, miscommunications and flip-flops are piling up after an early run defined by a flood of major policy changes that were rolled out at breakneck speed.
• White House Birthrate Boosters See an Ally in Musk. Elon Musk talks a lot about the birthrate. The Trump administration is looking for ways to raise it.
• An Easter Bunny, Colorful Eggs and a Second Signal Group Chat. At the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could not avoid the news about another chat that involved sensitive details about forthcoming military strikes.
• Steve Hilton, Former Fox News Host, Is Running for California Governor. Mr. Hilton is the second prominent Republican to enter the wide-open race. He faces difficult odds in the Democratic-led state.
• Watchdog Group Asks Judge to Preserve Signal Chats by Top Trump Officials. The request by American Oversight came after revelations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared information on upcoming strikes in more than one group chat.
• Court Wrestles With Challenge to Task Force in Affordable Care Act. The justices heard arguments in a constitutional challenge to a task force that decides what treatments are covered at no cost.
• Schiff Asks the National Archives to Review the Trump Administration’s Use of Signal. The California Democrat’s request came the day after it was revealed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discussed sensitive military operations in a second Signal chat including family members.
• Adam Schiff asks the National Archives to review the Trump administration’s use of Signal. The California Democrat’s request came the day after it was revealed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discussed sensitive military operations in a second Signal chat including family members.
• Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen. The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.
• President Calls Chat Concerns ‘Waste of Time’ The president said he had confidence in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after The New York Times reported that he had shared details about a military strike in another group chat.
• Democrats in El Salvador Seeking Release of Man Deported From Maryland. The lawmakers said the Salvadoran government had denied their request to meet with a deported Maryland man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. The visit came after a trip by Senator Chris Van Hollen.
• Supreme Court to Weigh Use of L.G.B.T.Q. Children’s Books in Schools. Parents in Maryland say they have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that storybooks with gay and transgender themes are discussed.
• Would $5,000 Bonuses Spur New Baby Boom? Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
• Baby Bonuses, Fertility Planning: Trump Aides Assess Ideas to Boost Birthrate. The White House is soliciting policy proposals designed to give women incentives to have more children, a priority for many social conservatives.
• Who Sits Where in Trump’s West Wing. See how the Trump administration has divvied up the West Wing, the formal workspace of the president and senior staff members.
• Cases challenging the Trump administration’s deportations hinge on two key legal terms. Two concepts — due process and habeas corpus — are central to cases challenging the Trump administration’s deportations. Here’s what they mean and why they matter.
• Trump Raised $239 Million for Inauguration, a Record. The staggering amount, disclosed in a filing with the Federal Election Commission, was driven by corporate America’s eagerness to win the president’s favor.
• Defense Head Said To Send War Plan To Second Group. The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
• After Meeting Wrongly Deported Man, Van Hollen Accuses Trump of Defying Courts. “Facilitating his return means something more than doing nothing, and they are doing nothing,” Senator Chris Van Hollen said after his trip to El Salvador.
• After meeting wrongly deported man, Van Hollen accuses Trump of defying courts.
• Alito Explains Dissent in Case Over Migrants. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote that the court’s overnight order blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans under a wartime law was not “necessary or appropriate.”
• Read Justice Alito’s Dissent. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote that the Supreme Court’s decision to block the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under a wartime law was premature.
• Pontiff Meets With Vance After Criticizing U.S. Policy. Francis and the vice president briefly exchanged Easter wishes, the Vatican said. An earlier meeting between Mr. Vance and church officials involved “an exchange of opinions” on migration.
• A Different Kind of F.B.I. Chief: Jet-Setting Patel Loves the Limelight. Kash Patel’s embrace of the spotlight appears to be a break from the recent past, as his predecessors typically did the job with little fanfare.
• These Maps Show Federal Employees Work in Every Corner of America. Before the Trump administration’s cuts, members of the civilian federal work force were in every state and in thousands of the nation’s cities and small towns.
• State Dept. Faces Plan for Big Cuts. The draft executive order would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.
• Deportation Warnings, Then Frantic Legal Battle. The push to deport a group of Venezuelans raises questions about whether the government is following a Supreme Court order requiring that migrants receive due process.
• Trump Administration Asks Justices to Reject A.C.L.U. Request to Pause Deportations. The solicitor general asked the Supreme Court to ‘dissolve’ their temporary block on the deportations of Venezuelans and to allow lower courts to consider the case.
• Arizona governor vetoes bill that would have supported federal immigration efforts.
• A Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act. Legal challenges over the powerful wartime law have gone all the way to the Supreme Court.
• Protesters Around the U.S. Rally Against Trump’s Policies. Thousands turned out to protest the Trump administration’s handling of immigration, civil liberties and federal job cuts.
• A Speedy Ruling From a Slow-and-Steady Court. In an overnight ruling blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans, the justices ignored some of their protocols.
• Protesters Once Again Rally to Condemn Trump Policies. Thousands of demonstrators rallied at hundreds of events on Saturday to speak out against the president’s handling of immigration, civil liberties, job cuts and many other issues.
• Supreme Court orders in the middle of the night are rare these days. Such rulings, more common a few years ago, seem to now be reserved for authentic emergencies.
• Vance, whose views have clashed with the pope’s, spends Holy Week in Rome.
• Former Trump Staff Members Liken His Actions to Those of ‘Royal Despot’ In an open letter, prominent Republicans criticized President Trump for using his power to punish two former administration officials who criticized him.
• Trump Defies Courts and Shifts Focus. The president is trying to rewrite the narrative of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation as a dispute about illegal immigration rather than the rule of law.
• In the Words of the Trump Billionaires Who Run the Economy. “You have to laugh to keep from crying,” one Republican pollster said about recent comments by the billionaires on the stock market, retirement funds and Social Security.
• Lawsuit Aims to Broadly Halt Deportations of Foreign Students. A suit challenges the Trump administration’s campaign in four states and Puerto Rico, and seeks the reinstatement of terminated student visas.
• Appeals Court Pauses for Now Contempt Proposal by Trial Judge. Judge James E. Boasberg had threatened to open contempt proceedings to determine whether the Trump administration had violated his order not to deport Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
• Trump moves to make tens of thousands of federal workers easier to fire. The White House said that about 50,000 federal workers with “policymaking” duties would be moved to a category of workers who could be fired for any reason.
• Judge Temporarily Halts Mass Firings at Consumer Bureau. The court barred the Trump administration from laying off nearly 1,500 workers at the agency until at least April 28.
• Maybe Musk Isn’t All-Powerful, After All. A series of setbacks have raised questions about Elon Musk’s enduring influence in the White House.
• Appeals Court Denies Trump Administration’s Bid to End Deportation Protections for Venezuelans. The case is one of several challenging moves by the Trump administration to cancel the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of people.
• Threat to Move On Is the Latest Gift to Putin’s Cause. President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both suggested Friday that the United States might wash its hands of the peace effort.
• U.S. Deportee In El Salvador Is in Isolation, Senator Says. Senator Chris Van Hollen said that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia,who was deported and incarcerated in El Salvador, reported having been transferred after weeks in a maximum-security prison.
• U.S. Signals Its Priorities In Enforcing Civil Rights. The head of the division directed its staff to focus on enforcing edicts on transgender women in sports and other issues, shifting from its founding purpose of fighting race-based discrimination.
• Judge Rejects A.P.’s Challenge to New White House Press Policy, for Now. The judge said that he needed more time to determine whether the new policy was discriminatory, but said that the elimination of rotating access for newswires was “facially neutral.”
• Conservative Judge Causes Uproar With Scathing Rebuke. The judge, a conservative Reagan appointee, wrote a blistering opinion accusing the administration of failing to give a man wrongly deported to El Salvador any semblance of due process.
• Trump’s Trade War Puts Bromance With China’s Leader Beyond Reach. President Trump says he wants Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to call him to talk tariffs. Mr. Xi is ghosting Mr. Trump, and markets are plummeting.
• Tariffs Rattled Bond Holders. Trump Is One. As of August, the president’s investment portfolio showed significantly more in bonds than in stocks. It is unclear if his personal holdings had any bearing on his decisions regarding tariffs.
• Justice Dept. Gets Officials From Team At DOGE. The Elon Musk operatives were abruptly shifted to the department’s immigration enforcement unit as part of an expanding effort to use personal data in deportation cases, one official said.
• I.R.S. Leader Is Ousted in Bessent-Musk Battle. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge.
• Pressure on Harvard Increased With Vast Request for Records. Stepping up its pressure campaign, the Education Department accused the university of failing to report large foreign gifts as required by law. Harvard disputed the claim.
• Foreign Influence Faces Fewer U.S. Guardrails. America’s adversaries have more room to operate, at least in the disinformation space, cybersecurity experts say.
• Trump Calls Florida Shooting a ‘Shame,’ but Signals No Shift in Gun Laws. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the president said he would “always protect the Second Amendment.”
• President Tries to Turn I.R.S. Into Political Enforcement Tool. Since the post-Nixon era, the Internal Revenue Service has had a degree of independence from the White House. President Trump is seeking to change that.
• President Elevates Christian Prayer and Power Within the White House. Evangelical leaders are relishing the new atmosphere at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — and greater access to the president.
• Trump extends hiring freeze into July as a culling of the work force continues.
• Pride and Dread in Harvard Yard as Trump Wars With the University. Students on Thursday protested the president’s attacks on Harvard, but at town hall meetings, defiance mixed with uncertainty as faculty members examined the toll of the White House’s actions.
• DOGE Guts Agency That Organizes Community Service Programs. Employees of AmeriCorps who were put on administrative leave include all those who work for a national disaster response program.
• Demonstrators brought coffins to the State Dept. to protest cuts to an H.I.V. program.
• Mass Layoffs Hit Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency, which has returned $21 billion to consumers since its inception, could lose 1,500 of its 1,700 employees, a union warned.
• What to Know About the Court Cases Challenging Trump’s Immigration Agenda. The Trump administration is on course for a potential constitutional clash with the judiciary branch, which has issued several rulings countering executive orders.
• A Startling Admission From a G.O.P. Senator: ‘We Are All Afraid’ Lisa Murkowski, a longtime senator from Alaska and an independent voice in an increasingly tribal party, has been the rare Republican on Capitol Hill willing to criticize President Trump’s actions.
• Military Blocks Senator Seeking to Visit Deportee Held in Salvadoran Prison. Earlier in the day, armed military officials stopped Senator Chris Van Hollen from trying to visit the prison where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has been held for over a month.
• Court, in Strong Words, Presses White House to Play Active Role in Freeing Maryland Man. Regardless of whether the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, is a member of MS-13, the appeals court wrote, he is entitled to due process.
• Courts Edge Closer to Clash With White House. The threat of investigations into whether the administration violated the judges’ orders comes as President Trump and his advisers are increasingly butting heads with the courts.
• Trump Administration Proposes Sharp Budget Cuts for H.H.S. An internal memo proposes carving out $40 billion from federal health agencies while eliminating dozens of programs. Congress has ultimate appropriation authority.
• U.S. Starts Withdrawing Hundreds Of Troops From Northeastern Syria. The end of the Assad era has reduced some threats, but the Islamic State has shown renewed strength in the country.
• After Harvard, Liberal Donors and Groups Fear New Scrutiny From Trump. Some worried liberal donors and the nonprofit groups they support are getting “legal teams on speed dial, crisis plans dusted off, reserves lined up.”
• Trump Official Asked I.R.S. About Audit of ‘High-Profile Friend of the President’ A Treasury Department official wrote to the I.R.S. that Mike Lindell, the pillow entrepreneur, was “concerned he may have been inappropriately targeted.”
• Former death row prisoners fight attempt to move them to one of the nation’s harshest prisons. The men had their death sentences commuted under the Biden administration, but say they are being punished by being transferred from a prison in Indiana to a restrictive federal prison in Colorado.
• Trump Administration Aims to Sell Housing Department Headquarters. The building has been added to a list of properties that the administration says it is trying to offload in order to eliminate waste.
• Supreme Court Set to Consider Birthright Ban. The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift a nationwide pause on the policy as lower court challenges continue.
• Democrats Step Up Fight as Base Wants More. Out of power in Congress, Democrats who were slow to fight back against President Trump are increasingly finding ways to do so. But activists want much more.
• Harris Will Help Democrats Raise Cash as She Steps Back Into Politics. Still weighing her next moves, former Vice President Kamala Harris is set to headline a fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee next month in New York.
• Trump’s Tariff Carousel Features a Visit From Meloni, Despite Those Ferraris. Giorgia Meloni visited the White House representing Italy and the rest of Europe, which are seeking more lasting tariff relief.
• Warning to Harvard: Give Data or Lose Foreign Students. The Trump administration said Harvard must share detailed records about its foreign students, an escalation in the administration’s fight against prominent American schools.
• White House Weighs Steep Cuts to Housing Vouchers for Poor Families. The Trump administration has considered sharply curtailing vouchers as part of its budget for the 2026 fiscal year.
• Michigan’s Newest Senate Candidate Urges Tougher Stance on Trump. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, is joining the Democratic race to succeed Senator Gary Peters, who is retiring.
• Republican Lawmakers Receive Fresh Backlash To Trump Back at Home. Despite some attempts to create controlled environments aimed at thwarting disruptions by protesters, congressional Republicans who are holding town halls are catching continued heat from their constituents.
• I.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status. The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s attempts to choke off federal money and support for the leading research university.
• Mother of Woman Killed by Immigrant Speaks at White House Briefing. The appearance by Patty Morin came as a federal judge threatened the Trump administration with a contempt-of-court investigation over its deportation flights to El Salvador.
• Here’s what happened on Wednesday.
• As Israel Planned Iran Attack, Trump Opted for Talks Instead. Israel developed plans for attacking Iranian nuclear facilities that would have required U.S. assistance. But some administration officials had doubts.
• Institutions Targeted by Trump Face a Choice: Cut a Deal or Resist. In a hint of a shift in strategy, some of the country’s most powerful institutions have started choosing to resist.
• The Next Phase of DOGE. A new “gold card” visa reveals how Elon Musk’s group has seemingly expanded its functional power.

World

• Canada’s Million-Dollar Real Estate Crisis. Soaring housing costs, with many homes nearing $1 million, have sparked an exodus from cities like Vancouver, and Canadians want their next prime minister to do something about it.
• A choice that sent a message: Looking back at Francis’ 2013 election as pope.
• A Choice That Sent a Message: Looking Back at Francis’ 2013 Election as Pope. Here is a look back at Francis’ appointment as pope in March 2013.
• Why Pope Francis Was Always a Surprise. Pope Francis brought empathy and humanity that surprised people and changed the way people saw the Roman Catholic Church. Jason Horowitz, the Rome bureau chief of The New York Times, describes what he learned about Francis while covering him for o...
• How China and the E.U. Are Reacting to Trump’s Tariffs. Ana Swanson, who covers trade and international economics for The New York Times, talks to Jeanna Smialek, The Times’s Brussels bureau chief, and Keith Bradsher, The Times’s Beijing bureau chief, about how Trump’s tariffs are playing out in Europe...

Africa

• With Every Harvest, Turning a Luxury Treat Into an Everyday Fruit. Thierno Agne left behind studying law to grow strawberries, a shocking move in Senegal, where farming is considered work for the old, poor and uneducated. His success is making the profession “sexy.”
• Aid Cuts Hit Hungry in a City of Shellfire and Starvation. The stark consequences of the rollback are evident in few places as clearly as in Sudan, where a brutal civil war has combined with a staggering humanitarian catastrophe.
• 4 Men Charged With Trying to Smuggle Thousands of Ants From Kenya. The men, including two Belgian teenagers, pleaded guilty to smuggling thousands of live queen ants, which the Kenyan authorities said were destined for markets in Europe and Asia.

Americas

• Odes to Mexican Drug Lords Are Pop Hits, but the Law Is Turning Against Them. Mexican artists built enormous audiences singing about drug cartels and narco culture. Cities and states are now moving against the style.
• Mexico’s President Punches Back Against Kristi Noem’s Anti-Migrant Ads. The D.H.S. secretary’s appearances on Mexican television blaming migrants for societal ills in the U.S. have drawn a sharp rebuke from Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum.
• Costa Rica Tells Trump Deportees They Can Stay and Integrate, or Leave. The country is taking action to “protect” dozens of migrants from faraway nations who were deported from the United States and until recently, were indefinitely detained.
• In Argentina, Mourning a Native Son Who Never Made it Back. Francis never gave an explicit answer for not returning as pontiff to his native country, but some experts say he worried about having his presence used for political purposes.
• Latin Americans remember a pontiff who was one of their own.
• Argentinians React to Pope Francis’ Death. In Buenos Aires, where Pope Francis was once archbishop, people lit candles and filled church pews to pray for him.
• Despite Shaky French, Prime Minister Is a Hit With Voters in Quebec. Voters are overlooking Mark Carney’s linguistic gaffes and lack of knowledge about the French-speaking province, viewing him as the most capable candidate to deal with President Trump.
• Inside El Salvador’s Infamous, ‘Tropical Gulag’-Style Prison. A U.S. senator was allowed to meet with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, but he was denied access to where Mr. Abrego Garcia had been held. What is that prison like?
• Costa Rica Sued Over Deported Migrants. A legal challenge filed Thursday aims to encourage Central American countries to push back against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
• Giant Reproducing Rodents Are Dividing Ritzy Town Over Sterilization. The world’s largest rodent is multiplying in — and dividing — one of Argentina’s most exclusive gated communities.
• Capybaras Make Posh Argentine Neighborhood Their Home. Over the past two years, biologists estimate the capybara population has tripled to nearly 1,000 in this gated community in Argentina.
• Power Outage in Puerto Rico Leaves Train Passengers Stranded. The passengers had to evacuate onto the overpass where their train lost power. More than 1.4 million customers on the island lost power.

Asia Pacific

• A Perfect Day in a Gentle Meadow Is Shattered by Bloody Carnage. Victims and eyewitnesses described scenes of chaos and horror when militants killed 26 people in Kashmir as families, couples and friends took in a picturesque valley.
• What to Know About the Tensions Over Kashmir. A terrorist attack in the disputed territory in 2019 brought India and Pakistan to the verge of war. There are fears Tuesday’s violence could do the same.
• Slaughter of Civilians in Kashmir Shatters an Illusion of Calm. India had claimed in recent years that its heavy-handed approach had brought peace to the long restive region. The attack on Tuesday showed that wasn’t true.
• U.S. Tells Its Diplomats in Vietnam to Avoid War Anniversary Events. The reversal adds another Trump administration blow to decades of reconciliation efforts.
• 2 Dozen Tourists Are Killed in an Attack by Militants in Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India called the shooting, the worst against civilians in the region for years, a “terror attack” and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
• In Vances’ Visit, India Searches for Positive Signs on Tariffs. Those tariff clouds? Indians wish them away as they welcome Vice President JD Vance for a four-day visit.
• China Warns Against Siding With the U.S. Over Tariffs. Curbing trade with China to curry favor with the United States would be “selfish and shortsighted,” the government said, promising to retaliate.
• Thailand Arrests Executive Linked to Bangkok Tower Felled by Earthquake. The collapse has brought scrutiny of the Chinese state-owned company that was putting up the doomed building.
• South Korean Police Seek Arsonist After Deadly Apartment Fire in Seoul. The fire in a 21-story building in southern Seoul killed one person and injured several others, two of them seriously.
• 6 Killed as Giant Waves Batter Australia’s Coast. The victims fell or were swept into the ocean, according to the police, as swells pounded Sydney and other places along the country’s east coast. At least two others were missing.
• China Reinforces Economic Ties With Cambodia as U.S. Tariffs Loom. China is the biggest foreign patron of Cambodia, where Mr. Xi concluded a tour of Southeast Asia. But the region also needs to curry favor with President Trump.
• U.S. Arrests Man Wanted in India for Grenade Attack. The Indian authorities said the man, arrested on Thursday, was linked to a Sikh separatist movement. His arrest was a win for India, long hobbled in efforts to extradite its citizens.
• South Korea Hopes Shipbuilding Will Give It an Edge in Trade Talks. As it faces the possibility of a 25 percent tariff on its exports, South Korea has taken notice of President Trump’s stated goal to revive U.S. shipbuilding.
• China Wants Countries to Rebuff Trump, but Is Met With Wariness. Beijing is using a mix of carrots and sticks to try to prevent other countries from siding with the United States in isolating China.

Australia

• Map: 5.1-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Australia. View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
• Katy Perry Has Been Sued In Australia by Katie Perry. The case between the two Perrys could set a precedent leaving some Australian businesses vulnerable to overseas brands.

Canada

• How Meta’s News Ban Could Disrupt Canada’s Election. After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing Facebook pages such as Canada Proud have filled the gap. Our Canada bureau chief explains the effect on voters.
• At a Time of Crisis, Canadians Rush to Vote. The first day of advance voting brought long waits in many parts of Canada.
• The Leading Candidates Vying to Become Canada’s Next Prime Minister. The April 28 election will come down to two candidates with starkly different personalities and experience: Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre.
• At Canadian Debate, Nominees Spar on Stage, and With Trump. Prime Minister Mark Carney was repeatedly the target of his opponents. President Trump’s threats on Canada loomed over the debate.
• No Machine Counts Here: Canadians Go to the Polls. Canada’s federal election is on April 28. Here’s how it works.

Europe

• Prelude to a Funeral. A single image captures the subtle changes in how the Roman Catholic Church buries a pope.
• How to Watch the Funeral of Pope Francis. World leaders and the Catholic faithful from around the globe will attend the funeral on Saturday. Here’s how to watch it and what to expect.
• Powerful Earthquake Shakes Istanbul, Sending People Into Streets. No casualties or major damage were reported immediately after the magnitude-6.2 tremor. But it rattled nerves, with memories of the disastrous 2023 quake in the country’s southeast still fresh.
• Map: 6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Istanbul. View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
• Ukraine Cease-Fire Talks in London Downgraded After Rubio Pulls Out. Planned diplomatic talks on Wednesday have been scaled back, raising new doubts about progress toward a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine.
• Pope Francis’ Coffin Is Moved to St. Peter’s in Solemn Procession. Crowds flocked to pay their respects and bid farewell to the pontiff, who died on Monday at the age of 88.
• Catholics Expected a Revolution from Francis, Just Not the One He Gave Them. Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy favored debate over radical action.
• Vatican Prepares a Simpler Funeral for Francis, Per His Wishes. A funeral will be held on Saturday for the pope, who changed the rules to make such ceremonies simpler than those traditionally observed.
• Rubio Skipping Ukraine Talks as Zelensky Rebuffs U.S. on Crimea. The decision by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to pull out of the meeting and an objection by Ukraine’s leader to a key U.S. proposal raised questions about the state of the negotiations.
• Francis was the pope who made the most saints.
• The Quiet Farewell Before Pope Francis’ Funeral. In a small ceremony, Vatican officials followed the path long taken when a pope dies.
• At the pope’s hospital, Francis was a calming and mischievous presence. The Vatican-run Bambino Gesu mourns a pontiff who would show up last minute, and left lasting memories.
• ‘Vacancy of the Holy See’: The Vatican slows down but doesn’t stop between popes.
• How Pope Francis Catalyzed the Catholic Right in the U.S. Pope Francis’ critics represent a minority of the American church but a powerful one. Ruth Graham, a reporter covering religion, faith and values for The New York Times, describes how his papacy galvanized a tide of conservative resistance in the ...
• I Watched the Pope Visit the Forgotten and Convert the Skeptical. Jim Yardley, a former Rome bureau chief for The New York Times, witnessed Pope Francis’ transformation from an unlikely papal contender to a beloved figure.
• Who is the dean of the College of Cardinals? (It’s not Ralph Fiennes.).
• Trump and Zelensky Are Among the Leaders Planning to Attend Francis’ Funeral. Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday will bring together leaders who sometimes clashed with the pope on issues such as global migration.
• Trump and Zelensky are among the leaders planning to attend Francis’ funeral.
• Syria Makes Rare Arrests of Palestinian Militant Group Leaders. The arrests marked a pendulum swing for the government. Under the Assad regime, Syria served as a base of operations for several Palestinian armed factions.
• Easter Monday, the day of Francis’ death, has particular significance for Catholics.
• Russia and Ukraine, Under Trump Pressure, Signal Openness to Direct Talks. An unusual public back-and-forth suggested that both sides in the war were eager to at least appear interested in negotiations.
• ‘The Two Popes,’ ‘Conclave’ and Francis’ Autobiography: The Papacy in Recent Culture. The Vatican — with its politics, its pageantry and its power — has long been a favorite subject for artists and thinkers.
• For his final resting place, Francis chose simplicity in a place of beauty.
• During a trip to Mexico, Francis addressed the immigration debate.
• Another way Francis broke with tradition: by choosing an unusually humble residence. Po
• Before his hospitalization, the pope gave his reflections on old age.
• China says it is willing to keep improving ties with the Vatican.
• In Caracas, remembering a pastor ‘who walked with his flock until his final day.’ Though t
• Nations have begun official periods of mourning.
• Francis’ Death Silences a Voice for the Voiceless. As democratic values and alliances were being turned upside down, the pope was a consistent moral guidepost. Who can play that role now?
• Trump Shuns Europe, and Its Defense Industry Tries to Capitalize. Europe’s weapons makers are prospering as the continent reconsiders its post-Cold War stance of favoring domestic investment over military spending.
• The Landscape Is Centuries Old. The Crime Is More Modern. In rural England, increasingly sophisticated farming equipment has become a target for thieves, adding to pressure on farming communities.
• Here’s more on the pope’s legacy and what comes next.
• Looking back at Pope Francis’ 2015 visit to the U.S.
• Francis Had Health Issues That Can Increase the Risk of Stroke. The declaration of death said the pope had Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, along with bronchiectasis, a chronic lung condition.
• What Happens After the Pope Dies? After Pope Francis’ funeral, 135 cardinals will gather for a conclave to elect a new pope. The traditions include oaths of secrecy, paper ballots and white smoke from a chimney of the Sistine Chapel.
• What Happens After the Pope Dies? A Visual Timeline of Rituals and Traditions. After Pope Francis’ funeral, 135 cardinals will gather for a conclave to elect a new pope. The traditions include oaths of secrecy, paper ballots and white smoke from a chimney of the Sistine Chapel.
• Argentines mourn a ‘humble’ pope and a native son. Across Argentina, many people flocked to churches to mourn Pope Francis. Some recalled personal encounters before he became pontiff.
• Argentines Mourn ‘Humble’ Pope and Native Son. Across Argentina, many people flocked to churches to mourn Pope Francis. Some recalled personal encounters before he became pontiff.
• At the End, Francis Gave His Congregation a Last Burst of Pastoring. The Catholic faithful took heart when the pontiff, after two brushes with death, emerged from a hospital and resumed some of his duties. Their joy proved short-lived.
• Francis opened the door to the L.G.B.T.Q. community, but only so much.
• Pope’s Will Says He Wants to Be Buried in a Simple Tomb in Rome. Pope Francis stipulated that he be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where seven other popes are buried.
• For a Times Reporter Who Covered Him, Francis Was Always a Surprise. An unlikely choice to be pope championed causes and challenged orthodoxy, keeping allies and critics alike on their toes.
• Trump and Francis Had Sharply Different Views, and Sharp Disagreements. The pope and the president remade the Catholic church and American politics in their outsider images, but their relationship was defined by their remarkable clashes.
• Romans Mourn Francis, Their Bishop, Their Inspiration, Their ‘Man of Peace’ The faithful converged on Francis’ other spiritual home, St. John Lateran, to pay their respects and process the passing of their diocesan leader.
• People Gather to Mourn, and Honor, Pope Francis. As church bells tolled across the world, Catholics and non-Catholics alike mourned a pontiff who pushed for change.
• Francis transformed the inner workings of the church.
• U.S. Catholics, and Some Protestants, Mourn a Different Kind of Pope. Immigrants and L.G.B.T.Q. people were among those who saw Pope Francis as a force for change, offering a more welcoming version of the Catholic church.
• ‘Conclave’ Offers a Glimpse Inside the Secretive Process of Choosing a Pope. Papal experts have lauded the Oscar-nominated film as one of the more accurate depictions of the closed-door Vatican gathering.
• Reviewing the Contenders To Become the Next Pope. Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of which direction the Roman Catholic Church might take.
• In pictures: Looking back at Francis’ life.
• Francis made climate change a central concern of his papacy.
• Who Is Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican’s New De Facto Administrator? Cardinal Farrell, who holds the position of cardinal chamberlain, or camerlengo in Italian, will run the Holy See’s affairs until a new pope is chosen.
• Chain of Rituals Sets Stage for a Conclave. Many of the rituals and procedures of selecting a new pope — designed to ensure secrecy and an orderly transition — have remained unchanged for centuries.
• Remembering Francis’ visit to Indonesia and East Timor.
• Even after a lengthy illness, Francis’ death came as a surprise.
• On Busy Last Day, Pope Francis Met JD Vance and Gave an Easter Blessing. The pontiff had remained surprisingly active despite twice nearly dying in respiratory crises earlier this year.
• ‘We feel abandoned’: Mourners gather outside the Vatican. A day after Pope Francis had blessed Catholics at Easter Mass, crowds gathered again in St. Peter’s Square in somber mood.
• A conclave will be held to choose a new pope. Here’s how it will work.
• In his final remarks, Francis focused on a hallmark theme of his papacy: migrants.
• Francis faced defiant, conservative U.S. Catholic leaders.
• Pope Francis Defied Doctors’ Orders and Kept Busy Until His Last Day. The pontiff met with Vice President JD Vance on Sunday and blessed Catholics gathered for Easter. His doctors had urged him to rest.
• The Legacy of Pope Francis. Pope Francis passed away after leading the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years. His supporters remembered the first Latin American pontiff for his inclusive leadership style, while conservative Catholics accused him of diluting church teachings.
• ‘I love opposition’: How Francis opened space for debate within the church.
• What’s Involved in a Papal Funeral? Pope Francis’ funeral, which is set to begin on Saturday, will span several days.
• World Leaders Praise Pope Francis and His Legacy. Tributes came from around the globe, offering condolences to the world’s Catholics and praising the pontiff’s commitment to the poor and marginalized.
• Francis had made several public appearances in the past week.
• ‘A Man of Peace’ Francis was a deeply religious child in Buenos Aires. The first pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming church.
• Pope Francis’ Life. Selected photographs from the life and papacy of Pope Francis.
• Francis Worked to Make Catholic Church More Inclusive. Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming, global and collegial, after his predecessors adopted more doctrinaire and traditional approaches.
• Here’s the latest.
• Pope Francis Blesses Easter Sunday Crowd. Pope Francis, appearing from a balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square, blessed those present after a Vatican aide delivered a papal speech on his behalf.
• Thousands Cheer as Francis Attends Easter Mass. The pontiff, appearing frail from a balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, blessed a crowd gathered on the square outside. But a Vatican aide delivered a papal address that focused on global conflicts.
• Kyiv and Moscow Trade Blame After Easter Truce Fails to Stop Violence. President Zelensky of Ukraine said the front lines had seen artillery fire and drone attacks, and that his troops were responding. Russia accused Ukraine of breaking the cease-fire.
• Putin Declares a Truce for Easter, Resulting in a Skeptical Response From Ukraine. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said that he had ordered his forces to “stop all military activity” from Saturday evening through Sunday. Ukraine’s leader said Putin was trying to “play with people’s lives.”
• Russians Frustrated By Trump’s Approach To Negotiating Peace. Many thought President Trump would be able to finish the war. Now they are not so sure.
• Cable Car Victims in Italian Crash Were British and Israeli Tourists. Italian officials have identified the four people who died in a cable car accident on Thursday. The ride was popular with locals and visitors because of its breathtaking views.
• Italians Fear American Palates Will Settle for ‘Italian Sounding’ Italian food producers worry that tariffs may price them out of the American market amid competition from U.S. goods that look and sound as if they are from Italy.
• Venice Revives Entry Fee To Dissuade the Crowds Of ‘Eat and Flee’ Tourists. A measure to limit day tourism on peak days began for the second year on Friday, charging day trippers five euros (or 10 for the spontaneous traveler).
• Italy’s Prime Minister Seems to Cement a Special Rapport With Trump. In Washington, President Trump lavished praise on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy. He also accepted her invitation to visit Rome.
• Some Miss the Buskers in a London Tourist Hub. Others? ‘Oh, Thank God.’ Noise complaints led the authorities to halt street performances in Leicester Square. Some miss the music. Others found the noise “bloody annoying.”
• Rubio Says U.S. May Quit Ukraine Cease-Fire Talks. “If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed meetings in Paris.
• Ukraine and U.S. Sign Agreement in Lead-Up to a Full Minerals Deal. The signed memorandum of understanding was thin on details, and the White House did not comment. But President Trump has said he expects to sign a minerals deal with Kyiv soon.
• Cable Car Falls and Breaks Apart in Italy, Killing at Least 4 People. A fifth person was in critical condition after the cable car rolled down a mountainside. Nine others were trapped in a different cable car because of the crash and had to be rescued.
• Macron Calls for Study on Fee Exacted From Haiti. After two centuries, a contrite tone from President Emmanuel Macron, though no talk of reparations for French actions that thwarted the development of its former colony.
• Amid Friction Over Ukraine, Europe And the U.S. Try Having a Dialogue. President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted a lunch with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s envoy, as European delegations converged on Paris.
• The Dutch Love Their Bicycles. Helmets? Not So Much. Cyclists comprise the highest number of road fatalities in the Netherlands. The country has introduced a campaign to promote helmets, but many cyclists are not convinced.
• U.K. Court Adds Voice to Debate Over Trans Rights. President Trump and right-wing politicians in Europe have railed against trans rights. Britain’s top court has now added its voice to the discussion.
• Teaching Ukrainian History to Invaders and Natives Alike. Vitalii Dribnytsia engages with Russians online to correct Kremlin propaganda about Ukraine. Over time, he has come to realize his more important audience is Ukrainians themselves.
• Europeans, Skeptical That Aides Speak for Trump, Seek a Direct Line . Despite Europe’s size, economic might and longstanding alliances with Washington, Trump officials have made clear it is not a priority, European officials say.

Middle East

• Jordan Cracks Down on Muslim Brotherhood. The Arab monarchy had already taken steps toward disbanding the Islamist group in a 2020 court decision, but said it would now move to completely ban its activities.
• Syria’s New President Talked to The New York Times. Here Are 3 Takeaways. Ahmed al-Shara said his government was discussing military support with Russia and Turkey, appealed for a lifting of sanctions and suggested foreign fighters could earn Syrian citizenship.
• Syria’s Jihadist-Turned-President Seeks New Allies. In an interview with The New York Times, President Ahmed al-Shara urged the United States to lift sanctions and alluded to the possibility of future military support from Russia and Turkey.
• ‘Francis Was Deeply Loved’: Gazans Mourn Death of Pope. Gaza’s Christians paid their respects to Pope Francis, who called in on a local church almost daily to check on them throughout the war.
• Even in Sickness, Pope Francis Reached Out to Gaza’s Christians. For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered enclave, a ritual he tried to keep up in the hospital.
• U.S. Strike Targets Yemen Capital. Residents returned to their damaged neighborhood in Yemen’s capital, Sana, after a deadly U.S. airstrike on Sunday.
• U.S. Airstrike Hits Yemeni Capital, Killing 12, Local Health Officials Say. Witnesses said an airstrike on Sunday hit a densely populated area adjacent to the Old City in Houthi-dominated Sana.
• Israeli Security Chief Says Netanyahu Sought Spying on Leaders of Protests. In a scathing court affidavit, the head of the Shin Bet said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed him to spy on anti-government protesters.
• Israeli Minister Says Freeing Captives Not War’s ‘Most Important’ Aim. The far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said the more crucial goal was ensuring that Hamas no longer ruled the Gaza Strip.
• Ancient City Of Palmyra Bears Scars Of Civil War. During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments reduced to rubble.
• Syria’s Easter Celebrations Pass Peacefully, in Early Test of New Government. At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious minorities are still wary, however, about the new leaders’ commitment to inclusivity.
• Israeli Officer to Be Fired Over Gaza Medics Deaths. In a statement and a briefing summarizing its investigation into the deadly episode, the military said a deputy commander would be dismissed.
• Why Saudis Reversed Stance on Iran Talks. The agreements are shaping up to be very similar. But Gulf support for a nuclear deal shows how much the region has changed.
• Syria’s Alawites Recount Horror Of Deadly Days. A sectarian-fueled killing spree exposed how fragile peace is in Syria, where the government’s control is limited and tension runs deep after nearly 14 years of civil war.
• How Violence Erupted On Syria’s Coast. Massacres have spread across once-quiet towns on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, in the deadliest outbreak of sectarian violence since rebels toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times’s bureau chief in Syria, travel...
• Over 300 More Palestinian Casualties Are Reported . Israel was keeping up its intense bombing campaign in the enclave, which has exacted a heavy price on civilians struggling to find safe places to shelter.
• Tunisia Gives Dissenters Stiff Sentences . As the North African nation continues to slide toward authoritarianism, a court sentenced about 40 people, including high-profile rivals of the president, to up to 66 years in prison.
• U.S. and Iran Conclude a Round of Nuclear Talks, With More to Come. The two sides set an agenda for additional negotiations in the coming days, which could include technical details on uranium enrichment.
• At Least 74 People Are Killed in U.S. Airstrikes on Yemeni Fuel Depot, Houthis Say. President Trump has vowed that the Iran-backed Houthi militia will be “completely annihilated.” But forceful American strikes do not seem to have deterred the Yemeni fighters.
• G.O.P. Lawmakers in Syria Say They See Opportunity to Help Rebuild the Nation. Two Republican congressmen were expected to meet the country’s new leaders and to visit areas destroyed during the long civil war.
• Choking, Shaking, Foaming at the Mouth: Syrians Recount Gas Attack. Syria’s ousted dictator, Bashar al-Assad, unleashed a Sarin gas strike on the suburbs of Damascus in 2013, killing at least 1,500. Now, the survivors want justice.
• Israeli Strike Kills at Least a Dozen in ‘Humanitarian Zone,’ Gazan Officials Say. Gaza’s Civil Defense, the local emergency rescue service, reported that an Israeli strike overnight into Thursday in the Mawasi encampment area killed at least a dozen people, including children. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to...
• Latest Round of Strikes Devastates Tent Camp For Displaced Gazans. The attack on the Mawasi area of southern Gaza killed at least a dozen people, according to the emergency rescue service in the territory. Israel did not confirm the location of the attack.
• Iran Says Shifting U.S. Messages on Nuclear Talks Are ‘Not Helpful’ But Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran planned to participate “calmly and coolly” in the negotiations. Both sides will meet in Rome on Saturday for a second round, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said.

New York

• Stray Bullet Kills Harlem Woman Who Stepped Outside to Check on Grandson. Excenia Mette, 61, walked out of her apartment building and into the middle of a shootout. She was an active member of the National Action Network.
• Eric Adams Campaigns at Legal Weed Shop With Troubled History. Before it was a legal dispensary where the mayor hoped to raise campaign funds, the site held an illicit weed shop raided by the city. Some of its operators are still around.
• Police Identify 2 Gilgo Beach Victims, a Mother and Her Toddler. The victims — Tanya Denise Jackson and her daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes — were found on Long Island, near the area where a serial killer operated.
• Adrienne Adams Lands Two Major Endorsements for N.Y.C. Mayor. Ms. Adams, the City Council speaker, will receive endorsements from Letitia James, the state attorney general, and from District Council 37, the largest municipal union.
• What Happens to Abandoned Boats in New York? A Parks Department official scours the shoreline looking for vessels that owners left behind. There are hundreds of them.
• What Do You Look for in an Apartment? Tell Us About It. As the busy summer rental season approaches, The New York Times wants to hear your must-haves and absolutely-nots when you’re looking for a place to live.
• Cuomo’s Campaign Strategy: Limit Appearances and Avoid Confrontation. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is embracing a so-called Rose Garden strategy in his tightly controlled campaign for mayor of New York City.
• Weinstein’s Retrial to Begin, Testing Legacy of #MeToo Movement. Prosecutors and defense lawyers are expected to make opening statements Wednesday in the sex-crime case of the fallen mogul Harvey Weinstein.
• Lorde Planned a Surprise Show in New York. Surprise: There Was No Show. The singer summoned fans to an impromptu performance in Washington Square Park Tuesday night. She neglected to get a permit. But there was one more surprise to come.
• U.S. Says Tren de Aragua Charges Will ‘Devastate’ Its Infrastructure. Federal prosecutors charged six members of the Venezuelan gang and 21 members of a violent splinter group.
• Wildfire Burns in 3,200 Acres of New Jersey Forest Area. The fire in the Pine Barrens led to the evacuation of 3,000 residents and the shutdown of a stretch of the Garden State Parkway.
• Buffalo Diocese Agrees to Pay $150 Million to Settle Sex Abuse Claims. The provisional settlement comes after years of negotiation with the scandal-plagued diocese in New York’s second-largest city.
• Read the Prosecutors’ Letter. Three prosecutors resigned from the Southern District of New York on Tuesday rather than apologize for the work on the prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams of New York.
• Jury Is Seated After Startling Reveal: The Defendant Is Harvey Weinstein. Some prospective jurors reacted with shock when they realized they might be selected for Mr. Weinstein’s latest trial. Opening statements lie ahead.
• Jennifer Lopez’s Alma Mater to Stay Open as Nuns Sell to a Casino Firm. A charitable arm of the Bally’s Corporation will buy Preston High School’s buildings and lease them back to the Catholic school, a victory for foes of a plan to close the Bronx institution.
• 3 Adams Case Prosecutors Resign Rather Than Express Regret to Justice Dept. They had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to abandon the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams. “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,” they wrote.
• Trump Joins a Bitter Fight on Long Island Over a School Mascot. New York’s education leaders moved to ban Native American-inspired mascots in 2022, drawing a lawsuit from the Massapequa school district. Now, the president has weighed in.
• When Pope Francis Touched New Yorkers’ Hearts. The pope visited the city in 2015, making stops that included Madison Square Garden, Central Park and a Harlem school.
• G.O.P. Leader Asks Attorney General Pam Bondi to Prosecute Andrew Cuomo. A Republican House chairman renewed a request to the Justice Department to prosecute Mr. Cuomo for allegedly making false statements to Congress.
• Mahmoud Khalil’s Wife Gives Birth as ICE Bars Him From Being There. Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
• Nadine Menendez Found Guilty of Taking Bribes and Obstructing Justice. Ms. Menendez had been charged with her husband, Robert Menendez, a former New Jersey senator convicted in July of trading his political influence for gold, cash and a Mercedes-Benz.
• ICE Can’t Enter Rikers for Now, Judge Rules. After meeting with President Trump’s border czar, Mayor Eric Adams supported allowing U.S. immigration authorities to reopen offices at Rikers Island.
• Administration Escalates Congestion Pricing Threats. The administration has demanded the tolling program end by late May, arguing that it unfairly burdens working-class commuters.
• 1,200 Sign Up for a Manhattan Town Hall. Two Democratic politicians said they had scheduled the town hall to hear from their constituents who are angry at Trump administration policies.
• Where Do the Democrats Running for Mayor of New York City Stand on the Issues? The New York Times sent a wide-ranging survey to candidates in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City about affordability, public safety, President Trump, homelessness, congestion pricing, immigration, schools and their one big idea.
• Weinstein Enters Debate Over Conditions at Rikers. The disgraced producer has complained volubly about his treatment in jail on Rikers Island. Advocates for detainees say any attention to conditions there can’t hurt.
• What to Know About Broker Fees in New York City. A new law that will require many landlords, and not renters, to cover broker fees is set to take effect in less than two months. It may change how New Yorkers move.
• He Explored Space Travel’s Mysteries, and Left One of His Own. During his life, Willy Ley predicted the dawn of the Space Age with remarkable accuracy. How did his remains end up forgotten in a co-op on the Upper West Side?
• 3 Men Die in Fire in Overcrowded House in Queens. The house in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood had no working smoke detectors and was crammed with tenants, fire officials said.
• An Inside Look at the Subway’s Archaic Signal System. Vast swaths of the subway still rely on signal equipment from the Great Depression. A multibillion dollar plan, now at risk, hopes to bring the system into the 21st century
• ‘When a Seat Freed Up at the Next Stop, He Sat Back Down’ An up-and-down routine on the E, a pretzel and a Playbill, and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
• Mother and Son, 8, Found Dead in Bronx Home With Daughter, 4, Left Alone. It was not immediately clear how long the two had been dead or how long the younger daughter had been surviving alone in the apartment.
• Many Have Tried to Fix Penn Station. Can Trump Get It Done? Transportation experts say a thorough renovation is likely to take several years to complete — unless emergency measures are employed.
• New York City’s Hottest Hangout Is a 500-Person Board Game Night. At Richard Ye’s enormous monthly gatherings, where people play Exploding Kittens, Hues and Cues, and mahjong, New Yorkers find real-life connections and a little free fun.
• Stitching Together Time for Everyone. Hekima Hapa runs around with her four children, teaches a sewing class in Brooklyn and ends her day by burning a little sage.
• Former Cuomo Aide Settles Sexual Harassment Claim. New York State will pay to resolve a lawsuit filed by Charlotte Bennett over accusations that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed her when she worked in his executive office.
• In Face of President’s Hostility, Hochul Tries Different Tack on Redevelopment Plan. President Trump said he was taking over the Penn Station project. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has at times aggressively criticized Mr. Trump, went a different route.
• How the Radio Program ‘New Sounds’ Was Saved. The music program had been on WNYC for four decades. Listener contributions spared it from the ax.
• Shen Yun Made Fortune Using Child Labor, Former Dancers Say in Suit. The group performing traditional Chinese dance has been under scrutiny for its treatment of performers and financial practices.
• Students and Faculty Rally At Columbia in a Protest Of 2 Students’ Detention. Demonstrators rallied on Columbia’s campus and marched in Manhattan, three days after Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by immigration officials after arriving for a U.S. citizenship appointment.
• U.S. Indicts Luigi Mangione in Killing of Health Insurance Executive. Attorney General Pam Bondi moved forward aggressively and ordered prosecutors to seek the death penalty. Mangione also faces state charges in the Manhattan shooting.
• Judge Rejects Several Arguments in Suits Targeting Congestion Pricing. Judge Lewis J. Liman struck down several arguments in various lawsuits seeking to undo the New York City tolling program. Though weakened, the court cases continue.
• Housing Plan for Manhattan Garden Gets Another Look. The Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan was going to be razed to make way for affordable housing for older New Yorkers. Now the plan may be on hold.
• Trump Administration Says That It’ll Take Over Penn Station Renovation. The head of the federal Department of Transportation promised on Thursday to take away control of the project from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
• Discord App Exposes Children to Explicit Chats And Predators, Suit Says. The messaging platform misled parents about its safety settings and turned a blind eye to explicit content, New Jersey prosecutors said.
• A Baritone Walks in Bernstein’s and Mahler’s Footsteps. Thomas Oliemans came to New York to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. While he was here, he took a musical walking tour.
• The Firefighter With O.C.D. And the Vaccine He Dreaded. For years, Timmy Reen tried to hide his compulsions and rituals from everyone at his New York City firehouse — until his secret was forced out in the open.
• The Child Care Crisis Is Motivating These New York City Voters. Parents are fed up, and the candidates for mayor appear to be paying attention. Many have built campaigns on a promise to make New York more affordable, with child care as a centerpiece.
• He Sought Common Ground on Mideast Crisis, but U.S. May Oust Him. Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested at a citizenship interview in Vermont. He had spent a decade trying to understand the conflict that shaped his life, his supporters say.
• Trump Names Key Prosecutor. Schumer Aims To Block Pick. Senator Chuck Schumer had said he would block the permanent appointment of Jay Clayton, the president’s choice to head one of the nation’s most prestigious prosecutor’s offices.
• Trump Administration Halts Building of Giant Wind Farm Off N.Y. Coast. Gov. Kathy Hochul quickly responded that she would “fight this decision every step of the way.”

Business

• C.E.O. Steps Down at Discord, the Social Chat App. Jason Citron was a co-founder of the company, which is said to be working toward an initial public offering at some point this year.
• ‘Conclave’ Streaming Numbers Jump After Pope Francis’ Death. Experts said that the 2024 film accurately portrayed the papal selection process.
• Britain Says It Will Not Alter Standards or Rush U.S. Trade Deal. The British government is hoping to reach an agreement with the United States to soften the economic blow British businesses are facing from higher tariffs.
• U.S. Calls for Sweeping Reforms to I.M.F. and World Bank. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued in a speech that the multilateral economic institutions have veered away from their missions.
• Boeing Reports Smaller Loss but Trade War Threats Loom. The plane maker, which has been trying to recover from a quality crisis, could lose orders in China as a result of President Trump’s tariffs.
• Elon Musk Warns Rare Earth Magnet Shortage May Delay Tesla’s Robots. China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.
• They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.
• China Has an Army of Robots on Its Side in the Tariff War. Enormous investments in factory equipment and artificial intelligence are giving China an edge in car manufacturing and other industries.
• Trump’s Trade War With China Puts Japan in a Tight Spot. Japan had long maintained deep economic ties with both China and the United States. Recent trade tensions may challenge that approach.
• Markets Gain After Trump Says He Has No Plans to Oust Fed Chief. Remarks by President Trump and his Treasury secretary fueled a rebound in global stocks, extending a surge that started on Wall Street.
• Trump Media Edges Near Deal With a Crypto Trading Platform. The agreement will allow the president’s social media company to market investment products, including crypto, to retail investors through a series of exchange-traded funds.
• Some Donors Want Harvard To Capitulate To Strike Deal To Back Down. Harvard frantically tried to avoid a showdown with the Trump administration. Now many of its big donors are pushing the university’s leaders to back down and renew talks with the White House.
• Boeing Will Sell Its Digital Businesses for $10 Billion. The deal, with the private equity firm Thoma Bravo, will help the struggling aerospace manufacturer pay down debt and streamline its operations.
• Elon Musk Says He Will Spend Less Time in Washington as Tesla’s Profit Drops 71%. The carmaker reported the sharp decline in quarterly earnings after Tesla’s brand suffered because of its chief executive’s role in the Trump administration.
• Education Department Will Resume Collections on Student Loan Debt. In an announcement this week, the department warned that millions of borrowers could be referred to debt collectors and see deductions from their paychecks.
• Angst Builds Inside Federal Agency Over Trump’s Moves Against Law Firms. The Trump administration has deployed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its effort to seek retribution against corporate law firms.
• Suicides and Rape at a Prized Mental Health Center. Timberline Knolls, a mental health center owned by Acadia Healthcare, skimped on staff. Then came a series of tragedies.
• Rebound on Wall Street as Hope Rises for Easing of Tariffs. Major U.S. stock indexes rallied and the dollar stabilized, as investors welcomed comments from the White House on tariff negotiations.
• Oscars Say A.I. Is Fine, But Humans Are Preferred. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said using the technology wouldn’t disqualify a movie. But it also said that it favored films with more human involvement.
• Video Shows Passengers Evacuating Delta Plane on Slides After Engine Fire. Flames erupted around the plane on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport on Monday. There were no reported injuries after passengers fled by emergency slides.
• Chinese Company Announces Significant Advances in E.V. Batteries. CATL, the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, described breakthroughs that could make E.V.s more competitive with gasoline-powered cars.
• Millions Failing to Pay College Debt. They’re seeing their credit scores drop, which will make it more difficult to buy a car or rent a home. And that has implications for the already slowing economy.
• Markets Plunge as Trump Renews Attacks on Fed Chair. President Trump’s pressure on the Federal Reserve, on top of the uncertainty about his tariff policy, continued to jar investors as stocks, bonds, oil and the U.S. dollar all tumbled.
• As Tariffs Hit Soybeans, China Looks Elsewhere. China has long relied on the U.S. for soybeans. But with new steep tariffs, it is likely to look even more to Brazil and Argentina.
• At World Expo, Japan Recalls a Faded Dynamism. The event is stirring memories of an exhibition in 1970, when the postwar Japanese economy was taking off and “you could have dreams about the future.”
• More Than 400,000 Wireless Phone Chargers Recalled Over Fire Hazard. Casely, a company in Brooklyn, received 51 reports of lithium-ion batteries overheating, expanding or catching fire, resulting in six minor burn injuries.
• When You Leave a Job and Sign an NDA. Sometimes you just have to be OK with being vague. Plus, what to do when a co-worker has a challenging personality.
• Carmakers Highlighting Their U.S. Roots. Wary of directly criticizing the president’s trade policies, automakers are emphasizing how much they have already invested in U.S. manufacturing.
• Gen Z Re-evaluating Its Spending as a Global Trade War Rages. Some young adults with disposable incomes for the first time in their lives are trying to make sense of how tariffs are affecting how they should save and spend.
• Why Big Law Firms Aren’t United Against Trump. The arms race for talent seems to have made collective action, within and between firms, nearly impossible.
• Aging and Wildfire Losses Complicate the Next Steps. Losing your home in a disaster when you’re at or near retirement age can derail your finances and jeopardize the funds you were counting on.
• Trump Official Emailed Harvard List of Demands, Touching Off Battle, by Mistake. An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
• U.S. Adds Fees for Chinese Ships in Effort to Erode Production Dominance. The new fees are aimed at countering China’s dominance of the shipbuilding industry, but critics say they will simply raise prices for American consumers.
• Regulators Allow $35 Billion Capital One and Discover Merger. Two regulators signed off on the $35 billion deal, which the banks say will create a competitor to Visa and Mastercard. But consumer advocates warn that the deal may raise costs.
• Why the Bond Market Has Become One of the Few Brakes on Trump’s Agenda. The bond market has emerged as one of the few brakes on the White House as it pursues its agenda on trade, taxes, personnel and more.
• Firing Powell Could Create More Panic, Trump Is Told. President Trump again attacked the chair of the Federal Reserve this week, but advisers say the president has turned more cautious on policies that could stoke extreme financial volatility again.
• When Christmas Comes on Easter Morning. Social media feeds are awash in images of lavish baskets overflowing with expensive gifts. Some parents are giving their children bikes. Others are pushing back.
• U.S. Gas Exports to China Cease Over Tariffs. The United States accounted for only 3 percent of China’s natural gas imports last year. Those purchases could now dry up entirely in the trade war.
• Nepal Cites Corruption in Airport Built by China. A Nepali investigation blamed lawmakers and officials for looking the other way. The $216 million airport receives only one international flight a week.
• Disruption Is Here to Stay, So Prepare for It. President Trump’s policies have shaken the markets. Protect yourself first, and, only then, take advantage of investment bargains, our columnist says.
• Is Impulse Shopping Dead? The chief executive of QVC Group, David Rawlinson II, on tariffs, TikTok, and other threats to the company’s future.
• Despite Friendship With Trump, LVMH Leader Is Facing Tariffs. The trade war has hurt the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy luxury empire. Bernard Arnault, head of the company, said a failure to strike a deal with President Trump would be “the fault of Brussels.”
• Rate Cut in Europe Amid Tariff Turmoil. Policymakers lowered rates a quarter point and said that the region’s growth outlook had “deteriorated” because of rising trade tensions.
• Nvidia C.E.O. Meets With Chinese Trade Officials in Beijing. The day before the visit by Jensen Huang, lawmakers in Washington said they were investigating whether the chipmaker’s sales in China violated U.S. rules.
• Trump’s Tariffs Hit China While It Fights Deflation. China is facing a double whammy: corrosive deflation and tariffs that threaten to block trade. Chinese workers will be the biggest casualties.
• Can a Decaying Hospital With a Grim History Be Brought Back to Life? The former Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland was once the state’s most crowded psychiatric institution. Pulling off a plan to redevelop it won’t be easy.

DealBook

• Investors Prefer the ‘Nice’ Trump, but Want Results. Global markets are rebounding as the president softened his protectionist rhetoric and his criticism of the central bank. But investors want to see results on trade.
• How Trump’s Fed Fight May Undermine His Trade Negotiations. A flight from U.S. assets, including the dollar, could worsen if the president continues his attacks on the Federal Reserve, analysts warn.
• Chobani, Seeing Rising Demand, Plans Giant Factory in New York. The company, which has branched out from Greek-style yogurt, will invest more than $1 billion in the plant in the city of Rome.
• The Legacy of Pope Francis’ Business Diplomacy. As pontiff, Francis sought to build bridges with global corporate leaders, who sought audiences with him — but also to remind them about the need to look out for the poor.
• Powell Faces Pressure From the Markets and Trump Over Rates. The Fed chair signaled the central bank will stand pat on borrowing costs despite President Trump’s trade fight. Investors and the president aren’t happy.

Economy

• Trump Takes On Improbable Task in Seeking Trade Deals Across the Globe. The president’s threats of tariffs have brought countries like Japan, South Korea and India rushing to negotiate, but they have sown chaos with bigger trading partners like China.
• With Only Bad Options, Businesses Scramble for a Tariff Chaos Playbook. President Trump’s trade war is forcing companies to cut costs, raise prices, shrink profits, discontinue products and find other suppliers.
• Inside a Union’s Fight Against Trump’s Federal Job Cuts. Leaders of the union representing government workers say their battle is galvanizing but also alarming. “It’s insulting to say,” one said, “that we are lazy.”
• Devoted to Tariffs and Unafraid of Breakage. Once sidelined, President Trump’s counselor Peter Navarro has returned to Washington and quickly upended the global trading system.
• Trade War to Sap Global Growth and Increase Inflation, I.M.F. Warns. Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned in a speech that protectionism erodes productivity.
• Trump Assails Fed Chair for Not Cutting Rates. Jerome Powell has said that the Federal Reserve can be patient as the effects of tariffs become more clear. President Trump, pushing for interest rate cuts, said, “Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!”

Media

• The Dispatch Buys SCOTUSblog, a Supreme Court Mainstay. The Dispatch, a right-of-center political news and commentary start-up, plans to keep the legal news website available at no cost. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
• Columbia Journalism Review Faces the Kind of Crisis It Usually Covers. The publication is now trying to find a successful business model without its top editor, who was abruptly fired last week.
• Palin Loses Libel Retrial Against The Times. After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin’s claim that a 2017 editorial defamed her.
• Top Producer Is Quitting ‘60 Minutes’ The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
• In New Trial, Palin Says New York Times Editorial Damaged Her Reputation. Closing arguments in the libel case are expected on Tuesday, after which the nine jurors will begin deliberations.
• ‘Sinners’ Opens Big, a Rarity for a Horror Film. Ryan Coogler’s original horror film was expected to sell a strong $46 million in tickets over the weekend, enough for No. 1. But its profitability remains a long way off.
• Columbia Journalism Review Fires Editor Hired Last Year. Sewell Chan, who started as executive editor of the publication in September, said his firing after several staff complaints was “baffling.”
• Ex-Times Editor Testifies In Palin Defamation Case. James Bennet, the former New York Times Opinion editor, took responsibility for an error in an editorial at the center of the case.
• Netflix Says It Is ‘Stable’ Amid Tumult In Economy. The streaming giant brought in $10.5 billion in revenue in the first three months of the year. For the first time, it didn’t disclose its quarterly subscriber figures.

Your Money

• Overdraft Fee Limit May Soon Be Scrapped. The cap, approved last year, never took effect, though some banks voluntarily lowered or eliminated their fees. Here are some tips on how to avoid or reduce your costs.

Technology

• Trump Offers Private Dinner to Top 220 Investors in His Memecoin. The offer, which caused President Trump’s memecoin to surge in price, was his family’s latest effort to profit from cryptocurrencies.
• YouTube at 20: From ‘Lazy Sunday’ to ‘Hot Ones’ The video-streaming platform has revolutionized how we watch things. Here’s a timeline of its biggest moments.
• Apple and Meta Are First to Be Hit by E.U. Digital Competition Law. The European Commission said the Silicon Valley companies violated the Digital Markets Act, a law meant to crimp the power of the largest tech firms.
• Remember When Facebook Was Cool? Recalling a Bygone Era at Meta’s Trial. In the landmark antitrust case, tech executives have harked back to a Silicon Valley age when social apps like Facebook, Path, Orkut and Google Plus boomed.
• Instagram Co-Founder Says Meta Denied Support. Kevin Systrom said during testimony in a landmark antitrust trial that he believed Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, viewed Instagram as a threat.
• F.T.C. Sues Uber Over Billing for Its Premium Subscription Service. The suit is an indication that the commission’s close scrutiny of the tech industry will continue in the Trump administration.
• U.S. Urges Judge to Break Up Google by Forcing a Chrome Sale. The Justice Department said the best way to address the company’s monopoly in internet search was to force it to sell Chrome, among other measures.
• News Is Blocked on Meta’s Feeds in Canada. Here’s What Fills the Void. Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.
• Will a Federal Judge Break Up Google? On Monday, the tech giant and the U.S. government face off in court over how to fix the company’s online search monopoly. The outcome could alter Google and Silicon Valley.
• U.S. Chipmakers Losing Lucrative Chinese Market. New restrictions on semiconductor exports to China are scrambling sales and fueling concerns that the Chinese tech giant will become a chip-making powerhouse.
• Google’s Loss Signals Shift On Antitrust. Within a year, two federal judges declared the tech giant a monopoly in search and ad technology. The tide may be turning for antitrust.
• Sandberg Says Meta Didn’t Stifle Instagram, but Grew It. In her second day on the stand of a landmark antitrust trial over Meta’s power, Ms. Sandberg, the former chief operating officer, also said the company faced plenty of competition from TikTok.
• Read the Ruling. Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act “by willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in the online technology ad industry, the court said.
• Judge Rules That Google Monopolized Web Ad Tech. It was the second time in a year that a U.S. court found that the company had acted illegally to remain dominant.

Personal Tech

• Time-Saving New Phone Features You May Have Missed. From photo timers to music identifiers, here are a few new iPhone and Android tools to make your life easier.

Sports

• Kenyan Runner Will Try to Become First Woman to Break a 4-Minute Mile. A study suggested that Faith Kipyegon, the female record-holder, could do it under the right conditions. She is set to try in June.

Baseball

• Ken Griffey Jr. Is a Photographer Now. The baseball Hall of Famer has traded his bat for a camera. He shared the stories behind some of his favorite images.

Obituaries

• Marco Grassi, Who Brought Old Paintings Back to Life, Dies at 90. As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, he was in intimate touch with the paintings of long-dead masters.
• Barry Benepe, Who Gave New York Its Greenmarkets, Dies at 96. He brought farm-grown produce to the city’s streets, creating the largest network of farmers’ markets in the country and helping to revive neighborhoods.
• Eunice Golden, Artist Who Mapped the Male Nude, Dies at 98. Like many feminist artists, she took the body as her subject. But while others were exploring their own bodies, she painted the male anatomy.
• Herbert J. Gans, 97, Dies; Upended Myths on Urban and Suburban Life. A leading sociologist, he explored American society up close — living in a Levittown at one point — to gain insight into issues of race, class, the media and even the Yankees.
• Chuck Connelly, Artist With Spirit as Fierce as His Brush, Dies at 70. His heavily textured paintings brought him renown in the 1980s. In the ’90s, Nick Nolte played a character inspired by him in a Martin Scorsese film.
• Mike Wood, 72, Dies; Taught a Generation With LeapFrog Toys. His LeapPad tablets, which helped children read, found their way into tens of millions of homes beginning in 1999.
• Joe Nickell, Paranormal Investigator and ‘Real-Life Scully,’ Dies at 80. A professional skeptic, he took on hundreds of mysteries, offering rational explanations for the Loch Ness monster, the Shroud of Turin and countless hauntings.
• John J. LaFalce, 85, Congressman Who Fought for Consumers, Dies. A 14-term Democrat from Western New York, he sponsored financial reforms to aid consumers and pressed Washington to protect Americans from environmental hazards.
• Elaine Wynn, 82, Dies; Built Las Vegas Resorts And Supported the Arts. She and Steve Wynn were known as the king and queen of Las Vegas. After their divorce, Ms. Wynn became a force in her own right.
• Overlooked No More: Ethel Lina White, Master of Suspense Who Inspired Hitchcock. A powerhouse of the genre, she published around 100 short stories and 17 novels, one of which was adapted into the acclaimed film “The Lady Vanishes.”
• Robert E. McGinnis, 99, Whose Lusty Illustrations Defined an Era, Is Dead. In the 1960s and ’70s, his leggy femmes fatales beckoned from paperback covers and posters for movies like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Thunderball.”
• Tim Mohr, 55, Berlin D.J. Turned Book Translator. An American who had lived abroad, he sought out books by up-and-coming German writers, while ghostwriting memoirs for rock stars like Paul Stanley.

Asia Pacific

• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 85, Who Was a Calming Prime Minister of Malaysia. From 2003 to 2009, he brought a quiet style of leadership to his Southeast Asian nation after the strongman rule of Mahathir Mohamad.

DealBook

• Arthur Fleischer Jr., Prominent Lawyer in Corporate Takeovers, Dies at 92. He was a top deal maker in the world of mergers and acquisitions, during the 1980s takeover boom and beyond. He also had a keen interest in art.

Europe

• Pope Francis, Whose Vision Reshaped Church, Dies at 88. After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing inclusion and care for the marginalized over doctrinal purity.

Media

• Karen Durbin, 80, Dies; ‘Fearless’ Feminist Who Edited The Village Voice. A fierce advocate of sexual liberation, she pushed the alternative weekly to cover women’s issues, as well as gay rights and avant-garde culture.
• Don Mischer, Master of Live Television, Is Dead at 85. He produced and directed major events like the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys, as well as Super Bowl halftime shows and Olympic opening ceremonies.

Middle East

• Aliza Magen, 87, the Mossad’s Top-Ranking Woman. Her career at Israel’s national intelligence agency included working undercover before serving as deputy under three directors.

Music

• Roy Thomas Baker, Who Helped Produce ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ Dies at 78. Among the most successful music producers in the 1970s and ’80s, he helped churn out hits for acts like Queen, the Cars, Journey and Foreigner.
• Max Romeo, 80, ‘Rude Boy of Reggae’ Who Adopted Soulful, Political Sound. His early hits were filled with sexual innuendo. But he later switched to a soulful political message that resonated in 1970s Jamaica and beyond.
• Mac Gayden, Stellar Nashville Guitarist and Songwriter, Is Dead at 83. Heard on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” among other albums, he also sang and was a writer of the perennial “Everlasting Love.”
• Francis Davis, 78, Perceptive Jazz Critic Who Teased Meaning From Sound. He wrote prolifically about various aspects of the arts and popular culture. But he kept his focus on jazz, celebrating its past while worrying about its future.
• Nino Tempo Dies at 90; Took ‘Deep Purple’ Duet With His Sister to No. 1. He was a busy session saxophonist, but he is probably best known for the Grammy-winning pop hit that he sang in 1963 as half of a duo act with his sister, April Stevens.

Briefing

• U.S. Pushed a Ukraine Peace Plan That Favored Russia. Also, major endorsements jolted the New York City mayoral race. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
• Thursday Briefing: Trump Lashes Out at Zelensky. Plus, the perfect pour-over coffee.
• Our Questions, and Yours. We answer five questions you had about the news.
• Wednesday Briefing: A Downgrade in Global Growth. Plus, the next big thing from Japan.
• Justices Appeared Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories. Also, the secretary of state announced major cuts at the State Department. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
• Big Tech’s Troubles. We explain why the government is trying to break up companies like Meta and Google.
• Tuesday Briefing: Tributes for Pope Francis. Plus, making a difference on Earth Day.
• The World Mourned Pope Francis. Also, the U.S. asked a judge to break up Google. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
• What Do You Want to Know About the Pope? Send us your questions about the death of Pope Francis. We’ll find Times reporters to answer them.
• Pope Francis Is Dead at 88. We look at his life and his influence on more than one billion Catholics.
• Monday Briefing: A Broken Truce in Ukraine. Plus, a strawberry farmer on a mission.
• America Wants a God. Today, we’re introducing “Believing.” The Times is exploring how we experience religion and spirituality now.
• Say, Old Sport. “The Great Gatsby” is important, of course, but it’s also all kinds of fun.
• The Head of the I.R.S. Was Ousted. Also, Milwaukee is facing a lead crisis in its schools. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
• Christianity in the White House. President Trump has significantly expanded the power and influence of conservative Christians in government.
• The New York Times News Quiz, April 18, 2025. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• Friday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Bargaining. Plus, Argentina’s capybara problem.
• A Judge Ruled That Google Acted Illegally to Dominate Ad Tech. Also, a daily pill may work as well as Ozempic. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
• Trump Targets K-12. We explain why the president is taking on public schools, and how officials are responding.
• Thursday Briefing: A Judge’s Pushback Against Trump. Plus, a look at the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Podcasts

• Chappell Roan’s Faithful Country Swerve. One of the defining pop stars of the new generation is getting frisky with a 1990s country sound, our critic says in his weekly review from the driver’s seat.
• You’re Probably Thinking About Boundaries All Wrong. KC Davis, a therapist and author, on her new book, “Who Deserves Your Love.”
• The Ten Commandments. Stories of people struggling to follow those old, primal rules of life.
• Meta on Trial + Is A.I. a ‘Normal’ Technology? + HatGPT. “The market for social networks, or even what Meta is, is very different now than it was even a couple of years ago.”
• Miley Cyrus Greets the Apocalypse With a Smile. Plus new tracks from Galactic, Stereolab and more.
• Doechii’s Most Revealing Rapping. The year’s breakout artist has a hit with “Anxiety,” but the song “Nosebleeds” tell us much more about Doechii, according to our critic, in his latest review from the driver’s seat.

The Daily

• Trump Says They’re Foreign Gang Members. Are They? Who was really on the planes the administration has sent to El Salvador, and the secretive process behind the deportations.
• How Pope Francis Changed the Catholic Church. What a surprising papacy meant to the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
• Is the Era of Student Loan Forgiveness Officially Over? The financial consequences of a government change of heart — and the larger reckoning it could cause.
• The Sunday Read: ‘How Analytics Marginalized Baseball’s Superstar Pitchers’ Why has professional baseball made it so hard for today’s pitchers to achieve greatness?
• Do Trump Voters Like His Tariffs? We Went to Michigan to Find Out. How have the levies, which have become President Trump’s signature economic policy, gone down in a battleground state?
• The Trial Mark Zuckerberg Couldn’t Prevent. President Trump, the Meta chief executive and one of the most aggressive cases the government has ever brought against a big tech company.

The Headlines

• A State Department Shake-Up, and Musk Pivots as Tesla Profits Plunge. Plus, YouTube turns 20.
• How to Choose a Pope, and a Deportation ‘Black Hole’ Plus, the Oscars OK the use of A.I. (with caveats).
• Pope Francis Dies at 88, and Another Hegseth Signal Chat. Plus, million-dollar empty lots in the Palisades.
• Senator Visits Wrongly Deported Man, and Trump’s ‘Kill List’ for Regulations. Plus, meat is making a comeback.
• New Pushback to Trump’s Deportations, and Climate Research Under Threat. Plus, a capybara controversy in Argentina.

Science

• A Roman Gladiator and a Lion Met in Combat. Only One Walked Away. A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the Roman Empire.
• The Physics of the Perfect Pour Over. Scientists used fluid dynamics to learn how to get the most flavor from pour-over coffee.
• How Bats Enjoy an In-Flight Beverage Service. Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too.
• Over 400 Science Grants, Including D.E.I.-Backed, Are Canceled by Agency. The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.
• The Lyrids Meteor Shower Is Peaking. Here’s How to Watch. Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.
• Masterly Frescoes See the Light of Day. While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.
• What Spring Might Bring To Alien Places. An artist imagines the flora of distant, nonexistent worlds.
• A Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet. The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s predawn skies on Wednesday.
• U.S. Switches Covid Site To Page on Leak Theory. The White House has thrown its weight behind the lab leak theory, an idea that has divided intelligence agencies.
• Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet. Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

Climate

• New Study Could Bolster Climate Laws to Make Polluters Pay. Vermont was the first state to try to hold polluters accountable for climate disasters. New research aims to assign specific responsibility.
• Almost Half of Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air, Report Finds. Weakening or rolling back longstanding environmental regulations would worsen the problem, the American Lung Association assessment says.
• The Connection Between Faith and Environmental Action. Leaders from many religions — including, notably, Pope Francis — have long sought to tie their faith to environmental stewardship.
• Rapid Temperature Swings Increasing. Flips between warm temperatures to cold and vice versa have become quicker, more frequent and more intense in recent decades, a new study shows.
• Shell Recyclers in Connecticut Are Helping Oysters Find Homes. A small team is rescuing a “ridiculous amount” of shells from restaurant trash bins and using them to rebuild oyster habitat in Long Island Sound.
• Maryland Protected Nearly a Third of Its Land, and It’s Reaching for More. Nine states have set goals to conserve 30 percent of their land by 2030. Maryland got there first.
• In Indiana, Putting Up Solar Panels Is Doing God’s Work. A cluster of evangelical groups in the state is pushing for environmental action. Leaders say they’re following the biblical mandate to care for creation.
• How a Funeral Director Brought Wind Power to Rural Missouri. Every year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs.
• Fighting Louisiana Floodwaters With Patches of Green. Simple, affordable initiatives like rain gardens are helping to soak up water in New Orleans.
• E.P.A. Poised to Cancel Grants To Study Dangers to Children. The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into “forever chemicals” contaminating the food supply.
• How Pope Francis Helped Inspire the Global Movement Against Climate Change. Francis framed climate change as an urgent spiritual issue and helped push the world to take action.
• What’s the Best Thing I Can Do for the Planet? For Earth Day, we asked the experts. They shared advice on how to be the best planetary citizen possible.
• How Fertilizer Poisoned So Much Farmland. For years, a factory offered farmers its sewage as free fertilizer, and the surrounding land — some of which is still used to grow food — became contaminated with “forever chemicals.” Hiroko Tabuchi, a reporter for The New York Times covering poll...
• Sludge Contaminated 10,000 Acres of Farmland. What Should Be Done? For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”
• Trump Opens Reserve to Commercial Fishing. The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”
• Here’s What to Know About Rare Earth Minerals and Renewable Energy. The shift to cleaner power needs resources from China. An export ban just cut off some supplies.
• Release of E.P.A. Climate Grants Is Paused by New Court Ruling. After a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of up to $650 million in frozen grants, an appeals court temporarily halted the payouts.
• Aiming to End Wildlife Protections by Redefining Harm. Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.
• Warming and Weather Disasters Apply Stress to World’s Blood Supplies. Extreme weather disasters, increasing as the planet warms, can curb blood donations while increasing demand, a new analysis found.

The Upshot

• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, April 19, 2025. Can you sort 8 historical events?

Opinion

• A Republican Senator Says It: ‘We Are All Afraid’ Readers react to the startling admission by Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Also: Private prisons for immigrants; noise in a Queens neighborhood.
• The Complicated Legacy of Pope Francis. Readers offer reflections after the death of Pope Francis. Also: The mistakes of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
• The Alarm Over Social Media Is Getting Through to Teens. Writers, parents, doctors and legal experts have been arguing that social media is bad for teens. Turns out that worked.
• Requiems and Tears for Pope Francis. An initial sampling of reaction to the death of Pope Francis. Also: A books case before the Supreme Court; protecting our democracy.
• How Francis Changed the Symbols of a Pope’s Funeral. In life and death, Francis wanted the symbols of his papacy to be humbler.
• Undercutting the Progress of U.S. Science. Readers worry about the Trump administration’s cuts to research funding.
• The Emergency Is Here (Part 2). Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. Asha Rangappa, a former F.B.I. agent and an assistant dean at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, discusses the “constitutional black hole” these deportations could open up...
• What It Can Take to Make a Baby. Readers discuss the moral, ethical, religious and legal implications of the different ways I.V.F. can be used.
• Calls for Mass Resistance to Trump. Readers respond to a column by David Brooks. Also: The C.D.C.’s Injury Center; slashing the government; a retreat from D.E.I. in private schools.
• The Complete Data Behind the Global Migration Map. We hope that researchers will be able to use the data to better understand the flows and patterns in human migration.
• How 13 Independent Voters Who Backed Trump Think He Is Doing So Far. The participants discuss how they think Trump’s second term is going.
• The Choice That Politicians Need to Make. Find common ground with President Trump, or resist? Also: Medical decisions; climate research cuts; deep sea mining risks; a gift to Harvard.
• To Understand Global Migration, You Have to See It First. These estimates, drawn from the location data of three billion Facebook users, provide a view of human migration in extraordinary detail.
• A New Picture of Global Migration. Dive into a new data set released by Meta, charting immigration flows among 181 countries over four years.

Op-Ed

• The World Seems to Be Surrendering to Climate Change. The state of the climate future, Part I.
• How I Describe Myself Politically These Days. America needs to figure out how to dominate the industries of the future. Call me a “Waymo Democrat.”
• The Ugly Historical Echoes of Kennedy’s Comments on Autism. Kennedy implies that disabled people are a taxpayer burden.
• After Pope Francis: A Round Table With David French. Three religious thinkers on the state of Catholicism.
• The Very American Roots of Trumpism. The historian Steven Hahn puts Trumpism in the context of America’s long history of illiberalism.
• Gov. Josh Shapiro: Finding Moral Clarity After an Arsonist’s Attack. This level of violence has to stop.
• Trump Wants You to Think Resistance Is Futile. It Is Not. Every time we make ourselves into obstacles, we also make it a little less likely that the administration’s authoritarian fantasy becomes our reality.
• When the Supreme Court Spoke With One Voice. The federal judiciary is being forced to confront a fundamental question: what to do when its orders are defied.
• Mexico Is Becoming a Beacon. The country can take up welcoming values the United States has abandoned.
• What Happened to the Francis Revolution? Pope Francis proved to be far more cautious and conservative than many progressive Catholics had hoped for.
• The Face-Plant President. There’s no better opponent than one who repeatedly trips over his shoelaces.
• Trump Is Insatiable. The president is trying to pick off institutions (and people) one by one.
• ‘Andor’ Is Not the Resistance You’re Looking For. I have always found the praise for the show’s revolutionary politics to be at odds with the means of its production.
• My Research Under Trump Started Unraveling With a Text That Read, ‘Call Me’ When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it.
• I Caught a Glimpse of the New World Order in Greenland. Whom Greenlanders choose to do business with — economically, politically and socially — will tell us a lot about the coming global realignment.
• Pope Francis’ Gay Muddle. Good Catholics were supposed to embrace gay people but not their gayness. That’s hardly the arithmetic of equality.
• Trump’s Tariffs Will Pay Off, for China. Picking trade fights with countries across the Asia-Pacific plays right into Beijing’s plans to increase its sway over the region.
• MAGA Natalism Is Doomed to Fail. Trump will never be the “fertilization president.”
• Pope Francis Was a Champion, if an Imperfect One, for L.G.B.T.Q. People. He helped L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics feel more at home in their church. And that meant their families and friends also felt more at home.
• Francis and the End of the Imperial Papacy. Papal weakness has also opened up other possibilities for Christian and Catholic witness.
• ‘Who Among Us?’ The Cardinals Now Face Their Test. Cardinals prepare to gather in Rome for the conclave to decide on Francis’ successor and the direction they want the church to take.
• Opinion Today: Larry David Imagines a Private Dinner With Hitler. In a guest essay, the comedian warns that we should see people for who they really are.
• Is This Giving the People What They Want? Only 1,370 days to go.
• Welcome to Trump’s Mafia State. “Nice university you got there. Shame if something happened to it.”
• Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf. When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
• Puerto Rico’s Blackouts Reveal the Collapse of Its Colonial Bargain. For over half a century, the island’s commonwealth status was justified by promises of security, stability and the material comforts of modern life.
• Why Trump’s 100-Day Blitz May Lead to a Historic Bust. When it comes to the presidency, a consequential start does not in any way equate to long-term success.
• E.T., Phone the White House. Space science at NASA is on the chopping block.
• The New Science of Aging Can Predict Your Future. A new era of medical care is upon us.
• There’s a Reason the World Is a Mess, and It’s Not Trump. Global economic stagnation underlies today’s disarray.
• In Trump’s America, There Are No Rules, Only Access. The real story about Trump’s tariffs may not be about trade. In many ways, it’s about power.
• Choose a Love-Your-Neighbor Church. As anger and fear dominate the public square, a church that follows a resurrected savior should be a balm, not a blowtorch.
• ‘Huge Increases in Prices for American Working Families’: Three Experts on What Trump’s Economic Policy Means. A look at tariffs, the Fed, the dollar and how uncertainty is wreaking havoc on financial markets.
• Every Doctor Faces This Dilemma. Some physicians agree to patients’ requests for unproven treatment or altered vaccine schedules.
• Sherrod Brown: What Worries Me Most About Trump’s Failing Economy. Democrats should not confuse Trump’s tariff disaster for a trade policy that helps workers.
• The Darfur Genocide Never Ended. As Sudan’s soldiers and rebels continue to fight, the one constant seems to be that Sudanese civilians bear the brunt of their abuse.
• This Conservative Legal Doctrine Is a Problem for Trump. What goes around, comes around. And it is not likely to be good for the White House.
• This Is How Far Vance Will Go to Sell a Lie. Unfortunately for his argument, the Constitution is the Constitution.
• The Trade War With China Will Get Uglier. What happens if we run out of rare-earth metals or bond prices collapse?
• Trump Just Scrapped My Anti-Kremlin Streaming Platform. We called it Votvot — Russian for “any minute now.”
• The Naval Academy Canceled My Lecture on Wisdom. How a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored.
• The True Cost of Eggs. I have raised and loved so many hens from the time they were chicks. Why did I never think to ask about the fate of their brothers?
• Come With Me If You Want to Survive An Age of Extinction. Everything is under threat. What you care about can make it to the other side.
• Our Foreign Students Are Terrified, and They’re Right to Be. The immigration crackdown has come to America’s campuses.
• How ‘The White Lotus’ Ran Aground. The HBO hit’s theological problems.
• We’ll Miss Our Independent Central Bank When It’s Gone. The president’s threat to fire Jerome Powell is more than a personal spat. It’s a direct challenge to the economic foundation that has helped America prosper.
• Kennedy’s Vaccine Hypocrisy Is Unsustainable. Did anyone really think Kennedy would soften his hostility to vaccines?
• The Trump Administration Is Disappearing People Like the Soviet Union. The courts can only do so much to protect us. Will more people be doomed to the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
• A Battle Over Books That No One Will Win. Our community failed to resolve tension over L.G.B.T.Q.-themed books with the time-tested tools of straight talk, compromise and extending one another a little grace.
• What Trump Is Doing With Crypto Should Worry Us All. Donald Trump’s self-serving crypto push worsens criminal activity and heightens risks for financial markets.
• Tariffs Won’t Fix Our Trade Imbalance. This Will. We should be laser-focused on raising our export capacity.
• Time for a Civic Uprising. It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
• All the President’s Flatterers. For Trump’s fawning enablers, Abrego Garcia’s imprisonment is just another feat to applaud.
• The Supreme Court Can’t Save America, but Here’s What It Can Do. The justices and the American people must hold the line together.
• The Emergency Is Here. Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.
• Bret Stephens on What Trump Gets Right, Wrong and Really, Really Wrong. The columnist on the value of acknowledging the president’s wins.
• Which of Trump’s Moves Will Survive Legal Tests? And how this could all go down in the courts.
• Trump Has Botched His Tariff War With China. Trump thinks he holds all the cards in this high-stakes game, but he’s wrong.

Arts

• Theo Von Dismantles the Interview Show. The comedian and podcaster is one of the defining conversationalists of media’s new MAGA-friendly mainstream. But he can be harder to pin down, politically and culturally, than his bro-cast peers.
• Video Game Reviews of 2025. Our critics’ favorite games include the manic co-op adventure Split Fiction, the folklore-inflected South of Midnight and the tactically challenging Stone of Madness.
• Shannon Sharpe Is Accused of Rape by Ex-Girlfriend. A lawyer for Mr. Sharpe, who hosts the podcast “Club Shay Shay,” said the sexual encounters were consensual and called the lawsuit “a blatant and cynical attempt” at a shakedown.
• Applications Open! The New York Times Illustration Portfolio Review. We’re inviting illustrators from around the world to share their work with art directors from The New York Times. Apply by June 1, 2025.
• That Twist Roiled Players of Last of Us, Too. Five years ago, the video game series that inspired the HBO show leaned into violence and pain, cutting short its exploration of love.
• Trump Puts His Spin on 250 Years of U.S. History, to Historians’ Dismay. As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s story is told, in Washington and beyond.
• Podcasts Want Their Own Oscars. Could Any of These Contests Win? The iHeartPodcast Awards, the Ambie Awards and the Signal Awards want to represent the best in the industry. But some podcasters fear a “money grab.
• Podcasts Are Flush With Awards Events. The iHeartPodcast Awards, the Ambie Awards and the Signal Awards want to represent the best in the industry. But some podcasters fear a “money grab.”
• Need a Small Treat? 21 Suggestions from Busy Creative Types. Bernadette Peters, Dichen Lachman, Delia Ephron and more share their tiny joys for tough days.

Art & Design

• Museum Told to Surrender Schiele Drawing to Heirs of Man Killed by Nazis. A New York judge found that the Art Institute of Chicago’s drawing by Egon Schiele had been looted from an Austrian Jew who died in a concentration camp.
• A Turner Prize Shortlist That J.M.W. Turner Might Have Appreciated. This year’s nominees for the prestigious art award include Mohammed Sami, an Iraqi painter, and Zadie Xa, a Canadian installation artist.
• A Philadelphia Glass Artist Has Made a Secular Sanctuary for the Ages. As the artist in residence at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, Judith Schaechter created a giant dome to spark joy. It’s now on view outside Philadelphia.
• Plates Full of Beauty and History in Upper Manhattan. New additions to Adriana Varejão’s acclaimed “Plate” series are showing at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library, in her first solo museum exhibit in New York.
• Glimpses of the Final Frontier at the American Museum of Natural History. Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is making the most of it.
• Detroit Art Institutions Resist Political Challenges to Diversity. Leaders at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and others say their core mission of elevating Black voices will not change.
• If You Think the School Lunch Battle is New — Go to Philadelphia. A science museum in the city looks back at the history of feeding children in schools and reminds us how fraught the efforts have been for more than 100 years.
• A California Museum Weighs the Promise and Perils of Tech. Set in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Computer History Museum long cheered the developments around it. Now, it’s taking a more nuanced approach.
• A Race Against Rising Seas. Rising sea levels are forcing the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut to address the long-term sustainability of its campus.
• Museums to See This Year. Photography and portraiture are at the center of exhibitions this spring and beyond, examining their forms and themes and the people behind them.
• The Hidden Story of America’s West. An upcoming exhibition at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles and an earlier one at the Witte Museum in San Antonio reveal the roles of Black cowboys in the early American West.
• New Voices Help Museums Tell New Stories. Across the United States, younger curators work to broaden audiences and redefine not only what an exhibition can be but also what an artwork is.
• ‘The Great Gatsby’ at 100. The book by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the subject of exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, New Jersey and South Carolina.
• A Picasso Show From Pablo’s Daughter. An exhibition at Gagosian includes never-before-seen works from the personal collection of Paloma Picasso, who helped organize the show.
• ‘Miss Chief’ Makes Her Mark. Denver hosts the first U.S. museum survey of Kent Monkman, a member of the Fisher River Cree Nation whose large paintings are inspired in part by old masters.
• Recreating What She Lost. In 1999 Ann Craven lost nearly everything in a studio fire. Since then, she has made “revisitation” paintings. Next month, these works will be shown across Maine.
• A Painter Is Finally ‘Having Her Time’ At 82, the widely admired artist is getting the higher level of recognition she has sought for decades.
• Ai Weiwei, in Depth. A show now at the Seattle Art Museum is the largest in the U.S. in the 40-year career of the renowned Chinese artist.
• A Symbol of Hope, and Renewal, in St. Louis. The 19th-century Old Courthouse, part of the city’s downtown and Gateway Arch National Park, is set to reopen in May after a $27.5 million renovation.
• Trump’s Plans for Smithsonian Draw Fire. In a letter to Vice President JD Vance, four U.S. representatives on a committee that oversees the cultural institution urged him to reject President Trump’s push to reshape it.
• In a Precarious Period for Art, Staying the Path. As Thelma Golden and Lisa Phillips put finishing touches on their expanded buildings, they assess their legacies, and the cultural shift ahead.
• Guidebooks to New York Tell How to Survive Among the Natives. A collection of indelible photographs, maps and “intimate guides” from 1807 to 1940 went beyond extolling the virtues of the city.
• A Joyous Exhibition Tops Off A Spiral. The artist’s first major museum survey fills Frank Lloyd Wright’s spiral with a rich mix of media, a view of the polymathic flux of a 25-year career, and a sense of healing.
• Sculpture Center Picks Director. Carlos Basualdo, a veteran curator who has spent most of his career at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will take over the Nasher Sculpture Center next month.
• A Visual Jolt in Harlem Is a Haven, Too. Three years after opening its visual jolt of a new headquarters, the Brotherhood Sister Sol has become even more of a haven for the young people it serves.
• Deep in the Digital Reservoir of Human Experience. Jon Rafman’s liberal use of artificial intelligence is on full, dark display in an exhibition that features a kind of MTV warped by internet subcultures.

Dance

• Review: From Kyle Abraham, Saxophones and Sculptural Shapes. On program of New York premieres at the Joyce Theater, Abraham’s contribution stands out and so do his dancers.
• Climate Activists Interrupt New York City Ballet Performance. Protesters interrupted an all-Balanchine program on the company’s spring season opening night, which coincided this year with Earth Day.
• Pushing Sisyphean Beach Balls and Honoring Obstacles. Celia Rowlson-Hall’s “Sissy” at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, a dance-theater hybrid featuring Marisa Tomei, pokes at the boundaries between art and life.
• The Magic of Ballet Captured by a Master’s Camera. Alexey Brodovitch, the transformative art director of Harper’s Bazaar, made one book, “Ballet,” a photographic landmark that has been reprinted for its 80th anniversary.
• A Celebration of Feet Hitting the Floor. The Uptown Rhythm Festival will mix styles, including tap, swing and flamenco, that are flourishing despite problems of rehearsal and performance space.

Music

• Jelly Roll Should Be Pardoned for Drug and Robbery Offenses, Board Says. The Tennessee Board of Parole unanimously determined that the country star should be pardoned, but the decision is in the hands of the governor.
• Lorde Dances to Her New Single in Washington Square Park. The singer summoned fans on her social media to an impromptu performance in Washington Square Park Tuesday night.
• Maggie & Terre Roche’s 1975 LP Is a Revelation. Why Is It Forgotten? “Seductive Reasoning,” a flop that preceded the Roches’ debut, has a fluctuating sonic palette, contributions from Paul Simon and the sisters’ most brilliant songwriting.
• An Ode to the Blues’ Many Guises, Inspired by ‘Sinners’ Listen to an imagined set list for a supernatural juke joint featuring Albert King, Outkast, Cécile McLorin Salvant and more.
• Tina Knowles, Mother of Superstars, Owns Her Own Story. In “Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.
• At Houston Grand Opera, ‘This Is a Good Time’ Driven by creative leadership and generous donors, the company, long a beacon of innovation, is bucking trends in the field.
• The Frick Needs a New Piano. Which Would You Choose? The pianist Jeremy Denk tests three Steinways that the Frick Collection is considering for its auditorium. Watch, listen and guess which the museum picked.
• Goose Rules the Jam-Band Roost (Sorry, Haters). The quartet earned the respect of its elders and scores of young fans by making their live sets, and themselves, super available. So why are some still not sold?
• Size of Met Doesn’t Faze Conductor. Joana Mallwitz is in calm, stylish command making her debut with Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” running in repertory with “The Magic Flute.”
• Under Trump, Kennedy Center Fires More Staff Members. At least a half-dozen workers were dismissed as the Trump administration strengthens its control of the cultural institution.
• Eight New Songs, Including Lana Del Rey’s Foreboding Lullaby. Hear tracks by Madison McFerrin, Ana Tijoux, Matmos and others.
• Drummer Charged With Having Child Sexual Images. Joseph Seiders, who joined the band in 2014, is accused of recording boys who were using a restaurant bathroom.
• In Upstate New York, Opera Is Grown Locally. At Hudson Hall, the director R.B. Schlather leans on artists and musicians from the community. The results have made for better opera.
• 13 Songs You Didn’t Know Were Big Hits Right Now. A tour of the more surprising — and kind of anonymous — corners of the current Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
• Playboi Carti, Lineage and Life After Rage-Rap. As rap continues to move in chaotic directions, the Atlanta M.C. Ken Carson and the electro-pop singer 2hollis are harnessing the power of music that moves bodies.
• All Signs Point to a Party Zone. Some of the hottest advertising space is deep in the California desert, where Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, Djo, Post Malone and more generate buzz for their festival sets.

Television

• ‘North of North’ Is a Warm Arctic Comedy. Set in a fictional Inuk community in Canada, this Netflix comedy shows abundant tenderness for its characters but also surprising depth and edge.
• ‘Andor’ Shows How a Resistance Is Built, One Brick at a Time. In the best of the Disney+ “Star Wars” series, returning for its final season, fighting fascism is more than just a joyride.
• Kimmel Likens the Selection of a New Pope to ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ The late night host also described the papal conclave as determining “who will be handed the keys to the popemobile” on Tuesday.
• ‘Andor’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: Rebel Rebel. The “Star Wars” series, back for its final season, shows how a revolution takes hold and how even in times of radical change, people have to keep living their lives.
• ‘The Gardener’ Is a Great Pop-Goth Spanish Murder Series. This Netflix series has plenty in common with slick, dark shows like “Dexter” and “You,” though it more often feels like “Wednesday.”
• In ‘Ransom Canyon,’ Minka Kelly Enjoys the Ride. The “Friday Night Lights” star didn’t think a romantic lead would be available to a woman in her 40s. But it was, and it might be just the beginning.
• On ‘Andor,’ All Is Fair in Love and ‘Star Wars’ They may not be Han and Leia, but the characters Syril Karn and Dedra Meero tell their own story — about power within a relationship and outside it.
• Jimmy Kimmel Praises Pope Francis for Going Out With a Mic Drop. “Is there anything more Catholic than waiting until Monday to die so you don’t upstage Jesus Christ?” Kimmel said.
• Prequel’s Return Isn’t Far, Far Way. The sophisticated and moody “Star Wars” prequel to “Rogue One” is returning for its second and final season. There’s a lot to remember.
• TV Character Deaths That Still Feel Shocking. The big twist in “The Last of Us” this week wasn’t the first to completely upend a TV show and its fandom. Here’s a look at some other notable exits.
• This Week on TV. Amy Sherman-Palladino’s new dramedy, about ballet companies in New York and Paris, comes to Prime Video. And two sports documentaries air.
• ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: Revenge. The major twist in this week’s episode is sure to have all kinds of fallout. One consequence is certain: The show will never be the same.
• ‘Black Mirror’ Sees Future Accurately. The long-running tech drama always felt as if it took place in a dystopian near future. How much of that future has come to pass?
• Walton Goggins on the Song in His ‘White Lotus’ Character’s Head. The actor, also seen in “The Righteous Gemstones” and the new movie “The Uninvited,” on dirt biking, his father’s clothing advice and the music that makes him think of Rick Hatchett.
• How ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’ Took Over TikTok. Usher and Gwen Stefani are among the stars who have shimmied down a “spirit tunnel” on their way to Hudson’s couch. Clips with customized hype songs are a sensation online.
• Stephen Colbert Translates Trump’s Italian Tariff Talk. “The Late Show” host said Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is “seen as something of a Trump whisperer” after she visited the White House on Thursday.
• What Goes Up Sometimes Comes Down Disastrously. For Season 2, Nathan Fielder’s focus is commercial airline safety, hardly a typical topic for comedy. But his approach is never typical.
• Stephen Colbert Defends PBS and NPR Against Trump’s Defunding Plan. Colbert said both public media entities are “already operating on a shoestring budget — Daniel Tiger can’t even afford to wear pants.”

Theater

• No Power? No Problem. Nicole Scherzinger Sings With Bullhorn on Broadway. The “Sunset Boulevard” star briefly entertained the crowd when “a technical malfunction on the sound side” forced the cancellation of a matinee performance.
• Review: Little Adds Up in the Elusive ‘Grief Camp’ Les Waters’s production for Atlantic Theater Company is marvelously realized, despite the limitations of the play’s often maddening script.
• Jeremy Jordan, Searching for Challenges Onstage. In “Floyd Collins,” playing a hardscrabble Kentuckian trapped while exploring a cave, the actor finds inspiration in the claustrophobic restrictions.
• ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Review: An Origin Story for the Stage. This Broadway production delivers lots of spectacle as it winds back to the teenage years of Henry Creel, an antagonist from the Netflix series.
• ‘Macbeth in Stride’ Review: A Leap and Stumble Into a Classic. One of the most performed and reimagined works of English literature becomes a fourth-wall-breaking musical revue.
• He’s Trapped in a Cave, And Mired in a Media Circus. One of the wonders of this glorious-sounding new Broadway production is how far from claustrophobic this Kentucky cave saga feels.
• A Treasured Experience Lies Ahead. Jinkx Monsoon talks about feeling like a lifetime of hard work is finally paying off, and her return to Broadway as a zany maid in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical.”
• The Human Condition, Distilled to Its Essence. “Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp,” a new collection of one-acts by the great British playwright, is a cause for celebration, wonderment and grief.

Books

• The Best Forced Proximity Romance Novels. The romance author Beth O’Leary recommends books that show off the trope at its best — playful, knowing, original and deliciously satisfying.
• 2 Memoirs by Rock ’n’ Roll Muses Who Were So Much More. Marianne Faithfull was a star in her own right; Peggy Caserta was a hippie tastemaker. Their memoirs are riveting.
• Journaling Her Way Through Cancer for the Third Time. Suleika Jaouad’s new book provides a master class in personal writing. Here’s why it’s a worthwhile habit — for everyone, not just English majors.
• Everything You Need to Know About Emily Henry. Her best-selling romances have made her a new standard-bearer of the genre.
• Didion’s Private Notes, Now for Public Consumption. Readers can decide when “Notes to John,” which shows the writer grappling with guilt and vulnerability, is published next week.

Book Review

• Go to Mars, Never Die and Other Big Tech Pipe Dreams. In “More Everything Forever,” the science journalist Adam Becker subjects Silicon Valley’s “ideology of technological salvation” to critical scrutiny.
• Poems That Lean Into Calm and Joy Amid Life’s Chaos. In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments and a clutch of myth-inflected reveries.
• Being Married to Timothy Leary Was Tough. It Helped to Be High. Susannah Cahalan traces the life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, who made her husband’s coffee, tripped with him and helped break him out of jail.
• At a Murder Mystery Party, the (Pretend) Killer Ends Up (Actually) Dead. Louise Hegarty’s novel, “Fair Play,” nods to classic 1920s detective fiction, with a twist.
• The Marriage, and Ménage à Trois, That Changed Art History. “Gabriële” considers a writer and pivotal figure of the 20th-century avant-garde who nurtured the talents of others.
• An Engrossing Biography Resurrects an Evangelist Shrouded in Scandal. In “Sister, Sinner,” Claire Hoffman tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Aimee Semple McPherson, whose mysterious life made headlines in the 1920s.
• Do You Know These Books That Became Disaster Movies? Many blockbuster films were inspired by literature and this short quiz tests your knowledge about five of them.
• Stories That Show How Modern Liberals Have Lost Their Way. In a new collection, Lydia Millet casts a satirical eye on left-wing culture and its array of character types.
• Peeking Into Joan Didion’s Years of Psychological Thinking. Drawn from her previously unpublished reflections on sessions with a therapist, “Notes to John” is at once slightly sordid and utterly fascinating.
• Dwight on Crumb. R. Crumb’s underground comics were instrumental in shaping the counterculture of the 1960s and beyond, Dan Nadel shows in an exemplary new biography.
• Why R. Crumb Worked With a Biographer: ‘I Guess I Felt Sorry For You’ Dan Nadel’s “Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life” takes on the good, the bad, the ugly and the weird. Over punk rock vegetarian food, subject and writer compared notes.
• Four ‘Eminent Jews’ Walk Into a Book. In his paean to another age, David Denby studies four icons who defined American culture in the second half of the 20th century.
• Hauntings Include: Dead Parents, Bad Sex and a Weird Painting of Cher. The stories in Marie-Helene Bertino’s new collection, “Exit Zero,” frolic in the nether zone between fantasy and reality.
• What It Was Like to Edit the ‘Wolf Hall’ Books. The final novel in Hilary Mantel’s great trilogy has been adapted for TV. Her editor joins us this week to discuss working with Mantel on the books.
• There’s No People Like Show People. In a new book, the Broadway photographer Jenny Anderson captures the craft and camaraderie of making theater.
• An Undersea Realm That Makes Room for Sadness. Pam Muñoz Ryan’s “El Niño” combines magical realism, climate fiction and coming-of-age sports tales.
• 8 New Books We Recommend This Week. Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
• In 1917, 3 Portuguese Children Saw the Virgin. The Rest Is Top-Secret. In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring power of the Virgin of Fatima.
• The Russian Spies Who Lived Among Us — in New Jersey. In his new book, “The Illegals,” Shaun Walker studies the Russian agents who worked deep undercover as Americans for decades.
• Meghan Daum. She is one of many authors who lost their homes in January. “Surely,” she says, “readers would love nothing more than to send their favorite books to their favorite writers.”

Movies

• Death, Taxes and Ben Affleck: ‘The Accountant’ Gets a Sequel. The director and the writer of the surprisingly successful “Accountant” franchise join Affleck to discuss its origins, getting ahead in Hollywood and learning to line dance.
• Pope Francis, the Unlikely Movie Star. In fictional tales and documentaries, directors approached him as a screen character who was both admired and controversial.
• ‘Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey’ Review: Emotional Rescue. In this heartfelt wildlife documentary, a volunteer conservationist and an endangered critter develop a parent-child connection.
• A Need To Put Death In Focus. The acclaimed filmmaker discusses bringing death to the forefront in his latest picture.
• There’s a Feeling We’re Not in Hollywood Anymore. Movies and TV productions are rapidly leaving California to film outside the United States, where labor costs are lower and tax incentives greater. Industry workers are exasperated.
• Five Action Movies to Stream Now. This month’s picks include brave siblings and violent young men.
• Where Angst Meets Awakening. In films like Andrew Haigh’s “Weekend,” you’ll find new beginnings in time for spring. Here’s a rundown of what’s currently on Tubi, Plex and PlutoTV.
• Elizabeth, Darcy and a Move That Makes the Web Swoon. The subtle expression of longing in the 2005 adaptation wasn’t meant to be a key moment. Even the director is surprised it took on a life of its own.
• 8 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week. Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
• John Cena’s Crossover From Wrestling Great. As his in-ring career draws to a close, the most popular star in W.W.E. is trying out a new role: the bad guy.
• Ani DiFranco Wanted to Collaborate. Then the Pandemic Hit. The film “1-800-ON-HER-OWN” follows the fiercely independent artist as she tries a career first: writing a song with another artist.
• The Ugly Stepsister. This deliciously nasty reworking of the Cinderella fairy tale imagines how far one of the stepsisters would go to marry her prince.
• The Knotty Quest for a Green Card. A retelling of Ang Lee’s classic of queer cinema comes at the same farcical situation in a new way.
• An Otherworldly Spectacle Unfolds in the Deep South. The director goes boldly out there in his fifth feature, a genre-defying, mind-bending shoot-em-up that stars Michael B. Jordan as twins.
• To Handle Grief, A Macabre Turn To Technology. The director’s latest stars Vincent Cassel as an entrepreneur who mourns the death of his wife by inventing technology that surveils her entombed body.
• Queens of Drama. Alexis Langlois’s musical romance is an unruly story of a love-hate relationship between two ambitious musicians.
• The President’s Wife. Catherine Deneuve plays the former French first lady Bernadette Chirac in this puckish, highly fictionalized biopic with a pop-feminist edge.
• Not E.T. or Yoda, but in That General Direction. A 1980s throwback movie about a teenager who sets out on a journey with a mysterious being.
• Invention. In this strange experimental feature from Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez, a grieving daughter investigates the mysterious gadget her father left behind.

Food

• Sometimes You Just Need a Great Big Salad. And Alexa Weibel’s chopped salad with jalapeño-ranch dressing is both very great and very big (flavor-wise).
• Just Don’t Call It ‘Tequila’ California agave spirits, a recent addition to the liquor cabinet, aim for a bigger slice of the market.
• La Piazza Brings Venice to Midtown, No Gondola Required. I’m Donut? offers its Japanese pastries in Times Square, a storied bagel shop plots a return and more restaurant news.
• We Couldn’t Stop Eating These Dishes. Chicken Florentine, beef fried rice, and ham and potato soup are quick to make and easy to love.
• Kennedy Plans to Phase Out 8 Commonly Used Food Dyes. The petroleum-based dyes are used in hundreds of thousands of items including cereals and sports drinks. More details are expected on Tuesday.
• Springy, Speedy Skillet Gnocchi. Ali Slagle’s new recipe combines golden gnocchi, crisp asparagus and buttery miso brightened with vinegar.
• You’ll Want to Make Extra of These Deviled Eggs. They’re always a hit, and they always go fast.
• Just Look at This Carrot Cake. Dorie Greenspan’s recipe, with five stars and nearly 10,000 reviews, is a New York Times Cooking classic.
• Easter With a Chance of Meatballs. My lamb meatballs in spiced tomato sauce, that is, a five-star recipe I adapted from one by Suzanne Goin.
• Meat Is Back, on Plates and in Politics. After years in which “plant-based” was the mantra, meat once again dominates the national conversation about dinner.
• Too Many People Talked About Tuna Fight Club. This butchery bacchanal, one of London’s most exclusive dinner reservations, has become an influencer magnet.
• Where to Cry, and Other Restaurant Requests. Lunch for a courthouse wedding? Fresh cookies after 6 p.m.? We have answers.
• A Pantry Clean-Out, Vegetarian Mains for Easter and Passover and More Soups. Welcome to Recipe Matchmaker, Part 1.
• This Spicy Clam Chowder Is St. Augustine’s Best-Kept Secret. Mary Ellen Masters and her crew serve Florida history, with a fiery kick, at the St. Ambrose Spring Fair.
• This Miso-Sesame Vinaigrette Is Dinner Insurance. Toss it with noodles, toss it with greens, spoon it on fish or steak or chicken or tofu. It’s so good and so versatile.
• Is New York Becoming the City That Sleeps? Bar owners say 4 a.m. liquor licenses are increasingly difficult to obtain, leaving revelers to settle for earlier bed times.

Style

• Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Secret About People’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
• My Fiancé Wants a Prenup After We Decided We Didn’t Need One. Help! A reader feels ambushed after her fiancé resurrected the idea of a prenuptial agreement with only weeks to go until their wedding. Also: He wants to split the legal bill.
• His Suits Come Alive From the Waist Down. Jack Sivan started his namesake tailoring and men’s wear business after freelancing for luxury labels like the Row.
• Does Your Plant Need a Nanny? A new crop of caretakers will spritz, polish and prune your houseplants — and even send photos while you’re away.
• The Ice Bucket Challenge Worked. Why Not Try It Again? The trend that dominated social media a decade ago — and raised millions for A.L.S. research — has been reborn as a vehicle to raise mental health awareness.
• Old Friends With Sunny Attire and Spirits. Orange colors enlivened and united two outfits.
• The Slippery Slope of Political Iconography. A lapel pin in the likeness of President Trump, worn by the chairman of the F.C.C., raises some questions.
• Melania Trump’s Easter Surprise. For the White House Easter Egg Roll, the first lady opted for, of all things, a trench coat.
• A Soccer Field Can Be Sacred. For millions of people, it represents familiarity, comfort and belonging.
• What Do I Wear to a Spring Outing With Co-Workers? Figuring out how to dress for an out-of-office excursion can be fraught. Our critic suggests ways to loosen up a corporate uniform — but not too much.
• Does This Perfume Smell Like Gentrification? When luxury condos and artisanal bakeries move into New York City neighborhoods, Bond No. 9 sometimes follows.
• What Is ‘Dark Woke’? Democrats are trying out a new attitude. It’s provocative, edgy and perilously toeing the line of not being too offensive.
• Bunnies, Bonnets, Brights and Blooms at New York’s Easter Parade. Time for revelry, and a celebration of spring, on a Sunday in the city.
• The Moments That Shape Our Beliefs.
• Religion’s Role, Revisited. Is it any wonder the country is revisiting faith?
• Why Is It So Hard to Talk About God? An interview with Krista Tippett on how people talk — and struggle to talk — about religion and spirituality.
• A Simple Slogan Creates a Shirt and a Sensation. The designer Conner Ives hoped to do some good with his “Protect the Dolls” T-shirt. Worn by celebrities, and sold out online, the shirts are raising money for a trans cause.
• Taking ‘Love Island’ to the Mainland. Trying to capitalize on the success of the sixth season of “Love Island USA,” Peacock announced a series that would follow former islanders around Los Angeles.
• Ralph Lauren Goes Bullish on Big Pants. You might not guess what it is, but it makes a lot of sense.
• Ten Minutes Into the Conversation, Already Smitten. Ten minutes into Gregg Bonti and Alex Randall’s first date, Mr. Bonti was smitten. “I’m going to marry this man or he’s going to ruin my life,” he said.
• First on the Billboard and Then in His Arms. When Chike Ozah and Kellie Brown crossed paths in person, she wasn’t ready for a romantic relationship, but Mr. Ozah remained persistent.
• Results of a Genetic Test Reveal a Parent’s Secret. Did I want to expose my mother’s past, or bury it?
• Getting a Good Start on the Laundry. Kameron Martinez of “America’s Got Talent” and Emilio Botello of Netflix’s “Sugar Rush” barely spoke when they first met — but their second meeting ended with a kiss.
• Their First Kiss Was Worth Shouting About. Gianna Lozano and Nicholas Perla hit it off right away after meeting in 2021 at a church event. While dating, both decided to forgo physical intimacy.
• Getting a Coveted Seat at a Minimalist Artist’s Table. The Judd Foundation’s benefit dinner was a rare chance to step into the artist’s world.
• LVMH Abruptly Puts Dior Men in Jonathan Anderson’s Hands. A one-sentence statement served as the notice that Mr. Anderson, who reimagined LVMH’s Loewe brand, would lead men’s wear design at Dior.
• Even Levitating in Space, Katy Perry Manages to Get Dunked On. The maker of numerous pop hits has always had trouble getting respect.
• Brainstorming for More Babies. At a convention of the pronatalist movement, the relatively few women in attendance agreed: Motherhood needs a rebrand.
• She’s No Longer Afraid, or Petrified. The disco queen was in the doldrums before she decided to take control of her life and career. Now, at 81, she’s reaping the rewards.
• Stoking Uncertainty, Fyre Fest Organizers Again Scrap Location. The organizers of Fyre Festival 2, a sequel to the ill-fated music event in 2017, said the festival would no longer take place in Playa del Carmen.
• A Bridal Collection From Rihanna Teases Fans Yet Again. Savage x Fenty’s new collection is the latest entry on a list of times the singer and her partner, ASAP Rocky, have alluded to being engaged.

Love

• What We Saw at New York Bridal Fashion Week. There was something for everyone as designers displayed a variety of looks, from voluminous ball gowns and two-piece dresses to bubble hemlines and sleek halternecks.

Magazine

• Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump Make More Sense Together Than You Think. The official Instagram announcement ritual felt odd, but the pairing might not be.
• The Most Luxurious Use of Eggs, by Way of Japan. Chawanmushi, a Japanese half-custard half-flan, treats the humble staples as the lavish ingredients they’ve always been.
• My Son Has a Rare Syndrome. So I Turned to the Internet. Social media became a place of both solace and torment. How much was mine to share?
• When Real Life Calls for a Cheesy Rom-Com Gesture. The big boombox moments in Hollywood films are cliché. Yet they can also sustain love in real life.
• How the War Over Trans Athletes Tore a Volleyball Team Apart. Blaire Fleming was a little-known college player. Then she suddenly became a symbol of injustice — to both sides of the controversy.
• Nate Bargatze Doesn’t Mind if You Think He’s an Idiot. The stand-up comic discusses having a magician for a father, the challenge of mainstream comedy and his aspirations to build the next Disneyland.
• Can We Ask a Disabled Woman to Leave Our Pickleball Group? The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to exclude a player who can’t keep up.
• Who Needs Lawyers? It’s dangerous to go to court without legal representation — but more Americans are going it alone.

Magazine Newsletter

• How Gross Can Guys Get in the Kitchen? A ruling on two connected food-handling disputes.

T Magazine

• Marie Kondo, Takashi Murakami and the Other Japanese Icons on T’s New Covers. Including one very famous monster.
• My Favorite Artwork | Takashi Murakami. The artist cites the French painter and sculptor Marcel Duchamp as a formative influence on his work.
• S Is for Seasonality. Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for eating, gathering and celebrating.
• W Is for Walking. In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.
• P Is for Pop Music. How Japanese ingenuity transformed Western music from within.
• O Is for Ozu. The greatest filmmaker of postwar Japan found a new way to show life onscreen.
• M Is for Monsters. How ancient history and modern calamities have cultivated a national obsession with menacing creatures.
• C Is for Citrus. Yuzu has already gone mainstream. Which fruits will make a splash on menus next?
• K Is for Koreans. The artists, musicians and writers pushing past decades of historical erasure.
• I Is for Iterations. Throughout its history, the country has taken imports and changed them into something else entirely.
• F Is for Fashion. From Rei Kawakubo to Yohji Yamamoto, the country’s fashion pioneers continue to revolutionize global style.
• M Is for Matcha. The country’s objects and ideas, including matcha and emojis, that have had an outsize influence on the world.
• I Is for Impermanence. Transience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self.
• F Is for Fermentation. Since long before the rest of the world caught on to their appeal, tangy, pickled ingredients have been a staple in many of the country’s most popular dishes.
• M Is for MILKY. How the 20th-century arrival of milk products shook up the country’s traditional ideas about creaminess.
• H Is for Hojicha. We asked some of our favorite chefs, designers and artists to predict what will become our new obsession.
• F Is for Fandom. Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone’s relationship to the culture.
• C Is for Cuteness. From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — or rage?
• The Vanguard. The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.
• B Is for Boxes. A look at Japan’s love of packaging, from impeccably crafted cardboard to lacquered works of art.
• A Is for America. Convenience stores, ice and whisky first came as U.S. imports. Then, they were reinvented.
• How to Go Gray Confidently. The actress Andie MacDowell, the colorist Lena Ott and the model JoAni Johnson share their tips for embracing silver hair.
• Magnolias Are in Bloom. It’s Time to Eat Them. Plus: a boutique hotel near Joshua Tree, the rise of Japanese wine and more recommendations from T Magazine.

Travel

• How Safe Are Helicopter Sightseeing Tours? The F.A.A. allows many of these popular flights to operate under less stringent rules than other commercial aviation, opening the door to dangers like pilot fatigue.
• To Ship or to Check? That Is the Luggage Question. The convenience of shipping comes with a cost. But under some circumstances, it may be worth it — and there may even be some savings if you factor in other elements.
• The Latest Battleground for Luxury Tourism: Albania’s Adriatic Coast. Two major proposals led by Jared Kushner and a new airport championed by the Albanian government focus on an area prized for its biodiversity. Are they a sign of things to come?
• A New Hotel Says It’s ‘Carbon Positive.’ Is That Hype or Reality? Amid a hospitality landscape in which many hotels have moved far beyond single-use plastics, how does the Populus in Denver measure up?
• An Acadia-to-Zion Guide to Visiting National Parks in an Uncertain Summer. Firings, buyouts and a lack of seasonal workers could mean jammed roads, closed campgrounds, limited hours and more. What you need to know before traveling to 10 popular parks.
• How to Bird-Watch: A Traveler’s Guide. Because birding requires little gear, and can be done almost anywhere, it’s a great activity for your next trip. Here’s what you need to know.
• Hitting the Trails on the Wilder Side of a Party Island. Majorca, in the Mediterranean, is known for its nightlife, but it offers hiking, biking and trail running worth getting up early for.
• How to Haggle When There’s No Set Price. Bargaining, a common practice in many countries, may seem daunting to first timers. Here are some tips to get a fair deal, and maybe even make a new friend.
• 36 Hours in Orlando, Fla. Orlando is a collection of neighborhoods, each with its own personality. There are hipster hangouts, microbreweries, an elegant shopping neighborhood — and airboats through the wetlands where you might just spot an alligator.
• A Cheapskate in London. Our Frugal Travel columnist took a budget-stretching, four-day trip to one of the world’s most expensive cities. Would chasing bargains lessen, or enhance, her experience?

Real Estate

• $800,000 Homes in California, Colorado and Vermont. An Italianate home in Martinez, Calif., an industrial condo in Denver, and an updated farmhouse in Shelburne, Vt.
• Meet the Bar Cabinet, the Bar Cart’s Luxe Older Sibling. Offering up an element of surprise, bar cabinets are impressive, functional showpieces.
• In Philadelphia, a Former Navy Yard Wins on Sustainability. With recent recognition from the Green Building Council, the 1,200-acre development is poised to welcome its first residential tenants this fall.
• Why Is There Always a Line? And Why Is It at My Front Door? One of New York City’s minor yet annoying inconveniences is a line that forms when a restaurant or another business becomes wildly popular.
• How Have DOGE Cuts Affected Prince George’s and Charles Counties? A Times reporting team is looking for reader input on how the reduction in the federal work force has affected the two Maryland communities.
• $3.2 Million Homes in California. A compound in Sonoma, a house with bay views in Tiburon and a penthouse in Santa Monica
• A Woman Takes a Deep Breath and Makes Her Own Life Decisions. After years of doing what she thought was expected of her, Cheryl Kaplan restarted her life and painted it red.
• Those Noisy Kids Drive Me Crazy. How Do I Get Them to Quiet Down? Try seeking a resolution that treats each person in the conflict with dignity.
• A House That Floats Above the Landscape. A couple wanted to build a house on a sloped lot in Washington State, but they didn’t want to cut into the hillside to lay a foundation. They found a better solution.
• $2.1 Million Homes in Muskoka, Ontario. Muskoka is a popular ‘cottage country’ destination with 1,600 lakes, two hours north of the Greater Toronto Area.
• Seeking a Hudson Valley Homestead That Could House Three Generations. After growing up in Beacon, N.Y., and drifting apart as adults, two siblings plotted their return — and brought their mother and kids along, too.
• Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Queens. This week’s properties are in the financial district, Lenox Hill and Woodside.
• Homes for Sale in Connecticut and New York. This week’s properties are a two-bedroom lake house in Ridgefield and a four-bedroom home Bronxville.
• Mr. Zuckerberg Goes to Washington and Buys a Mansion. Mark Zuckerberg’s political ideology and tastes have evolved. His real estate portfolio reflects the shift.
• Assistance for Low-Income Renters. A fraction of rent-burdened households receive Section 8 vouchers — and they may not even be able to use them.

Health

• Tariffs on China Aren’t Likely to Rescue Battered U.S. P.P.E. Industry. The few domestic companies that still make protective gear for health care workers have clamored for federal intervention. But they worry President Trump’s trade war with China won’t help.
• Birthrates Languish in Record Lows, C.D.C. Reports. Despite a 1 percent increase in 2024, U.S. birthrates remained in a historic slump, a trend that worries demographers and cultural critics.
• Measles Outbreak in Southwest Is Largest Since 2000. Growing case numbers suggest that national total will surpass that seen during the last large outbreak in 2019.
• Estrogen and the Brain. A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions.
• When They Don’t Recognize You Anymore. People with dementia often forget even close family members as the disease advances. “It can throw people into an existential crisis,” one expert said.
• Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias. An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
• What to Know About Eli Lilly’s Daily Pill for Weight Loss. Eli Lilly reported promising results from a study of its experimental oral drug that could rival popular injections to treat obesity and diabetes.
• Border Communities Help Fan Measles Outbreak. Surges in Mennonite communities near the U.S. border may complicate containment efforts, experts say.
• Pill Could Do the Job of a Weight-Loss Injection. Eli Lilly said clinical results of its GLP-1 in pill form showed safety and efficacy data similar to blockbuster injectable drugs.

Well

• The Sleep Trends Experts Think You Should (and Shouldn’t) Try. Mouth tape, melatonin, “worry journals” — here’s what might actually help you sleep.
• 17 Ways to Cut Your Risk of Stroke, Dementia and Depression All at Once. A new study identified overlapping factors that affect your odds of developing these brain diseases late in life.
• Some People Are Just Difficult. Here’s How to Handle Them. These six books can help ease tensions.
• Is It Bad to Chew Gum All Day? Here’s what to consider before you pop in that second (or third or fourth) piece.
• When Natural Disasters Hit, People With Disabilities Often Feel Them ‘First and Worst’ Having a plan in case you need to evacuate or lose power is essential. Here’s how to make one.
• Autistic People Point To Full Lives as Rebuttal To Kennedy’s Dire Claim. People in the community called the remarks dehumanizing and warned they could perpetuate harmful stigma.
• The Downside of Getting What You Want. The good-news blues are real.
• She Kept Her Condition Secret for Decades, Then Bared It All Online. Millions of people compulsively pick their skin or pull their hair. Social media is helping some of them to recover.
• How Will Cuts to Climate Research Funding Affect Our Health? The National Institutes of Health is set to cut funding for research that seeks to understand the health effects of climate change. The policy change would stymie a wide body of research that scientists say is critical to protecting people against...
• How Is Climate Change Harming Health? Studying That Just Got Harder. The N.I.H. has indicated that it will stop funding research on the health effects of climate change. Scientists said the decision will curtail the search for answers.

Mind

• Small Rejections That Are Emotionally Explosive. For some people, perceived criticism can be overwhelming.

Move

• Do You Really Need to Cool Down After a Workout? For some, ramping down can be useful. But most folks can skip straight to the shower.
• A 10-Minute Barre Workout You Can Do at Home. All you need for this full-body strength routine is a chair and a mat.

Times Insider

• A White House Reporter on What It Takes to Cover Trump. Tyler Pager uses a deep bench of sources to break stories about immigration, economic policy and national security.
• An Image of Coretta Scott King, Poster in Hand. In 1963, Mrs. King helped lead a march commemorating the second anniversary of Women Strike for Peace.
• Sixteen Miles in Revere’s Shoes, 250 Years Later. For the 250th anniversary of Revere’s midnight ride, a reporter set out to learn what the route revealed about Boston’s political past and present.
• Catching a Buzz From Thousands of Bees. The plight of American honeybees drew a journalist away from his usual beat covering energy.

Corrections

• Corrections: April 23, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: He Explored Space Travel’s Mysteries, and Left One of His Own. Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
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Crosswords & Games

• Wordle Review No. 1,404. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 682. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
• Fill at a Station. Alex Eaton-Salners plays us in.
• Wordle Review No. 1,403. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 681. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
• Contents of a Sleeve. Thomas van Geel’s second crossword is set in the ol’ factory.
• Connections Companion No. 680. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, April 21, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,402. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, April 21, 2025.
• Double Vision. Victor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett hit us with a knuckle sandwich of a Sunday puzzle.
• Connections Companion No. 679. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, April 20, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,401. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, April 20, 2025.
• Trail of Evidence. Alex Tomlinson’s second puzzle for the Times rewards close inspection.
• Wordle Review No. 1,400. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, April 19, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 678. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, April 19, 2025.
• ‘Easy There, Buddy!’ Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis open our solving weekend with a spirited themeless puzzle.
• Connections Companion No. 677. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, April 18, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,399. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, April 18, 2025.
• Bit of Ballet Wear. Ilan and Shimon Kolkowitz give us good advice as they make their New York Times Crossword debut.

The Learning Network

• What Do You Believe In? A new series explores how people experience religion and spirituality now. What does belief look like for you?
• Shocking Television Deaths. What’s your most memorable TV character exit?
• Word of the Day: tetchy. This word has appeared in 37 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Action Figure. Design your own action figure or doll. What would you want it to look like?
• Student News Quiz: Music Festival, Extraterrestrial Life, Google. Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
• Should We Revive Extinct Animals? Scientists recently bred animals that carry genes of dire wolves, a species that went extinct 13,000 years ago. Should we applaud the achievement? Or be wary?
• Word of the Day: reverberation. This word has appeared in eight articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• How Often Does Your Family Eat Meals Together? Do you eat at home, get takeout or dine at restaurants? When it does happen, what does that time spent together mean to you?
• Word of the Day: quasi. This word has appeared in 324 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What’s Your Reaction to the All-Female Blue Origin Flight? A Blue Origin rocket launched the first all-female space crew in decades. Was it a significant moment of progress for women or just a publicity stunt?
• Car Keys. Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
• Word of the Day: chortle. This word has appeared in nine articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What Students Are Saying About Reading for Fun. We asked teenagers: When was the last time you read a whole book? Here is what they told us.
• What’s Going On in This Picture? | April 21, 2025. Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
• How Is Economic Uncertainty Affecting You and Your Family? President Trump’s latest wave of on-again, off-again tariffs has created anxiety for global markets, businesses and consumers.
• Brick Wall. What do you think this image is communicating?
• Word of the Day: tureen. This word has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

en Español

Mundo

• ‘Cónclave’ ofrece un vistazo al hermético proceso de elección del papa. Los expertos papales han elogiado la película nominada al Oscar como una de las descripciones más precisas de la reunión a puerta cerrada del Vaticano.
• El último día del papa Francisco. A pesar de haber estado a punto de morir dos veces por crisis respiratorias a principios de este año, el pontífice se había mantenido sorprendentemente activo.
• Líderes mundiales rinden homenaje al papa Francisco. Gobernantes y funcionarios de todo el mundo ofrecieron sus condolencias al pueblo católico y elogiaron el compromiso del pontífice con los pobres y marginados.
• El papa Francisco abrió un espacio para el debate dentro de la Iglesia católica. Francisco no reprimía las opiniones con las que no estaba de acuerdo y creía en un proceso paciente en el que las ideas y las propuestas pudieran sopesarse antes de avanzar.

En español

• Palabra del día: ‘tetchy’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 37 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Harvard demanda al gobierno de Trump por amenazas de recortar su financiación. La demanda de Harvard se produce después de que el gobierno de EE. UU. intentara obligar a la universidad a cumplir una lista de exigencias mediante el recorte de miles de millones en fondos federales que recibe la institución.
• Palabra del día: ‘reverberation’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en ocho artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Palabra del día: ‘quasi’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 324 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• ¿Un cambio en la dieta puede disminuir los bochornos en la menopausia? Aunque los expertos aún no tienen respuestas exactas sobre lo que causa los bochornos en las mujeres con menopausia, parece que la dieta podría ayudar a disminuirlos.
• Papá Noel vive en una ciudad finlandesa. Algunos de sus vecinos no lo aprueban. Una temporada turística que se extiende de octubre a marzo ha sido de todo menos alegre para algunos residentes de Rovaniemi, la “Ciudad natal oficial de Papá Noel”.
• El lado negativo de conseguir lo que quieres. Ponerte triste cuando pasa algo bueno es natural. Pero tiene solución.
• Palabra del día: ‘chortle’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en nueve artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Palabra del día: ‘tureen’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en cinco artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?

América Latina

• Los narcocorridos son muy populares en México, pero ahora quieren prohibirlos. Los artistas mexicanos forjaron enormes audiencias cantando sobre los cárteles de la droga y la narcocultura. Ahora, ayuntamientos y estados se oponen a esa tendencia.
• Sheinbaum critica los anuncios antimigrantes del gobierno de Trump. Las apariciones de Kristi Noem, secretaria del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, en la televisión mexicana culpando a los migrantes de los males de EE. UU. provocaron una dura reacción de la presidenta mexicana.
• Costa Rica ofrece soluciones para los deportados por Trump: integrarse o irse. El país está tomando medidas para “proteger” a decenas de migrantes de naciones lejanas que fueron deportados de Estados Unidos y que hasta hace poco estaban detenidos indefinidamente.
• La muerte del papa Francisco reaviva el sentimiento de abandono en los argentinos. Francisco nunca dio una respuesta clara para explicar el no haber regresado a su país natal como pontífice. Algunos expertos dicen que le preocupaba que su presencia se utilizara con fines políticos.
• En América Latina recuerdan al papa Francisco como uno de ellos. Los feligreses lo recordaron como una fuerza de cambio que estuvo con los migrantes y con los más pobres. Aunque otros católicos también reclamaron contundencia al condenar los gobiernos de Cuba y Nicaragua.
• Los argentinos lloran la muerte de un papa ‘humilde’ y un hijo nativo. En toda Argentina, muchas personas acudieron a las iglesias para llorar la muerte del papa Francisco. Algunos recordaron encuentros personales antes de que se convirtiera en pontífice.
• Lo que sabemos del CECOT, la prisión salvadoreña que recibe a las personas deportadas por Trump. El Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, situado a una hora de San Salvador, capital de El Salvador, se inauguró en 2023. Es la emblemática “megaprisión” del gobierno del presidente Nayib Bukele.
• Una ciudad dice que sí, que se pueden tener demasiados capibaras. El roedor más grande del mundo se está multiplicando —y creando divisiones— en uno de los barrios más exclusivos de Argentina.
• La mina es estadounidense, pero los minerales son de China. Una mina brasileña de tierras raras respaldada por inversores estadounidenses ilustra el control de China sobre los minerales estratégicos que sustentan la economía moderna.

Ciencia y Tecnología

• Las hormonas sexuales son hormonas cerebrales y podrían ayudar a tratar el cerebro. Una comprensión cada vez mayor de cómo las hormonas “reproductivas” esculpen el cerebro podría transformar el tratamiento de las afecciones neurológicas.
• Este terapeuta ayudó a que los usuarios se sintieran mejor. Era una IA. En el primer ensayo clínico de este tipo, un chatbot de IA dio alivio a los síntomas de salud mental de los participantes. La tecnología podría ayudar algún día a resolver la escasez de terapeutas.
• Los tecno-utópicos que quieren colonizar el mar. Durante mucho tiempo, los libertarios han considerado la vida en el océano como la próxima frontera. Algunos hombres ricos quieren empezar a vivir bajo el agua.
• Tomó un siglo encontrar este calamar colosal. Han pasado 100 años desde que esta especie fue descrita formalmente en un artículo científico. En marzo pasado, una expedición avistó una cría en las islas Sandwich del Sur.
• Los brotes de sarampión en Canadá y México generan un pronóstico sombrío. Los brotes en las comunidades menonitas cercanas a la frontera con Estados Unidos podrían complicar los esfuerzos de contención, dicen los expertos.
• Astrónomos detectan una posible señal de vida en un planeta lejano. Se necesitan más estudios para determinar si K2-18b, que orbita alrededor de una estrella situada a 120 años luz, está habitado, o incluso es habitable.

Cultura

• El papa Francisco, una estrella de cine poco común. En relatos de ficción y documentales, los directores se acercaron a él como un personaje de la pantalla tan admirado como controvertido.
• La venganza reina en el segundo episodio de la temporada 2 de ‘The Last of Us’ El gran giro del episodio de esta semana tendrá todo tipo de repercusiones. Una consecuencia es segura: la serie nunca volverá a ser la misma.
• Michelle Trachtenberg, actriz de ‘Gossip Girl’, murió por complicaciones de la diabetes. La oficina del médico forense de Nueva York determinó la causa y forma de su muerte tras revisar los resultados de las pruebas toxicológicas, dijo una portavoz.
• De la supervivencia a la prosperidad: el regreso de Gloria Gaynor. La cantante, que se convirtió en la encarnación de la defensa de uno mismo —gracias a su himno “I Will Survive”— luchó durante años contra la baja autoestima.

Estados Unidos

• Trump dice que los migrantes indocumentados no requieren juicio antes de ser deportados. El presidente afirmó que los países estaban enviando a sus presos a Estados Unidos y que necesitaba obviar las exigencias constitucionales del debido proceso para expulsarlos rápidamente.
• Trump se apoya en los tatuajes para identificar pandilleros. Es un criterio poco fiable, según los expertos. El gobierno estadounidense parece estar utilizando el arte corporal para deportar a personas que, afirman, son miembros del Tren de Aragua. Una medida que ignora décadas de protocolo, según los críticos.
• Homicidios y negligencias en las cárceles de California. Las cárceles del condado de Riverside están plagadas de tasas de homicidio inusualmente altas y fallos de seguridad recurrentes por parte de un personal inexperto.
• Un migrante venezolano retenido bajo custodia de EE. UU. ha ‘desaparecido’ El hombre no aparece en una lista de personas enviadas a una prisión de El Salvador, y su familia y amigos no tienen idea de su paradero.
• Se prevé que la guerra comercial de Trump debilitará el crecimiento económico mundial. El Fondo Monetario Internacional pronostica un crecimiento más lento y una mayor inflación en EE. UU. como consecuencia de las políticas comerciales del presidente Donald Trump.
• La apariencia de disciplina del segundo mandato de Trump se desvanece. Cuando el presidente Donald Trump evaluó a su equipo a finales de marzo, se jactó de que habían tenido “dos meses perfectos”. Pero los deslices más recientes parecen indicar lo contrario.
• El caos reina en el Pentágono bajo el liderazgo de Hegseth. El círculo más cercano del secretario de Defensa de EE. UU. está desorganizado, y crece la desconfianza entre funcionarios y los altos cargos militares.
• 6 hombres son acusados tras sacar a rastras a una mujer de una asamblea pública en Idaho. Los guardias vestidos de civil participaron en la expulsión por la fuerza de una mujer de una reunión organizada por los republicanos locales en la ciudad de Coeur d’Alene, dijeron los fiscales.
• ¿Por qué Abrego Garcia fue deportado a El Salvador? Esto es lo que sabemos. Los colaboradores del presidente Trump han insistido en que Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia fue enviado legalmente a una prisión de El Salvador después de que el gobierno previamente admitiera que fue un “error administrativo”.
• Por qué la Casa Blanca empezó a hacer caricaturas de deportaciones. El gobierno de Donald Trump aún no ha dado grandes cifras de deportaciones, pero está utilizando internet para convertirlas en un espectáculo.
• A la secretaria de Seguridad Nacional de EE. UU. le robaron su bolso. Kristi Noem llevaba 3000 dólares, sus llaves y su gafete. También perdió el pasaporte y las llaves.
• Bukele propone a Maduro liberar a los venezolanos deportados. El presidente de El Salvador dijo que liberaría a los venezolanos que el gobierno de Trump deportó a su país si Venezuela liberaba al mismo número de presos, incluidos miembros de la oposición.
• Un juez de la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. se opone a la decisión que bloquea las deportaciones. El juez Samuel Alito Jr. escribió que la orden emitida por el tribunal que impedía al gobierno de Trump deportar a un grupo de venezolanos en virtud de una ley de guerra no era “necesaria ni apropiada”.
• Un bombero con TOC y la vacuna que lo obligó a renunciar. Timmy Reen bien podría ser un caso médico único: un hombre con un trastorno grave que trabajaba en un entorno impredecible y de alto riesgo, totalmente inadecuado para sus compulsiones.
• Hegseth habría compartido detalles del ataque en otro chat de Signal. El secretario de Defensa envió información confidencial sobre los ataques en Yemen a un chat de grupo cifrado en el que estaban su esposa y su hermano, dijeron personas familiarizadas con el asunto.
• ¿WrestleMania? En Los Ángeles, es LuchaMania. La lucha libre, la versión mexicana del “wrestling” profesional, está prosperando en Los Ángeles, donde la acción y las máscaras atraen a los aficionados a locales grandes y pequeños.
• Militares impiden el acceso del senador Van Hollen al CECOT en El Salvador. Oficiales armados impidieron que el senador Chris Van Hollen intentara visitar la prisión donde se encuentra recluido desde hace más de un mes Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
• Trump descartó apoyar un ataque israelí a Irán al surgir dudas en su gobierno. Israel desarrolló planes para atacar las instalaciones nucleares iraníes que habrían requerido la ayuda de EE. UU. Pero algunos funcionarios del gobierno estadounidense tenían dudas.
• El servicio de impuestos estaría considerando retirar a Harvard su exención fiscal. La medida supondría una importante escalada en los intentos del gobierno de Trump de acabar con el apoyo federal a la principal universidad de investigación de Estados Unidos.
• Más de la mitad de Puerto Rico se encuentra sin electricidad. Hará falta al menos otro día para restablecer totalmente el servicio después de que una serie de fallos dejara sin electricidad a toda la isla el miércoles, dijeron las autoridades.
• Un senador por Maryland no logra reunirse con un inmigrante deportado por error a El Salvador. Aunque la Corte Suprema ordenó al gobierno estadounidense que facilite el regreso de Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, hasta ahora tanto las autoridades estadounidenses como las salvadoreñas se han negado a hacerlo.

Estilos de Vida

• Las mujeres que piensan que el mundo necesita más bebés. Las asistentes a la convención del movimiento a favor de la natalidad eran relativamente pocas y estaban todas de acuerdo: la maternidad necesita reinventarse.
• Por décadas, su trastorno fue un secreto. Luego dio la cara en internet. Millones de personas se rascan la piel o se jalan el pelo compulsivamente. Las redes sociales están ayudando a algunas de ellas a recuperarse.
• Para mejorar el sexo, prueba un ‘divorcio de sueño’ Terapeutas y parejas afirman que, a veces, dormir por separado puede reavivar una relación.
• ¿Por qué es tan difícil hablar de Dios? Según estudios, la mayoría de los estadounidenses no hablan de religión con otras personas con mucha frecuencia y evitan las conversaciones con quienes discrepan de sus creencias. Para Krista Tippett, “es demasiado importante como para no intentarlo”.
• ¿Necesitas consentirte? 21 sugerencias del mundo de las artes. Todos, en algún momento, necesitamos un descanso. Personalidades del ámbito creativo nos comparten sus pequeñas alegrías para los días difíciles.
• En defensa de una relación casual con alguien de la Gen Z. Mientras mis amigos compran casas y forman familias, ¿por qué estoy en una fiesta de temática ABBA con un chico de 24 años que usa un gorro de piel sintética?
• Incluso en el espacio, Katy Perry recibe críticas. La creadora de numerosos éxitos pop siempre ha tenido problemas para inspirar respeto.
• ¿Qué está pasando con el Fyre Fest 2? Los organizadores del Fyre Festival 2, secuela del malogrado evento musical de 2017, dijeron que el festival ya no se celebraría en Playa del Carmen.
• El colorido culto a las ollas de Le Creuset. Estos preciados utensilios de cocina, que acaban de cumplir un siglo, han inspirado a generaciones de cocineros caseros y fanáticos que buscan frenéticamente sus formas y tonos favoritos.

Mundo

• Vance esboza un plan de alto al fuego en Ucrania que favorece a Rusia. El vicepresidente JD Vance dijo que el plan congelaría el territorio a lo largo de las actuales líneas del frente del conflicto entre Rusia y Ucrania, y que EE. UU. se retiraría si ambas partes no estaban de acuerdo.
• Esto es lo que hay que saber sobre las tensiones en Cachemira. El martes, milicianos mataron al menos a 26 turistas e hirieron a muchos otros en Cachemira. En el pasado, India ha culpado a Pakistán de ataques similares.
• Cómo ver el funeral del papa Francisco. El funeral de Francisco se llevará a cabo el sábado en la plaza de San Pedro, según ha indicado el Vaticano. Aquí te decimos cómo verlo y qué esperar.
• Un potente terremoto sacude Estambul y saca a la gente a las calles. Inmediatamente después del sismo no se registraron víctimas ni daños importantes, pero todavía está fresco el recuerdo del desastroso terremoto de 2023 en el sureste del país.
• El féretro del papa Francisco es trasladado a la Basílica de San Pedro. Miles de personas acudieron a presentar sus respetos y despedirse del pontífice, quien falleció el lunes a la edad de 88 años.
• Para el corresponsal del Times en Roma, Francisco fue siempre una sorpresa. El inesperado pontífice defendió causas y desafió la ortodoxia, manteniendo en vilo tanto a aliados como a críticos.
• Una cronología visual de rituales y tradiciones tras la muerte de un papa. Tras el funeral del papa Francisco, 135 cardenales se reunirán en un cónclave para elegir a un nuevo pontífice. Las tradiciones incluyen juramentos de secreto, papeletas de votación y humo blanco procedente de una chimenea de la Capilla Sixtina.
• El testamento del papa Francisco dice que quiere ser enterrado en una tumba sencilla en Roma. En su última voluntad, Francisco especificó que su tumba “debe estar en la tierra; sencilla, sin decoración particular”.
• El papa tenía afecciones que pueden aumentar el riesgo de derrame cerebral. El acta de defunción del pontífice indicaba que padecía diabetes de tipo 2 e hipertensión arterial, además de bronquiectasia, una enfermedad pulmonar crónica.
• De Buenos Aires a la Santa Sede: una cronología de la vida del papa Francisco. A Jorge Bergoglio la vocación le llegó de niño en su natal Argentina. Como el primer pontífice latinoamericano, se concentró en el cambio climático, la pobreza y la migración.
• Lo que hay que saber sobre la muerte del papa y lo que sigue en los próximos días.
• Francisco hizo del cambio climático una preocupación central de su papado. Funcionarios de la ONU le reconocen haber exhortado a las naciones adoptar el Acuerdo de París y otras acciones climáticas.
• ¿Quién será el próximo papa? He aquí algunos posibles contendientes. Algunos de los nombres que se han citado podrían basarse en la agenda progresista de Francisco, mientras que otros representarían un regreso a un estilo más tradicional.
• Así se celebrará el cónclave para elegir a un nuevo papa. Se convocará a los cardenales en Roma para elegir al sucesor de Francisco por medio de una votación secreta.
• China advierte a los países que no se alíen comercialmente con EE. UU. en su contra. Frenar el comercio con China para ganarse el favor de Estados Unidos sería “egoísta y miope”, dijo el gobierno, prometiendo retaliación.
• En su discurso final, Francisco se centró en un tema importante de su papado: los migrantes. “Cuánto desprecio se tiene a veces hacia los más débiles, los marginados y los migrantes”, escribió Francisco en un discurso papal del Domingo de Resurrección.
• El papa Francisco celebró la Pascua y se reunió con JD Vance antes de morir. El pontífice se reunió el domingo con el vicepresidente de Estados Unidos y bendijo a los católicos reunidos con motivo de la Pascua. Sus médicos le habían instado a descansar.
• Esto es lo que implica el funeral de un papa. Las exequias, que suelen celebrarse entre el cuarto y el sexto día tras la muerte del pontífice, están marcadas por una misa pública celebrada frente a la Basílica de San Pedro.
• Francisco deja un legado de esfuerzos por una mayor inclusión. El papa argentino buscó hacer de la Iglesia un lugar más acogedor y global, a diferencia de sus antecesores, quienes adoptaron enfoques más tradicionales y doctrinarios.
• Francisco, en fotos. Una selección de imágenes de la vida y el papado de Francisco.
• Muere a los 88 años el papa Francisco, primer pontífice de América Latina. Tras décadas de liderazgo conservador, Francisco intentó redefinir el rumbo de la Iglesia católica, haciendo hincapié en la inclusión y la atención a los marginados por encima de la pureza doctrinal.
• El papa se reúne con JD Vance tras sus críticas al gobierno de Trump. Francisco y el vicepresidente estadounidense intercambiaron saludos de Pascua, dijo el Vaticano. En una reunión anterior entre Vance y funcionarios eclesiásticos hubo “un intercambio de opiniones” sobre la migración.
• Rubio dice que EE. UU. decidirá en días si es ‘posible’ poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania. “Si no es posible poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania, tenemos que pasar a otra cosa”, dijo el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio al salir de unas reuniones en París.
• Francia reconoce el efecto devastador de la deuda impuesta a Haití por su libertad. El presidente Macron pidió la creación de una comisión conjunta franco-haitiana de historiadores para examinar “dos siglos de historia, incluido el impacto de la indemnización de 1825 en Haití”.
• El último cuadro de Van Gogh genera conflicto en un idílico pueblo francés. Recientemente se ha determinado que el artista pintó su última obra, “Raíces de árbol”, en Auvers-sur-Oise. Las raíces aún existen, lo que ha provocado una lucha por su conservación.
• Un antiguo pueblo en Siria busca la paz entre religiones tras una larga guerra. La guerra civil siria abrió una brecha entre los habitantes de la pequeña ciudad de Malula, donde dos tercios son cristianos y un tercio musulmanes. ¿Podrán volver a convivir pacíficamente?

Negocios

• Trump renueva sus ataques al presidente de la Reserva Federal y los mercados caen. El gobierno de EE. UU. reconoció que la probabilidad de recesión aumenta. Las críticas de Trump a Powell, podrían ser un esfuerzo por tener opciones para culpar a otros en caso de que ocurra, según los expertos.
• China busca crear una coalición contra Trump, pero enfrenta recelo. Pekín está utilizando una mezcla de castigos e incentivos en un intento por evitar que otros países se pongan del lado de Estados Unidos para aislar a China.
• ¿Un iPhone a 2000 dólares por los aranceles? Que no cunda el pánico. Aunque suban los precios de los celulares, tenemos muchas opciones más baratas, como comprar el modelo de teléfono del año pasado en lugar del último y mejor.
• En EE. UU. , los paquetes de Shein y Temu tendrán nuevos y costosos cargos. El gobierno de Trump pondrá fin a una laguna comercial que permitía la entrega de productos de bajo costo procedentes China a las puertas de los estadounidenses, sin pagar aranceles.

Opinión

• Larry David: Mi cena con Adolf. Cuando una reunión privada sale de forma inesperada.
• La nueva ciencia del envejecimiento puede predecir tu futuro. Durante siglos, el sueño de revertir el envejecimiento ha cautivado a los humanos. Ahora la ciencia está más cerca que nunca, que aún es bastante lejos.
• ¿Quieres saber lo que los chinos piensan de Trump? Te vas a sorprender. El ecosistema de comercio electrónico de China ilustra cómo los aranceles de Trump solo refuerzan las industrias de ese país.

Tiempo y clima

• Día de la Tierra: ¿qué puedo hacer por el planeta? El cambio climático es un síntoma de un problema mayor: el impacto ambiental del ritmo de consumo actual. Hemos preguntado a los expertos sus consejos para ayudar individual y colectivamente.
• Trump abre una zona marina protegida en el Pacífico a la pesca comercial. El presidente dijo que la medida tenía como objetivo convertir a Estados Unidos en el “líder mundial dominante en productos del mar”.

Weather

• Heavy Rains Cause Flooding in New Orleans. Lingering storms drenched the city with over a month’s worth of rain, swamping roads and stranding drivers.
• Severe Weather Kills 3 in Oklahoma as Storms Move East. Two people died after their vehicle was trapped in floodwaters and one person was killed in a tornado, officials said. Severe weather threatened parts of Arkansas and Missouri on Sunday.
• Storms May Hinder Travel on Easter Weekend. Forecasters warned of heavy rain and thunderstorms. At least one tornado touched down in rural Texas on Saturday, a forecaster said.
• Central U.S. Faces the Return of Severe Storms and Flooding Threats. Forecasters warned of heavy rain and thunderstorms, raising the risk of floods through the weekend.

Gameplay

• Wordle Review No. 1,405. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, April 24, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 683. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, April 24, 2025.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Dress to the Nines. Brandon Koppy makes space for us.

Polls

• How Americans Feel About DOGE and Elon Musk. People like the idea of cutting government waste. But they dislike Mr. Musk, and they’re down on the Department of Government Efficiency.