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New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe DeSantis Campaign Is Revealing What Republican Voters Really Want
The G.O.P. coalition is poised to choose irresistible theater over a more effective but lower-drama alternative.
New York Times Top StoriesHere Comes Trump, the Abominable Snowman
The truth and the media are slip-sliding around in Iowa.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Necessary Risk of America’s Military Strikes in Yemen
Given the increasingly critical threat the Houthis pose to the freedom of commerce and navigation in the Red Sea, the United States had to act.
New York Times Top StoriesNikki Haley Is Tougher Than the Rest
She’s seen as a descendant of the Republican establishment, but she’s actually the kind of bruiser who’s in line with the current G.O.P. vibe.
New York Times Top StoriesU.N. Warns Gaza Is Heading for Famine as Specter of Wider War Looms
Officials of the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen threatened to respond to American-led airstrikes over the past two days.
New York Times Top StoriesAntihero Worship
The Emmy Awards are next week. Does it matter if you like the characters on the nominated shows?
New York Times Top StoriesAhead of Iowa Caucuses, Voters Fear the Prospect of Civil Unrest
As Monday’s caucuses approach, voters casually throw around the prospect of World War III and civil unrest, anxious of divisions they fear are tearing the country apart.
New York Times Top StoriesFreezing Weather Will Test the Strength of Texas’ Power Grid
State officials took steps to improve the grid after a disastrous failure in 2021. Demand for power next week is expected to break wintertime records.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Rise of the N.F.L.’s 2-Point Conversion: A Guide to Strategy
A look at the trends, the data and how to sound like an analyst wherever you watch the playoffs.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Regains Upper Hand in Ukraine’s East as Kyiv’s Troops Flag
Ukrainians are weary, short of ammunition and outnumbered, and their prospects look bleak. “We can stop them for now, but who knows,” one soldier said. “Tomorrow or the next day, maybe we can’t stop them.”
New York Times Top Stories‘Succession’ Auctions Off ‘Ludicrously Capacious Bag’ (and Less Capacious Props)
Bidding on memorabilia from the Emmy-winning drama ends on Saturday. Lukas Matsson’s vape beckons.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter a Rip-Roaring 2023, the Markets Are Taking a Breather
The stock market’s long-term path has been persistently upward, our columnist says, but there have been plenty of setbacks and it’s wise to prepare for more.
New York Times Top StoriesAlina Cojocaru: A Freelance Ballerina, Forging Her Own Path
At 42, Cojocaru has no desire to stop dancing. Instead, she commissioned and is producing a ballet, “La Strada,” in which she will dance.
New York Times Top StoriesPhantom Artists Stole Their Songs. They Couldn’t Get Them Back.
Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2 billion a year.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Launches Large-Scale Missile Attack on Ukraine
The assault appeared to be part of a wider air campaign that Russia began in late December, seeking to wear down Ukrainian air defenses with waves of missiles.
New York Times Top StoriesMany Older Immigrants in New York Are Struggling: ‘I Have No Future’
Immigrants are the majority of New York City’s 65-and-over population. Many have no nest egg, and some are coping with social isolation.
New York Times Top StoriesJacinda Ardern, Former New Zealand Prime Minister, Is Married
New Zealand’s pathbreaking former prime minister became a global celebrity noted for, among other things, a very long engagement.
New York Times Top StoriesThreatened by Premier League Fan Zones, Burger Vans Hold Their Ground
As Premier League clubs create fan zones to collect yet more money from stadium visitors, a local economy of food trucks, pubs and small restaurants is holding its ground.
New York Times Top StoriesIndia’s Court System Is Hopelessly Backed Up
With 50 million criminal and civil cases pending, it would take 300 years to clear the country’s judicial backlog.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Taiwan, Voters Choose President as China Tensions Loom
The race pits the governing party, which has emphasized the island’s sovereignty, against an opposition that favors reviving engagement with China.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerican-Led Strikes Leave Yemen Back on the Brink of War
Yemen’s Houthi militia, shaped by years of civil war, says that it welcomes a battle with the United States and that strikes will not stop its Red Sea attacks.
New York Times Top StoriesEcuador’s Attorney General Took on Drug Gangs. Then Chaos Broke Out.
Explosive revelations by the country’s top prosecutor showed links between cartels and officials, a move that might be “kicking the hornet’s nest.”
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Leads Second Strike Against Houthis in Yemen
Two straight days of attacks have hit military targets in response to rising attacks on Red Sea shipping, which the Houthis linked to the war between Israel and Hamas.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter U.S.-Led Strikes in Yemen, How Wide Will the Middle East War Get?
With the U.S.-led attacks in Yemen, there is no longer a question of whether the Israel-Hamas war will escalate into a wider conflict. The question is whether it can be contained.
New York Times Top StoriesFKA Twigs Denounces ‘Double Standards’ After Calvin Klein Ad Is Banned
A British advertising watchdog agency said it was reviewing complaints about a new, similarly steamy Calvin Klein campaign featuring the actor Jeremy Allen White.
New York Times Top StoriesProud Boys Member Who Threatened Police With Ax Handle on Jan. 6 Is Sentenced
William Chrestman of Olathe, Kan., a Proud Boys member, was sentenced to 55 months for breaching the U.S. Capitol and threatening officers, prosecutors said.
New York Times Top StoriesManchin Stirs Chatter of 2024 Third-Party Bid in New Hampshire
The attention-seeking West Virginia senator, who has teased a late third-party presidential bid, tried to keep up the suspense at a Friday appearance in the state.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Scientists Recommend Easing Restrictions on Marijuana
In newly disclosed documents, federal researchers find that cannabis may have medical uses and is less likely to cause harm than drugs like heroin.
New York Times Top StoriesPhill Niblock, Dedicated Avant-Gardist of Music and Film, Dies at 90
Making music with no melody or rhythm and films with no plot, he became a darling of New York’s experimental underground.