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At Davos, War Is on the Agenda, but the Focus Is on A.I. and Elections
The leaders and executives gathering at the World Economic Forum are obsessed with elections and artificial intelligence, not Ukraine or Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesIowa Teen Who Killed 2 Fellow Students Gets 65 Years in Prison
Preston Walls, 19, killed Rashard Carr, 16, and Gionni Dameron, 18, who were in the same alternative school program, in what the authorities called a gang-related shooting.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Committee Seeks Testimony From Austin on Hospitalization
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said that “Congress must understand what happened and who made decisions to prevent the disclosure of the whereabouts of a cabinet secretary.”
New York Times Top StoriesAstrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere
The Astrobotic Peregrine spacecraft launched last week for a lunar landing, but a propulsion malfunction left it unable to complete its mission.
New York Times Top StoriesMacy’s Plans to Cut 2,350 Jobs and Close 5 Stores
The layoffs, focused on corporate positions, will reduce the retailer’s work force by 3.5 percent as a new chief executive prepares to take the reins.
New York Times Top StoriesRon DeSantis and Fox News, Old Friends, Hit Turbulence
The Fox News host Laura Ingraham called for the Florida governor to leave the Republican primary, days after he accused the network of protecting Donald Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Economy Is in Serious Trouble
And President Xi’s leadership is only part of the problem.
New York Times Top StoriesAdministrators Will Be the End of Us
The swelling ranks of administrators in American life are stealing our time, our freedom and our vitality.
New York Times Top StoriesFive Takeaways from the DOJ Report on the Uvalde School Shooting
The report found that a lack of leadership and poor decision-making created confusion at the scene and delayed a confrontation with the gunman.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Urges Supreme Court to Reverse Colorado Ballot Disqualification
The forceful brief was the former president’s main submission in his appeal of a ruling barring him from the Colorado primary ballot on the ground that he had engaged in insurrection.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Republicans Announce Hunter Biden Deposition in Impeachment Inquiry
The chairmen of the Oversight and Judiciary committees set a Feb. 28 deposition date for President Biden’s son, who resisted a previous subpoena for a closed-door interview but offered to testify in public.
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Department Found ‘Unimaginable Failure’ in Uvalde Response
Also, fighting has eased in northern Gaza. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesWill The Supreme Court Upend How Government Works?
The justices should leave it to federal agencies to resolve ambiguities Congress creates when it writes laws those agencies enforce.
New York Times Top StoriesEx-State Dept. Official Ordered to Bias Training After Anti-Muslim Rant
If Stuart Seldowitz completes the program, the charges he faces for berating a food truck vendor would be dropped, prosecutors said. A Muslim group called it a “sweetheart deal.”
New York Times Top StoriesChinese Scientists Shared Coronavirus Data with US Before Pandemic
Newly released documents indicate that a U.S. genetic database had received the sequence of the coronavirus two weeks before it was made public by others.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Donald Trump Is Facing E. Jean Carroll in Court a Second Time
A jury already found that the former president sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine writer, and defamed her. Why is he in court again?
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Iran Is the Common Link in Conflicts From Gaza to Pakistan
Iran’s long history of building up proxy forces that fight its enemies around the region, as well as its conflicts with separatist and terrorist groups, have played into a spate of recent conflicts.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Declines to Hold Prosecutors in Contempt in Trump Election Case
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan issued her order after prosecutors continued to file court papers in the former president’s election interference case even though she had put the proceeding on hold.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse G.O.P. Winds Down Mayorkas Impeachment Without His Public Testimony
House Republicans are racing to charge the homeland security secretary without his in-person testimony or evidence of impeachable offenses.
New York Times Top StoriesLive Video: Watch the SpaceX Axiom Astronaut Launch
Astronauts from Italy, Sweden and Turkey will fly to the International Space Station on a commercially chartered mission on Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesSpelman, a Historically Black Women’s College, Receives $100 Million Gift
The donation to the private school in Atlanta is believed to be the largest ever to an H.B.C.U.
New York Times Top StoriesAround the Wine World, Daughters Are Taking Leadership Roles
It used to be rare, but around the wine world, and with a particular concentration in Chianti Classico, daughters are taking on leadership roles.
New York Times Top StoriesNetanyahu Rebuffs U.S. Calls to Start Working Toward Palestinian Statehood
The Biden administration and the Israeli government diverge sharply over how Gaza will be governed when the fighting ends.
New York Times Top StoriesFani T. Willis and Defense Lawyers in Trump Case Had Tense Exchange on Racism
When a defense lawyer expressed annoyance with prosecutors, Fani T. Willis, the district attorney on the case, replied that “some people will never be able to respect African Americans.”
New York Times Top StoriesDavos puts Climate on the Back Burner
“Yeah, the world is going to end, but I’m still going to vacation.”
New York Times Top StoriesBillionaires Wanted to Save the News Industry. They’re Losing a Fortune.
Time magazine, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times — owned by Marc Benioff, Jeff Bezos, and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong — are still losing money.
New York Times Top StoriesDeal Ends Dispute Over Records of Onetime King of Donkey Kong
Billy Mitchell’s records will be listed in a “historical database” but not the leaderboard, ending a dispute familiar from the 2007 documentary, “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.”
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case
The federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known as EMTALA, requires hospitals to provide medically necessary care to stabilize patients in emergency situations.
New York Times Top StoriesIceland Scrambles to Shelter Residents Made Homeless by Volcanic Eruption
In a country of fewer than 400,000, finding places for 3,700 residents is complicated by a tough housing market.
New York Times Top StoriesThe G.O.P.’s ‘Nasty’ New Religion
Bullying is boldness. Spite is strength.