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Review: ‘Severance’ Season 2 Will Blow Your Mind(s)
It’s time to return to the office, as the loopy sci-fi marvel makes its world bigger and stranger.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesAs Trump Heads to White House, Bolsonaro May Be Headed to Jail. Why?
Three reasons help explain why the two politicians have faced such contrasting fates.
New York Times Top StoriesOur Insurance System Subsidizes Moves to Disaster Zones
Our policies encourage Americans to flock to areas particularly prone to climate-related disasters.
New York Times Top Stories‘The Interview’: Ambassador David Pressman Is Alarmed by What He Has Seen
Ambassador David Pressman talks about his contentious relationship with Viktor Orban’s administration and why what happens in Hungary matters.
New York Times Top StoriesAmid Warnings About Alcohol and Cancer, the N.A. Drinks Industry Could Get a Boost
The nonalcoholic beverage industry could get a boost from the surgeon general’s warnings linking alcohol to some cancers. But don’t expect the industry to condemn your glass of pinot.
New York Times Top StoriesNeko Case Has Sung Hard Truths. Now She’s Telling Hers in a Memoir.
In “The Harder I Fight the More I Love You,” the singer and songwriter outlines the personal and professional challenges that have shaped her career.
New York Times Top StoriesInsulin Prices Dropped. But Some Poor Patients Are Paying More.
A law that coaxed companies to lower the price of drugs came with a little-known consequence: smaller discounts for low-income health clinics.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Is Willing to Bet on a TikTok Ban
Jordan Klepper called the Supreme Court “not exactly TikTok’s core demographic,” adding that they are “more of a Walgreens app type of crowd.”
New York Times Top StoriesRudy Giuliani Pleads to Keep World Series Rings and Condo in Defamation Case
The former mayor of New York is at risk of forfeiting his sole remaining home, a Palm Beach apartment, and World Series rings to election workers he defamed after the 2020 vote.
New York Times Top StoriesPasadena Teenager Starts Donation Drive to Help Girls Affected by California Wildfires
An eighth grader started a donation drive for teenagers whose homes burned in Los Angeles. Ariana Grande, Prince Harry, Meghan and others have chipped in.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Los Angeles Fires Burned Livelihoods, Too
For many service workers, a wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood represented an economic lifeline that the fires have now severed.
New York Times Top StoriesMeet Japan’s Original Decluttering Guru (No, Not That One)
Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Deploys Security to Try to Reassure a Country on Edge
Police are checking on safety at schools and visiting karaoke bars and rental homes to root out perceived malcontents, after several mass killings alarmed the public.
New York Times Top StoriesTikTok C.E.O. Plans to Attend Trump Inauguration
Shou Chew will join tech moguls like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration as the fate of the app hangs in the balance.
New York Times Top StoriesTacos, Water and ‘Homies’: A Gas Station Becomes a Uniquely L.A. Relief Site
Out of desperation and a need for social bonding, volunteers have banded together to help Altadena residents.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Spotlight on New Orleans, Louisiana Moves Homeless Out of Sight
With the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras coming, Gov. Jeff Landry is using the emergency order from the New Year’s attack on Bourbon Street to remove the homeless from downtown.
New York Times Top StoriesPresident Biden Is Bowing Out After One Term. He’s Not the First.
Other American presidents have faced the delicate challenge of bidding farewell with grace after serving only one term in the Oval Office.
New York Times Top StoriesFull Transcript of President Biden’s Farewell Address
The president delivered the 17-minute speech from the Oval Office in the White House.
New York Times Top StoriesBritish Man Freed From Prison Over Video Misidentification
Ademola Adedeji was ensnared in a murder conspiracy case with no murder victim. Prosecutors labeled him a gang member and won a conviction and eight-year sentence.
New York Times Top StoriesJohnson Ousts Turner as Intelligence Chairman, Bowing to Trump
Representative Michael R. Turner, Republican of Ohio, had at times been critical of the president-elect. He told people that he was axed after an edict from Mar-a-Lago.
New York Times Top StoriesHostage families are celebrating the cease-fire deal — with a dose of trepidation.
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New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Gaza Cease-Fire
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire deal. For Palestinians, the agreement provides a respite from a devastating Israeli military campaign that has killed more than 45,000 people in Gaza. For Israelis, it could allow for the release of at least a third of the hostages captured by Hamas. But the ambiguity of the deal offers lingering uncertainty. Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, explains.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Judge Deems Alexander Brothers Flight Risk, Denies Bail
Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander will be extradited from Miami to New York, where they will remain in federal detention until trial.
New York Times Top StoriesChinese Celebrities and Tourists Think Twice About Thailand
The brief abduction of a Chinese actor who was trafficked into Myanmar to work in a scam camp has rattled travelers from a country that Thailand relies on for tourism.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden and Trump Defy Their History of Animosity to Seal Gaza Cease-Fire
But the extraordinary collaboration between outgoing and incoming presidents did not stop both sides from claiming credit.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden and Trump Defy Their History of Animosity to Seal Gaza Cease-Fire
But the extraordinary collaboration between outgoing and incoming presidents did not stop both sides from claiming credit.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Biden Surprised Progressives
To the departing president, F.D.R. seemed a guiding, if often elusive, star.
New York Times Top StoriesUnited by Disaster, L.A. Mourns,and Hopes, Together
More than a week after the wildfires ignited, the hazy numbness described by many looks a lot like grieving.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza Cease-Fire Deal Brings Joy, but Is Shadowed With Uncertainty
An agreement offers Gazans at least some respite, and for Israelis it means the release of hostages. But the deal’s ambiguity leaves open the possibility that fighting could resume within weeks.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires
The finality of the wildfires’ destruction has taken 10 more cherished buildings — by Richard Neutra, Gregory Ain, Eric Owen Moss and others.