New York Times Top Stories
Los Angeles Fire Chief Faces Calls for Resignation
As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t the city better prepared?
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Terrifying Ride of Copter 17
A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Team Rebuffs Talks on Mass Deportations, Latin American Countries Say
Mexican officials and other leaders in the region have not been able to meet with the incoming administration about the president-elect’s migration and deportation plans.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences
The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, will be the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Pakistan, Imran Khan’s Followers Are Counting on Trump to Free Him
A Trump ally has called on Pakistan to release the former prime minister from prison, inspiring fervent hope among his supporters.
New York Times Top StoriesInstagram and YouTube Prepare to Benefit if TikTok Is Banned
Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready behind the scenes to welcome TikTok users, should the Chinese-owned app be banned from the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesIn a Fire’s Ruins, Signs of a Previous Loss Leave a Family With Seeds of Hope
The Carrs have made their life’s work honoring the dreams of their precocious son, who died suddenly at 16. They rescued some mementos and others survived when their Altadena home burned to the ground.
New York Times Top StoriesFrance Wants to Prosecute the Founder of Chat Site Linked to Pelicot Rapes
Isaac Steidl founded the Coco platform, which authorities tied to criminal activity for years. The effort to hold Mr. Steidl accountable tests a new legal frontier.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump’s Arms
Marc Andreessen explains the newest faction of conservatism.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Did Trump’s Tax Cuts Do?
Economic upheaval caused by the pandemic has clouded analysts’ ability to understand the effects of the 2017 tax law. Republicans call it a huge success and want to extend it anyway.
New York Times Top StoriesA Georgia Prosecutor Has Long Regretted Sending a Man Away for Life. Can He Fix It?
Weakened by cancer and nagged by his conscience, a former Georgia prosecutor wants the courts to reverse the sentence he demanded for a man who didn’t physically harm anyone in his crimes.
New York Times Top StoriesSyrians in Turkey Agonize Over a Return Home
With the Assad regime out of power, millions weigh the decision to go back to their war-torn country.
New York Times Top Stories‘Severance’ Is Back. Here’s a Season 1 Recap to Jog Your Memory.
It’s been almost three years since the Season 1 finale. This refresher should help jog your memory.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Trump’s Second-Term Agenda Could Hinge on the Court He Hates the Most
Once again, an incoming Trump White House is likely to clash with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But the court in San Francisco has changed since 2017.
New York Times Top StoriesDon’t Eat the Burger. It’s a Stool.
Furniture resembling food — fruit, sandwiches and more — has gone viral on social media and led to a shopping frenzy.
New York Times Top StoriesCourage and Resilience in Trump’s America
There is a real risk that the nation’s institutions will succumb to Trump’s campaign of intimidation and not do their jobs.
New York Times Top Stories‘I’m Urging You Not to Run’: How Schumer Pushed Biden to Drop Out
The New York senator, who swallowed concerns for months and then dragged his feet on sharing them with President Biden, ultimately told him he risked going down as one of the “darkest figures.”
New York Times Top StoriesSick Prisoners in New York Were Granted Parole but Remain Behind Bars
Prisons across the country are struggling to find nursing home placements for sick prisoners after granting them parole. In New York, some inmates are suing for release.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Border Czar Thomas Homan Found MAGA
Thomas Homan once defended Obama-era policies and health care for transgender immigrants. Now he’s eyeing hotlines to report undocumented neighbors and arrests of local officials who get in the way.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden’s Farewell Address Leaves Late Night Befuddled
After the president warned about various threats to democracy, Seth Meyers said: “I agree, but why are you giving us a to-do list on your way out?”
New York Times Top StoriesWhy New York Is a Sanctuary City, and How That Could Change Under Trump
New York’s status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants has shifted over time. Now, as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to enter office, it may shift once again.
New York Times Top StoriesSpain Overhauls Domestic Violence System After Criticism
Spain uses an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim is to be abused again. A Times investigation last year identified flaws in the system.
New York Times Top StoriesA Workplace Crush Heats Up Thanks to Burned Cauliflower Pizza
When Taylor Maki first met Jorge Melgoza at an organization that provides social services to Native Americans, she was immediately smitten. It took him a while to notice.
New York Times Top StoriesMore Than a Week After the Fires, Los Angeles Evacuees Remain in Limbo
Many neighborhoods are still off-limits to residents. Evacuees say they are increasingly frustrated and at a loss over what to do next.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Population Declines for 3rd Straight Year
The fall came despite a slight rise in births last year, the first increase since 2016. State efforts to cajole women to have children have met resistance.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael and Hamas Work Out Differences That Had Delayed Cease-Fire Deal, Netanyahu Says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had called a meeting of his security cabinet for later on Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesNancy Pelosi Is Skipping Trump’s Inauguration
The former speaker clashed with Donald Trump throughout his first term, and the acrimony between the two persisted after he left office.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Lynch Showed Us Who We Are in Dark Masterpieces Like ‘Eraserhead’
The director himself came off as almost performatively normal. Masterpieces like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive” said otherwise.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Lynch Movies and TV Shows: Where to Stream ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Twin Peaks’ and More
Films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” aren’t always easy to explain, but they live on in your mind and burrow under your skin.